56: Cheng Xiao

After the performance, the venue erupted in enthusiastic applause. Backstage, Xu Zhiyou searched everywhere for her water bottle.

"Show Ge, where did you put the water?"

She didn't hear a response, thinking Show Ge hadn't heard her, so she called out again, "Show Ge!"

Still no response. That's strange. She turned around and saw all four of them silently shedding tears. What was wrong now?

"What are you doing? Why are you crying!"

Park Chaeyoung lunged at her, almost knocking her over. What a clumsy, boisterous woman, couldn't she be a little gentler?

"Wuwu! I debuted, I really debuted!"

"Ugh!"

She wanted to kick her, but this left her in an awkward position, truly uncomfortable. She reached out and patted Park Chaeyoung's shoulder in comfort.

It really wasn't easy. To successfully debut after breaking through the competition at YG, and then Yang Hyun-suk had to mess with their minds right before debut. It was tough on the kids!

"That's enough. Save some tears for when you win first place."

"Pfft ~ Hahaha ~" Kim Ji-soo and the other three were successfully amused by her off-key remark.

"What's wrong with a hug? It's the leader's job to help the team members with their psychology, isn't it? If you don't do it, who will?"

"Oh, my goodness! Now you remember I'm the leader? I really thank you, Park Chaeyoung."

Park Chaeyoung wiped her tears and calmly said, "You're welcome, it's my duty!"

"You're not worth my sympathy! Get lost, don't disturb me while I drink water." She was already in the mood to tease her, so what was there to comfort?

"Let's go! We'll go say hello," Kim Ji-soo said as she packed her things.

"You guys go! I'm going to play games." She said, then headed towards the lounge, but Kim Jennie grabbed her.

"No, we also need to be included in the music show rankings. What if we get first place? If you're not there, who knows how the entertainment reporters will spin it."

Before Xu Zhiyou could say anything, Kim Ji-soo reached out and felt Kim Jennie's forehead, muttering, "No fever? Why are you talking nonsense!"

"Dumpling! I know I'm strong, but I haven't reached your insane level. What are you thinking? First place on a debut stage? Have you ever seen that?"

"Just kidding, just kidding, don't mind me!" Kim Jennie was just spouting nonsense, simply wanting to drag her out to see people.

It was understandable that she had an upset stomach when they first arrived, but to say she had an upset stomach again after going to a club, it felt like she wasn't taking people seriously.

They had to drag her out, otherwise, it would look bad. There was no need to get flak for such trivial matters.

Kim Jennie had no choice but to use her charm offensive, ensuring Xu Zhiyou would comply.

As soon as she started, Xu Zhiyou pushed her into Kim Ji-soo's arms. "Show Ge, control your wife, she's trying to seduce me again."

Kim Ji-soo's teeth ached when she heard that. 'BT TV' was filming, and that stinky mouth truly had no filter.

"Yah! Zoe, don't go too far, I'm not interested."

"Good then. I treat you like a sister, but you want to seduce me. That's a bit impolite, wouldn't you say?"

"Yah!" Kim Jennie's small face turned crimson with anger.

...

In the end, she was successfully dragged backstage. Seeing their four humble expressions, she could only shake her head helplessly.

Every time they passed an artist, whether they knew them or not, the first thing they did was bow, bending over to greet them.

Damn it, after experiencing it firsthand, she felt two words: perverted.

"I say, you four, don't your backs ache?"

Park Chaeyoung was now incredibly envious of Xu Zhiyou, and she said in a sour tone, "What can we do if it aches? We're not producers."

"No, then just learn! Take your time, learn until you're seventy or eighty, there'll always be a day you master it."

The four looked at her speechlessly. Whether they could even live that long was unknown, let alone learn until they were seventy or eighty. She's crazy!

Xu Zhiyou ignored their glares. What did she see? Bae Da Tou, the top visual of the fourth generation. She'd constantly scroll past her on short videos; it was hard not to know her.

"No, what are you doing?"

"Don't disturb me while I'm looking at a beauty."

Park Chaeyoung also followed her gaze. Wasn't that Bae Joo-hyun?

She turned to Xu Zhiyou and asked, "You don't even know Bae Joo-hyun?"

"I know her! Bae Da Tou, who doesn't know her?"

"Ugh!!!"

Park Chaeyoung was completely speechless. This scoundrel really knew how to describe people. If the other party heard this, who knew if she'd try to kill her.

"Her name is Bae Joo-hyun, or you can call her Irene sunbaenim! Don't court disaster, they have a lot of fans, we can't afford to offend them."

"It's fine! I've never lost a fight, and I'm invincible at insulting people, no need to worry!"

Park Chaeyoung couldn't stand her nonchalant attitude. She felt so tired!

"Am I worried about you? I'm telling you not to act crazy. Do you have a problem with your brain?"

"You're worrying too much. Do you think everyone is as idiotic as you?"

"Yah!"

She slapped her on the head. She was just spoiled. "Who are you talking to? Try baring your teeth at me again, and I'll knock them all out!"

"Yah-xi ~"

"Oh! If you dare to swear, I don't mind helping you loosen your bones. I'm bored anyway, and I promise it won't delay our subsequent schedule."

"Sigh ~" All her helplessness turned into a sigh.

"Hahaha ~"

Park Chaeyoung's misfortune was Lisa's greatest source of joy. This wasn't a joke. She didn't even know how she'd be dealt with later, so she might as well be happy now.

"Lalisa!" Hearing the laughter, she was very displeased.

"Nyah nyah nyah ~ Bite me!"

Xu Zhiyou ignored the two idiots. What she said made her feel like a fool. She didn't even know the person, and it was just something said privately. Why be so serious?

Kim Ji-soo felt that Park Chaeyoung had been driven crazy by Xu Zhiyou. What was there to worry about? With her cleverness, she was sharp as a tack and would never do such stupid things.

They were chatting happily when someone, she didn't know who, poked her. She turned around and saw a sweet and innocent-looking Cheng Xiao.

Why was she so shy? Compared to her training demeanor on that idol survival show, the difference was more than a hundred thousand li.

"That, I, uh, my name is..."

Was eighteen-year-old Cheng Xiao that socially anxious? She shouldn't be! She dared to poke her, but couldn't even speak clearly. That was a bit absurd.

Cheng Xiao didn't want to either. She had lost rock-paper-scissors to Wu Xuanyi again, so she was the one who had to ask for contact information.

"What's wrong? It can't be that bad, can it? You've only been here for about two years, have you forgotten all your Chinese? Is your tongue locked, or is your throat choked by a fishbone, making it so hard to speak?"

When Cheng Xiao heard this, it was as if she had been electrocuted.

Seeing her spacing out again, Xu Zhiyou waved her hand. "Hey! Beauty."

"Uh! You know me?" Artists from big companies supposedly looked down on artists from smaller companies.

She was stuttering not because she was afraid Xu Zhiyou would be too cold and ignore her, which would be awkward. She hadn't expected to overthink it so ridiculously.

"I know! There are only a few people who debuted from our country. It's hard for me not to know. Are you expecting me to bow ninety degrees to you? You're younger than me, aren't you afraid of shortening your life? And blah blah blah..."

After a stream of chatter, she noticed Cheng Xiao's expression was off and immediately paused.

"Uh, I haven't spoken Chinese in a while, so I can't quite control it. Sorry about that! Hehe!"

"It's fine! It's fine!"

Cheng Xiao felt that you really couldn't judge a book by its cover. She initially thought Xu Zhiyou was very cold, but after interacting with her, she found her to be a complete comedian.