peninsula asteroid.

Chapter 1096 Password
"..."

This sudden apology really surprised Chi Jingyuan, and the words that were about to come out of his mouth were choked up.
Thinking back to the joint practice just now, Chi Jingyuan didn't actually think that Ming Jingnan did anything wrong. She had obviously prepared very seriously and hard, and her performance had actually exceeded her actual ability level. It was just that for some reasons, Chi Jingyuan had set his own standards a little too high and was a little anxious.

So after calming down, he actually felt a little regretful, and was just about to comfort the other person and apologize at the same time.

He had never expected that Ming Jingnan would actually take the initiative to apologize to him, and the reason for her apology... seemed to be that she felt sorry for not doing well enough, and more importantly, she was worried that he would be disappointed.

Looking at Ming Jingnan, who still looked a little worried and embarrassed, Chi Jingyuan suddenly felt a complex emotion in his heart.

"Actually, I was a little nervous just now, especially seeing you next to me...I can actually sing better."

Ming Jingnan's eyes moved away from Chi Jingyuan's, and she wandered aside and explained a few words in a low voice. After she finished speaking, they met each other's eyes again. She blinked, and although her voice was still so soft and gentle, her tone was very firm and serious as she promised: "I will definitely improve next time. I will practice hard after I go back, and I will definitely sing this song well."

Chi Jingyuan could clearly sense Ming Jingnan's persistence from her tone and eyes. He also knew that his girlfriend attached great importance to this song. Seeing her serious look, he felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his cheek and said, "Not really. Actually, I..."

"but……"

But before he could finish, he was interrupted by Ming Jingnan's voice. Her expression changed, and she wrinkled her nose and cheeks, pouted and glared at Chi Jingyuan. Then she took the initiative to come over and hugged his waist, putting her head on his chest. Her tone became somewhat complaining and blaming, and she said with a little dissatisfaction: "But why are you so anxious, so fierce, and your face is so ugly..."

Later on, her voice became smaller and smaller, and the tone of her voice was a little muffled as her mouth was blocked on Chi Jingyuan's chest. She was also complaining a little, but she seemed to be speaking the Japanese dialect, which was not sure whether it was from Osaka or their hometown in Hyogo. Chi Jingyuan could not hear clearly.

Although he didn't show it during the practice just now, it was obvious that Mingjing Nan was feeling uncomfortable, but he just kept it hidden in his heart.

And in comparison, she seemed to be more worried about Chi Jingyuan being angry and disappointed, so the first thing she did after her agent left was to apologize. After calming down a little, she finally couldn't help but find an opportunity to act coquettishly.

Chi Jingyuan exhaled deeply, and reached out to embrace Ming Jingnan, patting her back gently, while Xiaonan in his arms was still muttering: "And that tone, it makes people uncomfortable..."

As she was talking, she didn't know what she was thinking of. Without any warning, she suddenly arched her body and broke free from Chi Jingyuan's arms.

"correct!"

She took two steps back, and after she stood still, she suddenly jumped up with her legs, stretched her arms back, put her left hand in front of her, and raised her right hand high. She performed the beautiful girl cosplay action that she had done many times before, and her action was extremely smooth and skillful. As she landed, she shouted in a crisp voice: "Signal!!"

After shouting, Ming Jingnan just stood there, keeping his hands raised, but his expression was extremely stern. He stared at Chi Jingyuan with bright eyes, as if waiting for him to meet his radio waves.

But, what responded to her was a strange silence.

Chi Jingyuan stared blankly at Ming Jingnan, who was gentle and quiet just now, and suddenly made such a stupid move as if he had a seizure. He was speechless and dazed, and even unable to react.

He could tell that Xiaonan was COSing as a beautiful girl again. She liked this action very much and had performed it for him several times before...but the situation seemed a bit wrong. They were talking about something completely unrelated just a second ago, so why did she suddenly get angry?
And this 'signal'...

She...what's wrong with her?

Looking at her boyfriend who looked confused and didn't seem to understand, Ming Jingnan pouted in dissatisfaction, put her right hand down, raised it again and repeated the action, looking at him and yelled again: "Signal!"

"..."

Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips worriedly, and stretched out his hand hesitantly, as if he wanted to touch Ming Jingnan's forehead to see if it was hot.

"Gen-chan!" Seeing her boyfriend's actions, Mingjing Nan immediately realized that the other party had no idea what she was talking about. She put down her hands and shouted in dissatisfaction.

"what?"

"Have you forgotten what we agreed on before~"

"'Signal', didn't we agree before that if I behaved badly or didn't want to hear something, I would just say 'siganl' and you would pretend you didn't hear it or didn't say it... You forgot~"

Ming Jingnan looked up at him and spoke quickly. It was rare to see her looking so dissatisfied and anxious.

"..."

Following the other party's prompt, memories from a long time ago resurfaced, and the scene of the conversation between the two slowly emerged in Chi Jingyuan's mind.

"…It's the TV series "Signal". Isn't it a setting that transcends time and space…I just suddenly thought of an idea. If I think I've performed very badly and might be scolded, I can whisper "singal". Can you just pretend that you didn't hear what I just sang? It's like time goes back in the TV series…"

After careful recollection, Ji Jingyuan found that there seemed to be such a small agreement in the past. It seemed that when recording "Cheer Up", he first scolded Lim Nayeon and then criticized Hirai Momo. His strict attitude made several people in Twice feel a little scared. At that time, the drama "Signal" starring him happened to be released, and then during the chat with Nai Na, they reached this little agreement like a secret code while joking.

However, it has been so long since the incident happened, and if Ming Jingnan hadn't mentioned it, he would have really forgotten it.

After all, the subsequent recording went smoothly and it was not mentioned much, and he and Mingjing Nan were not in this kind of relationship at the time. Who could really remember the casual ridicule and joke made last year?

Although he had completely forgotten about it, it seemed that Ming Jingnan had always kept it firmly in mind... and he suddenly brought it up again this time.

"Um, of course I remember... OK! OK! Signal, right~"

Chi Jingyuan was the first to commit the crime and then forgot the agreement. He was totally wrong and looked at his disappointed girlfriend. He felt embarrassed and immediately changed his attitude. He raised his hand and turned it around a few times, and he was still reciting something in a serious manner, and finally shouted, "Signal! Time travel!... Then just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Hehe~"

Seeing Chi Jingyuan's appearance, Ming Jingnan couldn't help laughing immediately, his eyes curved into a line, and his teeth were exposed.

Then she raised her hand and cosplayed as a beautiful girl, and Chi Jingyuan cooperated by pretending to be hypnotized and in a trance as if time had gone backwards. Ming Jingnan smiled even more happily.

This little promise and romance from the past instantly diluted some of the resentment in my heart. When I recalled some stories about the time when they were not dating, my heart even became warmer.

They were worried, ashamed, and complaining just now, which made the atmosphere not very good, but in the blink of an eye, laughter filled the air. One of them was pretending to be a pretty girl, while the other looked dizzy and had forgotten everything.

When two people with a half-hearted personality get together, once they get in tune with each other, the happiness and tacit understanding can instantly eliminate all worries.

“…In fact, the progress is still very obvious.”

The JYP manager was still waiting outside, so the two of them didn't stay for long. Chi Jingyuan walked out with Ming Jingnan and encouraged her: "This song is not difficult, but the chorus requires a little more breath. But Xiaonan, your emotional expression is great. If you practice a little more in the next two days, there should be no problem."

It's not that he was making up stories to comfort himself because he was too strict before. Although Ming Jingnan's singing skills were average, he was not completely incapable of singing.

And her best point is that her voice and emotional expression are very good... So according to Chi Jingyuan's point of view, if she practices well, although she can't be said to be a great singer, she can definitely sing.

After hearing this, Mingjing Nan nodded vigorously, his eyes firm and serious:
“I will definitely sing this song well!”

…………

Although Mingjing Nan left, Ji Jingyuan was not idle. After dinner, he returned to the company again. This time he came to EXO's practice room. At this time, most of the other members had arrived.

In addition to his collaboration with Minami Nagai on "Fireworks", the most important thing is actually the practice and preparation for several albums of the EXO group.

Just after returning to the practice room and chatting with the members for a few minutes, Chi Jingyuan heard some bad news.

"...I wanted to say this this morning, and the more I look at it now, the more I think it's right."

Jin Junmyeon walked around Chi Jingyuan twice, carefully looking up and down at his face and body, and asked with a wonderful expression: "Jingyuan, have you gained weight? I feel that you have gained weight compared to the time when you were solo before."

"Huh? Bro, is it really that obvious?"

Chi Jingyuanwen looked at himself in the mirror opposite and asked with a bitter face.

He did know that he seemed to have gained a little weight recently, and Kim Junmyeon was not the first person to tell him about this.

"It's not like I gained a lot of weight, it's actually not that bad."

Do Kyung-soo next to him interrupted, "It's mainly because your body shape was too standard before, so now that you've gained a little weight, it's a little noticeable."

"But... I have this feeling when we are face to face, and it will definitely be more obvious when you are on camera... Jingyuan, you really need to manage your figure." Jin Junmyeon nodded and advised.

"really……"

Chi Jingyuan looked in the mirror, nodded slowly, and instantly put the matter to heart.

I have indeed been a little slack during this period... Body management itself is one of the most important abilities and tasks of an idol. Both fans and passers-by are always strict and harsh on idols with poor figures, because poor body management is not a problem of ability, but a problem of attitude.

He has a strong sense of self-esteem regarding his appearance, and doesn't want to be scolded when he appears on camera... Fortunately, his next performance will be on the 8th of next month, so he still has time to exercise and adjust.

After all members gathered, practice officially began soon.

This time, several Japanese versions of songs included in Neon's greatest hits album had to have their parts reallocated, but since there was no need to re-choreograph the choreography, the workload was not very high.

But this is the first time I’ve come across the new song “Electric Kiss” and I have to start learning from the very beginning of the dance. This is the focus of EXO’s work recently.

It's been a while since the nine members of EXO have had group activities or learned new songs together. Their bodies are a little rusty after resting for so long, so everyone is very enthusiastic about the reunion. Park Chanyeol and Byun Baekhyun were still chattering and telling jokes before the practice started, and they looked like they were in a good mood.

However, after learning from the company's dance teacher for a while, everyone's expressions gradually changed.

"This choreography...isn't it a little difficult?"

After practicing together twice, when they were returning to their positions, Byun Baekhyun questioned in a low voice.

Chi Jingyuan glanced at this brother, and secretly gave him a thumbs up while panting.

This song "Electric Kiss" is a song that Neon Avex strongly recommended to EXO, and the choreography is also a collaboration between Avex and SM, and the choreography is based on the "combination of Kpop and Jpop styles". The overall style is obviously a little different.

Compared to EXO's previous songs with difficult choreography, this song is not about how difficult the movements are, but it requires a high level of dance strength and body coordination from beginning to end. A simple movement or wave must be done with great strength and feeling, which makes it very tiring to dance.

What's more important is that the choreography is extremely complicated. After each short part, the whole group has to change positions. It seems that the movements are integrated into the stage design. It feels complicated just for the sake of being complicated, and it makes people dizzy.

When he first started learning, Chi Jingyuan was so overwhelmed by remembering his movements that he bumped into others several times.

To the music, he moved quickly to the left based on his memory. Just when he stood up and was about to continue dancing, Wu Sehun moved quickly from the left, without even looking, and buttocked him, almost knocking him to the ground.

Chi Jingyuan stumbled back two steps. After the music stopped, he frowned and started to question and accuse: "...What? Am I not standing here? Don't you have a seat?"

"This is clearly my seat. You must have gone to the wrong place, right?" But Wu Sehun was very confident and he didn't think it was his fault at all.

"This part Kai stands in the middle line, I stand here, isn't that what we just agreed on?"

"You must have remembered it wrong."

"Ask the teacher, nim."

The two of them argued for a long time, and the other members didn't know where they were. After the dance teacher came over... they realized that both of them had gone to the wrong place.

Chi Jingyuan and Wu Shixun looked at each other, and the time was transferred in an instant, and they chose to forget about it at the same time. They found their positions and stood as if nothing had happened and continued to practice. They looked at the brothers next to them who were still standing still as if they were watching the fun, and took the initiative to urge them: "Don't dawdle, get back to your positions, let's see what you are dancing..."

"Hahaha……"

They were responded with a burst of laughter.

However, the difficulty of this dance is really extraordinary. Everyone had a lot of problems when they first started practicing. They often bumped into each other just because of their positioning. Chi Jingyuan even tripped several times. The relaxed spirit of the group of people disappeared instantly and they all became serious.

However, as EXO is a TOP group, the strength of its members is certainly still online. With repeated learning and dancing, they are gradually getting on the right track.

Combined with this very difficult choreography, Chi Jingyuan, who had previously felt mediocre about the song "Electric Kiss", now feels that this song has been greatly enhanced.

The Japanese album this time, including song selection, re-writing of Japanese lyrics, and reallocation of parts were basically all done by Avex. Because they don't have a deep understanding of Japan's style and market, Chi Jingyuan basically did not interfere with the Japanese album this time, and performed his work as an idol very conscientiously.

It also allows him to focus more on the collaboration on "Sparks"... To be honest, he is looking forward to "Fireworks" much more than the big group's "Electric Kiss"

Moreover, compared to the Japanese album, Ji Jingyuan actually felt that SM paid more attention to EXO's plan to break into the United States this year, and the investment in all aspects was higher.

At the same time, because "ON", one of the title songs of this American album, was suggested by Chi Jingyuan, the choreography work was also given to him.

In order to adapt to the American style and to present high-quality albums and dances to the best of its ability, SM has not chosen to renew its relationship with some of the choreography teams it has previously collaborated with. Instead, it has contacted a well-known and powerful dance team in America to collaborate on choreography. The cost of this alone is not small.

There are so many things going on, and after resting for so long, it’s time to get busy again.

…………

"I haven't practiced this hard in a long time."

After practicing for several hours, everyone was exhausted before they finally finished. Wu Se-hun came out of the closet and changed his clothes while taking the initiative to suggest, "Hey, are you hungry? Do you want to go eat something together later?"

"Still eating?"

Chi Jingyuan touched his face when he heard this, rolled his eyes and rejected him directly:
"No, I'm going to the gym later."