166: When in doubt, vote.

Park Chaeyoung carefully read the revised content. "Shouldn't I be focusing more on dance practice? Why was so much of it cut?"

"Your forte is vocals. No matter how much you practice, you won't surpass Lisa. It's enough to shine in your own area of expertise."

"But..."

"No 'buts'! Lisa practices dance, Dumpling Ni handles both singing and dancing, and Show Ge told her to go learn acting on her own. Look at the long term; you can't be an idol forever."

Park Chaeyoung pouted, "Can you stop drawing me such big pictures? If I can't even succeed as an idol, why talk about things so far away?"

Xu Zhiyou looked on speechlessly, not wanting to say a word. Park Chaeyoung felt a little guilty under her gaze.

"Why are you looking at me like that? My popularity is the lowest in the entire group. Can't I have some ambition?"

Xu Zhiyou didn't answer directly, but asked, "Do you know how many K-pop artists have over ten million Instagram followers?"

"How would I know? What does that have to do with me being last?"

"Big sister! The number of people with Instagram followers at your current level can be counted on two hands. You call this not succeeding? What, do you want to stand shoulder to shoulder with Taeyang?"

"I'm not familiar with Senior Taeyang. Why would I stand shoulder to shoulder with him?"

Xu Zhiyou felt a headache coming on. She took a deep breath and whispered, "Don't get angry, don't get angry. No need to get mad at a fool. Be generous to a little kid with a low IQ..."

Lisa watched Xu Zhiyou get choked up, muttering to herself while frantically shoveling food, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Go wait in the practice room. Don't ruin my appetite."

"No way! I have no complaints about the arrangements for Chaeyoung and the other two, but why is it only dance for me? I'm an A-level all-rounder trainee; there's nothing wrong with me doing both singing and dancing, right?"

Xu Zhiyou glared at her, wanting to stab her with a chopstick. "You yourself said you wanted to be a dancer in the future. Now you're here questioning me? You must have a screw loose."

"I'm not questioning you. I mean I can do both."

"Alright, alright! We'll see how capable you are. Anyway, both of you have good physical foundations. Since you want to be tormented, I'll grant your wish. My kindness is being taken for granted."

"I'll get you a bottle of water. Eat slowly, no rush!" Park Chaeyoung saw the situation and ran out. She had a feeling that if she didn't leave, she'd get beaten.

"I'm going too! I'm afraid Chaeyoung can't carry it." She zipped after her.

This continued until their comeback ended.

Evenings were special training for Park Chaeyoung and Lisa, while days were spent practicing piano. If their piano skills didn't improve, many famous pieces couldn't be performed. Life was truly 'exciting.'

One day, the four finished their schedule and returned to the company. When they arrived at the vocal room door, they saw Xu Zhiyou practicing piano.

Park Chaeyoung said sourly, "She keeps telling us that 'good enough' is fine, but she herself works harder than anyone. Her intentions are truly malicious."

"Not necessarily. At least I've never seen her practice vocals."

"Lalisa! Whose side are you on? Have you forgotten what she's been saying about you these past few days?"

"What she said wasn't wrong! As long as the results are obvious, who cares what she says."

"Yah!"

The two were talking about the special training in front of Kim Jennie. She thought about being suspended next, and immediately gave each of them a head thump.

"You two, shut up! Are you done or not? Are you showing off to me here?"

"Anni! I didn't. Chaeyoung started it. It's not my fault." Lisa felt a pang in her heart and looked at her big sister, feeling wronged.

Kim Ji-soo was also very envious of her and Park Chaeyoung. She felt that she was the one who needed special training the most, but she was left out. It was truly a sin.

"It's good enough that I didn't just start playing. Don't count on me. I'm practically suspended anyway."

"No love left! Sigh~"

Park Chaeyoung kicked Lisa's butt.

"You shut up! Don't drag me into this. Those two are like resentful wives in their boudoirs right now, full of grievances. They don't dare to find Zoe, so you and I are the best punching bags."

"Huh? I knew it! They've been bothering us a lot lately. So, it's public retaliation for private grievances, just looking for trouble."

"Shh! Keep your voice down."

Xu Zhiyou had already noticed them. After finishing that round, she stopped. "Don't you two have individual schedules? Why are you here with me?"

Kim Jennie rolled her eyes. "That 'you two' is inappropriate. Have you forgotten that I have nothing to do right now?"

"How great it is to rest! Tomorrow I'll take you fishing, and let the other three be busy."

Kim Jennie, adhering to the principle of 'if you can't refuse, enjoy it,' said, "I want to do crafts. I don't like fishing."

"Anything is fine. There's plenty of time." Then she looked at Kim Ji-soo and said, "Dumpling Ni and I are going to have some fun. I'm leaving the two of them to you."

"Where are you going?"

"I plan to film a travel variety show with Dumpling Ni. It will maintain her popularity and allow us to relax."

Kim Jennie's eyes lit up. She didn't expect such a hidden benefit! This was good! "When do we leave? I'm going back to plan the itinerary now."

Park Chaeyoung felt that special training was no longer appealing at all. She had spent every day of her life in the practice room and had never really traveled.

"Yah! I want to go too! I don't care."

Lisa quickly raised her hand, "Me, me, me! I want to go too."

Kim Jennie wouldn't take two burdens. "I'm suspended. You have schedules. Are you going to follow along and get nothing? You're not allowed to go."

"Jennie-oni! Are you deliberately messing with us?"

"So what if I am? Bite me!"

"Yah!" Park Chaeyoung felt a shiver of anger. It was too much to bear.

"Ouch! You're getting bold, aren't you?" She rolled up her sleeves, ready to beat her, but Xu Zhiyou stopped her. "I'll talk to the CEO. We'll film a group variety show."

"Yes!" x3

"No!" x1

Kim Jennie was one against three. She didn't want to take three burdens. Filming a group variety show was nowhere near as fun as just her and Xu Zhiyou going wherever they pleased.

"Yah! Jennie-oni, you're even backstabbing Jisoo! Have you forgotten how much Jisoo usually takes care of you? Don't you know this kind of behavior is despicable?"

Kim Jennie's old face flushed. "Then we'll take Jisoo. You and Lisa can go play by yourselves."

"I'm going! You said it's a group variety show. You can't leave me behind."

"Park Chaeyoung! Don't make me hit you. When I get serious, I even scare myself."

"Then hit me!" If she could go out and play, even a beating would be worth it. She was tough and resilient.

"Yah!"

Kim Ji-soo immediately gave Kim Jennie a sugar-coated chestnut. "Are you going to 'yah yah yah' endlessly? That's it then. This is a good time to rest my back injury."

"This is my benefit. How can you just divide it up? It's not fair."

"Old rule, vote on it."

Kim Jennie was speechless right now. With this kind of setup, still voting? "Jisoo! Are you kidding?"

"Isn't this how we always handle our disagreements? What, do you want to break the rules? Be careful, severe punishment awaits."