wavenovel Chapter 1383 Him
Chapter 1383 Him
Chapter 1383 Him
"Auntie, I'll be going now..."
"Alright, then let Zi..."
I'll see you off.
As Zhou's mother watched her daughter skip out with Chi Jingyuan before she could even finish her sentence, she shook her head again, feeling somewhat weary.
However, she didn't take it to heart. She turned to her niece beside her and asked, "How was it? Didn't I tell you Jingyuan has a great personality?"
"Really! I thought it might be a bit... but it's really stress-free. They're super polite and gentle."
My cousin immediately nodded in agreement, sounding both surprised and excited: "And... he's really handsome, I think he's even better looking than the male celebrities from our area."
"of course?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou's mother immediately smiled and began to boast with pride: "Didn't I tell you before? Jingyuan's family is incredibly powerful. They're a wealthy and influential family, and his upbringing from childhood has been exceptionally good, no doubt about it."
"Huiru, let me tell you, back in 14, when I first met Jingyuan, I had the same feeling as you, back then..."
Just as Zhou's mother was enthusiastically telling her cousin about her first impression of Chi Jingyuan, the door to the private room was pushed open, and Zhou Ziyu walked in.
"Jingyuan is gone?"
Zhou's mother immediately stopped telling the story and looked at her daughter with a slightly puzzled expression.
...She felt that Chou Tzu-yu had returned a little early; she had originally thought her daughter would spend some time with her.
"Okay, let's go."
Chou Tzu-yu nodded and sat down in her seat, looking less lively than before.
Actually, it was nothing. I just saw Chi Jingyuan off at the elevator, acted cute, got scolded a couple of times, and then came back.
Although she was scolded again... Chou Tzu-yu had long realized that she just liked listening to him say things that were sarcastic or critical of her.
Just before Chi Jingyuan left, he pinched her cheek, making her short face sore that her mouth was flattened, and it still hurts a little.
Knowing Chi Kyung-won well, she understood that it was a sign of closeness.
However, I didn't say anything more, since we would meet again in Hong Kong Island the day after tomorrow, and then in Seoul the day after tomorrow, and we would see each other almost every day for the next few days.
Her mood instantly improved, and Chou Tzu-yu sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and wanted to grab something else.
But she suddenly realized that after Chi Jingyuan was gone, her seat seemed a little off to the side, a little far from her family, as if there was some kind of distance between them.
Her eyes darted around, then she picked up her bowl and chopsticks, shamelessly sitting back down next to Zhou's mother.
"Ha~"
Seeing Chou Tzu-yu like this, Chou's mother almost laughed in exasperation: "So you still know how to come over?"
She looked at her precious daughter with exasperation: "Looking at you just now, why didn't you offer Mommy or your cousin a spoonful?"
Upon hearing this, Chou Tzu-yu, who had just picked up a piece of meat in mid-air, spun around and placed it directly into her mother's bowl, revealing a very obsequious smile, her eyes narrowing into slits: "Mommy, I'll get you some now."
"No, that's not sincere at all." Zhou's mother wasn't buying it and rolled her eyes.
But looking at his daughter, who was smiling adorably with her thick, arched eyebrows and little tiger teeth, he couldn't help but pat her head.
"Wow~"
Just then, a gasp came from the side. The cousin opened the gift box that Chi Jingyuan had given her. Inside was a pair of very exquisite earrings that looked expensive. She exclaimed in surprise.
"Isn't this... a bit too expensive?" My cousin looked at the sparkling diamonds and the eye-catching design, and instantly fell in love with it, but still asked somewhat awkwardly.
"Wow, she really is beautiful! He has great taste!"
Chou Tzu-yu leaned over for a look and smiled reassuringly, "No, he doesn't care about these things, Hui-ru-jie, don't worry."
"Yeah~"
My older cousin glanced at the sparkling earrings in the gift box, then looked at my younger cousin who seemed indifferent.
They really benefited from it!
After the three of them finished their meal and left, while sitting in the car, my cousin kept thinking about the experience. It was her first time having such a close and private encounter with a celebrity of this caliber, and it was truly a unique feeling.
Thinking of the extremely close and natural interaction between Chi Kyung-won and Chou Tzu-yu at the dinner table, plus the many stories about the two that I heard from Chou's mother.
But she also remembered that Zhou's mother said that the two of them were not in a romantic relationship, which made her cousin feel puzzled and curious, like a cat's paw.
After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but move closer to Zhou Ziyu and whisper, "Ziyu."
"Hmm?" Chou Tzu-yu, who was looking out the window, turned her head and looked at her cousin with a puzzled expression.
"What is your relationship with Jing... Jingyuan now?"
My cousin asked cautiously, "Aren't you dating? You really look like it!"
"..."
Upon hearing this question, Chou Tzu-yu paused for a moment.
"Sister Huiru~"
She blinked quickly, her big eyes and thick eyebrows curving upwards, and looked at her cousin with a smile, saying, "Well... we have a really, really good relationship."
She smiled at her cousin, who seemed not to understand, and didn't continue. Instead, she turned to look out the window. The colorful signs and the noisy flow of pedestrians and vehicles flashed past her eyes, and her profile was reflected in the window beside her.
But in his heart, he silently recited the real answer:
They are a relationship that will never end.
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Meanwhile, Mina and her family, who were having dinner at a hot pot restaurant, were coincidentally discussing tonight's stage performance and that man.
"Looking at today's MAMA, the most impressive performance was when Jingyuan and Nannan, Sana from your team, sang 'Uchiage Hanabi' together, right?"
"Yeah, I watched so many things in one night, and I've only ever heard this song before... and Twice's too."
Mina's parents sat across from her, chatting about tonight's stage performance. Twice had just arrived in Tokyo yesterday, and they had visited Mina and bought tickets to see the show today.
"That Sana-chan looks really pretty on stage, and she sings quite well... but she's not as pretty as Nannan."
Sachiko, Mina's mother, was clearly impressed by Sana's performance on that collaboration stage tonight. She commented on it while eating, but then suddenly looked at Mina and asked in confusion, "But if it was a collaboration with Keigen, why weren't you arranged to sing this song? I remember you really liked this song."
“Yes, yes.” Dad, Naiyo, nodded in agreement.
Mina, who had been keeping a respectful silence about the topic and pretending to eat with her head down, could no longer pretend not to hear when called upon. She smacked her lips, looked up, and said quite naturally:
"This collaboration was arranged by the organizers because Sana-chan's cover video went viral."
"Oh, that's a bit of a pity. I feel that if Nannan had gone up to sing, she would have performed even better."
Sachiko Mei was a little disappointed, but she didn't dwell on it too much. She quickly thought of something else: "By the way, Jingyuan is in Tokyo now, right? Why didn't you invite him to come over for dinner?"
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Meanwhile, Sana Minatozaki was sitting in a corner of a dessert shop with two close friends, enjoying desserts and chatting animatedly.
"Wow, he's so handsome! There's not a single bad angle about him."
"How lucky I am to be able to work with a man like that! I can't imagine how wonderful it would be to get to know him up close!"
"I remember Sana-chan saying that Jingyuan-kun was dating one of their team members. Is that still the case?"
"They must have broken up already, otherwise they wouldn't have sung this song with Sana-chan."
"Pity."
"What's there to regret? Dating such a handsome guy would be blissful even for just one day. Do you really want to get married? That's a bit too greedy."
"That's right~"
Sana Minato listened to her two best friends gossiping endlessly, and compared to her, the two were clearly more interested in Chi Jingyuan, which made her feel a little helpless.
However, she also enjoyed this relaxed and carefree feeling, happily eating desserts and letting her friends gossip.
"By the way, Sana-chan, do you have any photos from this collaboration? Let me see them."
As they were chatting, the two friends opposite them suddenly remembered something and looked over with great interest.
They remembered that Sana Minatozaki used to be a show-off, very vain, and always had to post something on social media about everything she did. She also loved taking selfies.
However, after joining the company as a trainee, I stopped posting after being controlled by the company, and I also deleted my previous social media accounts.
"Yes."
Upon hearing this, Sana Minato licked her spoon, picked up her phone, swiped a few times, and brought up the photos to show them.
The two friends took the phone and immediately started watching it excitedly.
Sana Minatozaki still loves taking selfies as much as ever. A quick scroll through her photos reveals a plethora of pictures: selfies of her getting her makeup done backstage today, selfies of her in her stage costume, and many selfies that are clearly from collaborations. There are also photos of her in casual clothes, pouting, making peace signs, and being silly – a whole range of photos to choose from.
However, they couldn't find what they wanted to watch.
"Why is there only one photo of you? There aren't any with Jingyuan-kun?" a friend asked, sounding slightly disappointed... Who wants to see Minatozaki Sana? They've already seen countless photos of her.
They wanted to see Ji Kyung-won, or the two of them together.
"..."
Hearing their words, Minatozaki Sana paused slightly, put down her spoon, and picked up her phone.
"Yes, yes, it's just..."
Her delicate fingers slid incessantly, scrolling up through the photo album for a long time.
Suddenly, her fingers stopped, her gaze froze, and she stared blankly at the photo on the screen.
That was a recent photo of her and Chi Jingyuan together. The two were backstage at a party, tilting their heads and looking at the camera. Chi Jingyuan was making a peace sign, and she was making a peace sign too, but she playfully stretched her hands out to Chi Jingyuan's side, gesturing to the left and right.
Both Chi Jingyuan and she herself were smiling very happily.
I just glanced at the date... and almost a year has already passed.
It’s been almost a year.
Sana Minato stared at the photo for a few seconds, then suddenly swiped her finger, messing up the photo album she had just found, and then her phone was placed face down on the table.
"Nothing."
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Two days later, on December 1st, the Hong Kong Island MAMA concluded.
"The winner of Album of the Year at the 2017 MAMA Awards is... Yuan, 'In the Mood for Love,' Couch 'Kameda!'"
The presenter announced the award loudly, and the fans cheered. Although the venue and the showtime had changed, Ji Kyung-won once again won the MAMA Grand Prize.
However, there was no suspense regarding the Album of the Year award. This award, which places great emphasis on sales, has no rivals with Ji Kyung-won's first solo album selling millions of copies.
Unlike the Tokyo event where he was alone, this time Ji Kyung-won stood up and hugged all the EXO members who were standing. Then he passed by Red Velvet and exchanged a glance with Bae Joo-hyun, who was standing there clapping and dressed beautifully. Then he went on stage to accept his award with a flourish.
As a solo male artist, winning two MAMA awards by himself is extremely rare in K-pop history. The last male idol to debut as a solo artist with such success was G-Dragon in 13.
If MAMA hadn't needed to consider other people's feelings or distribute the prizes to balance things out, given Ji Kyung-won's solo achievements this year and the popularity of his title track, he might have won the 'Artist of the Year' award again, sweeping all three major awards.
However, two awards are already quite generous, and Chi Kyung-won is satisfied. To take them all would be too arrogant, and besides, there would be no room for improvement in the future.
After giving a series of remarks similar to those from the night before, but this time adding two more words of thanks to his teammates for their support, Ji Kyung-won returned to the artists' section after receiving the trophy, waiting for the final grand prize to be awarded.
"The winner of the 2017 MAMA Artist of the Year award is..."
The presenter kept everyone in suspense, while the atmosphere below the stage was very tense, with the artists who had a chance to win all holding their breath.
Meanwhile, Chi Jingyuan crossed his legs and secretly glanced around. Having already won two major awards, he was quite relaxed.
His gaze was focused on Twice sitting to their side and behind them... They hadn't beaten Ji Kyung-won for Song of the Year, and Album of the Year was a foregone conclusion. This Artist of the Year award was their last chance to compete for.
Although this is just the Grand Prize at MAMA, there's also MMA later on, and the Golden Disc Awards next year, but relatively speaking, MAMA has more hype.
His gaze swept over and he noticed that even Chou Tzu-yu, who hadn't shown any reaction at all the day before yesterday when she hadn't won an award, was now tense, her lower lip slightly pursed.
Not to mention the more ambitious ones, Lim Nayeon's eyes were practically glued to the outside, she leaned forward slightly, her face was serious, and she could barely maintain her professional smile.
"Twice, chukameda!!"
The next second, the presenter shouted out Twice's name, and under Ji Kyung-won's gaze, the group of girls immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
But Chi Kyung-won clearly felt that the air pressure next to him seemed to have increased a bit.
He stood up as well, clapping softly, watching Twice bow and walk past him. Several familiar faces, including Tzuyu and Jeongyeon, glanced at him discreetly and exchanged brief looks.
Without Lim Nayeon, the girl with the rabbit teeth seemed a bit silly. She couldn't help but cry before she even got to the center of the stage. Not only her, Park Jihyo, Minatozaki Sana and the others also clearly couldn't hold back their tears. Even Mina wiped her eyes.
Ji Kyung-won sat down again, looked at the nine members of Twice receiving their awards, and silently offered his blessings.
If last year's Grand Prize was just a stroke of luck due to the unexpected popularity of "Cheer Up," then this year's Artist of the Year award is a true affirmation of Twice's status as a top girl group.
To be fair, Twice worked non-stop all year round, releasing six or seven albums in a row, and each album achieved great success. They were at the peak from the beginning of the year to the end, and in recent years, very few girl groups have been able to reach this level.
Ji Kyung-won actually agrees that Twice deserved the award. If Kpop had to choose one group to win the Grand Prize today, he also thinks it should be Twice.
only……
"Shhh!!"
Twice's nine members received their trophies on stage, but before they could even give their acceptance speeches, boos erupted from the audience.
Clearly, many fans at the scene were very dissatisfied with the award ceremony, and the boos even drowned out the cheers of the fans.
Because if that happens... then EXO won't get the Grand Prize, right?
Ji Kyung-won discreetly observed the EXO members sitting to his left and right. Some of them had casual expressions and seemed completely unconcerned about winning awards, such as Park Chan-yeol, Oh Se-hun, and Kim Jongin.
However, a few, like Byun Baekhyun and Kim Junmyeon, had rather dark expressions, clearly indicating their dissatisfaction with EXO's lack of awards at this year's MAMA.
Ji Kyung-won actually thinks it's quite normal for the big groups not to win awards. EXO didn't have any activities on Peninsula this year, and they didn't even release a single album. Even if the organizers wanted to give them an award, they couldn't quite find a reason.
Although EXO made breakthrough progress in the US market in the second half of the year, they still did not have any activities in the Korean Peninsula.
Even if it's just to save face by dividing the pork... haven't we already given Chi Jingyuan two big rewards?
From the perspective of the MAMA organizers, awarding the prize to Ji Kyung-won is probably no different from awarding it to EXO.
But EXO's fans certainly don't consider all that. In their hearts, EXO should sweep all three awards. How dare Twice, some obscure girl group, compete with EXO?
As Ji Kyung-won predicted, the MAMA awards ceremony had barely ended when the online criticism started, and it became quite intense.