Zhou Ziyu, who was originally a little dissatisfied because of the other party's indifferent smile, heard the casual but serious thank you that followed, and the grievance and annoyance in her heart disappeared as if it had been extinguished by a clear spring. She seemed to feel the other person's current mood, turning her head to look at him, blinking her eyes.
"What for? Never seen it before?"
Chi Jingyuan, who was stared at by a pair of big eyes, did not turn his head. He chuckled and glanced sideways before continuing to drive.
Although he found it a little funny, he clearly felt that the position of this little girl Zhou Ziyu was completely on his side. Even if the other person was a senior trainee from the same company, the same was true for members who might debut together in the future. This kind of being The maintenance feels quite good.
People can't help but feel like 'I didn't hurt her in vain'.
But after Chi Jingyuan laughed, he thought for a while and said: "Although I am very grateful, but as I said before, there is no need to make me feel unfair for this kind of thing... and this matter is ours in the first place. The two team up to bully others. Lin Nalian was scolded so badly some time ago, so it is normal for her to vent her anger in private as a fan."
"Who is partnering with you?"
Hearing this, Zhou Ziyu glanced at him angrily, and then immediately remembered Chi Jingyuan's blatant and undisguised favoritism when recording the program. The surprise at the time and the subsequent joy emerged at the same time, and he couldn't help but The corners of his mouth turned up, and a person secretly became happy.
Chi Jingyuan didn't care about the girl's change of mood, and continued: "Okay, I don't care whether she insults me in private or not. Speaking of which, I also saw that she was scolded before. In fact, it's really It’s quite pitiful…”
"It's your business how you get along with each other. You can get along with them how you want to get along. And if you really get mixed up in "Sixteen" and debut in the future, you and they will have to live together for many years after joining a group."
"Who is messing around..."
There was another low-pitched complaint of dissatisfaction, and then Zhou Ziyu thought for a while and nodded obediently and seriously: "I understand."
At this time, the car has already entered the JB area where the "sixteen" dormitory is located. The surrounding buildings have suddenly become a lot older. Narrow roads and low brick houses have gradually begun to increase and can be seen everywhere. Due to the road conditions, the speed of the car has inevitably changed. Gotta slow down.
Because it developed too early, there are relatively many old districts in Jiangbei. Most of the areas still maintain a very traditional style, and the housing construction and conditions are relatively cheap and economical. Compared with the prosperous Jiangnan District, the two districts across the river The difference in situation between the two places is huge.
Because the rent is cheap and it is very close to Gangnam, many entertainment companies have chosen to locate their trainees and artist dormitories here, such as JYP.
The same is true for those who are not SM-savvy. EXO's first dormitory and the place where red velvet lives are also nearby. In terms of straight-line distance, it is actually not that far from Zhou Ziyu's dormitory.
There was another red light. Chi Jingyuan seemed to suddenly remember something. He quickly turned around and picked up a large packaged box from the storage area at the back and stuffed it into Zhou Ziyu's arms: "By the way, I bought it for you. birthday present……"
"what?"
When it came to the gift, Zhou Ziyu, who was sitting there calmly, immediately brightened up, and his whole body seemed to come alive with energy. Before Chi Jingyuan handed the thing to her hand, he had already turned around. He looked over, then took the initiative to take it, put it on his legs and looked at it carefully.
Originally, because of Chi Jingyuan's ridicule, she thought it was some kind of cosmetic mask meant to ridicule her dark skin. She was a little uneasy before, but when she saw the package, she immediately rejected the idea.
"A silly dog doll. I saw it by chance before and thought it would be more suitable for you... It's not something expensive, so just play with it."
Listening to the nonchalant introduction next to him, Zhou Ziyu looked at the packaging in his hand happily. The packaging box was very large, with a height of more than half a meter. From the transparent surface in the middle, you could see that there was something hidden inside. Looks like a doll.
"Can I open it?" A pair of big eyes looked over again. Seeing Chi Jingyuan casually tapping his chin, he immediately opened the package happily.
The package was quickly opened, and a dog doll was revealed. The type was a bit vague, a bit like a golden retriever, and a bit like a Labrador. The gray hair looked soft, and it felt like it when you reached out and touched it. Very comfortable and obviously of good quality and not just any ordinary doll on the street.
It has a pair of big ears drooping, its mouth is open and licking its red tongue, its small eyes are full of wisdom, but the overall combination is full of naivety, and there is also a head on its head. The matching cotton black-framed glasses make the already unintelligent dog head look even more stupid. Although it makes people feel disgusted, they can't help but smile and want to hug it twice.
The smile was exactly the same as the one holding it now.
"so cute!"
Zhou Ziyu's eyes lit up at the first sight. She surpassed the two oncoming high-beam lights. She obviously liked this birthday gift very much. She just looked up and down and hugged it hard. She couldn't help but Use your cheeks to have a close-up kiss with your silly dog face.
Not satisfied with this alone, she rubbed it hard twice. The soft touch made her feel so happy that she couldn't even close her lips.
"Wow, it's so soft and feels so comfortable..."
"so so."
"Why is it wearing glasses?"
"Poor eyesight."
"What's its name?"
"Stupid dog."
"Hate!"
The excitement turned into words and questions and began to rush towards Chi Jingyuan crazily. Facing Chi Jingyuan's extremely perfunctory answer, he did not cool down at all. He still hugged the doll happily and held up a short one in each hand. The soft dog legs were beating and beating each other there, having a lot of fun.
Chi Jingyuan glanced at it from the corner of his eye. Zhou Ziyu was not sitting as upright as before. She was holding a doll that was almost as big as her upper body, and her whole body was pressed against it. She touched it here and pulled it out there. The little tiger teeth have never been retracted.
Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.
"How do you know I like dogs?"
After playing happily for a while, Zhou Ziyu hugged it tightly, looked over again, and asked with twinkling eyes.
She was really happy now. She really liked this gift and wanted to hold it all the time. At the same time, she was also curious about how Chi Jingyuan could give such a thoughtful gift.
"Because you said it many times before."
"Then you like dogs too?"
"dislike?"
"Why? Dogs are so cute."
"Because of the trouble."
Chi Jingyuan turned his head and looked at the two human faces and dog faces close by. He always felt that the expressions of the two were really similar, especially if Zhou Ziyu also wore black-rimmed glasses.
After taking a glance, he turned back and added:
"Still stupid."
…
"boom."
Chi Jingyuan put on a mask and hat, closed the door and got out of the car. He took Zhou Ziyu, who reluctantly put down the dog toy, and walked ahead along the quiet street.
When he was approaching the dormitory, maybe because he was really happy and didn't want to go back at this time, Chi Jingyuan saw Zhou Ziyu's somewhat reluctant look, thinking about her recent stress and entanglement, and after looking at the time, he asked I went out for a walk. After being happily agreed, I found a secluded alleyway near their dormitory and stopped, then casually walked towards the neighborhood.
The not-so-good economy makes Jiangbei a lot more deserted than Jiangnan at night. At least at this time, when it is not very late, there are no people walking around in these streets. The decoration on both sides of the lanes looks very... Most of the ordinary stores were closed, and there were only two people walking around on the quiet road.
"Thanks."
Chi Jingyuan, who was observing the surrounding situation, suddenly heard a thank you from the side. He looked over and saw that the girl was looking down at the road and following him step by step.
Chi Jingyuan just nodded and said nothing.
I don’t know if she was thanking me for the gift or for tonight’s experience.
Probably both.
Walking out of the remote alley, the view suddenly became brighter after the shadow of the trees that had previously shrouded the head disappeared, and the sky became broader against the backdrop of various low-rise buildings around.
"Why are there no stars tonight?" Zhou Ziyu looked up at the surrounding night sky, feeling a little disappointed.
She originally thought that the scene at this time was very beautiful like the one shot in an idol drama. Unfortunately, when she looked up and saw it was completely dark, she was suddenly brought back to reality from her fantasy.
"It's hard to see stars in urban areas."
"pity……"
However, the girl's little sentimentality was met with ruthless ridicule from the person next to her: "Have you watched too many TV series? Do you want to find a rooftop room so that you can sit up and admire the moon?"
"Just go!" Zhou Ziyu replied stubbornly, not to be outdone.
However, neither of them took it seriously. They kept talking to each other while walking slowly.
"How is your relationship with those trainees now?"
After walking for a while, Chi Jingyuan seemed concerned and asked with some curiosity.
"Well, apart from getting acquainted with Sister Yu Dingyan and Lin Nayeon because of the grouping, my relationship with Minying is relatively good, but the rest is just average..."
Zhou Ziyu thought for a while and then replied. Finally, she thought of something and added: "In addition, I have had more contact with Mina recently... Do you remember Mina? She is the trainee from Neon."
"Yeah, remember."
Chi Jingyuan responded.
Nonsense, even if we don’t have many contacts, we are not very familiar with each other, but at least we have exchanged contact information, and we can chat casually every few days, although most of the time we just say hello or say something casually. A non-nutritious topic, just send some expressions and the like.
"I remember... I have been communicating with Mina a lot recently. I feel that her personality is quite good, and... she is also pretty good-looking. She was very famous among the trainees before, although she was not here for a long time. She is tall, but she is a very famous and beautiful girl.”
"But do you feel in your heart that she is not as good-looking as you?" Chi Jingyuan could see through Zhou Ziyu's thoughts at a glance. Because of the jealousy and self-esteem of little girls, being able to praise another girl of the same age so generously is nothing but deep in his heart. I feel better looking.
"hey-hey."
Zhou Ziyu, who was directly pointed out, laughed a little embarrassedly and did not deny it in front of Chi Jingyuan.
Seeing her somewhat naive and arrogant smile, Chi Jingyuan sighed: "Maybe Mina thinks so too."
Zhou Ziyu didn't care and continued: "However, although we chatted a few times, we didn't communicate much. Instead, I felt that she was quite withdrawn. She usually only talked to Sana who was from Neon... Do you remember Sana? Bar……"
"She only talks to Sana. When Sana is not around, she stays there by herself. A few days ago, we were filming a team-building activity for "Sixteen". During the break, I found that she was by herself, not filming. He didn’t talk much when he was there, and he looked quite lonely.”
Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but glance at her when he heard this. He had never heard Mingjing Nan mention this. Except for that time when they talked about negative emotions, every time they talked on the phone after that, the girl Mingjing Nan showed They all looked very normal and positive, but unexpectedly, according to Zhou Ziyu, she didn't like to be in contact with other people. She just stayed there by herself when her friends weren't around, making her a very lonely person.
interesting.
He asked: "Then you didn't go to say hello and talk to me?"
"..." Zhou Ziyu shook his head and did not explain the reason.
Chi Jingyuan seemed to understand a little, nodded and did not ask any more questions, and took the initiative to talk about other topics.
The two of them didn't go too far. After all, it was not too early. Zhou Ziyu had to go back to the dormitory later. After a short circle, he returned to the place where the car parked and started driving again to deliver her near the dormitory. Seeing her close the door and come out, hugging the stupid dog doll tightly and reluctantly preparing to say goodbye, Chi Jingyuan asked casually: "When will your mother come?"
"She's on the plane the day after tomorrow." Zhou Ziyu blinked.
"Well, then have a good meal with your mother and relax."
Chi Jingyuan didn't say much, and nodded to say goodbye. Just when he was about to open the door and sit in, he seemed to remember something, and frowned and looked over again: "By the way, I noticed that your eyes are quite big, but you smile." Why do you keep squinting your eyes all the time? What bad habit makes you look ugly? "
After complaining, Chi Jingyuan waved his hand and finally said, "Go back quickly, let's go." He got into the driver's seat, started the car and left.
His gaze extended as the white Mercedes went away. It wasn't until the car turned into the main road and disappeared that Zhou Ziyu retracted his gaze, hugged the doll, kicked the ground with his feet, and curled his lips angrily. :
"Aren't you the same..."
…………
While he was still driving on the road, he received a selfie with the doll dog from Zhou Ziyu. In the photo, her and the dog's faces were pressed together, smiling very happily. It looked like she would probably take a selfie in the evening. You may have multiple companions when sleeping.
After returning to the dormitory, the other members were still recording the show and had not returned. Chi Jingyuan kept playing games until early in the morning when he heard the sound of tired complaints when he opened the door. He felt a little embarrassed and took the initiative to buy some takeaway snacks. The trace of guilt in my heart was quickly wiped away.
Early the next morning, the nine members of EXO followed the company's team and boarded a flight to Wanwan Taipei.
"XO! XO!"
"Chanyeol! Sehun!"
"Yuan, look over here, Chi Jingyuan, Jingyuan! Take a look this way!"
"Ahhhhh..."
When leaving the airport, there were many fans and media waiting outside. As soon as he showed his face, there was a burst of screaming and chasing.
EXO had activities here in Wanwan when they first debuted, and they have been developing the market here over the years. Last year, they even participated in the New Year's Eve party here. They are ranked among all Kpop artists in terms of popularity and popularity. One of the tallest, with quite a loyal fan base.
Especially after several comebacks this year, EXO's momentum throughout Asia has skyrocketed to a new level, especially in terms of style, which has surpassed ordinary idol groups.
Chi Jingyuan smiled and waved to the fans and reporters who were shouting his name crazily, then quickly walked out under the escort of his assistant and got into the arranged bus.
Not long after they landed, many local media here published reports, and most of them used adjectives such as "Asian", "world-class", "number one" and "super popular" as footnotes to EXO.
The most interesting thing is that in recent times, especially after the performance tickets went on sale, it has become popular among many young people to post EXO concert ticket stubs on their SNS. Under each picture, there are many jealous and hateful messages. , it seems that as long as you can grab a ticket and go to an EXO concert, it is a very enviable thing.
There is also a well-known artist here, who expressed his identity as Aili, and got five tickets from unknown sources, and posted them on his SNS, which also caused a lot of controversy. Many people did not Fans who had grabbed the tickets questioned his purchase channels, saying that it was impossible to get a hold of the website when it sold out instantly. How could he get 5 tickets? There must be something fishy internally and on the ticket purchase website.
Although it was very popular when we held events and performances here in the past two years, it has not reached the level this time.
The recent turbulence has also proved that EXO's status and popularity are now better than before, as well as its rapidly growing popularity and status.
When EXO arrived at Wanwan, checked into a Taipei hotel, took a short rest and started preparing for their performance, here on the peninsula, in the second week of June, "M! "countdown" was also played on time as scheduled, and the award ceremony for the last person had already progressed.
One of today's candidates, the five members of Big Bang, all dressed in red hip-hop leather jackets, stood on the right side of the stage. Their expressions and eyes seemed casual, but their eyes were invariably looking at the monitor in front of them.
The first row on the right side of the stage was empty. Another alternate EXO was absent from today's song due to overseas schedule, but their position was specially given up. There were no idols standing until the second row. .
Among the four MCs in the middle, Jin Qibum and Bambam were holding microphones, each announcing the final scores of the two groups today:
"Sound source broadcast score, "boy with luv" EXO 5000 VS "bangbangbang" bigbang 4570."
"Album sales score, "boy with luv" EXO 1500 VS "bangbangbang" bigbang 160."
“…likeability score 1000 VS 1000.”
“Social Media Score 1500 VS 1400.”
"Mnet broadcast score 1000 VS 1000."
One data after another was released, and the fans at the scene, the audience watching the live broadcast, and even the idols and MCs on the stage began to feel surprised.
Because except for the huge difference in sales volume, all the other scores of the two groups are quite close. Bigbang has perfect scores in several scores. This score can be placed casually in almost any other song competition. The last one is locked.
It's a pity that EXO seems to be stronger today.
The scores for all their projects are full marks...
They haven't arrived yet.
The intonations and voices of the two MCs also sounded interesting. As a member of Shinee, Kim Kibum has a good relationship with EXO. He spoke very fast when revealing the scores and sounded a little excited.
Bambam, on the other hand, is weak, and every sentence he says sounds lackluster, as if something is stuck in his throat.
“Finally, adding today’s live text message voting scores, the final result is…
“EXO 11000 VS bigbang 9134.”
"The one who is honored today is, EXO! Rough Camida!"
Although the main owner was not present, after the silver ribbons floated down, everyone on the field still seemed excited to celebrate EXO, and Jin Qibum took the trophy from bambam's hand: "Congratulations XO I will definitely pass the trophy to them when I get back.”
Seeing this result, Bambam smiled a little reluctantly, and the handsome orange hairstyle on his head seemed to have lost some of its luster.
The same is true for the five members of BigBang next to them. However, it may be because Cui Shengxuan's emoticons were widely used and ridiculed by Ali and passers-by. This time, they have lost their memory and paid special attention to managing their expressions. At this time, under the expectant gaze of countless audiences. , but did not show any controversial expression, just squeezed out a senior-like smile and clapped his hands to express congratulations.
After all, even a Saint would not fall to the same trick twice.
But even so, there are still countless people who are crazy about the thoughts in the minds of Bigbang and some people. At this time, some people have almost written a book in their minds.
Since EXO was not present, there was no speech. Soon all the artists walked off the stage, waited at the backstage entrance for a few minutes to express their gratitude to the program PD and all the staff, and then returned to their lounges.
In BigBang's lounge, the door had just been closed to block the outside view. After Cui Shengxuan came in, he kicked a small stool at the door and almost hit an assistant standing by the wall.
The stool hit the white wall hard, making a muffled sound and then rebounding to the ground. After rolling twice on the ground, it lay sideways and squeaked with a harsh groan.
And the curses that had been suppressed for a long time also started to sound:
"Axi..."
(End of chapter)
