Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

After leaving JYP, Kang Yeon immediately took a taxi to the shopping street that Park Jihyo had mentioned in Nonhyeon-dong.

Instead of calling Yoo Jeong-yeon directly, he planned to quietly go and check on the situation first.

There was more than one bakery on the commercial street, but Jiang Yan was lucky. He just randomly went to one of them and caught a glimpse of that familiar figure through the glass door.

Wearing a shop assistant uniform, Yoo Jeong-yeon was standing at the bakery's cashier, waiting for customers to come in.

Jiang Yan did not push the door open directly, but walked to the glass wall and stood there looking inside.

Yu Dingyan seemed to be lost in thought and didn't notice him immediately.

But when she came to her senses and subconsciously looked towards the door, her gaze immediately fell upon Jiang Yan through the glass.

Her eyes widened immediately, her face showing surprise and astonishment.

When Jiang Yan saw that she had noticed him, he waved to her.

Yu Dingyan immediately walked out from behind the cashier, ran to the door in a few quick steps, and pushed the door open.

As soon as she stopped in front of Jiang Yan, Yu Zhengyan immediately asked, "Oppa, what are you doing here?!"

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Are you surprised to see me?"

"Hey oppa, why didn't you tell me you were coming!"

In response to Yu Dingyan's question, Jiang Yan did not answer directly, but instead asked in return, "Jingwan, you didn't tell me about working here either."

Hearing this, Yoo Jeongyeon lightly patted Kang Yeon's arm and said with displeasure, "Oppa! Why are you deliberately calling me by my old name!"

Yu Jingwan was Yu Dingyan's former name, but she changed it when she was in the third grade of elementary school.

"Because I've always felt that your old name suited you better."

To be honest, after learning Yu Dingyan's former name, Jiang Yan always felt that the former name was more in line with her temperament.

Jiang Yan found out because the two of them entered the company as trainees at the same time, and after their relationship became close enough, Jiang Yan told him privately.

As for to what extent?

Nayeon once sarcastically remarked, "You two are so close, why don't you just be siblings?"

Upon hearing Jiang Yan's words, Yu Jung-yeon clenched her fist and feigned anger, saying, "Oppa, you know perfectly well that I changed my name because I thought it sounded too masculine."

But Jiang Yan, who knew her temperament well, knew that the other party wasn't really angry.

"Okay, just kidding. I came here because I couldn't find you at JYP, and I found out you were here from Jihyo."

"Oppa...you knew all along?"

Yu Dingyan had probably already guessed what was going on the moment Jiang Yan appeared.

"Yes, I know, but Jeongyeon..."

"What?"

"If I hadn't gone to JYP to find you today, were you not going to tell me you were here?"

"Ani, I was planning to tell you later."

Since Jiang Yan left the group, Yu Dingyan noticed that the two of them chatted on Kakao much less frequently than before, sometimes not even a few times a week.

And they haven't met privately since that incident.

She assumed Jiang Yan must be in a bad mood, so she didn't tell him about her plan to give up being a trainee and work at a bakery.

Despite having a handsome and dashing face, Yoo Jeong-yeon is actually a soft-hearted, sensitive, and straightforward woman.

Jiang Yan didn't take her answer too seriously, and instead said, "Alright, but aren't you curious why I came to see you today?"

Upon hearing this, Yoo Jeongyeon immediately shook her head, indicating she couldn't guess: "Oppa, what's wrong?"

Jiang Yan then used his memory restoration technique on her: "Do you remember when I said that we should sing a song together sometime in the future?"

After recalling for a moment, Yoo Jeongyeon nodded: "Of course I remember, but oppa, aren't you already..."

"I have good news for you. I've signed with a new company and will be making my comeback this year."

"Qingjia?! That's wonderful!"

Upon hearing the news, Yu Dingyan initially didn't quite believe it, but after realizing that the other party wasn't joking with her, she was also happy for Jiang Yan.

"Okay, so Jeongyeon, you need to make time for me."

"Okay, I'll talk to the store manager later, but about the company..."

When Yoo Jeongyeon thought about the situation at JYP, her expression showed hesitation.

Jiang Yan knew what she was thinking and reassured her, "Don't worry, I've already spoken to Zhenying, there won't be any problems."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dingyan was relieved and asked, "That's good. When does it start?"

"Call me when you arrive at Cube at 8 a.m. tomorrow."

"So oppa is now an artist under Cube Entertainment?!"

"No, but I'd say half of it."

"oh……"

Although Yu Dingyan didn't understand why Jiang Yan said it was half, there must be a reason for that.

Jiang Yan didn't explain much, because his current situation was indeed quite complicated.

……

Before leaving, he bought a bag of pure milk toast. After leaving the bakery where Yoo Jeong-yeon worked, Kang Yeon returned to Cube's studio.

He won't go anywhere else for the rest of the time; he'll stay here until nightfall.

Lunch was just the bag of toast I bought.

Although he has almost finished preparing the songs for his first mini-album, that doesn't stop him from continuing to expand his music library.

The Chinese people's unique fear of insufficient ammunition.

However, it's not easy to dig out a song from memory; it often takes at least two or three hours to do so.

This efficiency was achieved only after he summarized his experience.

When people are engrossed in their work, time seems to fly by.

After Jiang Yan finished accompaniing the second piece, he looked up and saw that it was already past 7 p.m.

While marveling at how quickly time had passed, he immediately finished work, tidied up, and left the room.

However, after arriving on the first floor, he happened to run into Nam Ji-hyun and Heo Ga-yoon from 4MINUTE in the corridor.

To be honest, Jiang Yan wasn't very familiar with anyone in Cube, since he had only been there for half a month at most.

But since we've already bumped into each other, we should definitely say hello.

"Good evening, seniors." Jiang Yan waved to them.

"Oh, it's Jiang Yanxi. Are you going out for dinner?" Nam Ji-hyun smiled at him.

"Yes, are the seniors doing the same? Want to join us?"

"Haha, no need, Jiayun and I have made plans to have dinner with friends."

"Okay, goodbye then, seniors."

Actually, Jiang Yan didn't really intend to invite them to dinner; he was just being polite.

Of course, he only said this because he noticed that the two of them had dressed up carefully, because he was certain that the two of them had plans for the night.

And the result was exactly as he expected.

After leaving the restaurant, they went to the same restaurant where they had previously brought Jiang Zhennan to eat, but they didn't run into Wang Jiaer and the others today.

After dinner, Jiang Yan did not return to Cube, but went straight back to his dormitory at Yuehua Entertainment.

Upon entering, he discovered that all the members of UNIQ had returned today, and several of them were gathered in the living room, either watching TV or playing on their phones.

"Old Jiang, have you had dinner?" Zhou Yixuan asked him with a smile.

"You've already eaten? Why are you up so early today?" Jiang Yan asked curiously.

"Hey, if you don't want to practice extra today, just come back early. Anyway, we're a terrible team, so there's no point in trying harder," Zhou Yixuan said indifferently.

"You can't say that. What if this comeback is a huge hit?"

"What's so great about it? I don't see any potential for our new song to become a hit, don't you think, Yibo?"

"Uh, I don't know."

Wang Yibo was suddenly called upon, paused for a moment, and then shook his head.

Jiang Yan listened to Zhou Yixuan's words but didn't seem to want to comfort him.

Because what the other party said was indeed true. UNIQ, let alone being a little popular, has never even won a music show award. They are just quietly flopping in the music scene.