Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

The bedroom was somewhat dim, with the morning sunlight completely blocked by the blackout curtains.

On the bed, Jiang Yan, who had woken up naturally, turned his head slightly and glanced at Jin Xuexuan, who was half-nestled beside him and still fast asleep with her eyes closed.

After admiring her somewhat adorable sleeping posture, Jiang Yan reached out and gently stroked her nose.

But he didn't expect that this simple action would make Kim Seolhyun frown slightly, and then she groggily opened her eyes halfway.

She looked at Jiang Yan with somewhat unfocused pupils, and after a few seconds, her gaze became bright again.

"Awake? Do you want to sleep a little longer?" Jiang Yan asked with a gentle smile, looking at her as she woke up.

"Hmm—what time is it now?" Kim Seolhyun asked lazily after moving her head slightly a few times.

When asked this question, Jiang Yan pulled out his phone from under his pillow and took a look.

I glanced at the time at first glance, and then noticed several unread messages on the lock screen.

But he didn't intend to open the messages right now. Instead, he put down his phone and said, "It's almost 10 o'clock now."

"Oh, it's still early."

Upon hearing the time, Kim Seolhyun burrowed her head deeper into the blanket and closed her eyes.

Seeing her reaction, Jiang Yan leaned down and gently rubbed his nose against her neck, exhaling softly.

Kim Seolhyun felt a little ticklish from the action and quickly said in a sweet voice, "Oppa, what are you doing~"

"I just don't want the little lazy cat to keep sleeping."

"Ugh, I want to sleep a little longer."

"If I keep sleeping, it'll be noon already."

"Then let me sleep until noon."

Kim Seolhyun said she still wanted to sleep because she hadn't had enough rest.

The culprit that prevented her from getting enough rest was a person with boundless energy in her life.

Last night, he said he would take her to play some kind of pet cat training game. At first, Kim Seolhyun was confused because Kang Yeon didn't have a cat in his apartment, but she quickly realized that the pet cat he was referring to was...

In the end, the game lasted until late at night.

In short, Kim Seolhyun's back and waist were still a little sore, and her limbs were weak and powerless.

Seeing that Jin Xuexuan still wanted to stay in bed, Jiang Yan just chuckled and said, "So, what do you want to eat for lunch?"

"Whatever, I'm fine with anything."

"Okay, then you can sleep a little longer. I'll wake you up later."

Letting the other person continue sleeping, Jiang Yan got out of bed and quickly washed up.

He doesn't have anything to do today; he'll only need to go out tomorrow.

Kim Seolhyun is free today; she just needs to go back to her company dormitory tonight.

After washing up, Jiang Yan gently closed the bedroom door and sat down on the sofa in the living room.

Then I opened my phone and started looking at the unread messages.

It was sent by Jiang Zhennan. The content is about the feedback he received after contacting the organizer of the variety concert yesterday.

The organizers responded quickly, stating that Jiang Yan was scheduled to perform the third to last, before the headliner.

However, there is a minor additional condition: the two songs performed must be the two songs specifically requested by the organizers, namely "I Am You, You Are Me" and "That's What I Like".

Jiang Yan didn't seem to care much about it. It was normal for the organizers to make this request, since these were his two most popular songs right now.

Even if the organizers don't say it, Jiang Yan will most likely choose these two songs to sing.

Commercial performances are meant to feature your signature songs.

Actually, "All I Wanna Do" is quite popular in South Korea, but definitely not as popular as those two songs.

But if three songs are required, this will definitely be the third one.

Without much thought, he immediately typed a message to Jiang Zhennan, asking him to accept the invitation to make the platter.

However, in this case, Jiang Yan also plans to cancel the original plan to return in September.

He plans to postpone the date to October.

But he hasn't decided on the exact date in October yet.

Jiang Yan didn't start considering it immediately. After sending the message to Jiang Zhennan, he closed Kakao.

Next, he opened Instagram, which he hadn't logged into for a few days. Unsurprisingly, his Instagram backend still had 99+ unread private messages.

He had already cleared his private messages before leaving last time, but it's clear that SONEs still "love" him.

Jiang Yan opened the backend with great interest and read some of the "sincere" messages about him.

To be honest, the content is still the same as before, not much different from the last time he opened it.

However, one of the private messages caught his eye.

The message essentially said that with his achievements, any one of the members of Girls' Generation could easily crush him in a solo match.

Jiang Yan didn't know how old the person who sent him this private message was, but he believed that this kind of person was definitely a typical brainless fan who didn't understand anything.

Do you really think that if a group becomes popular, an individual will also become popular?

The fate of most groups is to either come together or go their separate ways. Even in popular groups, it's considered quite good if one or two members manage to make a splash by going solo or going independent.

The only team that can achieve both a successful duo and individual star success is probably the next half of BP.

Why say half? Because even after the four members of BP went solo, they couldn't maintain their popularity for long. After two or three years, some of them started to flop. They only managed to maintain their popularity by reuniting.

As for Girls' Generation...

Upon seeing this private message, Jiang Yan thought of something: Kim Tae-yeon, one of the top members of Girls' Generation, also had her first solo debut this year.

The first stage performance will be on October 8th.

Thinking about this, Jiang Yan seemed to know when to schedule his return.

After glancing at his private messages again, he suddenly felt that he should properly thank this SONE.

Without this person's "reminder," he wouldn't have made a decision so quickly.

After glancing at the other private messages, Jiang Yan logged out of Instagram and then logged into Twitter and Weibo for a while.

After that, he stayed in the living room for another hour.

Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang Yan got up and went back to the bedroom to wake Jin Xuexuan up.

But after nearly an hour of arguing, Jiang Yan finally convinced Jin Xuexuan. The two of them went to the bathroom to shower, changed their clothes, and left the bedroom.

Jiang Yan went to the entrance to put on her shoes first, but Jin Xuexuan, who was walking behind her, turned around and glanced at the kitchen before turning around and going inside.

When Jiang Yan changed his shoes and turned around, he saw that Jin Xuexuan was carrying a knotted black garbage bag.

"Why did you take the kitchen garbage bag out?" Jiang Yan asked, puzzled.

"I saw that the trash can was quite full, so I just changed it," Kim Seol-hyun replied with a smile, her tone considerate.

Jiang Yan was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

A popular female idol stayed overnight at her boyfriend's house and helped take out the trash when she left.

This scene is so familiar... why does it feel so familiar to him?