Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 150 An Apology? Unnecessary

SBS's Gayo Daejeon this year will air at 9:40 PM in South Korea.

After rehearsing with the backup dancers in the practice room for a while, Jiang Yan stopped to rest and, seeing that it was almost time, turned on the TV in the room to watch the live broadcast of the Gayo Daejeon.

The first thing I saw was Jackson Wang's GOT7 performing a collaboration stage with several other boy groups.

The backup dancers around him watched while occasionally discussing and dismantling the choreography on stage.

They even suggested to Jiang Yan that they could adapt the material and incorporate it into the current arrangement.

Jiang Yan readily accepted the suggestion; as long as it improved the stage's visual appeal, there was nothing wrong with it.

However, after watching for another ten minutes or so, a phone rang suddenly in the corner of the practice room.

It was Jiang Yan's own phone that rang.

He walked over, picked it up, and took a look. However, the caller ID on the screen surprised him quite a bit.

It was Xu Minghao who called.

If Jiang Yan remembers correctly, Xu Minghao's group SEVENTEEN also went to SBS to participate in the Gayo Daejeon today.

In other words, the other party was calling him from backstage at the TV station.

Jiang Yan pressed the answer button and said, "Hello, what's up?"

"Hey bro, where are you right now?"

On the other end of the phone, Xu Minghao immediately asked where Jiang Yanren was.

"I'm at the company, what's up?"

"Um, I was just passing by TWiCE's dressing room in the backstage corridor, and the door wasn't closed, so I just peeked in and saw that some of them seemed to be getting scolded."

Xu Minghao told Jiang Yan about what he had seen a few minutes earlier.

"Who's getting scolded?"

"It's the one who's closest to my brother, the one with short hair."

"Do you know what's going on?"

"Of course I don't know that. I couldn't hear it from outside, and the staff inside closed the door after they noticed me looking there."

"————Okay, I understand."

"I'll hang up now, I need to return my phone to my manager."

"Yeah, let's grab a bite to eat sometime."

"Okay."

After finishing his call with Xu Minghao, Jiang Yan put down his phone and pondered for a moment.

He wondered what Yu Dingyan had done to suddenly get scolded, and not at the company, but in an outside setting.

He had intended to send a message to Mina to ask what was going on, but a few seconds later he changed his mind.

At this point, all of TWICE's phones should have been taken away by their managers, and the only way to contact them would be after their performance on stage.

In the end, Jiang Yan decided to head to the TV station right away to check on the situation.

After giving a few instructions to the dancers, he quickly changed into his coat and hailed a taxi downstairs to go to Samseong-dong.

After about ten minutes, the car stopped near the TV station.

After getting out of the car and going upstairs, the import staff recognized Jiang Yan but didn't even try to stop him or ask any questions; they let him through directly.

Jiang Yan easily took the elevator to the backstage area and walked for a few minutes in the corridor before finding TWICE's dressing room.

Standing at the door, I raised my hand and knocked gently a few times. After a while, the door was opened.

One of the team's agents opened the door. When he saw that it was Jiang Yan, he looked surprised. He obviously did not expect Jiang Yan to appear here without any warning.

However, the manager quickly made way for Jiang Yan to enter, and all the members of TWICE were surprised and stood up when they saw who came in.

"Oppa, what brings you here?!" Park Jihyo walked over first, asking with a happy expression.

"I had nothing better to do, so I came to see you all," Jiang Yan casually offered as an excuse.

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon Yu Dingyan.

When their eyes met, the latter smiled as if nothing had happened and said, "Oppa, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

Jiang Yan looked at her and said, "It's no fun telling her beforehand."

Instead of getting straight to the point, he glanced at the costumes the group was wearing and said with a smile, "Your costumes are quite nice today."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Son Chaeyoung jumped out and, whether intentionally or unintentionally, said with a grin, "Then oppa, why don't you tell us whose look is the best today?"

As soon as she said that, all the other members turned their attention to Jiang Yan.

Their eyes all carried a hint of expectation.

But under all those gazes, Jiang Yan calmly replied, "I think everyone looks beautiful today."

He won't fall into the trap of answering questions too easily; praising only one person is unacceptable.

"Aigoo, oppa, that's not very interesting."

Son Chaeyoung pursed her lips, feeling bored, while the other members also felt a little regretful after hearing this answer.

Mina, in particular, had expected to hear her name from her boyfriend.

After that, Jiang Yan chatted with the nine people for a while, and seeing that the time was right, he said calmly, "Good luck with the performance, I won't bother you any longer."

After saying that, he pretended to be about to leave, but after taking a couple of steps, he quickly turned around and said, "By the way, Jeongyeon, I just remembered something I wanted to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Yoo Jeongyeon paused for a moment, then asked, "What is it, oppa?"

"Let's talk outside."

"Okay, sure."

Amid the curious gazes of the other members, Jiang Yan led Yu Dingyan out of the lounge and into a secluded corner of the outer corridor.

After stopping, Yoo Jeongyeon asked, "Oppa, what is it you wanted to talk about?"

Jiang Yan glanced at her and then got straight to the point: "Someone told me half an hour ago that you were scolded in the lounge today, so I came to check on you."

"—Oppa, you already knew that?"

When Yu Dingyan learned that Jiang Yan actually knew about this, she finally stopped trying to hide her true feelings and pretend nothing had happened.

Her expression fell, and like a child complaining to a teacher, she told Jiang Yan the whole story in a wronged tone.

After saying that, she added indignantly, "Oppa is definitely much more handsome than that TOP from Big Bang! I'm just stating the facts, what's wrong with that!"

When Jiang Yan learned why the other party had been scolded, he was both amused and exasperated.

So that's what happened.

"So you mean Shin Hyun-guk wants you to write an apology letter when you get back?"

The Shin Hyun-guk that Jiang Yan mentioned is the head of the Third Department, the one who reprimanded Yoo Jeong-yeon.

"Yes, Minister Shin said my words were a bit disrespectful to my seniors, and told me to sincerely apologize to Big Bang's fans," Yoo Jeongyeon said dejectedly, her face full of reluctance.

"Stop writing. I'll talk to Zhenying about it later."

"Qinjia?!"

"Vest, leave this to me."

Yu Dingyan was scolded for defending him, and Jiang Yan certainly wouldn't sit idly by.

Apologize to the VIPs? No need.

If Yu Dingyan really causes trouble because of something she said during the live stream, he can just personally start a fight and shift the blame to her.

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