Peninsula Cicada Song Diary

"Mm." Pei Xiyan nodded gently.

"How did you meet her?" Bae Joo-hyun pursed her lips, her eyes asking.

"I've run into him a few times when I went to JYP, and the last time I went to Yonsei to help out was at TWICE's fan meeting, so we got to know each other." Pei Xiyan honestly explained, without mentioning the dream.

No one, except the person who dreamed it, would believe it to be true, and Pei Xiyan felt that Pei Zhuxuan was no exception.

With her doubts somewhat resolved, Bae Joo-hyun began to share her impressions of Minatozaki Sana:

"Sana's personality is really great as a friend; she's very warm and has a great conversational style..."

"Yes." Pei Xiyan wholeheartedly agreed.

Bae Joo-hyun raised an eyebrow. "But they seem to be making a comeback soon, they must be very busy."

How come I still have time to chat with you?

"November 5th, it clashes directly with EXO." Pei Xiyan clearly didn't understand the implication in her words, looked up and smiled, "It's also not far from Noona's comeback."

"We're at the end of November, so we might bump into each other when we're promoting our songs..." Bae Joo-hyun rubbed her yellow raincoat between her fingers.

"Who will you support when the music shows go on sale?" she asked abruptly.

Pei Xiyan gave her a strange look. "Besides Nuna, who else could it be?"

"twice".

"It must be Nuna."

"What about EXO?" Bae Joo-hyun knew that he had a good relationship with EXO.

"Then I support Noona too..." Upon hearing this, Bae Joo-hyun's eyes crinkled with a smile.

"EXO doesn't need my support." He swallowed his words again.

Just then, Leeteuk's loud voice rang out, "...Please welcome Lee Soo-man!"

"Stop chatting." Bae Joo-hyun forcibly turned off his phone screen. "Soo-man is here."

"I'm not afraid of him." Pei Xiyan muttered, then quickly replied, "I'll go do my work first," before following her gaze toward the stairs.

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the entire audience, Lee Soo-man waved and slowly walked down the stairs from the second floor.

He was dressed in a black military uniform, and Pei Xiyan couldn't tell who he was cosplaying.

As he passed by him, Lee Soo-man paused briefly and patted him on the shoulder: "Xiyan's look is very nice today."

"Uncle Man, why don't you pull some strings and give me first place directly?" Pei Xiyan grinned and teased.

"But it still depends on everyone's vote." Lee Soo-man withdrew his hand, both amused and exasperated.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he went up on stage, said a few words, and announced that the Halloween voting would begin immediately.

Bae Joo-hyun picked up a ballot that had been prepared on the banquet table in front of her with two fingers. It had three voting slots. "Who are you voting for this year?"

"Kibum, Seonryeon, and Baekhyun," Pei Xiyan said, adding that these three people's looks left the deepest impression on him.

Kim Tae-yeon, who was teasing Zero not far away, was completely unaware that she had been forgotten by someone.

This year's prizes are still very generous. The top prize is a business class ticket to the Maldives and a three-day stay in a villa there. The second and third prizes are similar, just with different destinations.

Apart from the first, second, and third prizes, all other prizes are determined by drawing lots from the submitted voting tickets.

None of these things appealed to Pei Xiyan. He was a little hungry, so after casting his vote, he focused on the delicious meal in front of him.

To fit the Halloween atmosphere, SM prepared Western food for the party, and it tasted pretty good.

"Cicadaxi, Cicadaxi." Pei Xiyan was engrossed in preparing her pasta when she suddenly heard her own name.

He looked up and found many people smiling at him.

"What's wrong?" Pei Xiyan asked in a low voice to the person beside her.

"You've won the lottery," Bae Joo-hyun whispered.

"Win the lottery?" Pei Xiyan was clearly surprised by this.

"Sorry to disturb your meal." The prodigy held up the microphone, "But could our vampire prince Cicadaxi come up on stage first? He can continue drinking blood later."

There was tomato sauce in the pasta, and right now there was some on his lips too.

"Go ahead." Bae Joo-hyun chuckled and wiped the "blood" from the corner of his mouth with a napkin.

"Yes." Pei Xiyan pushed back her chair and strode onto the stage, her suit jacket billowing in the wind.

"Did our vampire prince anticipate this outcome?" "Maid" Ritsu held the microphone to her lips.

"No." Pei Xiyan shook her head decisively. "I really never thought of that."

"So how are you feeling now?" the child prodigy chimed in, echoing, "Happy? Excited? Ecstatic?"

"I'm very hungry," Pei Xiyan said, "because I haven't finished eating yet."

"Ha ha ha ha."

His overly frank words elicited a burst of laughter from the audience, with two particularly hearty laughs standing out in the middle.

"I'm so sorry." The prodigy sighed guiltily, pulling up his left sleeve. "If you're really starving, Cicadaxi, you can come and suck my blood." He looked like he was willing to sacrifice himself for a cause.

"He'll choke on it, suck mine!" someone below jeered.

"Then we should ask Kibum, who isn't here yet," Leeteuk said, looking at Nagini Sunny, who was making a fuss below.

In Harry Potter, Nagini is a Horcrux that is absolutely obedient to Voldemort.

"I agree on Kibum's behalf!" Onew raised the Voldemort standee next to him and waved it.

"So what's my prize?" Pei Xiyan asked, completely bewildered as he went up on stage, unaware of anything.

"Congratulations Cicadaxi, you've earned 100 million Jeju Air points!" The prodigy handed over a card the size of his chest.

"Uh..." Pei Xiyan took the cardboard and looked at the numbers on it with a puzzled expression.

He really couldn't figure out what this thing was for.

"It seems our Cicadaxi isn't entirely satisfied with the prize?" Leeteuk noticed his mood.

"Yes." Pei Xiyan looked up at the second floor. "I wanted to ask Uncle Man if these could be converted into SM shares?"

"It can be changed to 0.00000001%," Lee Soo-man on the second floor answered loudly.

"Wow, if I won a few billion dollars, I could buy SM Entertainment." The prodigy shook his head and sighed.

After stepping off the stage, the playing cards were tossed to Bae Joo-hyun, while Bae Xi-yan buried her head in her noodles and continued eating.

Worried that he hadn't eaten enough, Bae Joo-hyun gave him her share as well.

The voting results were announced at the end of the party, and Voldemort Key, who was not present, ultimately won first place. Pei Xiyan genuinely believed that it was his obsession with first place over the past few years, and his sincerity in bringing a standee to the event today moved everyone.

[Chanyeol hyung, keep up the good work next year!]

So he immediately sent a message to the first victim who was not present.

[Just wait!] Park Chanyeol replied quickly, his words brimming with confidence.

[Next year's number one spot will definitely be mine!]

The second place winner at the party was Groot Luna. The third place winner was Onew from The Mask.

Kim Tae-yeon had no harvest.

"Hey!" So, as they were leaving the party, she grabbed Zero and blocked Pei Xiyan's way at the door, demanding, "Didn't you say I'd win an award?"

"Taeyeon noona." Pei Xiyan shrugged. "Next time for sure."

"I don't care, you owe me a song." Kim Tae-yeon made the decision for him.

"Uncle Man." Pei Xiyan suddenly called out to her from behind.

"?" Kim Tae-yeon turned around in confusion.

I didn't see the person in military uniform.

"ah!"

Realizing she had been tricked, she turned around, her braid swinging with anger.

But Pei Xiyan was nowhere to be seen.

"Pei Xiyan!"