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Chapter 919 Cheers
"Passed out?"

Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but frowned after hearing the first two words on the phone. He glanced at the members chatting in the car in front of him and asked in a low voice, "Why did it suddenly become like this?"

The call was from Kang Seul-ki, who asked him if he had returned home. After a brief greeting, she explained her purpose and told him anxiously that Bae Joo-hyun had suddenly fainted just now.

“It’s because we’re performing outdoors.”

Jiang Seulgi couldn't help but get angry when she heard this. She complained on the phone, "We were scheduled to perform on the outdoor stage in Sangam Cave. You don't know how cold it is tonight. Our breath will freeze when we stand on the stage. We are wearing stage costumes that are not warm at all, even skirts and shorts... I asked, and among all the girl groups tonight, we are the only one performing outdoors. What the hell."

She even cursed for the first time in a long time, which shows how dissatisfied Jiang Seulgi was. After a long rant, she mentioned Bae Joohyun: "It was OK that she could dance at the beginning of the performance, but it was even colder when she stood there during the countdown to the New Year's Eve. Joohyun was shivering on the stage. She had been feeling unwell for the past two days. She was frozen there for almost ten minutes and then fainted as soon as she stepped onto the stage."

"I see……"

After filtering out some emotional words, Chi Jingyuan also understood the whole story. Performing outdoors in thin stage costumes in this weather is a kind of punishment in itself. He has experienced it before and of course understands the discomfort. He also knows that Bae Joo-hyun seems to have severe dysmenorrhea in the past two days and is very uncomfortable. It is normal that her body can't bear it after being frozen for so long.

He understood and breathed a sigh of relief. When he first heard the word "fainted", Chi Jingyuan thought something big had happened. The scene of Minatozaki Sana falling from the elevator even flashed in front of his eyes...

Now that I know that the cause of my dysmenorrhea is due to the cold, I feel a little relieved. Although this is not something to be happy about, Idol is much luckier than the serious accident that happened to Minatozaki Sana.

After finding out the whole story, Chi Jingyuan thought about it and then asked, "What happened after he fainted? Was he sent to the hospital?"

"She's going to the hospital, but it seems she won't be hospitalized. I heard from her manager that she's going to get some medicine from the hospital that the company works with, and then she'll let her go back to the dormitory to rest, because she has a scheduled trip tomorrow..."

Jiang Seqi seemed to know what Ji Jingyuan was going to ask and had already found out.

Although she knew that her close friend and her captain had broken up a long time ago, she was well aware of their mutual suspicions, so she still performed her spy duties well, otherwise she would not have called him at the first opportunity.

"Ah? Just prescribing medicine and that's it?"

Hearing this way of handling the matter, Chi Jingyuan frowned and a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

To be honest, although he was a little worried when he first learned that Bae Joo-hyun fainted, he felt relieved after knowing the reason why the young lady fainted, and actually didn't take it too seriously.

Performing in the severe winter cold is certainly heartbreaking, but it is something that every idol will experience, or must experience. Even though EXO is so glorious now, they have been through this before. Chi Jingyuan still remembers how he shivered in the outdoor winter stages a few years ago. For other older generation idols such as Girls' Generation and SJ, performing in the cold winter is commonplace.

Fainting due to physical reasons is not uncommon. Most idols are not in good health due to their work and rest, schedule, weight loss and other reasons. It is very common for them to faint when they encounter high-intensity stages and activities. Krystal Jung once fainted three times in three consecutive days. Park Chanyeol and Byun Baekhyun from EXO have also fainted more than once.

So although he was worried, Chi Jingyuan did not take it as something too serious.

Although it may sound a bit cruel to say this...but idols are really not that precious.

Although this kind of thing is not uncommon, when an artist faints due to physical discomfort, they are usually sent to the hospital for examination and rest for two days. In fact, the condition will be almost gone after a while.

But from what Kang Seul-gi said, it seems that because Bae Joo-hyun has a schedule tomorrow, she won't even be hospitalized for examination. She will just be prescribed some medicine and go back to sleep.

This subsequent handling... made Chi Jingyuan feel a little uncomfortable. He even felt a little angry from the perspective of his ex-boyfriend's current friend.

"Okay, I know."

After thinking for a while, Chi Jingyuan came back to his senses, smiled and thanked Jiang Seqi, and wrote a blank check: "Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner in a few days!"

But Jiang Seulgi didn't appreciate it at all and directly exposed him: "Ah, you only know how to talk, but you haven't taken any actual action. The celebration party for "Really Really" that we promised last time has been delayed for several months and you haven't taken any action. Jeongyeon was too embarrassed to remind you and secretly asked me if you still remembered it!"

"Ah, is that so? Hahaha, of course I remember. Don't worry, I will do it in a few days!" Chi Jingyuan was speechless after being questioned. He laughed awkwardly and quickly hung up the phone.

"What happened? Who fainted?"

As soon as the call was hung up, Wu Sehun, who had been eavesdropping for a while, came over to ask in a gossipy manner.

"It's not you anyway."

Chi Jingyuan pushed him away with an elbow, held his phone and pondered for a while, then found Li Chenghuan's name and called:
"Yo no ya, bro~"

"Do you know what happened with Irene just now?"

"That's right... It shouldn't be a big deal, but we can't be sure without a checkup, so at least we should postpone tomorrow's schedule and stay in the hospital for a day or two for a checkup, right? ...Yes, that's right."

"... Well, let's go to the Samsung hospital. I used to go there when I was sick during activities. I gave you the phone numbers of the attending physician and professor there before. Do you remember them?... Okay, that's fine."

"… That's right, brother."

After explaining the matter in a few simple sentences, Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered something at the end. He paused for a second and slowly reminded him: "Brother, don't say that I asked you to help this time."

Li Chenghuan on the other end was stunned for a moment, but he agreed without asking anything. After exchanging a few words of greeting, he hung up the phone.

After the work was done, Chi Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, opened the car window a little, and enjoyed the cool breeze that came in.

"...I finally understood. It's Irene~"

At this time, the gossipy woman next to him came over again. After listening to the phone call, Wu Se-hun almost finished thinking about what happened. He smacked his lips in a sarcastic tone: "Tsk tsk, you are worthy of being our Yuan xi. You can order a company executive like Seung-hwan around with just a phone call, and you can change the schedule of another girl group member with just a few words. You are really amazing."

Such an accent that deserved a beating made Chi Jingyuan's mouth twitch twice. He was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued to blow the wind without even looking at him.

"What does it have to do with you if Irene fainted because she was not feeling well? Won't the company handle it?" Seeing that Chi Jingyuan did not respond, Wu Sehun became more excited and his eyes became more mean: "You have obviously broken up, but you still keep teasing her."

"Who teased her? Wasn't I helping?" Chi Jingyuan couldn't stand it anymore, turned around and looked at him with a frown: "How could she not go to the hospital and continue her schedule after fainting today? It's obvious that she has no backing in the company, and the higher-ups don't take her seriously."

"So you came to help? That's the scariest thing. Showing kindness in a subtle way, moving people, making them compare you to everyone they meet, making them dependent on you and unable to leave you."

Wu Shixun spoke with great understanding, but in the end, his eyes changed when he looked at Chi Jingyuan, and he sighed with great indignation:

"And then you're talking about your love life so carefree, so distant... Oh my god, why do I feel like you're taking revenge on her because of our breakup?"

"You are such a devil. Irene is so unlucky to have met you."

………………

"..."

Opening her eyes tiredly, Bae Joo-hyun woke up from a dream in a trance. In her confusion, she only felt weak and tired, and there was an obvious pain in her abdomen.

After a few seconds, she regained consciousness and took a look at her surroundings, only to find that she was lying on a wide bed and receiving an IV. The snow-white signs around her indicated that the location was a hospital, although the luxurious equipment and superior environment were somewhat different from the hospital wards she was familiar with.

"Irene? How are you feeling?"

At this time, the agent who had been sitting next to him noticed the noise, his face lit up, and he quickly came over and started to ask about her well-being: "We were really scared when you came down from the stage just now. After communicating with the company, we rushed you to the hospital. The doctor has just checked and said that it was because of dysmenorrhea that got worse after catching a cold. You need some fluids and some medicine, and you will be fine after a few days of rest..."

"But the doctor will come to check it out later... Don't worry, Irene, just rest here today. The company has canceled your schedule for tomorrow, so take a rest and see how things go."

Listening quietly to her agent's chatter, Bae Joo Hyun took the opportunity to observe the surrounding ward environment. After digesting the information her agent said, she responded softly, and then asked curiously: "Ouni, which hospital are we in? It doesn't seem to be the one we often went to before..."

"Oh, we are now in the new building of Samsung Hospital. We were originally going to go to the one that our previous company cooperated with. It was arranged by Representative Li Chenghuan. He is quite familiar with this place."

When this was mentioned, the agent started to talk excitedly: "Mr. Li's connections are really amazing. The environment here is really much better. The doctors are also more professional. I heard that Yeri lived here for a while before..."

Bae Joo-hyun was originally listening with great curiosity, but when she heard the name of the hospital and "arranged by Lee Seung-hwan", she suddenly paused, looked up at her talkative agent and stood there in a daze. Then, she didn't know what she was thinking about, and slowly lay down on the pillow, staring at the light on the ceiling in a daze.

Although this agent may not know the inside story...but after hearing those key words, Bae Joo-hyun immediately knew who intervened.

After thinking about it for a while, she estimated that things were not as simple as the agent said.

But... she didn't want to explore it.

Pei Zhuxuan looked at the bright and hazy chandelier, her pupils were dazed, and Chi Jingyuan's figure appeared unconsciously.

Because they didn't have much contact in the past few days, she thought she had begun to calm down. However, due to recent work-related contact, she suddenly recalled the once addictive feeling.

The dress she changed into when she served as an award presenter a few days ago, the private contact when checking the script together these days, and the tacit understanding when co-hosting on the stage and the knowing smile after looking into each other's eyes.

Scenes flashed before my eyes, seeming to correspond one by one to the good memories of the past.

Especially this accident today.

At that time, I was on the stage in a cold wind, shivering with a feeling of powerlessness. After I came down from the stage, I stepped on empty air and fainted due to powerlessness. The fear still lingers in my mind.

But when she woke up, she found that everything had been arranged, the hospital, the doctor, the ward, the itinerary... She didn't have to worry about anything, she just needed to lie here and rest... This sense of security was like a warm quilt, tightly surrounding her and making her deeply addicted, not wanting to leave for a moment.

Only by experiencing it, you will know how happy it is to have someone you can rely on...especially for an idol like her.

It's just...sigh...

Thinking of someone she didn't want to mention, Bae Joo-hyun sighed secretly, shook her head and stared into the sky in a daze.

After a while, the doctor came over to check again. His enthusiasm made Bae Joo-hyun feel a little embarrassed. After making sure that nothing was wrong, he carefully explained some things to pay attention to before leaving.

The agent who was standing by looked at the time and seemed to be feeling a little hungry. He asked Bae Joo-hyun what she wanted to eat and then went out to buy some midnight snacks. Bae Joo-hyun was the only one left in the ward.

She didn't feel bored. She was receiving an IV drip with one hand while she picked up her phone and started browsing with the other.

"The awards ceremony a few days ago was so quick that I didn't get to watch it fully. I was really moved to see the Yinyin CP working together again. I really felt that 'hosting is better than being on stage'. I beg the two of them to work together on the same stage more often."

"I feel that the stage design and excitement of the KBS and SBS Gayo Daejeon are not as good, but the hosts really won by a lot. The three SBS hosts are also very popular but boring to watch. Yuan and Irene are so pretty that I can't help but stare at them... PS: Irene looks amazing in this dress and jewelry. How can there be such pretty people in the world?"

Bae Joo-hyun looked at some of the comments online about the KBS Music Festival the day before yesterday. When she saw all the praise and flattery about herself and Ji Kyung-won, she unconsciously curled up the corners of her mouth, and after a while she couldn't help but giggle.

"Aunt Pei is really haunting us and is trying to rub shoulders with our Yuan Oppa again. How long will SM drag our Oppa down? This is not the way to promote a new girl group, right? Isn't it funny that these two people are standing together? I really suspect that Aunt Pei had a box under her feet when she was standing on the podium."

Bae Joo-hyun raised her eyebrows and her nostrils dilated slightly... Never mind that, why in this world are there such hateful black fans who speak so rudely and hurtfully.

For no reason, she opened the chat history on her mobile phone again.

This was what she discussed with her friends in Daegu after returning to the dormitory after the Song Festival the day before yesterday.

"...Oh my god, you look so beautiful today. How come I didn't know you could be so pretty? This is the CUCCI dress he prepared for you. You really deserve to be the spokesperson. Tsk tsk, he has bad intentions~"

"I watched the entire Song Festival today. What I want to ask is, have you really broken up? Why does it feel no different from when I watched Music Bank last year? It feels like they are a good match. I want to ask, you and him are partners in the front and you are staring at each other. Will his girlfriend be angry if she sees you in the back?"

"Finally, your ex-boyfriend is so damn handsome. That suit and that body make me drool."

Bae Joo-hyun watched the whole thing with a smile on her face. When it came to the private topics at the end, her eyes blushed and she smiled unconsciously.

But after a while, after returning to reality from her beautiful fantasy, the smile on her face slowly faded, and the scenes of their interactions over the past few days and past memories kept appearing before her eyes.

Her tired and uncomfortable body, the silence of being alone, and the strong sense of security surrounding her all made her extremely emotional at this moment, and a strong thirst suddenly surged in her heart.

She really wanted to call Chi Jingyuan, to talk to him casually, to hear his voice.

She just clicked on Chi Jingyuan's name and dialed the number. Before the call could even start, she suddenly hung up and slammed the phone upside down against her chest.

She seemed to have thought of something, or to have been stimulated by something. Her chest rose and fell greatly, and she lifted the phone up and down, while her right hand was tightly grasping the phone and pressing down. The veins on the back of her hand were faintly visible.

The wonderful interactions during these days, as well as the care and concern from those around her, made her unable to help but start having beautiful fantasies.

but……

So what if I get beaten? So what if I hear voices while talking?

Not to mention that he has a new girlfriend, so what would it matter even if I pushed her away?

He won't change his personality. Even though I want to change, I can't accept this kind of thing...

Bae Joo-hyun lay on the pillow, tilted her head back, and looked at the fluorescent white lights in the sky, her eyes unconsciously turned red.

Why does it have to be like this?

I lied to you before... I don't have any magic pills or tricks...

From the beginning to the end, my trump card is you!
………………

Chi Jingyuan, who was being talked about by someone, or some people, didn't know it at the moment. He was sitting in a private room in the hot pot restaurant, sitting around the table with other members, talking and shouting. Steam was rising from the bottom of the induction cooker, and the hot red oil was bubbling up like a spring. The smell of various spices and ingredients made people salivate.

The crisp clinking of wine glasses relaxes members and friends who are laughing and scolding.

The atmosphere is really good.

On the last day of every year, which is also the early morning of January 1st, all members of the EXO group will have a group dinner after the end of their schedule. On this day, no matter what the relationship between the members has been recently, no matter what conflicts there have been, no matter what difficulties and knots there are, everyone will have a meal together.

This is the case whether you are celebrating New Year's Eve in the peninsula or in the mainland. It has become a habit over the years.

What you eat is not important. What is important is that everyone is there. It is not about memories of the past or hopes for the future. There is no clear purpose or grand rhetoric. It is just a simple meal, talking about recent interesting things and gossip, cursing the company, or even cursing at each other.

But it's really relaxing and enjoyable.

“…Jongin’s story will be exposed tomorrow… no, today, right? What time will it be?”

As they were talking, they came to the topic of the relationship being exposed, which everyone knew about, and Kim Jong Dae asked with some concern.

This incident can be regarded as the opening drama of the Kpop circle this year. The sensation it will cause is foreseeable, and it will also have a profound impact on the EXO group.

"The news will probably come out this morning, probably around 10 in the morning."

"If it's January 1st, will it be D Agency's opening couple of the year? Or will another magazine expose it?"

"I heard that it was originally from another magazine, but since they couldn't stop it from being released, and the company has always cooperated with D agency, the company simply handed it over to D agency to expose it..." Kim Junmyeon obviously knew the inside story, and while eating a piece of meat, he said with a smile: "D agency is also very grateful for this, after all, it is EXO..."

"Is the public relations department ready?" Chi Jingyuan interrupted and asked. He was quite curious about this.

"The company got the news so early, so of course we made the corresponding preparations, but..." Jin Junmyeon shrugged: "PR can only alleviate the fans' anger at most. Even if we use words as guidance and hints to put the blame for the relationship on the woman, the fans' reactions are hard to predict. We can only do our best..."

This topic made the atmosphere around them become a little silent. Everyone knew that the exposure of Kim Jong-in's relationship was definitely not a good sign. Each of them would be in danger, and it might even affect the development of the entire group.

"What about Chanyeol? Is there any news? Will he come along..."

"Hey, talk about something happy. Didn't you see Jongin is silent?" Park Chanyeol was annoyed by the nagging, and he interrupted their nagging questions by shouting a few words.

"No more, no more."

"Yes, it's New Year's Eve this year, so let's say something auspicious."

"By the way, what were we doing at this time last year?"

"I remember it was in Shonan, in the mainland? We just finished attending Shonan TV's New Year's Eve party and had dinner together. I think we were eating hot pot? I forgot."

Wu Se-hun recalled and nodded, then added with a chuckle: "What I remember most is that someone wanted to do a live broadcast and was scolded by everyone."

As soon as these words came out, the members looked at the surrounding environment, and a feeling of time crossing, things and people changing but still remaining the same came to their hearts. Including Chi Jingyuan, everyone couldn't help but laugh softly.

“I remember everyone seemed to have expressed a New Year’s wish.” Byun Baekhyun raised his eyes and thought.

"It seems so, haha."

"What did I say last year? I've forgotten it."

"I think I said I wanted to change my car. Oh my god, why did I make such a simple wish?"

"Xiumin said he wanted to take the postgraduate entrance exam. I remember it very clearly, and he actually passed."

"Haha."

“Didn’t you say your dream last year was to buy a building?”

Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered and looked at Wu Shixun and raised an eyebrow: "Didn't you realize it a few months ago? And you bought a much bigger one than the one you saw before?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to find a girlfriend last year? Didn't you do it?"

Wu Se-hun, however, looked over at him in response and said in a mean way, "And there's more than one..."

"Who do you think I am?" Chi Jingyuan snorted and curled his lips in a rather arrogant manner.

"How about we make another small wish this year and see if it will come true at this time next year?" Kim Junmyeon liked this harmonious atmosphere very much and raised his hand happily to suggest.

"OK, then I'm going to buy another building this year!"

"I kind of want to go solo... After Jingyuan, I want to fight for it... Haha, don't look at me, don't you want to?

"I thought you wanted to pursue Taeyeon."

"Ah, ah..."

"Haha."

"I want to take a step further on my path as an actor... I want to try to star in a hit TV series."

"hope everything is fine."

They have lived together for so many years and are from the same boat, so they have no taboos with each other and talk freely.

"Jingyuan, what about you? Forget about finding a girlfriend. Can't you just find one easily with your conditions? Is this also considered a goal and a wish?"

After everyone talked for a while, Park Chanyeol finally looked at Chi Jingyuan and said jokingly, "It's a bit difficult to find two at the same time... but it's not a big deal."

As he spoke, he stroked his chin and raised his eyes as if thinking, as if he was assessing how difficult it would be for Chi Jingyuan to find two girlfriends at the same time.

"Two? Haha, forget it."

Being watched and teased, Chi Jingyuan quickly waved his hands and smiled bitterly, then pondered for a moment, and who knows what he remembered, he looked through the window at the hazy crescent moon hanging in the night sky, stared for a long time before taking a deep breath, turned around and chuckled;
"As for wishes, I hope to be more stable this year, have good health... and be free from worries."

"You learned the KBS tricks just because you were an MC for the first time? You are so pretentious."

"Whatever... Cheers!"