161: Versailles

“No problem! Zoe, I really, really like your singing and your music, and you’re even prettier in person than on camera.”

Lisa heard Thailand’s ear twitch, and she immediately pushed Xu Zhiyou aside, “Minnie! I’m from Buriram, where in Thailand are you from?”

“Senior Lisa! My home is in Bangkok.”

“Don’t call me senior, just call me Lisa. We’re from the same hometown. When did you come to the Peninsula? Your Peninsula language is a bit difficult! I’ll teach you later.”

“Sounds good!”

“We’re from the same hometown, so we should help each other out from now on. Come on, let’s add each other on KKT first…”

Xu Zhiyou pulled Jeon Soyeon and Song Yuqi to another spot, “Let’s go, let’s go! Move over and let them talk. Hey! That’s not right, we’re here to watch the show, how did we end up chatting?”

Song Yuqi rubbed her forehead. What gossip was she eating? She only remembered after they were done. Was she doing it on purpose or pretending? She strongly suspected she was pretending.

After all, Kim Ji-soo’s shout just now was indeed a bit abrupt. She strongly suspected Xu Zhiyou was deliberately trying to diffuse the situation.

Sure enough, Xu Zhiyou’s gaze returned to Kim Ji-soo and Cho Mi-yeon, but she didn’t expect them to already be hugging.

Park Chaeyoung leaned over and said, “Zoe! This is your ex, Cho Mi-yeon. She’s one month older than me. We used to often go out and play together…”

Hearing Park Chaeyoung’s words, Xu Zhiyou gave Cho Mi-yeon a hug. Cho Mi-yeon was stunned by her embrace. Is she that much of a social butterfly?

“Meiyan! You’re so good-looking, you should be a girlfriend. The key is that I’m not very good at aegyo, and also, do you think there’s any hope for us to get back together…”

“Puhahahahaha~~”

Even the emo Jeon Soyeon was amused by her. This was clearly a response to Park Chaeyoung’s comment about “your ex.”

Park Chaeyoung pulled her back, “Zoe! Are you crazy?”

“Didn’t you say she was my ex? I think she’s quite pretty, so I’m seeing if we can get back together. What did I do wrong? I’m just someone who’s been broken up with…”

“Broken up with my foot, is that what I meant?”

“It’s not?”

“Yah! Are you done or not?”

“Tsk!” She pulled Cho Mi-yeon forward, saying as they walked, “Meiyan! I had an ex before I even had a relationship, so I severely lack the experience. What do you say we go through the process again…”

Kim Ji-soo’s mouth twitched behind them, Kim Jennie’s mouth puffed up like a bun, and Park Chaeyoung and Lisa wanted to stab someone.

“A dog can’t change its habit of eating shit. She jumps in at every opportunity. She doesn’t even have that function but tries to pick up girls. I don’t know what she’s after.”

“Uh???”

Song Yuqi and the other two looked at each other, feeling that Park Chaeyoung didn’t seem very normal either.

Cho Mi-yeon was used to it by now. She was also a chatterbox herself, and quickly hit it off with Xu Zhiyou, starting a conversation.

“Meiyan, let me tell you, when I first joined YG, the four of them threw me at the bottom of the stairs to fend for myself, you know…”

Kim Jennie wasn’t having it. Wasn’t she pointing at her? “Yah! Who knew you’d be parachuted into the debut group as soon as you arrived? Don’t blame us if you didn’t say anything.”

Cho Mi-yeon’s eyes lit up, sensing some gossip. “What happened? Tell me in detail!”

Xu Zhiyou didn’t care at all. She mentally embellished the story she was about to tell, then slowly began.

“This story is a long one!”

Lisa interrupted, “Then make a long story short. Isn’t that what you like to do most when you speak?”

“You shut up, don’t interrupt me sharing my legendary experience.”

Lisa pouted, “Tsk!”

“Keep going! We want to hear.” Minnie saw her wanting to bicker with Lisa and quickly pulled the topic back.

“OK! I’m telling you, my Unnie and I came to the Peninsula to play, and suddenly a YG scout came out and chased us for eighteen streets.”

“Heh heh!”

This time it was Park Chaeyoung who made the sound. She was so good at making things up. With her speed, if she didn't want to, who could catch her?

“Are you done or not? Do you still want to hear it?”

“No!”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Park Chaeyoung’s “no” was drowned out by Minnie and Cho Mi-yeon and the others. Seeing this, Xu Zhiyou continued.

“Later, I realized I couldn’t outrun them, so I followed them to the audition. I originally thought I’d have to go through vocal, rap, and dance, and then go through layers of selections like Lisa;

But they didn’t test anything and just asked me to sign a contract. In that minute, I felt like all my hard work getting into the music academy was useless, and it deeply hurt my self-esteem…”

“Pfft~ Pfft~ Pfft~” The sound of breaking hearts.

Cho Mi-yeon remembered her failure to be selected and begging the CEO, Jeon Soyeon remembered her auditioning for company after company, and Minnie remembered her failure to be selected by European and American companies.

“Hahahaha! Listen to them, they’re all speechless. It’s killing me.” Lisa looked at their constipated expressions, she couldn’t be happier.

“Zoe! Let’s stop the sharing here. Another day, we’ll listen another day, otherwise, I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist hitting you.”

Cho Mi-yeon just felt her self-esteem was hurt. What did she mean by directly signing a contract hurting her self-esteem? This is called a blow? It’s simply a sin.

“There’s more, it’s not even a third of the way done.”

“Forget it, forget it! Time to eat.”

Kim Ji-soo really admired Xu Zhiyou’s ability to annoy people. She was clearly very serious, but looking at her just made people want to hit her.

After a meal, it was mostly Park Chaeyoung, Lisa, and Xu Zhiyou eating, making the others drool.

After eating and chatting, Kim Ji-soo looked at Cho Mi-yeon and asked, “Meiyan! How is Cube Entertainment, have they said when you can debut?”

“It’s alright, I should be able to debut next year, but I don’t know the specifics.”

Xu Zhiyou just remembered that they didn’t even have a debut song, and she didn’t know how good Jeon Soyeon’s creative talent was.

“Xiaojuan! Have you written any songs?”

Jeon Soyeon loved to compose, but after being criticized for her incoherent lyrics in the past, she never let anyone see her songs again.

“I have, but the quality is a bit poor. Heh heh!”

“Poor quality?”

Seeing her reserved demeanor, how could the first female producer of the fifth generation be bad? It seems she had been discouraged.

“Yes! Everyone who’s seen them says so.”

“Don’t mind what others say. When I first started learning, my Unnie said that even corgis climbed more smoothly than I wrote. Dogs would foam at the mouth, cats would roll their eyes. In short, you have to believe in yourself.”

Song Yuqi couldn’t hold back, “Puhahahahaha! Are you here to perform crosstalk, sir? Deyun Society is missing you, hahahaha.”

Park Chaeyoung sprayed out all the tea she had in her mouth. She was so good at comforting people. Others didn't know, but she and Lisa had been to Xu Zhiyou's house. She was just making things up.

“What? You almost sprayed me.”

Park Chaeyoung wiped her mouth and said, “It’s nothing! You keep chatting.”

Minnie suddenly envied Park Chaeyoung and the other three. After this meal, she liked Xu Zhiyou even more. If she had Xu Zhiyou’s achievements, she wouldn’t be able to be so calm and collected.