109: Newcomer

Lim Yoona was utterly annoyed. She pushed Kim Taeyeon's hand away and said, "Taeyeon Unnie, don't you have Zoe's contact information? Why are you asking me?"

"You're the closest to her. I can't bring myself to do it, otherwise, why would I ask you?"

"Heh!" She sounded so self-righteous. Lim Yoona was truly impressed by this sly one, to actually order her around like this.

"Just one song, 'Heaven.' I don't need anything more."

"It's being released tomorrow. You can just listen to it online then, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I'm not in a hurry, but if I have a connection, why torture myself? I'm not sick."

"No!"

"Ya, are you going or not?"

"No, I said no, and I mean no." She ran off, and Kim Taeyeon pounced onto Lim Yoona's back.

"If you don't go, you're staying here with me today!"

"Ya! Kim Shorty, are you ever going to stop? I'll go, is that okay?" Lim Yoona still had to go back for a night shoot; she didn't have time to waste here.

Kim Taeyeon jumped down, clapped her hands, and said, "Why didn't you do that earlier?"

Lim Yoona called her KKT video phone, but no one answered. She called her cell phone again, still no answer.

"That's strange, she usually has her phone with her all the time."

Xu Zhiyou was busy frantically studying cybersecurity knowledge; she had no time for her phone. These days, it was just sitting at home gathering dust.

"Call Jisoo, she should know."

"Let's not, it's just one song, making such a fuss isn't appropriate. Besides, she's going to release it anyway, we can listen to it tomorrow."

Kim Taeyeon thought for a moment and said, "Sigh! Then forget it." She just wanted to use a back door, she wasn't truly impatient.

"Why didn't you say that earlier? I'm leaving, I still have a night shoot."

Before Kim Taeyeon could say anything, she quickly slipped away. A good song is lethal to someone who loves music like her, and she might come back for more in the next second.

"Ya! Can I eat you?"

Kim Taeyeon watched Lim Yoona run so fast and felt a little hurt. Was this speed, like she was avoiding a plague god, real?

...

Inside the CUBE practice room, Minnie hit Song Yuqi, "I told you to go make contact, but you didn't. Now there's no chance!"

Song Yuqi looked at Minnie speechlessly and said, "She's selling albums. You're buying something, are you afraid you won't get it?"

"You don't know anything. I want that limited edition. What would I buy the others for?"

"Uh!"

"Right? Do you regret it now? Find a chance to get to know her." Minnie was now a genuine little fangirl of Xu Zhiyou.

Aside from her singing and songwriting, her domineering aura was very attractive.

"Don't yell at me. You and Lisa are from the same country, why don't you go?"

"I'm not familiar with her. What if she ignores me?"

"Hmph! So you know she might ignore you, but it's okay for me to lose face, right?" Song Yuqi really wanted to stab this person.

"You have a thick skin, you're a social butterfly."

Song Yuqi looked at Minnie, gritting her teeth, and said, "I really want to strangle you right now."

Xu Zhiyou doesn't even know her, okay? For her to go and 'sell her face,' she needs to be acquainted first. How can she 'sell' it if they don't even know each other?

"Rainie Oppa, Rainie Baby... Waaah, please just go. I'll introduce you to someone. As long as you get me a deluxe EP, I'll pay for all your snacks from now on."

"Introduce someone? That cool YG trainee who just arrived a few days ago? When did you hook up with her? You're good, little sis!"

Song Yuqi hadn't expected Minnie to have such capabilities. The two of them shared a dorm and got along very well, so they were practically inseparable.

She didn't expect Minnie to have made a new friend when she wasn't paying attention.

"It's not really 'knowing' her. It's just that no one was talking to her, and she looked so pitiful that I just looked at her a few times."

Song Yuqi just stared at her. What kind of habit was this? She looked pitiful, so she looked a few more times. Song Yuqi felt like she didn't even know this person anymore.

"Don't look at me like that. I wanted to go over and talk, but I didn't dare."

"So many lessons have reminded you not to be overly kind." Song Yuqi saw her about to be overly kind again and reminded her.

"When I first arrived, someone helped me too, weren't you the same? Helping others is the biggest help to yourself. Besides, who made me run into her?"

Song Yuqi didn't know what to say and finally sighed, "True, you are that kind of person."

"Right! Seeing how kind I am, shouldn't you get an EP to repay me?"

"I can't get it. You go ask that trainee if she knows any BLACKPINK members!"

"I'm not even familiar with her, and she just got eliminated from YG. It would be a bit rude to bring up YG right now."

Song Yuqi's information-gathering abilities weren't as good as Minnie's. She felt a bit outdated. "Eliminated from YG? How do you know?"

"YG debuted a girl group in August, and she came to CUBE in November. She must have failed the selection, right? Do I even need to ask?"

"So you were just guessing. Don't guess next time." She thought her intelligence-gathering skills were so strong.

But it turned out to be one person at the beginning, and the rest was all made up.

Minnie didn't care that Song Yuqi was scolding her. "She feels so cold. I can't 'conquer' someone like that, you have to go."

"Why would I 'conquer' her? I'm a girl, OK?"

"Ya! Can you throw away the dirty thoughts in your head? Is that what I'm talking about?!"

"No."

She regretted why she even told her about Xu Zhiyou. Minnie's wires seemed to be crossed, always telling her to go and 'sell her face.'

"Wow! Waaah waaah waaah ~"

"Oh my goodness! What are you doing?" Seeing Minnie plop down on the floor and start crying, she was completely bewildered.

"You don't love me anymore, waaah waaah waaah ~"

"I never loved you, what are you saying!" Song Yuqi found it hilarious.

"Ya! I'm going to kill you ~" She got up and chased after her, hitting her.

But Song Yuqi pinned her down in a few moves. All Chinese people have a bit of a fighting gene, so little Minnie was easily handled.

"Let go, I won't hit you anymore."

"Oh yeah, am I scared of you!"

While the two were having a blast, several people suddenly entered. They quickly paused and tried to move to the side.

After taking two steps, she realized Minnie was still lying there. She turned back, grabbed one of her legs, and dragged her away. The wooden floor was very slippery, so she wouldn't get scraped.

Minnie didn't mind being dragged. Seeing Cho Mi-yeon nudge Song Yuqi, she said, "Hey, hey, hey, that beautiful woman in the black leather jacket is from YG."

Song Yuqi glanced over, and just then, Cho Mi-yeon also looked their way. She quickly averted her gaze; she looked quite fierce.

Cho Mi-yeon felt so lonely; hardly anyone talked to her. She was naturally active, so she could only bottle it up.

She truly envied Minnie and Song Yuqi's playful bickering. She shook her head and went to a corner to practice alone.

Minnie saw the disappointment in her eyes and kicked Song Yuqi with her other foot, saying, "Why don't you talk to her?"