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Chapter 167: Tune? Interesting (asking for monthly votes)
On the evening of March 24, 2017.

On Gong Cheng's birthday, JYP opened the pre-sale channel for Tarot's first full-length solo album, and released the last pre-release poster, as well as various MV and other highlights on the official website.

JYP: [Tarot's highly anticipated debut solo album, "Wheel of Fortune&X," will be released at 12:00 AM on April 1st, ready for global fans. Compared to the first half of the album, which focused on "Black Vitality," Tarot takes a deep and restrained approach, expressing the resilience and strength of growth. The second half, "Colorful Butterfly," will see Tarot transform with a fresh musical style, diverse arrangements, and unique visuals, creating an unparalleled audio-visual feast for fans. Stay tuned.]

Under the content of the copy, JYP released a clip from the behind-the-scenes footage of the production of the album "Wheel of Fortune&X".

After countless fans clicked on the video with trembling hearts, a line of post-editing date appeared on the dark video screen: March 15th. Then a "tick-tick" sound was heard, and a string of white subtitles replaced the VJ's question: "Topping the B charts and having your first number one single, how do you feel?"

After the subtitle team's questions, the video showed the data of "Rockstar" breaking various music records and ranking first on the Billboard Hot 100. The overwhelming popularity and performance made it difficult for the entire screen to contain these impressive achievements.

"I am enjoying boundless glory."

As Gong Cheng's clear voice rang out, the video screen brightened. He sat on the sofa in the composition room, his lazy face raised with a warm expression: "I am in great glory."

"Why did they only open the album pre-sale channel on March 24th? Isn't that too late?"

In response to the VJ's question, Gong Cheng's casual demeanor became much more serious. As the camera zoomed in, he chuckled and said, "Wheel of Fortune&X is a birthday present I gave myself for my 21st birthday, and it's also a present for all my fans."

At this point, this pitifully short clip came to an abrupt end, and the screen went black, making many Akanas so angry that they wanted to smash their phones.

"Ah! Who can see it if it's so short? JYP!"

"I'm so glorious~ Oh my~ How could you say such nonsense in such a nonchalant tone?"

"Tarot does have the confidence to be crazy, right?"

"Sisters, the pre-sale channel for Oppa's new album is open, let's go and boost sales first!"

"..."

JYP released a lot of content in this trailer. After the behind-the-scenes video layout, a trailer poster with a clever combination of color and composition instantly attracted people's attention.

The environment in the poster looks like a retro-style bar. In front of the bar, Gong Cheng sits on a high stool, with the warm yellow light shining on his cheek as he leans over the bar. In front of his gentle face, there is a 4-ounce glass of whiskey. The rich liquor is mixed with ice cubes, lemon, mint leaves... and the thick liquor drips on the wall of the glass and slowly slides down, but it is frozen in that moment by the camera.

The angle of the shot, through the wine-stained short-footed glass, reflected Gong Cheng's slightly tipsy and misty drunken eyes in the bronze wine. The drop of "wine bead" hanging on the wall of the glass was like a drop of warm yellow "wine tear" hanging on his gentle cheek.

"Oh my god~ This visual effect is so amazing, right? It makes me feel like licking it~"

"I've saved it as my screensaver. Luckily, I can't lick the tears off Oppa's cheeks. I can just keep licking them~"

"I really want to lick Oppa's dick~"

"It's really cool! I'm looking forward to the second half of the album! Please release it soon!"

"Stop making noise! ​​There's still behind-the-scenes footage from the music video!"

"..."

"Shit! Why are the MV's behind-the-scenes clips so short again?"

……

In the early morning of March 25, the news about the start of pre-sale for Gong Cheng's album became increasingly popular on the Internet.

As the person involved, Gong Cheng didn't have time to pay attention to the public opinion. After his 21st birthday, he returned to his dormitory, carrying a large and small bag of gift boxes, and took a shower to wash off the smell of alcohol.

He glanced listlessly at the gift boxes of all sizes on the ground. They were all gifts given to him by the Twice members. He didn't have time to look at them, otherwise it would be inconvenient to take them back after opening them in the Japanese restaurant.

Gong Cheng wiped his wet hair, sat on the carpet under the sofa, and started unboxing. To be honest, he was quite curious about the members' gifts.

He was the first to pick up the gift sent by Ming Jingnan, a wide and flat black gift box with a blue ribbon wrapped around it.

After pulling it open, Gong Cheng looked at the gift lying in the gift box under the dim light, his face a little dazed, and then he blushed.

Asi!

Gong Cheng wanted to curse at this moment! But, it was the kind of guilty conscience that made him feel guilty! It was like he had done something bad and was exposed.

A black silk nightgown lay quietly in the gift box, neatly folded, its edges adorned with white lace. The delicate fabric shone softly under the light. Gong Cheng touched it, feeling a familiar, smooth, cool touch.

On a piece of sticky note pressed under her nightgown, Ming Jingnan wrote: "If you like it so much, I'll give it to you as a gift."

Gong Cheng crumpled the note paper into a ball and wanted to throw it into the trash can, but then he thought about it and stuffed the ball of paper into the cabinet on the coffee table.

Worse!

Asiba!
He was in no mood to look at the other members' gifts. He was very impressed by the nightgown in his hand. When Little Tiger came to his dormitory, he had borrowed Little Penguin's nightgown several times.

However, later on, the little tiger discovered some clues and bought herself a nightgown of the same style, which led to the last attempt.

Gong Cheng got up, went to the refrigerator, and pulled out a can of beer. When he returned to the sofa, he saw the little penguin doll lying on the floor. He reached out and stepped on the penguin's head, muttering angrily, "Ah Xi! Why didn't you give me some stockings or panties?"

Then, he kicked the little penguin doll aside viciously, picked up his mobile phone, and opened Mingjing Nan's Kakao chat box.

Gong Cheng's annoyance wasn't that Ming Jingnan had given him a nightgown. Actually, it wouldn't have mattered if she had given him a pair of cute panties. The point was that this nightgown had once been worn by Son Chaeyoung.

So, I guess the butter thief has guessed what happened between him and Son Chae-young, right?
How rude! I am pure love!

"Are you asleep?" Gong Cheng typed something, then deleted it all and re-edited it: "The gift you gave me is really surprising..."

Read! Replied immediately!
The Butter-Stealing Penguin: "I was surprised at first, too."

"Like it?"

"Will it be too big for Chaeyoung?" (Little Penguin scratches his head)

"..." Gong Cheng rolled his Adam's apple, his throat a little hoarse. He picked up the beer on the table and took a sip. Then he clicked on Ming Jingnan's note and viciously changed it to "A thief who snoops into other people's lives in the sewer..."

He originally wanted to write more, but there was a word limit!
Look at that smug tone?

Is the scratching head expression at the end yin and yang?

Gong Cheng lay on the sofa, stopped pretending, and laid it all out: "You're not much older than Chaeyoung."

Then he turned off the screen of his mobile phone and glanced sideways at the nightgown lying in the gift box.

Am I being controlled by this little penguin?
Gong Cheng smiled. How could a thief who snooped into other people's private lives possibly control a pure love warrior?
If that's true, it's totally unfair.

He felt the need to put the second birthday gift for Ming Jingnan on the agenda. He really didn't want others to know about his secret relationship with Son Chaeyoung, the little tiger, but, Miss Ming Jingnan, you don't want the members to know that you play that kind of game, right?

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a knock on the dormitory door, and Gong Cheng guessed that it was Little Tiger coming.

He stood up and hid the gift from Ming Jingnan in the gap under the sofa, then opened the door. The last item of the day...

……

Downstairs of Gong Cheng's dormitory, Ming Jingnan curled up in the quilt, staring at the message sent by Gong Cheng on the screen.

"You're not much older than Chaeyoung."

She frowned and glanced down at her nightgown. This guy was so mean!
However, Ming Jingnan was in a good mood at the moment and was too lazy to care about these things.

like me?

How come you're together with Chaeyoung?
What did she do by letting Chaeyoung borrow her nightgown? She couldn't even bring herself to say it!
What a bastard! And you have the nerve to tell me you're confessing your feelings on a Coachella stage or something?
After observing her for a while, Mingjing Minami realized that this person didn't take relationships seriously. Perhaps he had some sort of fetish, not just foot fetishes, but also stamp collecting? Did he treat relationships like a game, just for the sense of accomplishment of finally completing it?

Maybe that's the case, she hasn't figured out the deeper things yet.

After discovering the relationship between this man and Chaeyoung some time ago, although Mingjing Nan was angry, he wanted to turn a blind eye to it out of consideration for Chaeyoung's feelings and the current careers of the Twice members. It's normal to be in love.

If this matter ended like this, then she would simply have seen through the man's true nature as a bastard and scoffed at his previous words of liking her.

But as she delved deeper into those games, Ming Jingnan suddenly felt that there might be more interesting ways to treat Gong Cheng, just like in the games. That was why she gave Gong Cheng the nightgown as a gift today.

Tune in? Interesting.

……

The next day, after JYP released the pre-sale channel for Gong Cheng's first solo album, Tarot's name was everywhere on the hot searches overnight.

[Tarot's new album pre-sale channel is now open, and pre-sale sales are expected to reach one million]

[Arkanas frequently share their order records, demonstrating their fan cohesion that has the world trembling with fear! This is the superstar of our Great Cold Netherworld, Tarot!]

[Tarot is fickle and has confirmed its breakup with BLACKPINK's Jisoo]

【Tarot Birthday Drunk Jiangnan】

After Tarot's global success with "Rockstar," his overseas fan base has skyrocketed, making him the most beloved Asian K-pop artist in Europe and America. Many overseas fans have questioned Tarot's creative abilities, but stay tuned for the second half of his latest album...

In today's streaming media era, the hashtag #Tarot# represents traffic and popularity. Amidst a series of trending searches, the headlines of major media outlets are dominated by only one figure: Tarot.

"Ahh! Oppa is really going to be a big hit this time! As a solo singer, if the pre-sale sales really exceed one million, it will be amazing..."

"Yeah, in the age of streaming, I'm afraid he'd be the first solo artist in K-pop history to achieve over a million album pre-sales. It'll set a record, right?"

"Shit! I'm really impressed by the two idiots above. Are you trying to blacken my pigeon? Do you know how popular Oppa is overseas right now? How many people are looking forward to the release of this album? Idiots!"

"As an Oppa fan, I can only say that the sales of Oppa's new album, conservatively estimated in China to start at 50 copies, and there are dedicated fans in Japan who have statistics, with at least 30 at the bottom, which is close to one million, and that doesn't include overseas fans. Damn it, if you Koreans in the Peninsula don't buy as much as we do in China and Japan, then please stop licking my pigeon's face and depriving it of its nationality, okay?"

"Why not let my pigeon go back to China and perform? These ordinary idiots have no money and less support than us. I really don't know what's the point of Oppa staying there? I get angry just thinking about you little idiots! What bullshit are you talking about? My pigeon is the god-like face that unified the Peninsula! How many people are there in the Peninsula? How about unifying the world?"

"Shit! Don't underestimate the cohesion of our Dahan Mingguo fans! For the pride of Dahan Mingguo, we will definitely crush you Chinese and Japanese fans in sales so badly that you can't even hold your heads up!"

"Fuck you little bastard!"

“The true king of K-pop!”

"Keep walking on the flower path, Oppa!"

"..."

Inside Twice's practice room, Gong Cheng watched the comments on the screen with some tension. How come Arcana's fans are becoming increasingly divided into different groups? "From the earliest major departments—the executive department, the publicity department...whatever—now, are there still nationality divisions?" But from a business perspective, this situation actually stimulates sales.

Gong Cheng reviewed dozens of comments on this post, which had tens of thousands of them, and thought one of them was quite telling. If pre-sale sales for his debut full-length album exceeded one million, it wouldn't be anything to celebrate.

If the pre-sale sales exceeded one million, then wouldn’t his number one single “Rockstar” that topped the B charts be a waste of time?
Lin Nayeon sat next to Gong Cheng and felt that in the eyes of the members recently, she and the man next to her were a little ambiguous.

So, she gritted her teeth and patted Gong Cheng, who was looking at his phone beside her, pretending to scold and say impatiently, "Hey! Why are you always hanging around our practice room instead of your own?"

"Pfft~"

Under the strange gazes of the members, Lim Nayeon couldn't help laughing out loud.

Sorry, it's my first time cheating, I don't have much experience.

"..." x9
Even Gong Cheng, standing next to him, put his phone away and stared at the bunny idol in confusion. Why do you keep adding drama to yourself? Could you be more obvious?

Only Momo Hirai scratched her head and asked Park Ji-hyo beside her in confusion: "Didn't we celebrate our birthday together yesterday? What happened?"

"Who knows her." Park Ji-hyo shrugged helplessly, not paying too much attention to her sister's bad behavior, and lowered her head to play with her mobile phone.

Gong Cheng pulled open the sleeve of his sweatshirt, revealing with some resignation the birthday gift Lin Nayeon had given him last night. It was a bracelet the Rabbit idol had obtained from a temple in Incheon a few days ago. The bracelet was made of tightly woven, tough, dark brown cotton thread. A small, polished sandalwood amulet dangled from its center. It was lightly engraved with ancient protective runes and the word "peace" in Korean.

The clear texture is filled with the faint fragrance of sandalwood, which smells quite soothing and peaceful.

The rabbit idol specifically requested on Kakao last night that he should wear it every day.

"Hehe~" Lin Nayeon grinned with her rabbit teeth and laughed foolishly twice, then she felt that she couldn't stay with her boyfriend for long, so she jumped up and ran to find her good friend Yu Jeongyeon.

Gong Cheng smiled and pulled down the sleeves of his sweatshirt, glancing with some boredom at the dark 'thief' squatting in the corner!
When their eyes met, Ming Jingnan quickly turned his head away, pretending nothing had happened as he fiddled with the game console placed horizontally on his knees.

"Mina, what are you playing?" Gong Cheng stood up, strode over to the little penguin, and squatted down. He looked around at the busy members around him and whispered softly in Mingjing Minami's ear, "I really like the gift from last night, really."

"You remember what I told you? I have a gift for you. Remember to bring your computer with you after get off work to sign for the gift."

"Can't refuse."

After saying these words, Gong Cheng didn't give Ming Jingnan any chance to refuse. He stood up and prepared to leave Twice's practice room.

Before leaving, he looked at the members gathered in their own groups, waved, and made his presence felt: "Kids, Oppa is leaving!"

Why do I feel like I'm not as welcome as before in Twice's practice room?
Is it because his popularity has dropped? Is there a sense of distance between him and the members of Twice?
……

After get off work, Gong Cheng returned to the dormitory, changed his clothes and sat on the sofa.

He left the door to the living room open, and the message on the screen next to him was the one he had just sent to Ming Jingnan, urging him to go upstairs.

"Mina, Mina! What should I do with you?"

The nightgown she had given him was still hidden under the sofa. Thinking of this, Gong Cheng bent down and pulled out the gift from Ming Jingnan from the crack in the sofa. He then carefully folded the nightgown, took it to the bedroom, and stuffed it into the bottom drawer of the wardrobe.

Sitting back in the living room, the little penguin still hasn't gone upstairs. It's really taking its time.

Gong Cheng picked up the beer on the table and took a sip. He suddenly wanted Ming Jingnan to put on the black silk nightgown herself. Doesn’t she know how to dance ballet?
What kind of scene would it be like if an elegant dance style was paired with a charming nightgown?

Gong Cheng hoped that he would drink beer in large gulps, quietly appreciate the dance performed by Ming Jingnan, and after the performance, comment: "NO, it doesn't meet the debut standards!"

Just like she debuted through the "SIXTEEN" audition.

The sound of changing shoes came from outside the door.

Gong Cheng collected his scattered thoughts and looked sideways, and saw that Ming Jingnan and Kim Daxian came together.

"Oppa, have you finished your meal?"

Kim Da Hyun quickly changed into slippers and came over to him, smiling and inviting him: "Ounis ordered takeout, and I wanted to ask if you want to go downstairs to eat together?"

"No, there's no place for me to stay in your dormitory." Gong Cheng waved his hand to refuse. After delivering the gift to Ming Jingnan, he had something else to do. His destination was Jiangnan, but tonight he was going to discuss serious matters with the members of Bombardment Meteor.

"Who said that? To be honest, our dormitory is even bigger than yours, Oppa." Kim Dahyun argued.

"Hehe~ Are you comparing a nine-person room with my dorm? Dahyun~ Your dorm doesn't seem that much bigger than mine, right?" Gong Cheng explained speechlessly, "I really am not going. I have to go out to work soon."

As he spoke, he saw Mingjing Nan taking off her socks and stopped her lightly, "No need to take off your socks, it will be done soon."

"Work? Ha, we're going to Gangnam..." Kim Da Hyun's fair face trembled. This oppa doesn't have to go to the crew now. What kind of work could there be in the middle of the night?
When did going to Jiangnan become a job?

"Why isn't it considered work?"

Gong Cheng shrugged and explained in a serious tone, "Da Hyun, please stop misunderstanding Oppa, okay? It's really hurtful."

"Actually, going to Gangnam and all that was the persona Jinyoung created for me. There's nothing I can do about it. If I don't go, won't that persona collapse? Just like Dahyun, aren't you the variety show host and comedian in Twice? Isn't our Dahyun actually a very quiet little girl?"

As he spoke these words, his logic became clearer and clearer, and he almost believed them.

Mingjing Nan stared at him and couldn't help rolling his eyes. This guy...

"..." Kim Da Hyun turned away, not wanting to listen to this oppa's excuses anymore. She hoped that in the future, even after this oppa had a bad accident, he would still be so eloquent and articulate.

It seems that the orders of the sisters have been conveyed and rejected!
Kim Dahyun was about to go downstairs, but paused and glanced at Gong Cheng and her own Mina unnie with some suspicion. Nothing would happen to these two people, right?
"Why are you looking at me, Daxian?" Mingjing Nan asked softly, casually placing his notebook on the coffee table and giving Gong Cheng a subtle look: "My notebook is broken, can you help me fix it?"

She said a little nervously that to this day, she was still helping Gong Cheng keep the secret because Gong Cheng forgot her birthday and omitted her gift last year.

When she went downstairs just now, the excuse she gave to the members was that her computer had some minor problems and she wanted Gong Cheng to see if he could fix it.

Gong Cheng nodded and immediately reacted.

However, he took the notebook with some helplessness. What Ming Jingnan didn't know was that Kim Da Hyun had discovered last year that he had forgotten to give her a gift, but that piece of tofu was also helping to keep the secret.

Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know, and even tofu knows.

This is what Gong Cheng and Kim Da-hyun agree on, but in Ming Jingnan's eyes, only God, the earth, you and I know it.

Kim Dahyun glanced at the oppa with some distrust. She felt it was strange that Mina helped this brother lie last year.

In order to maintain peace within Twice, Tofu decided not to leave and see what the two of them were going to do!
"Aren't you leaving yet? Daxian?" Gong Cheng muttered in confusion. He was just about to say some considerate and private words to Mingjingnan.

For example, Miss Mina, if you don't want the members to know, just be a good boy...

"Are you chasing me away, Oppa?" Kim Da Hyun's sharp eyes showed a hint of suspicion.

This guy is so heartless. How many times have I helped him?

Now you turn around and chase people away?
Are you afraid of disturbing your good things?

"Ani, I'm worried you might be hungry..."

"I'll accompany Mina-unnie. We'll go down together later."

Gong Cheng didn't say anything more. In order to avoid being exposed, he picked up Ming Jingnan's notebook and went to another empty bedroom.

His dormitory has two bedrooms and a living room. In addition to his own bedroom with a shower room, he converted the unused bedroom into a study-like room with a desk, some study materials, and some portable musical instruments, such as guitars.

After all, he is still a student at Yonsei University.

Gong Cheng opened Ming Jingnan's notebook. The password on the lock screen was the same as the number she sent on Kakao, 0324, her birthday.

Open Staem and it will automatically log you in. There are dozens of games in the game library. Gong Cheng searched around but couldn't find any of the same games as his. Suddenly, his "game time" became confusing.

He even suspected that he had misunderstood Ming Jingnan?
But after checking, I found that the last time Mingjing Nan logged into the games he often played was a long time ago.

This means that the little penguin has not opened these games recently, but I heard from Tzuyu and Sana that Mingjing Nan plays games on his laptop every day in the dormitory. So what games does he play?

There is no doubt that the 'Butter Thief' is still Mingjingnan!
However, this little penguin is smart enough. Gong Cheng even thinks that she took so long to come down just to delete the evidence.

Afterwards, Gong Cheng didn't think any more about it and just deleted it. He had originally wanted to take pictures of those games and send them to Mingjing Nan as a threat.

But that's okay.

He took out his mobile phone, recharged 200 yuan into Ming Jingnan's Steam account, searched for a game called "School Rhapsody" in the game library, and purchased and downloaded it.

This is his best-selling game, which combines collection, bundling, adjustment and other standards. The hero Chi Muxiao needs to conquer 18 campus beauties in order to pass the level and achieve various achievements.

This is the birthday gift that Gong Cheng gave to Ming Jingnan this year.

Don’t you love to play? I’ll let you play to your heart’s content!
……

In the living room, Mingjing Nan blushed slightly, her fair fingers clenching in her palms. She glanced suspiciously at the closed bedroom door. Before coming here, she had deleted some games from Steam.

After Gong Cheng said he wanted to download a gift last night, she had a bad feeling, as if something had been discovered.

Although I still don’t know what the gift Gong Cheng mentioned is, it’s always better to be cautious.

After dispelling the doubts in her heart, Ming Jingnan twisted her fair neck and looked around at the furnishings in Gong Cheng's dormitory. She was a little curious. Where did he put the gift she gave him last night?

Will it be used for something bad, like in the game?

"Why is your face so red, Ernie?"

Kim Dahyun asked with a strange look in her eyes. She hadn't seen any abnormal behavior from the oppa or the unnie next to him. Could it be that she was just overthinking it?
"Maybe it's too hot. I'll stand up and take a walk." Ming Jingnan stood up and strolled around Gong Cheng's dormitory as if nothing had happened. At the same time, he looked at every corner of the room with a scrutinizing gaze.

She came to Gong Cheng's bedroom. The black sheets and quilt were neatly arranged. On the bedside table were photos of him and his adoptive parents, as well as a photo of him as the tenth member of Twice and all the members of Twice.

Ming Jingnan couldn't help but open Gong Cheng's wardrobe, and saw all kinds of clothes hanging on the hangers.

I just didn’t see her nightgown!
Where did it go?

"Creaky~" As the door of the bedroom opposite opened, Ming Jingnan quickly closed the wardrobe and walked out of the bedroom nervously, just in time to meet Gong Cheng's intriguing smile.

"Okay, remember to go back and look at it again."

Gong Cheng generously handed the notebook in his hand to Ming Jingnan's arms. Then he went to the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, glanced around, took out a denim jacket from it, and put it on...

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