Chapter 111: Pei Linlin's Exploding Mentality
The next day, at Jiang Shu’s home.
The blanket was suddenly pulled back. Jiang Shu, who was sound asleep, groggily opened his eyes, his bewildered gaze falling on the figure by the bed.
Liu Zhimin glanced at Jiang Shu, whose eyes were half-open, and continued to get dressed.
“Why are you up so early?” After a brief mental shutdown, his consciousness cleared, and he asked.
“I don’t have any schedule this morning. I’m having lunch with IU Ouni, so I need to go back to the dorm early,” Liu Zhimin explained.
Hearing IU’s name, Jiang Shu became even more alert. He looked at Liu Zhimin’s large chest and subconsciously thought of the flat-chested Lee Ji-eun.
Jiang Shu smiled slightly and sat up from the bed as well.
“What time is it?” He scratched his head and asked.
“Nine thirteen,” Liu Zhimin said with a yawn. She had only finished her schedule after eleven last night, so she hadn’t really woken up yet, but she had an appointment with Lee Ji-eun. This was DM Entertainment’s first family gathering, and she couldn’t be late.
“Alright,” Jiang Shu nodded.
“Do you have something to do too?” Liu Zhimin asked when she saw Jiang Shu getting up.
“Yeah, President Li has some personal matters today, so I’m helping her out with the work at S.M. Entertainment,” Jiang Shu explained.
“Oh, okay,” Liu Zhimin nodded in response. “Then I’ll go first. The kids probably aren’t up yet.”
Kids…?
Is Xu Suizhen, who is so grown up, still a kid?
“Go on,” Jiang Shu didn’t voice his thoughts and waved his hand.
Liu Zhimin didn’t even wash up; she just put on her clothes and ran off, probably planning to wash up and change in the dorm.
Whatever she wants.
Jiang Shu arrived at the empty walk-in closet.
Luxury homes in Korea generally can’t do without huge walk-in closets, which is also a difference between Chinese and Korean culture. In China, such a large area is usually called…
A storage room.
Liu Zhimin hadn’t brought her clothes here, to avoid their relationship being discovered when people visited their home, as it was still hidden at the moment.
With only Jiang Shu’s clothes, such a large walk-in closet was only using a small corner.
He casually picked out a suit. The October weather made wearing a suit a bit warm, but wearing a suit for formal occasions was a social consensus in Korea. As Red Velvet’s last meeting before their debut, it naturally had to be more formal.
He opened the watch cabinet, looking at the five wristwatches inside, and picked up a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon watch. This was the same model as Doctor Strange’s. After the Marvel magic movie “Doctor Strange” was released the year before last, it unexpectedly boosted the sales of this watch, and the original owner also bought one.
Of course, compared to Doctor Stephen Strange’s cabinet full of dazzling watches in the movie, Jiang Shu had far fewer watches.
He stood in front of the mirror and examined himself, then nodded with satisfaction.
Time to go.
…
S.M. Entertainment, the shabby building.
In the real world, S.M. Entertainment was already building the Kwangya Building in 2018, but at this time, S.M. Entertainment didn't have that much money and was still operating in this dilapidated little building.
S.M. Entertainment’s facilities were more complete than DM Entertainment’s. The five members of Red Velvet also practiced at S.M. Entertainment, and the three trainees from DM Entertainment hadn’t returned to their company for a while, staying at S.M. Entertainment the whole time.
As Red Velvet’s member profiles were revealed, all four members, except for Bae Joo-hyun, received varying degrees of attention.
Especially Kim Ye-rim, who hadn’t even officially debuted yet, her paid fan club already had over a thousand members, making her the most popular member in the group at the moment.
And the others all had their own paid fan clubs, except for Bae Joo-hyun.
No, to be precise, Bae Joo-hyun also had one, but… it was for anti-fans.
With the dual prestige of being one of the Three Greats, S.M. Entertainment, and IVE’s company, Red Velvet’s popularity far exceeded that which DM Entertainment painstakingly promoted for IU. However, high popularity also meant that their flaws would be mocked by the entire internet.
Bae Joo-hyun was currently the only member of Red Velvet whose photo had not been publicly released, and she was also the target of intense criticism.
A 27-year-old visual + leader.
Anyone would think there was a problem.
She’s twenty-seven, how pretty could she be?
Facts always speak louder than words. Before witnessing the birth of a divine beauty with their own eyes, people’s concept of beauty still remained within their respective aesthetics.
Even with Liu Zhimin and Zhang Yuanying, when DM Entertainment hadn’t yet introduced the concept of a divine beauty, fans couldn’t have imagined such a thing.
Ever since Red Velvet’s information was released, mocking comments about Bae Joo-hyun were ubiquitous under Red Velvet-related content. Although they didn’t know what Bae Joo-hyun looked like, Bae Joo-hyun did.
She wasn’t a savage; she also went online.
And high-intensity self-searching was a habit of every newly debuted artist, so…
Red Velvet practice room.
Bae Joo-hyun entered the practice room silently, carrying her single-shoulder bag.
“Good morning, Ouni!” Kim Ye-rim greeted Bae Joo-hyun with full energy.
“Good morning, Yeri,” Bae Joo-hyun responded with a smile.
Kim Ye-rim was about to say something else, but Sun Shengwan reached out and pulled her back.
“Ouni isn’t in a good mood, let her digest it herself,” Sun Shengwan whispered.
Kim Ye-rim looked at Bae Joo-hyun, who had her back to her.
“Oh.”
Sun Shengwan had tried to comfort Bae Joo-hyun, but since the matter wasn’t happening to her, her comfort was useless.
All she could do was try to keep everyone from bothering Bae Joo-hyun and let her digest it herself.
There is no true empathy in the world. Such things can only be overcome by oneself.
As Bae Joo-hyun was taking things out of her bag, she saw her phone, and her body trembled slightly. The malicious comments she had seen online subconsciously flashed through her mind.
She wanted to control herself from thinking about these malicious comments, but she couldn’t. Every time she saw her phone, she would think of these remarks. Her already nervous and sensitive heart, due to her age, was truly difficult to keep calm under such verbal stimulation.
It was only because she had been in society for several years and knew how to control her emotions, otherwise she would definitely be anxious and agitated at this moment. But even so, her emotions were already on the verge of collapse.
Not everyone has the personality of her older brother, who views malicious comments as if they were insults directed at others.
Older brother is great, no need to say more!
Taking a deep breath, Bae Joo-hyun reached out, grabbed her phone, and pulled it out.
Ding-dong.
The phone’s notification sound suddenly rang, startling Bae Joo-hyun’s taut nerves. Her hand instinctively loosened.
Bang!
The phone fell onto the table with a thud.
“What’s wrong, Ouni?” Sun Shengwan quickly walked over, looking at Bae Joo-hyun with some concern.
“Nothing, I just didn’t hold my phone steady,” Bae Joo-hyun said with a smile, but to Sun Shengwan, it looked forced no matter how she saw it.
She glanced at the phone on the table, picked it up, and handed it to Bae Joo-hyun.
“Thank you.”
“Don’t be so polite with me, Ouni.”