Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

"You mean, Jeongyeon went out to work at this time?" Upon hearing this, Kang Yeon looked slightly surprised and asked Park Jihyo again for confirmation.

"Yes, anyway, the company doesn't really care about us anymore," Park Ji-hyo nodded affirmatively.

"When did it start?"

About two weeks ago.

Upon learning the situation from Park Ji-hyo, Kang Yeon's first reaction was that Yoo Jeong-yeon had started working at the bakery much earlier than he had anticipated.

"Do you know which bakery she works at?"

"Let me think, it's probably on that shopping street in Nonhyeon-dong."

"In Nonhyeon Cave?"

Jiang Yan never expected that Yu Dingyan's workplace was actually near the Yuehua dormitory where she lived.

Park Jihyo, curious, inquired, "Oppa, what brings you to see Jeongyeon unnie?"

"Yes, there is something I need to take care of."

Jiang Yan nodded, but his answer was ambiguous.

It wasn't that he didn't want to talk about it, but seeing Park Jihyo in this state, he was afraid that saying it would upset her.

It's better to wait until I've spoken to Yoo Jeong-yeon and let her know from her.

"I'll be going now, see you next time."

"Okay, goodbye oppa."

Now that he knew where Yu Dingyan had gone, Jiang Yan saw no need to stay any longer.

After saying goodbye to Park Jihyo, Kang Yeon walked to the elevator and waited for the elevator to go downstairs.

A few minutes later, the elevator stopped at his floor.

But the moment the elevator doors opened, Jiang Yan was slightly startled.

JYP Entertainment is now involved in horror movies? How come Sadako is appearing in the movies?

Before him, a girl with hair so long it covered half her face and a somewhat cold expression stepped out of the elevator.

Their eyes met briefly, and the girl's gaze froze for a moment when she saw Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan felt that this girl looked familiar, but this familiarity wasn't because he had seen her before; rather, it was because his memories from his past life gave him this sense of familiarity.

"She is... Mina."

Jiang Yan recognized the girl in front of him, whose appearance was somewhat gloomy.

However, he knew the other party, but the other party definitely didn't recognize him now, because when Jiang Yan left JYP, Mina hadn't even joined the company yet.

Since we don't know each other, there's no need to make a point of greeting each other.

There will be plenty of opportunities to get to know each other in the future, but right now it's more important to find Yoo Jeong-yeon and finalize the collaboration song.

Jiang Yan quickly averted his gaze, calmly walked past the other person, and entered the elevator.

On the other hand, Mina's gaze couldn't help but turn back, only slowly returning after the elevator doors closed.

……

Upon arriving on the first floor, Jiang Yan had barely stepped out of the elevator when he encountered two people he knew.

She was Sana Minatozaki and Momo Hirai, Japanese trainees who joined the company a few months before he left JYP.

"Hey, Sana-san and Momo-san, it's been a long time." Jiang Yan greeted them in Japanese.

"Eh?! Yan-san?! What are you doing here?" Minatozaki Sana's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Yan, and she looked surprised.

"Yan Sang, Sashi Bu Li."

Hirai Momo was also surprised, but the look in her eyes seemed rather dim.

"I came to see Zhenying-ge about something. Where are you guys? Why aren't you in the practice room at this time?"

"Eh...we just came from the dorms." Sana Minatozaki looked a little guilty and tried to evade the question.

Hirai Momo also avoided eye contact, as if she had done something wrong.

Jiang Yan could actually see the lazy look in their eyes, as if they had just gotten up not long ago, but he didn't intend to say anything.

"Soga, you guys go upstairs now, I have something to do, I'll be going now."

After saying this, Jiang Yan waved his hand and left.

He wasn't actually very familiar with those two Japanese girls, since he had only known them for a few months before leaving, and he hadn't really built up any goodwill towards them.

After their debut, due to scheduling conflicts, they only chatted occasionally on Kakao to keep in touch.

Meanwhile, after watching Jiang Yan disappear from sight, Minatozaki Sana finally looked away.

"Let's hurry up, Mitan is still waiting for us upstairs." Hirai Momo urged, seeing that Minatozaki Sana was standing still.

"Okay, let's go." Sana Minatozaki nodded in response.

The two of them walked into the elevator quickly while they were talking.

When they entered the practice room they always went to, they found Mina leaning against the window looking downstairs.

Seeing Mina's unusually focused expression, Sana Minatozaki couldn't help but ask, "Mitan, what are you looking at?"

Mina noticed Sana Minato walking towards her and quickly looked away, explaining, "It's nothing, I was just feeling a bit bored and looking around."

She couldn't tell them that the reason she deliberately went to the window of the practice room was because she was curious about the very handsome stranger she had just bumped into at the company elevator.

"Mitan, you really should have come with us today," Sana Minatozaki said with a smile.

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Mina asked, puzzled.

"Momoring and I just ran into a senior we used to know downstairs. He's even more handsome than Takuya Kimura!"

Minatozaki Sana's words made Mina pause, and the face of the stranger from earlier immediately appeared in her mind.

She was certain that the person the other person was referring to was the one she had just encountered.

However, to avoid arousing suspicion from Minatozaki Sana, Mai Mina pretended to be completely unaware of the situation and asked, "Eh, is this a senior colleague I don't know?"

Sana Minatozaki patiently explained, "To be precise, she was a senior who left the company before Mitan even came. When she was with the company, she was the only foreign trainee who obtained a trainee qualification, but she eventually debuted with another company."

"If he's so talented, why didn't he debut with Jaebum and the others?"

Mina seemed to be asking the question casually, but she was actually listening carefully to every word Sana Minato said.

"It's said that she left because she wanted to debut as soon as possible, but well—"

Sana Minato paused abruptly as she spoke, and Mina suddenly realized how much she disliked this kind of suspenseful way of speaking.

Fortunately, Sana Minatozaki only paused for a moment before continuing, "Mitan, do you not watch the news much?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Mina nodded. She practiced intensely every day to make up for the lack of basic skills compared to her peers because she joined the company later.

So I rarely use social media, and I spend my limited free time playing handheld games.

"You can search for his news; it caused quite a stir back then..."

"Satan, you still haven't told me his name."

"Oh, right, right, his name is Jiang Yan, and his debut group is BTS."

Jiang Yan.

Mina silently repeated the name to herself, memorizing it firmly.

……