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Chapter 923 Tell Me

"Wow, these fans of Kai are crazy. How can they curse like this? They are all using very nasty words, and some of them have even risen to the level of family members."

In the Twice dormitory, Lin Nayeon and a few others were sitting on the sofa in the living room, scrolling through their phones and shouting loudly.

As the hottest topic in the entire music industry in the past two days, they of course also participated in the whole process of eating melons. However, after the surprise and excitement of the first day gradually wore off, they were gradually shocked by the development of the situation.

...These fans of EXO are really a little crazy and scary. They are terrified by all the attacks on Seo Hye-lin.

"It's really a bit hard to listen to. After the comment section of Huilinxi's personal INS was closed, they cursed her under the company and group's SNS, and cursed non-stop."

"Isn't this too much?"

While these people were chatting, Zhou Ziyu came out of the bathroom with a towel tied on her head and a facial mask on. She passed behind them and slowed down a little when she heard them, but did not stop.

She was also surprised when she saw Kim Jong-in's relationship exposed yesterday, not because of Kim Jong-in as a person, but because he was a teammate of Ji Kyung-won in the same group.

Because the relationship of a fellow EXO member was exposed, she even vaguely thought about what would happen if Ji Jingyuan was exposed. She thought maliciously that if he was exposed, would he break up with that thief?

But after seeing how things developed, she quickly stopped such speculation, especially when she saw Kim Jong-in losing a large number of fans and Seo Hye-lin being scolded terribly, she couldn't help but feel guilty for having such thoughts.

She was actually very curious about this matter, but she sent a test text message to Chi Jingyuan yesterday but he didn't reply... Zhou Ziyu immediately noticed that he was in a bad mood and was a little afraid to continue asking.

Zhou Ziyu left the living room and walked to the door of Ming Jingnan's room and stopped for a while. She glanced at the closed door and there seemed to be a faint sound coming from inside.

She stared at the door for a few seconds, and no one knew what she was thinking of. She pursed her lips, shook her head, and turned away.

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"This revelation is really amazing, with so many details, saying that the two had been dating and traveling together in October, and even walked in the park together... Tsk tsk, how did the media know about this? They said it was revealed by a friend, who is the friend, could it be a member of EXO? Haha."

In the room, Momo Hirai sat cross-legged on the window bed, looking at a piece of news on her phone and talking with great interest. As she was talking, she seemed to remember something, and then looked at Minatozaki Sana who had a somewhat unpleasant expression on her face, and murmured belatedly, "Wait, October...ah? Wasn't Kai still pursuing Sana at that time?"

"What I mean is that he wanted to step on..." Her eyes widened and she wanted to say something as if she suddenly realized something.

"Okay, you figured it out."

Being looked at by Hirai Momo in this way, Minatozaki Sana didn't wait for her to finish and interrupted her angrily, with an expression that looked ugly and disgusted: "Don't mention it, it's so annoying."

She really gets angry when she thinks about this... To be honest, when Kim Jong-in, a member of a top boy band like EXO, expressed his affection and pursued her, although she didn't have any feelings and didn't want to date him, she still felt a little bit vain in her heart.

Well, Ji Jingyuan, he is also from EXO. They are both members of EXO, so we should be able to draw an approximate equality, right?
...Though some things happened later, she realized that even people in the same group cannot be generalized, and the gap between the two is even greater than the gap between men and women.

This is nothing, I didn't think about rejecting it and just let it go... It was only yesterday when I saw the news that I realized that this guy was dating someone else while pursuing her, saying flattering and cool words in text messages.

Thinking about it now makes Minatozaki Sana feel a little nauseous and uncomfortable all over.

Especially since they were obviously not related at all and she didn't have any thoughts about it at all, but she was secretly photographed during a meeting and was implicated and punished badly by the company. Her phone was not returned to her until the day before yesterday. It was really an unprovoked disaster.

How could she be pursued by such a person? It's really unlucky when you think about it.

Minatozaki Sana felt a little annoyed when she thought about it, but after her anger subsided a little, she thought of the completely different situation of "also from EXO". She glanced with a little self-pity at Mingjing Minami who was sitting on the bed, buried in the quilt, looking at the phone but not speaking.

Ugh……

"Thank goodness Sana-chan didn't agree at the time..."

Although Minatozaki Sanaka told her not to mention it, after Hirai Momo realized what had happened, she couldn't help but patted her on the back with a look of fear and relief. The grandmother-like smile and concern on her face made Minatozaki Sanaka speechless. She could only purse her lips and look at her helplessly.

"Hehe~" Momo Hirai grinned and looked at her little sisters. The dull relief and kindness on her face was difficult for others to act out.

"but……"

After chatting for a while, Minatozaki Sana looked at her phone and talked about another thing with an uncomfortable expression: "Now the Internet is full of XO fans scolding Huilinxi. They are really like crazy. I can see all kinds of abuse and humiliation everywhere... Moreover, the scolding is really ugly. I feel a little uncomfortable when I see it."

She actually secretly fantasized about some things in her heart, but some of them were very beautiful. But now seeing what happened to Xu Huilin after the relationship was exposed, she couldn't help but feel deeply moved. She asked herself if she could bear all this and continue to stick to her feelings...

But the answer is indeed a bit cruel.

"It's true that the insults are really nasty... and now almost everyone is insulting the woman, with few people insulting Kai... There were many yesterday, but today everyone is defending Kai."

Momo nodded and agreed with a pout, then frowned slightly angrily: "I was wondering why it turned out like this before, but after you talked about it, I realized that it was SM's announcement and Kai's handwritten letter that led to the situation, putting all the responsibility on the woman. It's too much, how can you do this?"

She seemed to have put herself in the same situation, thinking about how she would feel if her boyfriend treated her like this. After a few seconds, she immediately showed a look of fear.

Then she thought of something and suddenly looked at Mingjing Nan with some worry: "You say... if the person who was exposed was Jingyuan Oppa, Mina-chan would not be like this, pushing all the responsibilities onto others, seducing and paying for it... and Jingyuan Oppa has many more fans than Kai, and they are much crazier..."

"Ah..." As if she had imagined some terrible scene, Momo Hirai's whole face wrinkled, as if the thing had really happened, and she took the initiative to hold Minami Nai's hand.

"Ok?"

Mingjing Nan, who was lost in her own thoughts, came back to her senses after hearing her name. She felt warm in her heart after understanding what the two Japanese sisters were talking about. However, she smiled sweetly, patted Hirai Momo's hand, and said softly: "Don't worry about it... It's okay, Yuan-chan won't do that."

Having known each other for such a long time, she wouldn’t say how well she knew Chi Jingyuan, but she already had some idea of ​​her boyfriend’s character. Coupled with the filter and partiality in her heart...she trusted him unconditionally on this matter.

"and……"

Thinking of the crazy fans that Hirai Momo mentioned at the end, Mingjing Nan paused for a moment, as if she was weighing and considering in her mind. Although Xu Huilin's experience in the past two days made her feel very scared, she pursed her lips after a few seconds, and although her voice was not loud, she said very seriously: "I'm not afraid either!"

"..."

Momo Hirai and Sana Minatozaki looked at each other and then looked over with a slightly strange look. They both felt the firmness in Mingjing Nan's tone, but they were somewhat doubtful in their hearts whether she was really not afraid, or was just too obsessed with love to care about anything.

"Ha ha……"

Ming Jingnan laughed in response to their gazes, but her smile soon faded. She lowered her head to look at her silent phone, with some anxiety in her eyes.

Compared to Hirai Momo's groundless associations and conjectures, she was more worried about Chi Jingyuan at this moment, and was very worried about his emotions and thoughts.

After the Kim Jong-in incident broke out, there were widespread condemnations and ridicules online, fans left in large numbers, die-hard fans turned against him, and all kinds of negative influences and reactions... As a member of the same group, seeing all these situations firsthand, Yuan-chan must be able to empathize with them.

The atmosphere in EXO must be very bad at this time, and he must have been affected a lot. He was very busy and tired these days, and encountered such a thing, so he must be in a very bad mood...

As an idol and a girlfriend, Ming Jingnan understands very well and roughly understands Chi Jingyuan's mood at this time. While feeling distressed and worried, she can't help but worry whether Chi Jingyuan will have some bad associations because of this matter...

When she saw the heated reactions online, she sent a text message to Chi Jingyuan, but there has been no reply until now... She could guess what the reason was, but this only made her more worried.

At this moment, she was in no mood to listen to what Momo Hirai and Saka Minatozaki were chattering about. She just stared at the unreplied screen of several text messages on her mobile phone.

I waited for a long time but there was no movement.

"Now many people are speculating whether other members of EXO are in a relationship..."

"I'm a little scared after seeing this..."

With the noisy sounds constantly coming into his ears, Ming Jingnan's anxiety reached a limit.

She got out of bed, put on her coat, put on her slippers, and walked to the balcony. Without waiting for the two girls to ask, she waved her hand without looking back:

"I'm going to make a phone call."

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Just when he was about to reply to the text message, he saw a call from Ming Jingnan. Chi Jingyuan paused for a moment and did not answer the call directly. Instead, he quickly walked into the practice room to get his things, said hello to a few members inside, and left the practice room. He walked towards the window sill at the end of the corridor and answered the call.

"Gen-chan..."

Hearing the slightly hurried voice coming from the receiver, Chi Jingyuan did not ask any more questions. Instead, he took the initiative to ask in a very normal tone: "Xiao Nan, are you off work? You're off work so early today?"

"Well, we have had fewer schedules these days after the New Year. We are busy rehearsing for the new album and concert, so we got off work early."

Maybe because Chi Jingyuan's tone was relatively calm, Ming Jingnan's originally anxious mentality also relaxed a little, and his voice was small and soft: "What are you doing?"

"I just finished having lunch with several producers and department heads from the company. We've been in meetings since this afternoon, and we didn't have lunch until around eight o'clock..."

Chi Jingyuan complained a lot, but he didn't mention Jin Zhongren's matter or the reason why he didn't reply to the text message before. After he finished speaking, he asked directly: "What about you?"

"I just finished taking a shower and am currently chatting with Sana-chan and Momo-chan."

After Mingjing Nan said a few simple words, his tone suddenly rose. The haste he felt when he answered the phone just now disappeared, and his voice suddenly became bright and cheerful: "By the way, Yuan-chan, you know, we have been practicing your XO's songs these two days!"

"Oh?"

"We are planning to hold a concert, but we have only released three albums and the songs aren't enough... You complained about this last time, and you were right!"

"Then because the song was not long enough, the company decided to let us perform a few cover stages in the concert. After discussing with the members, we decided to choose a few boy band songs to cover, including XO's "Addicted."

"Besides that, for the song 'Really really', when the parts were assigned, I wanted to dance to your position, but the dance teacher assigned Nayeon instead. Sigh... But when the parts for 'Addicted' were assigned, I took the initiative and got your position, and the other members didn't compete with me... Only Tzuyu was a little unhappy."

"Haha, just now after coming back, MOMO said that she also wanted to dance your part, and said that she really liked the movement of you tapping your cheeks with your fingers..."

“But the dance for ‘Addicted’ is so difficult… By the way, Dahyun also said that before she debuted, she happened to dance this dance with you in one of your campus surprise programs. Is that true…”

Chi Jingyuan stood in front of the window at the end of the corridor and pushed it open a little. The cold wind blew in and brushed his cheeks. The slightly stinging touch made him relax a little after a day of meetings.

Ming Jingnan's chattering voice continued to be heard in the receiver. She kept talking about some interesting things that happened to her recently. Her tone was bright and cheerful. Some very ordinary things seemed to become interesting in her voice. Hearing her cheerful voice, Chi Jingyuan felt that his mood seemed to have improved a lot.

It’s just a little strange that although Ming Jingnan usually talks a lot to him on the phone, he rarely says so much at one time, and his emotions are so a little excited... It feels a little deliberate.

It was like she wanted to make him happy.

As he was talking, the voice on the phone suddenly stopped and fell into a strange and dull silence. Chi Jingyuan thought there was something wrong with his phone and took it away to take a look.

Just when he was confused and wanted to ask, his girlfriend's voice finally came back from the receiver, and she called his name.

"Gen-chan..."

"Hmm?" Chi Jingyuan paused and responded softly.

But this time the voice was completely different from before. It seemed as if all the strength and brightness from before were exhausted, and Ming Jingnan's voice suddenly became a little low.

She seemed to be a little conflicted, but still said it firmly: "If, if you are unhappy in your heart, you must tell me. Although it may not be better after telling me, but..."

"..."

She didn't finish what she said, as if she was hesitating about how to express it... But she didn't need to finish, Chi Jingyuan already understood what she meant.

Then there was a ripple in my heart and I fell into silence.

It turns out that Ming Jingnan is really smart. After reading the news, the girl knew that he was touched by Kim Jong-in's incident and felt some grief for the victim, which made him very upset.

I am really very sensitive. Not only did I become more worried when someone didn't reply to my text message, but I also had a lot of bad associations.

It turned out that she had been chattering for a long time just to make him happy and relax, but in the end the girl couldn't help herself and finally said her real intention.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the sky outside through the window without saying a word. It was unknown whether he was happy or angry. The air suddenly became quiet, and the sound of slightly rapid breathing could be faintly heard from the receiver, which also showed that Ming Jingnan was a little worried at this time.

"..."

After a long while, the whistling cold wind kept rushing in and lowered the temperature in the room. Just when Ming Jingnan wanted to continue saying something, Chi Jingyuan suddenly spoke and sighed.

"Ugh……"

Different from the tone of complaint he had just used, his voice now sounded a little low, but without the jokes and perfunctory tone, it sounded very sincere and real:
"You know about Kai's incident... Many of his big fans have quit being fans and have turned against him because of this incident. I even know a few of them. I met them when they debuted and I've been their fans for many years...

"His fans have been sitting in front of the company since yesterday, and they have parked several protest trucks. The words written on the trucks are... quite heartbreaking."

Having witnessed so many things in the past two days and associated them with himself, Chi Jingyuan actually had a lot of negative emotions accumulated in his heart and was very anxious.

However, he has no habit of confiding in others. If nothing unexpected happens, he will probably keep it to himself, and it will be over in a couple of days when the heat of the matter dies down.

But after hearing what Ming Jingnan said, and facing his girlfriend's heartfelt concern and desire to share, he felt helpless and moved, so he started talking.

"The atmosphere within the group is also bad, and everyone is in a bad mood, because after Kai, others are also at risk of being exposed..."

"Kai is even more out of control. He and Baekhyun almost got into a fight this afternoon."

“Although it didn’t happen to me, it was actually quite uncomfortable to watch.”

"I know it's wrong for idols to be in love, but... I don't know if you know this feeling... It's quite annoying and conflicted."

Ming Jingnan on the balcony on the other side had been listening quietly. After Chi Jingyuan spoke, the anxiety she had been holding in her heart suddenly eased.

She doesn't actually need her boyfriend to always be so strong and dazzling. Occasional weakness and confusion will make her feel closer and more attached.
Although Chi Jingyuan sometimes asked questions, she had no intention of answering or saying anything to comfort him. She just listened quietly, because she knew Chi Jingyuan didn't need that.

"...I've said so much, but it's all just nonsense. It might have made you feel worse."

After talking on and on for a while, at the end, Chi Jingyuan paused for a moment and suddenly laughed at himself.

"No, I'd love to hear it."

Ming Jingnan spoke softly on the phone, and it was the first time she spoke since then.

"Um……"

Feeling the genuine concern and thoughtfulness from his girlfriend, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but feel warm and touched...but he also felt a little ashamed.

However, after talking about it, although it did not solve the entanglement and problems in my heart, I did relax a little...especially the feeling of being cared about by others is really good.

But he didn't discuss this topic anymore. After a few seconds of silence, Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered something and took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "By the way, Xiaonan, are you free the day after tomorrow afternoon?"

"Let me see... Well, I'll be practicing at the company this afternoon, but I should be able to leave a little earlier. Does Gen-chan want to see me?"

"Didn't I say I would take you to the new gym last time? I was so busy that I didn't have time... The day after tomorrow I have to rush back to the company for an interview, which probably won't take too long. I'll take you to see it after it's over."

"Gym? Yeah, sure~"

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Just as Chi Jingyuan rushed to the crew, the female trainees who were practicing dance hard in the practice room of the old SM building were suddenly interrupted.

The head of the management office, Li Meizhu, opened the door and looked around before locking her eyes on a person:

"Jimin, come out for a moment."