1RomanceEB Chapter 2 Message from Victoria Song
Chapter 2 Message from Victoria Song
December 2018, 8.
An airplane is flying smoothly in the air on its way to Taiwan.
Li Yuan reached out and pulled open the sun visor, letting in the sunlight streaming in and falling on his face.
This was his first time visiting Taiwan, and he never expected it would be to attend a concert.
On August 9th, at the SBS variety concert held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, two of his favorite groups—Red Velvet and MAMAMOO, which fans often refer to as Red Velvet and Mamamoo.
This concert marks the first time Red Velvet has performed in Taiwan as a full five-member group; they had missed previous performances due to Park Soo-young's filming commitments.
It's rare to get everyone together, so it would be a shame not to go and see.
To be honest, he didn't seem particularly excited.
Because after watching this show, he will fly to South Korea. Once he arrives in Seoul, where idols are everywhere, he won't have to worry about not seeing his favorite stage.
Li Yuan is a third-year student majoring in composition at the Central Conservatory of Music. His side job is as a content creator on Bilibili, where he makes reaction videos of watching K-pop performances or provides professional analysis of songs and performances.
With his unconventional approach to popularizing science, he has become a popular content creator with over 10,000 followers.
Just as Li Yuan was about to face his graduation internship, his class happened to receive a spot as an exchange student to South Korea.
His teacher gave him the spot without much hesitation, for a simple reason—this student was fluent in Korean and familiar with the situation there.
The plane landed smoothly at Taipei Songshan Airport.
He only stayed in Taiwan for two days this time, and apart from a change of clothes and a set of filming equipment, he didn't pack anything else in his suitcase.
Since the performance doesn't start until tomorrow, Li Yuan isn't in a hurry to scout out the location early in the morning.
Since this is my first time here, I should at least take a look around—who knows if I'll have the chance to come back again?
Li Yuan went to the New Southeast Seafood Restaurant, which he had booked in advance, and enjoyed the freshly caught seafood. The typhoon shelter crabs were quite good.
I took out my phone and saw a heated discussion in the fan group, arguing about who was the prettiest among the fourth-generation girl groups. The most frequently mentioned were Bae Joo-hyun from Red Velvet and Chou Tzu-yu from TWICE, who topped the charts last year.
The two factions went back and forth, neither willing to give in. Occasionally, a few dissenting voices would emerge, but they were quickly drowned out by a barrage of memes.
"By the way, let Lao Shuai come out and judge, @ShuaShuaWanGanLychee." A netizen tagged Li Yuan.
"Needless to say, my sister Pei is the best in the world." He quickly typed a few words and sent them.
Speaking of which, his favorite member of TWICE is actually the "silly girl" Sana Minatozaki, not Tzuyu; and in Red Velvet, his favorite member is Seungwan, not Joo-hyun.
But now the question is about choosing between two people, so what's there to hesitate about? It has to be Bae Joo-hyun.
There was no way around it; that face was just too authoritative.
If you include Sha Chai and Son Seung-wan in the list, Lee Won will probably be torn for a while.
There's nothing I can do; he's just that subjective when he's not working.
"Damn, Lao Wan's name sounds like a fan of washing dishes. Isn't this a veteran ReVeluv?" A netizen with the username "Sha Yu" posted a Chou Tzu-yu emoji.
"That's Son Seung-wan, what does it have to do with our Sister Bae!" said the person who loves cabbage.
"You two can keep arguing, I'm going to eat."
Li Yuan took a picture of the seafood and posted it in the group chat.
"Damn it, you scoundrel! You're hogging all the food."
"Please mail it to XXXX in Beijing immediately."
Li Yuan did not reply to them again.
Thanks to his unique style of popularizing science, all the members in the group are abstract thinkers.
When Lee Won visited South Korea to interview f(x), Song Qian, who is also Chinese and has some family ties with Lee Won, was brought up.
When it came to the interaction segment with the viewers, these usually witty and witty abstract thinkers became as well-behaved as obedient children. Apart from saying "Hello, Sister Qian" and "Sister Qian is so pretty," they didn't ask any useful questions.
What a waste of such a good opportunity.
I took the photos and, as usual, posted them on Bilibili and WeChat Moments.
A short while later, a message came from Kakao.
A message came from someone labeled "Sister Qian".
"Xiao Yuan went to Taiwan?"
Li Yuan was slightly taken aback when he saw the message that suddenly popped up on the screen.
How did Victoria Song know?
"Yeah, sis, how did you know?"
He hadn't mentioned this to many people; he even took the last two days off specifically for this matter.
"Your photo has exposed me; I've been to New Southeast."
"Oh, Sister Qian, what instructions do you need me to do?" Li Yuan typed while stuffing the peeled shrimp into his mouth.
"You're going to the SBS variety concert at this hour, right?" Song Qian stretched in her dorm, her slender waist bending into an astonishing arc, her joints making a slight clicking sound. "Nothing much, just checking in."
Looking at the abruptly ended chat history, Li Yuan thought: Is this woman having a mental breakdown?
The scene on the other side, however, was a bit more adrenaline-pumping.
"Unnie, your waist is so flexible." Krystal Jung, who was lying on the side, suddenly pounced over and pinned Victoria down, her restless hands already starting to grope her.
"Hey! Stop messing around!" Song Qian struggled to push her away, but found she couldn't budge her at all, so she could only shout, "I have important things to do."
"With the group like this, what can you do, unnie?" Krystal said, her tone tinged with resentment.
Since their group activities were completely suspended two years ago, they've been in a state of idleness, so they haven't had any serious business to attend to.
"Xiao Yuan went to Taiwan. Isn't Ryder Baby performing there? So I asked him to go and check on him." Song Qian turned and lay down on the sofa. "Last time, Eileen wanted to thank him, but Xiao Yuan left before she even had a chance."
"Oh, is that your younger brother?" It took Krystal Jung a while to remember who "Xiao Yuan" was.
"Yes." Victoria Song pushed Krystal Jung away with all her might. "It's a pity we don't have any events now, otherwise we could have gotten him to write a couple of songs..."
At this point, Victoria Song's eyes dimmed considerably.
The "shelving" of f(x) was caused by a variety of reasons. It's not that they didn't try, but returning to the stage is easier said than done.
"Let's not talk about those unhappy things." Krystal Jung was silent for a few seconds, then forced a smile, trying to bring the atmosphere back on track. "Didn't you contact Irene? Wendy really 'misses' him."
"Think? Oh, you mean his song 'Butterflies'?" Victoria Song finally realized what Krystal Jung meant.
She had also listened to the song "Butterflies," and could only say that she had put Sun Sheng in a very difficult position.
Every time Song Qian walks into the practice room and sees Son Seungwan singing in a strained voice, she can't help but laugh.
What's even more infuriating is that Lee Won actually called this song "Son Seungwan's Happy Song"—God knows how interesting the expression on Son Seungwan's face was every time she heard that name.
"Then I'll tell Eileen this news..." Song Qian thought for a moment, a wicked smile appearing on her face.
This kid has always mocked me, and now that I've finally got a chance, it's time to get my revenge.
"Will they fight?" Krystal Jung asked with a smile.
The "them" she was referring to were naturally Li Yuan and Sun Shengwan.
"If a fight breaks out, it'll be a one-sided beating, right?" Song Qian scoffed. "Xiao Yuan wouldn't lay a hand on Wendy."
"Then send it," Krystal Jung said.
Upon hearing her words, Victoria Song opened her chat with Bae Joo-hyun.
Meanwhile, Li Yuan, far away in Taiwan, was completely unaware of this; he was still strolling around the streets.
"I need to buy some gifts for my fans, and I'll be going to Korea soon, so I should also get some for Sister Qian and the others..." Li Yuan thought to himself as he walked, the more he thought about it, the more his head ached.
He opened Kakao and started going through his friend list one by one, muttering to himself, "Sister Qian, her teammates, Sister Pei, I need to prepare for washing the dishes, and..."
"Never mind, I'll talk about it when we get there," Li Yuan said to himself, putting his phone back in his pocket and continuing to walk forward.