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Chapter 286 A Chaotic Mix of Couples at the Airport (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

(There have been some edits and deletions, please forgive the discontinuity...)
"...That's why I was at a loss..."

Hirai Momo's usually taciturn tone softened slightly at this moment, her dark eyes blinking twice as she spoke. She clenched her teeth tightly, "What saddens me isn't the resources, but the feeling that I'm somewhat distant from Oppa's heart..."

As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted them. How much did they sound like the words of a pitiful wretch begging for charity? But what was even more terrifying was that, more than regret, a secret expectation welled up in her heart, hoping that her master could see through her intentions.

As she spoke, she reached out and poked Gong Cheng's chest...

"..."

Hearing Hirai Momo's muffled words, sticky and nasal, Miyako glanced at her aggrieved expression and questioning gestures, remained silent for a moment, then smiled reassuringly and said, "It's not because of how close the relationship is that the allocation is like this..."

"Nayeon and the others are the most suitable right now."

"Once their results are in the second half of the year, they won't need anyone to help them secure fashion resources anymore; brands will come to them on their own..."

He told a white lie and then used a different angle to tell Hirai Momo about the strategic vision of fashion resources. However, the closeness of relationships does exist. After all, there is a difference between female relatives and beloved students. In addition, the number of places is limited, so they can only distinguish based on merit and the closeness of relationships.

However, he is still very optimistic about his protégé's future fashion resources. Someone with great dance skills and a great figure will definitely do well in the fashion world.

But Gong Cheng couldn't say these things directly. Could he possibly tell his beloved disciple that two of the four members were actually his teachers' wives, and one was his potential teacher's wife? That would be too shocking!

Hirai Momo: You're so dense!
It could easily damage one's glorious and towering image in the eyes of their beloved students...

The very official explanation left Hirai Momo feeling uneasy. Her lips trembled, and a cold smile crept across her face…

All the talk about suitability is a lie. She believes her fashion sense is no worse than the four selected members, even though it's clearly just that her mentor's relationship with them is ambiguous...

But Hirai Momo maintained a composed facade, refusing to ask him silly questions about his relationship with the members.

Breaking this barrier won't do her any good at the moment.

After all, he hasn't taken over yet...

"Is that so, Oppa?"

Like a silly deer, Hirai Momo's expression softened considerably, but after a quick thought, she couldn't help but ask, "Oppa, can I ask you a question?"

"Well, you said..."

Gong Cheng paused as he stood up from the exercise equipment, the metal machine making a soft "click" sound. He stretched his tall frame, the sunlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows falling directly on him. His expression, with his back to his beloved student, was hidden in the interplay of light and shadow.

He stretched his body casually, but beneath that casual demeanor, he seemed inexplicably nervous... afraid that his beloved disciple would ask some sensitive questions.

For example, my relationship with my female relatives...

He doesn't like lying or deceiving, especially to people close to him. After all, he's a pure and honest young man...

"Oppa, do you like me?"

Hirai Momo asked in a low voice, her eyes fixed on her beloved teacher's back.

Hearing this question...

Gong Cheng's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, hadn't died! Instead, he felt a mischievous elation rising within him... He slowly turned around, sunlight shining directly on his face, and he smiled, squinting his eyes, "I like it!"

How could I not like it?

He asked back, then happily sat back down, picked up his water bottle, took a sip, and heard his beloved student's uncertain voice beside him, "You really like it?"

Why would I lie to you?

Gong Cheng couldn't help but snort softly. Momo-chan has a great figure and a good personality. Why would she not want someone to accompany her to work out all day? And she wouldn't have felt a nameless anger because of what happened with Kim Heechul back then!

"Is Oppa dating someone?"

With a smiling expression, Hirai Momo suddenly probed again.

"..." Gong Cheng opened his mouth, his Adam's apple bobbing.

He suddenly started telling little lies again, but before he could utter the truth, Hirai Momo very considerately interrupted, "I don't think so~" She rolled her eyes and chuckled twice, but inwardly a cold smile crept across her face...

The wise and mighty Lord Momo, your intuition is never wrong!
Master, are you still pretending?

"I like Oppa too, but this time..."

"Oppa is too biased."

Hirai Momo raised an eyebrow, smoothed her short black hair behind her ear, stood up abruptly, and pointed to the gym equipment not far away, "Let's continue working out, Oppa, it's time for some hip thrusts."

"OK~"

Gong Cheng chuckled awkwardly, subconsciously ignoring his beloved disciple's earlier words about "favoritism," though perhaps there was a hint of it?
However, if he can continue doing double hip thrusts, it seems that his protégé's temper has calmed down a bit.

Today's fashion resource allocation issue kept him from going to TWICE's practice room much. After all, inconsistent allocation was bound to cause some resentment among the others, but he couldn't be bothered to care or explain anything further...

I'm too lazy to go. Why bother with all that trouble? Going into TWICE these days feels like entering a spider's web.
This little cabbage of his is like Tang Sanzang—everyone wants a bite!
"..."

Gong Cheng leaned against the hip thruster, and Hirai Momo sat down on his waist and abdomen without saying a word. The gray yoga pants wrapped around his beloved student's peach-shaped buttocks, making them look soft and elastic. The white tank top was heavy, and from the angle from which he was lying down, he felt a strange sense of pressure from his beloved student riding on him.

Whether it was a visual illusion caused by the sunlight hitting Hirai Momo's face or not, he always felt that his beloved disciple's delicate face had a cold smile on it, which was intriguing.

"...huh~"

Taking a deep breath, Miyako and Hirai Momo clasped hands and slowly rose up, performing a double hip thrust. However, the glaring sunlight streaming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows made them feel a bit hot, and sweat dripped from their beloved student's neck down to her snow-white chest, reflecting a glistening sheen.

"Only 10 more are needed. Oppa doesn't seem as good as before?"

Hirai Momo sat steadily on Miyako's waist, her lowered eyelids filled with a delighted smile as she looked down at her beloved teacher pinned beneath her. Her handsome face, backlit and covered in sweat, gave her oppa a unique charm...

It's very wild, and I feel a sense of thrill in conquering my master!

Thinking of this, she blushed and twitched her hips slightly, shifting a few inches below Gong Cheng's waist and abdomen, seemingly unintentionally...

"...What are you saying..."

After slowly lowering himself, Gong Cheng took a deep breath. The sweat stung his eyes. His busy schedule over the past six months had made him less diligent in his fitness routine than in previous years, so it was normal that he had become rusty with some standard fitness movements.

What do you mean by "not as good as before"?
He's been focusing on strengthening his back these past two years, hasn't he...?

"7~"

Hirai Momo sat motionless on Miyako's lap, counting for him, in a scene of teacher-student harmony. Through the fabric of her yoga pants, she could almost feel her beloved teacher's firm abdominal muscles...

My master has very strong core strength.

"Momo-chan, move up a bit..."

After several sets of movements, Gong Cheng's breathing gradually became erratic, and he looked at his beloved disciple, who was constantly rubbing against him, with an unnatural expression. He had sat in the wrong place.

"..."

"Oppa's abs are still as impressive as ever!"

Hirai Momo patted Miyako's chest, raised an eyebrow and praised, "This kind of two-person activity is simply enjoyable. I can see my beloved teacher's handsome face up close and feel my oppa's body. It's awesome!"

"Should we do another set of practice, Oppa?"

She asked smugly, not wanting it to end so soon, and shifted her position... but soon realized something was off.
……

Hirai Momo wasn't some clueless junior student; she quickly snapped out of her daze, blushed, lowered her head, and glanced around...

She bit her lip and glanced at Gong Cheng, who had hurriedly closed his eyes and started playing dead...

Hirai Momo's fair face was still slightly flushed as she quickly got up.

"Oppa blushes too?"

"It seems Oppa really likes me..."

I believe you now.

As she spoke, she thoughtfully took the blue towel off her neck and spread it out to cover her master's bulging tent. She felt inexplicably annoyed and wondered whether it was Mina-chan, Sana-chan, or Nayeon unnie.

They're eating so well?
"..." Gong Cheng squinted, peering through the gaps in his eyelashes at Hirai Momo's movements. What's going on?

Why are you making yourself look like a shroud? Can't you just get out of here?! What kind of thought process is that?!

They've even started drawing their swords...

"Oppa, I'm going to change my clothes first. Shall we go eat roasted pig's trotters later?"

Hirai Momo swallowed hard, glanced at him one last time, then quickly said something to help him out of the awkward situation before getting up and leaving. She was afraid that it would be very embarrassing if her master suddenly opened his eyes...

"..."

Listening to the fading footsteps... Gong Cheng raised his eyelids, sat down on the ground, and as embarrassment arose, the restlessness in his heart slowly subsided, but at this moment he was exceptionally melancholy...

What on earth is going on?!

He glared at the now obedient girl with hatred, "How can you face the big stars, Sana-chan, Mi-yeon, and Chae-young?"

o(￣ヘ￣o＃): I've done right by you!!

Gong Cheng unscrewed the electrolyte solution, took a sip, and then strode to the changing room. After changing his clothes, he arrived shortly afterward…

Hirai Momo changed into a black short-sleeved T-shirt, with the hem tied into a bow at the waist, revealing her abs. She wore black wide-leg shorts and her hair was simply tied up with a hair tie. Her pretty face looked somewhat dashing.

But upon seeing his beloved teacher, he couldn't help but glance at her tall figure, his face burning. A strand of hair brushed against his ear, revealing his earlobe, which was flushed with a faint blush...

"Oppa..."

She bit her lip and weakly called out.

"Hmm... hum~"

Gong Cheng responded with feigned composure, showing a thick skin.

What happened earlier was just human nature; it was because Momo-chan was moving around too much and shifted her position...

"Let's go get something to eat..."

Hirai Momo approached Miyako without mentioning what had happened earlier. She was quite pleased; her oppa had reacted so strongly to her, so fiercely! Thinking of this, she glanced at him again…

"it is good."

Gong Cheng's lips twitched as he agreed, taking in the subtle movements in his beloved disciple's eyes and brows. How did he learn to imitate Mina so well? It made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"..."

The barbecue restaurant they frequented was near their dormitory, about a kilometer away from the dormitory apartment complex. It was a winding walk, but it only took a few minutes to get there.

However, Gong Cheng kept his eyelids drooping with melancholy throughout the journey, feeling that he had suddenly lost ground in front of his beloved disciple because of what had just happened.

Ugh……

"Oppa, are you still thinking about what happened earlier?"

In the private room of the barbecue restaurant, Hirai Momo blinked, pursed her lips and asked a question. She picked up a tissue from the drawer and wiped it hard on the wooden table in front of her and Miyako. There were some oil stains and the smell of seasonings on it.

"Oh, nothing happened just now."

Gong Cheng quickly shook his head, opened two cans of cola, and pushed one over.

"It's okay, Oppa, I understand... These are normal physiological reactions."

Seeing Miyako's submissive expression, Hirai Momo chuckled and comforted him. It was rare to see Oppa blush...so cute!
Besides, this kind of thing is really normal. It's not just boys who will have a reaction; she will too. So she wanted to tell her beloved teacher not to worry about it. Just like right now, she felt very happy, which at least showed that she was still very nice in her teacher's heart!
"I'm really fine, Momo-chan..."

Gong Chengshuai blushed. Why did you have to bring up that sore spot?

"Then why are you blushing?"

"Hot..."

"Where's it hot?" Hirai Momo grabbed a piece of roasted pig's trotter, stuffed it into her mouth, raised an eyebrow, and grinned mischievously.

Gong Cheng was about to speak, but upon hearing such a vulgar question, he couldn't help but purse his lips and say, "Let's eat!"

Chumin!
Why do you always make dirty jokes about boys?
"Yes, let's eat, Oppa~" Hirai Momo lowered her head and chuckled twice, happily biting into the pig's trotter. After chewing and tasting it a couple of times, she swallowed it. She looked up at Miyako and gave him a thumbs up, confirming, "Aigoo, it's the pig's trotter I wanted..."

"Huh?" Crazy... Gong Cheng rolled his eyes, picked up a piece of roasted meat from the grill, took a bite, and then saw his beloved disciple's messy hair by her ear, swinging like a swing on her plate, almost getting covered in seasoning.

"Ugh... How come you're just like Chaeyoung, making such a mess while eating? Isn't that disgusting?"

He curled his lip in disapproval, then reached out and brushed a few stray hairs from his beloved student's ear. "No wonder there are always hairs in your cooking, it's disgusting..."

My protégé's cooking skills are among the best in TWICE. He likes to make some small dishes in his spare time. After all, he just likes to eat. He's the kind of person who can tell the difference between a pig's front trotter and a pig's hind trotter after just a couple of bites, so his cooking skills are naturally not bad either...

Chaeyoung, on the other hand, has a very poor appetite. Watching her eat often makes him lose his appetite too. Plus, Little Tiger can eat salad and end up with vegetables in his nostrils, and he even uses the tissue he used to wipe the table to wipe his mouth...

"Tch, I'm not like Chaeyoung, Oppa..."

Hirai Momo pouted and retorted, "Whatever I eat, it tastes good..."

"Why don't you mention Sana-chan? She cooks with steel wool in the food..."

“That’s true…” Gong Cheng clicked his tongue and nodded. The puppy really wasn’t suited for the kitchen.

He chatted casually, then lowered his head to eat his grilled meat and fried rice...

……

In the evening, Hirai Momo returned to her dorm. When her roommates, Lim Nayeon and Minatozaki Sana, greeted her, she cheerfully replied, "I went to the gym with Oppa, and then we had some barbecue together..."

As she spoke, she observed the expressions of her two friends. Seeing that they didn't seem to notice anything unusual, and instead were happily packing their luggage in preparation for their trip to Paris the next day, she gave a barely perceptible smirk. *You two are just being smug...*

Who says that only the one who stands in the public eye is the teacher's wife?

She certainly understood the principle of keeping the benefits within the family; rather than letting an outsider become her teacher's wife, she preferred to do it herself.

Nayeon was discussing with Sana Minatozaki whether they should bring more casual clothes, cosmetics, selfie sticks, and other random things, but after glancing at Momo-chan, she immediately shut her mouth, afraid that Momo Hirai might be uncomfortable.

Sana Minatozaki wisely stopped packing her luggage, wanting to chat with her friend for a while before packing.
Did Nayeon and I get a little too cocky just now?
She's already lost Mina as a friend, she can't lose Momo-chan too.

"You guys pack up, I'm going back to my room to take a shower..."

Hirai Momo knew what the two were thinking with just one glance. She snorted inwardly, but still waved her hand with an indifferent smile. Then she took two bags of potato chips from the drawer in the living room, carried them into the bedroom, and locked the door.

She deftly plugged in her phone, then took off her black T-shirt and shorts, which reeked of barbecue fumes, exposing her beautiful figure to the air. Wearing her removed panties, she pulled up a towel and went into the bathroom…

With a "splashing" sound, Hirai Momo gazed at her fair, voluptuous figure in the mirror. She closed her eyes and stood in the lukewarm shower water, her short black hair completely soaked, and the heat in her heart surged even more intensely...

She couldn't help but recall the scene at the gym that afternoon—how fierce he was!
"..."

……

"..."

As night fell, after a late-night workout, Gong Cheng and Zhao Meiyan took a shower together. Then, drying their wet hair, they sat on the beanbag chair in the bedroom. For some reason, during their aerobics session earlier, Gong Cheng and Zhao Meiyan...

He couldn't help but think of his beloved student's beautiful face...

"Oppa, do you remember these two plane tickets?" Zhao Meiyan changed into a clean set of pajamas. Her face, without makeup, looked less refined than under the spotlight, but more cute and innocent. The navy blue ice silk nightgown felt smooth to the touch.

But the drooping shoulder straps also made her look older. She pulled a diary from a drawer, took out two plane tickets that looked like bookmarks, and placed them in front of Gong Cheng with a smile, waving them around...

"Remember, what happened?"

"I gave you this as a birthday present last year, but I've always felt it's a pity that I didn't go with you again."

Gong Cheng glanced at the plane ticket she was holding between her slender white fingers; it looked a bit worn. After giving away those two tickets, Zhao Meiyan had been busy practicing for her debut. Now, a year later, she had finally achieved her wish.

But later, from last year to this time this year, he went to Hokkaido many times, but this pabo was never there. The schedules of popular artists are always so hot!

Just remember that~

Zhao Meiyan, beaming with delight as if collecting precious treasures, stuffed the two long-expired plane tickets back into her diary. She tilted her head and casually lay down on Gong Cheng's lap, her bright, smiling eyes crinkling, "I saw all the songs oppa wrote for me..."

"Which one?"

Gong Cheng raised an eyebrow, momentarily realizing that his words were somewhat ambiguous and inappropriate, making him sound like a womanizer who frequently wrote songs for girls. So he winked again, "I mean, which song? A lot of songs were written for you, Pabo..."

"Come on~ I was talking about the Chinese song~" Zhao Meiyan pouted, reaching out her slender fingers to pinch her boyfriend's chin. "I've seen the music video. Although I don't understand Chinese very well, I can recognize the music video~"

"Aigoo, I thought you'd already seen it..." Gong Cheng lay back on the sofa, his right hand expertly slipping inside his silk nightgown, fidgeting...

Zhao Meiyan was quite used to his little actions, occasionally letting out a soft hum, flipping through her diary with her arms outstretched. Suddenly, she pulled the diary down, revealing a pair of watery eyes, looking a little uncomfortable from being poked. "Oppa, have you never been curious about what's written in my diary?"

"I was curious, but not that curious..."

Gong Cheng thought for a moment and then spoke. At first, when he first started dating Zhao Meiyan, he was indeed a little curious. Who keeps a diary? There was a real sense of taboo about reading someone else's diary, like peeking into someone's secret…

But later he secretly hooked up with Kim Jisoo behind Pabo's back, which was also a secret, so he wasn't curious about Jo Miyeon's secret anymore. Later, Jo Miyeon would sometimes send him pictures with a few words from her diary, but never the whole thing...

Everyone has their own space, and Gong Cheng doesn't like to pry into those things.

"I can show you oppa, aren't you curious?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Meiyan raised a slight eyebrow, smiled, and then jokingly added, "I have a record of murder methods here, it's a horror notebook~ It's all my thoughts, observations, and learning experiences from watching horror movies..."

"Cough cough~"

She cleared her throat, glanced at the densely written, delicate handwriting in her notebook, "March 27, 2017, Thoughts after watching the American film 'The Murder of a Husband', the modus operandi..." She blinked, speaking in a sweet voice while intently staring at Gong Cheng...

After listening to a couple of sentences, Gong Cheng felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that this "pabo" was trying to scare him, so he quickly waved his hands, "Ani, if I am the so-called husband, then there's no need for all this trouble. Just give me a straight answer, don't torture me..."

He joked, "I don't want to hear about the method of the crime either..."

"Hey! Oppa, why are you always like this? You make me feel so helpless! You can't take a joke!" Zhao Meiyan wrinkled her nose, then snorted, "Really not going to watch?"

"Perhaps there's some big secret involved?"

“I won’t look…” Gong Cheng shook his head and yawned, withdrawing his gaze from the night sky outside the bedroom balcony. He looked down at Zhao Meiyan seriously, “Everyone has secrets.”

Zhao Meiyan fell silent, then picked up her notebook to cover her incredibly complex eyes. In reality, the densely packed writing on the pages contained something else entirely.

"June 11, 2015..." "I have a day off tomorrow and don't have to go to the company to practice (smiley face). I made plans with Oppa and Jisoo unnie to go to the amusement park in Busan."

"April 2015, 6."

"Back in Seoul. Had a lot of fun today. First, Oppa and I accompanied Jisoo unnie to get an earring. Then we went on the pirate ship and roller coaster in Busan..."

"...But on the Ferris wheel under the night sky, Oppa sat between me and Unnie, holding my hand while also taking Unnie's hand in his. I saw it clearly...Unnie didn't resist...They thought I didn't know..."

"July 6th..."

“Oppa’s adoptive father’s condition seems to have worsened again. We’ve been seeing him less often. He’s been very busy lately, and he always has a scar on his cheek. I guess he’s been doing something frightening again, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

"November 6."

“I secretly went to find Oppa. During the day, he would be studying at Yonsei University, unlike at night when he would be so elusive. But he would often skip classes. Yet I saw Jisoo unnie sitting next to him, complaining that he always did things that made her hurt.”

"That night, Oppa came to see me with the band-aid that Jisoo unnie had put on him. (jumping with excitement)"

"July 6th..."

"I invited Jisoo unnie along, saying I was inviting Oppa to dinner, but I confessed to him, and we're together now..."

"..."

"..."

"July 7th..."

"It's been 21 days since I got together with Oppa, but he's still so greedy... He didn't guess Jisoo's personality right, and we had a huge fight and parted on bad terms. The pressure from YG has been making me feel really bad lately. I know my trainee life is almost over..."

"Fortunately, Oppa finally came back. I told him I wanted to study in Japan for a while and hoped he could stay with me. I also hoped he wouldn't be under so much pressure because of his uncle's illness, and most importantly, I hoped that things between him and Jisoo unnie would come to an end..."

"..."

"Month x, Day x..."

"After my trip to Hokkaido, I met up with Jisoo unnie. Oppa didn't come. After meeting unnie, I found out that she had deleted all of Oppa's contact information, and Oppa hadn't added her back either..."

"Unnie, in her self-righteous indignation, spoke out against Oppa's coldness and heartlessness from a friend's perspective, but in reality, I knew everything..."

"Month x, Day x".

“Since the last time, Oppa and Jisoo unnie have become estranged. They easily clash when they meet and become irreconcilable.”

"I don't know how to resolve this, but I feel at peace..."

……

After glancing at the diary entries and some secrets buried deep in her heart, Zhao Meiyan closed the diary. Seeing the contents and the stories that had happened, she looked at Gong Cheng, who seemed no different from before, with a complex expression…

She often felt guilty and selfish about Jisoo's relationship with her boyfriend.

But more than these emotions, she felt that if she could do it all over again, she would still do the same thing, because her boyfriend had wronged her first. He liked her first, but who knew that he would fall in love with everyone at first sight?
Jisoo unnie too...

Before she started dating Gong Cheng, her older sister clearly knew about her feelings for her male relative...

But the male lead just couldn't control himself, Jisoo unnie couldn't control herself either, and neither could she...

"What are you thinking about?"

Gong Cheng tilted his head, smiling as he looked at her thoughtful eyes. He reached out and pinched her cheek, then exclaimed, "Wulipabo! You're getting more and more beautiful!"

"Tch~ I've always been good-looking, okay?"

Zhao Meiyan put aside those long-ago events because new competitors had emerged. Perhaps a friend had once again become an old enemy, or perhaps it was a completely new guy!

She got up and clung to Gong Cheng like an octopus, raising her gentle, smiling face, "Let's go to sleep, Oppa?"

"Carry me to bed..."

……

The next day, Seoul was enveloped in a heatwave that turned it into a giant steamer. The air was thick and humid, like breathing while wrapped in plastic wrap...

At six in the morning, the streets were filled with sunlight and heat. Gong Cheng got up in Zhao Meiyan's bedroom, went to the bathroom, and cleaned the hickeys all over his body in front of the mirror. Then he changed into the old clothes he had worn the night before, went to the bedside, and pulled the air conditioner blanket that Zhao Meiyan had kicked aside. Her snow-white legs were lying on her side in a messy manner...

He yawned and went to the living room, poured Zhao Meiyan a glass of water, placed it on the bedside table in the bedroom, then picked up his phone to leave her a message, "I'm leaving now, Pabo, let's meet again when I get back from Europe..."

"Remember to miss me~" He sent the message again with a smug look on his face, then hummed and walked out of Zhao Meiyan's house, got in his car and drove to his dormitory in Jiangdong District.

Gong Cheng is taking a flight at noon today, heading to Paris with a big star, a Shiba Inu girl, a little penguin, and a good sister. First, they'll go to Fashion Week to sign Mina and Sana Minato as ambassadors for LV. After that, the two will shoot some promotional photos and advertisements for their sub-brand products.

He also happened to be shooting advertisements for all sorts of random items, including ready-to-wear clothing and bags from the new season.

After all, it had been a long time since I had been to LV's headquarters, and I also wanted to chat with LV's designers about the clothing designs for their new "Tarot" sub-brand and the "LV" collaboration series this year. In addition to his annual endorsement fee, the price of these collaborative products would be calculated separately.

After all, it involves various kinds of reputation licensing, but it's a worthwhile deal for both him and LV, which is also the value of his IP.

After Paris, besides going to London to finalize Burberry endorsements with big stars and Tzuyu, I also had to shoot advertisements for Burberry products and do some photoshoots for fashion magazines in London.

After that, I went to Milan Fashion Week and also took a side trip to Los Angeles to watch an internal screening of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." In Los Angeles, I also collaborated with Camila Cabello on a song.

He had already written the lyrics and music, and originally wanted to collaborate with Taylor Swift, but Taylor Swift's style wasn't a good fit for the song, especially in terms of her voice. Later, he talked to Taylor Swift about it, and she recommended Camila Cabello, a female singer who was one year younger than her.

Known for her husky, story-telling voice blending Latin pop with R&B, she participated in the American talent show "The X Factor Season 2" in 2012 and formed the girl group Five Beauties with four other girls, ultimately winning third place. However, she chose to leave the group in 2016 and announced her solo career...

Last year's release, "Havana," topped the charts in the UK and Spain, and after seven weeks at number two on the Billboard charts, it finally reached number one. The single that held "Havana" for seven weeks was one of Makoto Miyamoto's number one singles last year.

During the 17 years that "Tarot" dominated the Billboard streaming charts, Camila Cabello was one of the few artists who managed to get it to number one.

"..."

Back in the dorm, 6:30...

Gong Cheng intended to go to the bathroom to wash up and take a shower, but as soon as he stepped into the bathroom, he heard the sound of the door downstairs being unlocked...

So he quickly turned off the bathroom light, did a tactical roll, and jumped onto the soft bed. He frantically made a mess of the bed, then stuffed the clothes he had just taken off under the bed, afraid that some woman might come in...

If you were to sniff a puppy's nose, it would be incredibly sharp.

Bao could smell Zhao Meiyan's perfume. After all, girls have their own unique insights into perfume and are very perceptive of scents. They can tell whether it's a women's perfume just by smelling it.

In a matter of seconds, Gong Cheng pulled back the covers, lay down in bed, closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep...

"Da da da……"

Half a minute later, the bedroom door was pushed open, and a head with rabbit teeth crept in.

Lim Nayeon was wearing denim overalls with a white lettered short-sleeved shirt underneath. Her dark eyes noticed that her boyfriend was still asleep, so she walked in very quietly.

She was helping her male relative pack his things because he was going on a long trip...

Lim Nayeon opened the wardrobe door with a creaking sound, causing Gong Cheng to squint and watch the big star's clumsy movements...

She took out a few pieces of clothing, hugged them to her arms, and quietly ran out of the bedroom into the walk-in closet next door. It used to be a bedroom, but her husband had it converted into a walk-in closet, since his wardrobe couldn't hold all the haute couture and new season items sent by the brands he endorsed...

In the walk-in closet, rows of clothes were hung on the wardrobes, while shoe boxes of various brands, including LV, were scattered around the corner. Many of the men had never worn them and were just left there. In some small drawers, there were all kinds of bow ties and ties, as well as various flashy scarves...

On one of the walls, there were various styles of baseball caps. Lin Nalian stood on tiptoe and picked out a blue baseball cap. In the center of the brim, there was a funny sticker, which was a heavy metal-colored sniper bullet. Apart from that, the brim was a plain blue.

She thought it looked pretty good, so she put it on her head and picked out a denim baseball cap for her boyfriend. The edges of the cap had some distressed, tousled hair that made it look a bit frizzy.

Lin Na-yeon pulled over her male relative's suitcase, which he often used for business trips, from the corner of the wall and neatly stuffed some clothes inside; she was, after all, a lady.

That's what she thinks...

"..."

Gong Cheng roughly guessed what the big star was here for. Sure enough, a little while later, the rabbit-like woman tiptoed back. She came to the bedside, rubbed her chin, and grinned, watching her sleeping husband's expression.

Then, like a kangaroo, he pulled his phone out of the pocket of his denim overalls, snapped two photos, and muttered, "I'll teach you to say I have an ugly sleeping posture!" Immediately afterward, he leaned in and kissed him!
"..." Gong Cheng's eyelids twitched. He really holds a grudge.

After being kissed, this innocent girl was immediately followed by the superstar leaving at lightning speed...

He quickly got up, wiped the lipstick mark off his face, sat on the edge of the bed for a while in a daze, then set an alarm. He decided to sleep a little longer...

I can't sleep well on a plane during a flight of more than ten hours.

……

At noon, the heat in Seoul was intense.

The Maybach bearing Gong Cheng's license plate was parked in front of the terminal at Incheon International Airport. Media and fans who knew about his itinerary greeted him with a barrage of flashing lights the moment the car came to a stop. The crowd of fans seeing him off caused some congestion in front of the terminal.

Incheon International Airport sees many celebrities coming and going every day, but even more fans from various groups camp out at the airport.

"Tarot!"

"..."

Many media outlets and fans recognized Gong Cheng's license plate number at a glance, like sharks smelling blood. Jin Dae-woo and Cha Qian-hao got out of the driver's and passenger's seats, went to the trunk, and took out the suitcases.

The moment Gong Cheng opened the car door, the afternoon sun slanted across his face beneath the brim of his denim baseball cap. His crisp, clean white T-shirt and jeans accentuated his long, slender legs, and his warm, smiling eyes were radiant in the sunlight. The diamond earrings on his ears sparkled...

"Ah Ning Ha Sai Yo~"

He stood still and waved to the fans and media not far away, his face beaming with smiles.

On one hand, they took airport photos for the fans who had been waiting there for a long time, and on the other hand, they waited for TWICE's van behind them. In no time, Lim Nayeon, Minatozaki Sana, Mina, and Tzuyu got out of the car one by one and stood next to Gong Cheng.

Two on each side...

Wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt and a matching black leather skirt, Mina's fair and curvy legs were visible beneath the skirt. Combined with her cool and aloof face wearing sunglasses, she gave many fans a sense of being a stepmother.

But she glanced at Chou Tzuyu, who was standing to the left of Gong Cheng, and seeing the huge height difference between the maknae and Cheng, she raised her chin somewhat awkwardly and stared at the deathly flashing lights not far away...

The fact that the group and Tarot were traveling to Paris yesterday has already sparked a lot of speculation online.

After all, Gong Cheng went to Europe to attend Fashion Week, and for a time many TWICE fans were wondering if Lim Nayeon and the others had also obtained high-end luxury brand endorsements.

JYP didn't offer much explanation or response; the more heated the controversy, the greater the buzz surrounding the official announcement...

"Why does Mina look a bit like his mistress standing next to Oppa?"

"Tzuyu and Oppa are actually quite a good match..."

"..."

Outside the cordon, a murmur of conversation, neither too loud nor too soft, reached the ears of Gong Cheng and his companions. The conversation was in Chinese. Gong Cheng's lips twitched as he looked over. "Miss" was not a nice word. Luckily, Mina didn't understand Chinese, or she would have definitely turned sour.

In his line of sight, the two girls were whispering to each other, perhaps feeling that the local ONCEs couldn't understand their Chinese. The message written on the support sign held up by one of the girls made Gong Cheng swallow hard, feeling somewhat speechless.

[Be humble and prudent, unleash devastating power, bring glory to the nation, and forge yourself into steel – Seoul's Artillery King]

Is this... really my fan?
Gong Cheng looked at the Chinese characters on the support sign several times in disbelief. Meanwhile, Zhou Tzuyu, overhearing a conversation between some fans—she knew all about "little honey"—couldn't help but smile and glance at Mina unnie beside her.
"..."

"Sana-chan, saranghae~"

"Mina-chan, umm..."

"Lim Nayeon, you're a big star, stay strong!"

"Tzuyu~【Honey Fish Ice Cheng】Go go go!"

"..."

Various random CP fans and CP support signs, as well as solo fans of Sana Minatozaki and TWICE's group fans, were all shouting at the top of their lungs.

Gong Cheng glanced at the fans who were calling the little penguin "Mama," and thought, "What kind of people are they!"
"Tarot, can I be your dog? Little wooden one~"

"..."

Upon hearing this cheer, Sana and her friends raised an eyebrow, giving the "fan" who shouted the words outside the police line a cold look. The fan was filming with their phone, seemingly trying to get attention. Then, they quickened their pace and followed Makoto Miyamoto into the terminal...

"..."

Upon arriving at the terminal, a group of fans who shipped the couple followed the group, holding up their phones and occasionally shouting their names.

"【Dust Storm】Let's take a picture~"

"【Honey Fish Ice Cheng】Look this way..."

"【Sincere Face】..."

"【The widowed palace maid】..."

Gong Cheng raised an eyelid. "Are you crazy? What's with the 'Gong Nan Gua Nu' on the support sign? And 'Cheng Lian Ren'... does that mean he's an adult?"

That's fucking brilliant... It's practically on par with his and Yoona's couple name, "High-Speed ​​Palace Deer"...

But faced with the random shipping by CP fans, Minatozaki Saka and Lin Nayeon certainly couldn't just smile and go over to take pictures. It's one thing for fans to ship them, but the idols themselves can't just respond randomly, after all, they're idols, not like the guy next to them.

This guy can do whatever he wants, and his fans will go crazy defending him, maybe even giving him a thumbs up, saying things like, "Well done! Brilliant! He made our idol scream!"

"..."

Check-in and boarding, the flight to Paris takes off...

Gong Cheng was sitting in first class. Fortunately, Lin Nayan and Minatozaki Sana, perhaps out of consideration for their image, were sitting in different seats. The group was very close together, chatting as they went. The women would occasionally glance back at where he was sitting...

The gazes made Gong Cheng feel uneasy. He regretted attending these fashion weeks and should have avoided the times with his female friends.

To avoid the possibility of accidentally "dying in Europe"...

"We'll be in Paris for about three days. Besides the LV shoot, there's also the signing of a contract with Dior. We need to set aside one day for the Dior photoshoot, since the brand and Lvmh Group will start their promotional campaign after the contract is signed... Then we'll go to London for another two days. The third stop is Milan, where we'll have Fashion Week and a shoot with Armani..."

"Around the 20th, in Los Angeles, the recording studio there has been rented, and several colleagues from the company have already gone there. We can go to Myrme to shoot some posters for the new album's promotion in the second half of the year..."

Kim Dae-woo leaned back in his chair, holding the documents in his hand, and explained the upcoming schedule to Gong Cheng.

The packed schedules, though not loudly, reached the ears of Nayeon, Sana, Mina, and Tzuyu in the front seats. The hectic schedules made their hearts skip a beat...

They travel almost all over the world. They knew Gong Cheng was very busy before, but this was the first time they had accompanied him to an event and personally participated in his work.

For a moment, Lim Nayeon sat obediently in her chair, her lips tightly pressed together. She looked back with a pained expression at her boyfriend, who was attentively listening to the schedule. His calm expression was completely different from when she was with him; the usual laughter and jokes were gone…

Instead, they seem to have gotten used to this hectic lifestyle. When they recall the "death schedule" that TWICE had when they first debuted, it seems like nothing compared to the male lead.

Sana Minatozaki's eyes, hidden behind her eye patch, were a little red as she listened. Her little one… with her frequent global travels, she knew her little one very well—her sleeping habits, such as being picky about beds, let alone sleeping on airplanes…

I can't even get proper rest.

"Makoto-chan~"

Mina murmured softly, her cool gaze fixed on Makoto's face as he leaned back in his chair. Her expression remained calm and serene. For the first time, she truly understood that Aunt Eko's words, "high-pressure schedule," were not just a casual diagnosis...

The plane flew smoothly over the horizon, having been airborne for half an hour.

Chou Tzu-yu unbuckled her seatbelt, asked the flight attendant for a glass of orange juice, and obediently went to Gong Cheng's side and handed it to him.

Thanks, Tzuyu!

Gong Cheng composed himself, looked up and smiled brightly at his younger sister, then waved his hand, "Go and rest now~"

Then Kim Daewoo's voice came through his ear again, "The schedule is roughly like this. The teaser clips for the new album and some promotional photos taken a few days ago will be released on the official website at 10 pm tonight..."

"Officially announcing to fans and the world that 'The Lovers' is in production!"

"In a few days, when you return from Europe, the promotion for the world tour will officially begin, and the pre-release single 'Exile' with Taylor will be released globally..."

“Yes, Arasso.” Gong Cheng nodded and took a sip of orange juice. “Right now, we should focus on signing with Dior first, since we still need to shoot the official announcement advertisement.”

He always prefers to do the things at hand first. After signing a contract with Dior, he can probably squeeze out two more endorsement titles. Moreover, the wide-ranging publicity of these high-end luxury brand ambassadors will be a huge exposure and traffic boost for him.

After all, advertising campaigns can easily cost at least several million US dollars, mainly for promotional purposes...

When Aston Martin and LV officially announced him as their global brand ambassador, the amount spent on the LED screens in Times Square and on billboards around the world, 24 hours a day, was far more than just a few million US dollars…

This is a significant investment for the brand, but the problem is that many luxury giants, throughout their history, have never had a global brand ambassador worthy of such a high-profile publicity campaign…

In fact, Gong Cheng also proved the influence of the "Tarot effect" with a high rate of return.

"Give me a sleeping pill, bro..."

After a flight of more than ten hours, Gong Cheng naturally couldn't sleep well lying on the plane. He turned to Jin Dayu and asked for a sleeping pill, mainly because he was afraid that some woman might come over and try to get close to him. After all, the relationships between him and the four people sitting in first class were all somewhat complicated...

I might as well just go to sleep and wait until the plane lands before thinking about it...

"Having trouble sleeping again lately?"

Kim Daewoo casually rummaged through his bag for sleeping pills, then took one for himself as well.

"I don't have much insomnia now that I'm back in Seoul. It's mainly because I'm jet-lagged every day, so I definitely don't get enough rest."

Gong Cheng rolled his eyes...

Meanwhile, Mina and the others sitting in the front row, including Guoguoxia and Haomeimei, immediately turned their heads, their pupils contracting as they watched him swallow the sleeping pills and drink some orange juice. They didn't take his subsequent explanation about jet lag to heart...

Makoto, have you gotten to the point where you need sleeping pills?
Mina bit her lip as she stared at Makoto Miyamoto...

Tzuyu looked at her beloved older brother with a worried expression. Just as Mina unnie said, her brother's illness seemed to be getting worse.

From alcohol to medicine?
Sana Minatozaki and Nayeon Lim also glanced back, but then they remembered their father's sleeping habits—a bit of a "rich person's disease," he was picky about his bed…

I didn't think much of it...

"..."

Gong Cheng glanced at the heads of the group looking back with surprise, somewhat puzzled. Isn't it normal for celebrities to take sleeping pills?
Especially Mina's eyes, it's like she's looking at some kind of "monster"!

He pulled up the blanket the flight attendant had handed him earlier. The air conditioning in first class was a bit chilly, so he covered his head, avoided looking at the women, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a nap!

Hehe ~
(End of this chapter)