Chapter 112: Christmas Gifts
"Guide me, and bring me with you to the place where you live."
"I can't help but look at you, even if it's the end of the world, I want to follow you."
"Follow every step of your footsteps, and never leave my vision."
"Guide me, and don't disappear even if morning comes."
The gentle and light "Butterfly Girl" resounded throughout the Osaka Castle Theater, and the nine members of XO were scattered in various locations in the venue, singing their parts along with the accompaniment, while smiling and clapping with the enthusiastic fans, and sitting for the final interaction.
After the end of today's final "Butterfly Girl" stage, today's concert has also come to an end, EXO9 people stood in a row in the center of the main stage, and the light snow that had begun to fall from the sky just now kept falling, and while dyeing the stage white, it fell on everyone's body from time to time, and the bridge of Chi Jingyuan's nose, clothes and hands were stained with a lot of small snowflakes.
Sweat oozed from their foreheads and slowly slid down, everyone gasping slightly, and they looked up at the countless shaking and shining cheering sticks in the black venue in front of them.
Today is Christmas Eve on the 24th, the last day of EXO's three-day concert in Osaka, and the last of a total of 30 performances on their first tour of the year.
The Osaka concert was a little different from the previous ones, as EXO prepared several songs in Japanese and a special stage performance, and in addition to the title song and song that were originally scheduled to be performed, they also sang two new winter songs released in December, "Let It Be" and "Deer, 2014", which was released through the game just two days ago.
The new song really surprised the audience at the scene, and directly brought the concert to a climax.
And today, it's finally the last day.
After the members spoke to express their gratitude and help them translate it, Ji Jingyuan, who was the main speaker of the Neon concert, stood at the center of the stage.
Because only the headlights of the main stage ceiling are on, only the lights on the stage are brighter, and the lights in the entire venue are turned off, and the silver-white light spots are particularly conspicuous and magnificent in the dark night.
"This is already the last song, and I really can't bear to let everyone go."
Looking at the countless cheering sticks shining like a brilliant galaxy in front of him, Chi Jingyuan began to make his final statement with some feelings, but before he could finish his words, the audience in the stands in front of the stage suddenly began to move.
I saw that many of the glow sticks in the hands of countless fans in the front, left, center and right stands were suddenly extinguished, and the others began to be arranged quickly and orderly, combined, they were obviously organized, and they had rehearsed many times in advance, and in a short period of time, all the light sticks in the middle of the three stands were all linked together, and countless silver and white light spots were spelled out into a row of English characters by the fans;
「Thankyou!! EXO,SeeYouAgain.」
Seeing this scene, all nine members were a little stunned.
This is not an official organization of SM, even Ji Jingyuan and the members themselves did not expect that there would be such a fan, obviously this is a farewell gift specially prepared by Neon to commemorate their last concert of the year, as well as to congratulate them on the successful completion of this year's tour.
An irrepressible warm current poured into their minds from their hearts, and several members saw the scene in front of them, and they couldn't hold back the surging in their hearts, and their eyes began to flicker, such as Bian Baekxian, Kim Junmian, and Kim Min-seok, who directly covered their mouths, took away the microphone and choked up for fear that no one would be moved, and several other people were also full of shock, joy, excitement, and so on, obviously a little emotional because of the gifts from fans on the scene.
Chi Jingyuan stood in the middle and looked at the row of swaying letters as brilliant as the Milky Way for a long time, trying to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart, feeling that his eyes were slightly moist, he shook his head slightly, a sunny smile reappeared on his face, cleared his throat, and said the last goodbye:
"For everyone's good fortune...... This year has come to a successful conclusion with our EXO
Although it was hard work during the first solo tour for more than half a year, we and the fans created a lot of good memories together, and I thank you very much for your perseverance, and I am really happy to have EXO-L with me, and I will continue ......to walk together in the future."
"eareone, we're EXO."
With the shouting of the iconic slogan, all the members gave their signature thumbs up, and then the nine of them bent down together and bowed deeply, and under the silver starlight and the sincere blessings of the fans, the elevator slowly descended, and their figures gradually disappeared above the stage, and the concert officially ended.
After Ji Jingyuan and the others left the stadium, the whole stadium fell into darkness, but all the fans did not leave the stadium in a hurry, but began to wave the cheering stick in their hands non-stop, and everyone in the audience began to chant the slogan "Eareone" in unison.
「eareone.」
「eareone.」
「eareone.」
A few seconds later, the big screen lit up and began to play the end VCR of the concert, and the BGM of the VCR happened to be the last song "Butterfly Girl" just now.
This gentle melody is like shouting notes and embellishments for fans, making each line of "eareone" seem even more beautiful.
The nine EXO people who had already walked down the elevator heard the constant chanting of the fans in front of them in the background, and they could still hear it clearly even though they had been separated by several floors.
The English pronunciation of the fans on Neon's side is not very standard, but it is unusually neat and loud, and every sentence is directly transmitted to the depths of each member's heart, engraved with their own imprint, and looks fiery and timeless.
This last scene of the last game of the first tour, they probably will be difficult to forget in the future.
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The next day, Christmas Day 25th, EXO returned to Seoul by plane.
The success of this concert also announced the official end of the first tour that had been busy for almost a year, and EXO, which had been busy for a long time, was finally able to rest for two days.
After more than two hours of flight, after getting off the plane close to noon, Ji Jingyuan and his party came out of Incheon International Airport and sat in the prepared nanny car under the gaze and photography of the pick-up fans.
"Hey, this concert ended suddenly, why am I still a little unaccustomed to it." Wu Shixun felt wilted, and he didn't know what he thought of.
Ji Jingyuan glanced at this idiot who had nothing to do: "Not used to it? Rest assured, there should be a second tour next year, and then you will be given a few more stages to get used to."
"That's still it, it's too tiring to prepare for the concert......" Thinking of the time when he was preparing for the concert in the first half of this year, the memories of hard work instantly came to his heart, and Wu Shixun directly shook his head and said that he didn't say it.
Glancing at him disdainfully, Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered something, looked at Jin Junmian in the back row and asked, "By the way, brother, yesterday's concert should have been filmed in the whole process, did you shoot the scene where the fans cheered for the stick and spelled the words at the end?" I really like that it's ready to be saved on my phone."
"There should be shooting, I saw the photographer, but I don't know if I took that scene, go back and ask Brother Chenghuan......" Jin Junmian's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he also nodded: "That scene is really amazing, I like it too, the fans of Neon are so enthusiastic."
Lee Seung-hwan was in another nanny car.
"Really welcoming."
"How did that word come together with a support stick, I didn't even react to it......
At the mention of several members of the car, their interest suddenly rose, and they began to talk about it.
Chi Jingyuan just interjected, and when he was talking about happiness, the mobile phone suddenly vibrate, he turned his head and picked it up to see that it was a message from Zhou Ziyu.
"Congratulations on the successful conclusion of Jing Yuan Xi's concert!"
Every time this kid has something to say, he always starts with something else
Something had nothing to say, Ji Jingyuan pursed his lips and quickly replied, "What is there to congratulate? Say, what do you want to ask?"
"Hehe, (smiley), Jing Yuanxi, are you free tonight?"
Today is Christmas on the 25th, Zhou Ziyu's intention to ask is already obvious, but Chi Jingyuan did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "You want to give me a Christmas gift?"
"Guess! (laughs)"
I guess you're big, I guess you've definitely turned black.
"But I didn't prepare a Christmas present." Ji Jingyuan has never been in the habit of giving each other Christmas gifts, unless it is a boyfriend and girlfriend who are dating, it may be romantic, and it would be too troublesome if ordinary friends also give it.
He has basically not had Christmas since his debut in 12 years, and the end of each year is the busiest time for Peninsula artists, plus this year, he has spent Christmas on his itinerary for three consecutive years.
"Then if you invite me to dinner, it will be regarded as a return gift."
Seeing Zhou Ziyu's reply, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, this little girl thought it was good.
He thought about today's itinerary and replied: "It's not impossible, but I have two brand events in the evening, and it should be quite late to finish, so let's go in a few days."
"That's right......" The tone of the reply was full of disappointment.
"Did you really have a present?"
"Hmm."
"That ......"
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"Bang." The car door was closed, and after Zhou Ziyu got into the car, he first smiled at Chi Jingyuan, and then looked at Chi Jingyuan's special nanny car with big eyes and curiosity.
After returning to Seoul at noon, he first went back to the dormitory to put down the salute, and then Ji Jingyuan said goodbye to the members and started to run his own solo itinerary, today is mainly some activities at the end of the year of several brands he endorses, including the year-end party of a manufacturer, as well as the platform and signing activities of two brands.
It is true that the evening should be busy until late, but the afternoon time is not very tight, and there are a lot of gaps and intervals between the two trips. When I texted before, I looked very disappointed after seeing Zhou Ziyu's enthusiastic joy being extinguished, Chi Jingyuan thought about it and decided to come to JYP for a bite to eat after completing an activity in the afternoon, and made an appointment with her to meet in the car by the way, so that she could have a chance to give out some Christmas gifts.
It just so happened that I hadn't seen Zhou Ziyu much for a long time.
After eating just now, Park Jae-hyun drove the car to an alleyway near JYP, and Ji Jingyuan sent a text message, naming the location and license plate, and it didn't take long for Zhou Ziyu to arrive.
Seeing that her chest was rising and falling slightly after she sat up, her mouth was slightly open, and she was obviously in a hurry to trot all the way, Chi Jingyuan's eyes froze on the flashing diamond headband on her head for a second, and then took the initiative to ask: "What are you doing in such a hurry, do you want to go back to the company for class later?"
"No, the afternoon dance class has just ended." Zhou Ziyu shook his head slightly.
"Then why are you running so fast?"
"Hehe...... she grinned twice, a mouthful of small white teeth was very conspicuous, smiled and rolled her eyes, turned sideways and took out a wrapped gift from the bag she was carrying, and handed it to Chi Jingyuan with a smile: "Here you go, Christmas gift!"
"Thanks...... But no kidding, I really wasn't prepared."
Chi Jingyuan took it with a smile, and didn't mean to open it in front of her, took it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then put it on his lap, and then took a cup of hot red bean drink that he bought during the meal just now from the side, and handed it to Zhou Ziyu: "Give it."
"Thank you." Watching her say thank you and take the hot drink, holding the cup and taking a few happy sips, Chi Jingyuan's eyes turned back to the gift box on his lap: "Do you like Christmas so much?"
"Not really." Zhou Ziyu raised his head with his cheeks puffed, tried to swallow the drink in his mouth, and then licked his mouth and said, "However, this is very popular among many trainees in the company, and the classmates in the school are also giving gifts to each other
It's a lot of Christmas presents."
"So popular?" Chi Jingyuan blinked and looked up and down at Zhou Ziyu, who was a little embarrassed, I have to say that he is really discerning, this headband Zhou Ziyu is quite suitable after wearing it, adding a little delicacy to the original youthful and clever feeling, plus the original good appearance, in addition to the skin color, it is also quite outstanding.
"......" After this question, Zhou Ziyu did not reply, holding the drink in his mouth with a straw in his mouth, he raised his head and smiled at Chi Jingyuan reservedly, although he did not speak, but he could see the little smugness on his face at a glance.
Although he likes to giggle, Chi Jingyuan feels that Zhou Ziyu is really lively sometimes.
It can be seen that meeting friends makes Zhou Ziyu feel very good, holding a drink while drinking, while chatting with Chi Jingyuan, she talked about the interesting things in the school and company practice, what practice progress, the teacher praised, the more Korean is spoken, the better it is, anyway, it can be blown, anyway, Chi Jingyuan can't confirm whether what she said is true or false.
In the middle, I also incidentally mentioned that several trainee seniors in the debut group came back to do trainee things because of the cancellation of the debut plan.
"I think they seem to be quite angry, but we rarely practice together...... I heard that there was a trainee senior in the debut group who didn't come to the company and went out to work......
"However, many people say that although the company's girl group plan has been canceled this time, it is estimated that it will not be long before we will try to select trainees to make their debut, because they say that our company is a famous girl group, and it is impossible not to be a girl group......
"Famous girl group ......" Chi Jingyuan tasted the title and nodded noncommittally: "Sort of."
Among the more successful girl groups launched by JYP in recent years, ondergirls and MissA are among them, although MissA won a big award on their debut, but to be honest, it is not very successful.
OnderGirls' words, of course, didn't have a temper at all in the girl's generation a few years ago.,It's just that the company's strategic choice mistakes have delayed the golden period of development.,And after many member adjustments and replacements.,Today's ondergirls, although the national degree is still there.,As long as the song source results are not bad.,But it's no longer the momentum of the year.。
He felt that the gold content of this "famous girl group" was a little lower
"By the way, XO's winter single "Let It Be" this year is really good, I love this song so much!" As he spoke, he talked about Chi Jingyuan and their EXO, and Zhou Ziyu's eyes lit up and looked at him with admiration: "The singing is very good, and the writing is really good, especially the lyrics are also great."
"Hmm...... Thank you." Ji Jingyuan nodded and accepted her praise, but still told the truth: "But the lyrics were not written by me."
"Huh? Who's that?" Hearing Zhou Ziyu, he was a little embarrassed: "Yuan written in the lyrics and music, I also watched it."
"Hmm...... It was written by a friend, and I just summarized it." Of course, the specific situation is not easy to say, and Chi Jingyuan can only explain it simply.
"Well, that friend of yours is really good...... By the way, will the song "Let It Be Natural" be released in Chinese?"
It can be seen that Zhou Ziyu seems to really like this song, and he imitates the two tones of Chi Jingyuan's last harmony "u~~" when he is free to speak.
"It should be, but it's definitely too late this year, and even if the Chinese version is released, the Chinese word filling is not up to me."
Ji Jingyuan shrugged his shoulders, even if the company wanted to give him the task of filling in the Chinese words, he would refuse.
After chatting for a while, Chi Jingyuan looked at the time, he was almost time to go, and there was still an itinerary waiting, and when he was about to leave, he thought about it and specifically cared: "How about the New Year this year, or is your mother coming to see you?"
"yes, that's it."
When it came to her mother coming to see her, Zhou Ziyu suddenly became a lot clearer, obviously the relationship between mother and daughter was very good, she nodded with a smile: "My mother will definitely bring me a lot of our specialties, and I will share a little more with you when the time comes."
"You can keep it for yourself and eat it......" Chi Jingyuan originally blurted out and wanted to complain, but he didn't say it when he saw Zhou Ziyu smiling happily, but after a pause, he also nodded with a smile: "Then thank you first......
Closing the car door, Zhou Ziyu waved quickly into the window, and soon the car started at the intersection in front of her and disappeared from view, she turned around after looking twice, and walked briskly in the direction of the company with a smile on her face.
And Chi Jingyuan in the car picked up the gift box after saying goodbye to Zhou Ziyu, and opened it after dividing it by two, and after opening it, he was a little speechless.
A white wide-mouth mug, I don't know if it's specially printed on the cup, or Zhou Ziyu DIY painted a somewhat abstract Pikachu by himself, the painting is obviously a little rough, and the originally very cute and handsome electric rat looks ugly and cute.
There is also a red Santa hat on the mouth of the cup, and a big smiling face is drawn with a watercolor pen on the front of the hat, which is very festive with the cup, and the Christmas atmosphere comes out at once.
At first glance, I was a little speechless, but looking at Ji Jingyuan, I was also a little infected by the smiling face and the joyful atmosphere of ugly Pikachu, and I couldn't help but laugh softly.
Sure enough, it's a child, and the drawing is so bad......
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After running all the trips in the evening, it was nearly eleven o'clock when Ji Jingyuan returned to the dormitory, he opened the door and walked in after changing his shoes, and said hello to a few brothers who were sitting on the sofa watching TV, and after turning around, he found that there were only five people in the dormitory, and nearly half of the members had not returned, such as Wu Shixun, Park Chanyeol, and Bian Boxian.
Although Chi Jingyuan has just finished his trip, it is all his personal endorsement, because his popularity is too high, so there are a lot of personal itineraries, in fact, there is really no activity after EXO came back from Neon today, and it was disbanded in the afternoon.
It's Christmas, and it's a great day for couples to go on a date, so those people know why they're going.
The people of the peninsula attach great importance to Christmas, not only as a statutory holiday, but also because many businesses will carry out a lot of discount activities, and many goods can be 1+1, that is, buy one get one free.
It's also one of the Peninsula people's favorite promotions.
There are also many large-scale crowded places such as Lotte World, Myeongdong Church, Hyundai Department Store, Times Square, etc., which are also places where Christmas couples must check in.
In short, it's very grand and lively.
Ji Jingyuan can go out directly now and make an appointment with Pei Xiuzhi or whoever else, but after thinking about it, she thinks it's better to forget it, after the three-day concert and today's itinerary, she is really a little tired, and she is really too lazy to run again.
And to be honest, it's a little less interesting.
As for Bae Joo-hyun......
"Brother, didn't you go out tonight?" Ji Jingyuan passed by the living room after washing, and found Jin Junmian and Jin Zhongda watching TV Zhile, and asked curiously.
"Arnie, we're back." Jin Junmian replied very seriously, and asked rhetorically at the end, "What about you, Jingyuan?"
Shrugging his shoulders, Ji Jingyuan didn't say anything, and after making an "OK" gesture, he returned to his room and closed the door.
After saying hello and chatting with Du Junxiu, who was lying on the bed playing with his mobile phone, Chi Jingyuan first put the mug that Zhou Ziyu gave him on the head of the bed, and then sat on the bed and flipped up his mobile phone.
From the evening to the present, many people have sent Christmas wishes, such as Son Na-eun, Jung Eun-di, Choi Xueli, Kim Taeyeon, these very familiar friends, especially Sun Na-eun also tried to ask him if he was busy at night, and the meaning of the appointment was more obvious.
After hearing that Chi Jingyuan had a lot of trips, he was not disappointed, and he smiled and expressed his Christmas wishes and chatted by the way.
After swiping his phone for a while, he replied to all the messages from friends who had not had time to reply before, and when he returned to the screen, the screen suddenly lit up, and Bae Joo-hyun sent a message.
The accompanying picture is a selfie, photo
She is wearing light-colored plain pajamas, wearing two elk antlers on her head, smiling with a scissor hand, her face is red and fluttering, and the text is "Merry Christmas".
Chi Jingyuan looked at this picture for a few seconds, tapped the screen and quickly replied:
"Are you Santa Claus?"