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Chapter 386 Kim Jisoo's Second Smile, Licking Her Wounds Alone (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In the living room, undercurrents were swirling, and the atmosphere was subtle yet full of hidden secrets.

"Cold, calm down..."

Zhao Meiyan gently put down her wine glass, her pale lips and eyes filled with resentment as she looked at the eccentric woman in front of her, Minatozaki Sana. She slowly gathered her hair, which was wet with wine, and at first glance, she really did have the air of a true master who kept a low profile and was extremely shrewd.

But the wet hair clung to her cheeks and neck, making her usually lively and sweet appearance seem colder, as if she wasn't the one who had just been splashed with wine, nor was she the one who had stirred up trouble... Minatozaki Sana lowered her eyes, feeling a little guilty, but now that things had come to this, there was no going back.

Kim Jisoo was caught in the middle, extremely anxious! She glanced at Jo Miyeon's tense profile, then at Minatozaki Sana's nonchalant expression, her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a single word to break the deadlock...

【First Dawn of the East】, you bastard Bi Yang, look how many girls' hearts you've unknowingly broken!

She hesitated to advise Zhao Meiyan, fearing it would provoke her anger; she asked Minatozaki Sana, but feared it would elicit even more hurtful words. Kim Jisoo pursed her lips tightly, even her breathing became lighter, feeling that the air in the living room was stuffy and heavy, just like her heart, heavy and suffocating.

Taking a deep, difficult breath, Zhao Meiyan suppressed her trembling body and took a sip of wine, trying her best to make her tone sound calm: "You...you, you came to see me today just to say this?"

But her reddened eyes betrayed her.

Sana Minatozaki chuckled inwardly...

That's not all~
But Minato had her own strategic plan and roundabout tactics. She first slid down to ease the atmosphere with lightning speed: "Ani, Miyeon and I exchanged contact information. We had already broken up with him before we met. As for when we were dating, he never told me that you two were still dating."

Sana Minatozaki speaks the truth, but the truth is the sharpest knife...

The amount of information conveyed in the message stung Zhao Meiyan's heart even more, while Kim Jisoo's sullen mood improved somewhat. Thank goodness, the breakup doesn't matter anymore.

But the atmosphere in the living room was frighteningly oppressive, with only the sounds of Sana Minatozaki and Miyeon Cho swallowing their "bitter wine".

Kim Jisoo cautiously observed the expressions of the two men, stood up, and walked to the balcony in the living room. She opened the window, and the night wind whistled through, mixed with fine raindrops, making a "drip-drip-drip" sound. She thought to herself, it was exactly the same as the situation inside the house, a storm brewing...

For a moment, Kim Jisoo took two deep breaths of the night air. After learning that Minatozaki Sana and Miyako were dating, the feeling of suffocation was not as severe as before.

She was actually quite grateful to that brat for the growth he had brought her...

I'm immune now. In game terms, it means I've leveled up, I've built up magic resistance, or I've evolved...

When she sat down on the carpet in the living room again, "Yuan Sana" cleverly launched her second scheme. She glanced at Zhao Meiyan with a chilling look. This one will hurt a lot, so bear with it! Or just cry it out; I've already prepared tissues for you.

"Actually, I didn't mean to provoke you, Miyeon... I've always thought that you and Miyako never got back together after you broke up in 15. So after Miyako and I broke up, I felt that we were on the same side, belonging to the ex-girlfriend category, so I wanted to talk to you about it."

Sana Minato pursed her lips, her tone sincere, but she was met with a cold snort from Miyeon Cho. She then took out her phone, which was lying on the carpet, and pulled out a group photo she had found in the bedroom earlier. She handed it over: "Look, isn't this Shiba Inu plushie the one you grabbed for Makoto Miyamoto on your birthday in 17?"

She spoke with a look of guilt and sadness. Actually, this particular step wasn't part of the elaborate scheme, but this arrogant Pabu had given her an opportunity. If she didn't take advantage of it, she'd be letting down Pang Yan's reckless actions.
As Zhao Meiyan suspiciously took the phone to look at the pictures, Minatozaki Sana glanced at Kim Jisoo, who looked nervous—still pretending?

Now, whenever she sees Kim Jisoo, she wants to laugh...

Even though her friends, Lim Nayeon, Zhao Meiyan, and Bae Joo-hyun, all have affairs with Gong Cheng—it's undeniable—and she herself has an affair with Gong Cheng, she still pretends to be innocent and pure, deceiving Zhao Meiyan with a facade of sisterly affection.

However, this only further illustrates how cunning and ruthless this woman is; she's not someone to be trifled with.

Sana Minatosaki sighed inwardly.

Zhuge Liang? That's interesting...

Zhao Meiyan stared intently at the group photo on her phone screen, her pupils contracting... Minatozaki Sana puffed out her chubby cheeks, holding a fluffy, tan Shiba Inu doll in her hand. The doll was grinning crookedly, and while the doll itself looked a bit silly, its absurd "Dragon King's crooked mouth" smile was incredibly mocking at that moment.

Her heart trembled. Gripping her phone tightly, she forcefully suppressed her fear and anger, nodding and raising her eyelids with feigned composure: "I already knew about this. Oppa said that this Shiba Inu looks a lot like you, so he said he would give it to you when he got back. Um... that's it."

Zhao Meiyan didn't believe a word of what Sana Minatosaki was saying, her words were just empty words; she was just trying to provoke herself with this.

Little tricks, haha.

But how could my boyfriend take the plush toy I won and give it to another girl?
...Kim Jisoo leaned slightly forward, glanced at the photo on the screen, and then stole a look at Jo Miyeon's somewhat distorted and unnatural smile. Why did she feel a little secretly pleased?

It's good for her that Pab and Minatozaki Sana are fighting. The shrewd "Zhuge Zhixiu" quickly smiled.

Sana Minatozaki caught a glimpse of the corners of her mouth that were secretly curving upwards, and sneered inwardly... You little brat, you can't hide it anymore, can you?

"..." Kim Jisoo met her gaze, then glanced at Zhao Meiyan, who was feigning a relaxed smile. She quickly slapped her thigh, trying to smooth things over and ease the atmosphere, but she smiled cautiously: "Haha~ I knew it! Why would Gong Cheng give the doll that Meiyan gave him to another girl? He must have told her beforehand, haha~"

"Hehe, yes." Zhao Meiyan nodded in agreement with a forced smile, picked up her wine glass and took a sip.

Seeing Zhao Meiyan laugh, Kim Jisoo knew her attempt to smooth things over had been successful. She immediately slapped her thigh again, raising her voice to unleash a second round of laughter, trying to brighten the otherwise subdued living room: "haha~"

Sana Minato glanced at her "double smile" and her lips twitched.

"hh..."

Jisoo's laughter echoed in Miyeon's ears, extremely grating. The more she heard it, the more uncomfortable she felt. How could I have known beforehand? But things had come to this, and she couldn't afford to show weakness in front of Sana Minatozaki.
But Jisoo unnie, could you please stop laughing... please stop rubbing salt into my wounds?

With that thought in mind, Zhao Meiyan couldn't help but glance sideways at Kim Jisoo's exaggerated smile. Her unnie's acting skills had never been very good.

"Drink..." Kim Jisoo was about to seize the opportunity to raise her glass and invite everyone to drink... but she happened to meet Jo Miyeon's ugly gaze, and the words in her throat instantly choked up. The smile on her face abruptly stopped, and like a mouse seeing a cat, she pursed her lips and lowered her head awkwardly and seriously.

Perhaps feeling embarrassed, she quickly picked up her wine glass and took a sip.

"Oh, I see~ It's good that you know~ My guilt isn't so heavy~" Minatozaki Sana glanced at Zhao Meiyan, who was still quite composed. She seemed like a completely different person compared to when she had just spilled a glass of wine on her.

But what made her even more wary was Kim Jisoo, who was playing the "clown" role beside her. Such restraint must mean she had something much bigger in mind...

……

"You...you, did you come to my music show stage?"

After leaving Yeouido-dong and having nothing to do, Gong Cheng drove to Namsan, where Seoul Tower is located. While sitting in the car looking for an umbrella, he saw a message from Lim Nayeon on Kakao.

Placing the umbrella on his lap, Gong Cheng opened Kakao and stared at the message from the big star with mixed feelings. Scrolling up the chat page, it seemed that the two had not been in contact or interacted for a long time. The tone of Lim Nayeon's message was as if she had been thinking about it for a long time.

"Yeah, I miss you. I'm going to go see you."

He was never one to show off, pretend he was "just passing by," or deliberately flirt; he just wanted to see a big star.

Stepping out of the Bugatti, Gong Cheng opened his umbrella and strode quickly through the puddles on the ground with his long, elegant legs, heading towards the stone steps of Namsan. Seoul Tower is located here, and this wasn't his first time here. Above it is the Love Bridge, a scenic spot.

Compared to when he came here with Zhao Meiyan and Lin Nayan, this time, Hagi Sung was all alone.

After walking for a while, Gong Cheng tilted his umbrella slightly and looked at the heavy rain in the night. The rain was heavy! But the fresh air and cool breeze were quite refreshing. He stood at the top of the mountain path on Namsan Mountain and gazed at the neon-lit night view of Seoul for a moment.

His purpose in coming here was for a music video project; he wanted to write a song about streetlights to express himself.

Even though the song hasn't been written yet, it might be used in the music video in the future. The orange streetlights flicker in the rain, so Gong Cheng came to take a walk on one hand, and on the other hand, to consider the location for the music video.

[Big Star]: "Then, why don't we meet?"

"May...it misses you so much..."

On the dimly lit mountain path, Gong Cheng stood on the narrow and rugged stone steps, a black umbrella held above his head. The cold light from his phone screen shone on his handsome features. He glanced at Lin Nayeon's cryptic message, replied, and then put his phone away: "I'm afraid May will think I'm an irresponsible old man, afraid she'll bare her teeth at me."

Holding his umbrella, and thinking that since he was already there, he headed towards the famous love lock bridge at Seoul Tower.

……

Just as Lin Nayeon got into the van and was about to return to her dorm, her pure face under the brim of her hat was carefully considering the meaning behind Gong Cheng's words. She was usually a very passionate person, but tonight, when she sent her first message, she couldn't help but become reserved.

When people who have parted ways meet again, there's always a slight awkwardness...

"I'm afraid May will think I'm an irresponsible old man, and I'm afraid it will bare its teeth at me."

Lim Nayeon pondered the underlying meaning of those words several times, and couldn't help but recall her plea to stay when she had decided to break up. She had been so humble and desperate, saying that if he separated from Mina, Momo, and the other girls who gave her headaches, she would forgive him for the past.

"Don't go..." Lin Nayeon swore that she had never been so disheveled in her entire life.

The more she did this, the more unwilling she became, but when she saw Zhao Meiyan in Yeongdeungpo, she felt utterly hopeless.

But when they really separated and he disappeared, her heart, which had been ashen then, was different... Lin Nayeon pursed her subtle rabbit teeth, her fingers clenching in her palm with a complicated expression. She seemed to have gleaned something from Gong Cheng's message. She mustered her courage, asking timidly yet expectantly, "Have you come to your senses?"

……

"Dingli bang~"

At Seoul Tower in Namsan, Gong Cheng stood before the Love Suspension Bridge, holding an umbrella in one hand and bending down in the rain with the other, reaching out to rummage through the dense array of love locks in front of him, which resembled armor covering the area, relying on his memory of the location.

He suddenly became curious about what the big star had left behind here.
After searching for a while, on the love lock bridge where new and old lovers come and go, Gong Cheng was the first to find the lock he had left behind. He turned on his phone's flashlight and looked at the wish he had left behind: "Rabbit idol, may you become more and more popular, make a lot of money, stay healthy, and stay with your creditors forever."

He flipped the sticky note with his wish written on it over: "Why? Because my rabbit idol owes me 600 million won. I'll eat her for the rest of my life."

Naïve! Gong Cheng, half-crouched under the umbrella, smiled wryly. Things had changed; his wish had been dashed…

As he was pondering this, he heard a notification sound in his pocket, so he took out his phone and glanced at it.

[Big Star]: "You've finally realized it?"

The increasingly heavy rain slanted down onto Gong Cheng's cheeks. He remained silent for a moment, then deleted "sick" from the input box. He didn't really want to tell his female relatives, nor did he want to use this to achieve any purpose. Perhaps his illness was related to the successive departures of his female relatives, but he knew clearly that he had brought it upon himself.

So just go with the flow: "I'm lost..."

After sending the message, Gong Cheng, still holding a flashlight, curiously went over to look at the wish left by Lin Nayeon: "I don't want to return the 600 million won, so please stick to me for the rest of your life..."

"..." Hagiwara, you bastard...

Gong Cheng reached out and tore off the note, stuffing it into his pocket. Thanks to the many love locks they had left behind, even though the paper was weathered and had some moisture and wrinkles, the handwriting was still clearly visible.

On his way down the mountain, he slowly recalled how, when he and Lim Na-yeon first came here, the big star had secretly seen his wish.

He told her that her wish would not come true if it was read aloud.

But the big star didn't care, because his wish was related to her, and she vowed that she would fulfill it for him.

Now, his wish has been dashed~ Gong Cheng was filled with mixed feelings... He closed his umbrella and sat down in the Bugatti.

But inside the car, as he hung the big star's wish on the steering wheel, Gong Cheng wondered whether he should grant Lin Na-yeon's wish.

……

"Nami, you must also know that he gave away other dolls to other girls, right?"

Sana Minato picked up the bottle and poured herself a glass of wine. Her pink lips parted slightly, exhaling the scent of alcohol and a hint of tipsiness.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Meiyan immediately realized that things were not so simple, and forced herself to say, "Of course I know."

“I see…” Minatozaki Sana downed her drink in one gulp, smacking her lips. “But here comes the more interesting part.” She raised her eyebrows enticingly, looking at Zhao Meiyan and Kim Jisoo, ready to enjoy the transformation of their expressions of collapse, perhaps finding a reflection of her past self in them.

The rain poured down, pounding against the balcony glass.

"What do you mean?" Kim Jisoo asked, frowning. But after glancing at Minatozaki Sana's expression, which seemed unsure how to begin and filled with sighs, she earnestly encouraged her, "It can't be related to that bastard, can it?"

Please speak your mind boldly!

"You little brat?" Sana Minatozaki gave her an annoyed look. "Isn't he your boyfriend? Why do you call him that?"

Zhao Meiyan was completely led by the nose by Minatozaki Sana at this moment. Upon hearing this, she couldn't help but look at Kim Jisoo, her face trembling uncontrollably.

Kim Jisoo's pretty face twitched slightly as she denied it again and again: "Ani, how many times do I have to say it? Gong Cheng and I are not dating at all!"

My mood, which had just eased and was ready to sit back and watch Sana Minatozaki and Miyeon Cho fight like dogs, plummeted to rock bottom, and I started to feel suffocated.

"Tch~ Can't you be honest?" Minatozaki Sana had been drinking several glasses with Zhao Meiyan tonight, all to build up to something big. Now, she glanced at him, her eyes slightly slurred with drunkenness: "Today is a confession session, you know. I'm risking getting beaten up by you guys to say these things. What else are you afraid to admit?"

Zhao Meiyan couldn't help but think of the unnie beside her, who had traveled to the United States with her boyfriend last December. Coupled with their complicated relationship since 2015, she felt uncertain and concluded that perhaps this unnie really was secretly dating her boyfriend.

"When did you get together with Gong Cheng?"

Kim Jisoo looked at the two men with cold, interrogative eyes, and felt utterly speechless. She quickly stood up, covered her face, which was slurred from drinking, and slowly stomped her feet on the carpet: "I didn't~ I didn't~ I didn't~"

For a moment, she couldn't help but recall how that rascal had introduced her to many friends in the industry, like Kim Jong-kook, Bae Suzy, IU, and Park Ji-yeon, saying she was his daughter. Kim Ji-soo blushed and felt guilty, her voice growing softer and softer, but a slight smile involuntarily appeared on her lips: "No...no..."

Seeing her five consecutive denials and her face flushed red as if it were about to bleed, Zhao Meiyan stiffly asked, "Is Unnie smiling smugly?"

"You've used the things in Miyeon's bedside table, haven't you?" Minatozaki Sana asked bluntly. This is supposed to be a confession session, so why are you acting all detached? Seeing Kim Jisoo still shaking her head, she looked at Jo Miyeon and raised her hand to take the lead: "Miyako and I have used them, what about you!"

Zhao Meiyan bit her lip and raised her hand, "I've used it."

As soon as the words were spoken, both of their eyes turned to Kim Jisoo.

Jisoo had just sat down when she heard the question, her eyes wide with confusion. She couldn't understand why they all thought she and Gong Cheng would use that thing.
I'm completely innocent!
But at the same time, upon hearing that both of them had slept with that "Newborn Dawn," she couldn't help but clench her fists: "I didn't! I certainly didn't sleep with Gong Cheng..."

When she said this, Kim Jisoo felt inexplicably out of place with the two people in front of her, and even felt a little ashamed.

But seeing their disbelieving, sneer expressions, she forced a smile and said firmly, "Really not..."

"Hehe~" x2.

Kim Ji-soo felt a suffocating tightness in her chest, as if she had suffered a second blow and a critical hit of ten thousand points... I've never used this before!

People all over the world think highly of me...

Seeing Kim Jisoo's frustrated expression and then her cold demeanor, Zhao Miyeon immediately chose to trust her; she had managed to stay on guard!

"Really not?" Sana Minato asked, unconvinced. Could she have guessed wrong?

Kim Jisoo scoffed: "No!"

She continued, feigning nonchalance, "Hehe." She gave a dismissive, sarcastic laugh, though she was genuinely furious!

Sana Minatozaki and Miyeon Cho noticed her sarcastic tone, but neither took it to heart. One was indifferent, while the other was relieved, each harboring their own secrets.

"..."

After downing another drink, Sana Minatozaki organized her thoughts, took a deep breath, and said, "The Shiba Inu doll you got for Makoto Miyamoto, he gave it to me. I'm his ex-girlfriend..."

"Do you remember that rabbit doll?" She leaned back on the sofa, bent her knees, and brought up the old story again, which only made her more tearful.

Yuan Sana's eyes instantly reddened.

"I remember." Zhao Meiyan's mood had calmed down by now.

The woman in front of me, Sana Minatozaki, is nothing more than an ex-girlfriend, haha...

Stay calm and don't panic!
No one can steal my crystal...

Sana Minatozaki added, "Nayane unnie is dating him too, you know? She gave him that rabbit plushie."

"I know," Zhao Meiyan replied with a muffled groan, but with her fair arm, she picked up a glass of wine and quickly downed it.

Kim Jisoo couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, enthusiastically adding, "I know too!!!"

As someone directly involved, how could she not know about the falling out of the "Jiangdong Women" group? When she talked about Gong Cheng and Lin Nalian's relationship, she felt like a clown, a huge joke.

But I don't care much about it now, because that little brat who still "loves" me is a bit bad, but he's never been so bad as to be irredeemably evil!

He even helped me beat up the stalker; thankfully, he wasn't hurt.

Zhao Meiyan picked up the wine bottle, poured herself a glass, and said softly, "So you're going to say that you gave that ugly fathead fish doll to Zhou Ziyu? Right?"

She already knew about the ambiguous relationship between her boyfriend and Nayeon and Tzuyu, so she pretended to be confident and anticipated Sana's prediction.

"You've even learned to answer first?"

Sana Minatozaki glanced at her in surprise, but nodded nonetheless.

Jisoo couldn't sit still any longer: "Is Tzuyu dating him?"

“No, but…” Minatozaki Sana paused, tilting her head to look at the two of them: “The penguin was given to Mina, and Mina and Miyako are currently in the throes of a passionate romance.”

Sana Minatozaki's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the deathly silent living room. Although she was smiling with her eyes narrowed, her red-rimmed eyes and piercing words mixed together, revealing an indescribable strangeness that instantly gripped the hearts of Jisoo Kim and Miyeon Cho.

"Moragu?"

Zhao Meiyan clenched her fists, and her gentle, smiling eyes, which had just been laced with thorns, froze instantly—Mingnan?

That seemingly delicate girl, pursued by many male celebrities in the industry, Mo… “Mina?” Kim Jisoo seemed to be frozen in place, her eyes widening suddenly, her pupils shrinking, leaving only an incredulous emptiness and a suffocating feeling in her chest.

You little rascal, here you go again, huh?

It seems she really got cheated on... Wait, there wasn't even a real relationship between us, was there? But damn it, why does my heart hurt even more?

Sana Minatozaki watched the two's emotional shifts with amusement, but her reddened eyes glistened with tears. Ignoring them, she continued her "slow and slicing" attack: "Momo is dating him too, and one of our maknaes, Chaeyoung, is dating him too..."

"Including me, there are five TWICE members dating him?" Sana Minato's voice trembled as she poured out her inner bitterness. She raised the back of her hand and glanced at Miyeon Cho with feigned nonchalance: "You know all this? Did he tell you all this?"

"Just by looking at their expressions, you can tell that Zhao Meiyan and Kim Jisoo are two little fools who were kept in the dark," Yuan Sana said, her face gradually contorting just like when she and the other members first found out about it.

Meyana—Hasaige—My sword has never been inferior!

Today is your vast, winding slope...

Sana Minato's words were not calm, but she spoke very quickly, as if she wanted to quickly get through this part. As soon as she finished speaking, Miyeon Zhao seemed to have all her strength drained away. Her clenched fist slammed down on the coffee table with a "thud," her knuckles turning blue. She opened her mouth, her pale face filled with disbelief, and opened her hoarse voice: "What did you say?"

"Say it again..." Her voice trembled, choked with sobs.

Sana Minatozaki took a sip of her drink, raised her head, and said somewhat impatiently, "I said, including TWICE, you, Jisoo, Joohyun—he—Miyako, together you've dated eight girls—girlfriends—darling—did you understand?"

The shouts, seemingly an outburst, appeared to be an attempt to lay bare all the pain he had endured before the two of them—how many flights of stairs he had to carry a bag of rice up!

"More, more...how much?"

Jisoo froze completely, her voice trembling as she spoke. The light in her eyes vanished instantly, leaving only an empty, pale void. She instinctively raised her hands, her fingertips trembling slightly before her eyes, as if trying to count exactly how many "eight" meant…

Zhao Meiyan, Bae Joo-hyun, Minatozaki Sana, Mani Mina, Hirai Momo, Son Chae-young, Lim Na-yeon, and herself… one, two, three… eight! With each count, it felt like a dull knife was cutting into her heart, the pain making her breath catch in her throat: “Eight, eight…”

Kim Jisoo murmured, repeating it over and over.

"Damn it..." she cursed in disbelief, her mind suddenly flashing back to those "daily gossip" rumors she had dismissed as "nonsense"...

You son of a bitch!
After slowly processing this information overload, the shock in Zhao Meiyan's eyes turned into a crimson of despair. She stared at Minatozaki Sana with her mouth agape, but no sound came out; only heavy breathing swirled in her throat.

Hirai Momo, Son Chaeyoung, Minatozaki Sana, Mani Mina... Suddenly there are four female friends, who can stand this?!

He's dating so many people at the same time? Zhao Meiyan always thought she knew Gong Cheng pretty well, but damn it—I underestimated you...

Her heart, which had just been pretending to be made of steel, now felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on it. Even breathing became hot and difficult, and a suffocating feeling surged up her throat, almost making her collapse. Zhao Meiyan turned to look at Kim Jisoo, her voice trembling with tears, unable to hold back any longer: "Unnie..."

Haji Cheng: Oxygen Raider - Get to work!
"I can't breathe."

As she said those words, Zhao Meiyan's vision blurred as she looked at Kim Jisoo and Minatozaki Sana's faces.

These words were like the last straw, completely crushing Pang Yan... She suddenly covered her face, her shoulders trembling violently, and suppressed sobs leaked out from between her fingers, "Waaaaah, why?"

Hearing Zhao Meiyan's cries, Kim Jisoo felt an even greater sense of suffocation. Tears streamed down her face as she fell to the floor. Suddenly, she raised her fist, as big as a sandbag, and slammed it down on the coffee table with a loud crash. "Absurd!!!"

Oh no, it's a real injury!

Her eyes were red as she roared, her voice filled with a stubbornness she herself didn't believe, "He... isn't that kind of person!!!"

Eight—how does he have the time?
Gong Cheng—you—are lewd!!!
Zhao Meiyan's hands, still trembling as she covered her face, let out increasingly loud sobs through her fingers. Finally, she lost all restraint and burst into tears, her shoulders shaking. She abruptly lowered her hands, her eyes bloodshot and red, her once gentle features now contorted with anger and pain: "How could he do this..."

No wonder male parents are always so fearless.

From four to eight, what about next?

Could it be—sixteen?

Zhao Meiyan was too desperate to think any further...

The air in the living room was so heavy it was suffocating. Cries and questions mingled together. Minatozaki Sana turned her head and looked at the heavy rain outside the window. The moisture in her eyes spread to her entire face. Her throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton. But when she looked at Kim Jisoo and Jo Miyeon's distorted faces, the bitterness in her heart lessened slightly.

"Woooooo~"

"Wow!"

"Sana, this is fake, right?"

Sana Minatozaki was filled with inexplicable emotions. She blinked her tear-streaked eyelashes and looked at Jisoo Kim, who was clinging to her shoulders and sobbing uncontrollably. But inside, her heart was like a torrential downpour, just like outside the window.

The people in front of her, including Zhao Meiyan, Kim Jisoo, and herself, are all trying to win over Gong Cheng with their sincere hearts. Nayeon unnie and Mina in the group are the same.

As for Momo and Son Chae-young, their attitudes toward this matter are questionable.

Those who tried to keep Miyako Makoto in check never seemed to have a good ending. For a moment, Sana Minato couldn't help but think of Mina Mina—"Can you really keep him in check?"
"Didn't you deny dating Makoto Miyamoto?" Sana Minato collected her thoughts, raised her eyelids to look at Jisoo Kim, and asked disdainfully.

Are you still pretending?

In her line of sight, Kim Jisoo's once high ponytail had long since come undone, with a few strands of wet hair sticking to her forehead and cheeks. Her once intelligent and gentle eyes were now distorted and bloodshot, making her look almost manic. As a result, her beautiful and charming face was now nothing but a messy and disheveled mess.

She opened her mouth, wanting to refute, wanting to explain, but after stealing a glance at Zhao Meiyan, who was hugging her knees and burying her head in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably, her heart ached even more!

I guess I was cheated on, right?
Do we have to be mindful of others' opinions and act cautiously and with many concerns?

Perhaps it was because he was used to being cautious and didn't show the courage to drive away those girls that "New Dawn" fell to its current state.
These thoughts burned like wildfire in her mind, suffocating her.

"I do like him, so what?!" Kim Jisoo screamed in despair, hysterically looking at Minatozaki Sana. Years of pent-up grievances, anger, and resentment suddenly burst from her throat... Even Zhao Meiyan, who was crying beside her, was startled and turned to look, but at this moment she smiled self-deprecatingly and had no mood to care about any of this.

Judging from this unnie's appearance, she probably doesn't have any food.

Compared to this, her heart is still filled with pain...

Kim Jisoo staggered forward, her hysteria gradually turning into a trembling sob: "How...how could he have become like this..."

Mr. Octopus?
Or is it Yamata no Orochi?

I'll fuck you, Gong Cheng...

Incredulous and puzzled, she asked, but no one in the living room answered her. Kim Jisoo suddenly turned her head and glanced at Jo Miyeon, biting her lip with a resentful look in her eyes. Her pink lips instantly bled.

How do you manage that [Emerging Dawn]?

With heavy breathing, looking at Zhao Meiyan's tear-streaked face, Kim Jisoo felt powerless and desperate. Her legs buckled, and she sat heavily on the ground, her thin back pressed against the sofa leg, like a puppet whose strength had been drained.

Kim Jisoo's mind went blank as she raised her wrist to wipe away her tears, but the more she wiped, the more tears streamed down her face... She couldn't help but gulp down a mouthful of wine, then, in despair, raised her pale face and angrily cried out, "Gong Cheng—"

"—You've made me lose all love!" Zhao Meiyan sobbed, covering her head, and screamed between sobs.

With red eyes, Minatozaki Sana looked at the two who were so in sync with each other in surprise.

Jisoo's words, which she hadn't yet uttered, suddenly stopped, choking her throat. Her vision blurred as she looked at Miyeon... "What you said were all my lines..."

You got the male lead, and now you're even trying to steal the lines?
Overwhelmed with grief, she felt as overwhelmed as the torrential rain and thunder outside the window, unable to find peace.

"Suck it..."

Zhao Meiyan sniffled, stopping her sobbing. As if remembering something, she suddenly raised the back of her hand to wipe her tears. She quickly stood up from the carpet and walked towards the bedroom, but her swaying figure looked extremely helpless.

She hurriedly went into the bedroom, picked up the brown diary from the bedside drawer, and while taking a deep breath to control her emotions, quickly flipped through the pages until she found a bookmark made of an airplane ticket.

Upon seeing the plane ticket that had expired two years ago, Zhao Meiyan's red eyes flashed with a hint of resentment. The alcohol and the sudden shock left her mind in a mess. She closed her diary and tossed it onto the bed without thinking much about it. Then, clutching the expired ticket, she walked barefoot towards the living room.

...In the living room.

While Sana Minato was utterly astonished and Jisoo Kim was still reeling from disbelief that Makoto Miyako would fall so low, Miyeon Jo, as if grasping at a straw, placed the plane ticket on her fair thigh and picked up her phone to call Makoto.

Even though the flight from Seoul to Hokkaido was two years ago, my boyfriend said it would always count.

"it's me……"

After the call connected, Zhao Meiyan took a deep breath and spoke with a choked voice.

With Sana Minatozaki and Jisoo listening intently, she carefully picked up the plane ticket, tears streaming down her face. Before Makoto Miyamoto could speak, she asked, "If there were another expired ticket, would you take me with you?"

"Go to Hokkaido..."

……

"...?" Gong Cheng, who had just returned to the villa in Chengbeidong and finished taking a shower, was sitting in his study when he received a call from Zhao Meiyan. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Pab?"

Moreover, this sounds familiar; it's like a line from a movie.

Gong Cheng took a sip of his drink. The light in the study wasn't bright, but it reflected his low spirits. He was sitting in front of his laptop, trying to turn tonight's inspiration into a song, and he asked softly, "Are you planning to go to Hokkaido? But shouldn't you be preparing for your return soon..."

“But if you want to go, we can go together sometime when you have a day off.” He said this while looking at the two lines of lyrics he had just written on his computer.

Zhao Meiyan's hoarse, slightly trembling voice came through the receiver: "I'll leave tonight."

"You cried, Pab?" Gong Cheng keenly noticed that her emotions were off and asked. Besides, leaving tonight is just a joke! Not to mention whether there are any flights... Thinking of this, Master Gong felt that he still hadn't tried hard enough.

We need to get a private jet!

I still love my women too much...

"What happened?" he asked seriously again.

Cho Mi-yeon asked, her voice choked with emotion, "Oppa, are you dating eight girls at the same time?"

"..." Upon hearing this, Gong Cheng instantly understood what was going on. He swallowed hard and reviewed the situation. Zhao Meiyan was unaware of this matter. Currently, only the members of TWICE and Bae Joo-hyun knew about it, but the Daegu Women's Association had an extremely negative attitude towards Zhao Meiyan.

But it's also very possible that this incident will be used to provoke Pab. However, Gong Cheng quickly remembered that today all the TWICE members were there to support Nayeon and visit her on set, except for Minato.

Based on Bae Joo-hyun's and Minato's words, he suspected that it was Minatozaki Sana who had exposed this matter. Thinking about it this way, it's possible that either Minatozaki Sana or Bae Joo-hyun are currently by Zhao Meiyan's side.

"That's all in the past..." Gong Cheng said somewhat reluctantly. The eight were already a thing of the past. Big Star, broken up; Little Dog, broken up; Bae Joo-hyun, broken up; Kim Ji-soo, not seriously dating yet; Momo, cooling-off period, temporarily broken up.

Forced to settle down...

Thinking of this, he became more self-righteous: "There are only three Pabu now!"

Compared to the four Zhao Meiyan previously knew—Lim Nayeon, Chou Tzuyu, Kim Jisoo, and Bae Joo-hyun—this is…wonderful news! Instead of eight, it's reduced from four to three…

Our Miyeon should be happy and relieved!
……

Upon hearing this, Zhao Meiyan's tear-streaked face softened a little, but she was still somewhat disbelieving: "How could that be? There were clearly eight!"

The feeling of utter grief just moments ago has suddenly reversed, leaving me with a rather unpleasant aftertaste.

How come there's one less than I knew before?
"..." The devastated Kim Jisoo was also stunned on the spot. Our white moonlight, there is still hope!
She recalled the four women she knew about before she found out he was an octopus: Zhao Meiyan, Lim Nayeon, Bae Joo-hyun, and herself, with whom she had also been in a flirtatious relationship.
That's for sure, there really is one less...

Sana Minatozaki's expression turned sour after hearing Makoto Miya's voice.

Gong Cheng's voice continued to echo in the living room: "I'm not lying to you, Pab. I did date eight girls at the same time, but now, only you, Mina, and Chaeyoung remain. I admit what I did before, so I'm even less likely to lie to you now. Besides, does it matter if I dated eight girls, Pab?"

"More importantly, now only you and Mina, Chaeyoung are by my side..." His tone gradually became very low.

Gong Cheng sat under the dim light, took a sip of wine: "Pabu, true gold fears no fire, but I am often afraid, wondering who will accompany me to the end..." He put down his wine glass and continued drinking... no, that's not right.

Expressing his love: "Similarly, I'm also afraid that one day, Mina and Chaeyoung will leave me one after another. Only after giving each other my heart will I be even more anxious about losing them..." At this point, Gong Cheng suddenly stopped speaking, as if he remembered something.

With a strained voice, he asked, "Pabu, if one day Mina and Chaeyoung also leave me, only you will be left." He emphasized the last few words, but then changed the subject:
Will you leave me too...?

The question, posed with genuine concern, left Zhao Meiyan, Kim Jisoo, and Minatozaki Sana all momentarily stunned.

It sounds like that brat is really upset. Kim Jisoo felt a pang in her heart.

But that's no reason for you to talk about eight at the same time.
He broke up with his girlfriend, so he only has three left...

After careful consideration, Zhao Meiyan realized that it was indeed true. The news brought by Minatozaki Sana was a shocking piece of bad news regarding the eight female relatives.

But she already had four names in mind from the very beginning.

Now there's one less, making it three?

...After careful consideration, Zhao Meiyan felt that things were developing in the same way she had initially predicted. Not every girl could accept Oppa's fickle personality. Even if he was very good to her, she would eventually leave because she couldn't stand it.
Sana Minatozaki, who was standing right in front of me, left for this very reason...

Thinking of this, Zhao Meiyan's hand, which had been gripping the plane ticket tightly, slowly relaxed, but her voice was still hoarse and tearful: "No, but can you please stop doing this, oppa? Can you please feel sorry for me? Seeing your rumors with other girls makes me sad too..."

"I get scared too..."

She broke down in tears again, venting her grievances and dissatisfaction, sobbing softly.

"You can't even tell the difference?" Kim Jisoo's red eyes, after regaining their luster, quickly turned to glare at Jo Miyeon.

Simultaneously juggling eight relationships... If it were me, I...I...I...

……

Gong Cheng listened quietly to Zhao Meiyan's complaints and grievances, his heart softening. Although it was uncertain whether the person next to Zhao Meiyan was Minatozaki Sana or Bae Joo-hyun, it was undeniable that both of them were ex-girlfriends, just like Zhao Meiyan herself.

However, he has been keeping Zhao Meiyan on the sidelines in the face of reconciliation.

Although he is currently preoccupied with "mental illness" and has no interest in managing his girlfriends' affairs, Gong Cheng thought about it briefly and decided that he should change his previous one-on-one strategy for his "ex-girlfriends." It was time to evolve the game and create a common enemy for them.

It's just me~
To help increase their feelings for each other and their own bonds, Hagi Cheng doesn't want to see them tearing each other apart, to the point of causing chaos. Or, to change the 1v1 to split-up confrontations, it would be better than the current situation in TWICE where the female members don't talk to each other.

"Alaso, thank you for being understanding, Miyeon..."

……

"..." The phone call ended.

Zhao Meiyan felt strange, a mixture of pain and joy.

Today at Luoyanpo, I, "Pangyan," have once again escaped unscathed...

Zhuge Zhixiu, having experienced the previous breakdown, hysteria, and the octopus... has become numb, and keeps drinking alone, feeling very bitter inside.

Unable to hold her liquor, she rubbed her red-rimmed eyes, intending to get up and say goodbye, to leave this place of sorrow: "I'm leaving now..."

But as soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Meiyan saw her dizzy, drunken state and remembered his confession to Gong Cheng earlier, "So what if I like him?" With mixed feelings, she didn't want to bring it up again, but still said with concern, "Unnie, why don't you stay here tonight? If you're not feeling well, go to my room and rest for a while..."

After saying that, she generously looked at the pitiful Sana Minatozaki with red eyes and said, "Sana, you can stay here too."

“Nah…” Minatozaki Sana silently shed tears, remembering the painful memories of being with Xiaobaicai.

The drinking got heavier and heavier, and there were quite a few bottles and jars lying on the table...

Kim Ji-soo thought for a moment, her head and consciousness heavy, her heart shattered, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. She nodded and went to Jo Mi-yeon's room alone.

Behind them, Zhao Meiyan and Minatozaki Sana were still drinking, exchanging witty remarks.

"Whoo~"

Kim Jisoo's gentle face was flushed, but her eyes were bloodshot.

Her mind was filled with the fact that Gong Cheng was dating eight women at the same time—but upon closer inspection, she realized that was a smear campaign against him; she hadn't dated him at all!
It should be—seven?!

It's not that bad~
She rolled over awkwardly in bed, her nose twitching, staring blankly at the chandelier on the bedroom ceiling, and silently shed tears—what was she anyway?!
However, looking at it from another angle, Miyano, that Pabu, actually had eight men on her side at the same time while Gong Cheng was at it, and she was so slow to realize it. She really is a clown!

Kim Ji-soo unkindly uses other people's pain to comfort her own broken heart.

She silently shed tears, swallowing the bitter fruit of her foolish decision made in the name of "sisterly affection." She turned slightly to avoid looking at the glaring chandelier, but her flushed, tear-streaked cheeks pressed against a slightly cold diary on the bed.

Kim Jisoo casually picked it up, braced her arms in mid-air, and glanced at the cover.

It looks like Pab's notebook...

She imagined how romantic it would be if the book inside contained a record of her and Gong Cheng's moments together... But the more she thought about it, the more painful it became for Kim Ji-soo, yet she couldn't help but turn to the first page...

"..."

Everything was like opening Pandora's box...

(End of this chapter)