Jin Zhongming looked at the eO core in front of him with interest. He had to admit that if you don’t talk about anything else, at least this young man in 1992 can definitely be called a delicate appearance. Considering that he has only been called a little prince in the company for only two years, he thought at least his personality was quite good, otherwise he would not have attracted unanimous likes from all over the company.

But... I don't know what's going on, Kim Jong-ming always feels something is wrong. Why is Kim Taeyeon, who has become a benchmark for Korean waves for six years after her debut, has been related to such a trainee who is acceptable at the age but has such a young behavior?

To be honest, although the thing about relationships is just to go with the flow, it doesn’t matter how you look at it!

Kim Jong-ming didn't speak for a long time, but Li Xiuman was not in a hurry at all. After a while, he not only ignored him, but instead got up and walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Sit." After watching Li Xiuman leave with a smile, Kim Jong-ming finally spoke, but he casually pointed to the seat next to him.

"Yes, senior." Bian Boxian was honest and like a little chicken.

In fact, except for a very few people, the company's people are rarely honest in front of Kim Jong-ming, and Bian Baekhyun may be particularly honest. Because it is different from those veteran trainees who have seen a few young and naive versions of Kim Jong-ming, the so-called little prince has only been in the company for two years. As the latest generation of trainees, as soon as he entered the industry, the other party was already a legendary figure.

Of course, the most important thing is that Bian Baekhyun and the entire EO still have the so-called "skin pain"... If it weren't for Kim Jong-ming, they would have made their debut six months ago.

"Where are you?" Kim Jong-ming finally asked.

"Fuchuan."

"92 years?"

"yes."

"How did you get into the company?"

"I was discovered by a scout when I applied for the Korean Art University in the college entrance examination two years ago..."

"No wonder it's the core position, it turns out that it has always had a foundation."

“Yes, I have been training in music since I was a child.”

"So that's it." Jin Zhongming nodded, but stopped talking.

"That...sen." After waiting for a while, Baekhyun Bian seemed to be unable to hold on, so he actually spoke up on his own initiative. "Senior Taeyeon and I are not what everyone has coaxed us..."

"Oh?" Kim Jong-ming looked around indifferently, as if he didn't care about this topic at all.

"I was just the predecessors of TTS before, and they were eating in their MVs. Then, after seeing me singing well, I admired my seniors' strength, so I communicated more with each other. But later, I don't know what happened, and after a few contacts and communications, I once talked about the seniors of Girls' Generation in the dormitory, and everyone said that they should have no love bans or other things, and then their teammates started to make a fuss. This matter seemed to start from that time. You also know that more than a dozen teammates of the same age..."

"I understand." Kim Jong-ming nodded repeatedly when he heard this. "A dozen young people who are about to debut, the big ones are 23 and 19, and this kind of topic is always the easiest to be biased, especially some people may not be good-minded... China line, Seoul line, Gyeonggi-do line; a wave in 1990, a wave in 1991, a wave in 1992; a few families have good families, a few families have ordinary families, and a few families have average families; a few people come early, a few people come late, and a few people like you and Huang Zitao who finally went to the line... So, there are always people who are unhappy with you, or they may not be really unhappy, but few people feel obliged to protect you. Then, after a while, this kind of teasing changed its flavor and spreads in the company. Is that what it means?"

"It's almost the same." Bian Baekhyun replied carefully.

"And then, what makes you feel incomprehensible is that not only are you trainees who are about to debut trying to do this topic, but the senior Kim Taeyeon on the opposite side is actually in a sensitive state, and there are also... there are also nobody else who is trying to do this topic, which finally attracted the attention and warning of the company. When this step comes, everyone is no longer willing to listen to your explanation. The so-called fact of not having a relationship must be prepared for love. Is it a routine of this story?"

"Senior, I'm telling the truth and not making up stories." Bian Baekhyun became nervous instead.

"What does it have to do with me whether I made up a story?" Kim Jong-ming shook his head indifferently. "And I didn't say you were making up a story... I asked you to stop but I didn't want to ask about this matter, but you insisted on talking nonstop."

Bian Baekhyun was a little confused.

"I called you over this time, I actually want to ask you." Kim Jong-ming looked at the other party jokingly. "I'm about to debut, are you still dissatisfied with the fact that I asked you to postpone your debut?"

This time, Bian Baekhyun was stunned and opened his mouth again, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Two minutes later, when Baekhyun left with great gratitude, it was not Kim Taeyeon who came downstairs, but Lee Soon-gyu.

"What's going on?" Jin Zhongming was puzzled. "What are you doing here?"

"The little lamb upstairs is too afraid of you." S Nai replied. "I heard that you are bullying people. Although I wanted to come down to help several times, I ran back halfway several times. In the end, I could only ask me to come over... Let's talk about the serious business, how did you scare the young man?"

"He was quite frightened." Kim Jong-ming smiled. "But it's not me who scared him, it's your uncle and himself."

"The genius believed!" Sunny couldn't help laughing before he sat down. "Don't think we didn't know what my uncle was looking for you to talk to that kid... We are not fools!"

"Then ask a question first." Kim Jong-ming replied disrespectfully. "What do you think about this matter? Or what is your attitude towards this matter?"

"I have no attitude." Sunny shook his head repeatedly, and then sat next to the other party without hesitation. "What does other people have to do with love? After so many years of debut, anyone who does anything is his own freedom."

"What if you have to judge some people and things in this matter?" Kim Jong-ming chased after him.

"That's someone's sister is too idle." Sunny was as polite as ever.

"Yes." Kim Jong-ming agreed very much. "And someone's sister is a little self-righteous... Who does she think she is? Is the team leader or the niece of the boss of a company? Teammates have to interfere even when they are in love? Are they brain-related?!"

"You can't say that either." Sunny was unexpectedly not angry after hearing the other party's complaints, and did not follow the other party to continue criticizing someone's sister. On the contrary, she actually defended someone's sister in turn. "Actually, this matter is not that simple. Your Maomao did this just because she was idle and then made trouble..."

"Let me tell me." Jin Zhongming became a little interested.

"First of all, although I think it doesn't matter if I fall in love, it's a personal matter. But at that time, many people thought that this matter would affect the development of the team." At this point, Sunny couldn't help but pause. "You also know that there are not only lazy people like Sika and I, but many people are still very motivated..."

"You know yourself." Jin Zhongming jokingly interrupted.

"Don't interrupt, listen to me. In short, there were indeed many people dissatisfied after hearing this statement. And your Maomao is the most qualified person to tell the other party about this matter except the person involved, right? The person involved is the captain and the oldest. In that case, who wouldn't she say?"

"But she hasn't thought about it for so many years?" Kim Jong-ming sneered and sarcastically. "Why is the niece of Mr. Lee Soo-man in the same team so low-key on weekdays? Even if she has that position and time, she never makes a statement! It's not because Lee Soo-kyu is a sensible person and knows that what she says will inevitably be regarded as her uncle's intention, so she doesn't want to give people the feeling of relying on power."

"I just think you are praising me!" S Nai responded.

"Where is that hairy girl?" Kim Jong-ming ignored the other party and continued to complain. "What is the self-awareness of the team's old qualifications, but there is no awareness of Kim Jong-ming's sister. She doesn't know if what she says will make others overthink? Isn't know if what she says will be considered as having Kim Jong-ming recited behind her? It's great now. After a few words, everyone feels that her brother should come and help her finish it!"

"So why did you tell Bian Baekhyun?" Sunny finally didn't have the interest to continue playing with the other party.

"I really didn't say it, it was all said by him..." Kim Jong-ming was helpless, but suddenly turned his head and asked some questions. "Putting aside this matter, s judged it from your personal perspective. Do you think Taeyeon is really interesting to that Baekhyun Bian?" Unny was stunned for a moment, and then thought for a moment. However, she was as smart as she didn't know how to answer.

"I roughly understand." After continuing to chat for a while, Kim Jong-ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and then pushed the girl next to him directly. "Go upstairs quickly, it's quite cold below... Let's tell Kim Taeyeon that I have something to say, tell her not to hide from me, I can't hide!" Unny glanced at the other party, stomped his feet, and finally helped the swearing hat on the top of his head with black tape, and went upstairs directly. After two minutes, the protagonist of the story, Kim Taeyeon, finally walked down with the handrail of the stairs carefully. His steps were light, like a cat... And that expression, to be honest, was more honest than Bian Baekhyun before.

But... how to say it? With her ragged denim suit that looks very arrogant, it gives people a really weird feeling.

"Am I that scary?" Jin Zhongming was speechless. "Last time in your hometown, you almost suffocated yourself to death in the garbage station. This time, you looked like a little chick..."

"You were scared of being knocked out by Oppa last time." Taeyeon laughed awkwardly, then finally recovered from a hint of clarity, and ran over and sat next to the other party.

"This position." Kim Jong-ming smiled and glanced at the other party. "Senior Lee Soo-man had sat there before, then Baekhyun Bian, and Sunny had sat there again. Now it's finally the turn of the master... Do you know what happened to your teacher Li Soo-man bring me here?"

"I must know." Taeyeon continued to answer in that awkward tone.

"It's good to know, then I'll tell you a long story." Kim Jong-ming said frankly. "First of all, I apologize to you about Maomao's affairs... She is too ignorant."

Taeyeon looked up at the other person with a strange expression, but didn't say anything.

"Secondly, I have not yet fallen to the point where Li Xiuman asked me to do whatever I want, so I talked to Baekhyun to talk to Bian to a lot of meaningful topics in life, but I didn't ask him about love. However, he was so nervous that he took the initiative to mention this matter... I didn't lie to you."

"There is really no need to lie to me on Oppa." Taeyeon nodded, but suddenly asked a question softly with a little curiosity. "Why did he say that?"

"He said... this love is something that is passively produced in the hustle and does not exist in itself." Jin Zhongming raised his eyebrows slightly. "What do you think?"

"Is that?" Taeyeon's expression was very strange. On the one hand, she seemed to have expected it for a long time, but on the other hand, she felt a little disappointed. "It shouldn't be said that what he said is a problem."

"Taeyon."

"Why."

"I don't care about the matter itself, and the only thing I'm curious about now is...what mentality do you look at this so-called love?" Kim Jong-ming simply asked clearly. "To be honest, although I have no position on this matter itself, according to their description, I have some new understanding of you."

Taeyeon lowered her head and said nothing.

"Before Maomao went to talk to you about this, I'm afraid you didn't take it seriously?" Kim Jong-ming said with a slightly weird expression. "At that time, you should just think, oh, this child, Baekhyun, looks quite delicate and has a good personality. The key is that his life experience and even his attitude towards work and life are very similar to yours... Public is public and private, and he is so well-behaved in private, but he is unexpectedly serious when singing... So it is inevitable that he has some extra favor. Is that true?"

Taeyeon seemed to want to resist this description, but after she looked at the person beside her, she nodded honestly.

"But this special favor seems a bit out of place at this time...or it's not a question of timing at all, because idol, actors act as artists, and when they don't act, they are normal people, but idols cover everything for a person. Especially after becoming famous, fans and media can tell whoever you don't hold hands at the airport and whoever you become enemies, whoever you wear the same style of clothes can also have a scandal immediately... It's really hard to be in this state. Especially you just want to have a place to sing peacefully, right?"

Taeyeon took a deep breath.

"I roughly noticed a strange line of things from their words." Kim Jong-ming finally frowned. "At first, you didn't seem to care much about this kind of thing. The only difference between the two parties at that time was probably that Bian Baekhyun was going to debut, so he was a little more worried. And you've seen more things, so it's more like watching a joke. The whole thing is actually just that people around you are making excuses... But when the matter spreads, some people believed it, some were dissatisfied, and then that fool of Jessie Jeon talked to you again, and the company became sensitive to it and made a clear statement. You suddenly had a bit of real "interest"! To be honest, what is this? Rebellious or obedient? Or a self-harm mentality? My mind is confused now... I could probably catch something in the past, but now I really think you are a strong mentality in your heart!"

"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as you said in Oppa." Taeyeon lowered her head and stated. "It's reasonable to say it carefully... Things are just like Oppa you said. There are no things, but everyone thinks you have them, and asks you to consider the overall situation. It is inevitable that you will have a rebellious mentality. However, this mentality is just hidden in your heart, and I am usually obedient. But this time I suddenly realized that even if you rebelliously, even if you express resistance, it doesn't seem to have any excessive impact on things. Because Baekhyun is also a person with career ambitions, and he is very clear about his public and private division, so there will be no problem with him. Since that's the case, I rarely let go and be willful once... To be honest, looking at Xika, he feels like he has done something wrong and seems to be right, and the way Teacher Li Xiuman wants to scare me but dare not use force, I am indeed quite happy... It's quite satisfied and interesting."

Kim Jong-ming suddenly felt a toothache.

"And then everyone further felt that I was in love, and then they felt that I should solve the problem, but they were at a loss. This kind of pleasure was enough. However, I really didn't expect that they would turn around and put pressure on Baekhyun again, and I didn't expect that Teacher Li Xiuman would find you, senior... Did you cause trouble for everyone again?"

"Shouldn't you be happy?" Jin Zhongming frowned. "Even you've got me confused..."

"It was indeed a little bit at the beginning." Kim Taeyeon smiled. "But oppa, what do you say? It is one of the few people who are willing to sit with me on an average line and think about problems from my perspective, so I feel guilty immediately... Maybe oppa, you are right. My inner world is indeed a bit weird. It seems to be quite evil, but I don't want to really cause trouble for others."

Jin Zhongming's heart suddenly moved, and then he couldn't help but look at the other person with a squint eyes.

"What did oppa think of?" Taeyeon noticed this gaze sensitively.

"It's nothing." Kim Jong-ming shook his head. "I'm not a psychologist, but I do have an interesting idea... In fact, Taeyeon, have you ever thought about it? Is it because you always think too much about problems from the perspective of others, and then the starting point of the chaotic thinking and the ideal that you have never wavered in is entangled in everything, forming a contradictory and out of control from time to time..."

"I don't understand very much." Taeyeon shook her head blankly.

Kim Jong-ming immediately laughed: "Actually, I don't understand very much. Just think I'm comforting you, don't hide things in your heart, and then the pressure will get stronger and stronger..."

"This kind of comfort is indeed more burdensome than the words just now." Taeyeon breathed again. "I... actually am very grateful to you. You can solve things that can be solved directly and roughly, even if you are not rough, you can ignore them and don't care. But you are willing to spend this effort to think about things that I can't even understand for me... I am really touching."

"Maybe it's just getting used to it." Kim Jong-ming laughed dryly. "It's used to teaching you people. And no matter what, Jessie Jeon's performance in this matter is too stupid after all... From my point of view, I have to come and apologize, right?"

"I..." Taeyeon wanted to speak but stopped. At this moment, she did have a lot of things to say to the other party, teammates, company, ideals, fans, loneliness, fatigue, pressure... But I don't know what happened, but these words finally turned back into my stomach like habits.

In the end, Kim Taeyeon just raised her head and stared at the corridor ceiling above her head, keeping quiet around Kim Jong-ming as always.
Chapter completed!