Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

When Park Jin-young heard Yoo Baek-won's exclamation, a hint of doubt flashed across his face.

Based on his previous observations of Liu Baiyuan, he shouldn't have reacted like this upon hearing that TWICE was coming. Wasn't he quite happy when he took Liu Baiyuan to meet TWICE before...?

However, Park Jin-young patiently explained to his junior brother:

"We've already decided on the tracks for their next comeback, so we had them come over to listen to them beforehand. We also wanted to have a meeting with them to finalize the plans, and you can take this opportunity to meet them formally, since you'll be responsible for recording for them later."

Yes, the song "TT" was written by Liu Baiyuan after all, so even Park Jin-young's understanding of the feeling and concept required for "TT" is not as good as Liu Baiyuan's.

However, Liu Baiyuan is a novice, so he definitely won't be the only one recording; Park Jin-young will supervise from the side.

Of course, it also has a teaching aspect.

Upon hearing this, Liu Baiyuan suddenly felt a sense of tension. He had never imagined that he would meet Hirai Momo today.

To be honest, although a large part of her reason for joining JYP was for Momo Hirai, she wasn't really prepared for their meeting...

After all, they hadn't seen each other for over a decade...

"Brother Zhenying..."

Liu Baiyuan wanted to say something more, but Park Jin-young didn't give him the chance and pulled him aside, saying:

"Don't worry, don't be so nervous. You're a director now, after all. There's a saying in China... You need to straighten up!"

"..."

Upon hearing Park Jin-young utter those words, Liu Baiyuan was momentarily stunned, then his lips twitched slightly, revealing a helpless smile.

It sounds so strange coming from his mouth...

"Brother, where did you learn that from?"

Liu Baiyuan asked Park Jin-young with a strange look on his face, and the latter blinked innocently, as if afraid of saying something wrong, and replied:

"Um... there's also a Chinese person in our company's entertainment department, and he taught me..."

Liu Baiyuan pursed his lips, speechless. His compatriot really taught everything to foreigners...

However, after this little incident, Liu Baiyuan's nervousness dissipated considerably. He took a deep breath, a faint smile returning to his face, and said to Park Jin-young:

"Alright, then it's fine. Let's go in, Zhenying."

After he finished speaking, he pushed open the door to the conference room and went inside.

When Park Jin-young saw that Liu Baiyuan seemed to have become a different person again, he couldn't help but show a puzzled expression on his face. However, he didn't say anything more in the end and just followed Liu Baiyuan inside.

Meanwhile, TWICE was also on their way to the company from their dorm.

"Unnie, do you know why the company called us over there?"

In the van, Kim Da-hyun asked her manager a question, and Mina, Nayeon, and Tzuyu, who were also in the van, all looked at their manager sitting in the passenger seat.

After all, today was supposed to be their day off. They were all planning to go out together to buy new clothes and go shopping, or just relax at home.

Suddenly, a phone call summoned them to the company without explaining why.

How could this not arouse their curiosity?

However, the manager also only had a vague understanding of the matter; she didn't know much more than TWICE, because she was also notified at the last minute...

"Who knows? We'll find out when we get to the company. You should rest well; maybe they just added this to your schedule at the last minute."

The agent's lips curled slightly, and he gave the four people behind him a helpless smile.

Upon hearing the manager's words, the four people in the back seat instantly showed expressions of 'pain', and a chorus of groans could be heard.

"Ah~ How could this happen~!"

"Yeah, we haven't had a break in months!"

Dahyun and Nayeon were grumbling, but Tzuyu and Mina only frowned slightly and didn't say anything. They weren't talkative people to begin with, and since they had 'mouth doubles', they were too lazy to speak.

Before long, they arrived at JYP.

After getting off the car, Kim Da-hyun and Lim Na-yeon immediately found the other five sisters and spread the information they had gathered.

"Jeongyeon, our manager unnie said our schedule was changed at the last minute!"

"Sana unnie, I heard the company called us here today to work on a last-minute event!"

"Momo..."

"..."

Before long, everyone in TWICE knew the news, and the girls, who had been chatting and laughing, gradually became quiet and reserved.

Seeing this, the agent simply smiled and didn't say anything more.

Although she wasn't sure herself, it didn't stop her from giving them a heads-up. If there were no plans, that would be great, but if there were, they were already mentally prepared.

Soon, the group arrived on the fourth floor. Just as they reached the door of the conference room, Sana Minatozaki suddenly said to her manager:

"Unnie, I need to go to the bathroom..."

Upon hearing Sana Minatozaki's words, the manager couldn't help but show a slightly troubled expression. However, seeing Sana Minatozaki's slightly flushed cheeks, her expression softened, and she said to her:

"Alright, alright, then hurry up. This time it's the president-nim having a meeting, so we won't wait for you and will go in first."

"Thank you, unnie!"

Having received permission, Sana Minatozaki immediately headed towards the restroom.

The rest of TWICE followed their manager inside, but once inside, they found only Park Jin-young in the meeting room, already seated in the head seat.

"Oh, you're here."

He also felt a sense of looking at these children, whom he had personally selected, as if they were his daughters.

"One, two... Annyeonghaseyo~! PDNim!"

Park Ji-hyo, along with her sisters, bowed to Park Jin-young, who then revealed his familiar, eyeless "gorilla smile."

"Alright, come and sit down. I'll introduce you to a new person later. You might have to deal with him a lot in the future."

Upon hearing Park Jin-young's words, all eight members of TWICE paused for a moment, wondering what he meant.

Newbie?

Is TWICE going to add a new member?

Thinking of this, a solemn expression appeared on the faces of the group, but Sana Minatozaki, who was completely unaware of this, had just come out of the restroom.

Just as I was about to wash my hands, I suddenly saw a man standing there washing his hands.

Most importantly, the man looked increasingly familiar to her...

At this moment, Liu Baiyuan, who was washing his hands, suddenly seemed to sense something and slowly turned his head to meet the gaze of Minatozaki Sana.

"It's you..."

Before Liu Baiyuan could finish speaking, Minatozaki Sana's voice had already drowned out his, and she shouted it out first.

"You pervert!!!"

"..."

"No, it's not that I really...!"