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Chapter 911 SBS
"You really like playing basketball, don't you?"

"I really don't have time, brother..."

A sound was getting closer and closer. Seeing Chi Jingyuan and his partner coming out from the fork in the road ahead, Zhou Ziyu, who was walking in the front, and Duan Yien all stopped in their tracks. Zhou Ziyu blinked in surprise and looked at Chi Jingyuan who was walking in front of her. She didn't expect that she would run into him while she was still thinking about him just now.

As soon as they stopped, the others behind them noticed the movement in front, stopped chatting and looked over.

Oppa?

Source sauce?

Ming Jingnan and a few others' eyes lit up when they saw Ji Jingyuan, but before they could say anything, they saw the middle-aged man next to Ji Jingyuan, followed by several assistants carrying bags who appeared behind him, and a group of people appeared in front of Twice and GOT7.

As idol artists, they are all very discerning. They are very familiar with Chi Jingyuan, and although they don’t know the person next to him, looking at his attire and posture, coupled with the few followers behind him, it is obvious that he is not an ordinary person.

Seeing this, Mingjing Nan and the others immediately put aside their thoughts on greeting and immediately greeted the GOT7 members standing upright next to them with a very standard bow: "Aniha Saiyo..."

Chi Jingyuan, who was about to say something, couldn't help but pause when he saw the familiar faces that suddenly appeared. He blinked in surprise.

EXO also came to COEX today to rehearse for the Gayo Daejeon, but they had already finished rehearsing in a better time period, and he just received a call from Yoon Taemin while he was waiting in the lounge.

Yoon Taemin is a friend of his second brother Ji Jingxu. He has great influence in SBS TV station. He helped Ji Jingyuan a few years ago and they have been in touch since then.

This brother has been doing better and better in SBS in the past two years. I heard from my second brother that the president and vice president of SBS this year, both father and son, are his relatives.

The 20th anniversary of the Gayo Daejeon is one that SBS attaches great importance to. Yoon Taemin also came to the scene today to see the situation. After knowing that Ji Kyung-won was there, he ran to his lounge and asked him to chat and have a cup of coffee.

I didn’t expect that when I just took a few steps to take the elevator, I would run into Twice and GOT7 by chance... But it’s normal, as everyone’s lounge is on the same floor.

Facing the greetings from Twice and GOT7, Yoon Taemin didn't seem to care much. He just nodded slightly in a very polite manner as a response. The smile on his face faded a little, and after a quick glance, he stopped looking at them, moved his feet and prepared to continue walking forward, his hands still on Chi Jingyuan's shoulders.

"Hello..."

Chi Jingyuan adjusted his glasses, smiled and nodded in response. His eyes immediately caught sight of Minami Naoi, who was a little further away behind the crowd, and Sana Minatozaki next to her. He exchanged glances with his girlfriend.

Then he retracted his gaze and naturally looked at Zhou Ziyu who was closest to him. His eyes moved between her and Tuan Yien who was standing side by side with her.

These two people were walking in the front, and from the sound of them just now, they seemed to be chatting happily, and they seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

However, GOT7 and Twice are senior and junior groups from the same company, similar to EXO and Red Velvet, so it is normal for the members to be very familiar with each other.

Chi Jingyuan didn't care. After exchanging a glance with Zhou Ziyu, he turned around and prepared to continue walking. However, Zhou Ziyu noticed Chi Jingyuan's gaze, and this look seemed to carry a sharp electric current, and her whole body seemed to be stabbed lightly.

Then she immediately moved her sensitive feet lightly, took two steps to the side quietly, and put some distance between herself and Duan Yien.

But when she looked over, Chi Jingyuan had already turned around and walked towards the elevator with Yin Taimin. He continued with the previous topic, smiled bitterly and said: "...It's the end of the year, and we idols have to work for your TV stations."

But after taking two steps, the staff member who had just gone to call people for rehearsal seemed to have seen the situation in front, and rushed over from behind like a rabbit, bowing 90 degrees to Yin Taimin: "Director Yin, nim..."

Such a solemn etiquette startled the people behind, but Yin Taimin didn't seem to care. He hummed softly with a nasal sound and left directly. Then he smiled and continued chatting with Chi Jingyuan next to him: "That's right, it's a busy time at the end of the year. With your popularity, Jingyuan, you really don't have much time..."

Looking at the group of people passing by in front of them, the girls from Twice exchanged glances with each other, while the BAMBAM guys who had been talking loudly and nonstop just now shut up instantly. It was just a brief encounter, and that middle-aged man brought a lot of pressure, and the whole team suddenly became quiet.

Just looking at the destination, it seemed that everyone was going to the elevator and were going the same way... There was no other way, they could only follow behind silently, standing a few meters apart.

Before they knew it, a few girls who were originally walking at the back of the team quietly moved forward a few steps, and together with GOT7 next to them, they listened to the faint sounds coming from the front with either curiosity or dissatisfaction.

“…Come to think of it, I initially thought you debuted as an idol just to give it a try, and that you would quit the circle after two years when you got tired of it. I never thought you would continue to do it until today.”

"Brother, this is my career." Hearing that Yoon Taemin looked down on his work, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but complain.

"Haha, that's right." Feeling Chi Jingyuan's opinion, Yin Taimin laughed and patted him on the back: "Jingyuan, you earn more than me now, right? It's really amazing to be an idol like you... By the way, your brother told you about my marriage next year..."

"Who is this person?" In the crowd behind, Minatozaki Sana held Naito's hand, leaned her head forward to look, and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." Mingjing Nan also looked around, shook his head and whispered in his ear: "It sounds like he might be a friend of Brother Yuan-chan... He looks a bit like a high-ranking executive like the president of the company."

In front of the group, Duan Yien, who had been talking nonstop, seemed to be suppressed by something since Chi Jingyuan appeared, and dared not say a word. Zhou Ziyu walked a little faster after keeping a distance from them. She was alone in the front, quietly looking at Chi Jingyuan in front of her.

"Yeah, my brother told me."

"It's okay if you don't have time to play basketball, but don't say you're too busy when you get married."

"Don't worry, brother. I will definitely go no matter how busy I am..." Chi Jingyuan promised sincerely, and then hesitated for a moment, showing curiosity, looking at Yin Taimin who was much shorter than him: "I just didn't expect that brother got married so early."

It is clear that according to the second brother, this brother is a few years older than him and has a very dissolute lifestyle.

"Ugh……"

Yin Taimin stopped in front of the elevator and sighed, seeming to be a little emotional: "I actually..."

He just opened his mouth and felt that this was not the place to talk about these things. He swallowed his subordinate's words and patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder: "Anyway, just remember to come... By the way, if you have a girlfriend, remember to bring her along..."

"Ah?" Chi Jingyuan, who had just nodded in agreement, was stunned for a moment when he heard the next sentence.

"Why, you don't have anyone to date right now?"

Hearing his tone, Yin Taimin looked over strangely, as if he remembered his past memories. His eyes changed and he smiled mischievously:
"I remember hearing your brother bragging to us that you were a very powerful fisherman when you were in school, a girl killer or something like that. Hahaha, I have a very deep impression of this. He said that half of the girls in your class liked you. It seemed that there were a few times when a few girls were so heartbroken after being dumped by you that they even dropped out of school. Their parents even came..."

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The more Chi Jingyuan listened, the more tangled his expression became. His face wrinkled. He also felt as if there was a vague gaze behind him that was always fixed on him. Finally, he couldn't help but interrupt him: "Brother, can you believe such ridiculous words?"

He was speechless... Even if it's true, brother, can you say it somewhere else?

Even if you don’t care about those little idols behind you, and you don’t worry about them going out and talking nonsense...but they are still very important to me.

"Your brother likes to brag. If it were someone else, I really wouldn't believe it."

Yin Taimin didn't know what Chi Jingyuan was thinking, and he became more interested when talking about the past: "But because Jingyuan, you are handsome, with your family and your appearance, it's not easy for you to be a fisherman... Your family is really good at appearance, you, your brother, and Xianjing Nuna..."

After saying this, he looked at Chi Jingyuan happily: "Why, if you don't have one, that's great, I'll introduce you to one later..."

Facing Yin Taimin's enthusiasm, Chi Jingyuan was speechless. He smiled bitterly and said quickly: "Yes... yes..."

"Just say..."

While chatting, Chi Jingyuan casually glanced back... and then saw Zhou Ziyu, who was sticking her head out and listening furtively a few meters away.

The black girl, who had been paying attention to the movements here, instantly noticed Chi Jingyuan's gaze. After being discovered eavesdropping, she looked around, then stared at Chi Jingyuan with big eyes, pretending to be stupid.

Looking at this very childish short face, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but smile slightly.

"..." Yin Taimin, who was standing next to him, keenly noticed the eye contact between the two. He turned around and looked at Zhou Ziyu strangely, then pursed his lips and said, "Jingyuan, your friend?"

"Yes, a very good friend!" When he asked, Chi Jingyuan did not hide it and nodded.

Hearing this, Yin Taimin looked at Zhou Ziyu's expression and smiled just the right way. "You are...~"

"Tzuyu, JYP artist..."

"Oh, hello Tzuyu xi~"

Although the name was introduced by Chi Jingyuan, his attitude was obviously much better than before, and it can be seen that Chi Jingyuan still has a lot of face.

Zhou Ziyu, who was suddenly greeted, felt flattered. She opened her mouth slightly, not knowing how to respond, so she could only bow quickly.

"A very polite child." Yoon Taemin smiled, and the elevator door opened at that moment, so he walked in without saying much. Chi Jingyuan turned around and looked at Chou Tzuyu, pouted his lips funny, and then walked in with his assistants.

…The idols behind did not follow, but waited very attentively for the next elevator.

The brief encounter lasted only two or three minutes. After Chi Jingyuan left, the children, who had been silent for half a day, finally couldn't help but start chattering.

"Oh, I'm so sleepy. I didn't sleep well yesterday. By the way, brother..." BAMBAM seemed to dislike the atmosphere just now and didn't want to talk about what happened just now. He and JB and others chatted about other topics in a somewhat awkward manner.

"Tzuyu, did that senior greet you?"

"Tsk, tsk, he looks so impressive, is he a minister or director?"

However, several girls from Twice who heard the noise gathered around and looked at Chou Tzuyu curiously.

Zhou Ziyu also didn't understand clearly, she shook her head and said: "I don't know either, I just said hello..."

"We are SBS Representative Yin..." The staff member who came to inform them listened for a while and couldn't help but interrupted and said, "I heard that Representative Yin and Jingyuanxi knew each other before. I didn't expect that they have such a good relationship. And..."

He no longer cared whether these girls knew the significance of this position and surname. He only looked at Zhou Ziyu with a somewhat strange look, and finally stopped talking.

"represent?"

However, they have debuted for so long and are no longer the inexperienced trainees they were before. When Yu Jeongyeon and the others heard this position, their pupils shrank and their voices suddenly became smaller. They looked at each other and made lip movements to express their surprise.

After hearing this, Bambam and his friends who had just chatted for a few minutes suddenly became quiet again, and suddenly they felt like they were not in the mood to talk about these trivial things anymore.

Fortunately, the elevator arrived quickly, which alleviated the embarrassment.

…………

"...Ouni, did you see that just now? He was talking about who he knew, but after meeting Jingyuan Oppa, he suddenly stopped talking."

Twenty minutes later, Twice finished rehearsing and returned to the lounge. Son Chaeyoung recalled the brief but memorable encounter just now, and couldn't help but complain to Mingjing Nan next to her: "They are all idols, why do JB Oppa and Bambam seem a little... uh, childish when compared together?"

She actually wanted to say something a little 'low', but after all, she had known him for such a long time, so she didn't have the heart to say it so bluntly.

“KK, don’t say that. It’s actually very normal for boys to show some affection. You know he likes…” Ming Jingnan, who was sitting next to him, couldn’t help but laugh when he heard that. He whispered a few words to help defend him, but before he could finish, the phone in his hand suddenly vibrated.

She quickly lowered her head and looked up, then pursed her lips and smiled: "Yuan-chan told me that the person he was with just now was a senior director of SBS. He was a friend of his brother and they had known each other for a long time. The two of them went to have a cup of coffee together."

She was very happy that her boyfriend told her what happened just now, and she was even happier because she didn't ask anything, as Chi Jingyuan sent the message himself.

"Jingyuan Oppa's brother is the handsome director from the last family concert, right? Wow..." Sun Caiying smacked her lips when she heard that, with an expression of amazement and envy on her face, but she didn't say anything else.

Compared to these artists who come from ordinary families, although Chi Jingyuan is also an idol, he is very natural when getting along with others. He is not arrogant and is a very friendly oppa or friend. However, sometimes his every move, and even the circle of friends that occasionally appear around him, make people inexplicably feel distant.

Ming Jingnan laughed twice, but then he remembered something, and the smile on his face disappeared, and he suddenly became absent-minded.

Because she thought of the last conversation she heard just now... Director Yin was getting married and invited Chi Jingyuan to bring his girlfriend along.

...I don't know if Yuan-chan will take her with him when the time comes.

Of course she wanted to attend such a wedding with him as his girlfriend and meet some of his friends.

However, the thought of meeting many unfamiliar high-level people or even his family members made Ming Jingnan a little timid about such occasions.

...Although her family conditions are actually quite good, after all, I don’t have much contact with her, and there is also the relationship with Chi Jingyuan.

I really want to and don’t want to... Ming Jingnan suddenly feels both expectant and hesitant.

But in comparison, I am more focused on the aspect of "thinking".

Sana Minatozaki next to her was looking at her little sister. For some reason, when she saw Minami Nagai's expression, she instantly guessed what Minami Nagai was thinking.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopped herself... She suddenly hated her own intelligence and eyes, why could she always guess so accurately?

Soon she started to be in a daze along with Mingjing Nan, and as her thoughts wandered, she inexplicably recalled the story that had happened in MBC DMC.

The person he called at that time should be a friend similar to Representative Yin...

When these people fell into silence, Zhou Ziyu on the other end looked at a text message she had just received on her phone, her big eyes flashing: "Dear friend~Dear friend Zhou~"

After pretending to be aloof for a few days, she ended up sending a selfie to her boyfriend a few days ago on Christmas Day and the boyfriend started to follow suit. Zhou Ziyu, who was hit hard, hasn't received a reply in the past two days.

At this moment, she was delighted to see the text message that Chi Jingyuan suddenly sent her, but the content did not make her very happy.

"What friend? Who is your friend?" She hesitated for a moment whether to continue to be cold and not reply, but made a decision quickly after a few seconds. She typed a few words and sent them.

"Ah? Not a relative? Then what are you, a sister? A younger sister? A pet?"

Looking at the text message with an obviously teasing tone, Zhou Ziyu pouted and snorted angrily.

You are the pet, that's too much!
She didn't want to be a relative... She had been one for several years and it was time for some changes to happen. If she was to be one, she would rather be a relative of the Yao family.

However, Zhou Ziyu did not dwell on this topic. The two had not chatted for a long time. The way they had gotten along for several years had changed. Some of their feelings had been made clear before, and she now didn't know how to get along with Chi Jingyuan.

So after a brief pause, she stopped joking and got down to business: "My mother brought you some things when she came to see me on Christmas, the same things she brought you last time. I'll bring them to you when you're free."

She was thinking about how to get along with Chi Jingyuan next time, but the text message she received the next second instantly made her furious:

"Why did you bring them again? Didn't I tell you last time to tell your mother that those things were not tasty and were too sweet to stick to your teeth? Why did you bring them again? Didn't you tell her?"

Feeling the rather disdainful tone and obvious complaints in the text, Zhou Ziyu felt that her good mood just now disappeared in an instant. She looked at the phone fiercely, grinning with her fangs showing, wishing she could bite him directly through the air.

This person is becoming more and more annoying.

Others are begging for it and still don’t have it, but he is complaining about this and that. What’s going on?

Angry!
………………

No matter what happened, today's highlight for the idols, the music battle, still arrived as scheduled.

Compared to the year-end galas where the acting and performing arts awards are of average value and have average attention, the popularity and heat of the music battle participated by many popular idols and singers is the highest among the year-end galas of the three TV stations.

After two rounds of rehearsals, the red carpet, interviews and a series of other activities, when the party was about to begin, Chi Jingyuan finally took a breath after sitting on the sofa in the artist seat at the Song Festival.

"...Did you see the outfits of those female idols on the red carpet just now? I found that Hyelinxi is actually quite eye-catching, not worse than Hani, especially that black stockings, wow..."

"…It's okay, but did she break up with Kai?"

Chi Jingyuan observed the seats of the artists in the artist seats with his peripheral vision, and whispered with Wu Sehun next to him, covering his mouth. As the topic changed, he glanced at EXID behind him on the right without missing a trace.
"It seems they haven't broken up yet. Her agency is relatively small, and it seems they didn't know it was going to be exposed. Kai didn't seem to tell her either..."

Wu Se-hun also covered his mouth and talked about the news he knew, and then his eyes swept over the group of Twice behind him and began to comment as usual: "Twice's red carpet performance today was average, but your girlfriend's temperament was very good and she was more eye-catching."

"I feel okay."

"Not as good as EXID, not as good as Hyelinxi... no black stockings."

I was having a slightly obscene chat with Wu Sehun about the female idols on the red carpet. After a while, as all the artists took their seats, the lights dimmed, the big screen lit up, and the 20th anniversary of the Song Festival officially began.

This year's music festival is indeed different from previous years. Right at the beginning, they played a VCR of an interview with Lee Soo Man.
"What are you talking about... where was this filmed? In our company? It doesn't look like his office."

“It was filmed in our company.”

Watching Lee Soo Man pretending to talk about his contribution to KPOP in the VCR, Ji Jingyuan couldn't help but complain in a low voice, and at the same time turned his head to look at the seating arrangement of the artist seats at that time.

The artist seats for the Song Festival were arranged very simply, with three rows of small round tables in front and back, and small sofas of varying lengths placed around the round tables. One round table formed a group, and large TOP groups like EXO naturally sat in the middle of the first row, occupying the three long sofas.

Sitting on their left is Infinite, behind them is CNBULE, behind them is Twice, and behind them is EXID.
When Chi Jingyuan turned his head and looked over, his eyes just met Zhou Ziyu's. The black girl, who looked even darker in the dim light, was grinning and looking left and right, and no one knew what she was laughing at. However, her smile suddenly froze as soon as she looked at Chi Jingyuan. She wanted to restrain her smile but seemed afraid of being noticed by others. She looked extremely funny with her silly mouth and an expression that seemed to be neither laughing nor not laughing.

Shaking his head secretly, Chi Jingyuan turned around.

This despicable VCR soon ended, and the song battle officially began amid the enthusiastic cheers of more than 10,000 audience members in the packed house.

This year's opening program was very novel. It did not let the idols start singing and dancing right away. Instead, a group of artists with expertise were selected to perform various types of collaborative stages.

The first show was a classical instrument performance. Several idols who were good at playing instruments played the piano and violin, and performed several classic classical music. Among them, the piano player was Henry, whom Chi Jingyuan knew.
Not to mention, the performance was pretty good, especially compared to the previous years' song battles, the opening with soft music had a different feeling.

After the instrumental ensemble ended, it was the turn of the modern dance performance. Looking at the group of dancers walking onto the stage and standing still, Chi Jingyuan raised his eyebrows and perked up.

...Because his girlfriend Ming Jingnan is among them.

This is a modern dance stage where members who have practiced dancing for many years or have deep dance skills are selected from several popular male and female groups to perform together. In addition to Mingjing Nan, the ones Chi Jingyuan is more familiar with are Momo and Kai.
As the piano music of "Pin-up Girl" rang out, several male and female idols on the stage began to dance.

She was standing in the back row and not in the C position, but Ji Jingyuan's eyes directly passed over Kim Jong-in who was in the C position of the same group, and were always focused on Ming Jingnan.

The light shining on her body seemed to cover her with a layer of mysterious veil, making her figure upright and elegant.

Her skin looks even whiter against the black silk dance costume, and her legs wrapped in black gauze are faintly visible. Every dance move, every leg lift, every inch of skin, and every strand of hair is beautiful.

Beauty lies in strength, beauty in figure, beauty in emotion.

Chi Jingyuan has a certain level of appreciation. Although Ming Jingnan's character is said to have danced ballet for more than ten years, to be honest, her dancing level is actually much worse than that of professional dancers, which can be seen from many places.

But his girlfriend's dance on this stage still amazed him.

Because Mingjing Nan's temperament and figure are really good, especially when her facial expression is slightly concentrated, it is very story-telling. Her hair is tied into small braids and her bangs hang down. With the classic music, her figure dancing to the melody shows a charm that is completely in contrast to her usual soft appearance.

…Just like how she always introduces herself, a black swan.
Chi Jingyuan smiled brightly and clapped his hands continuously, seemingly cheering enthusiastically for his fellow group members, but he was actually a little nervous in his heart.

And this dress, hmm... next time I'll let her dance alone for me to see.

Apparently, Chi Jingyuan was not the only one who discovered the highlight of Mingjingnan. As the stage was coming to an end, Wu Sehun, who was standing next to him, covered his mouth and started mumbling, "Just this stage... Kai has practiced with others several times. Do you know what he said after he came back last time?"

"say what?"

"He said that if he didn't know that you and Mina xi were dating, he would really pursue you."

Wu Se-hun looked at Ming Jingnan who tiptoed off the stage after the curtain call, and smacked his lips as if he was very appreciative: "Now I understand, she is really charming, no wonder he said that... I always feel that Mina Xi's face is not very outstanding, but her temperament is really great... You really know how to choose."

"He's about to be exposed, and he's still thinking about this?"

After hearing this, Chi Jingyuan was surprised and disdainful and asked back: "...and he can't even catch up with Sana, and he still wants to catch up with Xiaonan?"

"That's what he said anyway, but he said it before he knew about the news exposure..."

Wu Se-hun waved his hand to help explain, then paused for a moment, looked at the stage, and asked in a strange tone: "From your tone, it seems that you feel that Mina xi is much stronger than Sana xi?"

“I can’t say it’s much better.”

Chi Jingyuan thought about it. Through their contact, he felt that Minatozaki Sana was actually a very attractive girl, especially her personality was very likable, so he shook his head and denied it: "But I think Xiaonan is much more difficult to deal with than Sana...if someone else pursues her."

"Hmm..." Wu Sehun smacked his lips as if he was tasting something, but didn't say anything more.

He really didn't see it.

At this time, a new group of idols appeared on the stage. This stage was a street dance collaboration performed by dancers from seven popular groups.

Among them, 94line's mainstay, Kang Seul-gi, is also among them.

Chi Jingyuan clapped his hands to support his friend. He looked at Jiang Seulgi, who was very handsome and graceful on the stage. He seemed to have thought of something. He glanced at Wu Sehun next to him, looked up and down, and suddenly said, "...I feel that you can't dance as well as Seulgi."

Wu Shixun sensed his contempt and immediately retorted: "Then you are not as good at dancing as Kai."

"I'm definitely not as good at dancing as he is."

"Then I too...Ashi, go to hell."