Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 114 Going there would be a waste of time

"Do you want to choose the sauce yourself, or should I help you?"

While waiting for the food to be served, Jiang Yan got up to prepare a dipping sauce for the hot pot later.

"Oppa, can you help me? Your sauce is delicious," Yoo Jeongyeon said with a grin.

She had tried making her own dipping sauce when she ate hot pot with Jiang Yan before, but it didn't taste as good as Jiang Yan's. So after that, she always asked Jiang Yan to make it for her.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan smiled and went out.

A few minutes later, he returned to his seat with two bowls filled with dipping sauce and placed one of them in front of Yoo Jeong-yeon.

When Yu Dingyan saw Jiang Yan return, she also put down her phone.

"By the way, oppa, what's with all this talk about your Victoria's Secret stage performance?"

"It's still early; the premiere won't be until a month after recording."

"Oh—what's it like to be on that stage? Are those foreign models difficult to communicate with?"

"It's alright. There are a few who are indeed difficult to communicate with, but there are also quite a few who are very talkative."

"Did oppa meet and chat with Selena?"

"We did meet, but it was just a simple greeting and we didn't talk much."

"Yu Dingyan was like a curious child, asking questions here and there. Jiang Yan could tell that she seemed to have some longing for that stage."

This also made him realize that TWICE would eventually appear on the Victoria's Secret runway, but not as a complete group, and Jeongyeon wouldn't be among them.

To be honest, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show still enjoys a lot of global attention right now. Even if you participate in it a few years later, you won't reap any benefits.

While the two were talking, a waiter came in carrying the hot pot base, followed by another waiter pushing a cart full of the dishes they had ordered.

A moment later, the table was filled with various platters.

Yoo Jeongyeon excitedly took out her phone and snapped a few photos. Then, she subconsciously thought of posting them in the TWICE group chat, but immediately remembered that she had deliberately not told the other members that she was having hot pot with Kang Yeon when she came out today.

Fearing the consequences, she canceled the photo sending, but her inflated urge to share led Yu Dingyan to immediately send the photo to her older sister, Kong Shengyan.

However, less than a minute after the photo was posted, Yoo Jeong-yeon was interrupted by a phone call as she was about to pick up a piece of tripe with her chopsticks and put it into the pot.

When she saw that the caller ID showed her own sister, she had no choice but to put down her chopsticks and answer the phone.

However, the call had barely connected, and before Yoo Jeongyeon could say anything, a disgruntled voice came from the other end: "Hey! Yoo Jeongyeon! You didn't invite me to this lavish hot pot meal, what's the point of just taking pictures!"

Even without speakerphone, Jiang Yan could clearly hear what Kong Shengyan said.

He stopped chewing and his gaze involuntarily turned towards Yu Dingyan.

Yu Dingyan immediately felt embarrassed by her older sister's words and retorted into the phone, "Hey, unnie, why are you shouting so loudly? It's Kang Yeon oppa who took me out for hot pot! He only invited me!"

"Oh my god?! Jiang Yan?! Why didn't you say so earlier? Did you put it on speakerphone?" Kong Shengyan's tone changed immediately after hearing Yu Dingyan's words on the phone.

"It wasn't on before, but it's on now." Yu Dingyan irritably put her phone on the table and turned on speakerphone.

"Hello Jiang Yan, it's been a while since we last met." Kong Shengyan's voice on the phone was very gentle, completely different from her tone when she spoke to Yu Dingyan.

"Hello Shengyan, it's been a long time since we last met," Jiang Yan replied with a smile into his phone.

The last time he met Kong Shengyan was a year ago, which is quite a long time.

"Aigoo, I'm so sorry that Jeongyeon keeps bothering you," Kong Seung-yeon continued in a senior's tone.

"Wow! Unnie, what nonsense are you talking about? I didn't cause any trouble for oppa!" Yoo Jeongyeon interjected indignantly.

"Jeongyeon is right, that's not true." Jiang Yan also spoke up for Yu Jeongyeon, but the conversation between the two sisters made him want to laugh.

"I'm glad I didn't cause any trouble. I won't disturb your meal any longer, so I'll hang up now."

"Okay, goodbye Nuna."

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Before Kong Shengyan could finish speaking, Yu Dingyan had already quickly pressed the hang-up button.

After watching her put her phone back in her pocket, Jiang Yan smiled and said, "After all these years, why do you still prefer to communicate this way with your sister?"

He was used to the scene of the two sisters bickering.

"That's just how she is, always bullying me at home," Yoo Jeongyeon pouted as she tattled on Kang Yeon.

Jiang Yan did not comment on this. Of course, he knew that what the other party meant by bullying was not the literal meaning, but rather a part of the deep affection between the two sisters.

But the fight was real. Yu Dingyan had told him before that two days before participating in the "Sixteen Tears" competition, she had a fight with Gong Shengyan in her parents' car.

That same day after the argument, Kong Seung-yeon was kicked out of the car by her father and walked home barefoot, while Yoo Jeong-yeon returned to the company with her face swollen and red from being slapped by her older sister.

All I can say is that Jiang Yan was once again deeply moved by the sisterhood between them after hearing this.

He didn't understand, but he respected and offered his blessings.

Afterwards, Yu Dingyan poured out a lot of things about her various disagreements with her sister, and then seemed to calm down and began to focus on eating hot pot.

Jiang Yan then changed the subject, asking about her recent situation.

The two ate and chatted for almost an hour.

After finishing their meal at the hot pot restaurant, they planned to walk back to Cheongdam-dong together.

On the way, the two talked about participating in MAMA this year.

MAMA released the voting announcements for various awards at the end of October this year, and TWICE, as a promising rookie girl group, was naturally nominated for the Best New Female Artist award.

Jiang Yan was also nominated for Best Male Singer, which is a special award.

The award actually had two nominations: Best Song of the Year and Best Artist of the Year.

As they walked, Yoo Jeongyeon asked, "Oppa, are you confident about winning this award?"

Jiang Yan thought for a moment and replied, "Hmm—I probably won't go."

"What? Why?"

"Because there's a high probability that I'll just be there to make up the numbers, so going would be a waste of my time."

"No way?! Oppa's grades are so good this year!"

"Have you forgotten that I'm a foreign artist? I won't get the grand prize."

"But even without the Grand Prize, no one can beat oppa for Best Male Singer."

Yu Dingyan believes that with Jiang Yan's achievements, none of the male singers who were nominated at the same time as him can rival him.

"You should really think about who else is nominated for Best Male Singer besides me?" Jiang Yan reminded her with a half-smile.

Upon hearing this, Yu Dingyan immediately tried to recall what he had said.

After a moment, her expression froze, and she realized why Jiang Yan was so certain that he wouldn't win the award.

Because Park Jin-young is among the winners of this year's Best Male Singer award.

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