"Why did you come down alone, Sister Zhuxuan? Where is Liu Xin'an?"
Looking at Bae Zhuhyun getting into the car, Jiang Seulqi stretched out her hand to help this sister. After she sat down, she asked curiously.
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Bae Zhuhyun looked around at the situation inside the nanny car, and then reached out to pat Jiang Seulqi's leg.
"Seulgi, you go and sit in the back. I'll sit where you are, and I'll let Liu Xin'an sit in my seat later."
Because of his status as the captain, Bae Zhuhyun always sits at the entrance closest to the nanny car.
Sitting here is convenient for her to take care of her sisters whether getting off or getting in the car.
Jiang Seulqi always sits next to her, but Liu Xin'an will come over soon, so it is still necessary to make room for Liu Xin'an.
"Well, okay." Jiang Seulqi didn't refuse. She nodded, got up and walked towards the back row. Then, under Sun Shengwan's reluctant gaze, she squeezed in with her friend of the same age.
"Why do you have to sit with me?!" Sun Shengwan said angrily, and then Jiang Seulqi grabbed her by the neck.
"Just be patient."
"Axi...so where are the Liu Xin'an people?"
"I won't wake him up until he falls asleep and wait for him to wash up."
Bae Zhuhyun sat in the seat where Seulgi had just been, and casually took out a bag of snacks from the bag that Seulgi often used, and opened it very naturally.
The sound of "tearing" was very harsh in the car. Jiang Seulqi was stunned and asked hurriedly.
"What is this sound?"
"Well, do you want some of your snacks?"
"Ahhh! It's too much. You actually eat my snacks like this!"
Kang Seulgi was so wronged. She ate it secretly when she was planning to do some activities. If she had known about it, she would not have told Bae Zhuhyun where she hid the snacks!
"I'll buy it for you later...here, I'll give you some to eat."
"I won't eat, I'm going to wait for the barbecue."
Jiang Seulqi glanced at the very familiar bag in Bae Zhuhyun's hand with a pity look on her face, and finally shook her head.
Anyway, Bae Zhuhyun said he would buy it for her, so she was generous enough not to argue with him!
After sitting in the car and chatting for about twenty minutes, under Pei Zhuhyun's longing gaze, a familiar figure finally came into view.
Compared with when he first woke up, Liu Xin'an was much more energetic at this time.
The clothes were also changed into new ones, but the hair was not completely dried and it could be seen that there was still some moisture on it.
But even so, Liu Xin'an is still very superior in terms of appearance.
And the slightly wet hair made his originally gentle temperament become...a bit ascetic.
This guy is actually wearing a shirt!
As a shirt lover, she is really drooling.
This was not the first time that Liu Xin'an saw Bae Zhuhyun's nanny car, so he quickly discovered this familiar black nanny car.
He quickly came to the car, and just as he was about to open the passenger seat, the door to the back seat opened instead. Pei Zhuxuan poked her head out and looked at him: "Come over here, the passenger seat is Brother Taiqian."
After saying that, the passenger window rolled down, and Cheng Taiqian's somewhat round face was revealed.
"Yes, Xin'an, please go and sit in the back."
"Oh, okay."
Liu Xin'an did not resist, cooperated and came to Pei Zhuhyun's side, leaned into the nanny car.
The open back seat made Liu Xin'an couldn't help but admire: "So the back seat of a nanny car is like this."
When he went on trips with Lin Nalian in JYP, he often took the nanny car, but most of the time he sat in the passenger seat, and Lin Nalian mostly got in the car and fell asleep.
The small windows in the rows of seats always have their curtains drawn.
It was Liu Xin'an's first time to get to the back row seriously.
"What do you think the back seat should look like?"
Jin Yelin on the side poked her head and asked curiously.
"Hmm, something more ordinary than this?"
"ordinary?"
"It's hard to describe. I'm sorry, I overslept and kept you waiting." Liu Xin'an said awkwardly.
"It's okay. It's because we finished late and we already made you wait for us for two more hours."
"Yeah, it's okay, Brother Anzi."
The words "Brother Anzi" coming from Sun Shengwan made Liu Xin'an feel awkward. He frowned in confusion. In the end, he couldn't hold back his curiosity and looked back at the smiling Sun Shengwan.
"Where did you learn to call me that?"
"Isn't that what your fans call you? We have met quite a few of your fans in our activities these days."
"My fans?" Liu Xin'an was confused. What does his fans have to do with Sun Shengwan and the others?
"Yes, your fans seem to think they can meet you at our activities, so they often come to our activities!"
Liu Xin'an had a dark streak. He felt that these women were deceived. If his water friends want to know whether he went to participate, they can go to the live broadcast room or the live broadcast notification group and ask.
And those who went to attend Bae Zhuhyun's activities even though they knew he was live broadcasting, either liked Bae Zhuhyun and the others equally but were embarrassed to say it, or they wanted to study the relationship between Bae Zhuhyun and him.
He has a tough mouth, but there are still many water friends who want to pry his mouth open.
"An event like a book signing?"
"Yes, your fans told me this personally. Well... they also asked me about your relationship with Sister Zhuhyun. Are they all such gossips?"
Liu Xin'an looked embarrassed, and then apologized honestly to his girlfriend who was smiling.
"I'm sorry, they have nothing to do. If you encounter water friends like this again in the future, you can just walk across the lake."
"It's okay, your fans are so interesting. Every time they come to an event, they bring us a lot of gifts. Well... they gave this to me too."
Pei Zhuxuan rummaged through her bag, then took out a small pendant and showed it to Liu Xin'an.
"All right..."
While chatting, the group soon arrived at the Turkish barbecue restaurant that had been reserved in advance.
There were still a lot of people in the restaurant at this time. Fortunately, Cheng Taiqian had made an agreement with the store beforehand. Soon, under the guidance of the store clerk, Pei Zhuxuan and others, plus Liu Xin'an, arrived at a spacious private room.
Everyone had been delivered, Cheng Taiqian did not stay any longer, and after a few words with Pei Zhuxuan, he was ready to leave.
"Brother Taiqian, why don't you eat with us?"
"I won't go. I'll pick you up after you've finished eating. I have something else to do."
Cheng Taeqian spread his hands, Pei Zhuhyun and the others' work was over, but his work was not over yet.
"That's it, okay, Brother Taiqian, be careful on the road."
"Be careful on the road~"
"Yeah." Cheng Taiqian responded, then looked at Bae Zhuhyun, conveying the message with his eyes.
However, at this time, Bae Zhuhyun's beautiful eyes were already locked on Liu Xinan beside her. There was no time to receive his signal. Sung Taeqian had no choice but to look at Jiang Seulqi.
His meaning was also very simple, that is, he asked them not to forget about the endorsement.
This is a big deal, a big deal that will affect their future development!
Jiang Seqi understood what Cheng Taiqian meant, she nodded, and Cheng Taiqian walked out of the private room with peace of mind.
But the next second, Jin Yilin's curious voice made him stagger out of the door.
"Sister Seulqi, what are you and Brother Taiqian flirting with over there?"
It has been so many years since her debut, but this Jin Yelin is still as expressionless as ever!
...
"Actually, it's nothing. Sister Zhuhyun, you have already told Liu Xin'an about the endorsement."
The more times we come into contact with Liu Xin'an, the more everyone understands that Liu Xin'an is not a person who likes to beat around the bush.
So Jiang Seulqi naturally asked about this matter directly, and at the same time looked at Bae Zhuhyun, and then looked at Liu Xinan.
"As I said, Xin'an means to let us choose ourselves. He doesn't understand this aspect."
Pei Zhuxuan nodded and answered casually.
"Let's make our own choice... Sister Zhuhyun, you can make your decision."
This statement made everyone nod in tacit agreement. After all, these endorsements were given to them by manufacturers for Liu Xin'an's sake. As people who "incidentally" profited, everyone knew that they were not qualified to pick three at this time.
Pick four.
Therefore, this job fell on Bae Zhuhyun.
"I'll sort it out later." Pei Zhuxuan replied calmly.
"Don't worry too much, you just have to choose. It's okay if Uncle Zhang refuses." Liu Xin'an was still worried that his girlfriend would be under psychological pressure, so she said aloud.
Then, he was patted lightly by Bae Zhuhyun.
"It hurts us to refuse anyone. How can we refuse?"
"Aren't you tired?"
"Just talking." Pei Zhuxuan rolled her eyes at Liu Xin'an. She was indeed tired if she felt tired, but she was not tired of counting money!
Soon, Turkish barbecue with a rich meaty aroma was served.
Everyone who was chatting at first was paying close attention. When the attractive plates of barbecue were served, everyone took out their mobile phones in unison and started the routine of "letting the mobile phone eat first".
Liu Xin'an didn't have this habit, but he didn't dare to touch the tachyon. After everyone completed this step with satisfaction, he moved his index finger and started to enjoy the food.
The process of eating a big meal is often enjoyable, and even Liu Xin'an, who is not that obsessed with food, does not deny this.
No one drank alcohol. The existence of coke perfectly replaced alcohol. Moreover, for the girl group Red Velvet, the effect of coke is not much worse than that of alcohol.
After two cups of Coke, Pei Zhuhyun was drunk. Although it was not the first time to see Pei Zhuhyun like this, Liu Xin'an was still surprised.
He even suspected that this man had secretly replaced the Coke with red wine.
"How are you preparing for the public announcement?"
"Let's wait until a week after your return, the mid-October period."
"In half a month?" Jiang Seulqi counted the dates and then asked in surprise.
"right."
"How do you plan to make it public and let the company issue an announcement?"
Pei Zhuxuan didn't know this question, and she couldn't help but look at Liu Xin'an.
Liu Xin'an raised his eyebrows: "I don't know what your company's arrangements are. As for me... record a video and tell the audience. At the same time, I should apologize to the audience properly. After all, I have kept it secret for so long."
An apology is necessary. No matter how hard he talks, it will not change the fact that he has deceived the water friends.
"Then what should I do over there?" Pei Zhuxuan took a sip of Coke and asked Liu Xin'an.
Liu Xin'an frowned, thought for a while and shook his head: "I'll contact Director Jin who is in charge of you later to see if we can cooperate and minimize this impact as much as possible."
"That's all we can do." Pei Zhuxuan sighed and nodded.
The best way is definitely to treat it coldly and let the company stand up and respond for her.
But doing this always feels very irresponsible.
If possible, Bae Zhuhyun actually wants to stand up and tell the fans in person.
She pondered, and after a while, her eyes lit up, and she stretched out her hand to pat Liu Xin'an's arm.
"Xin'an! Can you make a Korean version of the video we recorded?"
Liu Xin'an was stunned. Korean version?
"The one with Korean subtitles?"
"No, no, no, a completely Korean version, okay?"
"Uh...yes, yes, what do you want to do?"
Pei Zhuxuan pursed her lips and then spoke her thoughts softly.
———
"So, Mr. Liu Xin'an, what you are saying is that you will post a video with Irene on your channel to explain your relationship, and then at the same time, you will post a Korean version on YouTube, and then let us cooperate with reposting this video."
?”
Director Jin gave a summary answer and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, the plan is to release this video in mid-October."
"Hmm... Okay, we still need to discuss the details internally. Now Erin is very popular, and we must control the public opinion within a controllable range."
Director Jin did not answer Liu Xin'an directly, but responded tactfully.
There is still plenty of time, and the time to release the video will not affect his shooting of this video, so Liu Xin'an also understands the caution of Director Jin and others.
Nowadays, Bae Zhuhyun and the others' explosive popularity can be reflected in many places. It is indeed stupid to open their relationship at this time, but there is no way. Who would let Liu Xin'an and Bae Zhuhyun ask for it.
"I will give you an answer the day after tomorrow at the latest."
"OK."
After ending the call with Liu Xin'an, Director Jin rubbed the corners of his eyes and dialed Cheng Taiqian's number.
About ten minutes later, Bae Zhuhyun's voice rang from the phone receiver.
"Office Chief?"
"How was the event?"
"It's almost over. Does the room chief come to see me for something?"
"The company received a call from Liu Xin'an today. He wants to make your relationship public in mid-October. Do you know about this?"
Chief Kim asked questions knowingly, so naturally Bae Joo-hyun knew about this kind of thing.
And Bae Zhuhyun’s answer was as expected.
"Well, he told us yesterday, and the members all agreed. The company's opinion is..."
"The company naturally agrees with your approach. Since you know it, the company also agrees."
"Yes, I'm sorry, because our affairs have caused trouble to the company."
"Hahaha, this is also the support the company should give you. Don't put too much pressure on me. Maybe you will have the opportunity to appear on a show together in the future."
"...Yes, then I will continue to work first. Please forgive me, Chief."
"Go ahead and work hard."
Chief Kim ended the call with Bae Joo-hyun with a smile.
Finally, he dialed the third number.
"Chairman, yes, the time has been set."
"Mid-October...Okay, I know what to do, don't worry."
"yes."
After briefly reporting the situation to the leader, Director Jin leaned back on his chair and relaxed, with a smile on his face.
If nothing else happens... 2021 and 2022, which belong to red velvet, are about to kick off.
...
"It's over? How about it?"
Cheng Taiqian, who got his phone back, couldn't suppress his inner curiosity and asked. He had already heard Liu Xin'an and Bae Zhuhyun talk about this matter when they sent Liu Xin'an back yesterday.
But he is just a small agent and has little autonomy in this regard, so he has been waiting for the company's reaction.
"The room chief agreed."
"Huh... Since the company has agreed, it means that the company has a way to deal with it. Congratulations to you Erin."
"Um."
Pei Zhuhyun couldn't hide the joy in her heart and raised the corners of her mouth.
After debuting for many years, she never thought that her relationship would one day be supported by the company.
She knew many seniors who were suppressed because of their conflicts with the company. She thought that she would be one of those suppressed in the near future, but she never expected that her boyfriend's energy was far beyond her imagination.
"Okay, if you want to laugh, just laugh. If the company can be so cooperative in publicizing your relationship, you can be considered as breaking the s-m record."
Sung Tae-cheon also couldn't hide his good mood. As an older brother who has been accompanying Bae Joo-hyun and others as they grew up, he was naturally happy for her when he could see his close sister having a relationship that could be supported by the company.
As the manager of Bae Zhuhyun and others...he is even more excited about the future prospects of Bae Zhuhyun and others.
Anyway, good things come in pairs, and the only ones who really lost out on this matter...are probably Bae Joo Hyun's fans.
Well...there are only male fans.
"Hehe, it would be great if all the fans support us."
"...This is not very practical. Don't think too much. Don't look at social media after the video is released. Just be cool for a few days. The company will give you about a month of vacation and then arrange a job for you.
.”
"Ah? Do you want to stop my work?"
Pei Zhuxuan was stunned. Didn't you say that the company would support them after it was made public? Why did they have to stop working again?
"There is no need to bite the bullet and get into trouble with the fans. When the public opinion calms down a bit, the company will arrange a lot of work for you after it has been dealt with. Just don't complain about being tired."
"Well..."
Bae Zhuhyun sighed. If you want to minimize the impact on a public basis, this is indeed the most correct approach.
She can understand.
"I understand, then I'll go back to work."
"Go ahead."
Bae Zhuhyun adjusted her apron and long hair, and after confirming that there was no change in her hair, she walked back into the cafe.
Today's job is to be a cafe employee...and her specific job...
"Sister Eileen..."
"How about watermelon juice?"
Bae Zhuhyun rushed to answer before this fan, with her beautiful eyes wide open, looking expectantly at the fan in front of her who was ordering.
Yes, she is a salesperson in a coffee shop.
The product she needs to promote is watermelon juice.
Can...
The watermelon juice in this store seems to be the worst product sold in the store.
"As for watermelon juice..." This fan who came to order seemed to know that this store's watermelon juice is "famous", so even though Bae Zhuhyun recommended it, she still looked embarrassed.