294: Chapter 294 The Temperamental Lin Na-yeon

"Isn't Yoona from S.M. Entertainment? How did she get mixed up with the YG crowd!? *picks nose.JPG*"

"A hit-maker plus a network of elite school connections—any S.M. leadership with a normal brain would know how to choose."

"Let's not talk about such depressing things. I just want to ask if we can get our Victoria Unnie back for an episode. I love her so much, boohoo~"

"Me, me, me! I want Krystal. She hasn't shown her face in so long that anti-fans are starting rumors that she went off to have a baby, boohoo~"

"I want Big Pillar Bro. I always love seeing the interactions between Zoe and her on Instagram. Hurry up and collaborate, looking forward to it *starry eyes.JPG*"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm also looking forward to a collaboration between Bae Baicai and Zoe. My phone is almost entirely filled with their interactions on music show stages *licking screen slurping.JPG*"

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Red Velvet group, MV filming dressing room.

After Kang Seul-gi finished reading the comments, she turned her head toward Bae Joo-hyun, who was resting with her eyes closed. She pinched her chin and nodded repeatedly at her face.

Kim Yerim noticed her actions and asked in confusion, "Seulgi Unnie, what are you doing?"

"Look at this." Kang Seul-gi didn't explain and simply handed over the phone.

Kim Yerim took the phone and saw it was Xu Zhiyou's trending topic. She remarked, "Aigoo, Zoe's popularity is really high!"

She then carefully scrolled through the content. The more she read, the weirder it felt, and she handed the phone back.

She exclaimed, "Zoe really knows how to court death. Yoona Unnie is the face of Girls Generation!"

"Not only is she highly popular, but her fans are all purified die-hards who are extremely protective. She's really not afraid at all!"

"Heh~!"

Kang Seul-gi gave her a look as if she were looking at an idiot, too lazy to even speak.

"Ya~!"

"Yeri, don't get mad yet." Kang Seul-gi spoke first. "First, look at the fan demographics of the two of them, and their fan counts. It won't be too late to get mad then."

"You want me to look, so I'll look? I'm not looking. I'll stay mad just to spite you, hmph~!"

"ah shi! I think your skin is getting itchy."

Seeing her arrogant expression, Kang Seul-gi grabbed a plush toy in front of her and threw it.

Kim Yerim raised her hand to block it, and the plush toy just happened to hit the head of Bae Joo-hyun, who was resting with her eyes closed.

Bae Joo-hyun rubbed her temples and said helplessly, "We have to stay up all night tonight. If you have time, take a nap. Stop messing around."

"Since you're awake, take a look at this first." Kang Seul-gi acted as if she hadn't heard and held the phone in front of her eyes.

Bae Joo-hyun didn't even open her eyes and said calmly, "Isn't it just Zoe being on the trending search? What's so strange about that? Boring."

"It's not just her on the trending search; you are too."

"Me!?"

Hearing that it involved her, Bae Joo-hyun opened her eyes and looked at her curiously. "What does it have to do with me?"

"It's nothing big. It's just that fans want you and Zoe to collaborate on a song or a stage or something. See for yourself."

"Heh~!"

Hearing this, Bae Joo-hyun immediately lost interest.

"Eh???"

Kang Seul-gi was completely thrown off by her reaction.

"Don't give me that reaction. It's not like you guys don't know that the company guards against me becoming too popular like they're guarding against a thief. And collaborating with Zoe? Forget it."

As soon as these words came out, Kang Seul-gi and the others looked at each other. No one spoke, and the scene fell silent.

After a while, Kang Seul-gi spoke up: "Unnie, let's terminate our contracts when Zoe's contract expires."

"Hmm???"

Hearing this, Son Seung-wan, Park Soo-young, and Kim Yerim all looked at her in confusion.

"Don't look at me like that. Didn't Ji-soo say it? When Zoe terminates her contract, she's going to open her own talent agency."

"Think about it. Since she's opening a company, she'll definitely hire a lot of teachers. Who's more of an authority in teaching idols than us?"

"When the time comes, we'll terminate our contracts and go over to cling to her... with our..."

"Stop, stop, stop." Bae Joo-hyun couldn't listen anymore and raised her hand to stop her unrealistic daydreaming.

She looked at her speechlessly. "Who told you Zoe was going to open a company? With her lazy attitude of just waiting to die, do you think that's possible?"

"Ji-soo really told me. Don't you have a good relationship with Jennie too? If you don't believe me, ask her."

Bae Joo-hyun didn't even lift an eyelid and said calmly, "Then Ji-soo was probably just bored and teasing you. Don't take it seriously."

Kang Seul-gi felt offended. "Ya! Unnie, don't go too far."

While Red Velvet was making a fuss.

On the other side, Victoria Song, the leader of the f(x) group, was also scrolling through comments at home. After all, it was rare for them to be in the same frame.

While she was watching, her phone suddenly rang. Seeing it was Jung Soo-jung, she pressed the answer button.

She smiled and said, "Krystal, are you coming over to my place to play?"

"Jessica is back, so maybe in a couple of days. By the way, Unnie, you're on the Peninsula's trending searches, and it's related to Zoe, whom you've always been following."

Victoria Song understood immediately. She had just finished reading the comments, but in order not to spoil her younger sister's fun, she pretended not to know.

She pretended not to know and said, "What trending search?"

Hearing that she didn't know yet, Jung Soo-jung's face immediately lit up with joy, and she started 'explaining' it to her with a flurry of words.

Victoria Song also knew how to provide emotional value, offering a word or two of amazement or doubt from time to time.

Just to let her show off, they went back and forth with questions and answers, making Jung Soo-jung extremely happy.

In the Twice performance dressing room, Lim Nayeon bit her lower lip tightly. She gripped her phone so hard that the veins on her hand bulged.

Jeongyeon couldn't stand it and consoled her, "Unnie, it's already good enough that we could debut. We don't need to compare ourselves to the chosen one..."

"ah shi, what right does Kim Hit Ball have?" Lim Nayeon interrupted her, turned her head, and stared at Jeongyeon's face.

She said indignantly, "You tell me, since she was a kid, her grades weren't as good as mine, her singing isn't as good as mine, her dancing isn't as good as mine, and she's not even as tall as me."

"Tell me, what right does she have? What right does she have to get on the trending searches just by taking a trip to the zoo?"

"And me? I'm working non-stop 365 days a year, tired like a dog, and in the end, I'm not even as good as her showing her face while out playing. I'm not convinced, I'm jealous, I..."

"She's prettier than you."

Before Lim Nayeon could finish, she was shut down by a sudden, heart-piercing remark. She almost choked to death on her own breath.

With that god-awful tone and those irritating words, there was no need to guess who it was.

Baring her rabbit teeth, she glared fiercely at Tzuyu. "Tzuyu-ssi, today only one of us is walking out of here alive. I said it."

"Eek~! Momo Unnie, help!"

Seeing her like this, Tzuyu quickly hid behind Hirai Momo. Only Hirai Momo could handle Lim Nayeon in this state.

Although Hirai Momo was usually a bit of a ditz, she knew the importance of the situation. Seeing Lim Nayeon looking like she was about to explode, she knew better than to mess with her.

She pushed Tzuyu into Minatozaki Sana's arms. "I'm dizzy. Sana, you take care of her for a bit."

Minatozaki Sana was left bewildered by this sudden maneuver.

However, when she saw Lim Nayeon's murderous gaze, her brain reacted incredibly fast, and she immediately tossed Tzuyu to Myoui Mina.

"Mina, I need to go to the restroom. You take care of her for a bit."

Sitting in the corner quietly resting her chin and dazing off, Myoui Mina was startled and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"