Peninsula: Please, I only want to talk about ordinary people.

Chapter 52 The Untold Story of "Climbing the Wall"

Kim Sung-woo looked out the car window at the nanny vans that were stopping one after another, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He turned around and looked at Kang Young-tae, who was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed in the driver's seat.

"Hyung, look! It's Apink! This is the first time I've ever seen them in person!"

After saying that, he immediately turned back, staring at the six figures filing out of the van, a silly fan smile appearing on his face.

"Hehe, our Xia Rong has really become a woman!"

Jiang Yongtai opened his eyes, glanced at his phone, and saw that Jin Meiying had just taken a break from her busy schedule to reply to a message, telling him to wait a moment and that she had already sent someone over to deliver the temporary passes to them.

Last night, after returning to her dorm following her live broadcast, Zhao Meiyan suddenly realized that Kang Young-tae was now with tvN, making it less convenient for him to join KBS.

She quickly sent a message saying that her agent could take them in tomorrow.

Jiang Yongtai replied that there was no need to worry, he had a solution.

His solution was to directly contact his former boss, PD Kim Mi-young, and say that he wanted to visit Eul-Bon today.

Kim Mi-young replied readily, telling him to just come over.

"How come I didn't know you were an Apink fan? Or are you just a Hayoung fan?"

Jiang Yongtai typed a reply saying "Thank you for your trouble, senior" before putting down his phone and unbuckled his seatbelt.

"Let's go, we can go in now."

"I've always been a Panda, okay! Who in our generation doesn't like Apink!"

Kim Sung-woo was still muttering as he opened the car door.

That's not wrong. He was still in college during the years when Apink was at the height of their popularity.

At that time, the girl group market was almost monopolized by the sexy style, and Apink was the only girl group that went against the tide with a pure and innocent style, and managed to carve out a bloody path in a sea of ​​thighs.

In 2015, "LUV" swept seventeen number one spots, a record that still stands on the wall of girl group history and no one has been able to break it.

This month, they are making a comeback with their ninth mini-album, "L0oK," with the title track "Dumhdurum," a catchy and powerful dance track.

Although Apink is not as popular as before, it won't be easy for Gidley to beat this senior and win first place.

As soon as the two got out of the car, a young assistant PD wearing a KBS badge jogged over from the elevator area, slightly out of breath, bowed to Kang Young-tae, and handed him two temporary passes.

"Senior Kang, PD Kim asked me to come down and meet you. Here are your passes."

"Thank you, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Jiang Yongtai took them, handed one of them to Jin Chengyu, and then put the strap around his neck and adjusted it.

Kim Sung-woo hung up his pass and, taking advantage of the brief moment when Kang Young-tae and his assistant were exchanging pleasantries, couldn't help but glance in the direction where Apink had disappeared, then lowered his voice and leaned closer.

"Brother, do you think we'll run into them in the hallway later? Should I get a signed book?"

"—You're here to do a pre-interview for Zhao Meiyan, not to chase after a star."

Jiang Yongtai patted Jin Chengyu on the back, and Jin Chengyu chuckled twice before pulling his neck back.

The assistant PD led the two into the elevator and pressed the button for their floor.

As the elevator doors closed, Jiang Yongtai glanced down at his phone.

The message Zhao Meiyan sent in the early hours of the morning was still quietly sitting in the chat box, preceded by a cute emoji, telling him to contact their manager as soon as he arrived.

However, Kang Young-tae did not plan to go directly to the lounge to find Cho Mi-yeon, but instead went to see the senior PD who was the first to mentor him after he joined the company.

Upon reaching the floor, the assistant PD led Kang Young-tae and Kim Sung-woo through the corridor and pushed open the door to the control room.

The control room was several degrees colder than the corridor, with the air conditioning running like it was free. Directly opposite was a wall of monitors, with dozens of screens lit up at the same time, each showing a different camera position.

A whole row of people sat in front of the control panel, each with a script, a coffee cup, and at least one walkie-talkie in front of them.

In the very center, a short-haired woman wearing a headset was issuing commands to three monitors simultaneously, without even touching her coffee.

If variety show producers are like marathons, then music show producers are like endless 100-meter sprints.

They would arrive at the venue in the early morning and finish work in the middle of the night, rain or shine, all year round. Even on the Mid-Autumn Festival, they had to finish recording the stage performances before going back to pay respects to their ancestors.

"Meinuna."

Jiang Yongtai walked behind her and bent down slightly.

Kim Mi-young took off one earpiece and turned her head. After seeing who it was, the seriousness on her face disappeared instantly, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"Hey! Yongtai! You little rascal!"

She stood up, looked him up and down, and slapped his arm.

"I thought you'd forgotten about me after leaving KBS! How's it going at tvN? You're even wearing a suit now~"

"Tsk, why didn't you dress like this back in Sound Bank? You always looked like you were there to fix a printer!"

Jiang Yongtai was startled by the slap and bowed with a helpless smile.

"Nuna, I came to thank you for teaching me so much. I was in such a hurry when I left that I didn't even get a proper chance to say goodbye to you."

"At least you still have a conscience. I shouldn't have let you go to '2 Days & 1 Night' back then! If I had kept you on Music Bank, you could have taken my place now~"

Kim Mi-young laughed and patted him again, then turned her head and teased him in a low voice.

"But you suddenly came back, you didn't really come just to see me, did you?"

"Not only that, besides coming back to see Nu, I was also invited by others to come and watch the show."

"Oh~"

Kim Mi-young raised an eyebrow, her gaze lingering meaningfully on his face for a moment.

"So I'm just passing by. Tell me, who are you here to see?"

"My guest on the next episode, Noona, you know how busy idols are during their comeback period."

They were too busy to go, so I had to bring my own people over to squeeze in some time for the pre-interview.

Jiang Yongtai explained with a smile, then turned around and waved to Jin Chengyu, who was curiously looking around.

This was Kim Sung-woo's first time entering the control room of a music show.

When I joined the company, I was quite envious of my colleagues who were assigned to Music Bank, while I was assigned to "2 Days & 1 Night".

"Cheng Yu, come here."

Kim Sung-woo snapped out of his daze and quickly walked up to Kim Mi-young, bowing respectfully to his boss's former leader.

"Hello, senior! I'm Kim Sung-woo, and I'm currently working as an assistant writer under PD Kang."

"Oh, I know you. Yongtai mentioned you when we chatted occasionally."

Kim Mi-young smiled and patted his shoulder, much lighter than when she patted Kang Young-tae, with a hint of encouragement.

"Work hard with Yongtai; he's a decent guy."

"Yes, my brother really taught me a lot."

Kim Sung-woo obediently responded.

Jiang Yongtai turned his gaze away from the monitor wall, where the main camera showed the staff had just finished setting up the stage.

He turned to Kim Mi-young, "Noona, is the recording for Gidle's stage about to begin?"

"Gidle—the next stage is it, do you want to go down and watch?"

Kim Mi-young glanced back at the monitor, then turned back, her smile deepening slightly.

Jiang Yongtai nodded. "I should go and take a look, after all, they invited me."

"Okay, do you remember how to get down from the control room?"

Kim Mi-young crossed her arms and looked at him mischievously.

Jiang Yongtai smirked. "Of course, Nuna. I've been here for two years, how could I not know?"

"Two years... I almost forgot you'd been here all this time~"

Kim Mi-young sighed, reached into her pocket, pulled out an energy bar, and handed it over. It had a dark blue packaging and a familiar brand logo.

"Take this and eat it. We've eaten plenty of this stuff before."

Jiang Yongtai's gaze fell on the energy bar she handed him, but he didn't immediately reach out to take it. His eyes lingered on the small package for a moment.

Also in the long lounge corridor of Soundbank.

The air was filled with the smells of cosmetics, hairspray, and sweat.

At that time, he had been working as an assistant PD at Music Bank for a year, and running errands and doing odd jobs was still a regular occurrence for him.

After the performance, the girls dragged their heavy steps towards the dressing room in the backstage corridor.

During Twice's comeback season, their schedule was so packed it was like a battle, and everyone's face showed obvious signs of fatigue.

Even the energetic Sana Minatozaki, who seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of energy, was already half-hanging on Tzuyu, her eyelids almost unable to lift.

Jiang Yongtai stood on one side of the passageway, holding the flowchart, and bowed slightly as they passed by.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Just as Sana Minatozaki passed by, he subtly slipped an energy bar into her hand, which was hanging by her side, while maintaining a slightly forward-leaning posture.

The movement was very small; as he withdrew his hand, he blinked at her and mouthed a sentence.

"Fighting! The stage was amazing!"

Sana Minatozaki, who was about to close her eyes from exhaustion, opened them slightly in surprise the moment she felt the foreign object in her palm.

She instinctively gripped the energy bar, still warm from his palm, without stopping. As they passed each other, she turned her head slightly, curving her head gently towards him, and mouthed the same words.

"Thank you, PDnim~"

They had just become friends at that time.

Then she was helped by Tzuyu and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Jiang Yongtai continued carrying the process board as he walked towards the next artist's dressing room where he needed to communicate.

Jiang Yongtai snapped out of his thoughts, reached out and took the energy bar from Jin Meiying's hand, and smiled.

"Thank you, Nuna, still the same brand."

Kim Mi-young didn't notice his brief pause and laughed, "Go on, their stage performance is about to be recorded."

"I'll head over now. I'll treat Nuna to a meal next time."

"You keep your word!"

Kim Mi-young waved to him, put her headset back on, and turned back to the control panel.

Jiang Yongtai tilted her head slightly towards Jin Chengyu, and the two bowed slightly to her before turning and leaving the control room.

In the hallway of the lounge, Gidle's general manager, Lee Sung-joon, was bowing apologetically to his colleague at the door of the lounge next door.

"I'm sorry, we'll be quieter. I'm so sorry, I'll get them to be quiet right away!"

The agent on the other end waved his hand helplessly.

He prayed every day that his artist's dressing room wouldn't be next to that "infamous" Gidle, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and they still ended up next to each other.

He nodded coldly, pushed open the door to his own lounge, and went inside.

Lee Sung-joon straightened up, took a deep breath, and tried to ease the embarrassment and shame on his face, but "noise" was still leaking out from the crack in the door next to him.

The girls' screams, laughter, and the sound of footsteps chasing each other were all mixed together.

He couldn't hold back his expression any longer and pushed open the door to the Gidle lounge.

"Ugh! Can you guys be quiet for once?! I got another complaint! Xiaojuan, didn't I ask you to keep an eye on them for me?!"

In the lounge, Song Yuqi and Minnie, who were playfully fighting, along with Ye Shuhua, who was squatting on the sofa next to them, froze in place, staring blankly at Li Chengjun, who was burning with anger at the door.

On the sofa, Tian Xiaojuan, who had been keeping her head down and covering her ears, raised her head in shame, her face flushed red.

"I'm sorry, Sung Joon oppa—it's my fault."

Looking at her like that, Li Chengjun knew that sometimes Xiao Juan, as the team leader, really couldn't stop those naughty kids in the team.

He sighed deeply and glared at the three who had now quieted down.

"Song Yuqi! Minnie! Shuhua! And Miyeon! You four, you need to seriously reflect on your actions! After you finish your schedule today, go back to the practice room for extra practice!"

"ah----"

When Minnie and Yeh Shu-hua heard the punishment Li Cheng-jun gave them, their faces fell instantly, and they let out a wail.

Song Yuqi glanced at her two dejected companions beside her, weakly raised her hand, and unusually spoke a word of justice.

"Oppa—why is Mi-yeon unnie involved?"

Lee Sung-joon frowned. "Mi-yeon didn't join the argument?"

In his memory, the only culprits who could make the lounge explode at that decibel level were Song Yuqi and Zhao Meiyan.

But after scanning around, Zhao Meiyan was indeed not at their "crime scene".

"—Where's Miyeon?"

"Oppa, I'm here. I didn't say a word just now, why are you punishing me?!"

Behind the clothes rack, Zhao Meiyan stood up with a wronged look on her face, clutching her phone tightly to her chest.

"Uh, I thought—"

Li Chengjun apologized to her awkwardly, his tone softening.

"That doesn't include you, it only includes Yuqi and the other two. But what are you doing hiding there?"

"I'm talking to my family on the phone."

Zhao Meiyan swallowed hard and quickly made up an excuse.

But she wasn't actually making a call; she was just repeatedly turning her phone screen on and off, waiting for Jiang Yongtai's message.

She had clearly promised to come to the stage today, but not a single punctuation mark had appeared yet. She was worried that Jiang Yongtai might have had something come up and wouldn't be coming.

But if something really happens, shouldn't you send yourself a message?

Lee Sung-joon didn't press the matter further. He clapped his hands, his expression shifting from helplessness to seriousness, as if preparing for the actual recording.

"It's recording time! Give it your all today, you might get first place, so everyone focus!"

He looked at Tian Xiaojuan.

Tian Xiaojuan nodded and stood up from the sofa with the air of a team leader.

"Children, come here."

The playful atmosphere vanished instantly, and the five members of the team surrounded her, naturally forming a circle with their hands outstretched and overlapping.

Tian Xiaojuan looked around at her teammates' faces, then took a deep breath.

"One, two—"

Six thumbs bent down simultaneously, forming a lowercase "i", then both hands flipped and clasped together above the center, forming a capital "I", and they shouted in unison, "Stage, Fighting!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Li Chengjun's face, and he clapped his hands.

"Okay, let's go."

"Nei~"

The six people responded and followed Lee Sung-joon out of the lounge and headed towards the recording area.

Zhao Meiyan walked at the very back, her finger secretly pressing the screen to light up again in her pocket, but there were still no new messages in Jiang Yongtai's chat box.

She gently bit her lower lip, tossed her phone onto the table beside her, and jogged a few steps to catch up with the group.

Song Yuqi turned her head and immediately saw the expression on Zhao Meiyan's face that she couldn't hide. She sighed inwardly, leaned over and took her hand, and lowered her voice.

"Unnie, what are you thinking about?"

Zhao Meiyan glanced at her, lowered her voice to a level where only the two of them could hear, and smiled.

"It's nothing~"

"Don't lie! Unnie's face clearly shows it, is it because of PD Kang?"

Seeing that she had seen through them at a glance, Zhao Meiyan quickly glanced ahead to make sure that no one else had noticed them before hurriedly making a "shh" gesture, slumping her shoulders, and confessing in a sullen voice.

"PDnim hasn't replied to me yet—Yuqi, do you think he's not going to cancel his trip?"

Song Yuqi rolled her eyes. She really had no way to deal with this unnie who had already begun to show signs of being love-struck.

But since she was about to go on stage to record the show, she had no choice but to swallow her complaints and say the nicer things instead.

"How could that be! I don't think PD Kang is that kind of person, it's probably just traffic—"

Or maybe they've already arrived and want to surprise their unnie!

"--Really? So PDnim is already offstage?"

Zhao Meiyan's eyes lit up again.

A few black lines silently slid down Song Yuqi's forehead.

Did this Pabu selectively ignore the part about "traffic jam" that he just mentioned?

She gritted her teeth and continued along with Zhao Meiyan's words.

"Yes, PD Kang is downstairs! And unnie, didn't you hear what Sung Joon oppa just said?"

Today's stage is very important to us, so you better cheer up!

"Of course~ Yuqi, what do you take me for? I'm a professional, you know?"

Zhao Meiyan frowned and pouted as she looked at her, as if she wasn't the one who had been sullen just moments before.

"Well----"

Song Yuqi was speechless, and silently cursed a long string of things in her mind.

This is practically poisoning the jianbing guozi! Zhao Meiyan, are you trying to pull this on me now? Be careful, or I'll report you to Li Chengjun!

She shook off Zhao Meiyan's hand and quickened her pace.

"Oh, I was being nosy. Unnie is a professional, born idol~"

"Hey~ Yuqi, wait for me, let's go together!"

Zhao Meiyan was unaware that she had angered the only strategist. She smiled and chased after Song Yuqi, trying to cling to her.

"Let go of me! You're ruining my look! Zhao Meiyan, Pabu!"

"Ugh~ No way~"

Song Yuqi was right; Jiang Yongtai was already standing in the fan support area below the stage.

He didn't send a message to Zhao Meiyan because he had already confirmed with Li Chengjun by phone, so there was no need to repeat it in a message.

At that moment, he sighed again and turned his head to look at a girl next to him who was occasionally frowning and glancing at him.

"Excuse me—is there anything I can help you with?"

He muttered to himself, "Kim Sung-woo, why are you taking so long to go to the bathroom?!"

Just as the two walked to the edge of the support area, Kim Sung-woo suddenly clutched his stomach and said he needed to go to the restroom and would be right back, leaving Kang Young-tae alone in the middle of the crowd holding glow sticks.

The girl next to him was clearly taken aback by his sudden words and shrank back in fright.

But after a moment's hesitation, she mustered the courage to raise the official light stick in her hand, her tone tinged with doubt.

"Uncle, are you a fan of Naibo too? Don't you know you should bring a light stick when you come to cheer?"

The girl had noticed Jiang Yongtai long ago; he was wearing a casual suit, and his face was so striking.

She was quite surprised at the time, never expecting that there would be such a handsome male fan among the milk tea fans.

But those who come to the music show to show their support are all core fans, and as a mid-level manager of the fan club, I have never seen this face at other events.

She figured that Jiang Yongtai was probably a new fan and might not even know what he needed to prepare for the event. As a long-time fan, she naturally had to help him out!

"————Yes, I'm Naibobo, and this is my first time participating in the support event."

Jiang Yongtai thought for a moment and then went along with her suggestion.

If I told her I was a PD and there to "evaluate" Zhao Meiyan, she might try to get more screen time for her idol.

Upon hearing this, the girl's face immediately lit up with a smile.

"I knew it! You're so handsome, how could I not remember you!"

She bent down and rummaged through her bag for a while, then pulled out a spare light stick and stuffed it into Jiang Yongtai's hand.

"Here, I have another one. You can borrow it for later use in the cheering session. Remember to return it to me afterwards!"

Jiang Yongtai looked at the support items that had suddenly appeared in his hand, his expression somewhat bewildered.

Seeing that he couldn't even find the switch, the girl simply reached out and turned it on for him.

A beam of fluorescent pink light emanated from the light stick and reflected on his palm.

"Since this is your first time here, you must not have even learned how to cheer someone on, right?"

"Uh, no—"

Jiang Yongtai shook his light stick and answered honestly.

The girl's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief.

If you want to go to a Korean music show to support your idol, there are essentially two ways: pre-recorded or live broadcast.

Pre-recorded performances are exclusive fan sessions where artists record their stages in advance. Fans can apply by checking the official fan cafe for announcements or through a designated link, and selection is usually by lottery.

Moreover, the requirements are extremely strict, requiring official membership, a real-name mobile phone number, proof of purchase of physical albums, and audio source certification—all are indispensable.

The advantage is that you can see the rehearsals and performances up close multiple times, there is a lot of interaction and even reverse support. The cost is that you may have to stay up all night, and filming is prohibited throughout the entire process.

Live broadcasts are weekly live shows where you can see the winners revealed and the encore performance; however, spots are even fewer and harder to get.

In her eyes, the middle-aged man in front of her was clearly lucky to have won the spot.

"Seriously, how did I get picked when I haven't learned anything!"

She shook her head, but adhering to the principle of helping new fans to the end, she still came over and started a temporary tutorial.

"Uncle, listen up! The cheering phrase for 'Oh My God' is only used in the chorus: 'Oh my god' and 'Oh'."

After "god," just shout in unison, "She took me to the sky" and "She showed me all the stars."

This time, we don't need to call out the members' names; we just need to sing along to the key lyrics. It's simple, right?

Jiang Yongtai stared at her blankly; he hadn't heard a single word of what she had just said.

The girl could tell from his expression that he hadn't learned it yet, but luckily the stage recording hadn't started yet, so she patiently cleared her throat.

"I spoke too fast just now, it's normal that you couldn't keep up, uncle. Come on, try it with me once."

the sky ————

As she spoke, she shouted, and Jiang Yongtai, infected by the overwhelming enthusiasm, subconsciously shouted along as well.

Once, twice, three times—his voice gradually caught up with the rhythm, and the light stick in his hand swayed and flashed pink light in time with the beat.

The girl nodded in satisfaction.

Jiang Yongtai suddenly felt a little dazed. He looked down at the glowing pink light stick in his hand and a strange thought crossed his mind.

Am I not Once? How come I learned Gidle's cheering first?

Although it's called "Once," Kang Young-tae only bought two albums during Twice's comeback, not to mention core fan skills like support methods.

Kim Sung-woo hasn't returned yet, and he is a former KBS PD, now working for tvN.

Standing amidst a group of cute little girls, holding a fluorescent pink light stick, he had just learned his first set of cheering techniques.

"They're here!"

Someone in the support area shouted first, and then the entire crowd erupted in cheers as if a fuse had been lit.

The six members of Gidle walked out from the side of the stage, smiling and waving to the audience.

As Zhao Meiyan walked, she quickly scanned the heads of the people below, searching for Jiang Yongtai's figure.

The recording was about to begin, and the staff were already gesturing for her to take her place. She could only look away and jog back to her designated spot.

After standing still, Zhao Meiyan closed her eyes. When she opened them again, all the anxiety in her eyes had disappeared, making her look completely different from the person who had been chasing after Song Yuqi in the lounge, shouting "No!"

"Oh My God" is a bold attempt by Jeon So-yeon, which blends religious, dark and dreamlike elements, and is highly dramatic from both auditory and visual perspectives.

-

Gidle's comeback concept is a clash between light and darkness, with white and black outfits alternating. Today's outfits represent the darker side.

Zhao Meiyan wore a black strapless top with a long-sleeved black fishnet see-through top over it, paired with high-waisted shorts and high-top boots, showing off her perfect figure.

The metal earrings and necklaces gleamed coldly under the lights, giving the wearer a cool and edgy look.

The girls in the audience were screaming themselves hoarse, "Unnie is so cool! Princess Mianmian!"

She turned her head and saw Jiang Yongtai still standing there calmly, and immediately tugged at his sleeve in dissatisfaction.

"Uncle, why aren't you shouting! Doesn't Mi-yeon unnie look good today?"

Jiang Yongtai had no choice but to call out twice, only to be told by her that the volume was too low.

Fortunately, the prelude started at that moment, and the girl, no longer able to lecture him, devoted herself entirely to waving her light stick and spewing out decibels at the same time.

Zhao Meiyan was standing on the left. The stage lights above her head shone on her, and the mesh of her fishnet shirt cast fine shadows in the backlight, making her fair skin stand out even more.

Her gaze didn't look at anyone in the audience; she simply raised her chin slightly, the corners of her mouth curving into a barely perceptible smile, as if she were looking down upon everyone.

The song was introduced by Minnie, which is a long-standing tradition of Gidle, followed by the band's soul, Jeon So-yeon.

Following her was Song Yuqi, and Zhao Meiyan's part followed immediately.

She turned around to the beat of the drums, took a few steps to the center position, and the hem of her fishnet shirt swirled open and then clung back to her waistline with her movements.

She had a slender waist, and a section of her smooth thigh was exposed between her black high-waisted shorts and boots. She then flicked her ponytail, which was hanging in front of her shoulder, behind her.

When she turned her face to the side to face the camera, her eyelids were half closed, the fine shimmer on her eye makeup shattered into a cold light, her lips were slightly parted, and every word she uttered carried a nonchalant disdain.

She took me to the sky!

The cheers from the audience grew louder and louder. Jiang Yongtai stood in the wildly swaying sea of ​​pink light, forgetting to raise his light stick.

This was the first time he had ever seen Zhao Meiyan like this.

Not the Cho Mi-yeon sitting next to him playing games in the pop-up store, not the Cho Mi-yeon blown into a short-tailed mouse shape by the sea breeze in Jeju Island, nor the rookie idol who collapsed on the ground with tears in her eyes when they first met, yet still had to rush back to the dressing room —

After meeting so many times, Jiang Yongtai had long remembered Zhao Meiyan and his act of kindness.

But little did anyone expect that the girl who almost cried back then has now become a true idol, Zhao Meiyan, after two years in the professional entertainment industry.

She possessed a cold, almost sharp beauty that drew everyone's attention to herself.

During the interlude, she moved to the right side of the stage, tilted her head slightly, and scanned the fan area below the stage with no hope left.

Then she suddenly paused, and her eyes lit up.

Among that row of fluorescent pink people, there was one person who didn't jump around much, just waving his light stick perfunctorily.

The suit, the height, and that face she had remembered for a long time —

PDnim!

The girl next to him, who had been painstakingly teaching him, finally couldn't take it anymore and turned around to glare at him.

"Hey sir! Get your cheering serious! Come on, join me!"

Jiang Yongtai glanced at her and realized that he was really letting down the temporary teacher's good intentions.

He took a deep breath and, for the first time seriously, raised the light stick in his hand.

Just then, Zhao Meiyan stepped back into the center position, keeping time with the music.

She was facing the camera, but out of the corner of her eye she saw that the person finally clumsily waved a light stick along with the people next to him. The movements were awkward, but the expression was much more serious than before, and he was even shouting cheers for them along with the song.

She couldn't hold back any longer, and a smile curved her lips, which could no longer be suppressed and leaked out from under her cold and beautiful mask, like a crack suddenly appearing on the surface of ice, revealing the warm lake water underneath.

Realizing she was still on stage and needed to maintain the song's theme, she immediately stopped.

But in that instant, Kim Mi-young in the control room caught him red-handed.

She stared at the close-up of Zhao Meiyan on the monitor, smiled, and tilted her head at the person next to her.

"Screen it up, keep this emoticon!"

Kim Mi-young nodded in satisfaction. Based on this alone, Cho Mi-yeon's straight shot statistics in this match wouldn't be bad.

When Zhao Meiyan's part ended and she stepped back to the side, she deliberately turned in the direction of Jiang Yongtai and ate a meal.

She gave him an awkward wink with those eyes that commanded the entire audience on stage, and made a small heart shape with her fingers on the side of her face.

The fans below immediately erupted in anger.

"Wow! Unnie is so cute! I'm dying!"

Jiang Yongtai glanced at the man next to him who looked like he was about to ascend to heaven, shook his head with a wry smile, and turned his attention back to the stage.

Was Zhao Meiyan looking at him just now?

But how could an idol do a wink so badly?