The number one playboy on the Peninsula!

Chapter 376 Kim Jisoo is being followed, she punches the stalker! (Seeking monthly votes)

Over the next few days, Gong Cheng made a lot of money from Bae Joo-hyun, which made him often lament that he should have never debuted. He thought it would have been better to be a gigolo or a gigolo. During his days off, apart from feeling empty as always, he would occasionally bother Xiao Mei, Zhao Meiyan, and flirt with Kim Ji-soo.

But the bad thing is, I still feel down inside.

TWICE also released their second Japanese and Korean bilingual album, "#TWICE 2", on March 5th.

After Park Jihyo's relationship was exposed, album sales declined slightly, but she still occupies a top-tier position among girl groups. With the start of the new year, various entertainment agencies are once again revitalizing K-pop...

Since temporarily leaving the music scene, "Tarot" has been completely out of the public eye.

However, the pictures that Lim Nayeon recently posted on her 【Bubble】 business account and personal social media account have caused quite a bit of controversy.

She often hugs the fluffy "May" and takes selfies with her.

If it's just a simple selfie with a puppy, that's fine. After all, May, as JYP's "good grandson," is considered a darling among the company's artists. Not only TWICE, but even the girls from the newly debuted [itzy] often post photos with puppies on [Bubble], even though they don't have their own social media accounts yet.

However, recently, Lim Nayeon has been taking too many photos with May, making her seem like its owner, which has led many fans to speculate.

In the coffee shop, Gong Cheng stared at the trending headline on his phone from an unscrupulous media outlet: "Nayeon Steals Dog," accompanied by a hilarious photo of a famous celebrity. He couldn't help but chuckle, muttering under his breath, "Take everything you want~ Steal our dog~"

"I'll take care of the rest."

"What are you singing?" Kim Jisoo took a small sip of coffee curiously, her eyes sparkling. Since seeing this "First Dawn of the East" online, the two hadn't seen each other for a while. It was no exaggeration to say that he was ruthless and heartless.

Not only has he not been engaging with fans, but these days, aside from replying to Kakao posts, he's been staying in Seoul, acting very mysteriously. Mainly, BLACKPINK has been very busy lately, and she hasn't had time to visit Gong Cheng.

"I just sang it offhand~" Gong Cheng said with a smile, raising his eyelids.

Upon hearing this, Kim Jisoo subtly pouted and said, "I feel like you're subtly criticizing Lim Nayeon."

"Aren't you women from Jiangdong?" Gong Cheng glanced at her with a smile, blinking gently until Jin Zhixiu's face turned slightly red before he looked away.

Jisoo looks even prettier now.

Kim Jisoo rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Isn't it all because of you?"

"I'm already a woman from Chengchuan..."

"What do you mean 'because of me'?" Gong Cheng spread his hands innocently. "You're clearly from Guochuan, okay? You were the one who insisted on associating yourself with women from Jiangdong. Now look what happened, the label has been torn off. How can you blame me?"

Kim Jisoo was immediately displeased upon hearing this, raising her eyebrows angrily: "If you hadn't messed with my friends, would our relationship have turned out this way?"

"...Keep your voice down, I don't want to argue with you, really." Gong Cheng quickly interrupted the spellcasting, stood up and picked up his phone, "Let's go, let's go, I'll take you home, we have plans later."

As he spoke, he walked out of the private room and left through the back door. Kim Jisoo was wearing a light brown jacket and a black skirt around her waist. Although it was springtime in Seoul, the weather was still a bit chilly, so she wore black stockings to keep warm. It was definitely not because the bastard in front of her said that she should dress up to look good.

"What are you going to do later?"

Kim Jisoo opened the car door, darted into the passenger seat of the Land Rover, and asked curiously.

But her eyes kept scanning Gong Cheng. This bastard hadn't been heard from these past few days, and he'd been keeping a low profile when he went out. However, she had heard from Park Chae-young that she had been going to bars in Gangnam these past few days and had seen that group of playboys drinking until very late.

"Going to Jiangnan again?"

She couldn't contain herself and asked.

"Having dinner with some trainees, no, I mean friends who have already debuted~" Gong Cheng subconsciously thought that the little jailers of [itzy] were still trainees. He had refused their enthusiastic invitations several times, but he had no choice but to say, "Itzy and the others."

Kim Jisoo's eyelids twitched, her delicate features showing disbelief as she looked at him: "You can even hurt such a young child now?"

If she remembered correctly, the youngest member of ITZY, a group that debuted this year, is only fifteen or sixteen years old, right?

"Fuck off!"

Gong Cheng, who was pressing the accelerator, almost vomited blood upon hearing this. He turned his head and stared at Kim Ji-soo seriously: "Don't lump me in with those scum in the industry, really."

He said unhappily, "After being in this industry for a long time, you'll find that there are all kinds of people. Master Gong is already considered quite innocent and pure."

"Are you mean to me?"

Kim Ji-soo said with some discomfort in her heart, "I was just asking—it's because your reputation is so...bad!" Perhaps it was because she hadn't seen Gong Cheng get angry in a long time, her aggrieved tone spread across her face, she pursed her lips, turned her head to look out the window, and looked like she was about to cry.

Gong Cheng glanced at her unmoved: "Why are you acting like a little woman?"

"..." Kim Jisoo remained silent and turned her head away, ignoring him.

"Okay, okay, Mia, I was too harsh... Is that enough? I've been feeling down lately..." Gong Cheng quickly coaxed in a low voice, but when he glanced at the traffic in the rearview mirror, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and stopped talking. He immediately turned the steering wheel and drove the car into the street next to him.

Kim Jisoo was staring awkwardly out the window, still wanting this brat to continue coaxing her, but then she saw the scenery outside the car window suddenly change. She turned her head and said, "Did we take the wrong road? This isn't the way home..."

Does he want to spend more time with me?

Gong Cheng ignored Kim Ji-soo's words and instead kept staring at the black sedan following him around the corner in the rearview mirror. He looked away, glanced at the convenience store not far away, parked the Land Rover on the street, and turned to Kim Ji-soo with a smile: "Ji-soo~ go buy me a pack of cigarettes."

"Moragu?"

"Didn't you quit that kind of thing..." Kim Jisoo immediately became unhappy upon hearing this. Zhao Meiyan, how exactly are you taking care of my white moonlight? She was quite happy when Gong Cheng quit smoking before, since it's harmful to the body after all. "You're not allowed to smoke!"

"Aigoo, then just buy whatever you want~" Gong Cheng's eyes kept glancing at the car parked not far away in the rearview mirror. It's been following us all the way, is it a paparazzi?

Sending Kim Jisoo to the convenience store was just a pretext to check if it was a paparazzi.

Seeing that Kim Jisoo was lying in the car, unmoved, Gong Cheng suddenly looked at her and asked seriously, "Have you noticed anyone following you lately?"

Kim Jisoo, who had initially maintained a somewhat nonchalant expression, suddenly changed her demeanor upon hearing Gong Cheng's words. Her smile froze for a moment before she said thoughtfully, "I'm not sure... but how do you know?"

After saying that, she hurriedly turned her head to the passenger seat and looked behind her, but the sky outside was dark and she couldn't see clearly. On the contrary, the surrounding streets were very lively and bustling with pedestrians.

"So you're pregnant?" Gong Cheng frowned, then continued driving towards Kim Ji-soo's dormitory.

In the rearview mirror, the black sedan was still following at a leisurely pace.

Kim Ji-soo realized something was wrong. She cautiously followed Gong Cheng's gaze and looked in the rearview mirror, but couldn't figure it out.

“There’s a car following us, but I didn’t see it when I came here.” When driving, you have to pay attention to the road conditions and the rearview mirror frequently. In addition, given the sensitive status of celebrities, Gong Cheng always observes things more carefully when driving. He was very sure that this car was not a paparazzi following him.

Moreover, he knows most of the paparazzi from Dispatch...

"Perhaps they came with you?"

Gong Cheng spoke softly, his tone devoid of any threat, yet it still frightened Kim Jisoo, whose face paled. Her hands frantically rubbed her black stockings against her inner thighs, almost touching her breasts. He glanced at her speechlessly: "Stop touching them, I haven't even touched them, really..."

"If you were sure you were being followed, why didn't you tell me?"

Hagi-sung knows Kim Ji-soo's personality well. If he hadn't discovered it today, this clown would still have secretly kept it a secret.

"I..." Kim Jisoo's eyes darted nervously to the rearview mirror. After hearing Gong Cheng's concern, she felt a warmth in her heart, but she still stubbornly insisted on her reasons: "What's the use of telling you? You're not a policeman. If I tell you, won't you just worry about me?"

Gong Cheng chuckled, "Did you call the police?"

I was already in a bad mood lately, and now that Kim Jisoo is acting all high and mighty, it's no wonder I'm so angry.

Especially when he saw Kim Jisoo silently pursing her lips with her eyes darting around, Gong Cheng felt extremely frustrated: "I'm really speechless."

As he spoke, he stepped on the gas, the gauges on the dashboard trembled, and the car in the rearview mirror also began to accelerate, keeping up closely.

It's confirmed; those following behind are definitely no good.
After the Land Rover drove into the residential area, Gong Cheng parked the car in a parking space. He unbuckled his seatbelt, glanced at the car behind him, picked up his phone, and dialed a number: "Brother Huanyong, I'm here..."

He dialed the number of a senior colleague in the police department's management and reported the location of the neighborhood.

As Kim Ji-soo listened to his conversation, her eyes kept glancing at the car in the rearview mirror. For the past month, she had often felt like someone was following her when she got home from get off work, so she would turn off the lights as soon as she got home and didn't even dare to turn them on. But her thoughts were wandering.

The phone call in the carriage quieted down. With a click, Kim Ji-soo quickly turned her head and saw Gong Cheng open the car door and get out. She asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll show you and tell me what's the use..." Gong Cheng glanced at her, feeling very annoyed.

Those following behind the car have really run into trouble.

While talking to Kim Jisoo, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at the man sitting in the driver's seat of the car, who seemed to be holding a camera and probably thought he hadn't noticed him.

"Wait for me in the car!"

Immediately afterwards, Gong Cheng slammed the car door shut. Seeing this, Jin Zhixiu, who was in the passenger seat, quickly opened the door as well, ready to follow.

In the blink of an eye, Gong Cheng had already reached the car, raised his hand and knocked on the passenger window. The driver rolled down the window and asked with a smile, "Paparazzi?"

He glanced at the camera on the passenger seat again.

Immediately afterward, before the bespectacled man in the driver's seat could speak, Gong Cheng opened the car door, plopped down in the passenger seat, and then reached out and pulled out the car key.

"What are you doing?" The paparazzo asked, somewhat guiltily, as he saw the car keys being taken away.

Gong Cheng chuckled and turned slightly to the side, speaking in a friendly tone, tentatively saying, "You took photos of me and Jisoo, and I just wanted to talk to you about how much I spent to buy them."

He chuckled as he spoke, but deep down he was certain that the pup in front of him wasn't a paparazzi.

According to Jisoo, she felt like she was being followed for almost a month. However, being followed is different from paparazzi trying to take some gossip photos.

After saying that, Gong Cheng shamelessly picked up the camera from the seat, intending to look at the photos he had taken. The man sitting in the driver's seat immediately turned around and tried to snatch it away, saying, "You're doing this..."

Before the man could finish speaking, Gong Cheng, holding the camera in his left hand, punched the man in the nose with his right. In his line of sight, the camera screen was lit up, showing a photo of him and Kim Ji-soo leaving the coffee shop.

"Hiss~" The man covered his face, which was covered in blood from his nose, and cursed in pain, "Tarot, you're a public figure, how can you be so lawless..."

"Being a public figure is no excuse for you to take pictures of me without my consent," Gong Cheng said casually, not taking it to heart, gently pressing the camera and browsing through the photos.

The recent photos are alright; they're mostly pictures of him meeting Kim Jisoo today...

Standing anxiously in the parking space outside the car, Kim Ji-soo went to the car and saw Gong Cheng sitting in the passenger seat, intently looking at photos, while the man in the driver's seat was covering his nose, blood flowing from between his fingers: "Gong Cheng, get out first, we'll wait for the police to handle this."

Her delicate features were filled with worry, fearing that Gong Cheng might encounter some danger in the car.

"Alas, alas..." Gong Cheng said perfunctorily, his fingers constantly touching the camera buttons. But after browsing today's photos, he frowned and stared at the contents of the photos, which were all candid pictures of Kim Ji-soo walking home alone after work.

Scrolling down further, you'll find countless photos of Kim Ji-soo in this neighborhood, taken from the outside after she returned home, showing her windows with the lights on and off, from when she's having lunch at a restaurant to when she goes to work and when she comes home.

Gong Cheng raised his hand and rubbed his temples. It seemed that Zhixiu's intuition was right; this little rascal had been following her all along.

Kim Jisoo stood outside the passenger door, and could clearly see the contents of the camera when she looked down. Her face turned pale, and a chill ran down her spine. She looked at the man sitting in the driver's seat with a look of terror in her eyes.

"Snapped!"

But the next second, Gong Cheng picked up the camera and smashed it hard on the man's face.

"what!!!"

Screams echoed through the carriage...

Master Gong has been in a terrible temper lately. He's already incredibly annoyed by the affairs of his wives, and now he's going to find some scoundrel by his side? He's just asking for trouble.

How dare you follow our Xiuxiu...

"Stop it, Gong Cheng..." Kim Ji-soo covered her mouth and screamed, then immediately opened the passenger door, bent down and hugged Gong Cheng's back. Outsiders thought this brat had a very good temper.

That's true, but he's really scary when he gets angry. Plus, with that stalker in the driver's seat being so small, it's quite possible he could be killed by the "white moonlight" (his love interest)...

After all, in 2014, Gong Cheng won the championship in his first underground free fighting competition, and in 15, with her and Zhao Meiyan as witnesses, he defeated the famous "Heavy Cannon" Park Guk-chang from the Guro district...

"You ignorant brat!" Gong Cheng broke free from Jin Zhixiu's arms, grabbed the man's hair, and slammed it onto the steering wheel.

The clanging sounds dispelled much of the pent-up frustration that had been weighing on Hajicheng's mind lately.

Besides the man's screams, all that followed were pleas for mercy: "Stop hitting me...you are..."

"What am I?" Gong Cheng laughed, lifting the man's blood-splattered, slightly flushed face, and looked at him seriously. "A public figure? Your profession should make you understand this country better than I do, right?"

"I'll kill you!" He laughed as he released his grip, picked up a tissue from the car, wiped the blood from the back of his hand, and made a small joke...

Upon hearing those three words, the man's fear intensified, and he began to tremble all over.

Kim Ji-soo looked at Gong Cheng in alarm. She quickly squeezed into the cramped carriage, disregarding everything else, and plopped down on Gong Cheng's lap, hugging him like a koala. Her slender arms wrapped around his arms, and she softly comforted him, "Don't do this, Gong Cheng. Let's wait for the police, okay?"

Gong Cheng lifted his eyelids, glanced at Kim Jisoo's red-rimmed eyes and worried expression, placed his hands on her black-clad thighs, patted them, nodded and smiled: "Alas~"

No sooner had he finished speaking than two or three police cars drove into the residential area.

Seven or eight policemen immediately got out of the car and came to the car. The lead policeman couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and relax after seeing that Gong Cheng and Jin Zhixiu in the passenger seat were safe and sound.

The stalker in the driver's seat, upon seeing the police, had a hint of confusion in his bloodied eyes.

When did the police in our Great Cold Kingdom become so quick to respond to calls...?

But he couldn't care less about anything else. He immediately pulled open the car door, pointed to the shattered lenses and his bruised cheek, and accused, "Officer, Tarot threatened me, saying he was going to kill me..."

Just then, Gong Cheng's phone rang in his pocket. He answered, "Hey, Huan Yong, they've arrived. Um, it's a stalker who's been following my girlfriend for a month. I couldn't help but teach him a lesson. Hope he won't cause you any trouble."

Kim Ji-soo was still nestled in his arms when she noticed the officers' strange looks and quickly got out of the car, her face flushed.

Is it your mother?
Her earlier worries were instantly replaced by a strange joy, and she smiled.

“Even public figures can’t hit people, right? I’m going to sue him…” The stalker was still crying about what had just happened, but when he heard the name in Gong Cheng’s phone call, Huan Yong, senior brother? Li Huan Yong… a graduate of Yanshi University, soon, a man who often appeared in the news came to mind and matched this name with him.

He stared blankly at Gong Cheng in the carriage, speechless.

Gong Cheng hung up the phone and glanced at the stalker with a smile—who here is accusing me?

After checking the photos in the camera, a policeman saw that the culprit was still staring at the pride of their Great Han Ming Kingdom. He slapped the stalker across the face, which was splattered with blood from his nose: "Hey, you scum, what are you looking at?"

After saying that, amidst the stalker's bewildered and defeated expression, the police officer in charge turned to his subordinate and professionally said, "Go and delete today's surveillance footage from the neighborhood."

The stalker turned his head away, trembling all over.

There is still the law!
“No need for that much trouble…” Gong Cheng picked up the stalker’s cigarettes from the car, patted the cigarette pack, and scattered them around the police officers. “Even if the surveillance footage gets leaked, it won’t matter.”

The police officer in charge smiled and accepted the cigarette, saying with a grin, "That's true. Even if the surveillance footage gets leaked, it's still a source of pride for our Great Han Ming Kingdom—a heroic act of beating up the stalker who was following Miss Jisoo! But our superior said we can't let it have any negative impact on you."

"A heroic act?" The stalker glared at the officers in front of him, unable to contain his anger. "I did follow him, but Tarot beat me up like this, he almost killed me, and you didn't..." "You ungrateful wretch!" The lead officer professionally surveyed the surroundings, then slapped the stalker across the face, before coldly giving his subordinates a look.

The two men grabbed the stalker's arms and led him to the back seat of the car. The car began to vibrate violently, and they even professionally gagged the stalker with a towel, so that he couldn't make a sound, except for the slapping sounds of fists hitting flesh.

Next, the police officer in charge disposed of the dashcam in front of Gong Cheng.

Two words—professional!
After reading this, the old man sighed with emotion, realizing that all those taxes paid each year hadn't been in vain.
Who exactly said that the police in the Great Cold Kingdom are incompetent?

...Gong Cheng glanced at the stalker, who was huddled in the back seat, barely alive. During the beating, his wallet had slipped out of his pocket. Gong Cheng picked it up, opened it, and saw that it was full of Korean won banknotes. He took out all the banknotes and handed them to the two police officers who had attacked him: "Thank you for your hard work serving the people. This is for your midnight snack."

As he spoke, under the stalker's resentful gaze, he smiled warmly at the two officers whose eyes were fixed on the team leader, saying, "Aigoo, this isn't some kind of embezzlement or bribery, it's all ill-gotten gains. Take it~"

Jisoo watched from the side, her lips twitching.

If she remembered correctly, the cigarettes Gong Cheng gave to the police officer were from that stalker, right?

But it seems he asked me to buy a pack of cigarettes at the convenience store before, but I didn't go. It's all my fault! I should have bought a few packs of better cigarettes; otherwise, that bastard would have taken other people's cigarettes when distributing them to the officers...

Oh dear, I should have offered to pay the bastard so he could treat the officers to a late-night snack. He must have left his wallet in his car and didn't have any cash on him.

"..."

After a friendly exchange between the police and the public, the officers then left the station.

Before leaving, the stalker looked at Gong Cheng with despair: "Will I die in prison?"

"You need to cooperate with the police and tell them who told you to follow Jisoo, understand?" Gong Cheng stood tall and straight in the night, gave the criminal a cold look, and then took Kim Jisoo's hand and left.

……

Gong Cheng personally escorted Kim Jisoo to the entrance of her apartment building. He tilted his head and looked at Kim Jisoo standing under the stairwell light. Her long black hair fell over her shoulders, and her delicate features exuded a gentle and intellectual charm. At that moment, she was asking in a low voice with concern, "Are you alright?"

"So next time something like this happens, will you tell me?" Gong Cheng asked seriously. Being followed for a month and being kept from telling his beloved was really infuriating.

Kim Jisoo lowered her head and bit her lip: "I was just afraid you'd worry."

"And then what happened to you? Did you die? Are you watching me grieve and despair from heaven?" Gong Cheng said sarcastically, showing no mercy. In his eyes, this was a very serious matter.

"Hey! Quick, spit it out! Are you cursing me?" Kim Jisoo quickly raised her little face, but when she saw his serious gaze, her face turned red and she lowered her head again.

That brat cares about me, and he even taught that stalker a lesson for my sake. He's a pervert!
Knowing she was in the wrong, she stammered, "I'll tell you right away next time, and it won't happen again."

She had barely finished speaking... wait, Kim Jisoo seemed to suddenly remember something. She raised her pretty face, her eyes serious: "If I died, would you be sad and desperate?"

Why don't you give it a try?

Gong Cheng pursed his lips speechlessly, then casually shrugged: "Maybe I'll continue as before, dating several women and forget about you as soon as possible. Anyway, you're always disobedient and always call me a bastard, it's really awful~"

"lie!"

Kim Jisoo smiled broadly and hummed.

Gong Cheng chuckled and pinched her soft cheek. "Alright, let's go upstairs. I have an appointment later. You're really taking up my time."

"If I invited you upstairs now, would you still go to the party with the ITZY girls?" Kim Jisoo stared at him blankly, her face flushed red, but she still pretended to be confident, though her slender white fingers nervously gripped the hem of her skirt.

That bastard cares so much about me, he's even willing to kill for her...

Gong Cheng glanced at her in surprise upon hearing this, then shook his head with a sigh, saying, "Aigoo, tsk tsk, if that's what Jisoo says, then we can only regretfully miss out~"

"This missed opportunity might be for a lifetime~ But I won't break my promise to the girls at ITZY~" he said with a bright smile.

In reality, it was because itchy's underlings had asked her out several times, and besides, what difference would it make if she went upstairs?
It's not even water from the ground up yet, it's difficult to handle.

"Just coax me, lie to me, and you'll get your way, won't you?" Kim Jisoo snorted, clearly unhappy with the answer.

Gong Cheng smiled broadly: "I've completely reformed!"

Upon hearing this, Kim Jisoo froze on the spot. "What do you mean?"

Then, her face ashen, she looked at Gong Cheng, who had the appearance of a virtuous woman: "You've decided to have a proper relationship with Mei Yan? You should have dated me first before you changed your ways!"

What's going on now?

Gong Cheng blinked, gazing into Kim Ji-soo's beautiful eyes, and teased, "What's wrong? Didn't you always want me to behave myself?"

"Isn't it the one who most wants me and Zhao Meiyan to have a good future together?"

Kim Ji-soo's heart skipped a beat, and she stood there stunned, her pupils unfocused: "But..." She didn't know if Gong Cheng was mocking her for her past arrogance, but she really didn't know how to refute him.

The chest tightness and suffocation I once felt returned.

"Alright, alright, I was just teasing you. I won't do what you want~" Gong Cheng raised his hand, waved goodbye, and then turned and walked out of the building.

Kim Jisoo stared at his back, feeling a strange sense of relief.

Thank goodness, you little bastard, you didn't change your ways, or what would I have done?
...Gong Cheng sat back in the van, recalling the conversation. "Haki Xiu, have you lowered your standards again?"
Sure enough, you're selfish too~ I still prefer the you who's like an indomitable warrior~
“hh~”

Gong Cheng chuckled softly in the carriage and drove away.
……

"Oppa, you're late!"

In a barbecue restaurant in Jiangdong District, Shen Youna pouted and complained when she saw Gong Cheng push open the door and enter.

Gong Cheng glanced at Huang Lizhi, Shen Liuzhen, Shen Youna, Li Cailing, and Cui Zhixiu in the private room. Seeing that there were empty seats next to Huang Lizhi and Shen Youna, he sat down and said, "I ran into a little trouble and had to deal with it."

"how are things?"

He took off his coat, and the youngest member, Shen Youna, was flipping the grilled meat in the pan.

Huang Lizhi squinted his fox-like eyes with a happy expression, "Very good, we got several first place awards."

Itzy has been two months since their debut. Their promotional period is over, and they've been busy with commercial activities and group advertising shoots. They've only had a couple of days to relax, but next month they'll be preparing for their next comeback.

Although they're busy, idols are always better off being busier.

"Your debut went very smoothly~" Gong Cheng said with a smile while eating the meat that Shen Youna had grilled. He congratulated her on such a great achievement right from the start.

If JYP can manage them well, they will definitely be the company's next generation of leading girl groups. In short, he is quite optimistic about the future of the young girls.

Shin Ryujin looked at Gong Cheng with her dark eyes: "When is Oppa coming back to the music scene? There have been a lot of rumors lately, all of them bad. And the TWICE unnies don't seem to be in a good mood either, sigh."

She sighed when she talked about it.

The seniors were in a bad mood. Since they were on the same floor, even the seniors had to be careful to read their expressions. Even though those unnies were usually very nice to them, they could still sense the low atmosphere in their practice room when they passed by.

I don't know what happened...

"Return? I don't know yet, we'll talk about it later~" Gong Cheng replied softly. He planned to leave Seoul after Mina's birthday in a few days.

It would be nice to travel back to China for a few days, or perhaps spend a few more days in Tokyo or Osaka, and then take a trip to Europe afterwards.

"..."

While chatting with the other inmates, Shin Yuna grilled the meat with great skill. After a while, she put down the tongs, rubbed her sore arms, and looked at the members: "Unnies, why don't you try grilling some too~"

"I'm exhausted."

She pouted and complained.

I grilled so much meat, but I haven't even eaten much of it myself.

Upon hearing this, Hwang Ye-ji and Choi Ji-soo immediately picked up their skewers and offered to help.

Gong Cheng took a sip of orange juice, then grinned and flattered Shen Youna to his left, saying, "Our Yuna's barbecue skills are amazing~"

"Really?" Shen Youna raised her eyebrows, her young face showing surprise.

Her little hand unconsciously snatched the barbecue tongs from Choi Ji-soo's hand again, and she suddenly felt full of energy!
Shin Ryujin lowered her head, suppressing a laugh, then stuffed her mouth full of grilled meat to prevent herself from laughing out loud. She gave the maknae a thumbs up: "Certified!"

After seeing the unanimous praise from the members and Gong Cheng, Shin Yuna couldn't help but smile smugly and look at him: "Oppa~ This is talent, isn't it?"

"Talent, ah~ such great talent..." Huang Lizhi is quite quirky in private. She shook her head with an envious look, sighing deeply.

Shin Yuna was completely taken aback, her eyes gleaming with smugness. She looked at the beaming Lee Chaeryeong and asked, "Unnie, do you have any special talents?"

“I have a talent for setting up tents,” Li Cailing casually made up.

Shin Yuna picked up the grilled meat from the pan and carefully distributed it to each member's plate. Then she put a few pieces on Gong Cheng's plate, saying, "Looks like mine is the most practical~"

"From now on, if we're having barbecue, I'll take care of all the barbecue for you unnies!"

She patted her chest, making a firm promise.

"Tsk~ Well done!" Gong Cheng led the applause and praised.

Master Gong preferred spending time with the simple-minded young prisoners, unlike his female relatives who were full of esoteric teachings like "The Art of War" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan," which were like knives stabbing Master Gong right in the heart.

……

Over the next few days...

Gong Cheng stayed alone in her villa in Itaewon, while TWICE participated in music shows on the three major television networks. However, after quickly winning one number one spot, they ended their promotional period. For a top-ranked group, there was no need to work hard for number one like newly debuted rookies.

Moreover, they have a lot of work to do this year.

While Gong Cheng lay numbly in bed drinking, in the conference room of JYP's third headquarters, Park Jin-young announced that Lim Na-yeon would officially debut as a solo artist on the 25th of this month, and that TWICE would hold a tour concert at the Neon Dome at the end of the month.

Next month, they will release their seventh mini-album as part of their transformation. After the group's comeback period ends, in the height of summer, "Sakura Line" will debut as a sub-unit in Japan.

In the meeting room, Park Jin-young sat next to Director Kim and announced the decision with a complicated expression: "In June, MISAMO, consisting of Mina, Sana, and Momo, will debut in Japan as a sub-unit."

As he spoke, his gaze swept over the astonished looks of Mina, Sana, and Momo.

In the meeting room, the other members had different expressions.

Everyone knows that this is a matter of individual funding, just like Nayeon's solo debut at the end of the month, and PDnim's recently announced Misamo, which is a sub-unit debut. Each member's future individual career development will focus on different aspects.

Yoo Jeongyeon didn't show any jealousy or envy. Instead, she looked at the three members who were frozen in place with an intriguing gaze.

Goodness, the three of you getting together to form a sub-unit, is that really a good idea?
Will the duel in Tokyo end with Misamo leaving only one person to return to Seoul?

As for the other two?

...I've met the Emperor...

Park Jin-young sighed, "This project was decided in the second half of 17. Now the group is undergoing a transformation, and individual careers can't be neglected..." As he spoke, he felt helpless. Because of that scumbag junior, he was extremely disgusted with the "misamo" project!
I'm really scared; the three kids are going to fight.

But for their careers, this is the best choice: a solo debut? In the peninsula…

Aside from that devilish junior, there aren't many green card holders who can handle this. Not to mention achieving even a tenth of his junior's success, it's not easy to even gain a foothold in the peninsula with a green card. So, it would be better to let the "Sakura Line" cultivate the Japanese market.

The popularity of these three in their hometown is truly remarkable.

"In short, this project was also suggested by Gong Cheng, but not recently. To be honest, he really put in a lot of effort to make your personal information available to you back then," Park Jin-young said, leaning back in his chair.

Now I finally understand why that guy was so concerned about TWICE's personal information back then. Maybe it was all fate... When TWICE debuted, he didn't plan to release their personal information so early, considering the company's stock price and revenue at that time...

But then that kid came, and the company's stock price plummeted, and many of the decisions made in the past were gradually adjusted.

"..." The members of TWICE looked at each other and lowered their heads.

I don't know what he's thinking. Everyone knows to some extent that Gong Cheng helped them open up their personal information, but no one knows that the guy actually thought ahead and considered the future transformation direction of many members.

As the company's acting director, Director Kim was well aware of some of the intricacies involved. She asked, "Oppa must have made a deal with the company back then, right?"

“Of course.” Now that things have come to this, Park Jin-young nodded, his eyes filled with reminiscence. His junior colleague was no longer with the company, but he still thought of him constantly, feeling the vast company felt desolate: “He produced [itzy]’s debut album, because only [itzy] took the baton from your hands…”

Mina, her delicate face stiff, exchanged glances with Sana Minato and Momo Hirai.

They had never heard of the "misamo" project before...

"In short, Misamo's future development is promising. This is something that he, I, and many other people in the company professionally researched back then." Park Jin-young ended the topic, waved his hand, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting. Twice would be busy from now on.

He was also extremely annoyed. Since the Grammys, his junior colleague had never come to the company again, nor had he ever mentioned the ATM.

Junior brother—you are so heartless…

……

On the other side, Gong Cheng sat on the sofa in the living room of the villa, staring at the wine bottle left over from last night. He couldn't help but rub his face and take a deep breath.

He's really crazy.

Haji Cheng suddenly realized that he was now completely unable to focus on doing one thing well...

Immediately afterwards, he stood up, picked up his jacket from the hanger, and called Somi: "Are you in the practice room?"

"Yes, what's up, Oppa?" Somi asked with a cheerful voice.

Gong Cheng picked up the car keys, got into the Bugatti, and said, "I'm going to see you."

One reason was to visit Somi, since she was a signed artist. The other reason was that he rented a practice room in Gangnam for Somi to practice in, and there was a composition room next door, since the company's renovation was not yet complete.

He felt somewhat powerless. His recent circumstances and changes in mindset made him want to go to the composition studio to write songs. Gong Cheng had to immerse himself in the world of music. Only the flowing songs and his female relatives could give him a moment of peace.

On the way to Jiangnan, Gong Cheng was extremely depressed.

What kind of songs will be produced with this kind of somber mood?
He didn't know either... but he had been in a daze for more than ten days since the Grammys ended. Gong Cheng glanced at the date on his phone's screen saver: March 15th.

It seems like Mina's birthday is just around the corner...

(End of this chapter)