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Chapter 30 Eight Hundred Soldiers Rush to the North Slope

Upon hearing this, Jiang Che's eyes darted around a bit: "Yes, she asked. I explained that I learned it in China, and that I already knew some Japanese and English. I think she believed me."

"Oh," Yoona said, glancing at the group chat again. There was still no word from Taeyeon. Given Taeyeon's personality, seeing how lively the group chat was, especially since it concerned her radio show yesterday, she shouldn't have just sent a message and disappeared, right?
Are you still busy? Or... are you in a bad mood because of what happened in the parking lot yesterday?
Yoona shook her head, suppressing the thought for the time being. Her priority now was to calm down the group of unnies in the group who were acting like they were on steroids.

While Yoona was trying her best to play the humble and precious girl in the Girls' Generation group chat, she was also glaring at Kang Cheol, who was pretending to be a quail next to her.

This split personality made her feel that she would definitely become a Blue Dragon Film Award winner in the future.

The group chat was still bustling with activity.

【sunny】: Lin Dajun! Stop pretending! You've been trending all day! Fans are begging you to start a class! Tsk tsk, this level of popularity, I'm so envious I could cry!
Yoona: Unnie!! It was all an accident! An accident! The fans were so enthusiastic…

[Tiffany]: Yoona! Look at your Instagram! Your fans are so funny, hahaha!

Yoona opened Instagram and, sure enough, saw that the comments under her latest post had a completely different style:

[Starting today! To become a language master like Yoona unnie! (Striving!)]

[Sister, can someone take the Chinese Proficiency Test Level 10 for me? (kneels down)]

Yoona: Chinese level 10? She silently closed Instagram and glared at Jiang Cheol, who seemed to be lost in thought.
[Seohyun]: Unnie, I just ordered the Xinhua Dictionary, Spoken English, and Standard Japanese. Looking forward to your book list! (Go for it!)

Yoona: Japanese? English? She pretended not to see Seohyun's words and glared at Kang Cheol again.

[Kim Hyoyeon]: Yoona, your next variety show is going to be a huge hit! The PDs are probably all scrambling to book your schedule right now! Don't forget me when you're rich and famous!

Yoona: Unnie! I still prefer to film quietly... Variety shows are too scary... This is really the truth! Thinking about having to maintain the "language genius" + "meme queen" persona on variety shows, she glared at Kang Cheol again.

Yoona had just finished dealing with that group of excited unnies and hadn't even had a chance to catch her breath when her phone rang—it was her manager calling.

Yoona took a deep breath and answered the phone, but there was silence on the other end.

Yoona glanced at the screen again; the call was still going on. "Unnie, is something wrong?"

Manager: "Yoona! You... never mind, it's like this, after you trended on social media, the company's phones have been ringing off the hook. Several variety show producers are asking about your schedule. Why don't you take advantage of this momentum and push your career even higher!"

Yoona was about to ask her what she meant by "let it go," but the rest of what she said made her scalp tingle, so she quickly interrupted, "Unnie! Wait a minute! The bigger the tree, the more the wind blows; this is too high-profile."
"It would be troublesome if other companies ganged up on me. It's not that I'm afraid of them targeting me, but I'm afraid they'll do all sorts of underhanded things behind my back."

The agent hesitated for a moment, then said, "Hmm... okay, we'll do it your way. I'll get back to the company. You should also be mindful of your words and actions lately."

"Yes! Arasso! Thank you, unnie!" Yoona breathed a long sigh of relief.

After hanging up the phone, she glared at Jiang Che again and again, the resentment in her eyes almost tangible.

While Yoona was both enjoying and feeling overwhelmed by the compliments and the pressure of future "business" in the group chat, Taeyeon, holding her phone and looking at Yoona's replies in the group, couldn't help but shudder. A day had passed since the last time the topic trended on social media. Yoona had spent the day resting—or rather, forced to rest—to avoid exposure. She had been frantically patching up her language skills at home. Given her existing experience in Japanese, English, and Chinese, learning a few everyday phrases should be enough to get by.

It was a tongue twister—she held a pen in her hand, her knuckles turning white from the force, her doe-like eyes fixed on the image of eight hundred soldiers running north on the iPad, as if she wanted to burn the iPad through with her gaze.

The culprit, Jiang Che, huddled at the other end of the sofa, hugging a cushion, trying his best to blend into the background. He would steal glances at Yoona's face from time to time, not daring to breathe loudly. Heaven knows how many times he had been slapped that day.

"Ugh..." Yoona let out another sigh filled with pain, slamming her pen down on the notebook and pointing at the contents. "Are we standard soldiers or artillerymen?! Can't we just walk separately? Why do we have to run together?! Do you Chinese tongue twisters not care about the life or death of your tongues?!"

Jiang Che shrank his neck: "This...it does need a little bit of time..." He tried his best to force an innocent smile.

"A tiny bit of time?" Yoona suddenly turned her head. "Kang Cheol! Do you know that it's still trending on Weibo?! 'Yoona speaks four languages!' 'Yoona can recite Chinese tongue twisters!' Fans are asking for her secrets in the comments!"
Seohyun getting the book list wasn't enough; she's been pestering me every day for study methods! Hyoyeon tagged me in the group chat, asking when I'd take her on a variety show! Right now, the thing I lack most is time!

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her voice rising: "Chinese tongue twisters? I've only learned 'Eight hundred soldiers rushed up the north slope... the soldiers were afraid of bumping into the artillery's cannons' and then I got stuck—can't all those other parts, with all the bumping and shoving, just break up? Ugh!!"

Hearing this, Jiang Che couldn't help but lower his head, not daring to let Yoona see his face.

"Speak!" Yoona grabbed the iPad next to her, intending to throw it at him, but then put it down with a pained expression.

"Ahem, if all else fails, I'll participate in variety shows later," Jiang Che said, controlling his expression and looking up.

Yoona scratched her head in frustration: "You can go on variety shows, but what about non-variety shows?!"

Seeing her on the verge of collapse, Jiang Che felt guilty but had no good solution, so he could only say, "Why don't you look at the things they say to praise you?"
This should make me feel better. I got carried away by all the praise from my fans, otherwise I had planned to stop after speaking in four languages.”

Upon hearing this, Yoona asked a very sincere question, "If I've been praised all day, would you still be happy?"

Jiang Che immediately replied righteously, "Of course, I definitely will!"

Yoona was taken aback by this nonsense; it was completely different from the answer she had expected. "Ugh, I shouldn't have asked you. I would be happier if I didn't have to learn this tongue twister!"

After saying that, he sighed deeply and charged at "Eight Hundred Soldiers Rushing to the North Slope" again. If he spoke slowly, it was fine, but if he spoke fast, it would be: "Eight...Hundred...Soldiers...Rushing...Slope...?" It sounded like kimchi and was also very strange.

"Pfft..." Jiang Che couldn't help it. Although he immediately covered his mouth, the short laugh was particularly clear in the quiet living room.

Yoona's movements froze instantly.

She slowly raised her head and looked at the culprit. The collapse and agitation in her eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling coldness.

"Is it that funny?" Yoona's voice was as light as a feather, yet it made Jiang Che's hair stand on end instantly.

(End of this chapter)