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Chapter 406 Return Preview: I Thought You Were Dead

Arriving at the top floor of the apartment building, Gong Cheng, carrying large bags and small packages, glanced down at the keypad lock on the door and scanned his face through the tiny security camera...

He looked hesitant, unsure of what expression to make when he saw his female relatives.
...Am I doing very well?
Still, a look of longing on her face...

In a moment of distraction, Hirai Momo pushed open the door. Miyako's gaze fell upon the carpet and shoe cabinet in the entryway, where a row of women's shoes stood, looking rather messy.

He walked in without waiting for a few steps, before he could even look around to see who was in the room.

Hirai Momo then thoughtfully squatted down, took out Miyako's slippers from the shoe cabinet, and placed them at his feet. The gentleness of the Yamato Nadeshiko made Miyako feel deeply indebted to the beauty.

"..."

Chou Tzu-yu pursed her lips, and her eyelids twitched when she saw Hirai Momo's action.

What kind of virtuous wife persona is MOMO trying to create?
"Kamsammida~"

Gong Cheng thanked them, put the bag on the ground, sat down on the stool to change his shoes, but felt incredibly smug.

We know perfectly well who treats us well!

This peach, it has to be fired...

"Who's back?"

Kim Da-hyun, who was holding May in the living room, walked over and looked around. Upon seeing Gong Cheng, she exclaimed with delight, "Oppa!"

Then, she bent down and placed May on the floor: "I thought you'd be busy until very late..."

Despite having met and interacted privately with Da Da Shuai quite often, Xiao Xiao Guai Doufu can't remember the last time TWICE's ten members gathered together, aside from a fight.

Thinking of this, Major General Kim couldn't help but look up at Tzuyu and Momo unnie standing next to the Great Marshal.

I felt a surge of emotion.

Time flies like an arrow, passing in the blink of an eye...

"I just remembered it's Tzuyu's birthday today." Gong Cheng reached out and touched May, who had run to his feet, and told a little lie in front of Zhou Tzuyu: "So I turned down some work."

As he spoke, he heard the sound of chopping vegetables coming from the kitchen, a loud "thump, thump, thump".

Upon seeing this, Kim Da-hyun quickly reported, "Jihyo unnie and Jeongyeon unnie are in the kitchen. The other unnies haven't returned yet."

The group chatted briefly.

In the kitchen, Yu Dingyan seemed to hear the noise in the living room. Holding a kitchen knife, she pushed open the door, peeked out, and upon seeing Gong Cheng, her usually cool face turned slightly helpless as she pouted, "Oh~ you've finally decided to show yourself?"

His tone suggested he was defending the members...

Gong Cheng glanced at the kitchen knife in her hand, and his heart skipped a beat: "Missed you, didn't you, Jeongyeon?"

"Oh my god~" Upon hearing this, Yoo Jeongyeon's expression immediately changed, and she glanced in his direction: "Stop talking nonsense! What if Nayeon hears this?"

She was genuinely afraid that this bastard's women would misunderstand!

"You're making it easier for people to misunderstand by saying that, aren't you?" Gong Cheng took off his baseball cap and casually hung it on the coat hanger, but when he learned that his female relatives hadn't returned yet, he felt a little awkward. What should he say when they met?
As he spoke, he sat down in a chair at the dining table, and Yoo Jeongyeon and Park Jihyo also sat down.

Hirai Momo chuckled as she picked up the groceries she'd bought from the supermarket and headed into the kitchen to get busy. Compared to the other members, her cooking skills were pretty good. Actually, she wasn't really in the mood to cook for her rivals, but her beloved teacher was an exception.

"How have you been lately, mysterious person...?"

Yoo Jeong-yeon raised her eyelids, still looking displeased with Gong Cheng, but asked with concern. She then opened the refrigerator, took out a few cans of beer, and handed them to Ha Ki-sung and Park Ji-hyo.

Gong Cheng pulled the tab open with a "click," looking at Yu Dingyan with amusement: "I thought you'd give me a piece of your mind when you saw me~ At least like you did on the phone, scolding me..."

I found out back in Hakkien that he had poached five members from TWICE, and I gave him a good scolding over the phone.

“I’ll still scold you when Nayeon and the others come back~ but they’re not here now…” Yoo Jeongyeon raised an eyebrow at him triumphantly, then innocently defended herself: “Scolding you is a way to maintain the stability of TWICE, besides, what you did is outrageous!”

Gong Cheng was somewhat touched, but after learning about her strange logic, he couldn't help but complain, "What a two-faced person!"

"So you think I should cut ties with you?" Yu Dingyan rolled her eyes in annoyance, glancing at his smug look as he pretended to be innocent after getting the better deal. She was furious... This guy had been plotting against the members for a long time; she was being lenient by not teaching him a lesson...

Gong Cheng smiled, picked up his beer, and took a sip: "When Nayeon and the others come back, don't say anything too harsh, it'll upset me~"

"Damn it, you shameless bastard." Yu Dingyan pouted, but then nodded in agreement!
After all, you have to stand firm in front of your fellow members. Sometimes you just have to put your good brother in a bad mood, especially since it was this guy who did the despicable thing in the first place.

"Oppa, thank you for what happened last time." Park Jihyo took the opportunity to express her gratitude, but her not-so-pretty face, after only taking a couple of sips of beer, already showed signs of distress in her eyes. Her desire to fit in, to not be different from the other members, had reached its peak.

Gong Cheng glanced at her in confusion, but then remembered what she was talking about, and waved his hand with a smile: "Ani, it was just a small thing, you're just an innocent victim..."

At the beginning of the year, the "Burning Sun" scandal, after the National Police Agency intervened in the investigation, revealed a complex web of forces behind it. One of the suspects was exposed for assaulting multiple women and distributing intimate videos widely. TWICE's rivals took the opportunity to label Park Jihyo as one of the female protagonists in the intimate videos.

Some local media outlets, after contacting Park Jihyo's friends, photoshopped her face into the video to grab attention. However, the dating celebrity herself is not allowed to speak without the company's permission. JYP doesn't know what they're doing, so she asked Mina to contact her... That's roughly what happened.

Later, the woman who was dating him made several advances and asked him to meet her.

Gong Cheng didn't pay any attention. Helping was simply a matter of his ability to take care of her, plus they had known each other for so long, and more importantly, she was a dating celebrity with the TWICE name. But if you want to talk about anything else, he really didn't have any... Kayan, she's not even as pretty as our Dahyun.

"I'm going downstairs to get my camera."

Kim Da-hyun sat on the sofa for a while, sighing. The once ten-member TWICE group had now become the domain of the "sisters" (girlfriends). This rare reunion had to be recorded.

Upon hearing this, Yoo Jeong-yeon raised her head and instructed, "Go to my dorm, Da-hyun. There's some fruit in the fridge that I brought from my family's orchard the day before yesterday."

After saying that, she turned to look at Gong Cheng: "Remember to take this with you when you leave..."

"Alas~" Gong Cheng felt a warmth in his heart: "You are allowed to scold me a few more times later."

"Hehe, Bao, you deserve to be scolded..." Yu Dingyan took a sip of beer and gave him a disdainful look.

In the kitchen, Hirai Momo, who had just finished sorting the vegetables she bought, glanced at the message sent by Mina on her phone and couldn't help but turn around to look at maknae Tzuyu, who was helping to wash the vegetables.

With her short face lowered, Chou Tzu-yu muttered quietly, "Unnie, remember, we're on the same team."

“Yes…” Hirai Momo nodded with a forced smile.

A battle of wits? That's interesting...

……

Meanwhile, maintaining a high level of activity while munching on potato chips on her dorm sofa, Jennie Kim was browsing trending topics online.

Upon seeing the headline that quickly climbed to the top of the trending searches, her eyes narrowed: "Oh my god~"

The members, busy with their own things in the large living room, didn't take Kim Jennie's exclamation to heart. Kim Jisoo was thinking about how to be a little cunning to deal with Zhao Meiyan, who had harmed her white moonlight, Yu Yu.

Her idea was simple: she had been played by that Pabu for three years, and she, Kim Jisoo, was determined to get her revenge!
Even Jesus couldn't stop it!

Moreover, Zhao Meiyan and she are still in a competitive relationship. The old and new grudges cannot be wiped clean with a simple "severing ties". What is cut off is the friendship, but what is left is hatred. Most importantly, how exactly does she take care of her white moonlight?

Yu Yu, a distorted view of love...

It's all because of that Pabong's indulgence!

The one at fault wasn't "The First Dawn of the East," it was Zhao Meiyan who stole her happiness...

"We don't have any comeback plans recently, right?" Jennie glanced at the trending topics, then immediately opened Maze Entertainment's official website and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

In previous years, they've encountered "Tarot" almost every time they make a comeback; it's almost become an obsession for them.

Lisa, doing yoga, smiled and shook her head: "Of course not."

Since the beginning of the year, BLACKPINK's career has been steadily rising, and their achievements this year have been particularly rapid. Their second mini-album, "Kill This Love," released in April, made them the first K-Pop girl group to top the US iTunes chart.

On April 15th, they debuted at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing the record of number 55 of "DDU-DU DDU-DU". On April 12th and 19th, they were personally invited by Coachella founder Paul Tollett to participate in the Coachella Music Festival in the United States, becoming the first K-Pop girl group to perform at the Coachella Music Festival.

Thanks to the immense global influence of their globally popular "Tarot" oppa, BLACKPINK has officially begun their foray into the US market this year.

During their activities in Europe and America, Lisa, Rosé, and the others witnessed more and more the influence of "Tarot" overseas. It was precisely because of his success that their path overseas became a little easier.

These expressions of gratitude—they've repeatedly expressed their thanks to "Tarot" in public, even though some anti-fans and fans see it as sycophancy towards "Tarot," it's the truth...

"That's good..." Jennie breathed a sigh of relief.

Park Chaeyoung checked the color of her hair roots in the mirror to make sure she had blonde hair: "What's wrong?"

She asked curiously.

"..." Jennie stared at the Maze Entertainment website announcement with a complex expression, a mixture of surprise and silence: "Tarot oppa is making a comeback..."

Logically speaking, after the news of Ge Yuyu's illness broke, almost everyone in the world thought that he might really have to go into seclusion for a year or two. But who would have thought that today he would announce that he is going to make a comeback.

"Moragu?"

"Are you kidding me? Oppa has been getting treatment lately, hasn't he?" Park Chaeyoung asked, sounding a little skeptical.

Only Kim Jisoo, who had anticipated this, sat to the side, cursing inwardly.

Disobedient brat!
You should get more rest...

"real."

Jennie leaned back on the sofa and said seriously, "The internet is in an uproar!"

"Qijia?"

Park Chaeyoung quickly walked over and looked down at the official website page on Kim Jennie's phone.

Latest announcement from Maze Entertainment:
"Dear fans and music lovers, after a period of rest, Tarot will soon be back to meet you all."

Park Chaeyoung and Kim Jennie didn't quite understand the meaning of that sentence, but after seeing the next poster...

In the panoramic room depicted in the poster, the first thing that catches the eye is the vintage grandfather clock in the corner. The dark brown wooden clock frame is engraved with delicate patterns, but the glass in the middle is covered with a faint layer of mist, which, combined with the particles in the afternoon sunlight in the room, shows the traces of time.

The hands on the clock face are turning backwards in a direction that defies common sense, and the calendar on the dial shows "June 14, 2016".

"Is it the same day as today?"

Lisa exclaimed in surprise, "Today's date is June 14th, 2019! How accurate!"
As her gaze continued to drift across the poster, on the vintage sofa next to the grandfather clock, "Tarot," dressed in a black shirt and trousers, sat in the shadows of the room, his composed and handsome face fixed intently on another direction.

In the direction of his gaze, Gong Cheng's tall figure was silhouetted against the sunlight, his body slightly leaning forward, his steps still in a stride, his right hand casually clutching a brown jacket, and a meter-tall guitar slung over the back of his black T-shirt.

His taut profile and sharp brows conveyed a sense of urgency, as if he were about to push open the door and leave at any moment. But just as he turned around, his gaze met that of "Tarot" across time and space... One was in a hurry to leave, while the other watched quietly, and with the inverted clock, the entire poster resembled a narrative painting frozen in time.

"..."

Jennie Kim took a closer look at "Tarot" and "Gong Cheng" in the poster. They were clearly the same person with the same face, but the angles of the photos in the poster—one in sunlight and the other in shadow—created a strange feeling.

Just like Gong Cheng rushing out the door, his highly aggressive features give people a strong impact, revealing a hint of spiritedness and wildness... more like the public's first impression of him on the Hanjiang Bridge, unruly and sharp.

Sitting on the sofa, "Tarot" had a calm expression and warm eyes, but the faint smile on his face seemed to convey sadness? No, it was more like sadness emanated from his entire being.

"Oh my!" Lisa suddenly exclaimed, "I remember now!"

"???"

Faced with the puzzled looks on their faces, Lisa recalled earnestly: "Oppa, when you temporarily left the music scene, didn't you post on Instagram? You said that the next time we meet you will be Gong Cheng... But during these past few years, everyone seems to think of him as Tarot more."

Jennie Kim suddenly saw a fan comment below: "My memory has turned back the clock in the room, Tarot... Watching Gong Cheng hurrying by, sob sob, it feels so good, Oppa, you've worked so hard all these years..."

She read the comment aloud and thought it made a lot of sense.

As for the album, some of the newly released posters have details that need to be thoroughly examined, which is a tradition in the local music scene.

"Does this feel like it will be a very heartfelt album?"

Park Chae-young guessed.

Kim Ji-soo remained silent. Regarding Gong Cheng's upcoming return, she had met him while visiting him in Tokyo earlier. He was writing and recording songs, including one he had written for her back in 16!
Continuing with the following announcements:
"Tarot will soon release their third full-length album, 'Judgement' – the Major Arcana No. 20 of the Tarot World, marking their return to the music scene."

"(poster)"

The release of this poster, however, left countless fans and music lovers breathless!
Kim Ji-soo bit her lip, staring at the image on the poster, a feeling of helpless regret rising in her heart. She regretted that she shouldn't have been so clever back then and handed Gong Cheng over to that guy Zhao Meiyan.

The poster on the banner depicts a dimly lit, clean, and spacious room. Gong Cheng lies on a recliner used by mental health patients, his tightly closed eyes revealing an undeniable weariness. Also in the frame is a woman in uniform, her back partially visible, but it's clear she's a mental health professional.

The tightly closed curtains resembled a gray, surging tide, creating a depressing and suffocating atmosphere. On the table beside the chaise lounge sat an hourglass, its dark golden sand flowing backwards within the curved bottle. A small clock sat nearby, but its pendulum had stopped.

"Bang!" Kim Jisoo raised her hand, feeling both distressed and angry, and punched the sofa!
Zhao Meiyan!!!
“???” Kim Jennie, Lisa, and Park Chaeyoung looked at this unnie with confusion.

……

"I understand, unnie!"

After seeing the poster, Kim Minjung felt a sharp pain in his heart, but he quickly searched for "tarot cards" on a search engine, looking for some hidden meaning in the poster.

"What do you understand?" Liu Zhimin clutched her chest, wishing Park Jin-young would kill her.

Kim Minjung stared intently at the analysis of some details in the "Tarot Cards," and said tremblingly, "In this teaser poster, the hourglass flowing backwards suggests—the powerlessness of wanting to hold on but being unable to, which means that the past we miss cannot be returned to."

“And a stopped clock represents the suffocating feeling of being stuck in time—basically, being trapped in a memory.” The more she spoke, the more plausible this explanation seemed, and she furrowed her light eyebrows: “Oppa doesn’t have Ok-Ok syndrome, does he?”

"It's obvious they're trapped by the Jade Syndrome..."

Liu Zhimin listened attentively, but the more she listened, the more heartbroken she felt for Geigi: "Please continue."

"Also, the fact that the psychologist doesn't show his face might mean that no one can understand Oppa's mind, not even a doctor. It means he's very lonely." Kim Minjung said sadly, "Of course, I didn't find this online; it's just my own guess."

As she spoke, she returned to Maze Entertainment's official website, where most of the fan analyses were similar to the meanings of the tarot cards she had searched for online.

Moreover, releasing a song at this time fits perfectly with Oppa's obsession with Ok-ok...

Are you lonely?

"His heart is..."

Liu Zhimin frowned, and couldn't help but ask herself, "Can I enter Geigei's heart?"
If you're feeling lonely, sad, or in pain, I've given you this, Geigei, will it make you feel a little better...?

Kim Minjung glanced at the second poster, where Gong Cheng was lying on a chair receiving treatment. The more she looked, the more she felt enveloped by a deep sense of loneliness. Suddenly, she pointed to Gong Cheng's large hand resting on the armrest of the recliner, her fingers slightly bent, as if making an "eight" gesture.

Somewhat engrossed in deciphering, she quickly asked, "What does the 8 mean?"

Ning Yizhuo looked away with concern, and after hearing Jin Minzheng's question, casually said, "Perhaps it's that rumor online?"

"What rumor?" Liu Zhimin asked immediately.

"Oppa's eight girlfriends..." Ning Yizhuo wanted to make a joke to ease the sad mood in the dormitory. She knew that tonight, JYP's official website would probably be slaughtered by the mouth-loving unnie again!

Kim Minjung glared at her: "What nonsense are you talking about? Ningning..."

Liu Zhimin ignored her and continued reading the announcement from Maze Entertainment:
"Judgement" is an album that is emotionally authentic and focuses on personal growth, recording Tarot's long-standing emotional experiences and the emotional low point of suffering from depression.

"In the identity transformation of Tarot and Gongcheng, Gongcheng shared his inner struggle and self-dialogue. It was an inner journey that belonged only to him, from denial to pain, loneliness, numbness, emotional trauma, and finally learning to accept and slowly heal."

"After announcing my temporary departure from the music scene at the beginning of the year, I experienced the lowest point in my life, both mentally and physically. Regarding the depression that fans were concerned about, it was really hard to believe at first that I would have such a bad time. But some things just happen, and it's hard to accept, but you have to accept them. During this period, some of the beautiful feelings that I once had seemed to be drifting away from me... So creation became my only release, and the only space where I could truly face myself—Tarot."

"Tarot's third full-length album - Judgement".

"Stay tuned."

At the end of the announcement, Maze Entertainment released a final poster.

The aerial poster shows a view almost entirely covered by an endless black ocean. The sea is eerily calm, without waves or ripples. The boundless sea does not evoke a sense of openness and healing; instead, it is filled with a suffocating and oppressive feeling of having nowhere to escape.

Gong Cheng's tall figure floated alone in the very center of the Black Sea, his limbs hanging naturally in the black water. Damp, tousled hair clung to his forehead and brow bone. His face, turned towards the sky, was expressionless, blending into the deathly stillness of the surrounding sea. But the sadness and weariness in his eyes, like that of a puppet stripped of all emotion, were more heart-wrenching than any intense expression...

A beam of moonlight pierced through his chest, like a solidified sword, echoing the title of his third full-length album – "Judgement".

"Judgment?"

After buying drinks, Lim Na-yeon and Minatozaki Sana returned to their apartment complex. After staring at the announcement on their phone screens, the two muttered to themselves.

"You naughty boy, are you judging yourself or me...?"

Lim Nayeon pursed her lips, concealing her rabbit teeth, and murmured softly as her eyelids trembled.

Sana Minatozaki corrected, "We..."

Upon seeing Nayeon's annoyed look, she immediately spoke up: "Didn't we form an alliance?"

"Let's go upstairs..."

Lim Nayeon bit her lip and said something. After learning from Yoo Jeongyeon that Gong Cheng had arrived, she was now standing in the elevator, feeling somewhat lost and unsure how to face him.

Meanwhile, Sana Minatozaki was still scrolling through the comments on the trending topics on her phone, wondering how to deal with a naive girl.

Let's rob it!

In the comments section of the trending topic:

"How could someone as kind as Oppa be depressed? Waaaaah..."

"I hope Geigei gets better soon! Otherwise, I won't hesitate to destroy the whole world to pay for Geigei's death!"

"Let's date, Tarot, as long as we're happy, waaaaah!"

"Didn't anyone notice that Tarot himself said in the announcement that he experienced some wonderful relationships, but they gradually drifted apart? Could it be that Oppa was too naive and got cheated out of money and love by bad women?"

"Come on, even though I'm a die-hard Oppa fan, isn't Oppa a complete playboy? If you say Oppa is innocent, I really don't believe it."

"Yeah, he's the Seoul playboy!"

"What I mean is, maybe Geigei was a playboy before, but now he's met his true love? But so-called true love can't make him happy, right? According to you guys, Oppa will be a playboy his whole life and will never meet his true love?"

"That would be best! I don't mind Oppa playing around with women and having casual sex with idols, as long as he loves us Aka the most, that's all that matters! ... Garlic Bird, I was just kidding, Oppa, you must be happy!! (crying)"

"..."

Sana Minato stared blankly at the comments from Makoto Miyamoto's fans, then looked up incredulously at her reflection in the elevator door, along with her older sister... We've become bad women?

……

Can you really get back to your current state?

Yu Dingyan washed a peach and handed one to Gong Cheng, asking him with concern. She glanced at Gong Cheng's smiling face. Well, there was indeed an unyielding sadness in her good brother's eyes, but overall, things seemed fine when they met. It didn't seem as serious as the online comments suggested.

But after thinking about it, she remembered a term from psychological medicine—sunshine depression.

"Why not?"

Gong Cheng took a bite of the juicy peach, which was grown in his good brother Hajiyan's own orchard. It was crunchy sweet: "I used to think that Tarot and Gong Cheng were two different people. Tarot lived in the spotlight, which was too hard, while Gong Cheng had too little time."

He laughed as he recounted his psychological journey, revealing that his condition had actually improved significantly. However, the songs he wrote before his condition improved were indeed deeply depressing. To release an album, he needed to create a specific atmosphere to make the songs profound and also to move his fans: "But now, I understand..."

"Tarot or Gong Cheng, they are both me."

Chou Tzu-yu sat to the side, listening to these words with satisfaction.

"Click..."

The living room door was pushed open.

Just as Yoo Jeongyeon was about to say something, she suddenly stopped. She glanced at Lim Nayeon and Minatozaki Sana who had just walked in. The two members hadn't even had time to change their shoes yet, and were standing on the carpet in the entryway, staring blankly at their good friend Hagi Sung's back as he turned away from them.

In his line of sight, Gong Cheng, wearing a black T-shirt, was facing him. His handsome face turned slightly unnaturally as he turned his head to look back after hearing the door open...

"Aigoo, how could you treat Nayeon and Sana like that?" Yoo Jeongyeon, who had initially sounded like a close friend, immediately changed her tune upon seeing the members, displaying an angry expression of shared hatred and loyalty to them.

As she spoke, she snatched the peach from Gong Cheng's hand, "Don't eat my peaches! You scumbag!"

"..." Gong Cheng's lips trembled slightly as he listened to Yu Dingyan's criticism.

Jeongyeon, you change your tune so quickly!
Lim Nayeon stood in the entryway, carrying a bag full of drinks. She wore a white short-sleeved shirt with a red carrot print on the chest, black denim shorts that revealed her long, straight, fair legs, and a taut face. Her eyes were red and misty: "I thought you were dead!!! Gong Cheng..."

"...Weren't we talking on the phone?"

Gong Cheng scratched his head awkwardly, glancing at Zhou Ziyu, Hirai Momo, and Yoo Jeongyeon and Park Jihyo who were watching the show.

Some are at a loss...

“But the trending topics are all about your Zisha teapots.” Lin Nalian, her eyes misty, put down the bag in her hand and, without even changing her shoes, ran wildly toward Gong Cheng.

Gong Cheng narrowed his eyes as he looked at the figure running towards him and opened his arms.

Get ready to give the big star a big hug...

"Snapped!"

With a loud bang, Lin Nayeon slapped Gong Cheng's fair forearm, and without saying a word, pulled his "eagle spreading its wings" arm down, grabbed his wrist, and flipped it over.

"..." Gong Cheng was a little confused by her inexplicable behavior, and also felt a little embarrassed for his own presumptuousness: "What are you doing?"

Lim Nayeon rubbed her blurry vision, staring at his Rolex watch with rainbow-engraved diamonds. She reached for the watch strap herself, but seeing Gong Cheng's uncooperative movements, she grinned, showing her rabbit teeth and mouth, and cried out in a wronged tone, "Let me check if you've cut your wrists!!!"

"You underestimate me, don't you?" Gong Cheng muttered to himself as he met the big star's worried, teary eyes, but still obediently took off his watch.

For a moment, everyone present turned their attention to this, curious about the matter. After all, the online media always reported such terrible things, from wrist-cutting to jumping off buildings, tsk tsk, and in the local entertainment industry, there are quite a few artists who make Zisha pottery due to depression.

Some are man-made, some are real, and as for what's real and what's fake, nobody can say for sure...

Sana Minatosaki also ran over. Seeing that Makoto Miyamoto's two wrists had good skin and no signs of wrist-cutting wounds, she worriedly wanted Makoto Miyamoto to take off his clothes for an examination.

So, standing behind Gong Cheng, she reached out and lifted the hem of his short-sleeved shirt at the back...

"..." Gong Cheng turned around in a daze and looked at Minatozaki Sana, who was about shoulder height, and quickly raised his hand to press down the T-shirt on his back.

Sana Minato stared at the back that had just flashed by, clenching her fists.

The fine scratches, pale red and scabbed over, were definitely not self-inflicted by the little cabbage; they were scratches from a woman's manicure...

He's incorrigible!

"You know me," Gong Cheng said helplessly, looking at the puppy.

Sana Minatozaki looked up at his face, breathed a sigh of relief, and said earnestly with her bright eyes, "Seeing you so energetic makes me feel at ease."

I don't know if these words were sincere or just expressions of dissatisfaction.
Actually, that was the truth. Sana Minatozaki has figured it out now. Rather than dreaming about the news of Xiaobaicai and Zisha, she's really afraid that it will one day become a reality... As long as she's safe and sound.

Are you relieved now?

Gong Cheng's embarrassment dissipated considerably after Lin Nayan's incident.

Yoo Jeongyeon coughed lightly, glanced at the spineless members, and whispered, "Be reserved..."

Lin Nayeon snapped out of her daze, opened her lips, and looked at Gong Cheng with a gaze that seemed to have a lot to say... but she didn't know how to start.

"Click..."

Another door opened, and the sound rang out.

Mina and Chaeyoung walked in one after the other, glancing at the restaurant.

Just then, I saw Gong Cheng standing in front of Lim Nayeon, Minatozaki Sana looking like she wanted to say something but couldn't, as well as Chou Tzu-yu, Hirai Momo, and two onlookers.

Mina wore a low-cut black tank top, her rounded chest padded and squeezed, revealing a scar that looked fake. Her fair waist and abdomen were paired with a black mini skirt. After seeing Nayeon, who had "lost her seal," Sana, Momo, and Tzuyu who was eyeing her menacingly.

She casually kicked off her canvas shoes, her fair and delicate face looking at Gong Cheng, and called out with a smile, "Cheng-chan~"

Then, Mina ran over barefoot and pounced on him.

"..."

Gong Cheng smiled awkwardly, but in order not to hurt Mina-chan's feelings, he stretched out his arms to welcome the fragrant breeze and hugged her. But the little penguin seemed to think it wasn't enough, and her fair and beautiful legs wrapped around his waist like a sloth.

Her cool, smiling eyes glanced at Nayeon, Momo, Sana, and Tzuyu, asserting her dominance.

If we're not going to show off our love, why would I call Cheng-chan over?

But after seeing the unpleasant expressions on their faces, Mina cleverly turned her face away and looked at Son Chaeyoung, who was sniffling at the door, with a grin: "Chaeyoung, come on over!"

As she spoke, she shifted her position and pointed to Gong Cheng's lap: "I've saved a spot for you!"

Well, right now, Makoto's only real girlfriend is himself and the little tiger, so they have to team up...

She just loves watching Silly Rabbit, Silly Peach, Loser, and Dumb Fish, seeing how they dislike her but can't do anything about it!
(End of this chapter)