Chapter 40: In order to know oneself and know others, there has been no progress at all.

  Park Yong-ki has been feeling quite depressed lately, as a mid-level manager of SM, he is in charge of hundreds of trainees, and for an entertainment company, he holds considerable power.

  In the company, he is always not talkative and smiling. For trainees, he is a formidable leader, and for superiors, he is indeed a qualified subordinate. After being in the entertainment industry for so many years, he has gained some fame and connections within the circle, which is something Park Yong-ki is very proud of.

  Over forty, career smooth sailing, outside the home there is also a mistress who looks good and has big breasts, apart from being bald, Park Yong-gi thinks his life is quite happy.

  But this warmth was completely shattered in an ordinary noon, in an ordinary family restaurant.

  Park Yong-ki thought that he would probably never forget that humiliating and desperate memory for the rest of his life.

  A man dressed in a weird and eerie manner, even Pu Yongji, who had seen many alternative styles, hadn't seen anyone dress like that before. But that's not the point. The point is that this completely unaware man suddenly slapped himself without saying a word.

  "You've started liking girls!"

  Park Yong-ki can't forget the resentful eyes and indignation of that strange man. For heaven's sake, Park Yong-ki said he was willing to swear in his parents' name that from birth to now, he has always liked women.

  Until that day, Park Yong-ki had always thought so, but the man's perfect performance left even Park Yong-ki dazed for a moment - had he really liked men all along?

  How is this possible!

  The gaze and smile of the guests and waiters beside him, which seemed to have endless meaning, were Park Yong-ki's lingering nightmare.

  Someone must be playing a trick on you!

  After returning home, Park Yong-ki thought deeply for the whole night, but he couldn't figure out who he had such a deep hatred with, so that the other party would use such a crazy method to take revenge on him.

  What would have been the situation if someone had taken a picture of the whole scene at that time?

  I thought I would become a laughing stock for the whole company, but fortunately, after so many days have passed, there is still no rumor or hint circulating within the company.

  I'd rather this humiliating memory stay in my mind forever, as long as no one else knows about it, let him keep rotting inside.

  The only eyewitnesses were Tiffany and Kwon Yu-ri.

  Park Yong-ki couldn't forget the terrified expressions of the two company trainees who witnessed everything, and the almost maddening gaze they gave him when looking at himself.

  Can't let them spread this out, what to do? Kill them to silence?

  Stop messing around, even if Park Yong-ki had ten times the guts, he wouldn't dare do this. His usual job is to scold trainees who are only as old as his own children, and you want him to go out on the street and spit at a grown-up?

  He didn't dare, so he could only carefully call Gwiyeol and Tiffany to the office, and quietly resolve it in private.

  Knock knock—

  The knock on the door sounded, Park Yong-ki tidied up his slightly disheveled hair, covering the oily spot on top of his head as much as possible, and sat down at his desk, saying: "Come in."

  The door opened and Kwon Yu-ri led Tiffany in, bowing at a 90-degree angle after seeing Park Yong-gi.

  "Good morning."

  "Hello." Park Yong-ki smiled at the two girls in front of him and said, "Don't be nervous, I called you over today mainly to understand your practice progress. After all, we're about to debut soon, and now is the most critical moment."

  Kwon Yu-ri and Tiffany exchanged a look, this department head who always had a straight face every day, actually had a day where he spoke to them with a smile, and what's more, said something?

  How's your practice going?

  Kwon Yu-ri carefully recalled that today's sun still rose from the east, not the west, so why did it make a 180-degree big turn?

  A guilty conscience is a heavy burden indeed.

  "Tiffany didn't dare to speak, and Gwon Yu-ri hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice: 'Thank you, team leader, for your concern. We've been practicing hard and won't disappoint the company's expectations.'"

  Park Yong-ki nodded and smiled: "You have this awareness is very good, I represent the company to your future with great expectations."

  After finishing speaking, Park Yong-ki smiled and said: "Don't always stand, sit down. There's sugar on the table, eat one, don't worry about getting fat, how many calories is one piece of sugar?"

  Kwon Yuri and Tiffany sat down, picked up the sugar on the table and put it in their hands, feeling distressed, as if it wasn't like you had to spend several hours in the dance studio every day, how many calories is one piece of sugar? Easy to say.

  Park Yong-ki suppressed his smile and looked at the two people sitting upright, saying: "Yuri, Tiffany, didn't you guys go to a restaurant recently?"

  The real show has finally arrived, and both Kwon Yu-ri and Tiffany nodded slightly.

  "You've also seen me, right?" Park Yong-ki looked at the two of them and said slowly, "What did you both see?"

  Tiffany suddenly lowered her head, remembering a sentence that Chu Jingyan had told her: if something goes beyond your control and there's someone around who can handle it, then all you need to do is pretend to be dead, make it look real, and wait for things to end before coming back to life.

  It turned out that Tiffany had practiced well the truth that Chu Jingyan told her.

  Kwon Yu-ri looked at Park Yong-gi's faint smile and immediately shook her head, saying, "Team leader, we didn't see anything that day, nothing at all."

  As expected, Park Yong-ki's smile grew thicker on his face as he asked, "Think carefully, can't you really remember anything?"

  "I don't remember anymore, I completely forgot everything." Ji Yulri shook her head again and said, "I even forgot what I ate that day, Tiffany do you remember?"

  "Ah?" Tiffany, who was pretending to be dead, lifted her head and looked at Kwon Yu-ri, then at Park Yong-gi, and immediately said, "I've also completely forgotten about what happened that day, really, Director, believe me, I've really forgotten."

  Park Yong-ki nodded satisfactorily: "Very good."

  Kwon Yuri and Tiffany let out a sigh of relief.

  The two of them stood up and said cautiously: "Head of the room, if there's nothing else, we'll head back to the practice room first?"

  "Go ahead, go ahead and practice well." Park Yong-ki waved his hand with a smile, "Practice well, I have high hopes for the two of you. If there's anything that doesn't work out in the future, just come find me."

  The two of them thanked him and then left Park Yong-ki's office.

  They ran to the end of the corridor and made sure that Park Yong-ki couldn't hear any noise, then the two girls looked at each other and finally burst out laughing.

  "It's too funny, I've never seen the director look like that before." Gwon Yu-ri covered her stomach and laughed uncontrollably on the ground, "Do you think if we accidentally let this slip out, will we be hunted down?"

  Tiffany smiled more than Quan Yuli, and said carelessly: "What's there to be afraid of? At worst, let Chu Jingyan come up with another play, then we'll have a handle on the dormitory head in the future."

  Kwon Yu-ri coughed dryly and got up from the ground, saying very seriously: "Pani, why have your thoughts become so evil now? This is not right."

  Tiffany blinked and said regretfully: "Recently I've been spoiled by Chu Jingyan."

  "No." Kyung-lee shook her head and said, "What I mean is, when the time comes, I'll definitely have your brother take a picture of that scene. That's the real evidence."

  “.............”

  It wasn't until now that Tiffany understood why Quan Yuli, whom she had only met once, could get along so well with Chu Jingyan. In the end, both of them had a mindset of harming others for their own benefit. Chu Jingyan was used to manipulating people with his words, while Quan Yuli was used to manipulating people with her actions.

  "Tiffany thought to herself, if Chu Jingyan and Quan Youli were to join forces one day, wouldn't the world be doomed?"

  I don't know about others, but I'm definitely going to be destroyed. Tiffany swallowed her saliva.

  "Alright, alright, let's head back to the practice room." Kwon Yuri pulled Tiffany's hand and reminded her, "But this matter must be kept secret, no one else can know, especially Sooyoung that big mouth, I guarantee if you tell her today, all the trainees in the company will know about it tomorrow, and we'll be the ones who end up suffering."

  "I'm not someone who can't keep a secret, geez." Tiffany gave Gwon Yu-ri a sideways glance, clearly unhappy with her distrust.

  That's not cool at all.

  ........

  ........

  On the table was a pizza and some snacks, not caring about the taste, but definitely filling. Chu Jingyan and Qi Qingrong sat face to face, stuffing a piece of pizza into their mouths after closing their Coca-Cola cans. After that, Qi Qingrong picked up a napkin to wipe his hands.

  "Has Jinyilong really gone in?" asked Qi Qingrong.

  Chu Jingyan picked up a string of octopus balls and nodded: "Let's go in."

  "What's going on?"

  Chu Jingyan recounted the things Chen Shuo had told him before, and Qi Qingrong remained silent for a long time before raising his head to look at Chu Jingyan very seriously and asking: "Do you think if I go after that Ga Ya La, what are my chances of winning?"

  "Spare yourself the trouble." Chu Jingyan bit into a pastry and said, "Instead of thinking about these things, it's better to go calm down those workers on the construction site who want to go on strike."

  Qī Qīng Róng looked at Chǔ Jǐng Yán with dissatisfaction and said: "Can't you be more cheerful when we're eating?"

  Pausing for a moment, Qi Qingrong looked at Chu Jingyan with a meaningful smile and asked: "By the way, what about that girl you mentioned last time? Is there any progress?"

  "Mind your own business." Chu Jingyan was very embarrassed. How could this person be so annoying? How could he casually tell him such personal privacy?

  Qī Qīngróng took a sip of his drink and smiled: "It seems that there is still no progress."

  "Haha." Chu Jing spoke with a big laugh, "Am I that kind of person who fights without being sure of winning?"

  "So?"

  "Know yourself and know your enemy, you can win a hundred battles."

  "So?"

  "I'm still in the process of understanding."

  "So?"

  "Alright, indeed there is no progress."

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