Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 119 What Should I Sing If You Rap?

Mina was secretly pleased when she heard the answer.

She became somewhat addicted to the feeling of being favored by someone she liked.

But soon, still somewhat confused, she asked, "What about Momo and the others?"

"There's no reason for choosing you. I chose Momo because she's a good fit, and I chose Jihyo because it was Jin-young's request," Jiang Yan explained simply and directly.

When Mina heard that Park Jihyo was the person Jin-young had chosen, she had an expression that said, "I knew it."

Afterward, the two continued chatting, and after a while, the waiter knocked on the door again and brought in the pasta and steak they had ordered earlier.

Mina cut off a small piece and stuck it on a fork, but instead of putting it in her own mouth, she held it directly to Jiang Yan's lips, saying, "Yan-chan, ah~".

Seeing that she was about to feed him, Jiang Yan leaned forward slightly and opened his mouth to eat without hesitation.

After waiting for Jiang Yan to finish eating, Mina quickly withdrew her hand and asked with a smile, "Was it good?"

After chewing and tasting it, Jiang Yan praised, "The taste is not bad, and the texture is very tender."

He then cut a small piece of steak from his own plate and fed it to Mina, as a gesture of reciprocity.

Half an hour later, the two came out of the restaurant after finishing their dinner. Jiang Yan skillfully put on a mask and a baseball cap.

Walking hand-in-hand down the street, he asked, "How's your recent book signing going?"

Mina replied slowly, "It's alright, quite a few Onces came, but Jeongyeon unnie has some private opinions about the autograph session process."

"Does Jeongyeon have a problem with this?"

"Yes, she told us in the dorm that she felt uncomfortable seeing ONCE come over and have to kneel there to talk to everyone because there were no seats available. So she wanted to suggest to the company that some chairs be provided for fans to sit on at future fan signing events."

"This is indeed not very fair to the fans."

Do you provide seating for fans at your autograph sessions?

"Of course I made arrangements, but my situation is different from yours. I am just one person, while there are nine of you."

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What Mina mentioned is actually a common phenomenon at fan signing events for Korean groups during this period.

Because Korean groups have a large number of members, adding seats would increase the time fans have to go on stage and interact with their idols. Therefore, during this period, entertainment companies generally did not provide seats when their groups held autograph sessions.

The same thing happened when Kang Eon did fan signings with the group during his time with BTS.

However, when he held his first solo fan signing event, he clearly told CUBE that he would add chairs for the fans.

After hearing Jiang Yan's reply, Mina remained silent for a moment.

After a moment, she said, "I also think it's better for the fans to sit."

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Then you should talk to Ding Yan about it later and go to the company to complain together."

"Hmm... but where do we go now?"

Are you in a hurry to go back?

"It's not in a rush."

"Let's wander around the neighborhood then. Is there any shop you'd like to visit?"

"I recently heard from a member that a boutique opened nearby, and it seems to be very popular."

"Really? Then why didn't you go with the other members?"

"Because I was playing games when they called me."

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"Jiang Yan secretly sighed that Mina's answer was very much in line with her personality. She really is a homebody at heart."

He took out his phone and searched for the map navigation, and found the store she mentioned.

Then, led by him, the two walked together toward their destination.

The next morning at eight o'clock, in the CUBE recording studio, Jiang Yan sat at the control panel, adjusting the equipment.

A few minutes later, the door opened, and several familiar figures walked in, led by staff.

Jackson Wang, whom we hadn't seen for a while, walked in first, followed by Mina, Jihyo, and Momo.

"Yan-ge, we're here." As soon as Jackson Wang came in, he wanted to give Jiang Yan a big hug.

"Don't try that on me, I don't like men hugging me." Jiang Yan pushed the other person away with disgust.

"Haha, I almost forgot my sister-in-law was here, sorry." Jackson Wang realized who was present and grinned mischievously.

Because the two were communicating in Mandarin, only Jiang Zhennan among those present could understand their conversation.

After Wang Jiaer said that, Jiang Yan glanced at Mina.

Mina, of course, couldn't understand what the two were saying, but when she saw Jiang Yan's gaze fall on her, she smiled at him.

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Park Ji-hyo and Hirai Momo also couldn't understand Chinese, but seeing how relaxed the atmosphere was between Jackson Wang and Jiang Yan, they had no suspicions.

However, the two did not continue to speak in Mandarin. Jiang Yan switched back to Korean and said, "The lyrics are already on the table. Please take them."

At his prompting, the four of them sat down on the sofa and each took a lyric booklet.

Then, while they were looking through the lyrics, Jiang Yan played the full version of "ONEMORETIME".

As Jackson Wang listened, he swayed and nodded along with the melody.

After listening to it once, he said excitedly, "Wow, this song is awesome, I love it!"

Even though he didn't know how to choreograph, he already had a general idea in his mind after listening to the performance.

Jiang Yan didn't respond to him. Instead, he played the song several more times to reinforce their memory of the melody before speaking again: "Alright, let's talk about dividing the parts."

"I want to say something first: I have very little part in this song. Apart from the circled parts, the rest are all yours."

After he finished speaking, everyone else looked surprised.

"Oppa only sang this much?!" Park Jihyo exclaimed in surprise, looking at the two sections marked with red circles on the lyrics book.

"Yeah, wouldn't it be better to give you more screen time?" Jiang Yan smiled at them.

He is a man of his word. Since he made a deal with Park Jin-young, he must deliver a satisfactory result.

"That's good, but I have a question—" Jackson Wang asked after looking at the lyric booklet.

"What's the problem?"

"Do I not have to rap in this song?"

Jackson Wang noticed that the only rap section in the entire song was circled by Jiang Yan, which meant that he, as the rapper, didn't have any rap parts to sing.

"No need, you're the lead singer this time."

"Huh?! I'm here to be the lead singer?!"

Jackson Wang never expected that he would be in charge of the vocal part this time.

"Why would oppa want to rap himself?" Hirai Momo asked curiously from the side.

"Because there is an old saying in China—" Jiang Yan paused deliberately at this point.

Mina and the others looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

Jackson Wang immediately asked, "What did you say?"

As a fellow Chinese, Jackson Wang couldn't think of any words that could be associated with rap.

"A vocalist who doesn't want to rap isn't a good vocalist."

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