The number one playboy on the Peninsula!

Chapter 254 My Best Friend is the Assassin Gong Cheng! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
In Manhattan at night, the upper buildings are illuminated by warm yellow wall lights.

Outside Madison Square Garden, the once tranquil night was shattered the darkness the moment the Grammys ended. Hundreds of cameras tore through the night, flashes of light poured down like a torrential downpour, and long lenses spat out white light, capturing every expression of the departing artists.

"I've booked a private room nearby, we'll go together later." Taylor walked slowly beside Gong Cheng in her high heels, her white high-slit dress making things a little awkward. The various artists walking away behind and in front of her seemed to be making plans to celebrate together tonight.

The sweltering heat prompted Gong Cheng to loosen his suit jacket and toss it to Jin Dayu. Dressed in a black shirt and crisp trousers, his tall and slender frame appeared even more striking. He nodded, glancing at the members still clutching their Grammy trophy for Best Pop Group/Association, which they held with obvious delight. "Perfect timing, let's talk about our collaboration tonight."

"Are you releasing an album this year?" Taylor asked curiously. Tonight's six nominations and three wins seemed incredibly impressive to her. However, among the nominees, her friends were all well-deserved, which is why she told reporters during an interview at the event.

If Tarot is ignored, he will become the center of attention; if he wins, he will still be the center of attention. Tarot is the standard.

This isn't an exaggeration. After all, the sales and streaming data for the songs that Gong Cheng was nominated are all very transparent and available to the public. "God's Plan," which is currently holding the number one spot on the Billboard charts, is a single he released not long ago.

This song is currently riding a wave of incredible momentum. In the hip-hop-dominated music scene of the past two years, most music fans have been practically brainwashed by it. It broke records with 1.2 million streams on its first day, and in the Western music scene, almost no one can rival its streaming numbers. It has also significantly overshadowed the currently popular melodic rap genre. Judging solely from the hip-hop music of the first half of the year, if no comparable song emerges in the second half, "God's Plan" might be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song next year…

"It should be around the second half of the year, around the time of the world tour." Gong Cheng loosened the buttons on his collar, and then the group walked out the door together. The flashes of light were as bright as day, and many singers who had just been sitting in the venue were being interviewed by various reporters.

A female reporter wearing a white shirt, with blonde curly hair and black-rimmed glasses walked over. She greeted Taylor with a smile, and Taylor chuckled and parted her bright red lips, "A resounding victory?"

The female reporter in front of her was the same one who interviewed her during the live broadcast of the red carpet.

The female reporter looked at Gong Cheng, who was smiling, and asked cheerfully, "I'm a reporter from New York Entertainment. May I ask you a few questions, Tarot?" Seeing that Gong Cheng nodded, she gestured to the cameraman next to her to adjust the camera angle, and then said, "This is your first time at the Grammys, but you've won 3 out of 6 nominations. How do you feel?"

Gong Cheng glanced at the members who were being pulled away for interviews, his eyes peeking through his tousled hair, and chuckled, "Preparing to get completely drunk in Manhattan should pretty much sum up my mood, right?"

"In 16, you came into the public eye at the Han River Bridge. It is understood that your debut as a solo artist in Seoul was not pleasant. Shortly after, you formed Bombardment Meteor, and 'Fake Love' rose against the odds on the Billboard charts... In 17, you released your first full-length album as a solo artist, 'Wheel of Fortune & X,' and 'Rockstar' became your first number one single..."

"Tonight, making my Grammy debut, I received six nominations and won three awards...crazy..."

The reporter rambled on about the boy's career, comparing him to Taylor Swift beside him and Justin Bieber, who had just gotten into his van and left—all of whom were 'early celebrities.' But this boy was even more outrageous and legendary…

Asia, K-pop... such unfamiliar words...

Gong Cheng listened to her words, nodding occasionally, and then said, "If my career started with the Han River Bridge, but I'm standing here at the Grammys being interviewed by you, what I want to say is that no matter how bad your situation is right now, or what stage of life you're in, everything will be alright. There's a reason why the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror: because what's in front of you is more important than what's behind you..."

"In the eyes of fans and the public, they see you as a top-of-the-line sports car, speeding along the curves of music, constantly breaking records. So, for you, where is your final destination?" the reporter asked curiously. Many colleagues around also gathered around with their cameras, completely surrounding Gong Cheng and Taylor...

"Click-clack~click-clack" The camera flashes kept hitting the tall, straight-backed boy with an unchanging expression.

Taylor, standing beside him, also stared curiously at Gong Cheng's profile, wanting to know where his finish line was...

"A top-of-the-line sports car?" Gong Cheng smiled in surprise, also somewhat curious as to who had described it that way.

The reporter brushed a strand of platinum blonde hair behind her ear and smiled knowingly, “Yes, they think you have the glamorous appearance of a top-of-the-line sports car, the roar of a royal engine is the drumbeat of the arrangement, your ever-breaking musical achievements are the new records on the curves, and alcohol is your fuel… When they combine, producing the thunderous roar of high-speed driving, that’s the music you leave in the listeners’ headphones…”

"The person who made this statement is a sweet beet!" Gong Chengying laughed out loud.

"If the Grammys were the finish line, would you still cross it?" The reporter asked the question she wanted to ask, smiling as she looked up at the boy in front of her. He was fucking handsome! That New York organization's "100 Most Handsome Faces in the World" list has finally produced an undisputed one!

Gong Cheng shook his head seriously, looking at her. "For me, the Grammys aren't the finish line." He shrugged, then chuckled and asked, "Do you want to see me again next year?"

"Of course!!!" The reporter nodded seriously.

"Like cheering me on from the stands by the racetrack?" Gong Cheng asked with a smile, his bright eyes meeting the reporter's gaze.

The reporter lowered her head somewhat flusteredly, awkwardly smoothing a strand of hair behind her ear, her face slightly flushed. Then she nodded earnestly, "Support? Then I will!"

As the world's largest music market, Europe and America were relatively unfamiliar with the Asian term "fan support." However, in the last two years, since the boy in front of us broke into the European and American music scene, it has become increasingly well-known. His fans have covered the grounds, LED displays, and birthday celebrations for him, shocking the world...

Most listeners in Europe and America, including herself, were initially general fans who would buy albums and listen to the songs, but they were clearly not as enthusiastic as Asian fans...

But since the rise of "Tarot," more and more Western music fans have learned about the way "Akka" fans cheer, and they have joined in...

"Then wait for me at the finish line..." Gong Cheng glanced at the members who had finished their interviews and were waiting for him not far away, then smiled at the reporter, "Okay, interview time is over, I'm going to fill up the fuel."

"Pfft~ Haha..." The reporter chuckled, then nodded and let the "supercar" go.

……

#Tarot, the pride of the Great Cold Kingdom, with 3 wins out of 6 nominations and 1 win out of 1 Bombardment Meteor nomination, "Tarot" has brought K-pop to the world stage. He is truly the emperor of K-pop. The Blue House... tweeted their congratulations...#
#Chinese singer Tarot (Gong Cheng) won 3 out of 6 Grammy Awards at the Grammy Awards, the highest honor in the global music industry, on [date missing]. "Attracted by his looks, loyal to his talent," he swept three awards out of six nominations, becoming the first Chinese singer to win multiple Grammys in a single year. Shining at the Grammys, from the Han River Bridge to a Grammy rising star, Gong Cheng's breakthrough has already transcended personal honors… It is reported that Gong Cheng will hold his first solo concert in China during the May Day holiday. Let's look forward to it!#
#popular emperor である宫成がTonight グラミーにappearsし, 6つの看にノミネートされ3つの看をReceived しました.まさにアジアの波壊ドラゴン, the Empire's most ferocious tiger, です. Bombardment Meteor's new moon is officially open The sound of the beginning is the sound of the wave. The true world of heaven and pop emperor Tarot からのものです! ! ! #
#TarotRedCarpetLook#
#Tarot Post-Interview#
#From the Han River Bridge to the Grammys#
#……#
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She asked me if I loved her, and I said, "So-so."

"I only love my bed and my momma I'm sorry~~"

In a Manhattan bar, the DJ's rendition of "God's Plan" further heightened the atmosphere.

Gong Cheng and Bombardment Meteor Taylor arrived at a private room in the bar, celebrating with toasts—the group won one Grammy, and Gong Cheng personally won three.

Taylor Swift, on the other hand, didn't win any Grammys tonight. However, due to the "Snakegate" scandal in 16, she didn't release many songs last year. Instead, she invited Makoto Miyazaki to be her producer for the album "reputation" at the end of last year.

"Cheers." Gong Cheng raised his glass and clinked it with Taylor's. Even though this woman didn't win any awards last year, in terms of sheer numbers, Taylor Swift has amassed 10 Grammy Awards since her debut...

In its early years, it mainly won major country-related awards, but with the release of "1989" in 16, it gradually started to move towards major pop awards. In 16 alone, "1989" won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, and "Bad Blood" won Best Music Video...

It is precisely because Taylor Swift started her career in country music, a unique phenomenon in the Western music scene, that Gong Cheng wanted to create an independent folk song for their collaboration. "Do you have time in the second half of the year?"

The huge success of "reputation" helped Taylor recover from the "Snakegate" scandal of the previous two years and made her increasingly busy.

"Yes, but I'm preparing for next year's album." Taylor talked about her plans. She didn't have many commercial activities, but she was busy with next year's album. She really wanted to ask Gong Cheng to work on it for her again, after all, the success of "reputation" was a good example.

However, Gong Cheng declined due to various reasons related to his schedule. Today, I saw that this was indeed the case. Not to mention his world tour in the second half of the year, if he were to release a new album, how could he possibly have time to produce it for himself?

Gong Cheng took a sip of wine, put down his glass, and chatted enthusiastically with his female friends while casually discussing collaboration with Taylor. "Okay, I want to write an independent folk song. You're good at this. When the arrangement is done, give me your advice."

“Okay…” Taylor poured himself a glass of wine, his expression somewhat suspicious. “You don’t mean to take all three major awards next year, do you?” Of the four major awards, besides Newcomer of the Year, the rest are Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year—undoubtedly the biggest awards.

Gong Cheng sent a message to Bae Joo-hyun and the rest of BLACKPINK, all congratulating him. He looked up at Taylor, "Give it a try. Who wants to be a runner-up?" Although he won three out of six nominations tonight, he was still a runner-up for Bruno Mars, just like Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, and Nader Glover, despite being nominated for the three major general awards Taylor mentioned...

"I feel like among the new generation of male singers, you and Bruno Mars are the most promising," Taylor said with a smile after taking a sip of her drink. In the Western music scene, besides the top five female singers, there are also top five male singers. Of course, there aren't any special rankings; they're all selected by fans and the public based on music data, popularity, and other factors…

This describes the landscape of the Western music scene. Let's not even mention the top five female artists, she herself is one of them… and the top five male artists of the last two years—Bruno Bruno, Justin Bieber, Drake, Tarot, The Weeknd—not to mention the number of Grammys…

Bruno Mars has 7 number-one singles, 1 number-one single of the year ("Uptown Funk" in 15), Justin Bieber has 5 number-one singles, 1 number-one single of the year ("Love Yourself" in 16), The Weeknd has 3 number-one singles to date, but no number-one single of the year, Drake has 2 number-one singles, but no number-one single of the year...

Since his debut, Makoto Miyamoto has had six number-one singles, including his first number-one single of the year, "Shape of You," and tonight he won three Grammy Awards...

"..."

After chatting with Taylor for a while, Gong Cheng hurriedly replied to his girlfriends' messages while lying on the sofa and looking at the messages sent by Mingi Mina.

【Mina-chan the Stingy】: "Sharon?"

Gong Cheng glanced at the little penguin's tentative tone, "Sharon? Don't you think it's tacky?"

【Mina-chan】: "Did you hire a shill? (Confused)"

Is it important?

"important."

"I miss you so much in Manhattan this night..." Gong Cheng sent the message, then copied and pasted it, sending it to the top few contacts in his call list. Afterwards, he put down his phone, picked up his glass, and joined Wu Sehun, Park Chanyeol, and the others!
The Grammys deserve a proper celebration...

……

Thousands of miles away in Seoul, it was afternoon. Bae Joo-hyun, panting, wiped the sweat from her forehead, then sat cross-legged on the trainees' floor and opened her phone to see Gong Cheng's reply...

She watched the entire Grammy Awards ceremony live, from the red carpet to the end...

As the nominees were announced and the winners were revealed, with Gong Cheng holding the Golden Disc Award trophy, Bae Joo-hyun felt like the whole of Seoul had gone crazy! Everywhere was filled with jubilation and screams. The boy who had made those outrageous remarks under the night sky of Daegu last year had transformed all of this into shouts and applause…

So much so that when Bae Joo-hyun saw Gong Cheng holding the Grammy trophy, whether it was because she had grown a little older or something else, she was quite moved as she gazed at the boy bathed in the spotlight on the screen…

So she offered a refined congratulatory blessing: "May your life be filled with enduring applause from now on."

These words perfectly described him, and in Bae Joo-hyun's eyes, they were incredibly fitting. The insults and slander he had endured since his early fame had all transformed into dazzling applause and starlight when Gong Cheng lifted the trophy tonight.

"I miss you so much on this Manhattan night..."

When Bae Joo-hyun opened the chat and saw Gong Cheng's reply, her mind went completely blank. Having been single since childhood, this was the first time she'd encountered something like this. She had countless admirers; since her trainee days, people had been waiting outside her trainee doors, some even offering cheesy love letters…

Some people who disliked her directly asked for her contact information, but she refused them all. After her debut, she had a constant stream of suitors...

Bae Joo-hyun could refuse without batting an eye, but the delicate white hand resting on the screen seemed unsure how to respond; she was very good at rejecting others…

But she had never accepted anyone before, so she didn't know how to accept...

"Did I send this to the wrong person?" Bae Joo-hyun bit her lip, her hair under her bun was a little messy, and her pretty cheeks were a little pink, but she was also hesitant and nervous.

Kang Seulgi and Son Seungwan pushed open the practice room door and walked in carrying several cups of coffee. "Unnie, our country has gone crazy! Gong Cheng and the others won the Grammys, and the whole nation is in an uproar!"

"Oh my god, you should go out and take a look. Almost all the large LED screens in Jiangnan are covered with images of Tarot and Bombardment Meteor. Tsk tsk..."

Bae Joo-hyun hurriedly turned off her phone screen, then calmly smoothed a strand of hair behind her ear. "Yes, I know. Even in our company building, during the Grammy Awards, screams could be heard everywhere!"

"Are you feeling unwell, unnie?" Kang Seulgi noticed Bae Joo-hyun's unusual behavior and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I was just too tired from practicing..." Bae Joo-hyun took a sip of coffee, pondering what to do next! To be honest, her relationship with Gong Cheng had always been strange.

Whether it was carrying him to the hospital during the year-end music show competition in 16, or accompanying him to Daegu to film a music video last year, he clearly wanted to take things further, but the other guy avoided it. He became increasingly busy, and this year the two of them rarely met, but their online conversations became increasingly heated...

It's like online dating...

Bae Joo-hyun always felt that this guy had ill intentions from the moment they met, but the feeling he gave her was also very different. He took her to the hospital twice and took care of her... From their trainee days until now, she has always been the one taking care of others...

"What are you thinking about?" Kang Seulgi sat down next to Bae Joohyun casually, her eyes filled with increasing curiosity. "Unnie, tell me what's wrong, I'll give you some advice!"

"..." Bae Joohyun glanced at Kang Seulgi. After knowing her for so long, Seulgi was still a newbie. What could she possibly ask her?

Then, as if remembering something, she smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm going out to make a phone call."

After watching her unnie strut out of the practice room with her phone in hand, Kang Seulgi shrugged helplessly. She really didn't understand...

"..."

"Jisoo, um... are you free tonight?" Bae Joohyun stood in the stairwell, the stairwell area of ​​the company eerily quiet. She stood by the window talking on the phone with her increasingly close friend, Kim Jisoo.

"What's wrong, unnie? I'm fine after get off work." Kim Jisoo's incredibly cool voice was tinged with amusement, clearly pleased with Bae Joo-hyun's call.

Bae Joo-hyun clenched her slender, white fingers, unsure how to begin. "Let's talk tonight. There's something I might need to ask you for a favor."

In her memory, Kim Jisoo had always been a very cool girl. When the two of them went shopping together, the gossip she talked about, coupled with the fact that many male celebrities in the industry were pursuing this sister, made her think that this exceptionally humorous sister, whose laughter was very similar to her own, should be very knowledgeable about relationships.

After all, when discussing the relationship status of so-and-so in the entertainment industry, Kim Jisoo's commanding expression and tone made her seem like a seasoned, strategist who had wielded immense power...

"Okay, see you tonight, Jisoo..."

Bae Joo-hyun hung up the phone, pondering how to tell her best friend tonight. She wanted to avoid letting her know about her relationship with Gong Cheng, but also subtly ask for her help and advice...

The reason for keeping it a secret wasn't that I didn't trust Kim Jisoo, but rather that her relationship with Gong Cheng was too delicate. After all, things weren't certain yet, and they weren't actually dating. If they were dating, telling Jisoo wouldn't be a problem, but they weren't...

……

"Did you send this to the wrong person?"

4 a.m. in Manhattan, man~
Gong Cheng returned to the hotel, washed up, and turned on his nearly dead phone. He saw a message from Bae Joo-hyun, only to realize he had forwarded it to the wrong person! Oh my god!

It wasn't a mistake, I just sent an extra one...

"No mistake, going to sleep now, goodnight (sleepy)." Gong Cheng lay in bed, rolling around in the covers... The women in Daegu are quite nice. The reason he hasn't made a move yet is because he's been maintaining stability since the beginning of the year. The message he sent by mistake was also a reflection of his true feelings...

If "Tarot" really replied to the Daegu woman and sent it by mistake, how heartbroken would Joo-hyun be? Gong Cheng thought to himself, his eyelids drooping...

……

The next day, April 27th, the "Tarot effect" and the "Grammy effect" fermented together, becoming trending topics in various countries.

#……#
Gong Cheng booked a suite at the hotel. The seven members of Bombardment Meteor booked two suites: Wu Sehun, Gong Cheng, and Wang Jiaer (the "maknae line") shared one suite, and the other four shared another.

After Sehun and Jackson came out of their respective bedrooms, they thought about waking Gong Cheng up. Since their tickets were for Seoul tomorrow, they figured they might as well spend the day relaxing in New York. The two pushed open Gong Cheng's door and couldn't help but pull out their phones and laugh.

On the large, soft bed, Gong Cheng lay on his side, a necklace dangling from his neck, not revealing his genitals. His upper body, broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted, was half-covered by the white blankets, vaguely revealing the shapely lines of his abs and waist. His messy black hair had a few stray hairs sticking up and pressing against the pillow.

A peaceful sleeping face, steady breathing...

But beside his sleeping body, three Grammy Awards shaped like gold records sat haphazardly, a stark contrast to his appearance…

"Aigoo, the maknae's fans should thank us, this is the ultimate 'god's peep'?" Sehun grinned and whispered to Jackson Wang, taking out his phone to snap a picture. The content of the photo wasn't anything out of the ordinary; it was simply the maknae's sleeping posture and the Grammy trophy on the bed...

"Get up! Maknae!" Jackson Wang and Sehun put away their phones and called out to Gong Cheng after sending the photos to him, urging him to get up.

"..."

After Gong Cheng woke up groggily, he got up and ran to the bathroom to wash up.

After changing clothes and meeting up with Jay Park and the others in the next suite, the group drove to Queens...

In the car, Gong Cheng glanced at the photos sent by Wu Sehun and Wang Jiaer; they were pretty good.

Just then, he remembered that he hadn't been very active on Instagram since posting a "96line" photo with his Shiba Inu friend, Yoo Jeongyeon (Momo). So he opened Instagram, uploaded a picture, and captioned it: "Good morning."

The picture shows the trophy on his bed.

With nothing to do in the car, Gong Cheng scrolled through his previous posts and discovered that his fans had been following his old posts, commenting, and celebrating the Grammys for the past two days...

He went back to where he just posted on Instagram... and it crashed...

Within minutes, the pinned comment had garnered hundreds of thousands of likes and tens of thousands of replies… Gong Cheng glanced at it curiously, and damn it, the two comments with the most likes were from people sitting in the passenger seat and the person next to him…

The two were busy replying to fans' comments: "Yes, the photos were taken by Sehun and me..."

"I was preparing to wake up the maknae (youngest member), and I happened to see it and couldn't help but take a picture..."

……

"Oh my god! So handsome!"

"So cute, Lord Miyako!"

"It feels bigger than a wine bottle!"

"I want to give Oppa some maintenance on his cannon barrel..."

"..."

……

Seoul, at dusk
Bae Joo-hyun waited for Kim Ji-soo to get off work at a barbecue restaurant near YG. The two planned to have dinner together, take a walk around the streets, and then go home.

She took a sip of her cola, glanced at the night view outside the window, and Gong Cheng's words floated into her mind again, "I miss you so much in Manhattan on this night..." It was a pity it was just a written version; she longed to hear Gong Cheng say those words in person...

I don't even know what time it is in New York, whether it's daylight or not, what the air quality is like, or how cool it is...

Thinking about it, she put down her cola and, out of boredom, started searching for New York's weather forecast and time zone information...

"Joohyun unnie~" A moment later, Kim Jisoo walked into the private room wearing a baseball cap and smiled brightly. She was really curious about what this unnie wanted to see her about.

Having known her for so long, this unnie doesn't seem like the type to proactively ask for help...

Bae Joo-hyun put down her phone, smiled, and the two ordered some food. They chatted for a while about their recent lives. "Jisoo, you know... I have a younger sister, right?"

"I know, didn't you say that last time, unnie? You even said you're studying at a school in Seoul now." Kim Jisoo said casually, then skillfully cut the grilled meat and took a bite.

Everyone's family relationships are simple; for example, she herself has an older brother and sister, and this unnie (older sister) knows that too...

Bae Joo-hyun took a sip of her cola and nodded. "She's in a relationship!"

"Ani, Joohyun unnie, you didn't come to see me just because of your sister's early romance, did you?" Kim Jisoo's face twitched. Was this sister really that old-fashioned? But after glancing at her again, she sighed understandingly...

Everyone in the industry knows that this woman has never been in a relationship and is incredibly virginal. No wonder... she does seem a bit old-fashioned and feudal.
"No, it's like this..." Bae Joo-hyun put down her cola and gave the prepared explanation, saying seriously, "My sister likes a boy, and he likes her too, but they don't go to the same school, you understand? But they're not together, their relationship is really strange..."

Jisoo found it increasingly strange. Why did this conversation sound so familiar? Sister? Friend? She frowned. Why did it feel like her sister had encountered a jerk? "Unnie, didn't that boy say anything to your sister about their relationship?"

"No... I just don't have any experience in dating either, and I'm worried my sister might get scammed, so I asked you for advice." Bae Joo-hyun looked at Kim Ji-soo's calm and thoughtful expression, and instantly felt reassured. She was in control!
Jisoo seems quite experienced! But she didn't ask any more questions, lest she make people uncomfortable...

What good girlfriend would ask you, "How many relationships have you had? You seem so experienced?"
"So, how far have things progressed between your sister and that boy? Like, holding hands, hugging, kissing? Or has it gone any further?" Kim Jisoo analyzed with a shrewd look. What a joke! She's a seasoned player in love!
However, she was also speechless. Why did her friends always seem to encounter such things?

Bae Joo-hyun thought for a moment. A kiss? No. Holding hands or hugging? Gong Cheng had carried her on his back, but that was when she fainted and went to the hospital. Although she had never dated anyone, she wasn't naive enough to think that was proof that Gong Cheng liked her…

She won't let others hug or carry her!
"No, but my sister said the two of them were being rather ambiguous... That guy, you know, asked my sister for photos of his legs and..."

"With what?!?!" Kim Jisoo was furious at Bae Joo-hyun's hesitant expression! She'd already mentioned the leg photos, but was too afraid to say anything else? Could it be...? Her lips trembled, too afraid to even think about it. This was scum! Holy crap! Her sister's younger sister wasn't even an adult yet, was she?!

Do you want that kind of photo?!

"Joohyun unnie, tell me! I'm so worried! Don't you want to help your sister anymore?" she asked angrily. What's going on? Your sister has been treated like this, and you're still so calm, unnie?

Bae Joo-hyun glanced at Kim Ji-soo in surprise, wondering why she was so angry. But Ji-soo was really loyal, just like Gong Cheng had said, "Foot photos..." After saying it, she lowered her head and took a sip of cola, feeling a little embarrassed; it was truly hard to say...

"He even told my sister that he likes black nail polish..."

"Foot?...What did you say...foot photos? No..." Kim Jisoo's anger suddenly subsided, and she asked incredulously. She thought it was something else, but then she muttered with a hint of disgust, "Aigoo, is that boy a pervert?"

"What, a foot fetish?" She couldn't help but shudder and feel a chill, then quickly added, "Joohyun unnie, your description is enough to prove that the boy is a pervert, nothing else can prove it..."

"On the contrary, your sister seems to really like that little pervert... and she even likes black..."

As Kim Jisoo complained, her gaze happened to fall on the canvas shoes she was wearing. She was supposed to get a black manicure, how unlucky! She'd change the color tomorrow!

"Seriously, Jisoo?" Something about Bae Joohyun's tone was off. "I came here to ask you to play matchmaker, why are you trying to ruin things like this?" She quickly tried to smooth things over, "No way, it's not that serious..."

“I saw my sister’s chat history with that guy, and they were actually chatting quite healthily. These photos only came about after they talked about this topic, and then…” Bae Joo-hyun blushed, her heart racing, afraid that she would give herself away…

"Besides, I'm not a very old-fashioned person, Jisoo. If my sister really likes that boy, and they like each other, there's nothing wrong with them being together. Isn't that normal during school days?"

"So, I wanted to ask you to analyze my sister's situation with that boy, and how to handle it better," Bae Joo-hyun said, placing a piece of grilled meat on Kim Ji-soo's plate and revealing her purpose. She wasn't asking her to break up someone else's relationship...

As Kim Jisoo chewed on her grilled meat, Bae Joo-hyun's words sounded increasingly familiar... She couldn't help but think of her former friend, Lim Na-yeon's friend, and sighed, "What a tragedy, none of my friends have met good people!"

Is this scumbag boyfriend just popping into her friend circle? Zhao Meiyan and Lim Nayeon are both her good friends and besties. One of them is completely fooled by Gong Cheng, while Lim Nayeon's friend is being completely deceived by another scumbag...

Now, this younger sister, with whom she's growing increasingly close, is also about to be deceived by a perverted young boy...

"What did you say?" Bae Joo-hyun didn't understand what she meant and asked curiously.

Kim Jisoo quickly shook her head and smiled, "It's okay, Joo-hyun unnie, you can continue telling me about your sister and that boy..."

……

After a day in New York, which was supposed to be relaxing, they didn't really get to enjoy themselves much. After all, Gong Cheng and his group of seven were too conspicuous, attracting fans everywhere who were so enthusiastic that it was almost unbearable.

While they were eating in the shopping street, many people slipped notes into Gong Cheng and his friends' pockets...

Gong Cheng didn't even glance at it, emptied it, and threw it in the trash. It was nothing more than contact information and such. He still doesn't dare to open his Instagram private messages: Japanese adult film actresses, international supermodels, and obscure European and American celebrities...

These are the hottest ones, here are the nude photos...

Some second- and third-tier celebrities were more reserved, wanting to ask for his contact information, but because of those damn Los Angeles media outlets last year, they would still occasionally send him pictures of him sunbathing in bikinis or applying sunscreen...

……

The following day, Bombardment Meteor boarded a flight to return to Seoul.

Upon entering the first-class cabin, Gong Cheng immediately fell asleep. To keep the 14-hour flight from getting boring, he, Wu Sehun, Wang Jiaer, and Park Chanyeol stayed up all night in the hotel, though they didn't drink alcohol, instead playing games all night...

……

Based on Seoul's time difference, it was already the early morning of April 29th when Gong Cheng landed.

But outside Incheon Airport terminal at midnight, almost every media outlet in Asia had gathered there. There were hundreds of reporters and photographers from various media outlets, crowding outside the security line, and countless fans were there to greet them...

After Gong Cheng and his group got off the plane, they were reluctant to leave the terminal hall, as the densely packed cameras made them feel a little uneasy.

A 14-hour flight is really tiring...

"Let's go out in a bit, let's rest for a while, I'm feeling all numb from lying on the plane..." Gong Cheng said to the members. They were surrounded by fans, big-name fans, Akana, and stargazers who had come to greet them...

Gong Cheng stretched his limbs in place. The cabin seats were too small; even sleeping required curling up. Park Jae-beom and Lay didn't have this problem. He went into the convenience store in the airport and asked, "Do you guys want some ice cream?"

Seeing that the members all nodded, he looked at the fansites nearby, gestured towards the coffee shop next to him, and said, "What do you want to eat or drink? Order whatever you like. Thank you for coming to pick me up so late..."

"Thank you, Oppa, hehe~"

"Every time I come to pick up my oppa at the airport, I manage to get a late-night snack~"

"Oppa, Grammy, oh Grammy~ Hehe~"

"..."

The fans who came to greet him at the airport were all smiles, chatting with Gong Cheng and filming videos...

After the fansite admins ordered their food, Gong Cheng took out his bank card to pay the bill. Then, he, Wu Sehun, and Park Jaebeom carried several ice creams to the members and distributed them. The seven of them sat on the chairs, eating ice cream with a bored expression...

The fansites standing nearby immediately grabbed their phones and cameras and started snapping photos of the group...

"Jaebeom oppa, are you feeling alright...?"

"Oppas, when will tickets for the Japan Station tour go on sale...?"

"Sehun~"

"..."

Fans started asking questions all at once, referring to the second part of the group's variety show "An Unfinished Story" released by the official Bombardment Meteor account a few days ago, which included clips of Jay Park being hospitalized after his Hong Kong and Macau concert...

The concert was heartbreaking for many fans, and there were also many behind-the-scenes clips and glimpses into the members' daily lives. The footage was real, ordinary, simple, and heartwarming, making it easy for many fans to see things from their perspective and empathize with the characters.

"For the Neon Station, tickets will go on sale at the end of the month, the 31st. It'll be here soon, just a few days away. On that day, tickets for one station will be released every hour, for a total of 6 shows over 6 hours. Everyone should go to whichever show they can get their hands on..."

Wu Sehun sat next to Gong Cheng, eating ice cream and smiling as he spoke to his fans.

As for releasing tickets every hour, it's to allow fans who didn't manage to snag tickets for the first stop to try and get tickets for the next stop. Tickets for all six stops in Japan will be released on the afternoon of the 31st, totaling over one million tickets...

Bombardment Meteor isn't worried. A tight ticketing schedule would lead to low ticket sales. Since they can sell 240,000 tickets in one second, they can sell more than 1 million tickets in six one-second intervals.

This is the limit of the venue, not their limit...

Gong Cheng took the simple, solid-color shirt from Jin Daewoo and put it on. The evening breeze in Seoul was still a bit chilly this time of year. He smiled sincerely at the fans, "See you next time. I have to deal with the media now~ Go home and get some rest..."

The seven members of Bombardment Meteor smiled and waved to the fans who came to greet them at the airport. Then, surrounded by their managers and security personnel, they headed to the terminal exit.

To the spectators who had stopped to watch, the darkness outside the terminal was only dotted with streetlights. But as they walked out with high spirits, a dense barrage of blinding flashes of light illuminated everything around them, turning it into daylight...

Media reporters swarmed in from outside the terminal, their cameras capturing seven figures with their hair blowing in the night wind and their radiant faces. The familiar positions, however, meant there were more microphones and flashes than usual when they stood here for interviews…

"Damn it! Let those damn entertainment agencies see what they're doing, stop marketing their so-called 'perfect looks' groups and top-tier idol groups!" The editor-in-chief of Peninsula Sports Daily personally came to the scene and exclaimed to the photographer beside him.

Then, looking through the lens, I saw the seven members' tall, upright figures and distinctive faces. Recalling their Grammy achievements, I realized, "In the Korean Peninsula, and even in Asia, there's only one world-class group!!!"

……

That evening, the photo went viral across various online platforms in Asia.

#The pressure from a world-class team#
#Bombardment Meteor's manager, Kim Dae-woo, angrily confronted the media: "I told you all that you need to show respect to Bombardment Meteor! Absolute respect!!!"#
#Top 5 New Male Singers in the Music Scene: Tarot is rising rapidly, like a supercar, overtaking Justin Bieber and The Weeknd, but... he's still accelerating!!! #
#Tarot—The tallest mountain in Kpop history#
#Bombardment Meteor is about to conquer Asia's largest music market, the Tarot sunrise concert is about to open, and looking ahead to the Tarot world tour in the second half of the year, 2018 still belongs to Tarot!#
#Daily Gossip: "Tarot lands in Seoul and heads straight to Kim Tae-yeon's Gangnam mansion, displaying his charming and romantic side!"#
#TarotGirlfriend Poll: "Congratulations to Kim Jisoo for winning the Tarot's Best Rumored Girlfriend poll on April 28, 2018! This is Jisoo's 51st time winning the daily girlfriend poll, and she's held the top spot for seven consecutive days recently. But personally, I'm leaning towards Tzuyu, the maknae of the national girl group TWICE, as the top candidate tomorrow! Supporting Tzuyu! So sweet!"#
(End of this chapter)