wavenovel Chapter 1377 Confidence
Chapter 1377 Confidence
Chapter 1377 Confidence
After making a promise with Chi Jingyuan and saying goodbye, Mina glanced at the AKB members who were getting close to her with a slightly unfriendly look, especially Miyawaki Sakura who had disturbed them first, before returning to her own members.
She was greeted by a group of Twice members who looked at her with a mixture of surprise and complicated emotions.
...Everyone in Twice just saw Ji Kyung-won and Mina whispering to each other in a corner of the audience.
They've been broken up for so long, and their previous meetings seemed to indicate a complete breakdown in their relationship, so how did they suddenly get back together?
This really made everyone a little unsure of what to think, but at the same time it ignited a strong sense of curiosity.
"Mina, you and Kyungwon oppa, you two..."
Seeing Mina return calmly, the other members exchanged glances discreetly. It was Yoo Jeongyeon who scratched her cheek somewhat embarrassedly and asked a question with a slight stutter.
"It's nothing, unnie."
Seemingly anticipating the member's question, Mina remained calm, offering a slight smile, fiddling with her hair, and walking over to pick up a glass of mineral water.
"We bumped into each other by chance and chatted for a bit."
After saying that, she sat down on the sofa, twisted open the lid, and took a small sip.
Everything seemed so ordinary and natural, as if it were just a small, common thing.
The others exchanged glances upon hearing her words, their faces speechless. This was especially true for the most curious among them, such as Lim Na-yeon, whose face fell immediately upon hearing this, looking like a rabbit whose carrot had been snatched away.
Anyone could hear the perfunctory tone in her words; clearly, Mina had no intention of telling them.
But that's normal. What ex-boyfriends and girlfriends talk about when they sit together, and why they suddenly get together, are all private matters. Why should these gossipy old women be allowed to gossip about it?
If it were them, they definitely wouldn't have said it either, so since Mina said it, Nayeon and the others naturally didn't ask any more questions.
Moreover, even Chou Tzu-yu, who has the most authority and the most right to ask, hasn't said anything~
Hey ~
What about Chou Tzu-yu?
Lim Nayeon suddenly realized what was happening, looked around, and finally spotted her on the sofa.
Oh dear! Something's happened! Why are you resting with your eyes closed?
I'm so worried about you, how can you still sleep?
I'm so anxious!
…………
While others didn't like the smell, Hirai Momo, being a close friend of the Japanese online group, asked without any hesitation.
"What's going on?"
After a while, when things calmed down a bit, she sneakily sat down next to Mina and asked with a mixture of concern and curiosity, "Why are you hanging out with the Fireworks Man again?"
"We just bumped into each other and exchanged a few words," Mina blinked and repeated her previous explanation.
But before she could finish speaking, she was immediately retorted: "I don't believe it. It was definitely you who initiated it."
Hirai Momo looked completely confident, as if she knew her very well.
At the same time, she also showed a look of disappointment, and muttered a complaint to Mina: "You really are... What are you guys talking about?"
"I just mentioned the games I've been playing lately, and we agreed to play together sometime..."
She saw Mina's lips move slightly, but the sound was too soft to hear clearly. She had to put her ear closer to finally hear it clearly, and then Momo was stunned.
"game?"
"what?"
She stared blankly at Mina, thinking she had misheard, until Mina nodded gently to confirm, and then she finally believed the nonsensical explanation she had heard.
"Is there any mistake?"
Hirai Momo looked at Mina and couldn't help but shout.
Originally, after seeing Mina and Ji Kyung-won together, she had imagined Mina crying, complaining, pretending not to care, and so on.
After all, she witnessed Mina's extremely depressed and sad period after the breakup and accompanied her through it all. Based on her understanding of Mina, these events were only natural.
So you're telling me you were talking about games?
Am I crazy or are you all crazy?
Why would I lie to you? What else would we talk about? Getting back together?
Mina glanced at her, and then couldn't help but laugh as she spoke: "What are you thinking, Momo-chan? I just said a few words casually... it wasn't as awkward as before."
"I believe what others say..."
But Hirai Momo wasn't so easily fooled. She looked at Mina and pouted, "You..."
After a brief pause, Hirai Momo's expression changed slightly. She leaned closer, and her voice became more serious: "I always thought that even if you two crossed paths again, it would be a long time from now... You've forgotten how he treated you before? You cried so many times before, don't you really care now?"
She had personally witnessed how emotionally devastated Mina was at the time, and she had also personally witnessed how deeply Chi Kyung-won had hurt her. She was so heartbroken that she worried her friend wouldn't be able to get through it.
They say time heals all wounds, but isn't that a bit too simplistic, especially if it were her...
Moreover, although she seemed to have moved on from the past and let go of that relationship during this period, Hirai Momo always felt that Mina was just keeping it to herself and not saying it.
"..."
Upon hearing Hirai Momo's question, Mani paused slightly, put down her phone, and after a few seconds of silence, stared blankly at the overhead light: "Whether I care or not... what difference does it make?"
"..."
What a foolish woman...
Seeing Mina looking slightly lost in thought, Hirai Momo paused for a moment upon hearing her words, and the thought that immediately came to mind was that she was stupid.
But before the idea could fully form in her mind, she suddenly paused.
She looked intently at Mina, and her thoughts inexplicably changed again.
What a...terrible woman.
Yes, it's terrible.
"Oh, right, Momo-chan~"
Both were lost in thought and reflection. A few minutes later, while Hirai Momo was still brainstorming, Mai Mina suddenly spoke up, waving her phone at her: "I found a pretty interesting game, it just came out last year, want to...?"
Before she could finish speaking, Hirai Momo covered her mouth with a kiss:
"No! No, no, no, no, no, no! I don't want to hear you talk right now!"
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The morning rehearsal came to an end, and after lunch, another rehearsal was held. This time, almost all the artists were present, and Ji Kyung-won also met many of today's performing guests.
Many boy groups attended the Tokyo MAMA, including top groups like Seventeen and Wanna One, in addition to EXO.
However, the girl groups were slightly less popular. I don't know if it's because they didn't win any awards or for some other reason, but the girl groups that attended today seemed less popular. Only Twice and AKB could be considered top-tier. Most of the others were groups with significantly less popularity, such as PRISTIN and WekiMeki, which couldn't even be considered second-tier.
There were even some new groups that Chi Jingyuan didn't recognize. When a few girls nervously and hopefully came up to greet him, he didn't even know them...
It wasn't until they introduced themselves that he learned it was a new group called fromis_9, a talent show group that hadn't officially debuted yet.
I only vaguely remember one member, Ji Kyung-won. I saw him when he was a judge on "Sixteen," but he didn't make it into Twice, so it seems he's left JYP0.
However, it was clear that their previous relationship was still intact. After Twice arrived, Kim Dahyun and the others even came over to greet her.
As for the other members of this girl group, they are not particularly outstanding in terms of appearance, but they are quite recognizable.
One of them is quite nice.
After the rehearsal ended at 5 p.m., as is customary, the red carpet was walked before the MAMA officially began.
I felt a little unaccustomed to Ji Kyung-won walking the red carpet alone.
And he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but even though the MAMA was being held in Tokyo, it felt like more than half of the fans were from the Korean Peninsula, and there weren't many local Tokyo fans.
After the red carpet event concluded, the MAMA, the first MAMA held in Japan, officially began.
Although it was the Tokyo show, the cheering culture was just as strong as that of the Korean Peninsula. The atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic, with many Japanese fans watching MAMA for the first time in Japan being even more passionate. Shouts and screams never stopped, and the venue, which had more than 10,000 people, was packed to capacity.
With none of the EXO members present, Ji Kyung-won sat alone at the very front of the artists' section. As if to highlight his special popularity and status, the staff hadn't arranged a seat for him yet; the seats on both sides were empty, and the nearest female idol was more than a meter away.
With familiar members absent, Chi Kyung-won felt a bit out of sorts, as no one was around to keep watch. To make matters worse, the director even assigned a VJ to film him.
Unfortunately, all I could do was take a closer look at the stage.
Twice's opening special stage was actually quite interesting. To pay tribute to the legendary senior BoA, who is the most senior among today's performers, Twice covered BoA's song "My Name" released in 2004. This was a departure from the group's original energetic style, and the stage and costumes were more mature and sexy.
Although the microphone wasn't very loud, Ji Kyung-won found it quite interesting. With the right makeup, he noticed that several members really suited this style. For example, Lim Na-yeon, despite having silly bunny teeth, surprisingly didn't look out of place when she showed her charming eyes; instead, she even had a touch of allure.
Chou Tzu-yu is also good... mainly because of her great figure, which is very noticeable when compared to the person next to her.
After Twice, aside from BoA's hit song "Only One" which prompted Ji Kyung-won to show his support, and AKB48 and several other girl groups' massive collaboration stages, the other stages seemed rather unremarkable.
The Best Male Solo Award was also presented, and Ji Kyung-won unsurprisingly won the award thanks to his amazing sales and achievements at the beginning of the year.
Wanna One is indeed a rising star. Although they are rookies who debuted less than four months ago, they are already able to hold the position of headliner in the first half of the show. Their cheers during the performance are also very loud, and they have a considerable amount of popularity in Japan.
After the first half ended and a short break began, Chi Jingyuan was finally relieved. He exchanged a glance with the VJ uncle who had been filming him for over an hour, then quickly stood up from his seat, stretched his stiff body, and strode into the backstage area through the artist entrance.
However, he didn't have much time to rest. After drinking some water, Ji Kyung-won went to change into his stage costume... Because it was to avoid being scheduled with Twice's own stage, and to give Sana Minatozaki time to change, his collaboration stage with Sana Minatozaki was arranged earlier, in the early part of the second half of the show.
Not long after he changed his clothes and came out of the locker room, he saw a group of Twice members waiting in front of the exit, chattering together.
"..."
Before Ji Jingyuan even got close, as if by telepathy, Zhou Ziyu, who was facing away from him and chatting with Lim Nayeon and the others, suddenly turned around and immediately locked her gaze on him.
When their eyes met, the black woman didn't greet him at all. Her smile vanished, and instead she put on a fierce look, baring her little tiger teeth, and punched him a few times from a distance, making "pfft pfft" sounds as if imitating sound effects.
"Why hit me?"
Chi Jingyuan didn't quite understand what the dark-skinned girl was thinking, so he walked over and glared at her.
"We are the enemy now!"
Chou Tzu-yu, however, retorted confidently, crossing her arms in a defensive stance: "The grand prize will be awarded in a little while, and we're discussing how to snatch it away!"
So that's what you were talking about?
Upon hearing this, Chi Jingyuan immediately understood.
Today's MAMA in Tokyo will only award one Grand Prize for 'Song of the Year', and the biggest competitors are Ji Kyung-won and Twice.
"That's it!"
At this moment, Lim Nayeon, who was standing next to her, also immediately put on a fierce expression. She pouted with a 'I'm cruel' look and bared her teeth at Ji Jingyuan. She glared at him, gritted her teeth, and kept swinging her fists in the air, as if she wanted to fight him for real.
...If she hadn't half-hidden behind Yu Dingyan, using her friend as cover and only sticking out her head and half her body in a show of bravado, it might have been more convincing.
Seeing Lim Nayeon's silly expression, Ji Kyungwon was speechless... Was he blind or what? He had just thought that her rabbit-toothed eyes were charming and somewhat sexy.
"If you lose to us, Oppa, don't be a sore loser!"
Not only did he have a fierce face, but those rabbit teeth were also making threats.
"Hahaha~" Obviously, not everyone in Twice is this stupid. Kim Dahyun and a few others next to her couldn't help but laugh.
"You guys shouldn't be sore losers."
Faced with this provocation, Chi Jingyuan was naturally not intimidated and directly confronted him.
However, when it comes to this grand prize, Chi Jingyuan really had some doubts.
He has absolute confidence in his song "I Loved," with its sales and digital music chart results speaking for themselves. Under normal circumstances, Twice's comedic song "Siganl" would have no chance of competing with it.
But... he didn't have much confidence in MAMA.