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Chapter 910: Heart~
Mapo-gu, Seoul.

"Yunxi, what are you doing?"

Zhao Jinglin arrived at the agreed coffee shop. As soon as he walked in, he saw his good friend Jin Yunxi sitting in a slightly remote corner, holding her mobile phone high in one hand towards him, and making a half heart with the other hand. She kept calibrating the position, as if comparing something.

Zhao Jinglin and Jin Yunxi are both students of Yeongdeungpo Middle School. They took advantage of the Christmas holiday to come to Hongdae at noon today to buy some things, and also to take a good look around and watch some road shows of Hudou.

"Take pictures!"

After hearing her friend's voice, Kim Yoon-hee continued to take selfies, looking at the camera beautifully to find the right angle and light. After the half heart shape on her right hand finally caught the right spot, she quickly took several selfies in succession, then sat down happily and began to check the photos, saying at the same time:

"Didn't you see the Instagram that Yuan oppa posted at midnight yesterday? The one with the half-heart gesture... This Instagram and this action have become a hot topic since this morning, and now many people are imitating and checking in..."

When it comes to Christmas, one of the most important holidays, most artists and idols will naturally show themselves through social software such as SNS. Most of them post some selfies wearing Christmas-themed clothes and say some blessings.

Chi Jingyuan, who had not been open for business for more than a week, updated his Instagram at midnight and uploaded a photo of a heart shape and words of blessing.

Although he was not wearing any Christmas clothes, just a very ordinary down jacket, and the lighting in the photo was blurry and dim, his face was not very clear. It was just a very ordinary selfie and blessing, but because of the half heart gesture, this Instagram suddenly became popular as it was forwarded and spread.

It is very common for idols to post photos of themselves making a heart shape to give benefits to their fans, but it is rare to see Chi Jingyuan stretching out his hand and making a half heart shape.

However, although it is rare, after seeing it, fans and passers-by naturally thought that this was just Chi Jingyuan's way of showing off. Some fans directly imitated Chi Jingyuan's actions and immediately uploaded photos of themselves making a heart shape with their hands, showing "making up the other half". As more and more imitation photos appeared, the popularity gradually increased, attracting a lot of people to check in. As it spread slowly, and today happened to be Christmas, a day of holiday and happiness, it suddenly became popular.

"Ah? I don't know yet. Let me see..." Zhao Jinglin, who is also an EXO fan, suddenly realized it. After ordering a cup of coffee, he immediately sat down next to her and went to Instagram to study it: "Oh, a heart..."

After watching for a while, the smile on her face gradually faded. Instead, she frowned and looked at her phone and asked, "Although it does look like a benefit for Aili, why do I feel it's a bit weird... Can't it be... showing off their affection? Do you remember that after Baekhyun was exposed to being in a relationship, he was found to be secretly showing off his affection with Kim Ji-sook on Instagram? I always feel that a sudden love is a bit wrong."

"Take a look at these photos of mine. Which one do you think is the best looking...ah?"

Jin Yunxi, who was about to ask her friends for advice, was stunned when she heard this, and then waved her hands in disbelief and said with a smile:
"How is that possible? Yuan doesn't post much on Instagram, but he always posts Christmas greetings on Instagram every year. This selfie is also his usual style... And it's not just Yuan who posted it. Sehun oppa also posted a photo with similar poses soon after. Many female artists have also followed suit and uploaded similar photos. It's just a welfare gesture..."

“…Oh my god, you don’t even know. Although Yuan and Sehun are making the heart shape with the same hand in the photo and can’t be put together, Yuan and Sehun’s CP fans are so excited. I just saw a lot of spliced ​​pictures in the group.”

Kim Yun-hee did not believe her friend's judgment and was very excited to show her the 'CP splicing picture' that she had just admired for a long time.

"Many female artists have imitated him? Who are they?" But Zhao Jinglin didn't seem very interested. Instead, he thought about it and then asked.

"There are a lot of them. In XO alone, there are Sehun oppa, Chanyeol oppa, and...oh, you asked the female artists, let me see...For idols, there are Sulli and Amber from FX, Eunji and Hayoung from Apink, Somi from IOI...a lot of people. There are also a few actors. The official Instagram of the "Goblin" crew even posted a photo of Lee Dong Wook oppa and Yoo In Na..."

"Oh, let me see..."

"What are you looking at them for?"

Seeing her friend starting to search on Instagram, Kim Yoon-hee went over and asked curiously.

“I’ve already suffered a loss once before with Baekhyun, so I always feel a little weird…”

Zhao Jinglin looked at the photos of these female artists on Instagram with caution and suspicion: "If this is true, Yuan's girlfriend...sister-in-law may be among these female artists who posted similar photos..."

"Ah, what sister-in-law? You're saying that. That's so unpleasant." Jin Yunxi's face changed when she heard it, and she glared at her in dissatisfaction: "Don't talk nonsense, Yuan Oppa is not in a relationship."

Compared to Zhao Jinglin, the rational fan who came over from Byun Baekhyun and became a little suspicious, she is actually a more fanatical fan group.

“…I thought so too before Baekhyun was exposed.”

Zhao Jinglin seemed very calm: "And have you forgotten those highly-liked analysis posts we saw online before?"

As a popular TOP idol, not only the media, but also various fans, including sole fans and anti-fans are very curious about Chi Jingyuan's relationship status. The Internet is full of various posts pretending to be insiders' revelations, as well as various groundless analysis posts. Just reading any two of them can make fans' three views collapse.

Although most of them are fake, it is difficult to satisfy fans' curiosity.

"There are too many posts like this. They seem to be true, but many of them are just groundless... And hasn't the post you mentioned been clarified by Ellie?"

Kim Yoon Hee had obviously seen a lot of them, and she frowned and started to refute: "That post said that the rings Yuan and Mingjing Nan wore looked very much like couple jewelry, but later it was proven that they were just ordinary rings. Many idols have worn similar rings during performances."

"There was also talk of digging out Yuan's League of Legends account, saying that based on his game records, he often played with female idols. Later it was proven that it was all fabricated, and that account was not Yuan's at all."

"It was also revealed that Yuan and Jung Eun-ji were a couple on the set of Reply 1997 for a while. Do you believe this? Jung Eun-ji is not as pretty as me..."

"There are too many groundless negative posts like this. Many people are just here to get attention. Last time, I even saw a post about Yuan and that ugly girl Lim Nayeon being a couple. Don't you think it's disgusting..."

By the end, Kim Yoon-hee could hardly hold it in any longer, and she pouted and waved her hand in disgust. Especially at the end, her expression looked as if a fly had flown into her mouth.

"You may not believe this post... but didn't Zhenxixi once hint that Yuan and Irene seemed to have dated? And recently there have been rumors that Yuan and Suzy are now a couple on the set..." Zhao Jinglin was not affected by his friend's expression, and he took out his trump card in a blink of an eye.

These loyal fans who have been following EXO for a long time have been in the Aili fan circle for several years, and from time to time they can get some more real revelations from some well-informed big fans, or even from the private fans who keep an eye on them every day.

Compared to those nonsense analysis posts on the Internet, these news are more credible... Even Kim Yoon-hee was speechless.

"..."

However, after her expression changed several times, she put down her phone fiercely and said abruptly as if she was swearing:

"I don't listen to those rumors...if it hasn't been revealed, then it doesn't exist!"

…………

"Chebai~Are you really my destiny~"

"Falling you~"

After walking out of the cafe, the two walked on the pedestrian street of Hongdae, still discussing Ji Jingyuan's affairs. However, after walking a few steps, they heard familiar music coming from a specialty store on the side of the road.

This is the OST of "Goblin" "Stay with Me"

The two of them didn't listen to the song specifically, but just talked while walking. However, as they walked, they couldn't help but hum along unconsciously... This song can now be heard in almost every street and alley in Seoul and even the entire peninsula. It is so familiar.

"This song is so popular, you can hear it everywhere... Not only has our school been playing it during recess recently, but I heard from my friends that they also often play this song during recess at Cheongdam Junior High School."

"Of course it's popular. The last time I went home to watch Goblin, my grandma hummed along after hearing it and asked me who sang so beautifully."

"Yuan Oppa is really something. Why doesn't he sing such a beautiful song himself? Why does he have to collaborate with that country girl Jung Eun-ji?"

“We’ve analyzed it before. The two of them have a good relationship. Apink is not popular now, so why not bring her along to play…”

Although she complained about Jung Eun-ji in a displeased manner, Kim Yoon-hee did not think of this collaboration as a 'secret romance between the two' at all.

Even Zhao Jinglin, who had always been suspicious, did not have such doubts and believed that the two men were innocent and safe.

...I don’t know whether Jung Eun-ji would be proud or angry if she knew this.

"Speaking of which, Stay With Me is so popular, but when I looked at the program lists of several major TV stations at the end of this year, how come there is no stage for it?"

"It's an OST released at the end of the year. Judging from the schedule, even if there are performances or awards, they should be held next year. But I really like this song. I'm looking forward to seeing Yuan and Eunji's collaboration performance... Not only this song, "Goblin" is really going to explode recently. It's a big hit. A few days ago, Jae-jong, who was in the class next to me, confessed to me. Guess what he said?"

"what?"

"'Because the weather is good, because the weather is bad, because...' Hahaha, it's that line from Goblin. It made me laugh to death. He didn't think I hadn't seen it, did he? Are there still young people in this country who haven't seen this episode and haven't heard of this line?"

"It should be gone... Have you accepted it?"

"Of course not, I'm obsessed with looks!"

Kim Yoon-hee walked to a roadside rice cake shop and started queuing. As she was talking, she casually opened her phone and checked it. But after just a few seconds, the smile on her face suddenly changed: "Ah!"

"What's wrong?" Zhao Jinglin looked over curiously.

"It's so annoying. Bae Suzy actually posted a 'Yuan-style' heart check-in photo on Instagram, saying Merry Christmas... Yue~ I'm really fed up with her. I was originally very happy, but I'm not happy when I see her."

Kim Yoon-hee showed her friends a photo on her phone in great displeasure. It was a selfie of Bae Suzy that she had uploaded not long ago. Her words were full of hostility: "When I think of the rumors I heard, I want to fast forward when I see her in Goblin. Ji Eun-tak's acting is so contrived. Why is a normal girl without any characteristics destined to be the Goblin's bride from birth? It's disgusting~"

"By the way, if Bae Suzy posted...did Irene post it?"

"No."

"That's good. She should no longer be among my suspects."

“It’s not that she didn’t post… She just doesn’t have Instagram.”

………………

What Chi Jingyuan did on Christmas was really eye-catching. Not only did it attract many fans and passers-by to check in, it also inspired many idols and even actors in the circle to imitate it, making the already prosperous Christmas atmosphere in the circle even more lively.

His original intention of posting on INS was not only to send Christmas greetings to fans as in previous years, but also to secretly hint that only Ming Jingnan could understand. It was a half-pun and half-half. In order to avoid people from making random guesses, he even asked his roommate named Wu to post it together... However, the subsequent development was something that Chi Jingyuan himself had not expected.

He pioneered the interactive method of making a heart shape with the hands to interact with fans from a distance, and near the end of the year, Chi Jingyuan became a little bit popular again. It can only be said that... some people are really born with good luck.

However, even though he was very popular, he didn't have the time to pay too much attention to these things.

By the last week of the year, almost all the popular idols of the year have started working non-stop. Not to mention the various activities and commercial performances, in this week alone, the three major TV stations, SBS, KBS, and MBC, have three shows each for entertainment, acting, and music, adding up to nine evening parties to be held. Many of these parties overlap in time, so if they are not pre-recorded stages, the idols who are participating will have to rush around to different shows.

And because it is a very important year-end music festival, each TV station not only has rehearsals on the day of the festival, but also needs to participate in the first, second and other rounds of rehearsals a few days in advance. Most of the time is scheduled in the middle of the night or early morning. As long as they are idols or artists with a little fame, they will all be busy in the last week of the year.

Even Chi Jingyuan has been unable to spare time to prepare for his solo album in the past two days. After Christmas, he temporarily bid farewell to the crew and returned to the group. In the last few days, he devoted himself to performing his duties as an idol.

On the morning of December 12th, the final round of rehearsals was taking place at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, the venue for this year's SBS Gayo Daejeon.

The lounge belonging to Twice was very noisy. All the children were chatting and laughing while waiting for their turns.

"Hey, Nayeon, why are you taking this photo too? Do you have an Instagram account?"

Yu Jeongyeon on the left side of the room was looking speechlessly at Lim Nayeon beside her... This girl was facing the light, holding her phone high up towards herself, with her other hand stretched out making a half heart shape, and smiling sweetly at the camera.

…Yu Jeongyeon knew what this older sister was doing. She stood by and watched her snap several photos in a row. She looked helplessly at Lin Nayeon who started to check the photos: “Besides, Christmas has already passed, why are you still taking photos?”

"What's wrong with not having an Instagram account? Can't I just take photos for fun? Don't you see that many of our fans say they want to see us check in?" Lin Nayeon glanced at her, grinned and spoke confidently, and then happily started choosing photos.

"..."

Sitting on the sofa a few meters away from the two of them, Ming Jingnan, who saw the whole scene, smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, and licked the corner of his mouth with great joy.

Ever since she saw Chi Jingyuan’s Instagram on Christmas yesterday, she was overjoyed and smiled happily and sweetly for two days...

Although everyone else thought it was just an interesting interaction and blessing, even idols in the circle like Lim Nayeon who knew Ji Jingyuan thought the same...but Ming Jingnan knew what the love heart meant at a glance, and she was the only one who knew the inside story.

...It can't be said that she is the only one, because it's not just Minami Nai who knows it. Minatozaki Sana, who is talking to Momo Hirai not far away, actually knows it too.

But it was not that Ming Jingnan told her secretly to show off, but the day before yesterday when she sent a selfie with a heart shape to Chi Jingyuan, Minatozaki Sana happened to be next to her and witnessed the process of her taking the selfie with a half heart shape. After that, when Chi Jingyuan's photo came out, she instantly made the connection.

Although the little sister hid it well at the time, she still keenly caught the envious look in her eyes.

Mingjing Nan really wanted to share such a romantic and sweet thing with other people, or to show off a little bit, but she also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she could only bury it deep in her heart and not tell anyone except Minatozaki Sana... She has been feeling secretly happy these past two days.

However, from yesterday till now, what excited her the most was the photo currently displayed on her phone...

...Inside was a photo of Bae Suzy. The woman in the photo was also wearing a similar down jacket and making a half heart shape with her hand.

Mingjing Nan watched the members playing around next to him with a smile, and from time to time he glanced at his phone, and then his teeth were exposed more and more.

I don’t know whether it was a request from the “Goblin” crew or she wanted to take the photos herself, but Bae Suzy also followed the trend and uploaded the imitation photos on INS.

When Ming Jingnan saw this ins yesterday, she was so amused that she almost died. She really wanted to put her own selfie and Chi Jingyuan's together and throw them on the woman's face to show her why the love heart came from.

She was sitting on the sofa at the time, and she excitedly raised her feet and kept flapping them in the air. Finally, she couldn't help but stood up and jumped several times on the spot, which made Momo Hirai beside her look surprised and wondered what she was so happy about.

But it was difficult for Ming Jingnan to explain to her...it was a kind of refreshing feeling that all the resentment that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time was released in one day.

Just imagining the expression of that dead woman who was always pretending, always being so cold and rude every time they met, and always haunting Yuan-chan when she saw this photo, her whole body trembled with excitement.

You damn woman, so much has happened to you!

Just as everyone was chattering in the lounge, there was a knock on the door and a staff member poked his head out and shouted:
"Twice, get ready for the rehearsal for the collaborative performance of 'TT+cheer up' and 'Who is your mother'."

"Ok."

After receiving the response, the staff member did not stop, and soon his voice was faintly heard from not far away: "GOT7, get ready..."

After hearing the staff's reminder, the members in the circle also paused what they were doing.

Zhou Ziyu took one last look at her phone, and it seemed that the thing she was waiting for did not appear. She pouted and put her phone away, then stood up with the other members and prepared to go to the front rehearsal... However, this kind of rehearsal reminder would be about twenty minutes in advance, so there was no need to be too anxious. Several people even drank some water, blocked the door and chatted for a while before leaving the lounge.

As soon as I walked out the door, my seniors from the same company, GOT7, also walked out.

In this year's SBS Gayo Daejeon, several members of Twice had multiple collaborative stages. For example, in addition to the performance of her own group, Namahidee also had three or four collaborative stages... Among them was "Who's Your Mom" ​​in collaboration with GOT7, Seventeen and Gfriend. This erotic song from Park Jin Young was a stage that tended to be sexier.

As soon as the two groups met, they greeted each other and walked together.

Although GOT7 members were very handsome and took the initiative to say hello, and Choi Youngjae was obviously quite enthusiastic, Nai Minami just responded with a smile, and then walked behind with Minatozaki Sana without much communication. She just listened quietly to Lim Nayeon, Park Ji-hyo and the others chatting with Bamban and the others.

Zhou Ziyu greeted and walked in front. Just as she was thinking and complaining about an annoying man who pretended to be aloof, Duan Yien behind her quickened his pace and came to her side. As they walked side by side, he asked with a smile, "Ziyu, I heard from Jihyo that your mother came to see you yesterday? Did you bring any local specialties? The two bags you gave us last time were quite delicious..."

"No more, I've distributed them to my sisters..."

Awakened by the sound beside her, Zhou Ziyu came back to her senses and glanced at the senior beside her, put her hair up and smiled softly, then shook her head with some regret: "My mother didn't bring much this time."

In fact, there were still two full boxes left, but she didn't know how to give them away...

"Oh, is that so? Never mind then."

Tuan Yien shrugged with some regret after hearing this, but he didn't care too much and changed the subject: "I really like to eat, I was planning to ask you to bring some... By the way, are you going to take a holiday after this busy period at the end of the year? I heard that Twice seems to be preparing for a comeback?"

"Holiday... I don't know when it will be."

Zhou Ziyu first grinned, then pursed her lips with a sad face, seeming to be dissatisfied with her recent busy schedule and not knowing when she would have a holiday.

I know, but I won’t tell you!

"Then we'll talk about it later... By the way, your concert..."

Zhou Ziyu was walking and chatting enthusiastically with the seniors around her. But after she had taken a few steps, her ears suddenly moved slightly. A familiar voice came faintly from the fork in the corridor in front of her, getting closer and closer.

Zhou Ziyu ignored the voices coming from beside her, slowed down her pace, blinked and looked in the direction where the voices came from. With a slightly expectant look in her eyes, several figures turned from there and appeared in front of them.

The first two figures to appear were in the front. One of them was Chi Jingyuan, whom she had just complained about in her heart for a long time while looking at her phone. He was wearing a light-colored sweatshirt jacket, black-framed glasses, and a very campus outfit. At this moment, he was walking, squinting his eyes and talking to someone next to him.

The other person next to him was obviously older than him, about thirty years old, and much shorter. His features and clothes looked quite imposing, but he was smiling at this moment, and patted Chi Jingyuan's shoulder very intimately:

"...Why didn't you go play basketball last week? I remembered your brother said you really like playing basketball."

(End of this chapter)