125: The Unlucky Four

Seeing Kim Ji-soo like this, Bae Joo-hyun stopped her action of directly making a call, planning to ask later.

"Irene, what are you doing here?"

"Oh! I came to find Xu Zhiyou for something, but she wasn't here so I left."

She turned and left, leaving the four behind her somewhat confused.

They hadn't heard of any private dealings between Xu Zhiyou and Bae Joo-hyun, and while they were puzzled, they now had to re-choreograph a four-person dance.

They needed to dance for "RM," and without Xu Zhiyou, the formation and positioning needed to be rearranged. Lisa had this capability, so it wasn't difficult.

After tidying up in their room, they went to the company to start choreographing, while Bae Joo-hyun, back at S.M. Entertainment, took out her phone to call Xu Zhiyou.

"Hmm? Why isn't anyone answering?" It kept ringing, but no one picked up.

Kim Ji-soo understood Xu Zhiyou very well; only a bed-lover understands a sleep god. The reason she stopped Bae Joo-hyun was because she guessed she was sleeping.

"Irene, what are you doing?"

Kang Seul-gi, who had opened the door to go buy coffee, was puzzled to see her leader staring blankly at the door.

"Nothing, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to buy some coffee, Irene, do you want some?"

"Yes, come back quickly." Then she pushed the door open and went in.

If no one answered, she would call again later. Her main goal was to confirm whether Xu Zhiyou would return to the Peninsula.

"Strange!" Kang Seul-gi found her leader's behavior inexplicable.

Later that evening, Xu Zhiyou woke up and saw several missed calls on her phone, all from Bae Joo-hyun.

She casually called back, and the other side picked up instantly, "Yo, bu sae yo!"

"Datou, uh, no, Cabbage, what do you need me for?"

"What did you call me? Say it again!" Bae Joo-hyun's face instantly darkened, scaring the four people next to her into a shiver.

"Cabbage, ah, Irene Unnie, dear Joo-hyun Unnie..."

She held her breath for a long time. Her first thought was to appease her, otherwise if the other party came chasing her with a kitchen knife, she wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Stop! I'll let you off this time, but if it happens again, I'll destroy you."

"Kamsahamnida! Irene."

She thought, 'That was a close call.' She remembered the scene of being chased and hacked at by the other party with a kitchen knife, which was truly not pleasant.

"Don't be arrogant, just ask me properly about something."

"The way you say that, when have I ever not spoken properly? What is it, hurry up and ask, I still have to study after you ask."

"What are you studying? Piano?"

"That thing still needs to be studied? Just practice a bit and it'll be fine. I plan to apply for a Master's in Computer Science at MIT."

"MIT? What's that?" Bae Joo-hyun didn't pay attention to such things, but Son Seung-wan knew, as she was also an academic achiever.

The more she knew, the more incredible it seemed. She snatched the phone and asked, "Zoe! You're an art student, can you cross-apply like that?"

"I won a gold medal in the IMO. My application materials have been submitted, and I'll know the results in half a month."

"IMO? You're amazing! I didn't expect your academic performance to be so good. But why are you taking this exam? Aren't you planning to be a singer anymore?"

"I'm just bored anyway. I can't just stare at a piano and practice for half a year, how boring would that be?"

"Yah! Are you trying to show off how capable you are?" Son Seung-wan was truly provoked. This academic achiever's 'humblebragging' was simply inhuman.

"Wendy *oni*, please clarify, you're the one who asked, what does it have to do with me?"

"Yah!"

"Stop! You two are playing charades. What are IMO and MIT? We're just watching you two chat. Explain it."

Kang Seul-gi had been holding back for a long time. They understood them separately, but together, it felt like it had been encrypted.

"IMO stands for International Mathematical Olympiad, and MIT is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Is that enough? Don't stop me from scolding her."

The four of them took a deep breath, ran to the side, and fell into deep silence, leaving only Son Seung-wan and Xu Zhiyou to bicker.

Son Seung-wan was originally very ladylike, but when talking to Xu Zhiyou, she couldn't help but retort a few times, a subconscious reaction.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, Da... Cabbage? Why was she looking for me? Tell me, I still have things to do."

"Irene, hey!"

"Wendy, are you trying to kill me? You scared me."

"Uh???"

She felt Bae Joo-hyun was crazy, that this could scare her. When did she become so timid? She didn't know.

"Zoe asked what you needed. She still has things to do after you ask."

"Hang up! Nothing anymore."

"Uh???"

"Why are you looking at me? You two chat yourselves."

She mainly wanted to ask if she had left the group. Now that she confirmed she was going to college, what else was there to ask?

Son Seung-wan pouted and said into the phone, "Did you hear that? Nothing anymore."

"Crazy..."

"Hmm? Zoe, I advise you to think carefully before speaking, otherwise I'll chop you to death."

"You lunatic, I've tolerated you for a long time, Bae Da Tou, are you messing with me?"

She had asked so seriously just now, and now there was no follow-up. If she could tolerate being messed with like this, she wouldn't be called Xu Zhiyou.

"Yah!"

"Lunatic, tch~"

Then came a series of beeps. Xu Zhiyou felt satisfied, but it was hard for Kang Seul-gi and the other three, who didn't dare to move.

"I'm going to buy coffee!" Throwing the untouched coffee into Kim Yerim's hand, Kang Seul-gi immediately ran off.

Based on her many years of experience in courting death, she couldn't stay here any longer, otherwise she would die.

"Seulgi Unnie, I'll go with you, wait for me." Kim Yerim also quickly followed, feeling that she couldn't stay here either.

"Stop! Come back, can I eat you all? Come over here and practice."

The four of them now just wanted to fly to China and stab Xu Zhiyou. She was simply inhumane, harming them like this, not acting like a human being.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhiyou still had some regrets. From now on, she would have to avoid Bae Da Tou.

"Achoo~ Achoo! Oh my, did it come true already!" She quickly turned off her phone, afraid that the other party would call back to scold her.

That night, Kang Seul-gi, Son Seung-wan, and the other three almost made Bae Joo-hyun practice until she vomited. The extremely strict leader was truly unbearable.

The ones who wanted to kill Xu Zhiyou the most were not Bae Joo-hyun, but rather Kang Seul-gi and the other three.

Xu Wen came to call her for dinner. Although she didn't understand Peninsula language, she still heard MIT. After Xu Zhiyou finished speaking, she walked in.

"Er Lengzi, tell me, what's going on with MIT?"

"Sis, I told you not to call me Er Lengzi. Didn't we change it? Why are you calling me that again? I think 'Little Brat' sounds better, how about we change it back?"

"If you keep beating around the bush with me, do you believe I'll kick you to death? I remember your butt wasn't injured."

"Uh???"

"Hmm???"

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you. MIT's computer science program is very strong. I just don't know if I can get in, right? It would be embarrassing if I don't get in."

"Why did you suddenly want to study this major?"

"I'm studying it now, so I thought, since I'm already studying it, I might as well study it seriously and systematically. It would be great to get a degree too."

"Have you thought it through? A Master's in Computer Science from MIT is very difficult to obtain, several times harder than your art degree. If you're half-hearted, you won't make it."

"It's okay, I..."

"That's good. If you tell me halfway through that you don't want to study anymore, I'll beat you to death. You know I hate giving up halfway. Go for it!"

"Uh? Actually, I still had something to say, how about you listen?"