Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

"President-nim, Momo is indeed with the producer-nim."

"Okay, I understand. As long as she doesn't run around on her own, it's fine."

The person making the call was TWICE's manager, and since she addressed the other party as "CEO," the person on the other end of the line was naturally Park Jin-young.

Hirai Momo asked her manager for leave, claiming that Liu Baiyuan had contacted her, so she didn't dare refuse to let him go. However, she immediately called Park Jin-young, who, after listening to her, simply asked her to come and confirm.

This kind of thing is all too common among idols.

They claim to be a friend or family member visiting, but after all the embellishment, they end up going on a date with a so-called "partner".

Even more extreme is the practice of presenting oneself as an old lady strolling along the Han River, which is considered "going to great lengths."

It can be said that Park Jin-young's concerns were not unfounded. After learning that Hirai Momo had indeed gone out with Yoo Baek-won, he didn't say anything more.

After all, Liu Baiyuan was obviously more 'reliable' than those blond-haired guys outside.

Upon hearing Park Jin-young's reply, his manager nodded: "Yes, President-nim."

The two hung up the phone, but Liu Baiyuan and Hirai Momo in the car did not stop. Hirai Momo still had that squinty look on her face, staring straight at Liu Baiyuan without any attempt to hide it.

It seemed they wanted to get an answer from him.

Originally, she planned to ask Liu Baiyuan when he came to find them, but he waited and waited and didn't come. So she had no choice but to wait until today's practice was over and then come to find him in the evening.

The latter, unaware of Hirai Momo's thoughts, simply looked at her adorable appearance and gently smiled, saying, "Let's go eat first. I'm starving. We can talk on the way."

As he spoke, Liu Baiyuan started the car. At this moment, Hirai Momo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, heard his words and her stomach seemed to receive some kind of command, and it started to rumble.

Seeing this, Hirai Momo blushed instantly and pursed her lips, which, combined with her already somewhat 'simple and honest' expression, made her even more adorable.

After driving the car out of JYP, Liu Baiyuan asked Hirai Momo beside him:

"What would you like to eat? It's on me today."

Upon hearing this, Hirai Momo's eyes brightened instantly, and even her previous shyness dissipated somewhat. After pondering for a second or two, she spoke as if ordering food:

"I haven't had Korean beef in ages, I really want some! But lately I've been seeing so many videos of sukiyaki online, and I'm craving that too. Bibimbap is also a good idea! Fried chicken... cheese rice cakes... spicy beef soup... sushi... and of course, my absolute favorite, pig's trotters!"

Hirai Momo rattled off a whole bunch of things like she was reciting a menu, and most importantly, she didn't stumble at all.

She is, after all, a foreigner. Although her Japanese has deteriorated somewhat, it is definitely better than her Korean. This often causes her to stumble or not know how to express herself when she speaks Korean.

But just now, after rambling on and on about such a long thing, you couldn't tell she was a foreigner at all; her quick wit rivaled that of the two rappers in the group...

This also shows that Hirai Momo is truly sincere when it comes to food.

"Wow, there's so much food! Even if we had two stomachs, we couldn't possibly eat it all. You need to sort through it again."

Liu Baiyuan looked speechlessly at the younger sister beside him. If you just looked at her figure, although she was a little chubby, you really couldn't tell that she was fat at all.

If you didn't know, who would have guessed that such a girl is actually a foodie?

Soon, Hirai Momo decided on dinner, and among all the dishes, she chose Korean beef, which she doesn't eat very often.

After hearing Hirai Momo's choice, Liu Baiyuan also drove to a Korean beef restaurant.

Korean beef is pretty much the same at all restaurants; the taste is almost identical. The differences might be in the type of beef and the quality of the meat. However, judging from how popular the restaurant is, it should be considered quite good.

Hirai Momo is an idol now, and she just made a comeback recently, so Liu Baiyuan asked for a small cubicle. The four-person cubicle had more than enough room for the two of them.

The two chatted and ate their meal, and for a while they got along quite well.

However, this harmonious atmosphere did not last long...

"Oppa, we've talked and eaten, shouldn't you answer my question now?" Hirai Momo put down her chopsticks. "I've asked you two or three times already."

After she finished speaking, her expression was somewhat resentful. She felt that Liu Baiyuan was changing the subject, and she didn't know why. Was there really something she couldn't know?

"You want to know why I became a producer but didn't tell you?"

"Um!"

Liu Baiyuan pulled out a tissue and wiped his mouth: "Because I just found out too."

???

Hirai Momo was taken aback when she heard Liu Baiyuan's words. What did he mean?

He just found out too?

Liu Baiyuan noticed Hirai Momo's confusion and explained, "I only found out about this yesterday. I was going to tell you after you left at noon, but... I had something to do in the afternoon and was busy, so I forgot about it and didn't tell you."

Yesterday was a really hectic day. In the morning, I watched "TWICE TV Begins" with TWICE. After work at noon, I ran into Bae Joo-hyun at the mall. In the evening, after finally finishing the song and sending it to her, I went out for a walk and ran into the drunken Choi Sulli...

After this series of moves, he had long forgotten about the producer position that Park Jin-young had arranged for him.

Didn't you see that he was chatting with Mina last night, but didn't seem to think about this at all?

Mina: Isn't that simply because you were also chatting with Irene-senpai at the same time?

Liu Baiyuan: Cough cough, that's one-sided!

When Hirai Momo heard Liu Baiyuan's words, she blinked her eyes blankly, as if she had taken it in but hadn't quite understood it.

After a silence of about two seconds, she asked again, "So what were you busy with yesterday afternoon?"

That's just like Momo Hirai; she never gets to the heart of the matter. If the people here were Mina Mani or Tzuyu Chou, or even worse, Sana Minatozaki or Nayeon Lim, the first question they would definitely ask is why she was chosen as the producer.

Unfortunately, it was Hirai Momo who was here... She very easily, casually, and predictably overlooked the important points...

But thinking about it being Hirai Momo, I'm not so bothered by it.

Liu Baiyuan said with a smile, "I wrote a song for Red Velvet, and I was busy producing it yesterday afternoon."

???

Hirai Momo exclaimed, "Huh?" "No, brother, aren't you our producer? Why are you writing songs for Red Velvet?!"

Are you saying that nine members of TWICE aren't enough for you?!

That's why he didn't ask; otherwise, Liu Baiyuan would probably have just given him a question mark look and dismissed it as something outrageous!

"Oppa, why did you only think of writing songs for Red Velvet seniors and not us? We're really short of songs too..."

Hirai Momo looked at Liu Baiyuan with a resentful expression, practically wearing her displeasure on her face. This stinky oppa who's siding with outsiders!

"How come I didn't think of you guys? Didn't I write 'TT' for you?" Liu Baiyuan said with a hint of helplessness.

"That's only one song," Hirai Momo said, unusually unyielding. "I don't care, I'm not happy!"