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Chapter 851 Me

Chapter 851 Me

After the apology, the entire balcony fell into silence.

The night was deep and everything was silent, only the noise in the distance seemed extremely harsh.

Neither of them said anything else.

Zhou Ziyu stared blankly ahead with lifeless eyes. She was in a daze. After Ming Jingnan pointed it out, some of the confidence and persistence in her heart became vulnerable... But she was also unconsciously thinking about what Ming Jingnan said.

And Mingjing Nan was also quietly observing this difficult to anger youngest member, and was a little worried that she might have said something too much.

Putting aside the emotional conflicts and competition, she actually likes this youngest member very much... In fact, she wanted to comfort Chou Tzuyu, but if she did this from her position, no matter how sincere she was, it would always make people feel that she was taking advantage of the situation and mocking her.

“Tzuyu…I’m going out first.”

After a moment of silence, Ming Jingnan pursed her lips and took the initiative to break the silence. She patted Zhou Ziyu's back gently, exhaled slightly, turned and walked out of the balcony.

After walking out, she saw that Chou Tzuyu had no intention of moving, as if she wanted to be alone for a while, so she closed the glass door again and closed the curtains to block the sight of Minatozaki Sana and others who heard the noise and immediately looked over curiously.

"how's it going?"

When they saw Minami Naoi coming out, several people who were discussing something immediately looked over. Minatozaki Sana was still very anxious, and she asked in a low voice by lip-syncing before the person even came close.

Although Twcie's dormitory is quite old and not on a high floor, it also has its advantages. At least the sound insulation of the balcony is quite reassuring.

"Tzuyu, is she still in there?"

"Ah."

"how's it going?"

"…It's okay, nothing."

He walked over and sat down among the three of them. Facing the questions and concerns of the young sisters, Ming Jingnan just shook his head and replied softly with a few words without elaborating.

A few people looked at each other and didn't ask any more about the matter between Ming Jingnan and Zhou Ziyu. They were all smart and knew that such matters involving fighting over a man, especially between members of the same group fighting over a man, were not suitable to be leaked.

However, after observing Minami Naijing's expression, they thought that they didn't really quarrel, and Minami Naijing herself said that she was fine, so it shouldn't be that serious. Several people felt a little relieved and stayed quiet for a while to give Minami Naijing some buffer time. Hirai Momo, Minatozaki Sana, and Sun Chaeyoung started to ask about the topic she had just mentioned before she went in.

"Why did the company suddenly change its attitude and not punish Ming Jingnan at all?"

Some of them are really curious, while others are curious because it is closely related to themselves.

After the fight with Zhou Ziyu, Ming Jingnan felt a little irritated and guilty. She had lost interest and didn't want to talk about it anymore. However, her soft personality couldn't stand several people asking her questions, so she had no choice but to continue with what she had just said and explained in a low voice.

When she talked about 'She was scolded badly by Kim Sang-min, and was ordered to break up and her cell phone was taken away, but after she said her boyfriend was Chi Jingyuan, her attitude suddenly changed blah blah', the three people next to her couldn't hold it in anymore and exclaimed.

"Qingjia? Just because your boyfriend is him, the company doesn't care about you? After you went to the company, PDnim didn't give you anything and even treated you to a meal?" Momo Hirai's eyes widened, as if she saw the plot of a third-rate, bloody TV series she had watched before reflected in reality.

Are you kidding me? This is love, why should we be so careless?

"Remember what my agent told me at the last family concert? Jingyuan Oppa's brother is a shareholder of our company. I heard he has quite a lot of shares. Look at the attitude of the company's directors and senior executives the last time he came to the concert..."

Sun Caiying's eyes lit up when she heard this. She thought of some things that happened before and attached herself to Mingjingnan. She actually felt a little proud: "Besides, Jingyuan oppa has a good relationship with PDnim. It's not hard to understand from this point of view..."

Finally, she also quite surprised herself by defining the company's attitude this time: "So, as long as it's not exposed to the fans, Mina's affairs... the company won't care?"

"..."

Minatozaki Sana, who had been asking questions out of curiosity, suddenly fell silent after hearing this. She tried hard to control her expression to make herself appear natural, but her right hand inadvertently touched the curly hair hanging by her ear, and a strange emotion inexplicably arose in her heart.

Is it actually... like this?

…………

“…No one is connected at the moment.”

After Ming Jingnan left, Zhou Ziyu stood alone on the balcony for a long time. First, she was in a daze for a while with a confused mind, and then she stood in front of the window, looking outside with lifeless eyes. She stood there blankly, and no one knew what she was looking at.

She forced herself to hold back the tears that were welling up in her red eyes.

After calming down a little, she remembered the culprit who caused today's incident. She bit her lip and hesitated for a while, then took out her cell phone and called Chi Jingyuan.

She wanted to talk to him, wanted to ask what was going on, wanted to know what he was thinking, even if she had no right to do so... but she just wanted to ask!

But no one answered after calling several times... Although Zhou Ziyu knew that Chi Jingyuan might be busy, she couldn't help feeling even more disappointed.

The call was not going through, and there was no point in staying here any longer. She wiped her eyes, tidied her appearance, and walked out of the balcony...

Fortunately, the people outside, such as Mingjing Nan and others, were very considerate and did not ask any further questions, leaving her enough face and space. Zhou Ziyu politely declined Minatozaki Sakae who wanted to say something to her because she was worried about her, and returned to her room alone.

Sitting on the bed, my thoughts were in a mess and I felt sorry for myself.

"Tzuyu, are you okay?"

While Zhou Ziyu was silently feeling sorry for herself, Kim Da Hyun, who was lying on the bed next to her, had been observing her with concern. After watching her for a long time, she finally couldn't help but whispered, "You and Mina just now... everything was fine, right?"

Although she is relatively quiet in private and her presence is not very strong, Kim Da-hyun is well aware of what is happening in the group and among the people around her, and she has her own calculations in her mind.

"nothing……"

Startled by the sound, Zhou Ziyu came back to her senses and forced a smile towards the dining group sister who was looking at her with concern. She pursed her lips and shook her head: "I just asked Mina what's going on..."

Seeing that Zhou Ziyu was forcing a smile as if nothing was wrong, but her short face was tense and her big eyes looked lifeless, Kim Dahyun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This youngest member has this kind of personality. He thinks he is very smart, but he never gets angry or loses face with others. Whenever he encounters something, he just keeps it to himself, like a punching bag.

"..."

Kim Da Hyun was silent for a few seconds, as if she was thinking about what to say to comfort her. Then she looked at Zhou Ziyu, who had been in a daze again, and paused before speaking again: "Ziyu...you and Jingyuan Oppa, how long have you known each other?"

"what?"

Zhou Ziyu was awakened again and screamed a little. When she heard this question, she recalled: "I came to The Peninsula at the end of 12. He and I... met in the beginning of 13. We have been together for..."

She carefully counted on her fingers: "One, two, ... more than four years, almost five years."

"Hmm...it's been so long."

Kim Da Hyun nodded slightly, and then looked curious: "Has Jingyuan Oppa... been dating all these years?"

"Uh..." Zhou Ziyu paused for a second, and said euphemistically, "It seems... yes."

"I see... But it's normal if it's Jingyuan oppa..."

Kim Da Hyun shook his head, as if he had learned something, and then he clicked his tongue and said casually: "But you have changed so many girlfriends, and I don't know Mina... In fact, compared to your girlfriend, I think your relationship with him is more special. After so long, the relationship is still so good, so close..."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziyu was stunned.

It is indeed true. From the time they met until now, Chi Jingyuan has had countless girls around him and dated countless girlfriends, but it has not affected the closeness between the two at all.

Zhou Ziyu could also feel that Chi Jingyuan's attitude towards her was different.

To Chi Jingyuan, he is the special one.

But, no matter how special she was, she was still a younger sister...and she didn't want to stay like this forever.

With Kim Da-hyun's guidance, Chou Tzu-yu was not as depressed as before, and the two of them started talking in low voices. After a while, Son Chae-young also came back, and after chatting for a while, it was getting late, so everyone turned off the lights and prepared to rest, as they had to get up early tomorrow morning to go to Busan to record the show.

It was just a short while after the lights were turned off. Zhou Ziyu was hugging her dog Xilu as usual, staring at the ceiling with her eyes open, when the phone on the bedside table suddenly vibrated.

She quickly took it and saw that it was indeed Chi Jingyuan who called back.

After observing the movements of her two roommates, Zhou Ziyu leaned down and buried her head and body in the quilt. In the dark bed, in the slightly dazzling light, she answered the phone.

"Huh...huh..."

As soon as the call was connected, a breathless voice sounded from the receiver, sounding very tired. Two seconds later, Chi Jingyuan's voice came: "I was busy rehearsing and didn't check my phone... What's the matter? You called so late at night, and you called so many people... What happened?"

His voice sounded tired and a little anxious.

Zhou Ziyu listened quietly, savoring the flavor in his tone, and her heart was slightly moved. She did not directly talk about those things, but lowered her voice and asked softly: "It's so late, are you still rehearsing?"

"Yes, I'm rehearsing for the stages of the award ceremonies at the end of the year. The company has specially created several new choreography, which is really troublesome... It's so annoying. I've been busy all day today, and I have to rush back from the crew to work overtime in the evening. It's still halftime now, and I don't know when I can go back to sleep today. Damn it, I'm so tired."

Listening to Chi Jingyuan's irritable and complaining voice on the phone, Zhou Ziyu felt very relieved.

Chi Jingyuan would never normally make such meaningless complaints in front of his teammates, because it would do nothing except put pressure on others and make them dissatisfied... But he was not shy at all in front of Zhou Ziyu. He could say anything to her and complain about anyone.

And she was willing to listen.

But today, she has lost some of her usual interest.

After listening to this, Zhou Ziyu did not reply. Then she heard Chi Jingyuan asking her several times "What's wrong?". For some reason, Zhou Ziyu suddenly felt like crying when she heard the obvious concern in his originally anxious tone.

She sniffed and said in a low, muffled voice: "Why didn't you tell me?"

"what?"

Chi Jingyuan, who had been asking several questions, suddenly didn't react when he heard her say that: "What didn't I tell you?"

"It's about... you and Mina."

Hearing Zhou Ziyu's low, choked question, Chi Jingyuan was stunned.

He just noticed something tonight because of Mingjingnan's sudden text message, so he called Park Jinying to report his relationship with Mingjingnan, and then started practicing with the group directly. He felt that even if other people knew about it, it would probably take a few days... So he really didn't know what happened in Twice, and he had no idea about Park Jihyo's wonderful operation and what was happening with Chou Tzuyu.

Now, being asked this question by this girl suddenly, Chi Jingyuan, who always prided himself on being smart, was a little stuck in his thinking.

...But this is only Zhou Ziyu. She panics because she cares and is concerned. If it were someone else who didn't care at all, she wouldn't have to think and could make up a bunch of excuses in an instant, or just say a few words to get away with it, without caring about the other person's feelings at all.

"Um...you know everything?"

Chi Jingyuan quickly came to his senses, his mind working rapidly, thinking about how to deal with it and how to explain it: "Well, this is not a big deal that needs to be announced to the world... I have never been in love before..."

"Liar..."

But she was interrupted before she could finish. Zhou Ziyu's low, dull, crying voice came from the receiver: "You knew that I... knew that I liked you... so you deliberately lied to me and didn't tell me."

It was still that greasy, crooked accent, the sound that was so enjoyable to listen to before, but now it seemed to have lost its original sweetness. Together with the choking sound in between, it became powerless, lost, and extremely sad.

The low crying voice coming from his ears made Chi Jingyuan's prepared excuses stuck on his lips. He opened his mouth for a long time but couldn't say a word.

What Zhou Ziyu said was absolutely correct. He knew all this and deliberately hid it from her.

The previously eloquent mouth seemed to have suddenly lost its power at this moment, and the confidence that the experience could handle all situations seemed to have suddenly lost its effect.

Chi Jingyuan opened his mouth, but just exhaled and fell silent. He said nothing and just listened to the crying coming from the phone.

"Woo..."

The sobbing sound in my ears was very light and low, sounding muffled, but particularly sad.

She just kept sobbing silently in the bed, and Chi Jingyuan just listened silently.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhou Ziyu over there seemed to be unwilling to disturb her roommate, or perhaps she didn’t want to be so embarrassed in front of Chi Jingyuan. She sniffed and finally said something hoarse:

"That's all for now."

Then he hung up the phone proactively.

In the SM building, in front of the window of the corridor outside the EXO practice room, Chi Jingyuan was frowning and looking at the hung up phone with an ugly expression.

He was already very tired today, and practicing until so late already made him in a bad mood. Now something like this happened to Chou Tzuyu, which really made him very annoyed.

Everything was fine, how come everyone suddenly knew about it?

It's fine if others know, but how can Zhou Ziyu...

Assi.

He thought about it, composed a text message and sent it to Ming Jingnan, wanting to ask what was going on.

Ming Jingnan might not have slept yet, or she might have woken up immediately after seeing his text message. Two minutes later, Chi Jingyuan received a reply from his girlfriend. After carefully reading the long message, he couldn't help but curse out loud:

"You're sick..."

He could never have guessed that his intimate contact with Mingjingnan at SBS in the afternoon was seen by Park Ji-hyo, who then reported it directly to the company.

It didn’t matter at first, as long as she saw it... But Chi Jingyuan never thought that she could actually report it directly to the company!

Not to mention the captain, no matter what his identity is, this kind of behavior is absolutely incomprehensible. Kim Junmyeon is also the captain. If he encounters something like a member falling in love, not only will he not inform on them, he will also take the initiative to help cover it up. When the members are talking about love on the balcony, he will even let them know.

No matter how fierce the internal conflicts within Girls' Generation were, Kim Taeyeon never said that she would report the members' privacy to the company.

No matter what her position or identity is, as long as she is an idol, she must stand together with her teammates... This is no longer a question of whether she is the captain or not, it feels like a problem with this person.

However...this kind of behavior should be very satisfying to JYP, or Park Jin-young. From the company's point of view, they like this kind of captain.

Thinking of Zhou Ziyu's call just now, Ji Jingyuan was really speechless towards Park Ji-hyo, and he couldn't help but feel strongly dissatisfied in his heart... But he couldn't deal with her because of such a thing. After all, she was still a member of Twice, and she just made a small report after all. He was not so childish.

But the seed of disgust has already been planted.

...Once others know about it, they will know that as long as Ming Jingnan doesn't care, he actually doesn't care.

As for Zhou Ziyu...the young girl who is just beginning to fall in love is probably really sad.

Ugh.

………………

A night passed, and the next day when Kim Sang-min met the members of Twice again, he did not mention Jing Nan's relationship much. He mentioned it lightly and then passed it over.

Regarding the love news of Ming Jingnan and Ji Jingyuan, it was not as earth-shattering as the other members had expected, and there were no terrifying methods. Everything seemed so unnatural, and yet seemed to be logical.

It started in shock but ended in dullness.

If we talk about the changes it brought, apart from Zhou Ziyu feeling a little unnatural when being alone with Mingjing Nan, it also made many Twice members feel a little closer to Ji Jingyuan, and they also had some special feelings. After all, he is the boyfriend of a member of the same group, so there is nothing wrong with calling him "brother-in-law".

The most profound and direct impact of this incident was that Park Ji-hyo, as the team captain, seemed to have become special overnight.

Many other members seemed to have not changed much on the surface, except that there was an obvious estrangement between her and Mingjing Nan. Everyone else talked and smiled when they met.

But if one observes carefully, one will always feel that there seems to be a layer of membrane between them, which seems vague but actually exists.

For example, in the middle of the second day, Park Ji-hyo started a live broadcast in the lounge. Mingjing Nan glanced at it and walked away without going over. Although Minatozaki Sana took the initiative to join in the camera, she looked inexplicably awkward and not very natural.

But if Park Ji-hyo is not there, the other members will work together and things will become harmonious again... Some of the more sensitive members have noticed this.

But personal feelings are always just personal. The group Twice has to continue to exist after all. No matter what, they are now in a period of rapid growth. They still have to put aside all the trivial things and focus on work. Any sadness and pain, even embarrassment and estrangement, can be smoothed out by time and busy schedules.

The next morning, all members of Twice flew to Busan to participate in the filming of "Running Man" for the second time after their debut.

The filming lasted for two days and one night, starting in Daegu and ending in Busan. At the beginning of the filming, they met EXO's Do Kyung-soo. This brother and actor Cho Jung-seok also participated in the recording of "Running Man" to promote the movie "Brother", but it was the previous episode of Twice.

Because of the relationship between Mingjing Nan and Ji Jingyuan, Twice members now feel a little weird when they see people from EXO. But after all, they are not very familiar with Do Kyungsoo, so they just said hello and didn't mention this matter.

After a few days of travel, Zhou Ziyu has gradually accepted the current reality and her emotions have calmed down a lot.

Although she cried very sadly on the phone that night, and finally got angry and didn't want to talk to Chi Jingyuan, and had no contact with him in the past few days...but in fact, after two days, when she came back from Busan, she felt a little regretful.

This little girl is just like this. She has long been accustomed to the existence of that person in her world. She has never been really angry with Chi Jingyuan. Even if she encounters something bad, she will keep it to herself and be angry.

Fortunately, tomorrow is the AAA awards ceremony.

(End of this chapter)