"Birthday?"

Seeing Yu Dingyan and Sasha Minato sneaking over, and at the same time hearing the word mysteriously from their mouths, Chi Jingyuan asked strangely, "Who?" ”

"It's Mina, it's her birthday......" Sasha Minato lowered her voice, and when she spoke, she didn't know if she remembered something, so she tilted her head and looked over, I don't know why her eyes looked a little strange, not very natural.

"Today is Mina's birthday, and after that she will be twenty years old and an adult." Yu Dingyan was very normal, and opened his mouth to explain.

"Isn't she a neon man? The algorithm of age is different from Peninsula, right? Chi Jingyuan interjected.

"According to Peninsula, she is an adult......" waved his hand indifferently, Yu Dingyan said with a smile: "It's a very important birthday, so we want to give her a birthday surprise......"

When Ji Jingyuan heard what they said, he felt a little weird, he really didn't know that today was Mingjing Nan's birthday, and he hadn't paid much attention to it recently.

Mingjing Nan is not like Zhou Ziyu who will send a text message to Chi Jingyuan when his birthday is approaching, what 'oops, it's June', 'I didn't rest well yesterday, I went to bed at 1 o'clock and got up at 4 o'clock' and other stupid things that are implied and explicit, when Mingjing Nan has been in contact with him occasionally recently, for example, the day before yesterday, the two chatted for a while because of the topic of Pokémon, but this girl didn't mention any birthday or anything like that.

"Birthday surprise? What do you want to do? ”

After a moment's consideration, Ji Jingyuan blinked his eyes and asked.

Seeing his expression, it was estimated that there was a door, and the two of them were overjoyed, Yu Dingyan hurriedly said: "Just wait a while until the evening, when the practice is about to end, Jingyuan Oba, you find a reason to criticize Mina, be a little harsh, and then find an excuse to drive us to the door, and wait for a while, when Mina was sad to be trained by you, we secretly turned off the light, and then we came in with a birthday cake to surprise her."

"She probably had tears in her eyes, and then she blew out the candles as she listened to us sing the song...... Wow, this reversal is the most moving. ”

Yu Dingyan said as he closed his eyes, as if he had imagined that picture, and some grinned proudly.

Chi Jingyuan listened carefully, and asked with a strange expression, "Who came up with this?" Lin Nalian? ”

He thought the plan was stupid......

"Ani, we came up with it together." As if he was worried about being taken away from him, Minato Sasha hurriedly added, with his mouth slightly open, his expression sly, and his eyes looking at him smartly, looking like he was inviting credit.

Ji Jingyuan opened his mouth and didn't ask any more.

He didn't have any opinion on this group of girls giving a birthday surprise to the little sisters of their group, not to mention that the relationship between Mingjing Nan and him was also a little different, and it didn't matter if he ended the practice a little early, but Chi Jingyuan recalled his impression of Mingjing Nan, and asked with some hesitation: "Is this ...... Will she believe it? ”

He thinks that Mingjing Nan is a very smart girl, and it is difficult to deceive her with this kind of 'birthday surprise' made by a few rabble.

But Sasha Minato looked at him and blinked: "If it's Oba you, it should be." ”

Her eyes were large and very intent, shining with a sparkle that seemed to have some other meaning.

"Inside, Oba is the producer." Yu Dingyan also echoed, but her meaning seemed to be a little different from Minato Sasha, and after nodding, she remembered something, glanced back at the direction of the practice room, and added in a low voice: "When the time comes, Oba will be stricter, just like you said that day...... It must be okay to say that Nalianoni is like that. ”

“……”

Inexplicably remembered that day Lin Nalian's face wrinkled and cried ugly, the corners of Chi Jingyuan's mouth twitched twice, and then he didn't think much about it, nodded and responded: "Okay, then say so." ”

"Thank you, Oba, Consanmida!" The two of them immediately laughed and happily thanked Chi Jingyuan.

After discussing some details of the 'surprise', Yu Dingyan and Minato Sasha went back to the practice room first, but Ji Jingyuan was not with them, he stood in the corridor outside and muttered for a few seconds, remembering what the two said when they were discussing anime two days ago, he took out his mobile phone and called his assistant Cui Zhichang:

"Yo don't stuff you...... Are you in the company...... Then you go to our dormitory now, there is a box in the cabinet next to my bed, and there are a few unopened ones in it...... Right, and then find a penguin pattern, blue and white penguin, stupid, you can see it at a glance...... Well, then find a gift shop to wrap it, it doesn't have to be very exquisite, just wrap it...... Send it to JYP, and when you arrive, call Jae-hyun and give it to him......"

After explaining to the assistant in detail, Chi Jingyuan hung up the phone.

I don't know, but since I know that Minami Nai has a birthday today, or a more important birthday on the peninsula, it is naturally better to prepare a gift, whether it is as a friend with a common code, or a game partner who will shout 'dry bad' to each other.

After returning to the practice room, Ji Jingyuan immediately felt several eyes looking at him, except for Mingjing Nan, who had a normal gaze, some of the other members who participated in the 'birthday surprise' were very calm, such as Kim Daxian and Zhou Ziyu, but there were also people like Sun Caiying and Lin Nalian, their eyes were burning, and their expressions looked like they were anxious to 'want to check the password and confirm that they were teammates'.

Ji Jingyuan didn't have anything abnormal, and chatted casually with twice's agent Kim Sang-min, and Yu Guang suddenly felt a little speechless when he saw these two people.

Just like the two of you, you still want to deceive people Mingjingnan......

Soon, Lin Nalian seemed to realize that there was something wrong with her expression, and immediately coughed and pretended to be calm, but the eyes that secretly glanced over from time to time revealed her inner activity and expectation.

Next, I will continue to practice "cheer up" and familiarize myself with the choreography that has just been changed, and at the same time, Ji Kyung-won will evaluate everyone's movements and typhoons according to the standards of the official performance.

As the nine people of TWICE danced "cheer up" over and over again, time passed slowly, and the sky outside the window gradually darkened.

Some people who were interested in his action immediately noticed it, and immediately their hearts sank, knowing that their plan was about to begin.

Sure enough, this time "Cheer Up" jumped halfway through and was stopped by Ji Jingyuan when he got to the bridge.

"Mina, your head is too crooked here, it seems a little deliberate."

"Ah, inside." Mingjing Nan, who was named by name, didn't feel anything, and hurriedly responded and nodded obediently to show that he knew.

"Again."

Chi Jingyuan remained silent, smiling and pursed.

He felt that the plan discussed by the two people was a bit inappropriate, how could he criticize others for no reason when he came up, he basically didn't get angry after being in contact with them for so long, so it was too sudden and easy to be seen through, if you want to act, you must take it step by step, and it will be more real to pretend that you are in a hurry to be made by Mingjing Nan.

"Again, it still doesn't feel right......"

"Inner ......"

Ji Jingyuan shook his head again, this time his smile faded a little.

"It's okay this time...... But at the beginning, the smile was unnatural. ”

"Again."

"Hmm."

"Well, not this time."

The tone became slightly impatient.

As she re-danced several times in a row, it still made the producer of Chi all kinds of dissatisfaction, and Minami Nai felt a little anxious, and her emotions obviously began to fluctuate, and when she stopped dancing, she couldn't laugh in the face of Chi Jingyuan and others.

Finding fault is the easiest, and no one can jump to perfection.

In fact, with Chi Jingyuan's understanding of Mingjing Nan, at this time, if she comes to the sentence 'Can you be serious, you alone will involve the whole team and repeat it with you' This kind of words will be the most lethal to her, and Mingjing Nan, this girl cares about this the most.

But after thinking about it, he still gave up saying it, just a joke birthday surprise, or don't say such things that really hurt.

At this time, the other members of TWICE also saw that the show had started, with different expressions and dancing over and over again with Chi Jingyuan and Mingjing Nan, at this time the difference in acting skills was reflected, some people were expressionless, constantly wiping their sweat and pretending to be very tired, and some people were staring at each other with radiant eyes, looking left and right every time they stopped, grinning with a lively expression, for fear that others would not know that she had a ghost.

Finally, after many interruptions in a row, Chi Jingyuan felt that the atmosphere was almost over, and when he stopped again, his face became unsightly, and he looked at Mingjing Nan and frowned:

"Mina, I've said it several times, why can't I feel progress? Do you think what I'm saying is wrong? ”

"Ani...... I ......"

Mingjing Nan shook his head vigorously, his voice was a little louder, and he tried to explain, but after he spoke, he didn't know what to say, so he could only purse his head and lower his head.

"Yikes! Do you want to see for yourself what you dance, there happens to be a DV next to it. Chi Jingyuan pointed to a fixed camera set up next to him, which was originally used to record tidbits, and said angrily, and then saw that Mingjing Nan was still a little sad when he lowered his head and stirred his fingers and didn't speak, and finally aggravated his tone: "Did you become careless when your agent was not there?" That who ......"

Ji Jingyuan stretched out his hand and pointed casually to the side: "You go and call Jin Shangmin over and let him watch from the side." ”

“…… Oba, don't need it......"

The other people of TWICE looked at each other, and Sasha Minato still frowned, pouted slightly, and pretended to persuade him.

"Hurry up, go."

"Oh......"

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's impatient tone, several other members hurriedly pushed me and walked out, and Zhou Ziyu blinked and glanced back when he was about to go out.

Chi Jingyuan was relieved after watching the rabble walk out of the practice room, but when he turned his head and looked at Mingjing Nan again, he found that he was still a little depressed and anxious because of the criticism just now, and Mingjing Nan, who had been burying his head and almost crying, suddenly raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly with his head sideways, and looked at him with strange eyes through the bangs in front of his forehead.

“……”

Chi Jingyuan's heart tightened, and he immediately felt that this girl seemed to see something, but on the stage, he still had to grit his teeth and continue to act, still frowning as he was just now, looking at her with a look of being anxious and angry: "When the agent comes, I'll see if you are still like that." ”

""Cheer Up" is the title song, and your weight is so heavy, this expressiveness is really not good......"

As he spoke, Mingjing Nan looked at him, as if he was talking and asking in his dark eyes, but when she was halfway through speaking, she didn't know what she remembered, and she didn't look at Chi Jingyuan anymore, but lowered her head as she did just now, as if she hadn't found anything, and played with her fingers again.

"You ......"

Seeing her eyes and changes before and after, Chi Jingyuan suddenly had a feeling of 'being co-starred', and he was inexplicably embarrassed, he opened his mouth but didn't make a sound, and he couldn't go on.

After roughly estimating the time, he finally glanced at Mingjing Nan, who was bowing his head, speechlessly, took a few steps to the side, and turned off the lights in the practice room with a 'snap'.

Suddenly, the entire practice room became extremely quiet, and only the sound of the two people's breathing and the agitation outside from far to near could be faintly heard.

Soon, there was a messy footsteps outside, and the door of the practice room was pushed open with a 'bang', and all the other members of TWICE, as well as a few assistants gathered around Sasha Minato, who was holding a birthday cake in the middle, rushed in, and there was an assistant holding a small DV in the back to shoot the whole thing.

The cake is small but delicate, with two candles already on it, and the letters 'mina' written in strawberry cream can be seen in the afterglow of the lamp.

“Surprise！”

"Birthday card."

As soon as they came in, Lin Nalian, Sun Caiying, and a few people immediately laughed and shouted loudly, and several people jumped and jumped next to Mingjing Nan and began to coax her, and then soon everyone clapped their hands together and sang a song:

"Rough Kahamida."

"Salang hey to mina~"

Looking at the sudden surprise, Meijing Nan looked completely unexpected, she first grinned happily, looking pink and tender under the light of the candlelight, and then covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes flashed and she wanted to cry with joy, her eyes were covered with a layer of mist swaying from side to side, her eyes turned back and forth on the cake and the smiles of the members next to her, and then suddenly glanced back and met the eyes of Chi Jingyuan who was standing behind.

At this time, Ji Jingyuan had already retreated to the back of the crowd, clapping lightly, while laughing and humming a song with the others, after noticing Mingjing Nan's gaze at him, he naturally narrowed his smiling eyes and tilted his head slightly.

From just now, he felt that Mingjing Nan had seen through their plan, but now he still looked like he was in tears, and he didn't know if he was cooperating with the performance, or if he was really moved.

Although the performance and planning are relatively clumsy, judging from Minami Nai's crooked eyes and red sockets, happy and bright smile and expression, and unbridled gums, the result of this plan should still be very good.

"Blow out the candles!"

With the blessing of the members, Minami Nai finally folded his hands and closed his eyes to make a wish, and then puffed out the candle with his mouth puffed up, and then everyone cheered, this 'birthday surprise' was a complete success.

The assistant next to him turned on the light, and the other members also happily surrounded him, chatting about the performance just now, and they all laughed:

"Hahaha, I was scared, wow, I was taken aback just now."

"I almost laughed out loud...... Mina shouldn't have seen it, right? ”

"Oops, why are you really crying, don't cry."

Seeing that Najing Nan really cried, tears crossed her cheeks, Sun Caiying and Minato Sasha hugged her with some concern, thinking that she was scared.

"Ani......" let the two take advantage of themselves, Najing Nan reached out and gently wiped the corners of his eyes, then the corners of his mouth rose, and his voice explained softly: "It's happy...... Really happy. ”

"It was my idea!"

"It's clear that we thought about it together."

"Ernie, for you, birthday card."

Chi Jingyuan watched from the back of the crowd for a while, watching the group of little girls hugging and crying for a while, hugging and laughing for a while, giving out prepared gifts for a while, and shaking his head with a smile because of the noisy appearance of arguing for merit, and then walked to the side and took out a wrapped gift from his shoulder bag and walked over.

He looked at Mingjing Nan, who was still red-eyed and snorting, but smiling very sunnyly, and his mouth was not the same as that of Mingjing Nan, who had never been on him, and he also smiled lightly, and reached out and handed the gift to Mingjing Nan: "Happy birthday." ”

"Consanmida."

Mingjing Nan raised his moist eyes and glanced at Chi Jingyuan, pursed his mouth slightly, and reached out to take the rustling opening to thank him.

"Then that's all for today, I'll go first." After giving the gift, Ji Jingyuan said goodbye and prepared to leave.

"Oba, let's go to dinner together later, and celebrate Mina Oni's birthday." Seeing that Ji Jingyuan was leaving, Kim Daxian hurried up to keep him.

"Go ahead, I won't go."

Although Mingjing Nan looked at him and nodded lightly, as if he was looking forward to it, Chi Jingyuan directly refused.

A group celebrates the birthday of the members, and he goes to count nothing.

One last glance at Mingjing Nam in the center of the crowd, Ji Jingyuan waved his hand, and walked out directly with Park Jae-hyun, followed by a chirping goodbye:

"Oba Goodbye......"

……

"When did you negotiate with them?"

After midnight in the evening, when he returned to the dormitory from the company and just took a shower, he was chatting with others on the sofa and watching TV, when Chi Jingyuan received a text message from Mingjing Minami.

Although I don't know where they went to eat and celebrate later, I guess Mingjingnan's birthday should be quite good.

"At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, they sneaked outside to tell me while you weren't paying attention......"

Ji Jingyuan leaned on the sofa and replied, explained briefly, then remembered the scene at that time, and asked curiously, "Then when did you see that something was wrong?" ”

"Hmm...... It feels like you're acting because you told the other members to call their agents...... But if you feel that something is wrong, you can feel it from the moment you say 'yes'. ”

“qingjia？”

"Because even if you want to criticize me, you won't say 'yes', but if it were you, you would say 'mina xi, do you want to see how you dance'......"

Chi Jingyuan was also a little surprised when he saw this, but it was expected.

From the beginning, he didn't think that those people with good and bad acting skills of TWICE could deceive Minami Mingjing.

It's just that I didn't expect that I was the first to be exposed......

"Know me so well?" He tilted his head and tapped on his phone.

"Hey......

"If you guessed it in advance, wouldn't the effect of the 'birthday surprise' be greatly reduced?"

"No...... Even though there was some speculation, when the members walked up to me with the cake in their hands, I was really happy, touched, and thanked them very much. ”

"No acting?"

"Not (angry)...... By the way, did you know that today was my birthday before, so you prepared a gift? ”

Dissatisfied because he was questioned, Najing Minami, who was lying on the bed, puffed out his mouth, and then typed and asked with some expectation.

"Well, I really want to say that, but I actually only found out when Sana told me, and the gift was also prepared improvised later...... You shouldn't be angry, right?"

“……”

Seeing Chi Jingyuan's text message, Mingjing Nan didn't have any disappointment, as if she had expected it a long time ago, she instead smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth, looked at the little penguin and hat placed next to the bed, leaned out and touched it lightly before replying with a smile:

"No, I like the gift very much."

"And, thank you."

(End of chapter)