sbdcsierra Chapter 1375 Sit for a while
Chapter 1375 Sit for a while
Chapter 1375 Sit for a while
After Ji Jingyuan finished speaking, he walked towards the on-site PD, but Minatozaki Sana and Lim Nayeon were both stunned when they heard his words.
His statement, "I got picked because of my hairstyle," sounded perfunctory and casual, as if it had nothing to do with the matter, but the two of them were smart enough to understand what he meant.
The meaning is obvious.
It's just...no reason needed.
Yu Zhihao is just a kid. If you want to teach him a lesson, you can teach him a lesson. Why do you need to find any reason?
Such a somewhat absurd and casual answer, yet it possesses a subtle sense of power.
Because both of them knew the inside story, they knew that the reason why Ji Jingyuan hit him to teach him a lesson was because of Zhou Ziyu, because that senior Yu Zhihao had harassed that dark-skinned maknae.
For this reason, he personally taught this senior rapper a lesson. In addition to doing it himself, he also stood up for Chou Tzu-yu and even let her pour all the alcohol on the senior's head.
Now he avoids Chou Tzu-yu whenever he sees her, and trembles whenever he sees Ji Kyung-won... These are all things that Minatozaki Sana and Lim Na-yeon witnessed firsthand.
Considering Chi Jingyuan's seemingly casual and somewhat irrelevant remark, for some reason, she instantly felt a strong sense of confidence and a profound sense of security emanating from it.
Watching Chi Jingyuan's retreating figure, Minatozaki Sana suddenly felt a little dazed.
If it were her...
I personally poured ice-cold liquor over the heads of those annoying people...
What kind of feeling would that be?
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After chatting with the on-site PD for a while, Ji Kyung-won casually found a seat nearby and sat down, waiting for the group that was rehearsing to finish. Minatozaki Sana and Lim Nayeon quickly followed and sat down on either side of him.
Before the three of them could exchange more than a few words, a series of light footsteps approached from afar. The other members of Twice also came to the side of the stage. Nayeon and Sana waved to them from a distance, while the other members naturally gathered around after greeting the staff.
"Oppa~"
"Kyungwon Oppa~"
Upon seeing Ji Kyung-won, a group of girls smiled and greeted him. Twice is one of the girl groups that Ji Kyung-won is most familiar with, and for Twice, Ji Kyung-won is also the senior and oppa they are most familiar with in the industry.
In the dim light, the dark-skinned Chou Tzu-yu, along with Kim Da-hyun and the others, cheerfully called out "Oppa." Chi Kyung-won glanced at her; this dark-skinned girl had video-called him last night, chatting for ages about this and that, something about her mother being surprised after going to the property management office.
She was still vaguely saying something like, "My mom thinks we're living together, haha, why would she think that? Isn't that strange?"
Chou Tzu-yu, this dark-skinned girl, can be very clever and shrewd at times, but she can also be a bit silly. She does things that she thinks are clever in a silly and cute way, and she is clearly expressing something in a subtle way but is not annoying but makes people want to laugh instead.
An attribute that is innate.
Chi Jingyuan's gaze lingered on Zhou Ziyu's face for a moment, and then he couldn't help but look back at the familiar face following at the very back.
Mingnan…
She still has the same soft lines and a standard oval face. The few small moles on the side of her nose and the tip of her upper lip are still in the same places that Chi Jingyuan is very familiar with. Her slightly upturned upper lip outlines a unique sense of coolness.
Her overall aura remains outstanding, and the fact that she cut her hair much shorter for this comeback only adds to her capable and handsome look.
When Chi Jingyuan looked at her, Mina also looked at him in tacit agreement. Their eyes met in mid-air, as if they had traveled through time.
It seems like it's been a long time since I've been this close.
In the past, or in the period immediately after they separated, if their eyes met like this when they met by chance, Mina would usually subconsciously look away very quickly.
On this day, after so long apart, she seemed rather calm and generous, looking at him with a clear, gentle smile in her eyes, as if saying 'long time no see'.
This time, Chi Jingyuan deliberately avoided eye contact, nodding slightly as a greeting, and then shifted her gaze away while Yu Dingyan called her from the side.
Tzuyu jogged a few steps and sat down right behind Ji Kyung-won, her bright eyes wide with amusement. In no time, the nine members of Twice surrounded Ji Kyung-won. Because they were still rehearsing upstairs, they were all very restrained and spoke in hushed tones.
Mina, on the other hand, did not show anything special. She casually found a seat at the back of the crowd, rested her chin on her hand, and stared blankly ahead.
Many members of Twice hadn't seen Ji Kyung-won for quite some time. Now, attending MAMA in Tokyo, a foreign country, meeting their familiar oppa Ji Kyung-won obviously felt even more heartwarming. Yoo Jeongyeon and Son Chaeyoung were the most talkative, chattering away even while keeping their voices down.
Kim Da-hyun, who is usually a quiet girl, became a little more talkative after seeing Ji Kyung-won.
Surrounded by popular female idols, this time didn't last long. In less than five minutes, the group finished their rehearsal. At the direction of the stage manager, Ji Jingyuan and Minatozaki Sana greeted the others and went on stage.
"It's starting..."
"It's just a rehearsal, why are you so excited?"
The members of Twice sat in the seats on the right side of the stage, watching the two people who had already taken their positions on the stage with curiosity, and couldn't help but mutter to themselves.
The song "Uchiage Hanabi" is so famous that the story surrounding it could fill a novel for Twice.
The surrounding audience seats were dark, but the main stage lights were blindingly bright.
Mina sat in a seat near the back of Twice, clutching an unopened bottle of mineral water, her gaze fixed on the spot in the center of the stage where Ji Kyung-won and Minatozaki Sana stood, her fingertips unconsciously picking at the label on the bottle.
"..."
The moment the prelude to the piano music began, Mina's heart skipped a beat.
She knew this melody too well.
The song "Uchiage Hanabi" has been associated with so many stories, and it has been given a lot of special meaning to her, far beyond what an ordinary song can compare to or replace.
The biggest regret and disappointment for her was that they couldn't continue their collaboration on this song. Even after breaking up with Ji Kyung-won, the song still holds a unique place in her heart.
When the song was released in Japan, she couldn't help but break down in tears when she first heard it. Later, during the emotional segment, seeing how popular the song was in Japan, and with no one else around, Mina couldn't help but wonder if her version with Ji Kyung-won would have achieved the same success if nothing had gone wrong.
I thought that was it, but a while ago I suddenly heard that Minatozaki Sana was going to collaborate with Ikegami on the stage for this song.
When she heard the news, her heart clenched, and she couldn't help but feel a sudden, unexpected sense that something of hers had been stolen.
Frustration, annoyance, anger, and resentment were indescribable and uncontrollable negative emotions. It was incredibly difficult for her not to show them, and incredibly difficult to suppress those feelings.
But after all, it was the company's and the organizer's decision, and it was only a collaboration stage. Mina saw Mina's anxiety and apology, so she controlled her emotions and did not show the slightest dissatisfaction.
Just like she has been showing lately, it seems that everything is in the past and she has let go of it.
Mina herself actually felt that the matter was over and that she could control her emotions.
After all, it's just a platform for collaboration...
however.
"I still think about it now."
"The coastline I looked around on that day."
When the opening piano prelude began, and when Sana Minatozaki's slightly hoarse yet surprisingly gentle voice, perfectly matching the song, sang through the microphone the lyrics that originally belonged to her, the memories that belonged to her.
Mina realized she had been naive.
She overestimated her ability to control her emotions, as well as her magnanimity and capacity for tolerance.
Her heart felt like it was being squeezed, a strong sense of pressure and blockage pounding against her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.
Countless scenes of practicing this song with great effort flashed before my eyes: the discussions and part divisions in the music room, Ji Kyung-won's strictness and guidance in the recording studio, the nights I spent practicing alone after returning home... But as the glaring lights shone in, all the memories shattered like bubbles, leaving only the naked reality on the stage.
"They're working so well together," Nayeon's soft mutter came from the front row, providing a fitting yet cruel commentary on the stage.
As the melody on stage gradually transitioned into an interlude, Chi Jingyuan and Minatozaki Sana began to move from both sides of the stage to the center. When they met in the middle, they looked at each other for a second. When their eyes met, the corners of Minatozaki Sana's mouth unconsciously curved up, and the smile in her eyes looked so bright under the lights.
"..."
Seeing this scene, Mina felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she had been stabbed deep into her lungs.
However, after a brief period of suffocation, a strange sense of relief suddenly arose.
What can she change by sitting here?
We've been apart for so long.
Didn't she always act nonchalant in front of her friends, even smiling and encouraging Minatozaki Sana?
I've been deceiving myself all along, and now even speaking a single word feels like a luxury.
Is this really the only way things can go on?
With her fingernail scratching a pale mark on the water bottle cap, Mina propped her head up, silently watching the stage not far away, letting a thousand thoughts surge in her heart.
But to outsiders, she just seemed to be spacing out.
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The rehearsals for "Uchiage Hanabi" went smoothly. Ji Kyung-won and Minatozaki Sana worked together very well, and there were no mistakes in either of the two rehearsals.
Next up was Ji Kyung-won's solo stage rehearsal. While he was rehearsing on stage, the rest of Twice watched from below. After Ji Kyung-won finished rehearsing on his own stage, he didn't leave when it was Twice's turn.
Twice had been cheering for him from below, and it wouldn't be right for him to turn around and leave when it was their turn. So when Twice went on stage for rehearsal, he found a random spot below, sat down, and watched quietly.
On stage, the nine members, wearing name tags, diligently rehearsed their positions to the music. At this year's MAMA Tokyo show, Twice were practically the main characters, not only performing their own segments but also taking on several special stages, including the opening dance. Their total performance time was even longer than Ji Kyung-won's.
Compared to when they first debuted, whether it's due to the positive effects of fame or self-management, the members' appearance has indeed changed noticeably; they are more beautiful, more mature, and more charming.
Like Sana Minatozaki, like Tzuyu Chou, and like Mina Mani...
As he watched, Chi Jingyuan found himself lost in thought, his gaze gradually unfocused, and some long-forgotten memories quietly surfaced, causing him to drift into a daze and unconsciously drift into a daze.
When he came to his senses, he found that the stage was empty. Twice's rehearsal had ended sometime during the day, and only Park Jihyo and Lim Nayeon were talking to the on-site PD. The other members had already left the stage and disappeared.
Just as Chi Jingyuan shook his head, preparing to get up and leave, a faint fragrance, both strange and familiar, suddenly wafted from afar and lingered around his nose. Immediately afterward, a figure sat down in the seat next to him.
Following the familiar scent came an even more familiar sound.
What are you doing sitting here all by yourself?
Chi Jingyuan turned his head and looked... He didn't even need to turn his head to look; he recognized the person instantly just by hearing their voice.
But a faint sense of surprise compelled him to turn his head. An oval face, a small mole, a pouty mouth, short hair—one of the culprits who had just made him lose himself in memories on stage.
Mingnan~
Why is she suddenly sitting here? And she looks so calm and natural, as if she's just casually dropping by to say hello to an old friend.
But this gentle and calm demeanor stirred a faint sense of absurdity in Chi Jingyuan's heart; he had almost forgotten when he last spoke to Mina…
At the same time, there was also a sense of awkwardness, and a faint tension that he didn't want to admit but couldn't deny.
This feeling even gave him the urge to just get up and leave.
"You're not thinking of just running away now, are you?"
Before Chi Jingyuan could make a move, the soft voice of Ming Jingnan drifted over from the side.
The seats were a bit cramped, so she reached out and moved her legs in, finding a comfortable sitting position with her legs together before looking at Chi Jingyuan. Her shimmering eyes seemed to be saying something silently.
She glanced at Chi Jingyuan for two seconds, then seemed to sense something and suddenly laughed: "Am I that scary?"
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, like a butterfly tentatively flapping its wings, and her gentle yet playful smile dispelled the slightly stiff sense of distance around her.
"..."
Since that's what they said, and his ex-girlfriend acted so naturally, Chi Jingyuan certainly couldn't keep pretending to be aloof.
He let out a soft breath, instantly relaxing, looked at Mina, pursed his lips, shrugged, and said frankly, "It's just... I don't want to face the guilt in my heart."
"..."
Hearing Chi Jingyuan so bluntly say the word 'guilt', Mina's eyes flickered slightly. She stared at him for two seconds, then shifted her gaze to the side and suddenly laughed.
The small mole on the tip of her lip trembled slightly, and her familiar gums were revealed again.
Mina tucked her hair back and looked at Ji Kyung-won again:
"Then, what if I say I don't blame you anymore..."
Would you like to sit here for a while, Yuan-chan?