61: Sandara Park

"Laugh! Why aren't you laughing? Tch~"

Park Chaeyoung felt incredibly pleased seeing their three depressed faces.

"Chaeyoung! Be careful, you might get beaten up."

Xu Zhiyou looked at her arrogant 'one against three' stance and felt a little worried for her.

Park Chaeyoung didn't care about that. Kim Ji-soo and the other two were very gentle, and not everyone liked to resort to violence.

"It's fine! When will I get my song?"

"What do you want? Think it over clearly before you say it. Also, at least for this year, you won't be able to release it. Take your time to ponder, no rush!"

She thought about it, and it was true; Xu Zhiyou's own solo song was still on hold.

"Alright then. By the way, when are you releasing your solo song? It feels like such a waste to keep it under wraps!"

Kim Ji-soo and the other two also turned their gaze to Xu Zhiyou. They were curious too; they had been listening to it for a week and still weren't tired of it.

A high-quality song like that, it was a bit of a shame to keep it hidden.

Xu Zhiyou was also quite helpless. She wanted to release it, but they were currently in their promotional period, and she needed to make money, alright?

"I don't know. We'll see in a while, at least after our promotional schedule is over."

...

The five of them chatted as they walked, arriving at the company cafeteria to see those pathetic cakes, at most a few bottles of champagne.

After seeing all that, Xu Zhiyou had only one thought: they were incredibly stingy.

And they even had so many cameras filming it, to show how poor YG was, right?

"Zoe! Over here."

Park Sandara waved from a distance.

"Dara Unnie, weren't you on set?"

"It's over! I heard the company is holding a celebration for you all."

She glanced at the camera, then leaned in and whispered to her, "Later, I'll take you guys to eat something delicious."

"Eat what? Barbecue? I'm not eating kimchi!"

"Anything!"

Don't let Park Sandara's birth year of '84 fool you; she's really just a child at heart.

2NE1 had two older Unnies born in '84, but Yang Hyun-suk made Lee Chaerin, born in '91, the leader, which made the two Unnies seem a bit silly, and in reality, they were.

While others celebrated, she and Park Sandara talked about their own things in the back.

"Zoe, not bad, the choreography is very powerful, it's just that the makeup and styling aren't good."

"Dara Unnie, why do I feel so strange hearing that from you? Your death-defying pigtails are still lingering in my mind."

"We're all victims. I didn't want to look that ugly either. Who told us we had no say? It's pitiful!"

Xu Zhiyou looked at her, wondering if she had gotten too into acting, putting on a show everywhere.

"Don't act with me. I saw you with that antenna on your head, dancing quite happily. Now you're saying it wasn't up to you? If you didn't want it, could the stylist really force it on you?"

"Your rotten mouth, do you believe I'll tear it off?"

"Calm down a bit. As you get older, you must keep your mind steady, otherwise, you'll age very quickly."

"Yah!"

Seeing her about to explode, Xu Zhiyou immediately stood up and said, "I'm going to cut the cake. You can get angry for a while; I'll be right back."

Kwon Ji-yong came over at this moment. "What's wrong?"

Park Sandara glanced at Xu Zhiyou's retreating back and said, "How else could it be? I was bullied by that brat. What are you doing here?"

"I saw you two chatting happily, so I came to join the fun!"

"You saw wrong, we weren't chatting happily."

Kwon Ji-yong smiled mysteriously, pulled out his earphones, and handed them to her. "Let me play you something good!"

Park Sandara's interest was piqued by his secretive demeanor.

"What is it?"

As she spoke, she put on the earphones. The moment they were on, she heard a dynamic rhythm. After listening to the whole song, she still couldn't recognize Xu Zhiyou's voice.

"Whose song is this? It's so good! How could I have never heard such a good song? What's its name? I'll go search for it."

"Far Away From Home"

Park Sandara didn't respond to him, operating her phone. "Why isn't it there?"

"It hasn't been released, so of course, you can't find it."

"Stop showing off. Do you believe I'll beat you up? Where did you get this audio from?"

Kwon Ji-yong looked at her in disbelief and said,

"Oh my, if Zoe knew you couldn't even recognize her voice, I wonder if she'd be furious!"

Park Sandara wasn't in the mood to joke around with him.

"What do you mean? You're saying this is Zoe's new song? When did she write it? How come I don't know?"

"She wrote it a long time ago, I guess. She definitely has a lot of unreleased stuff. How about it, want to try and get two songs from her?"

Kwon Ji-yong believed that besides her teammates, Park Sandara was probably the only one who could get songs from Xu Zhiyou.

After she got some, he would summarize the experience and try to get one or two himself.

"Tone it down, your intentions are written all over your face!"

Park Sandara was as disgusted as she could be.

"Is it that obvious?"

"Tch! Stop coveting her songs. It's not like you can't write them yourself. Why do you always stare at her?"

She couldn't write them herself and hadn't even thought of getting songs from Xu Zhiyou.

Kwon Ji-yong and the company's producers, on the other hand, weren't focusing on creating but constantly plotting to exploit Xu Zhiyou's assets. She severely despised them.

"You don't understand. Her songs are truly amazing. I heard she made a bet backstage, and the stake was a custom-made song. Aren't you tempted?"

This was a bit off from Kwon Ji-yong's expectation. The innocent Mountain Bunny could actually see through him, it seemed he really had no hidden motives.

"Tempted by what? My focus is on the film industry now; I don't need it!"

"Then..."

"GD! You've really grown up, daring to use your Unnie, me. Are you itching for a beating?"

"No! Absolutely not. How could I dare?"

"Hmph! You better not, or I'll skin you alive. It's one thing for Zoe to bully me, but now even you dare to bully me. Do you really think I'm too old to beat you up?"

...

When Xu Zhiyou cut the cake, she tasted a bite and found it too greasy and not delicious at all. She just hoped the event would end quickly so she could heavily 'slaughter' Ms. Park Sandara.

She waited and waited, and finally, the banquet ended half an hour later. As soon as it finished, she went to pull Park Sandara.

"Hurry up, I'm starving."

"GD said they're coming too, we'll wait for them."

Seeing Xu Zhiyou's disappointed expression, she added, "Don't worry! The one you dislike isn't coming."

"Then it's fine!"

Everyone close to Xu Zhiyou knew about her dislike for Lee Seungri, perhaps only Lee Seungri himself didn't know.

And it wasn't just Xu Zhiyou; Lee Chaerin and Park Sandara also disliked him, they just disguised it very well.

Taeyang and his girlfriend had only officially announced their relationship about four months ago, and now they were inseparable wherever they went.

On the way, Kwon Ji-yong kept watching them hold hands, making Min Hyo-rin blush, but he still didn't rein it in.

"GD Oppa, you've been watching the whole way. You've made Hyo-rin Unnie shy. It's time to stop."

"Have I?"

"Stop pretending!"

Kwon Ji-yong said very smugly, "I set them up. What's wrong with me looking a bit more?"

"I really didn't expect that someone who can't even handle his own relationships would be so experienced as a matchmaker. Why don't you take up matchmaking as a side job in the future? I think you could definitely become a leader in that industry."