141: The house was robbed

When Xu Wen returned, she saw Xu Zhiyou was still at home. "Why did you get up so early today? I thought you secretly went to the Peninsula."

"Do I need to go secretly? Their song is released at 9 PM tomorrow, the tenth, and if I go now, I'll disrupt their rhythm."

"Then why did you get up so early in the morning? Is that something you would do?"

"Who are you looking down on?"

"I'm looking down on you!"

"As long as you're happy!"

Xu Wen pressed her hand to her forehead, sighed, and looked at Xu Zhiyou speechlessly. "Can't you have some ambition? Never mind, talking about this with you is a waste of breath. Where's Dad? I need to talk to him about something."

"Thanks for understanding!"

"Understanding your head! You're shameless. Anyone who gets stuck with someone like you is truly unlucky!"

"Hehe! I'll go find someone to date tomorrow and see if I'm unlucky."

"You dare? I'll break your legs."

"..."

Xu Zhiyou was truly frustrated. All this was to cover for her dad, so she could only frantically divert Xu Wen's attention. She was too sharp! Xu Zhiyou couldn't handle it.

They bickered for an hour until Xu Lisong happily returned, and Xu Zhiyou breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't come back, she really would have gotten a beating.

"Dad's back. Didn't you have something to talk to him about? I'm going back to my room. You two chat." She slipped away! She couldn't take it anymore.

"It's not a secret, why are you running?"

"Let her go! Be nicer to your sister in the future, and bully her less." After saying that, he didn't forget to give Xu Zhiyou a thumbs-up.

"I didn't bully her, did I?"

Seeing the situation was not good, she made a quick exit and returned to her room to check the online buzz about BP's comeback.

"Eight months, a full eight months! Does Old Yang really have to be so extravagant? He only lets a popular group record shows and film variety shows. Does he have a grudge against money?"

"What can we do if the producer isn't there? What's hateful is that there are still some toxic solo stans initiating polls for Zoe to leave the group. I even suspect they are undercover agents sent by other companies."

"Vote, vote! Zoe didn't come for this comeback, and the songs have changed from two title tracks to one. Next time, it'll probably be a declaration of her leaving the group."

"Speaking of which, it's quite disheartening. The ones most enthusiastically voting are Zoe's fans themselves, which is really hard to deal with!"

"Their solo stans initiated it themselves. As Zoe's fans, shouldn't we support it? Our bias really doesn't deserve to be in the same group as their bias."

"Support! +1!"

"..."

"Support! +29999!"

"No! If the fans don't support her, then she's definitely leaving. If she leaves, our Chaeyoung won't have a husband!"

"Whose fault is that? She wrote the songs, choreographed the dances, filmed the MVs, had the fewest parts, the least screen time, and then got scolded by solo stans. Who would want that!"

"Not only that? When she released her self-composed EP, some people called her a 'royal.' It's one thing for others to say it, but how dare those solo stans? What kind of 'royal' is treated like a nanny?"

"All four songs on her EP are now popular at home and abroad, yet some solo stans are still pulling this stunt. We Zoe fans are too lazy to hang out with brain-dead people; we can't carry them!"

"Thinking about it, she does seem a bit tragic! No wonder her fans support her leaving the group so much. One EP is already so cool and awesome, imagine how amazing she'd be solo! I'm looking forward to it!"

"Looking forward to your big head! That's what undercover agents from other companies are doing. I've investigated, these aren't fans doing this, I guarantee it, because I'm a fan leader."

"We Rosé fans didn't do this, I guarantee it. I'm also a fan leader. Our Rosé loves sticking to Zoe so much, we can't possibly dislike her!"

"Our Lisa, as a fellow 'Green Card' member, her fans have even less reason to do this. The two of them are natural allies."

"Our Kim Ji-soo didn't either, Jennie's fans are more hyped..."

"Talk about your grandpa, we didn't do it either! I already said it was undercover agents. Didn't you see that all the support for Zoe leaving the group was contributed by her own fans? We're helpless, okay!"

"It's a good thing Zoe isn't online! Otherwise, seeing the support for her leaving the group, she'd probably spit up three liters of blood. She just went to school diligently, and came back to find everyone telling her to leave the group."

"Pfft hahaha! It is a bit tragic. Zoe: 'I just went to school, came back and my home was stolen. Who did I offend?' Hahaha~"

Xu Zhiyou scrolled left and right, but couldn't find anything related to the comeback song, only these conspiracy theories.

Leave the group! Leave what group! Writing songs for whom isn't writing? How great it is to have four younger sisters working for her, who can also play with her. She'd be crazy to go solo.

"Holy crap! Could it be S.M or some other company pulling this?" She checked which groups were having comebacks around the same time, and seeing Red Velvet really amused her.

"Hahaha! What kind of luck does Bae Da Tou have, crashing again! This time, not only did they crash, but they're releasing songs on the same day! Hahaha! I'll ask her later how she feels."

She continued to look through the groups making comebacks at the same time, seeing SEVENTEEN, BTS, and several others. The summer carnival was indeed lively enough.

While her own fans had a few extreme individuals, the vast majority were normal people. Her first reaction was that Lee Soo-man was behind it, and she didn't blame herself for thinking that, given his past record.

"Sigh! I wanted to stay home a few more days." With this situation, if she didn't go back, fans would surely misinterpret things. Gossip is a fearsome thing.

Shaking off the thoughts in her mind, she continued to search for comments related to the song. The buzz was decent, but it was still somewhat affected.

Packing her bag and buying a ticket, she would travel the next day. Once she started the live broadcast with Kim Ji-soo and the others, everything should be fine. Then she could come back and fish. How clever she was.

The next day, she sneezed uncontrollably on the plane. Someone must be talking behind her back.

"Irene, does Zoe have a grudge against us? She loves the tenth so much. She should have said so earlier! We could have let her have it."

"Seulgi Unnie, take a break. Haven't you been talking for half the day without your throat getting dry? My mouth is dry just listening to you."

"Yeri! Are you asking for a beating?"

"It's true! What's the big deal? Comeback dates are set by the company. What's the use of talking about Zoe? She's just an employee."

"Then what is Irene doing, looking so worried?"

"Haven't you seen those online posts supporting Zoe's departure from the group? Irene is worried that she won't find a rival in terms of visuals anymore!"

"Seulgi and Yeri, shut your stinky mouths! It's just a comeback. Even without BLACKPINK, aren't there still BTS and SEVENTEEN? It's all the same!"

Bae Joo-hyun was mainly worried that Xu Zhiyou would never come back. She didn't have many close friends in the industry, and she cherished her.

"Irene, don't overthink it. For now, Zoe won't be leaving the group..."

"Wendy, how do you know again?"

"Here's a little trick: observe Chaeyoung now and then. She's been smiling happily during her live streams these past two days, so Zoe is likely coming back soon."

"You know what? That actually makes some sense. If Zoe were to leave the group, Chaeyoung would probably be crying with a long face. Let's wait a couple more days and see."