Peninsula Cicada Song Diary

Pei Xiyan is very familiar with open-air theaters.

The school's annual anniversary celebration is held in this sunken, tiered plaza. At that time, students wearing Yonsei University's royal blue school uniforms fill the entire plaza. Standing in the crowd, you feel as if you are in an ocean.

But the school anniversary celebration is in May, so today there's no royal blue sea of ​​color. Instead, there are only scattered JYP staff members moving back and forth between seats. And in front of me are energetic juniors and seniors, their eyes filled with a mixture of innocence and naivety.

Despite having just graduated in the first half of the year, Pei Xiyan inexplicably felt like she had aged.

"If you get old, what am I then?"

Half an hour later, on the side of the stage, Li Wenxian, who had rushed over after class, listened to his heartfelt remarks and patted his head with a wry smile.

"How could a teacher possibly get old?" Pei Xiyan grinned, not flinching. "To me, a teacher is forever eighteen."

"You spent some time at JYP, and all you did was learn sweet talk from Zhenying, didn't you?"

"These are my heartfelt words," Pei Xiyan said earnestly. "Without my teacher, I wouldn't be who I am today."

"You'll still succeed without me." Li Wenxian said this, but still pushed up his glasses with a look of satisfaction.

"But why did you decide to come and help?" She reached out and grabbed the pale face in front of her, wanting to see if there was another face she didn't recognize hidden behind it. "Are you sure you're Xiao Pei?"

Pei Xiyan called yesterday to ask if the school needed his help with anything. Li Wenxian, who was sitting in the office, looked out the window while holding his phone and wondered if the season and the leaves outside were wrong. It was actually late March, springtime, and tomorrow was April 1st.

As a music professor, Li Wenxian was responsible for the music preparation for almost all the school's large-scale events. Before Pei Xiyan graduated, when she asked her beloved student for help, he would almost always use the excuse of "I have something to do at SM, sorry teacher" to run away faster than a rabbit. The few times she managed to catch him, it was like taking his life.

"After graduation, I felt somewhat sorry for my teachers, so now I want to help them share some of their burdens," Pei Xiyan said.

Li Wenxian stared at him suspiciously, but didn't press for details. At least now that someone else was helping, she changed the subject and asked, "How's the song coming along?"

Knowing which song she was asking about, Pei Xiyan nodded: "The writing of 'Traffic Light' went very smoothly."

"How about I sing you a song right away, teacher?"

"Okay." Li Wenxian nodded expectantly.

After some initial warm-up exercises, Pei Xiyan began to speak:

"붉은색푸른색그사이,

Between red and green,

3초그짧은시간,

A brief 3 seconds,

노란색빛을내는,

It emits a yellow light.

저기저신호등이,

That traffic light over there,

내머릿속을텅비워버려,

My mind went completely blank.

내가빠른지도,

I'm not sure if I'm close or not.

느린지도모르겠어,

It's still too slow.

그저눈앞이샛노랄뿐이야,

All I could see was a bright yellow expanse...

Li Wenxian once described his voice as "like a breeze blowing across the water in the mountains."

It wasn't very noisy around. A breeze wafted across the stage, catching the attention of nearby volunteers. Li Shanliang, who was moving things, looked over and was reminded of Pei Xiyan's appearance on stage during the final exams.

At that time, he sat below, admiring the music with his eyes closed, and thought to himself, "It's true that comparisons are odious. What's the point of me studying music? I might as well go home and farm."

As the chorus ended, the wind stopped abruptly, and Li Shanliang heard some regretful sighs nearby.

"That's great." Li Wenxian smiled and shook his head. "Both the songs and the voice are great."

"You flatter me, teacher," Pei Xiyan said with a slight smile.

"I'm really looking forward to the day this song is finished." Li Wenxian patted him on the shoulder. "It would be even better if you were the one to sing it then."

"There's a chance," Pei Xiyan shrugged.

"I won't bother you any longer." Li Wenxian glanced at his watch. "I have a class later."

"I'll take you there."

After seeing Li Wenxian off at the open-air theater, Pei Xiyan returned and continued to adjust the equipment.

......

Two black vans drove into the Yonsei University parking lot. As the doors opened, staff members got out first, then escorted nine fully armed female students who got out next towards the open-air theater.

There was little cover on the road from the parking lot to the open-air theater, making it difficult for a large group of more than a dozen people to go unnoticed.

When someone exclaimed in surprise, "Twice?!", this signal, which seemed to summon their companions, instantly drew everyone around, and the crowd quickly surrounded them.

"Twice, yay!"

"Mina saranghae! Mina!"

"Sana! I can't live a single day without Sana!"

"Nayeon, look at me! Nayeon!"

"Tzuyu pounces on him!"

"Dahyun, I've got a camera here, look at me, Dahyun!"

The shouts reached the open-air theater.

"It must be Twice." The surrounding student volunteers stopped what they were doing, exchanged glances, and began to discuss.

"I am the happiest person in the world today!"

"I think I'll faint, so remember to help me if that happens."

"Me? I can't even protect myself."

"Finally, I can see T-Bao!" Li Shanliang clenched her fist excitedly.

"Are you all once?" Pei Xiyan, who was adjusting the sound system, turned her head.

The moment he spoke, the previously excited crowd instantly cooled down.

They looked at each other, but no one dared to speak first.

Putting aside Pei Xiyan's aloof face, it's just that his reputation as "Pei the Iceberg" is too well-known. Hearing this widely circulated nickname, people would subconsciously think that he is an unapproachable person, let alone a senior who has already graduated. In the Peninsula, where seniority is highly valued, this is enough to make them dare not move.

Pei Xiyan also knew some of her own affairs, and Jin Nanxi loved to tease her about them.

He smiled and said, "Actually, I'm also a fan of Twice."

"Qinjia?" The voices around were extremely surprised.

This seemingly otherworldly senior actually has a crush on celebrities?!

"Qinjia." Pei Xiyan nodded.

"Is senior also an Once?! I... I like Nayeon the most." As soon as the sense of identity was generated, the cooled atmosphere became hot again, and someone tried to speak.

"I'm Mina, and I fell in love with her when I watched the 'Cheer Up' music video."

"I'm Tzuyu. When I first saw her face, I was completely struck by it."

"I'm Tzuyu too."

"Dahyun is the only one! I love this kind of approachable girl with great entertainment skills!"

"Hehe, I'm a group fan, I like every single member of TWICE."

"Damn it, you're too cunning!"

"Does your senior have a favorite member?" Li Shanliang asked, mustering his courage.

"Me?" Pei Xiyan paused.

"Sana".