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Chapter 366 Haji's Five Sons Pass the Imperial Examination! The Tofu Burned Out! The Collapsed A-Xing!

Inside the president's office, Park Jin-young stood there, breathing heavily and his pupils constricted, stunned for a long time.

"Sana?"

Finally, he found his voice, but his voice trembled uncontrollably, and the last syllable of his voice carried a hint of disbelief and bewilderment.

The scene captured in the photo was like a heavy hammer blow to his nerves, which had just been filled with joy. He was instantly brought to his senses, and his good mood vanished, leaving only overwhelming panic and a frantic unease churning in his chest, almost breaking through the defenses of his reason.

Double happiness?

Do not……

Park Jin-young's Adam's apple bobbed as he gripped the mouse tightly with his rough hands, enlarging the image—in the blurry pixels, another popular TOP member of TWICE, Minatozaki Sana, was sitting in a Land Rover, unlike the image of Lim Na-yeon.

This time, Gong Cheng, sitting in the driver's seat, had his handsome profile completely exposed in the camera. The two of them had their lips pressed tightly together without any hesitation. This was more direct and bolder than the previous photo with Lim Nayeon, and even the air seemed to be filled with an undeniable intimacy.

"No!!! That's not how it is..." Park Jin-young's Adam's apple bobbed wildly, and his saliva burned with a bitter taste as he swallowed.

He knew all too well the weight of this photo. If it were released, there would be no need for further explanation; the headline "TWICE member Sana Minatozaki kisses Tarot" would instantly ignite the entire internet. It would not only destroy Sana's popularity built up over many years, but also cause TWICE's hard-won group spirit and reputation to collapse, and the stock price to fluctuate.

"Ashiba..."

Park Jin-young raised his left hand and gripped his chin tightly, muttering a sentence in a trembling voice.

Is God playing a joke on me?
...My dearest junior, how did you end up with two of TWICE's most popular members?
Suddenly, Park Jin-young leaned heavily back in his chair, the chair making a dull protest. A conversation with Gong Cheng flashed through his mind. Didn't that kid hint that he liked Sana when TWICE participated in the Red and White Song Festival last year?
I also told him, "Go for it!"

"Perhaps, my junior brother, Nayeon, and Sana started dating at different times?" Park Jin-young tried to calm down, rubbing his trembling cheeks as he analyzed the situation.

It's possible that he dated Nayeon first, and then they broke up?
The new mother-in-law is Sana Minatozaki...

"Oh!"

Park Jin-young slammed his fist on the desk, causing the rich, aromatic coffee in his mug to splash. He picked up his phone, found Minatozaki Sana's number, and dialed it!
……

"Strange, why does PDnim want to see me?"

In TWICE's practice room, Lim Nayeon, wearing a white hoodie, calmly got up from the floor, patted her bottom, and grinned with her bunny teeth, seemingly unconcerned about the matter. However, she couldn't help but wonder what Park Jin-young wanted to do when he called her over.

"Perhaps it's because of the solo thing?"

Park Jihyo's tone was slightly sarcastic, but as soon as she said it, she was afraid that her words would displease Lim Nayeon, so she quickly added with a smile, "No matter what, you must support your solo performance!"

"Inside~"

Lim Nayeon calmly took a chocolate bar from Hirai Momo's hand, put it in her mouth, and then walked out of the practice room with an air of nonchalance.

She had just stepped out.

Sana Minatozaki, who was yawning and snuggling with Tzuyu, suddenly heard her phone ringing. Curious, she took her phone out of her pocket, blinked her bright eyes, and looked at the caller's name: PDnim.

For a moment, she turned her head like a hamster to look at the door of the practice room. What was going on?
PDnim just contacted Nayeon oppamo...

"PDnim?"

The other TWICE members present also gave strange looks when they heard Sana Minatozaki address the person on the other end of the phone. Sana looked bewildered as she listened to the voice on the other end: "Sana, you—now!"

"immediately!"

"immediately,"

"Come to my office!!!"

Sana Minatozaki was initially worried that the members' chatter in the practice room was too noisy, and she wanted to turn on speakerphone or go outside to answer the call. However, the serious, even stern, and trembling tone on the other end of the line made her heart tighten, and her face immediately became uneasy.

But she nodded nervously, "Nene~ Arasso."

"I'll go now..."

No sooner had I finished speaking than the phone abruptly disconnected.

Sana Minatozaki looked at the curious eyes of her fellow members, both bewildered and panicked. They all seemed eager to know why the PD-nim had called her over! After all, aside from their own little white cabbage, the rest of the company seemed to be spending their free time chatting, drinking, and even taking lunch breaks in the president's office…

Even though TWICE is now the top group, they rarely go to the CEO's office except for work-related needs or meetings. When they do go, there is usually only one outcome: being scolded!
"what happened?"

"What does PDnim want with you...?"

After the call ended, Yu Dingyan, Hirai Momo, and the others started discussing it amongst themselves.

"I do not know."

Sana Minato shook her head blankly, feeling as if she had done something wrong, judging from Park Jin-young's tone. But since her debut, she had always been diligent, hardworking, and serious, and she was among the top members of the group in terms of fan service and so on, and she had never had any scandals.

Because I was afraid it would affect my career, and also because I was afraid my girlfriend would get jealous.

The only thing that went wrong was dating Xiaobaicai, which caused him to lose his virtue!

However, the two have now broken up. Whether facing Mina-chan, Zhao Meiyan, Bae Joo-hyun, or the company, they are in a position where they can advance or retreat as needed. Even if the company discovers their past relationship, they won't say anything because they have already broken up. If it hasn't been exposed, it's as if they never dated.

"Don't worry too much, maybe it's a resource issue?"

Hirai Momo glanced at her friend's worried expression and offered a word of comfort.

I also felt it was somewhat inexplicable.

However, who says going to PDnim's office always means getting scolded? Last time she went, she actually secured the Dior Neon Beauty ambassadorship from her beloved mentor.

"...I'll go up and check. I think everything should be alright. Nayeon unnie is up there too."

Sana Minatozaki was actually quite timid. She shrank her neck, stood up to bolster her courage, but in terms of sheer courage, the boss who had just swaggered up was probably the least timid one...

However, the eldest sister is going solo next month, and the company has already started promoting it, which is most likely due to work-related matters.

"You're not dating anyone, are you?"

Yoo Jeongyeon suddenly looked up at Minatozaki Sana and asked abruptly.

"Annyeong~"

Sana Minato glanced at Mina Mina, then shook her head in reply.

"So... have you driven friends or relatives to dates?"

Yoo Jeongyeon asked again sincerely, "Last year, she and Lim Nayeon were called to the president's office and were scolded half to death because of this."

Upon hearing this, Park Jihyo, who was sitting to the side, turned green...

"……No."

Sana Minatozaki found the question rather ridiculous and immediately denied it.

……

"NO!!!"

After informing Sana Minatozaki, Park Jin-young immediately checked the next photo in his email. As a result, the phone he was holding fell to the floor with a "thud." Staring at the photo on the computer screen, his heart felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand, and even breathing felt like a suffocating pain.

I can't breathe...

In the photo—the night was bathed in the warm yellow glow of streetlights, and a thin layer of snow covered the ground, reflecting dappled light. Two figures, bundled up tightly, walked side by side, one tall and one short. The boy wore a black jacket and brown wide-leg pants, his posture as upright as a pine tree. The girl was petite, holding his hand, her scarf covering half her face. Although the scene was full of the romantic atmosphere of a Korean drama, Park Jin-young's blood seemed to freeze instantly.

Even with her signature pigeon-toed gait, even with a scarf covering her face and only a glimpse of the arc of her walk visible, he recognized her at a glance—it was Mina!
Before and after Mina's debut, he reminded her more than once to change her walking posture, but it was no use. Her experience of practicing ballet since childhood had shaped her personal habits and walking posture...

"how come?"

“…How could this happen?” Park Jin-young murmured to himself, disbelief gradually replaced by despair in his voice. His eyes involuntarily welled up with tears, but he had no time to care about that. His mind was filled with the scenes after the photos were exposed: the fans’ insults, the media’s questions, the company’s crisis… Every scene was like a needle, pricking him all over. Even his usually calm demeanor shattered completely in this overwhelming panic.

"I'll fire you—Gong Cheng!!!"

The suppressed anger finally broke through his reason. Park Jin-young clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the desk, sending documents flying and coffee cups overturning.

He was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, his anger surging like magma in his chest, yet he was also enveloped by a deeper despair—that was his dearest junior brother, his most beloved friend and family!

"Junior brother, you're so hopeless!" he roared again, his voice filled with disappointment and a sense of helplessness on the verge of collapse.

Finally, Park Jin-young slumped into a chair, ran his hands through his hair, and gripped his scalp so hard that even the gray hairs at his temples were showing: "Are you going to ruin TWICE? Gong Cheng..."

His voice was hoarse, as if squeezed from the depths of his throat, and only his heavy breathing could be heard in the office.

Now, looking back just a few minutes ago, when I saw my "junior" dating Lim Nayeon, I was actually thinking how wonderful it was!
In just a few minutes, there were already three!
They are all top-ranking members of TWICE...

Hakim: Hat trick~
……

In TWICE's practice room, Mina Minatozaki had just left when Mina received another call. The tone of the voice on speakerphone sounded particularly oppressive and frightening! She nodded softly and replied, "Yes, I'll be right there, PDnim."

In the practice room, apart from Sana Minatozaki and Nayeon Lim who had already gone up and Mina Mina who had just hung up the phone, the other six members were all recalling Park Jin-young's tone and voice with trepidation, which made their hearts pound!
From trainee to debut, they had never really seen this PDnim so angry, especially the kind of anger that seemed to be suppressed.

Yoo Jeongyeon couldn't help but shudder. She and Chaeyoung were the more mischievous members of the group, but even when Park Jihyo's relationship was exposed, this PD-nim had never been this angry before.

What exactly happened?

Now, everyone in the room can be certain that this is definitely not some nonsense about getting resources...

……

At the wedding ceremony at the Shilla Hotel, Gong Cheng smiled and looked at Che Qianhao and his lover who had just completed the wedding ceremony. He picked up his champagne glass, clinked glasses, and said, "Happy wedding, bro."

"Kamsammida~" Che Qianhao and the other person said happily.

"..." Under the huge crystal chandelier, the light reflected on the white dining tables all over the room, and a band was playing violins around the room. The wedding banquet was very lively... Gong Cheng and Che Qianhao chatted briefly before they went to greet the other guests.

"Aren't you feeling unwell?"

Kim Dae-woo held his wine glass, somewhat worried, considering whether or not to pour wine for Gong Cheng in front of him.

"Oh, it's just a minor cold." The warm and romantic wedding atmosphere was quite nice, and Gong Cheng was quite comfortable there. Occasionally, friends and family of Che Qianhao and his partner would come over for photos and autographs, but he didn't bother them much. He took off his black suit jacket and draped it over the back of his chair, revealing a white shirt with a monochrome bow tie at the collar. "Besides," he said, "it's Qianhao's wedding, we should have a good drink!"

As he spoke, he tapped the edge of the table with his long fingers. Seeing this, Kim Dayu helplessly poured more wine: "You still have to drink in moderation."

The female colleague sitting at the same table couldn't help but glance at Gong Cheng a few more times out of the corner of her eye. In her memory, this globally popular superstar rarely wore a white shirt, let alone something so formal.

In the past, Gong Cheng was always formal when shooting suit advertisements for high-end luxury brands such as Armani and Louis Vuitton. In his daily life, he mostly wore black shirts, which made him look sharper and more edgy. But now, he lacked that spirited composure, and his eyes revealed a faint tenderness and longing.

"..."

……

"Bang bang!"

The soft knocking sounded particularly abrupt in the deathly silent office. Lim Nayeon gripped the doorknob, carefully pushing it open a crack, revealing half of her rabbit teeth. Her smile was as bright as a warm little sun: "PDnim..."

"Sit first!"

Park Jin-young turned his gaze away from the computer screen expressionlessly, glanced at Lim Na-yeon standing not far away at the door, pointed to the sofa, and then looked at another picture on the screen.

In the photo—in the picture, Son Chae-young's petite, water-bottle-like figure contrasted sharply with Gong Cheng's nearly 1.9-meter-tall, imposing frame. But what truly made Park Jin-young's blood boil was that Son Chae-young was actually clinging to Gong Cheng's back, her arms wrapped around his neck, her feet dangling in mid-air, her head tilted against his shoulder. The background was a pristine white corridor wall, adorned with exquisitely framed oil paintings—clearly an art exhibition.

Gong Cheng held Sun Caiying's thighs firmly with both hands, without moving his feet. The two tilted their heads together to admire the painting on the wall. They looked so intimate, as if they were sharing their own little world.

"Damn it~ You guys are pretty sweet!"

Park Jin-young's lips twitched as he cursed under his breath, his teeth grinding together, his knuckles turning bluish-white from clenching his fists.

He could swear to God that if his junior only dated any member of TWICE, he would not only have no objection, but would even wholeheartedly support him. After all, Gong Cheng was a junior he had watched grow up, and TWICE was a top girl group that he had personally nurtured. It should be a wonderful thing for them to get married together.

He's already willing to drive Gong Cheng and Lin Nalian to their dates!
You're so dense—what more do you want from me?
Even if it were just two, Lin Na-yeon and Minatozaki Sana, he might have been able to grit his teeth and accept it, just considering it as young people's passionate feelings getting out of control. But now? He hadn't even finished dealing with Mani Mina, and now Son Chae-young has appeared!

Are you even human?! — Gong Cheng!
The only thing they caught was the artists under my management... and they were all members of TWICE!
Haji Cheng: A quadruple win!
These four words were like a curse, buzzing in his mind and making his temples throb.

"..." Lim Nayeon sat quietly on the black sofa, barely touching the edge, looking like a frightened rabbit. She secretly glanced up and saw Park Jin-young's gritted teeth face behind the computer screen. She was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head, twisting her clothes with her fingers, not daring to even breathe.

"Tap tap tap~" Several footsteps echoed in the corridor.

With a slight thud, Park Jin-young rummaged through the drawer, pulled out a medicine bottle, took out two pills, and swallowed them with water. He clutched his chest with one hand, glanced at the trembling Minatozaki Sana and Mina at the door, then at the quail-like Lim Na-yeon on the sofa: "You three go wait for me in the conference room next door!"

"Oh, and call Son Chae-young up here too!"

"Click!" The words had barely left his mouth when Park Jin-young's hand, gripping the mouse, clicked on the last photo. His face trembling, he glanced at the picture before slamming his fist on the desk: "Enough!!!"

The sudden outburst and howl startled Mina, Sana, and Nayeon, who was taking out her phone to call Chaeyoung. They all froze for a moment, then quickly lowered their heads, wondering what was wrong with this PD-nim!
"Go, gather all the other TWICE members in the meeting room next door..." Park Jin stood up, rubbed his cheeks hard with both hands, and pointed at Lim Nayeon, shouting angrily, "Five minutes, everyone assemble in the meeting room!!!"

As he spoke, he slumped weakly into the chair.

I glanced at the last photo in the email—a photo of Hirai Momo and Miya Makoto dining together in a restaurant. They didn't actually look that close, but the first four photos looked so intimate!

Park Jin-young isn't stupid. You've already won four championships in TWICE, what difference does it make if one more or one less? To be honest, after seeing the photos of Hirai Momo and Miyako at the end, he was speechless, feeling quite powerless.

Gong Cheng—you made me lose…

Haji Cheng: Five sons passed the imperial examination.

Lin Nayeon, who had timidly entered the next meeting room, chose a seat and sat down. She dialed Son Chaeyoung's number and, being very perceptive, anxiously instructed, "...Anyway, you all come to the meeting room, quickly, within five minutes."

"By the way, we must warn Dahyun not to say anything nonsense again, lest PD-nim punish her. I don't know what's wrong with the gorilla today, it looks serious. Everyone should be careful later."

Her tense tone made no attempt to hide the gravity of the situation, even though Lim Nayeon had no idea what had made Park Jin-young so angry.

...It doesn't matter~ It shouldn't affect me, right? Even if I do get scolded, I'll just go find my boyfriend, ask for a hug and some comfort!

"What happened? What's going on?"

Mina sat to one side, looking rather worried. Her cool gaze occasionally swept towards the conference room door, as if something big was about to happen. She glanced at the uneasy Sana Minatozaki and the nervous Nayeon beside her, and suddenly…

She seemed to have found that the members present, including herself and Son Chaeyoung whom PDnim had previously called out, all had one thing in common!

They're all Makoto's mothers?!

Could it be... Mina's previously calm gaze suddenly narrowed sharply, yet her heart was pounding with excitement? This is a good thing!

……

"Why?"

"I have to go to the film set later!" Little Monster Tofu has been working very hard on filming lately, shuttling between the group's comeback and the drama filming. Although she is very tired, she can feel that her acting skills are improving exponentially. Whenever she is too tired, Kim Da-hyun will mutter something like: "Going ashore, handsome, bond..."

Son Chaeyoung, Yoo Jeongyeon, Park Jihyo, Hirai Momo, Chou Tzuyu, and Kim Dahyun walked out of the practice room and happened to run into [itzy] Wuren, who was about to go out to catch up on her schedule. Hwang Yeji smiled and asked, "Where are you unnies going?"

"Meeting." Hirai Momo answered listlessly, since PDnim was in such a bad mood.

She felt that going there wouldn't be a good thing, so she wasn't interested in chatting with Huang Lizhi, Shen Liuzhen, and the others.

"By the way, Dahyun, don't make PD-nim angry later, okay?" After the six of them entered the elevator, Son Chaeyoung remembered the eldest sister's reminder, took a serious look at Kim Dahyun who was lost in thought, and reminded her, "I heard that PD-nim is in a bad mood today."

PDnim didn't really like Dahyun to begin with, so he really can't let his friend do anything stupid now.

"Alas! Alas!"

Kim Da-hyun nodded her head with her bun, yawned, and didn't seem to care much!

You, Park Jin-young, look down on me?
I don't even look down on you! Pah! JYP!

At worst, once I'm out of school, I'll go work at Da Da Shuai's company—I can even be a director!

"..."

"Ding—" The elevator doors slowly opened to both sides.

Chou Tzu-yu stood behind the members, paused for a moment before stepping out of the elevator. Her white canvas shoes made no sound on the smooth floor tiles, which only made the quiet of the floor seem even more somber.

She subconsciously pulled the cuffs of her light gray hoodie tighter, her mind still racing, trying to figure out why PDnim had suddenly called everyone together. In the past, TWICE's group meetings were either finalizing the schedule for the new album or checking the details of the tour, each with a clear work objective. She could hardly recall a situation like this, where there was no warning and everyone was just saying "everyone is here."

Could it be that a member did something bad for the group, which is why PDnim called everyone over for a reprimand?

Chou Tzu-yu quietly tried to recall the team's recent activities, but couldn't make any sense of it. She only felt the oppressive feeling on this floor slowly climbing up her shoes, making her feel uneasy.

...But she wasn't afraid. As soon as she entered the floor where the president's office was located, she pursed her lips and a blank, silly smile appeared on her small face. In the past, when she was scolded, she would always get away with it like this.

……

At the Shilla Hotel, during the wedding ceremony, Gong Cheng smiled faintly and drank a few glasses of wine. The gloomy mood that had lingered since the end of his world tour was largely dispelled by the drinks and the lively wedding in front of him.

As a healthy, emotionally rich adult man, Gong Cheng couldn't help but feel a little envious when he watched Che Qianhao in a black suit and his bride in a white wedding dress standing hand in hand in the hall. He wasn't against marriage, nor was he a modern-day anti-marriage advocate; he was just an ordinary person.

Want to walk down the aisle with your girlfriends and have a whole football team's worth of children?
Perhaps in the future, he could buy a club in the Premier League, or perhaps he would travel all over the world with his girlfriends? Although his complicated love life sometimes makes him want to escape, Gong Cheng still looks forward to the future and has made some simple plans.

Perhaps in three to five years, when Daegu's mother is older... it's not advisable for older mothers to have children; she could have one child first.

The other women should wait... He had thought it through very carefully, but the shrill ring of the cell phone on the table told him that it was just wishful thinking.

"What's wrong, brother?"

Gong Cheng pulled his gaze away from his thoughts and answered Park Jin-young's call. Hearing the slightly off tone of Park's voice, he replied, "I'm still at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu."

"Yes." "The wedding isn't over yet..."

Park Jin-young's tone was neither happy nor sad, but he suddenly asked Gong Cheng a strange question: "How do you feel when you see someone else's wedding?"

"I think it's pretty good, but perhaps a bit extravagant for me?" Gong Cheng didn't understand why Park Jin-young was concerned about this issue, but still said with a wry smile. Extravagant! For the actresses who were still active in the industry, these two words were very fitting.

But for him, it was equally luxurious, because the women weren't like those in his walk-in closet filled with high-end haute couture suits, accessories, and bags—he couldn't just wear whichever piece he wanted. So it was a difficult situation.
"Heh." Park Jin-young chuckled coldly on the phone, then continued in a sarcastic tone, "Dating five girls at the same time, not knowing how to choose, huh?"

"Dating five girls at the same time?"

Gong Cheng's smiling face faded at the question. "There must be some mistake—Park Jin-young! I'm dating eight girls at the same time..."

Nayeon Lim, Momo Hirai, Sana Minatozaki, Mina Mani, Chaeyoung Son, Joo Hyun Bae, Miyeon Cho, and counting the ambiguous relationship with Jisoo Kim, that's eight~ Of course, two of them have already separated, and two are pending.

"Could you make yourself clearer, brother?"

A bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart, and his large hands on his knees clenched involuntarily.

"Gong Cheng!"

"Damn it! #%@! There are some things you have the nerve to do, but I'm too embarrassed to even say them!" Park Jin-young's furious voice came through the receiver. "What do you take me for? A pimp?! What do you take TWICE for?"

"A paparazzi sent me photos of you on a date with Nayeon, Sana, Mina, Momo, and Chaeyoung. Now do you understand?" Her raging anger and booming voice were like JY.park belting out a high note—hysterical!
But right now, this Peninsula DiCaprio has absolutely no interest in swaying his hips!

"Arathor."

"I'm going back to the company now. I'll handle this." Although he already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on, Gong Cheng's brown pupils still contracted sharply when he heard Park Jin-young's words. Damn it!
Blasted!

Park Jin-young hung up the phone without saying a word.

Gong Cheng stuffed his phone into his trouser pocket, but as soon as he stood up, the gloomy and disappointed feeling that had been lingering in his heart suddenly turned into a tightness and discomfort in his chest.

"what happened?"

Kim Daewoo noticed his unusual behavior and quickly stood up with concern, asking, "What happened?"

He hadn't seen the boy beside him so out of control in a long time. His warm eyes now revealed a hint of unease? Panic?

"I'm going back to the company." Gong Cheng glanced at Jin Dayu with a hoarse voice, then put on his black suit jacket, not even bothering to button it up. "Give Qian Hao a heads-up for me."

After saying that, his tall figure quickened his pace and walked straight out of the hotel, while making a few phone calls.

"Get some money ready. I'll give you an account number later, and I'll let you know the exact amount. Remember to transfer it."

"..."

Gong Cheng hailed a taxi on the roadside and sat in the back seat. He dared not even imagine how chaotic TWICE was. If he were to date ten women at the same time, whether European or American supermodels or local actresses, he wouldn't care and wouldn't bother paying the money.

As far as his career is concerned, no one would care if he talked about twenty women. Compared to European singers and athletes, his life is much more bland, with only sex, no guns, drugs, gambling, or being surrounded by seven or eight supermodels.

But the women's professions were too sensitive; he never intended to ruin TWICE.

...It hurts, it hurts so much...

Gong Cheng sat in the carriage, his handsome features wrapped in a scarf, glancing sideways at the traffic jam outside the window.

He was frantically calculating in his mind, but he was still quite calm. At least he knew he couldn't drink and drive. But suddenly, the string that had been taut in his heart for the past few years snapped, leaving a lingering pain in his chest.

But for some reason, I felt a sense of ease all over my body, but more than that, I felt a void, numbness, pain, and powerlessness.

"Dahyun, hyung, I can't breathe..."

Gong Cheng picked up his phone and sent a message to Little Strange Tofu. Whenever he encountered a "desperate situation," the first person he always thought of was Captain Jin, who was becoming increasingly ambitious and eager for glory. He also wanted to ask about her sisters-in-law...

Are you ok?
……

"What's wrong, oppa?"

Kim Da-hyun, who was sitting obediently in the conference room, glanced down at the message on her phone and immediately panicked. In her memory, this guy had never acted like this before, except for his tendency to be melancholic.

Could it be that his condition has worsened again? Yes, his depression is also an illness.

Just when I was completely baffled, the glass door of the conference room suddenly creaked open.

Park Jin-young's face was dark, and his broad shoulders were still heaving and trembling with emotion. He was holding a few newly printed photos in his hand, as if he hadn't yet recovered enough to accept the fact.

“PDnim”.

Kim Da-hyun quickly put away her phone and silenced it. All nine members of TWICE stood up and greeted Park Jin-young.

Park Jin-young remained silent with a cold expression, his eyes scanning the five people present: Mina, Nayeon, Sana, Momo, and Chaeyoung.

Adding to Park Jihyo's relationship, which was exposed in January, out of the nine members of TWICE, six of them are dating!
Five of them, and they were even talking to the same person...

The gorilla is about to break~
Park Jin-young wasn't in a hurry to show the members the solid evidence he'd just printed out. Six of them were already dating; he wanted to see if they were all dating. Did they all not want to make money anymore? Did they not care about their careers?
He took a deep breath, sat down in the main seat, and looked at everyone: "Who's dating? Raise your hand!"

He wanted to test who would admit to being in a relationship, and which members were no longer dating...

"...I've already broken up with Kang Daniel, PDnim." Park Jihyo was afraid that Park Jin-young was targeting her again, so she quickly distanced herself from him.

This time, she really did break up with Kang Daniel.

Park Jin-young gave her a cold look, seething with anger. "Did you start this? Didn't you look for the next one?"

He asked in a tone of voice.

"Ani, how could that be? I really know I was wrong, PDnim, even if it's really..."

Park Jihyo glanced meekly at Park Jin-young's expression and said softly, "Even if we really do start dating again, I will definitely report it to the company immediately and will absolutely not cause any more trouble."

She was at least somewhat sensible. After hearing what she said, Park Jin-young's expression softened slightly. He then questioned Lim Na-yeon, Minatozaki Sana, Mina, Sana, Momo, Son Chae-young, Yoo Jeong-yeon, and Chou Tzu-yu with his eyes.

...Oh right, there's also Kim Da-hyun, but after glancing at him, he subtly pursed his lips.

Dahyunbo doesn't seem like the type to know how to socialize...

"Did you all hear what Jihyo said? Now, if anyone is dating, just tell the company honestly, and I won't pursue it." Park Jin-young chuckled as he began calling out names, watching the members bow their heads one by one.

"Nayeon, you go first, are you dating?"

"Ani-oh~" Of course, Lim Na-yeon couldn't admit it. Even if she were to announce it to the company, she felt she should discuss it with her boyfriend first. How could she be so silly as to tell the company on her own?

Moreover, her boyfriend's contract with the company is expiring this summer, and she's worried that PDnim might use their relationship to pressure him into working for JYP. She doesn't want him to continue working for JYP to make money.

Even if her husband leaves the company and they can't see each other every day, even now, with their busy schedules, they can't really see each other every day. She can't stop him from pursuing a better future, can she?
Seeing Park Jin-young squinting, seemingly not quite believing it, Lim Na-yeon grinned arrogantly, showing her rabbit teeth: "You know I have very high standards, PD-nim?"

"Okay, you do have high standards."

Park Jin-young sneered in a sarcastic tone, "You have such low standards, you can date my junior brother, no—that scumbag?"

Judging solely from looks, appearance, and achievements, that scumbag, that deadbeat, that playboy, is truly at the very top of the pyramid. Even he now suspects that the members in front of him might be kept in the dark by that deadbeat. In that case, Nayeon and the other girls are just too pitiful.

He was naturally angry and upset, but whether it was the girls present or that scumbag junior brother who was now lost in thought, they were all children he had watched grow up...

At that moment, Park Jin-young suddenly felt utterly incompetent.

Haji Cheng: Someone save me, save me~ save me~
"Sana, what about you?"

"We haven't been in contact." The puppy pouted and shook its head.

I've already separated from the little cabbage~
You asked too late, PDNIM~
Park Jin-young asked all the TWICE members a series of questions, and they almost all gave negative answers.

Kim Da-hyun was secretly delighted as she looked at the denials of her sisters-in-law. A bunch of "cowards" and "weaklings," no wonder they couldn't control Da-da-shuai. But it's good, if any of the sisters-in-law admitted it, wouldn't Da-da-shuai and she be in big trouble?
Suddenly, Kim Da-hyun snapped out of her daze and looked at Park Jin-young with her neck stiff: "PDnim, why didn't you ask me?"

Zhenying!
Why did you ask Park Jin-young about the other eight members but not me?

This made Doufu feel "isolated", "ostracized", and "bullied".

Sitting next to her, Son Chaeyoung quickly pinched Kim Dahyun's thigh under the table, giving her a speechless look, as if to say, 'Are you crazy? PD-nim is clearly in a bad mood, and he could be happy about it even if it's none of your business, so why did he have to jump in?'

PDnim didn't really like Dahyun to begin with, and now he's going to get scolded, right?
"..." After asking the question, Kim Da-hyun quickly lowered her head.

She's also very outspoken, and she regrets her words as soon as they're out.

To everyone's surprise, Park Jin-young, whose face had been cold since he entered the meeting room, surprisingly showed a kind smile when he looked at Kim Da-hyun.

"Dahyun, you don't seem like the type to date. I believe you." He tried to phrase it tactfully. After the "dating scandal," Park Jin-young had the least respect for Park Ji-hyo and Kim Dahyun, who didn't know how to flatter him.

But right now, among all the couples in the room, it seems that besides Tzuyu and Jeongyeon, this guy is the most likable!
At least, there are benefits to it, aren't there?

Park Jin-young is finding Kim Da-hyun more and more pleasing to the eye these days...

Then, seeing Kim Da-hyun's disbelief, Park Jin-young sighed, looked around at the children who were stubbornly denying everything, and first took out the photos of Lim Na-yeon and Gong Cheng that had been taken by paparazzi. Although they were printed out, the resolution was blurrier than the pictures in the email.

But it's not hard to recognize Lim Na-yeon's face and Gong Cheng's sports car...

He didn't rush to show the other members' photos, but instead pushed Nayeon's photo to the center of the meeting room. Park Jin-young sat weakly in his chair, pinching his brow: "Nayeon, is this what you meant by not dating?"

The sharp-eyed Kim Da-hyun's heart leaped into her throat the moment she noticed the printed paper and Park Jin-young's words.

A relationship? A printed photo?

Big Brother, I almost couldn't breathe just now...

Even though she hadn't clearly seen the scene in the picture, Kim Da-hyun already realized what was happening! Good heavens! A time bomb has exploded!
It's impossible that the printed photo shows Nayeon on a date with another man, right?

Impossible! Nayeon doesn't seem like the type to cheat, but there's always a chance! If that's really the case, then Tofu will have to clean house! Betraying the Great Marshal—no mercy!!!

The creaking sound of the chair moving was extremely noticeable in the quiet conference room.

Park Jin-young glanced over and realized that it was Kim Da-hyun moving her chair, pulling herself far away from the other members, and he wondered what she was doing.

"?"

Sana Minato picked up the printed photo on the table, rubbed her eyes, glanced at it, and couldn't help but whisper to Nayeon beside her, "Unnie, are you really dating?"

Her bright eyes were completely drawn to Lim Nayeon's face in the carriage; she didn't pay much attention to anything else, and the images were quite blurry anyway.

In a moment, she seemed to understand why the PDnim in front of her was so angry!

She's the only popular idol in the region, and the core of the group's concept. If she were to be exposed as dating, it would be a huge scandal.

"A...photo?"

When Lim Nayeon saw Park Jin-young pull out the photo, she panicked a little. She glanced at the picture of herself sitting in her boyfriend's car, her arms around his neck, as if asking for a kiss. She then looked around at the members with their various expressions and blushed slightly.

Since things have come to this point, and there's no way to hide it anymore, then let's not hide it anymore.

Her boyfriend should understand~ The other members should wish her well, right? She grinned, biting her lip, and didn't answer Park Jin-young's question. Instead, she lowered her head shyly.

The boisterous Yu Dingyan stood up, leaned in, and stared at the photo, quickly spotting the "key point": "Aston Martin?"

“Gong Cheng’s car…” As she spoke, Yu Dingyan, completely oblivious to the immediate change in expression on the faces of the other members in the conference room, continued her serious analysis, “That dark figure in the driver’s seat, could it be Gong Cheng?”

"The image quality is blurry, but the license plate number is still quite clear. I remember this car was parked in the company's underground parking garage, right?"

Hirai Momo smiled knowingly, blinking as she watched Lim Nayeon's shy expression.
Unnie~ You can't hide it anymore!

"...Brother...brother?"

Chou Tzu-yu's short face showed surprise, and she stood there stunned.

Wasn't my brother dating Mina unnie? How could he be dating Nayeon unnie?!
She rubbed her eyes, skeptical, and stared intently at the Seoul license plate number. And it really was! For a moment, Tzuyu felt cheated and tilted her head to look at Nayeon, the big sister.

Lim Nayeon noticed her gaze, glanced at Park Jin-young, and pouted shyly and happily: "Yes, I am dating Gong Cheng."

"qinjia?"

Yoo Jeongyeon jumped around like a member of the atmosphere-setter team, covering her mouth and looking at Lim Nayeon with a shocked expression. Her face was beaming with joy, clearly happy for her friend.

She discovered her friend back in 16; he seemed to really like her good friend Haji-cheng.

But Yu Dingyan had always been indifferent to her friends because of her good friend Ha Jicheng. She never expected the two of them to be secretly dating? This made her happy for a moment, but then she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. Damn it! One was her good friend, and the other was her close friend?
Why didn't you inform me about such a big thing as getting into a relationship?
She can drive Park Jihyo to her dates, so of course she could drive Nayeon too, otherwise she wouldn't have been caught on camera by paparazzi now.
"..." Son Chae-young had expected this.

She pursed her lips, glanced at Lim Nayeon, and remained silent!
Jiangdong woman?

Fuck you!

"When did you two start dating?" Park Jin-young asked, trying to get information out of them. He wasn't in a hurry; he was determined to interrogate these kids properly today!
"It's the third year, it started in the spring of 17." Nayeon, unable to hide it any longer, openly admitted it, her heart beaming with happiness. Even her bunny teeth radiated joy. Observing the shocked expressions of many members and the PD, she felt a satisfying sense of intellectual superiority.
We've been secretly dating for so long~ and you guys only just found out? Hehe!

She lowered her head and chuckled shyly, looking quite bashful, but deep down, she told herself—Lim Nayeon! From today onwards, you can be openly and honestly happy!
The members and the company wish you all the best!
"Qinjia? So early?"

Yoo Jeongyeon was almost suffocating! Hagi Sung, Lim Nayeon, what happened to our friendship?
"Spring of 17?" Son Chae-young silently calculated the time in her mind. The one who came later than her was San'er!
The verdict is final!

Although we're both women from Jiangdong, you stole my man, so there's no reason for me to be polite to you!
"Unnie, you two are dating?" Sana Minato stared blankly at the license plate number in the photo and the blurry figure, her heart choking again! Her slender white fingers gripped the printed paper, trembling uncontrollably, and her voice was filled with disbelief: "You were dating in the spring of 17?"

"Yes!" Nayeon was so immersed in happiness that she didn't notice Sana's change in expression. Instead, she said seriously with a smug look on her face, "I can't remember wrong. He had just released his first full-length album, and that song 'Yes or No' was written for me~"

After saying this, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to disappear into the ground. However, when she saw the envious look in Yu Dingyan's eyes, she was no longer so shy and accepted it calmly. Her thoughts couldn't help but return to the spring of 17.

Strictly speaking, it was early spring then. Under the streetlights at night, my boyfriend carried me on his back and sang this song to me, "Have we fallen in love? Please answer Yes or No. Yes or No."

Her answer was "yes"! Hehe~
"A song written for you?"

Sana Minato couldn't hold back any longer; her voice trembled violently. Chaeyoung Son and Mina Mina also asked in unison, sounding surprised and doubtful.

"Of course~"

Lim Nayeon spread her small hands across her chest, biting her lip with her rabbit teeth, her tone completely matter-of-fact.
"..."

Kim Da-hyun had already moved to a corner of the conference room. She was holding her head in her hands, clutching her bun, her mouth wide open, her eyes filled with terror!
My dear, don't say you can't breathe, I think your wives are suffocating too!
"Okay, okay~"

Park Jin-young was so angry he laughed. Damn it, the management teams of Tarot and TWICE didn't even notice that Gong Cheng was dating a member of TWICE!

They even dated for three years!
Furthermore, Makoto Miyamoto is dating all five members...

With reddened eyes, Sana Minato stared at Nayeon Lim's smug and happy face, and for some reason wanted to tear that smug face apart!

"Yes or No" was supposed to be a song written for me, wasn't it?

Moreover, she suddenly realized why this unnie had been so "righteous" in standing up for her and attacking Cho Mi-yeon at the Little Cabbage concert and the recent SBS Gayo Daejeon—so they were dating behind her back…

Baka ahh ...
"You're not dating either, Sana!" Then, Park Jin-young took out a printed photo of Minatozaki Sana and threw it on the table. Watching Sana's drastically fluctuating expression, he suddenly realized that his guess might be correct!
That bastard junior brother seems to have really fooled the kids in front of him, but the more he does that, the more he wants the kids to see the "true colors" of this junior brother!
He was also very puzzled!
—I'll surpass you, Gong Cheng!
You've been in the industry for three years now, with such a packed schedule, how did you manage to negotiate?

Sana Minatozaki seemed to realize something. Her red eyes could no longer be held back, and tears streamed down her face. She trembled all over. She seemed to have realized what had happened. Her relationship with Nayeon unnie had been caught by PDnim!
So at this moment, ignoring the fact that Lim Nayeon was beside her, she burst into tears, "Ah, sob sob... How could he do this?!"

"Oh my god?!"

"You're dating too, Sana?" Nayeon, still basking in her happiness, was surprised to hear that her best friend, Sana Minatozaki, had also been photographed dating. Her eyes lit up with a strange kind of joy… It was like when you were in school and didn't do your homework, getting punished by the teacher, but when you stepped out of the classroom, you found the hallway full of classmates who hadn't done their homework either. You weren't lonely at all; on the contrary, you felt quite amused. "Next time, I won't do my homework!"
Hehe ~
But hearing Minatozaki Sana's tearful outburst and her broken words, "He, he...he..."

"Morako?" Before Lim Nayeon could even look at the photo, she immediately put her arm around Minatozaki Sana's shoulder with heartache and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Sana? Did you meet a jerk? Don't cry, don't be like this."

Sure enough, not every girl is as lucky and fortunate as me to meet such an outstanding boy!

"...Don't touch me!!!"

Feeling Nayeon's soft, gentle embrace, Sana immediately raised her tear-streaked face, screamed hysterically, and broke free from her embrace.

"Damn it! That bastard! Didn't he say he was waiting for me? How come he's dating Lim Nayeon first?!"
Chou Tzu-yu roughly understood what was going on. Her brother had been dating Sana unnie for a long time, even though they had broken up. Now he was dating Mina unnie, but... Nayeon unnie had actually started dating him in the spring of 17, and... they had been dating until now.

She pursed her dark face, her skin trembling slightly, and felt inexplicably suffocated.

Brother, how could you do this...?

Son Chaeyoung grinned, showing her little tiger teeth without batting an eye. She knew that her boyfriend had slept with all three of them: Lim Nayeon, Mina, and Minatozaki Sana. It seemed that Sana unnie's tolerance for such things was incredibly low!

Better to be yourself~
"The sky is falling!"

Kim Da-hyun had already taken the printed photos from the table and kept them hidden from the other members—and sure enough, the photos contained…

The main character remains the same: Da Da Shuai. Compared to the picture of Nayeon unnie, this one is clearer.

Miyako and Minatozaki Sana were kissing passionately in the back of a Land Rover. Just looking at the photo, even she felt a little suffocated. She couldn't even imagine what Nayeon, who had just looked so happy, would think if she saw this photo.
Holy crap, he's so handsome! I can hardly breathe!
……

At this moment, Hajicheng was still on his way "on horseback"...

……

"What's wrong, Sana-chan?" Nayeon was a little annoyed by Sana's sudden outburst, but she was more concerned about what had happened to her friend. Could it be that she really had encountered a heartless scumbag?!
Damn it, if I don't teach this scumbag a lesson, I'm not Lim Nayeon!

Kim Da-hyun, petite in stature, stood in the corner of the conference room holding the photo. After a brief moment of relief, she quickly scratched her head!

...A cold glint suddenly shot out from her fair, single eyelids. This couldn't go on any longer; she had to stop it from happening!

I want to make sure our handsome boss and his wives, including myself, can breathe freely...

Burn, Captain Kim!

But right now, she really has no other choice!
Kim Dahyun frantically crumpled the photo in her hand into a ball. Just as she was about to stuff the printed photo paper into her mouth and swallow it, Lim Nayeon immediately looked over angrily and shouted, "Shut up! Dahyun!"

(End of this chapter)