Peninsula: My mentor Kim Tae-yeon

Chapter 87 Autumn in Action (7k long chapter)

After watching Su Xia leave, Jin Qiutian's lips curled up wildly beneath her mask.

Plans are in place!

I quietly took out my phone and typed in a voice message.

"Shall we go for a walk up ahead?"

Su Dong listened to the translated Chinese and nodded repeatedly.

He also wanted to ask how this Sister Qiuqiu and his older brother knew each other.

God knows how bewildered he was when he returned home from boarding school and learned that his older brother had suddenly become a huge internet celebrity.

None of my family members understand!

He was in jail at school as usual, and after more than a month, he came out to find himself the younger brother of a big internet celebrity?

Is that correct?

It took me a long time to accept this inexplicable premise, and then my mom sent me to South Korea.

At home, he has the least say and no right to resist.

sad!

Before I could even process what had happened, a woman who looked like my sister-in-law appeared before me.

Although she's not very tall, and her face isn't clearly visible due to the mask and baseball cap, one can tell from her cool demeanor and the air of a virtuous wife and loving mother—

She must be an absolute beauty!

and----

Although Su Dong isn't in the entertainment industry or a fan of celebrities, her outfit in the golden autumn season, combined with South Korea's reputation for being teeming with stars—

[Is Sister Qiutian a celebrity?]

Thinking of this, Su Dong secretly glanced at Jin Qiutian, who was half a step in front of him.

That can't be, right?

How could a celebrity be interested in an internet celebrity?

"Su Dong, how old are you?" Just as Su Dong was in a daze, Jin Qiutian handed him the phone.

"Eighteen years old," Su Dong said quickly, snapping out of his daze.

"You're eighteen? So, are you planning to go to Korea University or Yonsei University?"

"Still considering it."

The two used translation software to ask and answer questions. Jin Qiutian maintained control of the conversation and gradually shifted the topic from which university Su Dong attended and what major he studied to himself.

"How were your grades when you were in school, Attorney Su?"

"It's alright, isn't it?" Su Dong recalled that he was still in elementary school when Su Xia was in high school. "Anyway, she's much better off than me."

"Do you know how many girlfriends Attorney Su has dated?" After several rounds of preparation, Jin Qiutian finally shifted the topic to Su Xia.

[Is she really my bro's girlfriend? She's already checking up on me!]

Su Dong was startled, which made him even more certain of his thoughts.

"I only know one, and they broke up after dating for a little over a month. It seems the girl met a better guy." Su Dong thought for a moment and chose the most pitiful one from Su Xia's several relationships, the one where she was dumped.

This time, he's the one in charge!

"I see." Jin Qiutian nodded, surprised that Attorney Su had such a past.

I wonder if that girl regrets it now.

There will always be better people out there. Constantly pursuing better people will only trap you in the abyss of desire, from which you will never be able to extricate yourself.

Now that you've made your choice, the right thing to do is to cherish the people in front of you.

How can feelings be compared to material benefits?

This will only make you a complete slave to material things.

"What is Attorney Su like at home?" Jin Qiutian asked again.

After a brief chat, she had already discerned Su Dong's personality.

He can be a bit reserved, but once you give him a little bit of goodwill and familiarity, he'll start to speak freely.

"My brother? My brother is usually quite lazy, and he makes me do all the housework, but he gives me pocket money, so it's like he's paying me to do it," Su Dong said after thinking for a moment.

[They may not like doing housework, but they won't take their family's care for granted; they'll find other ways to fulfill this obligation.]

"Has Attorney Su bought you anything?"

"Yes, he has." Su Dong nodded. "If there's anything I want, as long as it's not too expensive or unreasonable, he'll buy it for me, like shoes, clothes, and games."

[His income isn't high, but he's very generous with his family.]

If someone is unwilling to spend money on their own family, how can you expect them to be willing to spend money on their partner?

It's not that I'm after Su Xia's money.

Just kidding. Even if IVE's annual settlement isn't as good as the Twin Towers', it's still far beyond what Su Xia can earn now.

Unless Su Xia engages in live-streaming e-commerce, his income will hardly be able to compare with top-tier groups like IVE.

Jin Qiutian asked this simply to find out if Su Xia was truly a miser or if she should be frugal and spend money wisely.

"Sister Qiutian, are you and my brother friends?" Su Dong asked, seeing that Jin Qiutian had stopped asking questions.

"Ah, right." Jin Qiutian paused for a moment, then translated using her phone, "We have a very good relationship."

The girl said the relationship was okay, which means it was a little closer than ordinary friends.

If we say we have a good relationship, then we're good friends.

If someone says they have a very good relationship, it means they like each other or are even lovers, but it's just inconvenient for them to go public.

His girlfriend's words echoed in Su Dong's mind.

Women understand women best!

Therefore, there is only one truth!

Since my sister-in-law is unwilling to go public, I won't expose her for now.

"Sister Qiutian, are you a celebrity?" Su Dong asked from a different angle.

"You watch K-pop too?" Jin Qiutian looked up in surprise and asked Su Dong.

Su Xia has such good vocal talent, maybe Su Dong can do it too?

"I don't look, but Qiutian, your outfit reminds me of a celebrity," Su Dong said, pointing to Jin Qiutian's hat and mask.

"I am indeed an artist, a member of the girl group IVE." Su Dong is Su Xia's younger brother, and she readily admitted it.

really!

It's precisely because they're celebrities that they have to hide their relationship!

Su Dong's "I see through everything" expression left Jin Qiutian completely bewildered.

What kind of expression is that on the child's face?

Have you heard of IVE?

That doesn't make sense.

Aren't Aespa and (G)IDLE the most popular brands in China?

Have you heard of us?

"I know Liz, the one who worked with my brother," Su Dong said. "And the one who just released a video—uh, I don't know how to pronounce it, anyway, there are six people."

"NMIXX."

"Yes, I like the girl with short hair in it!"

Short hair?

Isn't that just Pei Zhenlu?

This child's tastes are really quite different from his brother's.

"Bae Jinsol is an artist under JYP Entertainment, but he should be coming to your brother's company again today or tomorrow. You can ask him to take you to meet him."

The second song NMIXX collaborated on with Su Xia hasn't been recorded yet.

"No need, no need," Su Dong waved his hands repeatedly. "I'll just watch it online."

[I'm a very...] person, and I resist in-person contact.

His personality is completely different from his brother's.

"By the way, how old is Qiutian? Is she born in 00 like my brother?"

"Ani, I was born in 02, two years younger than your brother," Jin Qiutian said, shaking her head.

Speaking of which, Su Dong was born in 06, the same year as Hong Eun-chae of LESSERAFIM, and is a year older than Li Rui.

"Does my brother know a lot of celebrities?" Su Dong asked curiously.

"Hmm—there should be quite a few, right?" Jin Qiutian wasn't entirely sure either.

Just counting IVE and NMIXX, there are twelve of them. That can't be considered a small number, can it?

"Why doesn't Sister Qiutian collaborate with my brother on a song?"

Because I'm bad at it.

Jin Qiutian's lips twitched under her mask.

She has actually worked hard to improve her skills a lot, and she is no longer the rookie Qiu she once was.

But Su Xia's vocal level is too high. Even the juniors above the level of NMIXX have to do their best to keep up with him when they collaborate. With her level, what can they sing together?

Is it cute?

"Maybe there will be an opportunity in the future," Jin Qiutian said with a dry cough.

"oh."

The back-and-forth translation was a huge waste of time. The two chatted and strolled around, and even though they had only talked for a short while, a long time had passed.

Just as Su Dong and Jin Qiutian were racking their brains, trying every possible way to get information from each other.

Su Xia also arrived at the CJ Entertainment Building and met Liz practicing singing in the vocal room on the third floor.

Liz walked in through the door, but she didn't notice Su Xia's arrival as she was practicing her song "IAM" with complete concentration.

This song is the best for training her core vocal range, and it's also the main focus of her practice.

"Liz's performance is really good, it's probably the best, right?" Su Xia said, listening to Liz's continuous high notes.

"It had top-tier functionality in the fifth generation, but not in the sixth generation," Kim Tae-yeon said calmly.

"There are more experts?" Su Xia stared wide-eyed at Kim Tae-yeon in disbelief.

Lily's weakness lies purely in her raw skill level; in terms of pure ability, she is inferior to Liz.

I thought Liz was outrageous enough, but I didn't expect there to be even more experts?

"Yeah, Jung Ah-han, a member of YG's new girl group Babymaster who debuted last year, is also a quirky person, even more so than Liz."

Liz's vocal range spans two octaves, and her maximum pitch reaches Bb5. How is Zheng Yaxian even more amazing than her?

Su Xia silently left the practice room, put on her headphones, opened Bilibili, and searched for Zheng Yaxian.

"Listen to 'Dangerously'," Kim Tae-yeon said.

Su Xia clicked on this debut battle cover.

Then----

Su Xia: "?"

"Should I blanch it?"

Unconvinced, Su Xia listened to it again, this time switching to a music app with even better sound quality, but her bewilderment only deepened.

"G5 strong hybrid?" Su Xia said in surprise. "No, it seems to have stabilized at Bb5?"

Liz's highest note can only reach Bb5, so how can Zheng Yaxian improvise so consistently at Bb5?

"And her vocal range is also very wide?" Su Xia wasn't quite sure; it was hard to judge with only one song.

"Three octaves plus a whole tone," Kim Tae-yeon replied.

Su Xia can probably only span 2.75 octaves, and there are fewer than ten well-known idols, both male and female, who can span three octaves. Most of them can only span three octaves plus a semitone, and there are practically no idols like Zheng Yaxian who can span three octaves plus a whole tone.

There was only one monster he could think of that spanned four octaves of vocal range.

Dino of SEVENTEEN.

"So, Liz's abilities aren't that outrageous after all?" Su Xia remarked.

"It's still top-tier talent among fifth-generation girl groups, but it wouldn't be considered top-tier among male and female idols."

Su Xia nodded, took off her headphones, and returned to the vocal studio. This time, she saw L drinking water as soon as she entered.

iz.

"Huh?" Liz was taken aback when she saw Su Xia. "Su Xia oppa?"

"It's over?" Su Xia was also taken aback, but then she laughed.

"Hmm." Liz looked at Su Xia in surprise. "What brings you here?"

"I met Qiu Tian at Yonsei University. She said you were here, so I came over," Su Xia said with a smile.

Liz raised an eyebrow.

Wasn't Unnie supposed to go out for a stroll in the fall? How did she end up at Yonsei University? And she even ran into Su Xia oppa?

has a problem!

But Liz remained outwardly calm.

"I'm practicing my voice," Liz said, pointing to the equipment behind her. "Want some guidance?"

"Sure." Su Xia nodded happily. NMIXX had a schedule today and would record tomorrow. He had originally planned to take Su Dong around Seoul today, but since Jin Qiutian was there, he simply became a hands-off manager.

Kim Tae-yeon glanced at Liz, then at Su Xia, sensing something unusual.

Liz doesn't seem to be in a bad mood.

A frown appeared; something was wrong!

But Su Xia didn't notice this, and Kim Tae-yeon didn't remind her either. She just quietly watched the two of them exchanging vocal music.

Liz's skill level has improved by leaps and bounds. Talented singers can see results very quickly as long as they are willing to put in the time and effort.

Liz hasn't been idle lately; she's been diligently practicing her vocals and improving her skills.

"Have you mastered 'Big City, Small Love'?" Su Xia suddenly asked.

"I've already mastered the sheet music, but I'm still practicing my Chinese," Liz sighed in frustration. "Chinese is just too difficult."

"Take your time. Once you and Qiutian have practiced enough, I'll help you record a video, or maybe we can find the original singer to record a video with you."

If Second Brother and Liz, Zhang Yuan and Jin Qiutian record "Big City, Small Love" and "Look into My Eyes and Say It" together —

Oh ho?

The visuals are quite nice.

Kim Tae-yeon looked at Su Xia speechlessly. Why did you have to bring Kim Qiu-tian along? Wouldn't it have been better to just say Liz alone to show her special place in your heart?

However, although speechless, Kim Tae-yeon did not interrupt.

I still haven't recovered from Liz's comment last time that you're like an AI she used on me.

She doesn't care how the two of them talk!

"Have you finished recording your Chinese song with NMIXX?" Liz nodded and asked.

"Not yet, the results haven't been ideal after several takes." Su Xia shook her head. "We'll continue recording tomorrow."

Is it a problem with the Chinese language?

"No, Hae-won and the others have very standard Chinese pronunciation. It's just that this song is too difficult, and they're still adjusting the parts."

"..." Su Xia shook her head and said.

"Did you know Hae-won before?" Liz asked casually, without showing any emotion.

"No, we only met for the first time at the beginning of this month. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just thought you two had known each other for a long time because you called her 'Hae-won-i'," Liz said with a smile.

"Oh, it just came out of my head." Su Xia waved her hand. "I used to call it Haiyuan Street, but I held back and switched to Haiyuan."

"Oh, I see." Liz exclaimed in realization, her smile widening even further.

"By the way, ask where Qiu Tian took my brother." Su Xia said, taking out her phone.

"Your brother?" Liz was stunned. How could Su Xia's brother be with Qiu Tian unnie?

"We saw Qiutian as soon as we arrived at Yonsei University. Qiutian said you were at the company, so I left my brother with Qiutian and asked her to show him around Yonsei University," Su Xia said without looking up.

Liz: "?"

Liz blinked.

Let her sort it out.

In autumn, Unnie learned from her that Su-ha oppa had taken his younger brother to visit Korea University and Yonsei University.

Then in the fall, Unnie said she was going out for a stroll, but ended up "bumping into" Su Xia oppa at the entrance of Yonsei University.

Then, in the autumn, Unnie used some excuse she didn't know to get Su-ha oppa away, thus gaining the opportunity to be alone with Su-ha oppa's younger brother.

So the conclusion is clear.

1. In autumn, Unnie took a liking to Su Xia oppa's younger brother.

2. She wanted to know something from Su Xia oppa's younger brother.

The first point is obviously impossible; my own autumn unnie doesn't seem to be someone who likes younger men at all.

Therefore, the answer is obvious.

Liz felt a warmth in her heart.

Autumn unnie really put in a lot of good intentions.

"You really do trust Qiu Tian unnie."

His younger brother was unfamiliar with Seoul, so Su Xia was just left with Jin Qiutian.

Absolutely invincible.

"Of course I trust her." Su Xia laughed. "In all of South Korea, besides you, she's the person I trust the most."

Liz's smile widened.

"Autumn unnie will be very happy to hear this."

"Then you repeat it to her for me," Su Xia said with a smile.

"No problem." Liz gave an OK sign.

Kim Tae-yeon's eye twitched.

It's true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder; whatever they say is right.

He pursed his lips and then disappeared.

I'm not going to be a third wheel anymore.

Ding dong.

Su Xia and Liz both looked at Su Xia's phone.

Senior Autumn: Su Dong is hungry, we're heading to the restaurant now [Photo]

Liz's expression was somewhat strange.

Why is the contact name "Aki-senpai"?

"Because Senior Autumn is so much fun." Su Xia laughed. "Notes like 'Golden Autumn' are too formal, and 'Autumn' feels like something's missing. 'Senior Autumn' is just right."

Is that how it is?

"So what should I call him/her?"

"Chestnuts." Su Xia glanced at them and showed them to her in the "Special Attention" section.

Then I switched to the chat page, and she was also in the pinned chat at the top.

Liz took it all in, and the smile in her eyes grew even wider.

Hehe (**).。 :*♡

the other side.

In a private room at a restaurant next to Yonsei University, Jin Qiutian put down her phone after taking the photos. She glanced at Su Dong, who had become awkward ever since she took off her mask, and chuckled to herself.

"Aren't you going to take a picture of your girlfriend?" Jin Qiutian said with a smile, pointing to the beautifully presented meal on the table.

Hearing the translation on his phone, Su Dong hurriedly took out his phone, snapped a picture of his girlfriend, and sent it to her.

Ding Dong!

The message was replied to instantly, but the reply made Su Dong's face fall.

"Oh no, Sister Qiutian!" Su Dong, forgetting his own nervousness, quickly grabbed his phone and rushed to Jin Qiutian's side. "What do we do?"

When Jin Qiutian opened the photo, she realized that Su Dong had included half of her body in the picture.

This girl is obviously a girl. Knowing that Su Dong went to South Korea on his own and that his brother doesn't have a girlfriend, how could Su Dong's girlfriend tolerate this?

"Is there a misunderstanding?" Jin Qiutian laughed. "You can just say I'm your brother's friend."

"Will this work?" Su Dong hesitated for a moment, then said, "Could I take a picture with Sister Qiutian and send it to her?"

Jin Qiutian looked at Su Dong with a half-smile. This little guy's thoughts are too hard to hide.

"Okay." Jin Qiutian readily agreed, "But please don't spread it, it will cause trouble."

"Okay!" Su Dong nodded excitedly when he saw that Jin Qiutian had agreed.

He then squatted down and raised his phone next to Jin Qiutian.

Click.

World: This is a photo of me having dinner with my brother's friend's sister.

I don't want to eat!

I don't want to eat: Isn't this the golden autumn season?

"Hey? Sister Qiutian, my girlfriend seems to know you."

Jin Qiutian was somewhat surprised. Was she really that famous?

He told his girlfriend not to share the pictures, then grinned and looked at Jin Qiutian.

"Could I have a signed album? My girlfriend wants one."

"No problem." Jin Qiutian readily agreed.

She had gotten plenty of information out of Su Dong, so this little thing was nothing to her.

"Thank you, Sister Qiutian!" Su Dong was overjoyed.

"Shall I take you back to your hotel after dinner?" Jin Qiutian said.

"OK!"

After finishing their lunch in a flurry of activity, Jin Qiutian and Su Dong left.

When Jin Qiutian learned that Su Xia and Liz were still at the company, she did not choose to go over and be a third wheel. Instead, she told Liz to go back to her dormitory for the night and then went back to her dormitory herself.

Back at the hotel, Su Dong had a long phone conversation with his girlfriend before making a video call to his mother.

The call had just been connected.

"Mom!!! I saw my sister-in-law!!!"

"What?" Both Su's mother, who was watching a short drama, and Su's father, who was playing music notes, were attracted by Su Dong's shout.

"Your sister-in-law? Explain yourself!" Su's mother exclaimed, her eyes wide.

"Do you guys know IVE? It's the group that my brother first worked with, the Korean star Liz was in."

"I know, that girl looks a lot like that guy, isn't she?" Su's mother turned to look at Su's father.

"The one with the surrogacy?" Su's father asked.

"Oh yes, yes, that's her, she's so beautiful! Is it her?" Su's mother asked quickly.

Liz's good looks have won the hearts of her parents.

This girl is so beautiful and tall, she's practically perfect.

"It wasn't her, it was her teammate, Jin Qiutian! This morning—my brother dumped me with her—and then she kept asking me questions!" Su Dong recounted the events of the morning.

"What did she ask? Be specific," Su's mother pressed.

First they asked my brother what he's like at home, then they asked him how many girlfriends he'd had, and then—

'

Su Dong tried his best to recall the question Jin Qiutian had asked.

The more they listened, the stranger and more suspicious Su's parents' expressions became.

"Why does it feel like they're probing into my family background and true personality?" Mr. Su said uncertainly.

Su Dong is a high school student, but his parents are both veterans in the workforce.

Their current position may not allow them to reach a very high level of vision, but their rich life experience has given them a complete set of skills in judging people.

These questions, when combined in the golden autumn, all point to one thing: what kind of person is Su Xia?

"Either she's dating Su Xia this autumn, or her friend is dating Su Xia!" Su's mother gave a definitive opinion.

"Doesn't that mean—" Su's father's eyes lit up, "No wonder he wouldn't let us introduce him to anyone; it turns out he found a celebrity himself."

"Celebrities are great, at least we have common topics to talk about." Su's mother nodded in agreement.

For ordinary people, it's perfectly acceptable for their son to be a big internet celebrity and have a female celebrity as his girlfriend.

"I can let my mom be, but Dad, didn't you look down on celebrities the most? You said they were just actors who didn't do any productive work," Su Dong teased his father.

"How can that be the same?" Su's father was an old hand at the game, and his thick skin was far beyond what Su Dong, this newbie, could imagine.

"Celebrities you don't recognize are all actors; celebrities you do recognize are all good kids!"

Their main selling point is extreme double standards.

Su Dong was so confused by what he heard that he kept scratching his head.

How come I never noticed before that Dad is such a hypocrite?

"Xiaodong, how have you felt about spending this autumn together?"

"Hmm—she's a very nice person, speaks very gently, like a friendly older sister next door, and is very pretty, unlike Liz."

Difference."

"You've only seen a few girls before you call them pretty?" Mr. Su made no attempt to hide his disdain for the alternate account.

Su Dong was speechless, but he was powerless to refute it, after all, his status in the family was only slightly higher than Gouzi's.

"Hey, Xiaodong, have you seen that chestnut pastry?" Su's mother asked again.

"Chestnut Pastry is the couple name between Liz and my brother, the one you guys just said sounds like Shuangzi, but I haven't seen it."

"What about that snowflake crisp? I just remember the name had 'snow' in it."

"That lady's name seems to be Xueyun? I didn't see her either. I only saw Sister Qiutian, one celebrity, today," Su Dong said, shaking his head.

Just as Liz and Su Xia's pairing was called Chestnut Pastry, Xue Yun and Su Xia were also nicknamed Snowflake Pastry by fans.

However, compared to the "chestnut crisp" that Su Xia's Douyin official account verified, the snowflake crisp is more of a name used by the general public.

Are you at the hotel now?

"yes."

"Is your brother coming over later?"

"Come on, my brother doesn't own a house in Korea, so he always stays at this hotel when he comes here. He's in the room right across from mine."

Su Xia rarely comes to Korea, so CJMCN simply stopped renting him an apartment. Whenever he comes, he can just stay at a hotel invested in by the head office, which saves them some money.

"When he arrives, ask him if he's going to the company tomorrow. If he is, he can take you there."

"what?"

"Find out who he's close to and report back to me!"

"Why don't we just ask him directly?" Su Dong said, puzzled.

"Would he answer if we just asked him?" Su's mother countered.

"Just go when I tell you to, stop talking nonsense!" Su's father glared at Su Dong. "Don't you even care who your future sister-in-law is?"

"I already said it's Sister Qiutian," Su Dong insisted on his point of view.

"You can confirm it again tomorrow." Su's mother didn't think so, but judging from Su Dong's description, it wasn't Jin Qiutian, nor was it something too far removed from her.

"Alright then." Su Dong nodded.

Actually, even if Su Xia doesn't take him tomorrow, he will still ask to be taken along.

How can I get the album that Jin Qiutian promised him if I don't go to the company?

But I can't tell my parents about this, because they don't know I have a girlfriend yet.

It's okay if my brother knows.

The main problem is that if Su Xia didn't know, he wouldn't have any dating funds.

"I'm hanging up now, I'm going to sleep."

"Don't you not take afternoon naps?"

"I'm jet-lagged! I'm hanging up."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Su's father and mother looked at each other in bewilderment.

Isn't there only a one-hour time difference between South Korea and China?

What kind of time difference is this kid experiencing?

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