Peninsula: I, a chaebol! I will never follow hidden rules.

It is lunchtime now, and everyone is taking a break in the practice room of Xingji Entertainment's "Hi! Girl" contestants.

Because they only have one hour of lunch break from 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock every day, which also includes the time they eat lunch.

If you don't take a break, this hour will pass quickly.

The other roommates were trying to catch some sleep, but Li Cailing couldn't. She had been feeling really tired recently.

Before centralized training, she and her sister Li Caiyan trained at home. Back then, she felt she was quite hardworking, training for several hours every day and sometimes even doing extra training at night.

But since she started the concentrated training, she found that the intensity of her previous training was much lower than the normal training intensity arranged by the company.

How intense is the training? Every night she falls asleep as soon as she touches her pillow, and sleeps through the night. When she wakes up, she feels sore in her arms, legs, waist, and other muscles.

Excluding the day off on Sunday, they have been training for eleven or twelve days.

Li Cailing really felt very tired. Her physical strength was average to begin with, and she really couldn't stand such training intensity.

At this moment, she was thinking: "I'm already with my oppa, do I still need to endure this hardship? Even if I reduce the intensity of my training, with my oppa's help, I can still debut smoothly, right?"

Am I being forced to endure hardship like this?
But Eunbi, Yeji, and Miyeon are all training hard. If I ask my husband to reduce the intensity of training, will he think I'm being squeamish and stop liking me?
Ugh!
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, so even though she was physically tired, Li Cailing couldn't sleep.

"Tuk~Tuk Tuk~"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the practice room door, waking up the trainees who were taking a lunch break.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the practice room was pushed open and the director who was in charge of the training of these players walked in.

Seeing that it was her, everyone quickly stood up and bowed to greet her: "Hello, Director!"

Upon hearing this, the contestant who was originally reluctant to get up rolled over and crawled to his feet, and quickly bowed.

"Okay, are you all awake? I have something to announce to everyone! Considering the intensity of everyone's training recently, the production team has decided to give everyone an extra half day off every Wednesday, so everyone can go back and rest now.

If I go back to the dormitory, I will take the production team's shuttle bus. If I go home, I will report to the team leader, and the team leader will report to me."

Holiday?! (▽)
Hearing that they had an extra half day off, the girls' eyes lit up. However, fearing being reprimanded, no one dared to celebrate out loud. Instead, they bowed to the head of the department and said, "Thank you, Head of the department."

"Yeah." After nodding with satisfaction, the director went to notify the next practice room.

"Oh yeah! It's vacation time!" "Great! I'm going back to the dorm to sleep now!" "Anyone planning to go shopping? Let's go together!"

Only after the director left did the contestants in Li Cailing's practice room dare to cheer and celebrate.

However, Li Cailing appeared quite calm, because for her, taking half a day off would not solve her problem.

But since she had half a day off, she could go visit Park Min-young, so she went to report to the captain of this practice room.

After reporting, she packed her things and found Shin Yuna and Lee Chae-yeon, and the three of them prepared to go to Park Min-young's house together.

Just then, Li Cailing's cell phone rang.

【Come to Minying's house. I'll be waiting for you here.】

Oppa! Back to Seoul!
Li Cailing's face was overjoyed and she turned around to share the good news with Li Caiyan and Shen Youna.

At this moment, a girl passing by suddenly stopped beside Li Cailing, then leaned over to take a look at her mobile phone screen.

Instantly, the girl's eyes lit up: "Hey! Cai Ling, is your boyfriend looking for you?"

There were many contestants in the corridor, and the girl deliberately raised her voice when she said this.

When the word "boyfriend" was heard, the originally bustling corridor suddenly became quiet.

Idols will have a dating ban of about three years after their debut, and trainees are naturally not allowed to date either.

These 96 players signed a contract before joining the training camp, one of which required them to promise not to be in a relationship. If they broke the contract, they would be expelled.

Now this girl deliberately said loudly that Li Cailing had a boyfriend. Everyone naturally knew what her intention was.

Li Cailing was very surprised by this, because she had no conflicts with this girl. They were just training in the same practice room. She didn't understand why the other party was targeting her.

Of course, she wasn't panicking at all.

Next to her, Li Caiyan immediately retorted on her sister's behalf: "What nonsense are you talking about? What boyfriend? I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing the other party's anger, the girl smiled contemptuously and said, "What? A warning? Threatening me? Would I be afraid of threats from you suburban girls?
And who is talking nonsense? All the notes on your phone are written as [Oppa], and you say he is not your boyfriend? If he is not your boyfriend, then is he your biological brother?

There is also regional discrimination in South Korea. People in Seoul consider themselves superior and think people from other places are country people.

The girl's cry of "suburban girl" angered many people in the corridor. Li Cailing was no longer polite and looked at her coldly and said, "Kwon Sun-a, does it matter to you whether Oppa is my biological brother or not?"

Quan Shan'e sneered sarcastically: "Of course it has nothing to do with me. I just want to remind you that if you fall in love, you should quit on your own. Don't wait for your boss to find out and fire you. It will be very embarrassing then."

Li Cailing refused to give in and immediately responded with a sneer, "Haha, you'd better mind your own business. Even if I get expelled, do you think you can debut? You were the last one in the exam twice!"

Since the training began, they have taken two exams, one large and one small. Although Li Cailing did not always come first, she was always among the top. However, Quan Shan'e was always the last in their practice room both times.

Li Cailing also wanted to understand why Kwon Sun-a suddenly committed suicide as if she had a serious illness. She must have thought that she had something on her and felt that she was from a small place in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province and was easy to bully.

Don’t say that she has a backer now. Even if she doesn’t have a backer, she will not allow herself to be bullied.

The shout of "tail girl" not only hit Kwon Sun-a's face loudly, but also avenged Kwon Sun-a for calling them "suburban girls" just now.

"Ha ha!"

All of a sudden, all the girls around who were not from Seoul burst out laughing.

"you!"

Kwon Sun-a's face turned red instantly and she raised her hand to hit Li Cailing.

Seeing this, Shin Yuna stretched out her slender arm and grabbed Quan Shan'e's wrist, glaring at her and asking, "What are you doing? Do you want to hit me?"

At this moment, eight people including Kwon Eunbi, Hwang Yeji, Zhao Meiyan, Mingjingnan, Jin Dongtian, Minatozaki Sana, Tian Xiaojuan, and Xu Yunzhen walked to Li Cailing and looked at Kwon Sun'e with unfriendly faces.

Among them, Zhao Meiyan even shouted directly at Quan Shan'e: "Yuona, let her go and let her try!"

Eleven to one, the advantage is huge! Although Zhao Meiyan has never fought before, in this situation, if a fight really breaks out, it will be a group of them attacking Quan Shan'e alone. What is there to be afraid of? We must be arrogant!

Shin Yuna immediately let go of Kwon Sun-a's arm, and then surrounded Kwon Sun-a with Zhao Meiyan and others.

Kwon Sun-a was shocked. She could never have imagined that there were a total of ninety-six contestants, and Li Cailing had so many friends, accounting for more than ten percent of the total number of contestants!

I want it! I’m doomed now, right?
Just then, the director came out of a practice room.

"What's the noise about?"

Suddenly, Quan Shan'e seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and hurriedly shouted, "Director, help me! They are bullying me!"

A few days ago, three contestants were expelled for bullying another contestant. Kwon Sun-a wanted to take the opportunity to expel Lee Chae-ryung and the others.

In response to this, none of the group panicked. They simply turned around and politely bowed slightly to the director, saying, "Hello, Director."

The director nodded, then looked around at the contestants with a stern face and said calmly, "If you have the opportunity to enter the entertainment industry in the future, you will definitely have the opportunity to hear many people's secrets.

If you don't want to mess around anymore, you can just do what Kwon Sun-a did just now.

Yell everywhere, shout everywhere, make those secrets known to everyone. Then you can be banned as you wish! " Upon hearing this, Quan Shan'e's face turned pale!

It's over! I've messed with someone I shouldn't mess with!
After giving Quan Shan'e a disgusted look, the director continued, "If you still want to get by! Then you must remember to watch your mouths! Too much talk can lead to mistakes, and don't try to be clever! Do you understand?!"

Everyone bowed quickly: "Yes, I understand."

The director nodded, then walked up to Quan Shan'e and said with a smile, "Shan'e, your report today was meritorious. What reward would you like?"

"I dare not." Reward? Punishment?

Quan Shan'e didn't dare to straighten her back even after bowing. She was almost regretting it to death. In this situation, it was lucky that she was not fired. How dare she ask for a reward?

"Haha~ If you have done something good, you should be rewarded. Why wouldn't you dare? Tell me, what do you want?"

"I dare not. I don't want the reward. I'm sorry, I... I know I was wrong."

"Haha~ Who said you were wrong? If Cailing was dating behind the production team's back, then she was definitely wrong. You deserve credit for that.

How about this? From now until next Wednesday, you don't have to come to the company for training. Take a good rest for a week. How about this reward?

what?
Quan Shan'e was confused. A week off? Is that really a reward? But she had just said she didn't want to be around anymore. What was going on?
"Thank you, room chief."

No matter what the situation, say thank you first.

"You're welcome."

The director smiled and shook his head, cursing in his heart, "Idiot!"
The training camp lasted only three months, so a week's rest meant a week's training was missed. Furthermore, Kwon Sun-a's grades were already poor, and another week's rest would make it even more impossible for her to catch up with the others.

So, is this week off a reward?
Then, the director turned around with a sullen face and held out his hand to Li Cailing: "Give me your phone."

Seeing this, Li Cailing and the others were a little confused.

Just now, the director scolded Kwon Sun-a, and they thought that the director knew about the relationship between Lee Chae-ryung and Lee Chi-hyun.

But now the director's attitude towards Li Cailing is not good either.

What's the situation?
The reason is simple. The director hates people like Quan Shan'e who are not good enough, don't work hard, and are jealous. However, people with good grades are not immune from death in her eyes. If Li Cailing is really in love, she will be fired.

How to prove whether Li Cailing is in love?
The director directly used Li Cailing's cell phone to call [Oppa].

"Hey, Cailing."

Hearing the young man's voice, the director's expression became even more serious. He immediately turned on the hands-free mode and asked, "Excuse me, what is your relationship with Li Cailing?"

Li Zhixuan was stunned: "Who are you? Where is Cailing?"

"Oppa, she is our head of department."

"Shut up!"

The director turned on speakerphone to let everyone listen, to prove that she would not frame Li Cailing or help her to commit perjury. But she did not want Li Cailing to use this opportunity to collude with her boyfriend.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhixuan's speechless voice came from the phone: "Ask Cui Sanshun to answer the phone!"

Choi Sam-soon is the person in charge of "Hi! Girl".

Hearing the other party say the name of his immediate superior, the director was stunned and a little dumbfounded: "Who are you?"

“I don’t want to repeat it a second time!”

Hearing that the other party was a little angry, the director felt that he had caused trouble and quickly said, "Please wait a moment."

As she said that, she winked at Li Cailing, then took her cell phone and took a group of people to find Cui Samsoon.

"Director Cui, this person wants to see you."

"Who?"

"I am not sure as well."

Choi Sam-soon was busy, and upon hearing this answer, he immediately became angry: "You brought a large group of people to ask me to answer the phone without knowing who it is? Do you think I have nothing to do?!"

"He seems to be a big shot." The director came over and reminded in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Choi Sam-soon took the phone and politely said, "Hello, I'm Choi Sam-soon from the 'Hi! Girl' program. May I ask who you are?"

"Hello, Director Cui."

President?!
Cui Samsoon's eyes widened immediately, and he stood up in an instant: "Hello, President!"

President?!
The director was also shocked.

"Can Cai lead them off work now?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll do it right away! I'll do it right away!"

Cui Samsoon nodded and bowed, but Li Zhixuan had already hung up the phone.

"Excuse me, who is Miss Cailing?"

"Me." Li Cailing took a step forward.

"Is this your phone? Return it to you."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. Where are you going? I'll arrange a car to take you there."

"No need, someone will take me there."

"Then walk slowly."

Li Cailing wanted to leave, but looking at the nervous director with sweat on his forehead, she bowed to Cui Samsun and said, "Please don't blame our director. She was just doing her job and didn't make any mistakes. Besides, she just helped me."

After saying that, she bowed to the director again and said, "Director, thank you for helping me teach Quan Shan'e a lesson."

The director quickly waved his hand: "You're welcome, you're welcome."

"Goodbye."

"You walk slowly."

The eleven girls turned and left, leaving the two men breathing a sigh of relief.

The director quickly bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Director, I've caused you trouble."

Choi Sam-soon was speechless. "Be smarter next time! They've already asked you to come to me, and you don't know what's going on? And you still dare to bring people to me?"

"I was so stupid. I'm sorry."

"What happened just now? Tell me."

(End of this chapter)