wavenovel Chapter 1445 Where's my body pillow?
Chapter 1445 Where's my body pillow?
Chapter 1445 Where's my body pillow?
Ji Jingyuan casually answered Park Chanyeol's question, feeling much more relaxed, and was also quite surprised.
I don't know if it was because the IV drip I received at the hospital after the awards ceremony last night was very effective, or if my cold had naturally subsided after several days.
Or perhaps the red string that Chou Tzu-yu tied for him really worked.
Anyway, after waking up this morning, Chi Jingyuan really felt much better. He wasn't coughing much anymore, and his low-grade fever had gone down.
I felt refreshed and invigorated.
"You need to get some rest."
Park Chanyeol didn't ask any further questions upon hearing this, but simply echoed with a sigh, "The flu is really bad here in Seoul lately. Several of my friends have caught it, and some of them are quite serious."
"really"
Chi Jingyuan nodded: "There were a lot of people at the hospital these past two days."
Although Chi Jingyuan knew it was definitely thanks to the IV treatment at the hospital, he couldn't help but feel that the red string in his hand was playing some unknown role, perhaps because of Zhou Ziyu's serious words yesterday.
He lowered his head slightly, his gaze falling on the red string on his left hand, his fingertips gently stroking its soft edge.
After all, it's so effective, it can't be completely ineffective, right?
That's why Chi Kyung-won hasn't taken the red string off yet.
The relief he felt after recovering from his illness put Chi Kyung-won in a particularly good mood, and he even secretly credited Chou Tzu-yu for her contribution.
Should we find a chance to thank her?
…………
In the waiting area at the venue's front desk, the nine members of Twice were sitting in an orderly fashion, waiting for their idols to finish their rehearsals so it would be their turn to go on stage.
Aside from Ji Kyung-won, Twice is the only artist who participated in yesterday's Golden Disc Digital Music Awards and won the Bonsang award, and is also participating in today's Record Awards, so they should also win the Bonsang award.
This is a remarkable achievement. The Gold Disc Award is considered one of the most prestigious and authoritative awards among all the year-end award ceremonies.
Whether it's in the digital music or record categories, winning the Bonsang means they are among the most popular and talented artists in the K-pop scene this year.
The fact that they were able to win two main awards in two different categories, and even have the potential to win the grand prize, is enough to prove that this group is the hottest K-pop group this year, bar none.
Looking at the entire history of K-pop Golden Disc Awards, Twice is the first girl group to win two Bonsang awards at the same time, something Girls' Generation never achieved.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the venue was relaxed and comfortable. The members were either chatting quietly or fiddling with their phones. Only Kim Da-hyun quietly turned her gaze to Chou Tzu-yu next to her and silently observed her.
The maknae sat in her seat with her head slightly lowered, her fingertips rapidly swiping across her phone screen. Her bangs and long hair fell down, slightly obscuring her profile. From Kim Da-hyun's angle, all that could be seen was her rounded jawline and her small, cute nose.
But Kim Da-hyun could clearly see that Chou Tzu-yu was texting someone, and the content of the text must have been something that made her very happy.
Especially the one she just received. Even though Kim Dahyun didn't see the text message and didn't know who sent it, the moment Chou Tzuyu finished reading it, the corners of her mouth instantly turned up, and she even let out a very soft "hehe" laugh.
Both of her chubby little legs started to swing unconsciously.
In that laughter, besides the obvious joy, Kim Da-hyun also faintly sensed a subtle sense of accomplishment.
"Tzuyu, what are you looking at? Why are you laughing so happily? Your mouth is practically hanging open."
After watching for a while, Kim Da-hyun couldn't suppress her curiosity and quietly moved closer, her tone teasing as she glanced at Chou Tzu-yu's phone screen.
"Hehe~"
Hearing the noise, Chou Tzu-yu looked up at Kim Da-hyun, her big, round eyes sparkling, and she grinned happily.
Of course, it's because Chi Jingyuan recovered from his illness overnight and even sent her a message praising his method as miraculous.
She was just about to say something.
"Ah..."
A sudden sneeze shot out from her throat, causing Chou Tzu-yu's body to tremble and her smile to freeze instantly.
After sneezing, her nose still seemed a little uncomfortable. She took two deep breaths, producing a faint, stuffy sound.
"what!"
Upon seeing this, Kim Da-hyun instantly forgot her earlier curiosity and immediately asked worriedly, "Tzuyu, you didn't catch a cold too, did you? Did you catch it from Kyungwon oppa?"
"what?"
Upon hearing this, Chou Tzu-yu paused for a moment, then immediately forced a smile, waved her hand, and said confidently, "No, how could that be? I'm in great health."
Kim Da-hyun remained silent, looking at her with a strange expression.
"..."
After exchanging a few glances, Chou Tzu-yu's expression fell: "Okay... I guess it's a little bit."
"...Um, unnie, who did you say also caught a cold? Kyungwon oppa?" After a pause, Tzuyu blinked and found the blind spot in Dahyun's words.
"No... Sana unnie seems to have caught a cold this morning too."
"Ok?"
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Please sit here.
The awards ceremony officially began that evening. After their opening appearance, Twice, led by the stagehands, sat down in the second row of the artist section.
It had been twenty minutes since the show started. Monster X had just finished receiving their award and left the stage. The artist section wasn't even full yet, and many groups were still backstage and hadn't come over.
"It's so noisy, it feels much louder than yesterday."
"There were a lot of boy groups participating today... but it was quite noisy yesterday too, mostly fans of Kyungwon oppa. Do you remember the boos when IU received her award...?"
The nine members sat in a row, chatting quietly while listening to the sounds from the room. As soon as they sat down, a few of them were pleasantly surprised.
Because each stool has a fluffy pink cushion on it. The hollow design allows everyone to keep their hands warm, and it's soft, cute in appearance and color.
This instantly cheered up the few naive kids... they had something to play with.
Hirai Momo and Lim Nayeon, who were sitting together, immediately noticed the matching cushions and reached in to lift them up. Then, the two of them started showing them off to each other in perfect unison.
"Look, I have this!" Hirai Momo shook a cushion, "So warm~"
"I have one too!" Lim Nayeon retorted without backing down.
"Mine is cuter than yours."
"Mine is cute too!"
The two argued back and forth, neither willing to admit defeat. Seeing that she couldn't win, Lim Nayeon rolled her eyes, leaned forward, and casually grabbed a cushion from a seat in front of her, but this one was blue.
She triumphantly slipped both hands into a cushion, one holding a pink one and the other a blue one, striking a victorious pose as she showed off to Hirai Momo.
"Hehe, I have more than you."
"Mine is cuter than yours!"
"Mine is cute too!"
For some reason, the IQ of two childish people sitting together drops. Kim Da-hyun and Chou Tzu-yu next to them glanced at them with strange expressions, their eyes containing a hint of disdain.
"Annyeonghaseyo..."
Just as the group was having a great time, the members on the right side of Twice suddenly stood up, bowed respectfully to the front, and said greetings.
Nayeon, Momo, and the others quickly stopped their playful antics, stood up, and instinctively looked ahead.
It turned out to be EXO, and they were seated right in front of them.
"..."
Between greetings, Chi Jingyuan's eyes swept across the room, meeting Zhou Ziyu's gaze precisely.
Without a word or any extra movements, just a simple exchange of glances was enough for the two to understand each other perfectly.
This girl looks quite nice today.
Chou Tzu-yu's eyes also swept over Chi Kyung-won's left hand, looking at the ring he wore, and she pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, pretending to be nonchalant.
"Jingyuan's fans and IU's fans are still arguing online."
"Is it just arguing? It seems like Jingyuan's crazy fans are about to kill IU. They've even dug up all the scandals from years ago... I just saw someone with the ID 'Eunhyuk Himself' posting a message cursing IU. I almost died laughing."
"..."
Park Chanyeol and Oh Sehun chatted excitedly on either side, while Ji Kyungwon, sitting in the middle, shook his head helplessly.
Yesterday, he lost to Lee Ji-eun at the Digital Music Awards. Although Ji Kyung-won didn't think much of it, many of his fans couldn't accept it because his solo performance this year, especially "I Loved You," was a huge success. So many people felt that IU's award was stolen from him.
This is why fans on both sides have been engaged in a war of words online since last night, slandering and attacking each other.
"By the way, shall we go cheer for Baekhyun hyung together tomorrow afternoon?" Wu Sehun chuckled a few times before changing the subject, placing a blue cushion behind him and leaning comfortably back in his chair as he asked.
"Yes, around one o'clock in the afternoon."
Chi Kyung-won nodded: "We'll have Ji-chang drive... just me, you, and Chan-yeol, right? What about the others?"
"The others should go two days later..."
Park Chanyeol also placed a cushion behind his back.
Chi Jingyuan nodded, and the group chatted idly.
But as he was talking, he suddenly realized a blind spot.
"Hey, where did you get this cushion from?"
He looked left and right and noticed that everyone around him seemed to have a cushion, but he didn't.
"Just put it on the seat, everyone gets one."
"Put it on the seat?"
Chi Jingyuan quickly lowered his head and carefully looked at his seat. He even stood up slightly for fear that he might have missed something, but the seat was still empty, without a trace of any cushion.
"Hey, why don't I have any?"
Just as he was looking around curiously, he suddenly felt a soft touch on his back.
He turned around abruptly and instantly saw Lim Nayeon behind him...
She leaned forward slightly, her upper body almost reaching over the back of the seat, her head bowed low, holding a blue cushion in her hand. She stealthily placed it on his seat, her movements gentle and careful, like a little thief, afraid of being discovered.
Upon noticing that Ji Kyung-won had suddenly turned around and was caught on the spot, Lim Na-yeon forced a smile, gave an awkward laugh, and then immediately put down her cushion, slid back down, and pretended to talk to Hirai Momo next to her, burying her head in the sand and pretending that nothing had happened.
But the thief was still arrested on the spot... Chi Jingyuan suddenly turned around and just happened to see her little trick.
Lim Nayeon's body stiffened instantly, and her expression became somewhat flustered. She then forced a sheepish smile, her eyes darting away, unable to meet Ji Kyung-won's gaze.
Then, she quickly put down the cushion and, like a startled rabbit, scurried back to her seat, turning her head away to avoid looking in her direction, and pretending to whisper to Hirai Momo next to her.
Meanwhile, the other Twice members noticed this and were trying not to laugh. Hirai Momo even bent over with laughter, her chest jiggling, completely ignoring Lim Nayeon's performance and making her very embarrassed.
"..."
Chi Jingyuan glanced at the rabbit-toothed man's embarrassed expression, even his ears were turning red, and he was speechless for a moment. He turned away and didn't pursue the matter any further.
Picking up the blue cushion that Lim Nayeon had secretly placed on the seat, and holding it in my hand... it really felt nice, soft and extra comfortable.
At the same time, I could still feel a faint trace of body warmth inside the pillow.
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The winner of the Grand Prize in the Golden Disc Awards today was not unexpected; Ji Kyung-won won the award with a very strong performance.
His 2017 solo album was incredibly powerful, especially in terms of sales, which broke records. With EXO not making a comeback, there was no one to compete with it in terms of album sales.
It is truly well-deserved.
On the afternoon of the 12th, Ji Kyung-won, along with Park Chan-yeol and Oh Se-hun, boarded a van and headed to KBS to support Byun Baek-hyun, who was recording "Music Bank".
"They're still arguing! They're still arguing!"
“Many people say that if IU hadn’t stolen the award, Kyungwon, you would have been an unprecedented winner of two Golden Disc Awards, making history.”
"They even posted the data, did you see it?"
Inside the car, the two people were still excitedly scrolling through their phones, watching the battle between Yuan's fans and Li's fans.
"I saw it..."
Chi Kyung-won sighed, took out his phone and casually scanned the screen while it was black: "Sigh, I originally thought it was normal for IU to win the award, there was nothing to argue about... but after seeing so many posts like this online, I really feel like I've been robbed."
"Hahaha..." Oh Sehun and Park Chanyeol burst into laughter, and the car was filled with cheers.
"Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about Baekhyun hyung. How did he do in his solo performance this time? I haven't been feeling well these past few days and haven't had a chance to look at it carefully."
"Great! The title track is already number one on the daily chart today."
"Qingjia? That's great!"
After a period of pre-release promotion and various hype, Byun Baekhyun officially debuted as a solo artist on the 10th with the release of his album.
As EXO's second solo member and the second most popular member after Ji Kyungwon, Baekhyun's solo career naturally garnered immense attention, dropping a bombshell in the music industry.
On the first day, the song debuted at number two on the music charts, and the entire album charted. Today, the title track "Candy" has surged to number one on the daily charts.
Sales figures are EXO's core strength, with pre-orders already approaching 700,000 and sales nearing one million within two days of launch. At this rate, sales could reach 1.3 to 1.4 million.
Although the phenomenal success of Ji Kyung-won's solo album last year didn't reach half of his solo sales, it still far surpasses other male idols' solo albums.
This also made EXO-Ls, who hadn't made a comeback in a long time, feel proud, and allowed many new idols in the music industry who hadn't had a comeback in a long time to experience the level of a top boy group.
This also gave the other EXO members more ideas and expectations for their solo careers.
Chi Kyung-won was actually quite happy to hear that.
While saying things like "EXO is all about me being the center" can be a bit arrogant, it eventually becomes less of a buzzword after hearing it a lot.
He was happy for his familiar teammates and friends who achieved excellent results, but their success didn't affect him.
Moreover, from another perspective, this also proves the excellence of EXO as a group.
The van quickly arrived at the entrance of KBS TV station, and the group got out and went straight to Byun Baekhyun's dressing room.
"Baekhyun~"
As soon as Park Chanyeol pushed open the door to the lounge, he shouted loudly, his tone full of enthusiasm.
Hearing the sound, Baekhyun, who was putting on makeup, immediately turned around with a surprised smile on his face: "Aigoo, you guys are here so early? I thought you would be a little later... Thank you, thank you!"
"How could we be late? We made a special trip to come and support you."
Ji Jingyuan and his group greeted Byun Baekhyun's team with smiles. Park Chanyeol looked around the private dressing room and asked, "The dressing room is quite big... How was your solo performance?"
"It's great, I'm very excited... It feels very different from when we're doing group activities." Even though he couldn't move while getting his makeup done, Byun Baekhyun's voice was still full of excitement and enthusiasm.
He looked at Chi Jingyuan in the mirror: "Jingyuan must have had similar feelings before."
"Inside."
Chi Jingyuan nodded: "It is indeed unforgettable."
Ji Kyung-won has experienced firsthand how completely different solo activities and group activities feel.
The group chatted casually around Byun Baekhyun, watching the makeup artist do his makeup and hair while joking with each other, such as "Did your girlfriend come to support you?"
The lounge was filled with laughter and chatter, making it quite lively.
Just as they were having a lively conversation, Chi Jingyuan's phone, which was in his pocket, suddenly rang.
When I picked it up, I saw it was a call from Park Jin-young.
After saying hello, Chi Jingyuan walked out of the lounge and answered the phone.
“Jingyuan…”
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he didn't waste any time and went straight to the point:
"So, are you free lately? I'd like you to help with the arrangement of a song."