Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

Liu Baiyuan gently took Hirai Momo's small hand.

I don't know if it's because she often eats pig's trotters, but her skin looks very smooth and tender, and it looks like it's full of collagen.

Hirai Momo did not resist, letting Liu Baiyuan hold her hand, but her closed eyes trembled almost imperceptibly.

Clearly, Liu Baiyuan's sudden action of grabbing her hand touched her heart.

However, this slight feeling was quickly overshadowed by the strange sensation in his hand.

"Take a look."

As soon as Liu Baiyuan uttered those words, Hirai Momo immediately opened her eyes and looked at her hands.

The first thing she saw was a thin red string with a little mouse strung on it. Hirai Momo was stunned for a moment when she saw the gift, because her zodiac animal was the rat.

Because Japan and the peninsula were deeply influenced by the Chinese cultural sphere in ancient times, they learned a great deal about some of China's festivals and customs.

The Chinese zodiac is a good example, because the Japanese zodiac is exactly the same as the Chinese zodiac.

The only difference is in the date; for example, China uses the Lunar New Year as the dividing line, while Japan uses January 1st of the Gregorian calendar.

However, regardless of whether it's Japanese or Chinese, Hirai Momo's zodiac sign is undeniably the Rat.

"Oppa, this is...?"

Hirai Momo looked at Liu Baiyuan with a puzzled expression, but although her tone was full of questions, she had already vaguely guessed what was going on.

Sure enough, Liu Baiyuan reached out and gently grasped her wrist, untying the slightly faded red string from her wrist. Then, he personally put the red string he had just bought back onto Hirai Momo's wrist and said to her:

"You've worn that one for so many years, it's already worn out and faded like this, you definitely need to replace it with a new one. The previous one was to bless you with peace, so this one is to wish you to become the top girl group on the peninsula and strive to be as popular as Girls' Generation."

As he spoke, he placed the red string on Hirai Momo's wrist, then took away the red string that Hirai Momo had previously replaced, and smiled at her:

"I'll keep this as a souvenir."

Seeing this scene, Hirai Momo's eyes involuntarily reddened again.

Just as Liu Baiyuan was looking at Hirai Momo's visibly reddened eyes and was about to say something, a delicate body suddenly bumped into his arms.

After a moment of stunned silence, Liu Baiyuan realized that he had been hugged by Hirai Momo...

"Oppa, I miss you so much..."

Upon hearing Hirai Momo's words, Liu Baiyuan's hands, which had been paused, gently stroked her back and patted her lightly. Just as he was about to say something, that familiar voice rang in his mind once again:

"Found a character that can be bound: Hirai Momo (Not yet bound!)"

"Start the progress bar!"

In the past, it would stop here, but to his surprise, this time it did not stop and continued to ring.

"Ding! Momo Hirai's favorability score: +1!"

"Ding! Momo Hirai's favorability score: +1!"

"Ding! Hirai Momo..."

"bite!......"

Progress bar: 5%!

"Rewards will be distributed!"

This time, the voice said "increase favorability" five times, and Hirai Momo's favorability instantly reached five percent.

He instantly became the first of the three people he had discovered.

However, he still hasn't figured out what the pattern behind this discovery is.

Is it a meeting?

Or should I speak?

But no matter which one it was, there was no reason for him to have only discovered Hirai Momo.

You know, not long ago in the conference room, he met with the entire TWICE group, although he didn't speak to them...

"Oppa...that's about it..."

Just as Liu Baiyuan was still pondering, the voice of Hirai Momo instantly pulled him back to reality.

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he was still clinging to Hirai Momo and wouldn't let go...

"Cough cough..."

Liu Baiyuan coughed lightly, a little embarrassed. Normally, this kind of thing should be "just a taste," a short hug would suffice, but his momentary lapse in concentration made him seem somewhat "unruly"...

Hirai Momo noticed his 'embarrassment', and for some reason, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly again.

"Oppa, why don't you take me home?"

"Um?"

Liu Baiyuan was taken aback when Hirai Momo suddenly suggested going home, and then Hirai Momo slowly spoke:

"After all, I've already debuted, and I'm not the same as when I was an ordinary person. If I stay out for too long, my manager and company staff will inevitably ask me all sorts of questions when I go back."

Upon hearing Hirai Momo's words, Liu Baiyuan instantly understood her meaning. Following the principle of avoiding trouble, he didn't say anything more.

"Okay, let's go then."

As he spoke, he stood up first and paid the bill to the boss.

Hirai Momo obediently followed behind him, and the two of them walked out of the market with difficulty, one in front of the other.

Wow... there are so many people...

Hirai Momo sighed with a hint of emotion, and Liu Baiyuan nodded in agreement upon hearing her words.

However, seeing her completely different attitude now compared to when she first went in, he truly felt that this trip had not been in vain.

Soon, Hirai Momo sat back in the passenger seat, and Liu Baiyuan started the car, heading towards TWICE's dormitory under Hirai Momo's location.

But...why is he getting more and more familiar with this road?

Meanwhile, TWICE, who had already returned to their dorm, were casually discussing Hirai Momo and Liu Baiyuan in their room.

"So you all knew Momo had a childhood friend all along?"

"Inside..."

Lim Nayeon opened her small mouth slightly in disbelief, and her front teeth, which were obviously "bigger" than her other teeth, made her expression look exceptionally cute.

At this moment, Minatozaki Sana and Mani Mina, who were being questioned, sat together like two sisters in distress, with their heads slightly lowered, accepting the 'questioning' from their older and younger sisters.

Sana Minatozaki, still wanting to struggle a little longer, said:

"This is ultimately Momo's private matter, so it's not appropriate for us to say too much..."

Hearing what Sana Minatozaki said, the others tacitly agreed, and what she said was indeed true.

"I feel like my Momo is slipping away from me..."

Yu Dingyan sat on the bed and sighed as if it were a serious matter.

Upon hearing this, the others all rolled their eyes at her in unison. "You always ignored Hirai Momo when she tried to be cute with you, but now she's your Momo?!"

However, the others didn't pay much attention to Yu Dingyan's shrewish behavior, since it wasn't the first time.

Just as they were about to ask the two men for more details, the dormitory door was suddenly opened...

"I'm back!!!"