Peninsula: I'm being supported by a top idol.

"Unnie, did you just have a nightmare? I've been having nightmares a lot lately too, dreaming that my album sales are bad and fans are asking me for refunds..."

"Haha, you have that too? I've had similar dreams before!"

The members of aespa sat on the wooden floor of the living room, chattering away. Liu Zhimin carried a pile of albums and placed them in front of them.

"Come on, everyone gather together, let's sign."

"Sign up as a group?" Kim Dong-won skillfully picked up a pen, ready to scribble something.

"No! Sign a personal contract."

She counted out four bills and pushed them in front of Jin Dongtian: "These are yours."

"Ningning, you have six."

"Give you two cards."

Liu Zhimin handed out the numbers to each person one by one: "Sign carefully, okay?"

"What? Why is everyone different?" Jin Dongtian looked up in confusion.

"Just sign it when I tell you to. I'll need it anyway. Oh, and remember to write the date too." Liu Zhimin said, taking out his phone to film the signing process.

"Do we need to take a verification photo?"

"Of course! Otherwise, how would others know that you signed it yourselves? Hurry up!" Liu Zhimin clapped his hands and urged.

"What exactly is Unnie trying to do?"

"Yes, even if it's a gift, an album you personally delivered, how could it be fake?"

"Unnie, you're suspicious~"

Hearing the doubts from her fellow members, Liu Zhimin sighed softly. The members of aespa were all incredibly shrewd, so one could imagine how difficult it was for her to be the team leader.

"A friend asked me for it; she wanted to give it to her friend." Liu Zhimin lied. She couldn't very well say that she took it to "fish," could she?

"You want so much? Are you going to pay for it? I can't just give it away for free, unnie~"

Liu Zhimin rolled his eyes at Ningning, who had said those words, speechless: "Ugh... even you're going to be like this, huh?"

"Not counting the value of the autographs, these alone are worth over ten thousand Korean won, unnie~"

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll buy you snacks later, is that alright?"

"OK, deal!"

"Let me go back to my room and comb my hair first!"

"Then I'll go put on some makeup!"

Seeing them run back to their rooms to wash and get ready, Liu Zhimin was both amused and exasperated. Who wants to see you?

It's like we're having a fan meeting!

That evening, while the others were eating, Liu Zhimin disguised himself and then made an excuse to sneak out of the dormitory with the album on his back.

After leaving the residential compound, she hailed a taxi and went to the cultural goods store where she had last met Cui Shi'an. Then she dumped all the albums out of her bag:

"Manager, I have autographed Aespa albums to consign!"

The store manager was startled because Liu Zhimin had brought out the latest albums. Normally, fans would keep such rare items for a while.

As for scalpers... I haven't heard that aespa recently held a signing event.

"Excuse me, customer, is the source reliable?"

"Of course, I have a certificate." Liu Zhimin said, while secretly glancing left and right. She wanted to see if Cui Shi'an was there, but unfortunately, there are no such coincidences in this world.

But it doesn't matter.

Doesn't it have autographed albums?

Once the bait is laid, as long as the person is still alive, why worry about him not showing up?

After all, these were exactly the numbers that Choi Si-an had ordered.

As long as the store manager calls him to pick up the goods, he can hide in the shadows to confirm whether the man is really alright.

Perhaps his eagerness to verify was too strong, because after handing over the album, Liu Zhimin still looked at the store manager expectantly, waiting for him to call Cui Shi'an.

"Does the customer... perhaps have any other needs?" The store manager felt uncomfortable under the intense gaze of those eyes behind the mask.

"Uh...no..." Liu Zhimin shook his head, then asked casually, "How long will it take to sell these?"

Upon hearing this, the store manager smiled kindly: "If the customer is short on funds, we can help advance the payment, and then adjust the final price accordingly, with refunds or additional payments as needed."

"No need... I just... I just don't want these to fall into the hands of scalpers... They should be sold to real fans..." Liu Zhimin said righteously, trying to evade the question.

"The customer can rest assured about that. Our store does not do business with scalpers, and besides, we don't make a profit from scalpers' prices. But the customer... perhaps he's someone close to Aespa, or a staff member of the TV station?"

Liu Zhimin was startled and repeatedly said no. Fearing that she would be exposed if she stayed any longer, she had no choice but to reluctantly take her leave.

However, she didn't go far. She lingered nearby, bought a cup of coffee, and deliberately sat in front of the shop window, staring at the shop in front of her.

After all, she couldn't directly tell the store manager that this batch of goods was prepared for Cui Shi'an; that would be too suspicious.

Moreover, she dared not disbelieve what Attorney Kim said. What if Choi Si-an really was a bad person and tried to extort her after finding out her identity?

She sat in the coffee shop for a long time, but never saw Choi Si-an.

Seeing that it was getting late, she had no choice but to take a taxi back to her dormitory.

As soon as I got to the dorm, my boss called to say that the album had already been sold.

"Who did you sell it to? Was it to a very tall guy?"

The store manager on the other end of the phone paused for a moment: "Um... but how did the customer know?"

Liu Zhimin was filled with regret; he should have waited a little longer. He quickly asked, "Does he look like he's been injured?"

"They look perfectly normal..."

"Walking? Is that normal too?"

"Inside…"

"Is his name Cui Shi'an?"

The store manager was bewildered by her barrage of questions, but still patiently answered:

"I don't know about that. If the customer needs it, I can ask him next time."

"Don't ask!" Liu Zhimin hurriedly stopped him.

"Inside?"

"Um... I mean... whatever you do, don't tell him I was here! And don't say I brought the album!"

"Do you two know each other? Then why are you..." The shop manager seemed to have misunderstood something, probably thinking that the two were ex-boyfriends and girlfriends.

But upon closer examination, it makes sense. If you already know each other, why would you need to transfer the item through a shop?

Why not just give it to the man directly?

Therefore, in the store manager's mind, Liu Zhimin became the kind of infatuated girl who couldn't forget her ex-boyfriend and wanted to secretly please and move him.

Perhaps to reciprocate her sincerity, after hanging up the phone, the store manager kindly sent over Choi Si-an's phone number, along with a "fighting" emoji...

"Damn it..." Liu Zhimin's first reaction was to delete the embarrassing text message, but his finger stopped at the last second.

Never mind, I'll keep it for now.

"Hehehe~ Unnie~"

At that moment, the members suddenly appeared out of nowhere and surrounded her in the living room from all sides.

Who is Cui Shi'an?

"Does unnie have a crush on someone?"

"Do you have a photo? What does the other person do?"

Liu Zhimin's lips twitched twice as he stopped his teammates who were trying to peek at his phone: "Don't get excited, it's not what you think."

"We're not excited at all!"

"It's always been unnie who's getting excited, huh? Hehehe~"

"Delivering autographed albums to people so late at night, tsk tsk tsk~"

"Wait a minute, you got Ningning to sign so many albums, does that mean the other party likes Ningning?"

"Sigh, it seems to be a sad story... Onikkenchana?"

"Ugh!" Liu Zhimin was speechless. "If you have nothing better to do, then go to sleep!"