"Do you think this song is okay, I can't perform it with my singing ability?"

Ji Kyung-won sat in the waiting room of Incheon Airport with the EXO group, chatting casually with the members next to him and gossiping while looking at the text messages he received on his phone not long ago.

At this time, it was the evening of May 2nd, and they had just finished the live broadcast of MBC's "Music Center", and after the end, they returned to the company directly, took the suitcase they had brought before, and followed the agent and staff to the airport to wait for the plane after a little rectification.

Tomorrow in Xia Guo there is an advertisement for iced tea that they need to shoot, this is a relatively large case, the cost is also considerable, after talking for a long time, it was finally determined, in addition to a few pictorial and interview activities, if everything goes well, it is estimated that it will take a day or two.

Although Team M no longer has team activities in name only, SM still attaches great importance to the itinerary of Xia Guo, and even if all the members of Xia Guo's line have retreated, resulting in the collapse of the model of two teams and two countries working together, EXO still has extraordinary popularity and a huge fan base there, among which Ji Jingyuan's popularity is higher than before after twists and turns.

And after a turmoil last year, Aili, who persevered, became stronger and more fanatical after being brutally abused, and some small turmoil and scandals could not even move them.

According to Chi Jingyuan's understanding, now in the fandom of Xia Guo's side, Aili is still the most powerful and large fan group, and she is still invincible in the circle, and it seems that the only one who can fight against them is the fans of a cultivated idol group that became popular last year.

He would come to the forum here from time to time, and found that these two fan groups quarreled and fought every day, making it very lively.

Although there will be a hit song of SBS's "Popular Ballads" on the 3rd tomorrow, it is of course an endorsement that can earn real money compared to playing songs, and it is more important to increase the popularity of Xia Guo, so EXO is directly absent from tomorrow's hit song and the corresponding promotional activities.

The first stage of bigbang's comeback happened to be tomorrow's "Popular Song", and the two boy groups that would have collided with each other missed the opportunity to collide head-on, and the simultaneous debut of bigbang and EXO, which many people were looking forward to, is expected to wait until next week.

"Anyway, if you don't sing "Beauty Trick", there should be no problem."

Chi Jingyuan glanced at the content of the text message, leaned back in his chair, and replied lazily.

It was sent by Zhou Ziyu, and their "SIXTEEN" paused the recording after filming the third episode last month, and it seems that they want to see the reaction after the broadcast and then adjust it, and after so long, it is close to the premiere in the past two days, Zhou Ziyu and they seem to have started preparing for tasks and practicing again.

According to what she said before, this time the remaining fourteen people were divided into four groups to fight, and they were choosing songs not long after they were divided.

"BIGBANG doesn't seem to be able to play a few songs, and several TV stations won't go."

"YG's CEO Yang Hyun Suk interviewed me the other day, which is really fake?"

Putting down his phone, Ji Kyung-won's attention was attracted by the chats of several brothers next to him, and they were talking about why there was a sense of mystery in bigbang and even YG's artists when they returned, and there were few singing shows they participated in, especially the reason why KBS and MBC basically didn't go at all.

YG's president Yang Hyun-seok was interviewed after the BIGBANG concert a few days ago and explained that he just wanted to build a better stage...... Kpop is now being widely followed by overseas Europe and the United States, and the quality of the stage is very important, and playing only once a week can show the best stage effect. ”

Ji Jingyuan read the report, whether others believe it or not, he believed it anyway, because he actually really wanted to play only once a week.

Let's just "Music Bank".

"How is it possible, to the outside world."

Park Chanyeol sneered, chewed the gum in his hand and waved his hand a little tuggingly: "It's not a secret in the circle, it's just that YG doesn't have a good relationship with those TV stations, and I didn't go because of some conflicts in private before, so I didn't go......"

"It's the same as our SM artists who didn't go to Mnet a few years ago...... However, this time, BIGBANG's comeback is so loud that I guess there will be some exchanges, at least in the last issue......"

nodded, many things are announced to the public and circulated in private, and he actually knows the news, just when Chi Jingyuan was about to interject a sentence, the mobile phone shook, and Zhou Ziyu replied.

"It's been so long, why are you doing this, I didn't tell you if I knew I was going to (get angry)...... The song selection this time is really important, don't joke anymore. ”

Obviously, Zhou Ziyu was a little annoyed by Chi Jingyuan for choosing to sing Chinese songs before, and since she told Chi Jingyuan, she was repeatedly ridiculed by the other party, and it was about to become a black history.

Seeing the tone and expression of this news, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, but he also felt that this girl was a little anxious and apprehensive in her heart, obviously because of the problem of strength in the last issue, she was not lightly hit, and last time it was a poor group, if it is still like this this time, it will be easy to be eliminated.

He looked at Zhou Ziyu who was still struggling with the song selection, shook his head and frowned, and quickly tapped the mobile phone screen with both hands:

"Zhou Ziyuxi, it's really not wrong to say that you are stupid (despise), you don't know where your advantages are until now, what you have to do now is not to entangle the song selection and strength, I am embarrassed to say that you sing by yourself, you can't improve it in a short period of time, what you have to do now is to show your characteristics and advantages in the show, what are your advantages? It's the excellent appearance, the sunshine of the smile, the good dancing and the good personality, these are your biggest reliance in this show, what you have to think about is how to perform naturally in front of the camera, not what singing skills you think about there, do you have that thing? ”

Ji Jingyuan is really a little speechless about this girl, and still doesn't understand that idol and singer are different, the show "sixteen" is used by JYP to choose idol, not to choose singers.

I've told her several times, and now I finally can't help but say a few words to her.

After a long while, Zhou Ziyu didn't react, and Chi Jingyuan wondered if what he said was a little straightforward that made this girl a little sad, and when he was thinking about sending some expressions to test it, he replied.

"I got it (smiley)."

There is no anger and sadness in the words and expressions, but there is an unexpectedly well-behaved atmosphere, like a little rabbit who has been taught by the teacher, sits honestly on the small chair with his hands behind his back, and keeps nodding and smiling.

For some reason, Chi Jingyuan seems to have experienced a happy feeling from the text, and I don't know if it's an illusion.

The little girl's brain circuitry is just not normal.

Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips speechlessly, his fingers slid on the screen to go to the text message page, boringly casually scrolled up and down a few times, and after stopping, he saw Mingjing Nan's name, and after a pause, he clicked in,

There were no text messages, a whole row of smiling expressions, in addition to those sent by the other party, there were a few that Chi Jingyuan replied to.

After Mingjing Nan exchanged contact information with him, this girl was very measured, and she didn't often say something that she didn't have, but she just sent a smiling expression every day or two, and showed her presence while saying hello.

Even if he officially returned yesterday, Zhou Ziyu posted a new song or two after listening to it, but Mingjing Nan was still just a smiling face and added a cheering expression.

At that time, when he was facing each other's emotions and appearance in the background, Chi Jingyuan could obviously see that Mingjing Nan seemed to want to talk to him, but even if he had a number, he was still so measured when he was not very familiar, and after a few days, he felt that this girl was quite good, and his senses couldn't help but feel a lot better.

So every time he would smile back and say that he saw it, and now it's like punching in, almost every day or two.

It's interesting to say it or not.

"Gone."

Just when Ji Jingyuan was about to flip through other chat records, Wu Shixun next to him patted him, he looked up, took back his mobile phone and stood up with the members, and followed with his suitcase.

After a few hours of flight, the plane landed in Shenzhen, EXO first took the scheduled bus back to the hotel to repair it, and then went out together to find a nearby restaurant for a supper, and when he returned to the hotel room again, it was close to midnight.

Although it's nearly zero, it's actually quite early for idol, and after coming back, EXO didn't rest directly, a few people gathered in the room to chat with big names, and a few went out to talk to someone.

Chi Jingyuan was in his room, leaning on the bedside and flipping through his mobile phone, ready to read some news in forums and fan clubs.

As soon as I went to a forum that I usually browse, I clicked on a post and went in, and what caught my eye was an ugly picture of Pei Zhuxun being P, the corners of the mouth were pulled apart, the nasolabial folds deepened, and pockmarks were painted on the face, and the eyes were also processed, looking like a toad man.

I couldn't help laughing when I saw Ji Jingyuan, this picture P is really very vivid, even if a lot of distortion and ugliness have been done, but the most obvious features of the characters have not changed, although the finished product is very exaggerated and ugly, but familiar people know that P is Pei Zhuhyun at a glance, not someone else.

Black fans are really talented, and they are familiar with all kinds of methods.

Just flipped down and looked at it, but his smile slowly faded, the corners of his mouth pursed, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

In the past two days, in addition to the two boy groups EXO and bigbang, the hotter thing in the music industry is naturally Arie's crazy attack on Bae Joo-hyun because of the MC's relationship.

This forum that usually discusses Kpop has now been occupied by Aili, all kinds of ugly pictures can be seen everywhere, and some posts are directly titled with dazzling and filthy words, and after clicking on it, it is either crazy abuse for no reason, or it is a disgusting revelation made up, and there are attacks and abuses against Bae Joo-hyun everywhere, and the counterattack of red velvet fans is a little weak, and even the posts of objective discussion and persuasion are directly covered up.

At a glance, it really makes people think that Bae Joo-hyun has done something hurtful and unreasonable to cause him to be so hated, looking at this situation, Ji Jingyuan estimates that if Bae Joo-hyun really appears in front of these more extreme Ellies, he will really fight.

But with her short body and short legs, she shouldn't be anyone's opponent.

From above, I can see that the bottom is all unsightly, and there is no exception when I flip through Aili's fan club, in just over a day, Bae Joo-hyun has replaced Bae Suzhi and has become the person that Aili and Yuan Fan hate the most, and looking at the momentum of this attack, it is no different from last year's "some" period, and even surpasses it.

Thanks to the fact that Red Velvet only has an official social media account operated by the company, the members do not have a personal SNS, otherwise it is estimated that they would not be able to watch it now.

"Ugly girl", "Unspoken rules", "Die", "Aunt", "Auntie", "Hook up with high-level", "Shameless." ”

In the eyes of income, it is full of these words that make people feel negative when they read it.

Although the ellipse are all fans of EXO, and they are all people who support and like Ji Jingyuan, but seeing those rampant ugly pictures and foul language, Ji Jingyuan himself feels a little excessive.

When he saw it, he didn't know what kind of mood his sister would feel when she saw it......

His eyes froze on the screen, as if he had thought of something, and he was a little distracted for a long time, Chi Jingyuan shook his head and came back to his senses, and finally glanced at the fan club that was still swiping the screen, and sighed softly.

Paying attention to the time, he thought for a moment before getting up from the bed and clicking on the name from the address book to reach the window of the hotel room.

Oh Se-hoon, who was in the same room, went to Park Chanyeol's to play cards, and no one bothered him.

It's just that the phone prompt rang for a long time, and it took a while before it was connected.

……

Red Velvet came back early today, and now they were all washed up and chatting in their respective rooms to get ready to rest.

And Pei Zhuhyun was on the bed at this time, sitting cross-legged with two thin legs together, seemingly listening to Jiang Shiqi and Sun Shengwan chattering about some trivial things next to him, but in fact, he was looking at the black screen mobile phone in his hand that was not unlocked.

She was originally on the Internet just now, but when she saw the words that attacked her everywhere, the more she looked at it, the more annoyed she became, and finally she couldn't bear to retreat.

She has no tendency to be abused, of course she won't watch it when she knows that the Internet is full of spraying herself, and she didn't scold her miserably when she debuted before, and she has a lot of experience in dealing with it.

And out of some special psychology, I don't want to take the initiative to find the person to send a message to, so I can only fiddle with my mobile phone for a long time and don't know what to do, and I don't know what to do.

Suddenly, a sense of concussion came, and she was so frightened that she almost screamed, and looked back at the mobile phone in front of her that was specially muted, a number was calling, and when she saw the name on the caller ID, Pei Zhuhyun's eyes lit up, and she seemed to cheer up all of a sudden, as if the exhaustion and anger just now had been dispelled.

It was Chi Jingyuan who called.

Usually, the contact between the two is basically based on text messages, and if you call directly, there is obviously something...... Maybe it was what she was thinking when she was in a daze before.

After a pause of two seconds, she grabbed her mobile phone, but she didn't show a hurried expression, but slowly put on her slippers naturally, smiled at the two people who looked next to her, and twisted and walked to the direction of the bathroom.

"Yo Bu Se Yo ......"

"Why are you calling so late?"

After connecting it, a low soft and lively voice came from the opposite side, and the tone was a little tired, but there was a trace of joy and resentment, listening to it, Chi Jingyuan actually felt that this sister seemed to be in a good mood.

"Because I just discovered something." Ji Jingyuan cleared his throat, his tone was very formal, and he spoke a little seriously.

"What's the matter?" Hearing the other party's solemn appearance, Pei Zhuhyun's cheerful mind that had just risen immediately retracted and asked seriously.

"Joo Hyun Xi."

"Huh?"

"Shouldn't you apologize to me?"

"Huh? Apologies, why. Her voice was a little confused, and she didn't understand it at all.

Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan paused for a moment, looked at the night scene in the distance, his tone was heavy and obviously complaining, as if he was very angry: "Have you read it on the Internet, now many forums are full of your red velvet fans scolding my posts, the scolding is so ugly, what an 'ugly man' or something, just because I cooperated with you with a fixed MC......"

"Huh...... Ah, Chi Jingyuan! ”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by an angry roar, at this time, Bae Joo-hyun first laughed out twice, and then immediately surged up, and the annoyance and grievances of being attacked by Aili for a whole day were forcibly buried in his heart, and after brewing for a long time, he finally broke out at this moment, and even the deliberately suppressed voice was obviously raised: "You are embarrassed to say that your fans are like crazy, chasing me and scolding non-stop, and they have so many pictures called such ugly black names......"

"What an ugly girl and a short man, even my aunt has come out, am I very old? And even our red velvet fans were scolded so badly, anyone who spoke for me would be attacked......"

"You're still saying that, are you really, out of Guray?"

The comfort that I was expecting didn't wait, and it actually came out like this, Bae Joo-hyun was obviously really annoyed, and kept saying a lot in a row, as if he wanted to vent all his grievances on this man who was looking for fault and provoking.

"I didn't want to say it, but you still slander people......"

"And ......"

“……”

Thinking of those disgusting rumors and unsightly ugly pictures, remembering that she forcibly pretended to be normal in front of the members and others, Bae Joo-hyun babbled for a while, and just when her emotions were almost calmed down and she had nothing to say, a gentle voice with a smile suddenly sounded in her ears, which made her a little stunned.

"Are you feeling better?"

He said that on purpose......

Just for a moment, she reacted immediately, Chi Jingyuan said this on purpose, specifically to make her angry just to make her emotionally explode, and scolded her fiercely to vent the pent-up emotions in her heart.

Ji Jingyuan seems to know very well that she doesn't like to show her feelings in front of others, but likes to hold some things and emotions in her heart and keep it stuffy.

Not only do I know her habits, but I also know her personality.

Recalling the expectation that I had been expecting before, all of a sudden, inexplicably, the anger just now dissipated like a tide for some reason, and a strong tingling sensation suddenly gushed out in my heart as if I had been electrocuted, which quickly spread to the whole body.

Neither side spoke for a moment and fell into a brief silence, and only some breathing sounds could be faintly heard in the receiver of the mobile phone.

Ji Jingyuan didn't say anything more, although he did think that Aili did something excessive, but from his standpoint, it was definitely impossible to scold or blame his fans.

It would seem inappropriate to even apologize on their behalf, because these meals are people who really like and support him unconditionally, and he feels a little unqualified to do so.

"How do you know...... Bae Zhuhyun spoke slowly, her voice suddenly lowered again, and the momentum of Ji Jingyuan's kicking was dissipated with a kick just now, as if it could be blown by a gust of wind.

She wanted to ask Chi Jingyuan how she knew that she had been holding back, holding back her anger and grievances.

"Anyone who is scolded like this will be in a bad mood, and it is obvious that you are not abnormal at all when MBC recorded "Music Center" today...... And I don't know you yet? People who are small-minded don't care about what they say, so what are they pretending to be open-minded and open-minded? ”

Ji Jingyuan leaned against the window and looked outside, remembering what happened to him at MBC today, and said lazily and casually.

Hearing Ji Jingyuan's words, even if it was a mocking complaint, Bae Joo-hyun was not angry, and couldn't help biting his lip with a smile.

She lost control of her emotions and collapsed several times in front of Ji Jingyuan, and it was really difficult to refute the other party's words.

But in fact, Bae Joo-hyun didn't mean to refute, but a happy mood rippled between his eyebrows.

It's really nice to be known, especially when it's still him.

Just when her mind was a little agitated, and the surging emotions drove her to say something emotional and intimate, she was interrupted by another sentence in her ear, "Is it good to eat at night".

Bae Joo-hyun couldn't help but be amused by this perfunctory change of topic, and replied angrily with a snort: "What do you say? ”

"If I were you, I would definitely not be able to eat......" Chi Jingyuan walked back to the bed from the window and sat down, looked at the TV series playing on the TV in the room, and smacked his lips and said: "Actually, I originally thought that you wouldn't be so sad, after all, if the fans have some smears, it looks like a joke, what kind of 'ugly girl' or something, don't you know if you're ugly or not, shouldn't you laugh at this ridiculous attack when you look so good?" ”

"That's right, it's ......"

Bae Joo-hyun smiled and unceremoniously accepted the praise of 'good-looking', but the tone behind it was obviously paused, as if it was a little difficult to speak, and finally muttered in a small voice: "Everything else is fine, that's it...... That 'aunt' is really a bit ......."

"Aha......"

Ji Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this, and he didn't know if he was laughing at Aili's talent or laughing at Bae Joo-hyun's twist.

Ellie is really beating snakes and hitting seven inches, how do they know that one of the things that this sister cares about the most is her own age.

"Ah, don't laugh, don't say this word in front of me in the future......" Obviously very dissatisfied with his laughter, Bae Joo-hyun said sullenly.

"I see." Ji Jingyuan looked at the TV and nodded, with seriousness in his relaxed tone.

After the words "......", both sides fell silent, as if they were reminiscing about the experience of the phone call and the afterglow of emotions, and for a while they could only hear the sound of conversation on TV.

After being quiet for a while, Bae Joo-hyun suddenly spoke: "Next time in "Music Bank", you put down your bangs." ”

Hearing her voice and strange request, Ji Jingyuan didn't ask her why she said that, and laughed softly as if he understood:

"I see."

(End of chapter)