"elder brother."

Liu Xin'an and Cheng Taiqian smiled and said hello.

"It may take a while to end." Cheng Taiqian calculated the time, then looked at Liu Xin'an, smiled and reached out to pat Liu Xin'an on the shoulder, "Happy birthday, Xin'an."

"Brother Taiqian knows my birthday?"

"Irene told me, but I only found out in a few days that I won't have time to prepare gifts or anything else. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

It's interesting to say that compared to Chief Kim's cautious treatment of him, Cheng Taiqian was much more natural.

Probably because he was quite familiar with Liu Xin'an and knew very well what kind of character Liu Xin'an was.

Of course, this did not prevent him from being shocked when he learned the identity of yesterday's visitor.

"I have an event there tonight. Next time, Brother Taiqian, I've received your message."

“Activity on your site?”

"Yes, it's like the live broadcast of Zhuhyun's birthday. I am considered a celebrity after all, and I want to do a live broadcast to give back to the water friends."

Liu Xin'an smiled and teased himself, and his humble appearance was hard to offend.

"That's it. Do we need to let everyone appear together?"

"Ah, this is not necessary. My water friends are here to see me, not to see them."

"Hahaha, that's right."

Cheng Taiqian was a smart man. He did not rely on his closeness to Liu Xin'an to ask Liu Xin'an about yesterday's events.

It is obvious that Bae Zhuhyun does not intend to cooperate, nor does he intend to seek any breakthrough from Liu Xin'an.

Anyway, Liu Xinan will definitely not harm Bae Zhuhyun, nor will he harm Red Velvet.

As long as Red Velvet's status in the company gets higher and higher, his salary will naturally increase.

If you know too much, you might even make yourself embarrassed.

"The content of this shooting needs to be released. Will it expose the content of the MV?"

"Anyway, I'm filming it now, and I can release it anytime. The show hasn't finished airing yet, so don't worry too much about the popularity. Besides, there are still promotional videos of you and Irene available."

The variety show led by Xiaopozhan has not finished broadcasting yet, so the popularity is indeed as Cheng Taiqian said, and it has always remained high.

The video that exposed their true relationship was released two days ago.

In this era where current hot topics are quickly forgotten, the impact of this incident is no longer as great as the first two days.

However, Liu Xin'an can still see piles of private messages asking questions in the background.

Hmm... Anyway, just pretend to be stupid, neither admit nor deny. He doesn't intend to let "Little Bamboo" appear again these days, and will hide it completely first.

As for Korea...

This incident didn't cause any ripples at all.

S-M probably intervened and suppressed the heat of the matter.

I have to say that a professional brokerage company like S-M is really good at controlling public opinion.

There were no external worries and no internal worries at all, and every day after that was relatively normal.

Yoo Shin-an still insists on going to S-M every three days to coordinate the filming of Red Velvet's comeback. This is a contract he made with Director Kim during the filming of the variety show.

In addition, Bae Zhuhyun, who is busy preparing for her comeback, has completely shifted her focus from "love" to "work".

It is in this state that July comes to an end.

———

There was a lot of work to do before returning. Although Liu Xinan did not ask Bae Zhuhyun specifically, it can already be seen from the fact that the number of chats between the two on the chat software has become less and less.

Promotion, appearing on shows, recording and performing on stage... all kinds of things were mixed together, so that Pei Zhuhyun could not even think about picking up her mood and chatting with Liu Xin'an on her mobile phone.

People will not be distracted and think about other things when they are very tired, not to mention that this is a very important return for them.

"You have worked hard."

Bae Zhuhyun stood in front of the sisters, bowed and thanked the host in front of her who had just finished filming with them.

"Oh! Looking forward to your return, come on!"

"Thanks!"

After leading the sisters to bow again, Pei Zhuxuan pursed her lips slightly and followed Cheng Taiqian towards the nanny car on the roadside.

The pitch-black sky made it impossible to tell the time at this time. The members who came to the car leaned lazily on their seats, not wanting to say a word.

Bae Zhuhyun, who was sitting closer to the front, kept her spirits up and chatted quietly with the co-pilot Sung Taeqian.

"Brother Taiqian, what's your schedule?"

Yes, the journey is not over yet.

"An interview with a fashion magazine. Here are the questions. Please sort out your answers and tell me."

"Oh, good."

Pei Zhuxuan nodded, reached out to take the information handed over by Cheng Tai, took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight function, but did not choose to turn on the lights in the back row.

Just like this, he was yawning quietly and looking at the information. Kang Seulgi's sudden voice startled the focused Bae Zhuhyun.

"Sister Zhuhyun..."

"Ah! You scared me. Didn't you sleep?"

Today I got up at around four o'clock in the morning and went to the beauty room to prepare makeup and styling, and then went to shoot a variety show early in the morning.

Everyone is mentally exhausted.

So, the members started to fall asleep after getting in the car.

"You should also take a rest."

The captain always works harder than the ordinary members, not to mention that Bae Joo Hyun has always been the eldest sister who takes care of the younger sisters.

The humility of elders and younger ones in this country has reached an almost pathological level, but precisely because of this deep-rooted concept, Bae Zhuhyun is very clear about her responsibilities as a "sister".

These are the things she should do.

"I'm fine, you can sleep on your own." Pei Zhuxuan waved her hands with a smile, looked back at the three people sleeping soundly next to each other in the back seat, smiled fondly, and at the same time stood up slightly to remove Sun Shengwan's body that was about to fall off.

The blanket that came down was pulled up.

August is already a very hot summer. The air conditioner in the car is turned on very much. If you don't cover yourself with a blanket, you might catch a cold.

You must not catch a cold during this period.

"Brother Taiqian, when will the interview start?"

"At half past ten, it will last until twelve o'clock. Although the interview content is only released in text form, the status is still quite important. Eileen, you should also take a nap."

"Ten thirty..." Pei Zhuxuan glanced at the time. It would take about an hour to drive back to the company from here, and it was now nine o'clock in the evening.

In other words, she could probably sleep in the car for more than an hour.

She didn't insist anymore, but set the alarm clock, closed the document in her hand, leaned her head on the seat, and relaxed.

"Then I'll take a nap too."

"Okay, I'll call you when we get there."

Bae Zhuhyun smiled at Jiang Seulqi beside her, and then she relaxed completely and said something that shocked Jiang Seulqi.

"That guy lets you keep an eye on me."

Jiang Seulqi looked away guiltily, and at the same time, the phone in her hand also lit up slightly.

Just as Bae Zhuhyun guessed, Jiang Seulgi did receive Liu Xin'an's request.

Of course, this does not mean that she would not care about Bae Zhuhyun's situation if there was no Liu Xin'an.

Helping Liu Xin'an was just incidental.

"Seeing as you haven't been on the phone with Liu Xin'an recently, I'm worried too...I'm sorry, Sister Zhuhyun, it's me who is meddling in other people's business."

After all, this was Pei Zhuhyun and Liu Xin'an's own business. Naturally, she saw the decrease in contact between the two. She took the initiative to contact Liu Xin'an out of concern for Pei Zhuhyun, and then Liu Xin'an asked her to help take care of Pei Zhuhyun.

this matter.

"It's okay, everything is normal between us, but we have been less in contact recently." Pei Zhuxuan yawned and whispered, and after a while, only the sound of even breathing was left.

Seeing Bae Zhuhyun gradually falling into a deep sleep, Jiang Seulqi breathed a sigh of relief. She took out her mobile phone and began to reply to Liu Xin'an's message.

Sister Zhuhyun has gone to bed, you can rest assured.

Soon, Liu Xin'an's reply was sent.

Thanks Seulgi, I will treat you to a big dinner when you are not busy anymore. You should also take a rest.

...

Jiang Seulqi's reply made Liu Xinan feel at ease. As the person who was "left out", he actually has a better understanding of Bae Zhuhyun's busyness.
To be continued...