184: Then the music and the dance

“Ew! That's disgusting, snot bubbles are coming out.” She got up and moved far away from her. “Show Ge! Please keep your distance, I'm grossed out by you.”

“Yah!” Kim Ji-soo saw that she was disliked, wiped away her tears, and tried to flick them onto her.

Xu Zhiyou casually pulled Kim Jennie in front of her to block. Park Chaeyoung and Lisa, seeing this, jumped up and hid in a corner.

The two of them, afflicted by a plague, easily dragged others into their quarrels. Seeing her second sister's bewildered expression, they secretly rejoiced that they weren't the ones closest to Xu Zhiyou.

Kim Jennie came to her senses and instantly flared up: “Aish! That's too much, what does it have to do with me? You two…”

“Didn't I not flick it and pull it back? Don't be so dramatic.” Kim Ji-soo pushed her aside and tugged at Xu Zhiyou's clothes.

“Zoe, just tell me what I need to do for you to help me reach Challenger? Besides my body, I'll satisfy you with anything.”

“Tch.” She shook off her hand. “It's as if anyone cares about you.” Seeing everyone had arrived, she cleared her throat twice. “Everyone's here, I have an announcement.”

Hearing there was an announcement, Kim Ji-soo became serious again: “Zoe! You only mentioned it yesterday, is it settled today?”

“Of course it is, who am I? I'm practically efficiency personified, that's just…”

Kim Ji-soo grabbed a sofa cushion and threw it at her head: “Aish! That annoying habit of showing off is back, hurry up and get to the point.”

“Show Ge, be more composed, you…”

“Yah!”

“Alright, alright! Why are you so impatient?”

“Zoe, you make me want to hit you.” Park Chaeyoung also thoroughly detested her bad habit of being slow and loving to show off.

“Alright! First, the group variety show starts filming in three days; second, the band, the CEO told me to handle it myself.”

“That fast?” This efficiency, it has to be said, is all thanks to Xu Zhiyou. Thinking of the band, she asked, “The group variety show isn't strange, but did the CEO not give any requirements for the band?”

“Including solos for the four of you, and making a song for iKON.” Seeing Kim Ji-soo about to interrupt her like Park Chaeyoung, she quickly added.

“Actually, if I wanted to form a band, the company couldn't stop me. They all know that, so they might as well do me a favor.”

“Huh???” The four of them felt a pang in their hearts. There really is a gap between people, and an even bigger gap between idols. They felt disheartened.

“Sigh! Alright then.” What else could Kim Ji-soo say? “Then this time you have no reason to stop me from extra practice, right? I'm not very good at drums.”

“No! No! No!” Xu Zhiyou shook her index finger. “Your dancing is still not good, but you can practice drums.”

“Sigh!”

“Don't sigh anymore, I know you're under a lot of pressure. The script I promised you last year, I'm starting to work on it now. Your path is in film and television.”

Kim Ji-soo pouted: “You could just say I have no talent for singing and dancing, I'm not that sensitive.” The more hurtful Xu Zhiyou's words were, the more it proved she was genuinely good.

This kind of turning around to comfort someone, the subtext is that you're too bad to improve. People who've shared a pillow know each other well.

Every time Xu Zhiyou saw her like this, she wanted to kick Yang Hyun-suk a couple of times. What was with that suppressive training, look at how it's messed her up.

“Show Ge! I need to correct you on something. You were an ace trainee to begin with, the kind with a pre-debut spot.”

“Tch! Didn't it get canceled in the end…”

“Stop right there! You and Chaeyoung both have a common problem, and that's a lack of confidence.”

“Do I?” Park Chaeyoung pointed at her nose, puzzled.

“Yes! In this regard, you two need to learn from Dumpling Ni and Lisa. Even if their dance moves are wrong, they just keep playing and dancing.”

“Huh???” Kim Jennie and Lisa felt a bit awkward hearing that. They really were like that, commonly known as 'stage mania,' a condition named by Xu Zhiyou.

Xu Zhiyou looked at Kim Jennie and Lisa's shy little expressions and said, speechless: “What's there to be embarrassed about? For an idol, this is a good thing. But as a person, you can't be like this, it makes you seem shameless.”

Park Chaeyoung subtly interjected: “Zoe! Actually, that last sentence, it suits you better.” When it comes to shamelessness, who can compare to her? She's simply unrivaled.

“Chaeyoung! You're forcing me. You and Show Ge, the moment you make a mistake, you start glancing around. What, are you checking if anyone noticed? Besides looking completely guilty, it's meaningless…”

Kim Ji-soo felt a headache coming on: “Yah! I didn't say anything about you, why are you attacking indiscriminately? How am I 'completely guilty'?”

“Your matter can wait. Let me first make Chaeyoung self-conscious.”

Park Chaeyoung, hearing she was being specifically targeted, immediately slid to her knees: “Mianhae! I was wrong, truly sincerely wrong. Please be merciful with your words! Wuwuwu~”

“I haven't even started, why are you crying?”

“I'll cry first as a sign of respect. The process can be skipped if necessary, as long as the goal is achieved. Wuwuwu~”

Xu Zhiyou was amused by her: “Eh heh! Chaeyoung! I never noticed before, but you're quite good at getting to the root of the problem.”

“Low-key! After all, my persona is 'Buddhist-like,' hehe!”

“Buddhist-like your big round head, your persona is Park Da-sha.”

“Right, right, right! Everything you say is right. As long as you don't scold me, idiot, cripple, or whatever else is fine.” She blinked her sparkling big eyes at her.

“I…” Xu Zhiyou had black lines all over her head, she was truly speechless by her.

“Puhahaha~”

Kim Jennie saw Xu Zhiyou's expression and almost burst out laughing. Kim Ji-soo and Lisa were pretty much the same.

“Sigh!” Xu Zhiyou sighed, holding her forehead, and after a moment, continued: “Back to business, I'll teach you a trick.”

“Mm-hmm!” Park Chaeyoung quickly nodded in agreement, finally escaping the fate of being scolded. Happy.

“You stubborn thing! You need to learn to summarize experience from what you've been through. What others say can only be used as reference, not as a basis for judgment.”

“For example, you are all legitimate, having gone through layers of selection, and you've made it to debut. If you weren't capable, YG wouldn't have let you debut.”

“This is an entertainment company, not a charity. So be confident, don't believe everything Old Yang says. You need to learn to discern.”

“Huh???” The four of them stared at her blankly.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you understand the wickedness of human hearts, especially in the pursuit of fame and fortune? Besides your parents, don't easily trust anyone, especially you, Lisa.”

“Why specifically mention me? Do I look that brainless?” Lisa was in the middle of being touched, after all, only her parents would say these things to her.

But then she immediately followed up with that, completely shattering her emotion, which was very annoying.

Xu Zhiyou didn't want to bring it up, but among the four, Lisa was the only one who got scammed by her manager, losing over 6 million RMB. Even Park Da-sha, with her brain, wasn't scammed.

This was enough to show how naive Lisa was. She needed to be watched. Such a good girl, she couldn't be fooled by others.

“You're silly!” Park Chaeyoung also felt that if anyone were to be scammed, it would only be Lisa, certainly not her.

“Yah! Chaeyoung, I didn't provoke you, did I?”