Peninsula: My mentor Kim Tae-yeon

"Stop staring at people, it's embarrassing." Kim Tae-yeon's speechless voice pulled Su Xia back from her daze.

Coming to her senses, Su Xia subconsciously looked at Kim Tae-yeon, and upon meeting Kim Tae-yeon's disdainful gaze, she instantly snapped back to reality.

What was I doing just now?!

Su Xia was stunned.

Liz, sitting opposite Su Xia, felt her heart skip a beat as Su Xia stared at her with "fiery" eyes. She instinctively clenched her fingers and quickly glanced at the floor.

[Who is this? Why are they staring at me?]

[Is there something on my face? Or what happened?]

Liz was so nervous that even her ears were burning.

"Hello Liz, I'm Su Xia." Su Xia calmed herself down a bit and said somewhat awkwardly.

"Damn it! You have to use honorifics with people you don't know well!" Kim Tae-yeon said, sounding a bit exasperated.

Then why start by using informal language? Are you someone's senior or superior?

"Hello, I'm Liz from IVE." Liz breathed a slight sigh of relief when she heard that Su Xia was the person her manager had mentioned she would be working with, and spoke respectfully in honorific language.

Before she arrived, her agent, Unnie, specifically instructed her that the other party was a Chinese internet celebrity with a large number of followers and deep connections with CJ's executives, so she should be treated with caution.

"Sorry, my Korean isn't very fluent, so I didn't use honorifics," Su Xia said immediately, realizing her mistake.

"It's alright, your Korean is very good." Upon hearing this, Liz quickly bowed to indicate that it was nothing.

"So you can apologize properly after all," Kim Tae-yeon said sarcastically from the side. "I thought Su, the internet celebrity, would never be wrong."

Su Xia's lips twitched, but with Liz in front of him, he couldn't refute her on the spot and simply maintained the smile on his face.

"I learned my Korean from a Jeonju native, and it seems she wasn't lying to me; I really don't have an accent," Su Xia said with a smile.

"Jeonju is a great place. It's a famous city in Korea with lots of delicious food. Your friend must be very happy living here." Seeing that Su Xia seemed easygoing, Liz secretly breathed a sigh of relief and started a conversation.

"Really?" Su Xia raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "I haven't heard her mention it."

"Perhaps your friend forgot?" Liz thought for a moment and said.

"I feel like she's more likely possessive of her food and doesn't want me to know about the delicacies in her house," Su Xia said, crickets chirping in front of her.

Kim Tae-yeon: "..."

Although it's her hometown, compared to the eight major cuisines of your country, it's really hard for her to be proud of it.

"It seems you and your friend have a good relationship," Liz said with a smile, covering her mouth. She was quite familiar with this kind of bickering; Wonyoung and Yoojin often did it.

"The relationship is indeed quite good." Su Xia nodded. They've been eating and sleeping together, inseparable for a year and a half. How could it not be good?

"Did you know about the collaboration?" After a brief chat, Su Xia got straight to the point.

"Using plain language again!" Kim Tae-yeon looked helplessly at Su Xia. This guy really is...

Fortunately, Liz didn't care about any of that.

"Yes, I understand." Liz nodded. "Our tour is over, and the next period will be the follow-up activities for our comeback. The schedule isn't too packed, so we can have plenty of time to practice."

As she spoke, Liz glanced at Su Xia discreetly. How could they, as the parties involved, not be aware of the public opinion storm caused by the new song "Heya" in China?

"Are you worried that I mind the 'Heya' thing?" Su Xia kept looking at Liz, and her little actions naturally couldn't be hidden from him, so she immediately said.

"Okay." Liz was caught off guard because she didn't expect Su Xia to bring this up so directly.

"Don't worry." Su Xia waved her hand. "If I minded, I wouldn't have contacted you. Our collaboration is just a simple musical exchange, and it has nothing to do with any political stance."

Besides, this matter didn't really have much to do with Liz.

"Okay, thank you for your understanding!" Liz breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a surge of goodwill towards Su Xia's thoughtfulness.

"I've also decided on the song for the collaboration. I'll use 'My Love,' which is a collaboration between Taeyeon and Lee Seung-cheol."

This is the song chosen by Kim Tae-yeon. Her performance in this song was decent, but its strength lies in the song's high popularity in South Korea. It's also a duet version in which she participated, making this song the most suitable choice.

As a native Korean, Liz must have heard Lee Seung-cheol's national love song, "My Love".

"During the live broadcast, we sang two versions. In one version, I sang Lee Seung-cheol's part, and in the other version, I sang Taeyeon's part."

Liz listened attentively as Su Xia explained the key points of the upcoming practice.

"The live stream is scheduled for the 14th or 15th. Check your schedule; we have a week to practice."

"Yes, I will communicate with my agent and contact you as soon as the time is confirmed." Liz nodded immediately.

"Don't use honorifics. I'm not much older than you, and I'm not Korean. Just speak plainly." Su Xia felt a little uncomfortable with Liz's constant use of honorifics, so she brought up this matter after finishing the business.

"This...is not appropriate." Liz shook her head hesitantly.

"Listen to me." Su Xia made the decision for Liz directly, "If you use honorifics again, I'll... uh... make a video to smear you."

Liz's expression froze for a moment, then she burst out laughing.

Was he making a video to smear himself?

This Mr. Su is inexplicably kind of cute.

"I use informal language in private, but if there are other people present, I still use honorifics. You... um... is that alright?" Liz asked with a smile, her dimples on her cheeks making her look like a soft marshmallow in her sweet smile.

"Okay." Su Xia nodded, took out her phone from her pocket, and said, "Here, let's add each other's contact information."

Kim Tae-yeon clicked her tongue.

"So you've already fallen for her?"

Su Xia ignored Kim Tae-yeon and registered for Kakao Talk in advance.

"Okay." Liz had no reason to refuse, and she took out her phone, and the two added each other as friends.

Liz's ID is a picture of a kitten, and her profile picture is...

Su Xia clicked on it and saw that it was Li Rui.

Liz is also looking at Su Xia's Kakao information.

Compared to Liz, Su Xia's ID is much simpler and more direct: "Su Xia," highlighting her commitment to real-name internet access.

The profile picture is...

Upon opening the link, Liz smiled.

It's a classic meme of ITZY's Shin Ryujin pointing at his head during the Idol Star Athletics Championships, with two Chinese characters on it. Liz doesn't recognize them, but based on the question mark at the end, she can probably guess that it means "Me?".

"Are you free later?" Su Xia put away her phone, preparing to go back and study Liz's story, which is her Moments.

"Yes," Liz replied truthfully, putting away her phone.

"Shall we start practicing right away?"

Liz was somewhat surprised by Su Xia's decisiveness, but since she was free at the time, she agreed.