Peninsula Cicada Song Diary

"Hmm?" The backstage passageway was only this big, and the two girls noticed them too.

On the contrary, they did not know Pei Xiyan.

Tian Xiaojuan glanced at it briefly and then looked away, taking Zhao Meiyan's arm as they prepared to pass by.

But the unnie next to her didn't think so.

"Hello!" Zhao Meiyan pulled her to stop in front of the two of them and greeted them cheerfully.

Her smile reminded Pei Xiyan of the quokka she had seen on Rottnest Island.

"Hello," Pei Xiyan and Li Mingzhe replied with a greeting.

"Are you also performing artists?" Looking at Pei Xiyan's face, Zhao Meiyan's smile was as warm as the sunlight on the dome of Wenhe Stadium.

Tian Xiaojuan held her hand tightly, pulling it back slightly.

I saw all the performers during yesterday's rehearsal, and these two boys were clearly not among them.

"We are staff members." Pei Xiyan then took out her identification.

"Ah, missing Song Hamida." Realizing her mistake, Zhao Meiyan quickly apologized, bowing slightly, but an ID card blocked her path.

"It's alright." Pei Xiyan looked at her. "Miyan-xi is being too polite."

"You know us?" Zhao Meiyan looked up in surprise.

Hearing her unnie's stupid words, Tian Xiaojuan wanted to slap her forehead.

Isn't it normal for the staff to know them?

"(G)I-DLE, your songs are pretty good." Pei Xiyan took back her ID. "Latata and Hann, it's hard to imagine that these are self-composed songs by a rookie girl group."

"The melody of the song itself is excellent, and the distribution of the members' parts is just right. The well-arranged vocal sequence, the development of the pronunciation of interjections, and the combination of timbre—these three elements together form the core strength of the song..."

Pei Xiyan suddenly sighed, "It's just that the arrangement of 'Latata' uses delay processing and inserting slices of beat switches to divide the song multiple times. The loudness balance is too abrupt, and the mixing quality is really not good. The arrangement actually has a certain negative effect on this song."

"Are you really a staff member?" Tian Xiaojuan couldn't help but interrupt his rambling.

This long, well-reasoned argument really intimidated her.

Zhao Meiyan was stunned, not knowing what to say.

"Yes." Pei Xiyan blinked without changing her expression, then waved the ID in her hand. "We're just staff members passing by."

Tian Xiaojuan frowned, making her already intimidating makeup look even fiercer.

His analysis was clearly not something a game company employee would casually make.

"Great!" Zhao Meiyan simply gave a thumbs up.

Just then, a door opened not far away, and a chubby boy in a white team uniform, looking bewildered, walked out.

"Target spotted." Li Mingzhe recognized him, his gaze sharpening.

"Excuse me, we have to go."

Pei Xiyan smiled at the two girls, and she and Li Mingzhe strode towards the chubby boy.

"Anohana, Rookie..."

"He really is a staff member." Seeing his attitude towards the contestants, Zhao Meiyan muttered softly, "But he's so handsome."

No wonder she thought Pei Xiyan was a guest performer; his looks are rare even in the industry.

"So, did Unnie dare to go up and greet him just because of that?" Tian Xiaojuan's brows were still furrowed.

"Being handsome is enough," Zhao Meiyan said confidently, flicking a strand of hair that fell across her cheek. "Just like my beauty, people can't help but come up and chat with me when they see me."

"She's being narcissistic again," Tian Xiaojuan muttered to herself, pulling her arm towards the restroom.

"Oni Barry Barry, you're going on stage soon."

"Oh dear, Xiaojuan, you're not strong enough, Apa..."

......

After some conversation, Rookie learned that they were all IG fans, so he kindly ran to the rest room to get three team jerseys and signed them.

Why three items? Because they shamelessly asked Jin Nanxi, who wasn't even there, for one as well.

"Go for it! You'll definitely win!" Pei Xiyan gripped her team jersey and waved to the IG players in the rest room.

"Hey bro, you speak Chinese?" Jackeylove, who was sitting in the gaming chair, stopped chewing his fingers and looked at him in astonishment.

"I am Chinese," Pei Xiyan said with a smile.

"Holy crap?"

Amidst gasps of surprise, the two left the backstage area, satisfied.

There was a place in the venue where they could pick up support items, so they also picked up IG support items and sat down in their seats.

Not far in front of the seats, a black and white team flag belonging to IG was flying high, echoing the flag of FNC on the opposite side.

At 16:00 PM Seoul time, the opening ceremony curtain was raised on time.

As the entire audience counted down together, Ahri, holding the Summoner's Cup, fell into the void, passed through the screen, and arrived at the venue. Immediately afterwards, a powerful melody filled the stadium.

"You know who it is, Coming' round again, You want a dose of this, Right now,

It's K/DA uh.

Pei Xiyan saw Tian Xiaojuan, whom she had met backstage, walking onto the stage to the rhythm.

"I'm a goddess with a blade"

(Akali) I am the goddess who wields the blade.

소리쳐봐내이름

Shout my name!

잊지못하게

Unforgettable

Loud loud loud loud

Louder, louder, louder...

Her rap is very distinctive, and every gesture exudes a fierce energy, just like the lyrics she sings.

In contrast, Zhao Meiyan walked with a very ladylike gait, and the angle of her flowing hair exuded elegance.

The other two foreign female singers also performed very well, and the atmosphere was heated up. However, Pei Xiyan did not expect that this performance would be the best.

The performance of the theme song "rise" afterwards was indescribable. The singer, who I don't know where they came from, had a voice that reminded Pei Xiyan of annoying mosquitoes in the summer, buzzing and making her frown.

Pei Xiyan frowned as he listened to the end. To the stirring melody of the theme song "rise! rise!", he saw the two stages on the left and right, carrying the members of the IG and FNC teams, slowly closing in on the center stage.

Just like the team uniforms they are wearing right now, the two sides are clearly divided. Today, only one team will be bathed in golden rain, raise the silver Summoner's Cup in the center of the stage, and receive the thunderous cheers and celebrations from the audience.

However, Pei Xiyan was relieved that the torment to her ears was finally over.

The loud voice of the commentator started chattering away, and soon it was time for the draft picks. Li Mingzhe, who was usually very rational, was a little nervous. Pei Xiyan noticed that his hand holding the support item was trembling slightly.

Shortly after the start of the match, FNC's mid laner Caps' Irelia was down to 0/3.

"I didn't expect FNC to be completely unable to stop IG's offensive." With the tension subsiding, Li Mingzhe calmly pushed up his glasses.

"It's going to be a bot game." On the screen, IG took down the top lane tower, and Pei Xiyan made her judgment.

As he predicted, with the game already collapsed in the early stages, FNC had little power to resist. In the 27th minute, Jackeylove's Kai'Sa secured a quadra kill and a team wipe on the high ground, and the game ended smoothly.

Looking at the striking score of 21/6 on the big screen, Li Mingzhe rubbed his chin, unable to believe that the two teams, who were evenly matched in the group stage, would have such a huge gap in the final.

[Dad, it looks like you're about to guess right again.] Pei Xiyan sent a message with her head down.

[When have I ever been wrong?] The smugness on the other end was practically overflowing the screen.