From that Korean city

Shamao office building.

"Hu~Hu~Hu~"

Taozi, who had been practicing from noon to night, was now lying on the floor of the practice room, gasping for breath.

Beside her, Krystal, Victoria and others were in the same situation as her. After all, with such high-intensity exercise, everyone's condition was not much better.

Taozi, who had taken a breath, slowly touched Victoria's side and asked coquettishly, "V mom, when will we practice?"

"What's wrong? Is there something?"

Victoria, who had seen through everything, stared at her with a smile, wanting to see how she would answer.

Taozi did not deny it, "Well, oppa and the others were having a party at the bar, and I kind of want to go too."

Although she had been rehearsing the stage all day, there was Li Shaoxi, who could be called Lin Yi's secretary pendant, outside to inform her, so Taozi could get the first-hand information about any movement or something.

Not to mention, Goo Hara was there.

Next to her, Krystal breathed softly when she heard this, and glanced at Taozi, who seemed to her to be much braver recently.

She wanted to know if something had happened between her and Lin Yi, but when she thought of the tower stealing on her side, she was too embarrassed to speak.

However, Victoria sighed slightly when she heard Taozi's answer, "Although I really want to agree to your going, but look at our group dance just now, the effect is really not good. We can't lose to Tara and others in the exchange stage at the end of the year."

The main reason for all this is that their practice time is too short.

Not long ago, Victoria just came from China after filming a TV series. Taozi's movie shooting and promotion, Krystal's endorsement advertisements and pictorials, Luna's drama, etc., everyone had their own activities, and they waited until several days ago to reunite in Seoul.

Then they started rehearsing for the year-end stage as soon as they gathered, and the most important thing was the exchange stage that SBS invited them to again after many years.

At first, the Fx team was going to refuse. After all, so many years have passed, and this old stage is basically nothing to watch.

But when they knew that the other party to exchange the stage was Tara, they immediately agreed.

Just for this stage, FX will definitely occupy a place in the entertainment news headlines at the end of this year.

You should know that this year Tara took advantage of the super east wind overseas and returned to Seoul from abroad. Although the haze of the bullying incident still hangs over the Peninsula, for Tara who has been in the limelight for more than a year, the haze of the Peninsula is nothing.

Even most entertainment newspapers shut up and did not talk about the incident that year. They selectively reported how many achievements Tara had achieved overseas in the past year, how much money she earned, how many honors she received, etc.

Every data, every number, every trophy, made the fans of the Peninsula fall into deep self-doubt.

The object of their protest a few years ago has changed in the blink of an eye, and has become the pride of the Peninsula overseas?

I don’t understand, I really don’t understand.

But there are still some extreme fans who are still anti-Tara, and all kinds of sarcasm and vicious language are posted and commented on the Internet.

But for Tara and others who are now in the limelight overseas, these people's faces are at most like a root of eyelashes growing in the eye.

It is a bit uncomfortable, but it is not a big deal. It can be easily pulled out, and it may not have any effect at all. When it really becomes uncomfortable, just pull it out and throw it away, and there will be no problem at all.

So when Victoria said this, Taozi fell to the floor again after sitting up and rested again.

She definitely couldn't go, because no one wanted to lose, even she didn't want to.

I don't know why, maybe some people don't want to lose to Tara.

Seeing this, Victoria touched Taozi's head with some concern and said softly, "Take a break before continuing. Considering your relationship with her, there's no need to rush to drink."

"I know, unnie."

Victoria's metaphor made Taozi feel a little better, but she couldn't show that she was too happy, so she could only nod slightly.

But there is a piece of information that she has to say, "But when I think about us rehearsing here, Jiyeon and the others went out to drink, I feel a little crazy. They look down on us too much."

At this time, Krystal, who had been silent, spoke up, "Sulli, you have to know that they have been active as a group for the past year, and the tours and commercial performances are basically the whole group's stage. So this year, the whole group has much more time together than us, and the rehearsal time is much longer than us."

After following Lin Yi for a long time, Taozi has become bolder. After listening to Krystal's explanation, she blurted out, "I know, it's all the company's fault~"

Then--

"Sulli~"

"Don't talk, don't say it, Sulli."

"Are you thirsty, Sulli, I'll get you a bottle of water."

Looking at the reactions of several sisters, Taozi also quickly covered her mouth and smiled, "I know, I won't say it."

Victoria and the others just breathed a sigh of relief, but Taozi added, "But what I said is true."

"Alas~"

"Dafa, hahaha."

"Don't imitate that guy Lin Yi, Shirley."

In the practice room here, everyone in Fx was having fun. Everyone was having a great time in the bar over there.

Especially Park Ji-yeon, looking at Lin Yi sitting in front of her, her big bright eyes blinked, as if she was calculating something, which made Park Hyo-min next to her nervous.

I was thinking in my heart that next time there is a gathering between Zhiyan and Lin Yi, Xian Eunjing must be brought together. Otherwise, she herself must not come here to be the scapegoat again.

But just when Park Hyo Min thought of this, she heard the sound of Lin Yoona laughing with Kim Heechul and others behind her, and her original nervousness also relaxed a little.

Although Eun-jeong didn't come, Yoona was here, so Ji-yeon shouldn't dare to mess around.

However, Park Hyo-min still underestimated Park Ji-yeon's madness. Just when she was relieved, she was about to drink some water to regain her mood.

As a result, he raised his head and saw Park Zhiyan, who was sitting next to him and opposite Lin Yi just now. Now she was sitting next to the other party and was coquettishly leaning against Lin Yi's arm.

"Ah, Oppa, just stay with me for a moment, just for a moment."

"Can't I just let you go down and buy the bullets for you? Why do you have to go down yourself?"

"oppa, it's..."

Hearing Park Zhiyan say that she wanted to go to the convenience store to buy something, Lin Yi didn't want to run away at first, but then he gave her a very strange look after hearing the other party whisper "aunt's scarf" into his ear.

And Pu Zhiyan also pouted appropriately, "Look, you look at me like this, so how can you ask me to call others something like this?"

Knowing that he couldn't resist this dragon cub, Lin Yi drank the last sip of wine in his glass, stood up and clapped his hands, "I know, let's go, let's go."

"Yes~" Park Zhiyan also jumped up happily.

The actions of the two people getting up did not cause much reaction from others. Even Lin Yoona just glanced at Lin Yi. After seeing Lin Yi pointed at Park Jiyan and then outside the glass, she just smiled and continued. Chatted with Kim Taeyeon and others.

Only Park Hyomin's face changed drastically and she asked instinctively, "Jiyeon, where are you going?"

Unexpectedly, Pu Zhiyan was waiting for her to speak. As soon as he heard her voice, he immediately went over and dragged her up, "Let's go to the convenience store to buy something. Let's go together, Unnie."

It might be a bit jarring if a man and a woman leave together, but if it's a man and two women, it's much more normal.

So just like that, Park Hyo Min was pulled up by Park Ji Yeon as a shield without noticing, and followed the two of them out of the bar in a daze.

"It's the end of the year and there are a lot of people. Are you sure you want to go out like this?"

When walking down the stairs, Lin Yi looked worriedly at Long Zaizi and Park Xiaomin beside him and asked.

Park Xiaomin, who had been pulled out, reacted, but there was nothing to say at this point, so he gave an instruction, "Let's go through the back door. There is also a convenience store at the entrance of the alley behind, and there are fewer people there."

"You are familiar with the road, Xiaomin." Lin Yi said with a smile.

Park Hyomin explained, "I used to come here to drink with my friends, Soonkyu and the others, and we became familiar with it over time."

While talking, she led Pu Zhiyan and Lin Yi through an iron gate, then opened a gate, and came to the alley behind.

The alley is not big, about the size of a lane, and the sanitation is pretty good. The neat slate tile floor and a few street lights hanging on the wall make this alley not look like a scene from an urban thriller.

Looking to the right, there is indeed a convenience store at the entrance of the alley about ten meters away. The bright lights are shining through the glass and lighting up more than half of the alley.

"Let's go, finish shopping and go back immediately."

After taking a look at the situation, Lin Yi waved his hand towards Bullet who was following behind him, and headed over there with Park Ji-yeon and Park Hyo-min.

On the way over, Pu Zhiyan was jumping excitedly, "Oppa, I just heard Shao Xi say that you are going to go back to her hometown to play in two days, right?"

"Well, let's go and have a look."

After receiving Lin Yi's confirmation, Park Ji-yeon continued, "I'm so envious. We haven't been able to take a long vacation for a long time. We only have short vacations where we can rest for half a day or one day and then continue working."

Lin Yi, who was very clear about the timeline of the Korean order in his previous life, answered very simply, "Just work harder, and then you can have a good rest."

Well, according to the normal timeline, you only need to be busy for more than one year before you can retire completely.

The distance of 10 meters was very short, so the three of them arrived at the entrance of the alley quickly. Lin Yi did not follow them in, but watched Park Ji-yeon and Park Hyo-min enter the convenience store, watching their figures and rubbing his fingers.

Although I had been reborn for two years and chose to quit smoking, the habit of smoking after drinking still remained deep in my soul.

People can endure it, but they can't stop doing small things.

When Park Ji-yeon entered the convenience store, she immediately grabbed Park Hyo-min's little hand and said, "Unnie, you have to help me."

Upon hearing this, Park Hyomin felt numb all over and almost jumped up, "How can I help, Jiyeon, don't be stupid, there are so many people tonight, and Yoona is still here."

"Just bring me a bottle of water for Oppa."

"That's it? No, what's in your water?"

"Don't worry about it, Oppa. Also, just help me guard the back door for a while."

"Huh?"

Guarding the door? Why does it look so familiar?