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Chapter 86 Red Velvet's Performance

Bae Joo-hyun and the other four came out, but Liu Zimu wasn't particularly excited, since he was already quite familiar with them.

He leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, looking like a leader on an inspection tour.

The girl with the ponytail stood up again, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.

The short-haired girl next to her was even more exaggerated, swaying to the rhythm and almost throwing her light stick away.

Liu Zimu moved to the left to avoid the range of their light sticks.

Bae Joo-fa still had that uncontrollable slight smile on her face.

Every time she turned towards the audience, her mouth stretched even wider, and her eyes curved into crescents, making her look like she was soaking in a honey pot.

The intro to "Really Bad Boy" begins.

Bae Joo-hyun and the others started moving to the music, dancing very energetically, because this was the first time he had seen her perform on stage, not on a variety show.

When the first chorus ended, she finally saw Liu Zimu.

Their eyes met across the stage and the audience.

Liu Zimu didn't show any expression; he just stared at her.

Bae Joo-fa reacted immediately.

She was turning around when she saw him halfway through, so she was a beat slower turning back and almost missed the beat.

As Kim Ye-rin jumped around, she caught a glimpse of her team leader's condition out of the corner of her eye.

She quickly lowered her voice and called out, "Unnie, concentrate."

Bae Joo-hyun regained her footing and caught up with the rhythm again, but the smile on her lips widened even more.

Now it's time for Bae Joo-beom's part.

She took a step forward, stood at the very front of the stage, and began to sing towards the audience.

Her performance was so good that even she was a little surprised.

After singing that line, she glanced at Liu Zimu again.

This time, she didn't look away; she just stared straight at him, smiling.

Liu Zimu felt a little uneasy under the stare and subconsciously reached for his phone to pretend to check messages.

Really!

Garlic bird! Garlic bird!

Come here.

He smiled at the stage and made a fist gesture.

Bae Joo-fa danced even more energetically, she was overjoyed.

The performance continues.

Bae Joo-fa's condition is visibly very, very good.

It wasn't fake excitement; he was genuinely radiating energy.

She danced with great effort, sang more steadily than before, and even her smile became much more charming.

The staff members watched from the side of the stage and exchanged glances.

The PD looked at Bae Joo-hyun's beaming face on the monitor and said into the walkie-talkie, "Give Irene more..."

Some individual shots.

The assistant next to her leaned over for a glance and whispered, "Irene seems to be in a very good mood today."

The PD didn't respond.

Red Velvet stood in the center of the stage, with lights shining down from above. The five of them stood in a row, holding hands as they took their bows.

"Thank you everyone, I had a really great time today."

The voice trembled slightly, but no one noticed.

The lights dimmed, and the five people left from the side stage.

Bae Joo-beop walked at the very back, her pace slower than usual.

As she passed the side stage, she stopped and glanced back at the audience area.

But it was already dark there, and we couldn't see who was who.

But she knew he was there.

Kim Ye-rin couldn't help but call out from the front, "Unnie, hurry up, we need to change clothes."

Bae Joo-hyun responded and turned to follow.

Back in the waiting room, Pei Zhufa picked up her phone, typed a few words, and pressed send.

On the audience side, Liu Zimu was preparing to get up and leave.

That's enough of Red Velvet's performance.

It's time to go.

My phone vibrated.

Bae Joo-hyun's message: 【Did you just smile? I saw you smile.】

Liu Zimu stared at the message for two seconds, then put his phone back in his pocket without replying.

He stood up and followed the crowd out.

As soon as I stepped into the corridor, the thought popped into my head.

【bite-!】

[Random reward system triggered.]

[Congratulations, host, you have received a random reward: five years of trainee experience.]

Liu Zimu paused for a moment.

Trainee experience? What good is that to me? I'm a very, very rich man now.

Could he possibly run off to become a trainee with Jin Qiutian?

This system had been pretending to be dead for a while.

They've become active again these past couple of days.

The randomness of the random rewards from Brother Tongzi is getting more and more outrageous.

He walked out of the recording studio, stood in the corridor, and looked at the busy crowd.

He was about to head towards the exit when someone tapped him on the shoulder.

He turned around and saw Kim Eun-jin standing behind him.

She was wearing a black down jacket, holding a walkie-talkie and a schedule, and her expression showed some surprise.

"Zimu, how have you been lately?"

"Eunjin noona, it's all good."

Kim Eun-jin looked him up and down: "Seulgi said you came to support them, so I came out to see you."

"Yeah, I just checked, and I'm planning to go back now."

Kim Eun-jin stared at him for two seconds: "Shall we go? They're waiting for you in the waiting room. Want to go see them?"

Liu Zimu opened his mouth: "So we're not going?"

Kim Eun-jin smiled and said, "Kaka, since you're already here, why don't you go and see them? I often hear them talking about you."

Then I took his hand and walked forward.

The backstage corridor was also bustling with people, with staff carrying equipment in and out, and occasionally artists who had just finished performing would pass by, still wearing makeup.

Kim Eun-jin walked quickly, with Liu Zimu following behind. They arrived at the waiting area, where the names of various groups were posted on each door.

Kim Eun-jin stopped in front of a door.

There was a piece of paper on the door that read "Red Velvet".

She didn't knock, but simply turned the doorknob and stepped aside to make way for her: "Come in."

Liu Zimu stood at the door and glanced inside.

The waiting room is not small.

dressing table, sofa, clothes rack...

All five members of Red Velvet were naturally present.

Kim Ye-rin was sitting in front of the dressing table, touching up her lipstick in front of the mirror. When she saw the person standing at the door in the mirror, her hand paused and her eyes widened.

Park Soo-young was nestled on the sofa with her legs propped up on the armrest, holding her phone. When she saw Liu Zimu, she exclaimed "Ah!"

Kang Seulgi was drinking a sports drink when she looked up at him and smiled.

I knew it! This place would fall apart without me!

Bae Joo-beom stood next to the innermost clothes rack, holding a coat she wanted to change into.

The moment she saw Liu Zimu, her coat fell to the ground.

I didn't pick it up.

He just stood there, staring straight at the person at the door.

His face was full of surprise.

Kim Eun-jin stood to the side and smiled at Kang Seul-gi, saying, "Seul-gi, I've brought her here. You two chat, but don't go on for too long, we have other things to do later."

The waiting room fell silent.

Five women and one man.

Kim Ye-rin was the first to react, jumping off the chair and running to lock the door.

Park Soo-young sat up from the sofa, put her legs down, placed her hands on her knees, and began to sit gracefully.

She's one of the future elegant trio.

Sun Chengwan put down the comb, crossed his arms, and leaned against the dressing table.

Kang Seulgi placed her water bottle on the table, pulled up a chair, sat down, crossed her legs, and concealed her accomplishment.

Pei Zhufa remained standing in the same spot.

The coat was still lying on the ground, and no one picked it up.

She looked at Liu Zimu, her lips moved several times, but finally she only managed to squeeze out one sentence: "Why are you here?"

The sound wasn't loud, but the waiting room was quiet, and everyone who needed to hear it heard it.

Kim Ye-rin covered her face in excitement.

Liu Zimu glanced at Jiang Seulgi and said helplessly, "I'm here to cheer you on."

Pei Zhufa took two steps forward, stopped in front of Liu Zimu, and looked up at him.

The two were very close, close enough that he could see the sweat still on her forehead and the slight smudged eyeshadow at the corner of her eyes.

"What did you think of my performance today?"

"good."

Bae Joo-hyun and her four younger sisters all twitched at the corners of their mouths.

What does "okay" mean?

Bae Joo-hyun glared at him. She danced ten times better today than in rehearsal, and the fans' cheers were practically blowing the roof off. All he said was, "It's alright."

But she didn't react, and held back as the yandere crawled out.

"You smiled at me today."

"no."

"Yes." She took another step forward, getting even closer. "I saw you smile when I was singing to you."

Liu Zimu took half a step back, his heel hitting the wall.

Kim Ye-rin's fingers, which were covering her face, had already parted slightly, allowing her to peek through the gaps.

"Alright! Now that you've seen it, I'm off. I need to go back to the coffee shop later. Good luck to you guys!"

After saying that, Liu Zimu opened the door and ran away.

"Liu Zimu, I'm so happy you could come today!"

Pei Zhufa's voice came from behind, laughing extremely happily.