In mid-August, Redvelvet released "Summer Magic", completing their comeback.
Continuing "Red Taste", this time Redvelvet's summer title song "Power Up" still brings cool liveliness to fans.
In the heat, the training of the trainees in the talent show "PD48" has also come to an end.
It is not only the end of a certain project stage, but also the end of the entire summer.
In the practice room, "Are you fascinated?" 》This group is practicing.
Li Jiaen is the captain of this group. Although Quan Eunfei is also in this group, it is obvious that the former is more suitable for this position at this time.
The center voted by the group was Choi Ye Na.
At this stage, the team members are more inclined to vote for trainees who have not yet taken the C position.
When Pei Yourong withdrew from the competition, Cui Ruina happened to be the trainee who had never had a C and was pretty good.
Besides, she has a good relationship with everyone, and everyone likes this lively and funny girl.
Of course, the training after confirming the position is not smooth sailing. Because the lyrics are in Japanese, it is difficult for Korean trainees to practice the singing part.
But this song sung by ten people is not too long, so the parts assigned to each trainee are not many. In addition, Korea often releases Japanese albums for Neon, so in general These language difficulties are easy for trainees to overcome.
"Let's stop practicing here for the morning. Let's take a rest~"
"Inside."
After Li Jiaen gave the order to rest, the trainees immediately sat down on the floor.
The closer we get to the final stage, the less urgent the tension everyone feels during training. It's not at all like the trepidation they felt during the first few days.
Pei Yourong sat on the floor. She leaned next to An Youzhen and ate the finger biscuits Zhang Yuanying brought.
There are no regulations prohibiting trainees from eating snacks in the practice room. As long as they take away the garbage generated according to the rules, they can bring any snacks they want to eat.
"Unnie, do you live in Seoul now?"
"That's right, what's wrong?"
"After the show, can I come to Ernie's house to hang out?"
"Of course, Yoo Jinni can come anytime you want."
Pei Yourong answered without thinking. She wished everyone could come to her house to play. Living in such a big house by herself would be a waste anyway, and she would feel lonely sometimes.
"Hehe." An Youzhen narrowed his eyes again, with two iconic dimples on his face.
"Is that okay in the middle of the night?"
"Then you have to be careful on your way here."
"You won't disturb Ernie's family, right?"
"No, I live alone."
"Eh?"
An Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and only later did she remember that Pei Yourong had told her about her parents' divorce.
An Youzhen, who realized that he might have said the wrong thing, showed an annoyed look. 14 years old is not an age where you can hide your worries. The girl's face was like a barometer.
Pei Yourong noticed that An Youzhen no longer reached for the biscuits, so he also stopped.
"What's wrong?" She looked at An Youzhen's face.
An Youzhen faced Pei Yourong's smiling face and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
While she recalled the warm time she spent with her family in the house, she also guessed how lonely Pei Yourong would be when he lay alone in bed at night.
For 14-year-old An Youzhen, living alone is still far away.
But she had gone to school, and the thick textbook taught her a lot of knowledge. It turned into a pen and sketched out Pei Yourong's life alone in her heart.
That is the outline of loneliness.
"Ernie."
"Um?"
"I'll come to play with you often from now on, okay?"
"Why are you looking at me like that all of a sudden?"
Pei Yourong tilted his head. Anyone who was looked at with pity by a girl who was a few years younger than him would feel a little uncomfortable, and she was no exception.
An Youzhen shook Pei Yourong's arm again.
"Unnie~"
"I know, I will wait at home for our Yuzhen to come."
…
The final live broadcast stage will have a higher standard than the third performance.
The Sangong stage is already large in scale, but the live broadcast stage is much larger than that.
After all, this is a year-end broadcast-level stage prepared for the group night. This live broadcast is the highlight moment of this program, so it cannot be overstated.
Being large in scale has the advantage of being able to accommodate more live audiences, and the stage effect will also be improved by several levels.
But the disadvantages are also obvious - trainees have more to remember during rehearsals.
After several inspections by their instructors, Pei Yourong and the others were finally able to come to the stage in front of them to rehearse.
Even though she was mentally prepared, when Pei Yourong was actually on the stage, she still couldn't help but sigh.
“It’s so gorgeous, is this what we’re going to perform on?”
The stage of "Dreaming Time" is the simplest, so the program team used it as the first rehearsal stage today.
During the rehearsal, the trainees also got to know the locations of the elevators, stage runways and auditoriums.
According to the staff, a large space next to the stage will be set up as a platform for the show.
After a relatively long period of time, it was the turn of "Charmed?" 》 stage rehearsal.
Pei Yourong stood on the stage. The stage during the day lacked the dreamlike feeling at night, but for rehearsals, this was a good thing.
This allowed her to better observe the entire stage.
As if the staff's warnings had not left his ears, Pei Yourong checked the microphone while recalling the details that the staff had just said.
After confirming everything, Pei Yourong raised his head.
Then her pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.
Pei Yourong originally thought that the scenes of slowing down time in anime or TV series were just special effects.
But when she saw the black shadow not far above, falling downward at an ever-increasing speed, she realized something.
It turns out that time can really slow down in human senses.
No time to remind, no time to shout, no time to think.
In the limited and illusory deceleration of time, Pei Yourong did not spare his own strength for the first time in his life.
She suddenly ran forward and pushed away the figure who hadn't noticed anything yet.
…
After being pushed away heavily by that hand, An Youzhen was caught off guard and fell forward.
At first, she was just confused and panicked, but when she heard a dull sound from behind, the panic turned into fear, and it tended to expand.
There was a "bang", a sound that was completely different from the crispness.
After that, the sound of two things falling to the ground was heard.
An Youzhen fell to the ground. She turned her head with some difficulty, and then saw the camera drone with scattered parts.
And Pei Yourong fell to the ground.
…
Lying on the ground, Pei Yourong was thinking about a lot of things. Her eyes began to become blurry, and there was a faint moist feeling on her forehead, which made her eyelids feel even more heavy.
"It turns out that being hit hurts so much." She thought inexplicably before closing her eyes.
Like a vulgar novel that has its own clumsy plot, this ordinary story written by girls also has its own twist.
The summer of 2018.
Amidst An Youzhen's cries.
Rehearsal is over.
