Peninsula Cicada Song Diary

After the party, the calendar turned, and today the sun in Seoul is still shining brightly.

Pei Xiyan got up early and went into the recording studio. At this moment, she was squatting on the swivel chair in the recording studio, with a lollipop in her mouth, wearing monitoring headphones, and carefully checking the results of the past week on the computer screen.

The stream has been expanded into a river. Once a rough demo is completed, it can be sent to Park Jin-young for a listen.

Although the melody is not yet complete and the lyrics are only a little bit, and it is unknown whether Park Jin-young will like it, it does not stop Bae Xi-yan from deciding on the song title - "dalla dalla".

It's a homophone for the Korean word "different".

One dalla seems too ordinary, three dallas sound like chanting, only two dallas seem just right.

"Let's leave it at that for now." After listening to it several times without finding any problems, Pei Xiyan threw the paper stick into the trash can, took off her headphones, twisted her sore neck, and picked up her phone.

There are many messages about Bae Joo-hyun on the screen:

We've arrived in Suwon.

The weather is quite nice today.

[The lunchbox I had for lunch tasted pretty good. Did you eat it?]

In a series of very ordinary conversations, Pei Xiyan replied with lightning speed: [Nuna, you've worked hard~]

I'll go eat now.

After replying to the message, Pei Xiyan skillfully opened the food delivery app and started placing an order.

Bae Joo-hyun has been very busy lately, so busy that he didn't even go home this weekend. Since he's eating alone, he just eats whatever is convenient and orders takeout the most.

After finding a familiar Chinese restaurant and placing an order, Pei Xiyan started browsing her phone while waiting for her food.

Zimbabwe is facing another currency crisis...

"High-level talks between North and South Korea will be held tomorrow, and the list of representatives from both sides has been finalized..."

Photos from Twice's Kobe concert yesterday...

Pei Xiyan paused slightly as he swiped down the page, hesitated for a moment, and then clicked on it anyway. There was a nine-grid photo in the news section, and he spotted Minatozaki Sana in the center left corner with just a glance. In the photo, Minatozaki Sana was wearing a floral dress, the stage lights shining on her, making her look like a pink lily blooming freely in the sunlight.

The photos were beautiful, and the person was even more beautiful, but Pei Xiyan's heart remained calm and undisturbed. That inexplicable flutter of the heart that day did not occur; it was as if it had only been a false alarm.

Moreover, since that day, Pei Xiyan has never dreamed of that girl again, and he has no chance to confirm whether it is Minatozaki Sana.

"Let's keep waiting," he thought.

The habitat will always wait for the migratory birds to return from their northward journey; this has been true since time immemorial.

Return to the original page and continue scrolling down.

"The famous fried chicken chain BBQ and SBS television station are collaborating on a large-scale joint concert, BBQ & SBS SUPER CONCERT, which will be held today at the Suwon World Cup Stadium. Participating artists include Blackpink, Wanna One, iKON, Mamamoo..."

"Red Velvet..."

"Please come up on stage for rehearsal, please come up on stage for rehearsal."

Forty-four kilometers from Seoul lies Suwon, the capital of Gyeonggi Province. In the afternoon, the Suwon Stadium echoed with the PD's rehearsal announcements from the dome, which resembled a bird spreading its wings.

Upon hearing the announcement, several girls wearing name tags walked up the side stairs to the stage, found their seats, and waited for the live music to start.

"1, 2, 3, 4..."

Down in the audience, Kim Nancy, hands in her pockets, looked at the people on stage and counted several times in confusion, realizing she wasn't mistaken, "Why is there only four members in Red Velvet?"

"Section Chief, Irenexi is unable to participate in the rehearsal due to illness..." the middle-aged man beside him reported in a low voice.

"But please rest assured, Section Chief, I guarantee Irenexi will definitely be able to perform at tonight's concert!"

"Are you feeling unwell?" Jin Nanxi turned her head seriously. "What's wrong?"

"It seems like... a cold."

"40.2 degrees." In the waiting room behind the stage, the main manager read out the striking number on the thermometer, then looked at Bae Joo-hyun, who was curled up on the sofa with her eyes closed.

This was undoubtedly a high fever. Bae Joo-hyun's usually rosy face was now completely bloodless. Although she was wearing light makeup, she still looked like a porcelain doll that had been broken and glued back together, but would break again with the slightest tug.

"Cough cough..." After putting away the thermometer, upon hearing the cough, the main manager quickly grabbed a water glass from the table and handed it to Bae Joo-hyun.

"Irene, the water is here."

"Ahem, thank you, Shuyan." Bae Joo-hyun took the water glass and sipped it slowly.

"Kenchana." Seeing her weak appearance, Zheng Shuyan hesitated for a moment, "You're so sick, how about tonight..."

"Ani, I can do it." Bae Joo-hyun shook her head, looked up and smiled at her, "Don't worry, I took the medicine, and it's not like I haven't been through this before. I just need to rest a little longer."

"It's always a pity when a group is missing someone, and we can't let our Reveluv fans and the audience who have come from afar down."

You can tell she's holding on by sheer willpower. Bae Joo-hyun has always liked this, and Jung Soo-yeon isn't stupid.

"But..." she hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

She was not only worried about Bae Joo-hyun's health, but also about something else.

On New Year's Eve 16, Bae Joo-hyun also insisted on going on stage despite being ill, completing her performance despite her period and the cold wind, and persevering until the final countdown to the New Year ended.

As expected, she was rushed to the hospital after the performance.

Then... that person exploded. No one expected that he, who was just Kim Yeon-jung's student at the time, would run straight to Lee Soo-man's office, overturn the table, and then overturn Kim Young-min's, all while saying the same thing:

"If anything happens to me, Noona, then SM Entertainment will be in trouble too!"

That sounds incredibly cheesy yet domineering.

He swaggered in, not caring whether anyone was in the office or not, which naturally caused quite a stir in the company.

Some people worried about him, that he had gotten himself into such a big mess that even his teacher couldn't protect him; some admired his courage to challenge the windmills like Don Quixote, but also subtly mocked him as just a brave lunatic; others simply gloated, waiting for this person who got into the company through connections to be kicked out in disgrace, like a stray dog ​​licking the wounds he had caused by his arrogance on the street.

Unexpectedly, Lee Soo-man and Kim Young-min acted as if nothing had happened, as if they weren't the ones whose tables had been overturned. Instead, Red Velvet's management team underwent a complete reshuffle, and a new management team was subsequently formed with the philosophy of "putting the artists first."

Is everything about prioritizing the artists?

This is utterly absurd within SM Entertainment; outsiders would laugh incessantly at it. Is today April Fool's Day? Are you crazy or am I?

But it happened anyway, and it wasn't just a facade. From then on, Red Velvet's management team was filled with so-called humane practices, relying entirely on the artists' self-discipline.

The people in the company then realized that the one guarding the princess was not a foolish knight rushing forward, but a young dragon lurking in the abyss, ready to unleash its fury if anyone touched its scales!

Some say he shouldn't be called "Cicada," but rather "Panda"—his perfect appearance hides amazing and extraordinary power.