57: Chapter 57 Red Velvet

“Can I add you on WeChat or KKT?” Cheng Xiao asked directly. She realized that she had to be straightforward when communicating with Xu Zhiyou.

“Of course, no problem! Give me your phone, I’ll type it in for you!”

After they were done, they planned to leave. They were there for their performance, and didn’t have much time to chat.

“I have to go, my teammates are still waiting for me!”

“Go! Remember to tell me when you have a break, and we can get together properly. Oh, by the way, do you have Chou Tzuyu of TWICE’s contact information?”

“No, but The8 of SEVENTEEN should know. He created a Peninsula Workers group chat. I’ll add you, and you can ask him directly.”

Cheng Xiao only knew The8 and Song Qian. Besides her own teammates, she didn’t know anyone else; her social circle was terrifyingly small.

“OK! See you.”

Since Xu Zhiyou came here, the person she heard about most was Chou Tzuyu.

Things like 'Backstabbing Maknae', 'Yu-line Beauty', 'Conversation Ender', 'Mute', and so on.

She was quite curious about what kind of person Chou Tzuyu really was. She almost became her teammate back then.

After Cheng Xiao left, Kim Ji-soo pulled her and ran to the side. She couldn’t stand the gazes of the people around them. No matter how much immunity she had, she couldn’t handle being stared at like that.

“Let’s go sit over there, there are fewer people!”

The spot they found, by chance, was next to Red Velvet. She immediately sat down, pulled out her phone, and opened a game.

Kim Ji-soo and the others greeted them as usual, but Xu Zhiyou ignored them and played her game. Not to mention idols, she hadn’t even bowed to her own company president.

Now, since they didn't know each other, everyone politely greeted each other. Kim Ji-soo sat down and leaned her head over, just in time to see her constantly charging forward.

“You can’t go! Your ultimate is still on cooldown. Are you going to get wiped out?”

That tap immediately made her miss her skill. “Show Ge, Show Ge, no wonder it took you so long to reach Diamond rank. You really deserve it.”

Kim Ji-soo seemed to have been poked in a sore spot. She had been playing for so much longer than Xu Zhiyou, but Xu Zhiyou was already at Star Rank, while she was still stuck in Diamond.

“Is that my fault?”

“No, it’s the phone’s fault, the game developers’ fault, your teammates’ fault. Anyway, it’s never your fault!”

“Uh??? ”

“Gurgle! Hahaha~” Kang Seul-gi couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst into a pig-like laugh.

Xu Zhiyou thought it was Lisa laughing. “Lisa! You’re really something. A perfectly normal person making pig noises.”

Lisa was quite speechless. With so many seniors sitting around, did she really think everyone was as fearless as Xu Zhiyou? She was an honest kid!

“I didn’t!”

Xu Zhiyou just assumed Lisa was too embarrassed to admit it and continued her rambling.

“Laugh if you want! But control yourself. At least laugh like a human, don’t mimic every animal. What if, because of you, we get called Blackpig? That wouldn’t be good!”

“Hahaha~” Kim Yerim saw Kang Seul-gi’s flushed face and was the first to burst out laughing.

Xu Zhiyou turned her head and saw Bae Joo-hyun and the others trying to hold back their laughter, as well as the red-faced Kang Seul-gi.

Then she looked at her four teammates next to her, all with their heads down, shoulders shrugging. The situation was clear: the pig was Kang Seul-gi.

She felt a little embarrassed. Calling someone a pig to their face was so rude, but then again, who told her to make pig noises? She couldn’t blame herself.

“That pig, uh, no…” She spoke too quickly. This was awkward.

“Hahaha~” Bae Joo-hyun, who had managed to hold it in, instantly broke down laughing at that sentence. “That pig” was truly priceless.

“Seulgi Unnie, Kang Seul-pig, haha!” Kim Yerim said, laughing heartily.

Kang Seul-gi was also thunderstruck by that remark, feeling both burnt and tender. Was she destined to be associated with animals her whole life?

Son Seung-wan also noticed Xu Zhiyou’s awkwardness and immediately stepped in to smooth things over.

“Zoe, I’m Wendy, born in '94. You can call me Unnie. The pig you mentioned, her name is Kang Seul-gi, also born in '94. You can also call her Unnie. She’s very generous, it’s fine!”

Kang Seul-gi saw Son Seung-wan’s move and literally felt a toothache. If she remembered correctly, she was the victim here. Had Son Seung-wan asked her before making decisions on her behalf?

“Uh! That, Seulgi Unnie, mianhae, I didn’t mean it. I was too engrossed in the game. We have a pig in our team, and I’m used to calling her that. It was an accidental injury. Hehe~”

Lisa completely lost it. “Yah! Zoe, are you sick? You’re the pig! When did I become a pig?”

“Did I say you? You’re just putting yourself in that category.” She was useless, had no sense of observation. Couldn’t she see how awkward she was right now?

Lisa, who was about to say something else, saw her raise her iron fist and obediently sat back down.

“It’s fine! Can I add your KKT?”

What else could Kang Seul-gi say? The other person had apologized. Who told her to be so pretty? Everything a pretty person does is right.

“Sure.” She exited the game and scanned the QR code.

Kim Yerim also pulled out her phone and quickly scanned it. The remaining Bae Joo-hyun also came over and scanned it.

While they were adding friends, some male idols also took the opportunity to walk over.

“Annyeonghaseyo!”

While Bae Joo-hyun was operating her phone, Xu Zhiyou poked her directly and said, “Irene, your friends.”

Then she smoothly sat back down, opened her game, put on her headphones, and started playing.

Her main goal was not to offend anyone and to avoid interacting. She had been practicing martial arts since she was young, and she could tell at a glance that these few had unsteady steps, indicating excessive indulgence. They couldn't be good people.

Kang Seul-gi also curiously looked at her Irene. If she remembered correctly, her leader had few friends in the industry.

And she knew all of them. She had never seen these guys before. When did Irene expand her social circle without her knowing?

“Irene, who are they?”

“They’re not my friends, I don’t know them!” Bae Joo-hyun was also confused.

Kim Ji-soo immediately realized that Xu Zhiyou, that plague-ridden person, was using someone else as a shield again.

However, she had just debuted and chose to bury her head in the sand. These few clearly weren’t famous and definitely not from big companies, so Bae Joo-hyun could handle them herself.

Who was Bae Joo-hyun? If she cared so much about appearances, there wouldn’t be so many rumors about her bullying. She didn’t even give them a glance and sat down directly.

Red Velvet had debuted for two years and were very popular, so they could only leave dejectedly.

After they left, Kang Seul-gi slowly scooted next to Kim Ji-soo and whispered, “Zoe is quite mean! She just met Irene and already played a trick on her.”

“Uh??? ”

“Don’t worry, Irene is very generous, she won’t say anything. However, the three of you together do attract some attention. Look at the eyes of the people around.”

Kang Seul-gi pointed to the artists who were constantly peeking over.

“No, right? I think it’s mainly Irene senior and Zoe who get more attention. I don’t count.”

“What Irene senior? Call her Unnie. Didn’t you just get to know her? She’s a visual-lover. Don’t let her cold exterior fool you, she’s genuinely cold.”

Xu Zhiyou, who was playing her game, was completely speechless by Kang Seul-gi. That was pure nonsense.

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And so, all the stages ended, and the idols returned to the stage to announce the final first-place winner.