Peninsula Cicada Song Diary

Chapter 79 is so annoying!

The backstage waiting room wasn't actually quiet, but Sana Minatozaki was wearing headphones and couldn't hear any of the surrounding sounds.

She stared intently at her phone, which displayed the game Pei Xiyan had recommended.

To the Moon.

The game isn't long; she spent two days squeezing out bits and pieces of time, and now she's almost at the end.

As the story unfolds, Sana Minatozaki gradually realizes that this is not the healing game that Pei Xiyan described. As the plot is revealed bit by bit, she also sees the deep sadness hidden in the details.

The male protagonist lost his family, his memories, and his lover during his childhood... The only thing he didn't lose was the promise he made with the female protagonist to go to the moon when they were children.

Now that he is very old, his last wish is to go to the moon.

At this moment, on the phone screen, the female protagonist River and the male protagonist Johnny are sitting in the cockpit of a rocket, with the dazzling stars of the universe outside the window.

The enormous moon was right in front of us, and the stars gathered around it, forming the shape of a yellow-bellied rabbit.

The female lead, sensing something, turned to look at the male lead, and the male lead, in turn, looked back at her.

The two gazed at each other, and under the moon's witness, slowly reached out their hands and intertwined their fingers.

These are all scenes from the male protagonist's dream.

In reality, the aged man lay on his hospital bed, fulfilling his promise to Anzhu across six Earth years in the last moments of his life.

With a long beep from the heart rate monitor, accompanied by flowing piano music and the protagonist Johnny's relieved voice, the scene came to its finale. Just like at the beginning of the game, a bright moon hung high on the sea, its pure light shining on the lighthouse, and a string of cursive words slowly appeared: "Yes, what I wanted to go to was never the moon."

But where you are—the end.

This scene was like the last grain of sand in an hourglass; once it fell, the emotions that Sana Minatozaki had been accumulating over the past two days were completely unleashed. She blinked, her eyes gradually filling with tears like a faucet being turned on, and soon they overflowed.

She really liked the game's storyline, and the ending was a happy one...

But how can this be considered a healing game?! Pei Xiyan?!

She sniffed and wiped away the tears that had inadvertently escaped her eyes with her sleeve.

"What's wrong, unnie?" Chou Tzu-yu, who was sitting next to her, noticed her movements and asked with concern.

"Sana cried?" Yoo Jeongyeon noticed the glistening tears in the corners of her eyes.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Mina took a tissue and ran over to gently wipe away her tears.

"Ugh~" Sana Minatozaki put her phone aside, her voice choked with sobs, "I hate it... I hate it so much!"

Everyone around them was puzzled, but Lim Nayeon asked the crucial question, "What does Sana hate?"

"Ugh..." Despite Mina wiping away her tears, Sana Minato pouted, her face streaked with tears, looking utterly aggrieved. "The person who made me play this game! Waaah~"

"What's wrong?" Park Ji-ah noticed that the boy next to her suddenly sat up straight, his posture even more upright than that of a TV presenter, as if he was about to start reading the news.

"It's nothing." Holding the armrests of the seat with both hands, Pei Xiyan shook her head, and only relaxed after the chill down her spine disappeared, letting her back rest against the chair back again.

"Oh." Not taking it to heart, Park Ji-ah continued, focusing on the topic of the fan site: "Did you encounter any problems during the creation of the fan site?"

Although she failed in the first step, she knew from the brief exchange at the last showcase that the guys around her were much easier to approach than she had imagined.

"I just felt that the photos I took weren't good enough, so I didn't think about sharing them," Pei Xiyan replied.

"If you don't mind, could I take a look?" With the second step presented to her, Park Ji-ah decided to demonstrate her helpful nature. "I can help you see what the problem is."

As a well-known expert in taking stunning photos in the industry, she is quite confident in her photography skills.

"I hope you won't have to trouble yourself..." Pei Xiyan politely declined.

Thinking he was afraid she would laugh at him, Park Ji-ah immediately raised her hand and solemnly swore, "Maria, I won't laugh at you!"

"Uh..." This left Pei Xiyan completely bewildered.

Pei Xiyan himself is not religious, but he respects other people's beliefs. Since Park Ji-ah has said so, he thought for a moment, flipped through all the photos of Pei Zhufa in the camera, and handed the camera over.

Park Ji-ah carefully took the camera and began flipping through the photos one by one by pressing the button on the side.

The more I looked into her eyes, the more shocked I became.

It's not because it's ugly... it's because it's so beautiful!

The light and shadow, the composition, the angle, this...

No, if you consider this a bad photo? Then what about my photos? Garbage?

For a moment, Park Ji-ah wondered if the boy was deliberately teasing her.

"Amazing!" After looking at it for a while, Park Ji-ah returned the camera, then raised her hand again, her tone extremely sincere, "Your photos are absolutely gorgeous! If there were a fan site, they would definitely attract a lot of attention! I swear!"

Looking into her incredibly sincere eyes, Pei Xiyan nodded gently, "Kam Sanghamida."

At that moment, the music video on stage had already played "Yes Oysteres," and amidst a commotion, Park Ji-ah noticed that the members of TWICE had come onto the stage from the side.

Cheers and camera shutters immediately erupted around them.

"The members are here," she whispered, then raised her camera and began to focus all her attention on Mina on stage.

"Yes." Pei Xiyan hung the camera back around her neck.

The camera was already set up; all he had to do now was take the picture. Holding the camera up to his eyes, he aimed the lens at Sana Minatozaki, who had just sat down behind the table.

Her outfit today made her look like a senior student heading to the library with books. Her reddish-brown hair draped over a brown knitted cardigan, paired with a white shirt underneath, exuding a subtle tranquility and youthful energy.

But as Pei Xiyan gradually zoomed in on the camera, he noticed something was amiss.

Sana Minatozaki's eyes were slightly red, as if she had been crying not long ago.

The staff on the side then started calling out numbers, "Please line up on the side, numbers 1 through 10."

They lined up in groups of ten, and each person could talk to a member for about two minutes. For the nine members of Twice, that was almost 20 minutes. It seemed like a long time, but for fans, even a long time would feel very short.

It happened quickly, yet slowly; after a while, it was his turn.

"Please line up on the side if you are number 31 to 40."

"It's our turn," Park Ji-ah whispered again, then stood up.

"Okay." Pei Xiyan put down her camera, took the album with the sticky note on it, and followed to the side to queue up.

The queue area was just a short distance away, and as each person in front of her went up on stage, a mix of nervousness and anticipation began to stir in Pei Xiyan's heart, eventually forming a complex emotion.