Chapter 116 You, a crybaby, must have cried secretly many times

Quan Zhilong coughed twice, turned his head and met TOP's desperate, numb, and panicked eyes, and turned his head back in despair, "It's okay, it's just a few days of being scolded, we are used to it."

This is also what they should bear for their sudden change of action.

He was thinking, as for Lee Hyori senior, no matter why TOP suddenly kissed Lee Hyori senior on the stage, as the captain he still had to apologize after finishing work.

When Yien saw the look in his eyes, she knew what he was thinking. She gently poked his hand with the doll in her hand, put the doll back in his hand while he looked at her in confusion, and stopped talking.

This person has an absurdly strong sense of responsibility. Ye-eun glanced at CL, who also had a serious expression. She was also someone who was willing to pull the members forward together.

She thought, that's why Kwon Ji-yong and CL were asked to be captains. After all, according to Korean tradition, the captain is usually the oldest.

Quan Zhilong's eyes curved and he held the teddy bear again.

On the stage, Rain appeared again, this time to present the Song of the Year Award, one of the three major awards.

The nominations include TVXQ's "Spell", Bigbang's "Day by Day", Wonder Girls' "Tell me"...

TVXQ sat up straight. In 2006, they won all three major awards. In 2007, they went to Japan to develop their careers, but because of Bigbang's song "Lies", they decided to return to China to develop their careers early.

This song "Spell" even had five choreography troupes working on the choreography, and only the best parts of each troupe were selected. They paid five copies of the choreography fee themselves, so they were naturally looking forward to this song.

Their fourth album "Spell" lived up to their efforts, with annual sales exceeding 500,000 copies. This is definitely one of the best results in physical album sales.

However, when the presenter on the stage announced the "Song of the Year Award - Wonder Girls' "Tell Me"," their faces froze, but they still had to control their emotions and stand up with other artists to congratulate Wonder Girls.

Ye-eun also heard the shocked voices of TVXQ fans around her. There was anger and rage in their tone, but she still tried to control her emotions.

Jung Yunho glanced at Shen Changmin, who had a stiff expression, and tried hard to lift the corners of his mouth, absolutely not letting the camera capture their disappointment.

Wonder girls also looked surprised. Although Tell Me did sweep the streets of Korea at the beginning of the year, Bigbang's Day by Day and TVXQ's Curse in August were both more outstanding than their songs according to the data.

After all, in this era, boy band fans are far more than girl band fans.

Their feet were unsteady when they walked up to the podium, and they only stood firmly after holding the trophy.

Ye-eun turned her head and glanced at TVXQ, and sure enough, their expressions became unnatural when the camera turned away.

After all, "Spell" is really outstanding, and the voting mobilization of fans of TVXQ, which debuted the longest, indeed far exceeded that of the other two groups.

However, this is not the end yet. The nominations for the Singer of the Year Award, one of the three major awards, almost overlap with the Song of the Year Award. 2NE1 has only debuted for one year so they are naturally not eligible to compete for the three major awards. Naturally, they are not nervous since they are not shortlisted.

However, looking at Kwon Ji-yong's serious expression, Yi-eun couldn't help but pursed her lips, wondering what he was feeling at the moment.

"Singer of the Year Award - Bigbang!" The award presenter looked over here with a smile. Kwon Ji-yong curled the corners of his mouth and led the members and nearby artists to bow to each other.

When they met Jung Yunho's gaze, they both quickly looked away. Dong Shen’s fans were already shocked that Wonder Girls won the Song of the Year award, and now they found out that the Singer of the Year award was given to their “rival”, they finally couldn’t help it.

Ye-eun heard the fans of Bigbang and TVXQ quarreling quietly around her. When she shook hands with Kwon Ji-yong, she saw his complicated expression and finally couldn't help but squeeze his hand and said to him with a smile: "Don't think too much, this is the decision."

Quan Zhilong pulled the corner of his mouth and nodded, "Yes."

However, once they got on stage, Shen Changmin finally couldn't help crying quietly in his seat. He already knew that the last Album of the Year award was theirs, and that all the awards they won after Album of the Year were just fan votes and not popularity awards recognized by the industry.

Returning to the Korean music scene after two years, they almost gave up the booming Japanese market and returned to Korea. However, the result was not what they expected. They have been working non-stop for a year and even went on crazy tours in various countries.

Even though he knew he shouldn't, he couldn't help but cry quietly. Jung Yunho closed his eyes and held his hand.

Fans nearby immediately shouted distressedly: "Don't cry! Don't cry!"

Almost all the artists nearby kept their mouths shut. They didn't understand this matter, but they also knew that the fans of the two groups were already making a lot of noise, not to mention how much TVXQ was looking forward to this award this time.

Bigbang was receiving the award on stage, but fans nearby were shouting at them not to cry. Ye-eun had mixed feelings, as it was clear that both groups did nothing wrong and both tried their best this year. She lowered her head and pulled her bag, listening to Quan Zhilong on the stage pretending to be nonchalant and saying: "Thank you to the members who have worked hard this year."

She didn't even dare to look up at his expression.

In the end, the top three were "fairly" divided by the judges to three groups: S/M, YG, and JYP.

After the award ceremony, Kwon Ji-yong ignored the fans and artists who were talking about it, and took Bigbang to apologize to Lee Hyori with an expressionless face.

He had clearly won one of the three major awards and had performed on stage for more than ten minutes, but now he was so excited, but everyone's reaction seemed to have poured cold water on him. He wasn't even in the mood to understand why TOP suddenly changed his moves on stage; he just wanted to quickly end this and leave.

Lee Hyori was stunned when she saw them. Da Sheng was the one who knew her best after all, so he raised his hand and waved at her, "Nuna, we're here to apologize!"

In the complex expression of Lee Hyori, Quan Zhilong took a deep breath and led the members to bow 90 degrees. He bent his waist again and again in Korea, but this time he was the most nervous, "Senior, Miane."

TOP pursed his lips, not knowing whether he should say that this was a temporary notice given to him by the director through the headset before going on stage, and the other party also said that he had already told his predecessors, but no matter how he looked at it on the stage, he felt that the other party had changed the movements without knowing it.

Saying it now would just sound like an excuse. Thinking of this, he did not explain, but bowed seriously and said: "Miane."

Lee Hyo-ri had a complicated look on her face and smiled at Quan Zhilong, "I understand."

The director told her about this just after he came off the stage, and he even said that he had asked someone to inform her, but she did not receive any instructions.

The miscommunication on the show’s part did make her angry, and she even panicked for a moment on stage. However, this has nothing to do with other members of Bigbang.

But she still felt a little embarrassed, so she left without saying anything more.

Quan Zhilong then stood up and looked at the members expressionlessly, his mood was extremely low, "Let's go back first."

No one dared to speak, no matter if it was TOP, who was older than him, or Taeyang, who grew up with him. As long as the captain was angry, no one dared to make trouble.

Bigbang's car returned later than 2NE1's, so Ye-eun sat by her window, looking out, waiting for them to come back.

There was a lot of discussion online about TOP and Lee Hyori's behavior on stage, but most people just thought it was a pre-arranged stage effect and were only discussing whether the two were dating.

Another issue that has also been widely discussed is whether Bigbang is qualified to win the Group of the Year award this year.

TVXQ's fourth album sold 400,000 copies, Bigbang's second album sold 200,000 copies, and TVXQ's concert this year attracted 390,000 people.

When Ye-eun saw the term [Bigbang stole awards] become a trending search, she was shocked.

Not only are netizens celebrating, but various well-known and unknown media outlets are also reporting distorted facts.

It’s as if Bigbang, a group that has debuted for only two years, can really buy a prize from MKMF, which has been held for ten years.

Quan Zhilong naturally also saw this entry. He was sitting in the car and threw his cell phone to the side of the seat. The atmosphere in the car was terrifyingly silent, as quiet as death.

Quan Zhilong knew what he should say as the captain, but this time he could no longer say it with a smile. He could only repeat what Yien said to him, "This is the decision."

When he saw the comments saying that they bought the awards, he even wanted to laugh. Where did YG get the money to buy them off?

He closed his eyes and leaned back, raising one hand to cover his eyes, while holding the little bear tightly with the other hand, his heart filled with helplessness and unhappiness. Why should they bear the blame for the act of dividing the pork?

The four people behind all pursed their lips and lowered their heads, not daring to speak. Their hearts began to feel heavy because of this atmosphere. The five of them remained silent until they arrived at the dormitory. Jin Duxuan glanced at his captain, who took out a cigarette and squinted at him, then stood up abruptly. "I'm going to sleep at TOP's place tonight. Hiong, don't think too much about it, and don't read the comments online."

Kwon Ji-yong nodded casually, and after the youngest member left, the unlit room fell into silence again. He sat on his bed and lowered his head to take out a lighter. The flame licked the cigarette butt and emitted a scarlet light.

He lowered his head and bit the cigarette holder. The Marlboro smoke was sweet but also a little choking. He tilted his head back slightly, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he blew out a smoke ring. Watching the white-gray smoke spread in the air, Quan Zhilong suddenly became a little dazed.

Thinking about what Yien had said to him before about smoking less, he lowered his head again and stopped putting the cigarette in his mouth. He just simply watched the scarlet light tinged with blue burn out in his hands.

When one cigarette burned out, he lit another one and just held it in his hand without smoking it, silently watching it burn to ashes.

Quan Zhilong was a little dazed. Such a "fair" award, but to whom was it fair? However, as a "vested interest", he couldn't even refute anything those netizens said.

An indescribable bitterness surged from his heart and then surged up his throat.

A pack of cigarettes was soon empty. He looked at the ashes on the ground, took out his mobile phone, opened Twitter, and saw that [Bigbang stole the prize] on Korea’s real-time ranking search had become [MKMF stole the prize].

Although there are still netizens who are boycotting Bigbang while boycotting MKMF, their number is overwhelmed by the large number of netizens who question the fairness of MKMF.

It was like a boiling hot pot that cooled down in the blink of an eye. (1)

He raised his eyebrows slightly and found that the VIP called "the coolest sister in the world" did not send a period this time. Instead, she was leading the fans of TVXQ and Bigbang to unanimously point the anchor at the organizer and not hurt each other because of the organizer's behavior.

Seeing the idea of ​​"dividing the pork" in her post which was exactly the same as his own, Quan Zhilong clicked on her homepage again and read it carefully.

Only this time did he realize that under the homepage that seemed to be full of peace and tranquility, there were so many things that were familiar to him.

That brick looked like the cracked brick and peeling paint street lamp he and Yien had complained about at the company gate, and it looked very similar to the one outside their community...

He frowned and was about to take a closer look when Yien called.

"Are you asleep?" she asked excitedly, "Can I come down to see you?"

Quan Zhilong was stunned for a moment, "Ah?"

Ye-eun seemed to have not seen the comments online, and her tone was still happy, "Yeah, you know I officially became the Prada brand ambassador today."

"I'm downstairs, celebrate with me." She muttered, with the sound of a door closing faintly heard in the background. Looking at the smoke-filled room in front of him, Quan Zhilong stood up suddenly and pushed open the window directly, trying to let the smoke dissipate quickly.

When he went to open the door for Yi-eun, he pretended to be calm and took the box of milk from Yi-eun's hand, with a desperate look on his face: "Ah, drinking milk to celebrate?"

Yi Eun's nose twitched, and she looked up and down at Quan Zhilong. After meeting his guilty eyes, she curled her lips and said in a long tone, "Yes, let's celebrate with milk. Do you want to drink?"

Quan Zhilong sighed and put the milk in the living room. He calmly closed the door of his room and said, "Then I'll go call them?"

Because of their emotions just now, the other members did not feel any joy even after winning the award and they all returned to their rooms early.

Ye-eun tilted her head and curved her eyes, "No, go to your room and move the milk inside."

"..." Kwon Ji-yong pursed his lips. Oh no, when he and Ye-eun were alone together, he never asked her to call them members. What a mouth he has. He talks nonsense when he is nervous!

He didn't move, but Yi'en walked straight to the door of his room and twisted her handle downwards. Through the slight gap, the strong smell of tobacco wafted out.

She raised her hand to turn on the light, and saw two fully open windows at a glance. Which artist would open the windowsill like this? Are you afraid of being photographed?

Yi-eun walked over to close the window, then turned and smiled at Quan Zhilong who was pursing his lips, as if inviting a guest to her room, "Come in."

Quan Zhilong put the milk down, closed the door, and touched his nose guiltily: "I just took a sip."

It was indeed just one puff, but I inhaled countless second-hand smoke.

Ye-eun looked at the ashes in the trash can, rolled her eyes, and directly pulled out a piece of clothing from his closet and spread it on the floor. She sat on it and patted the floor, "Sit."

The milk was opened. Kwon Ji-yong looked at the banana milk with disdain, then took a sip under Ye-eun's half-smile.

"Don't you dislike bananas?" He looked down at the banana milk in his hand in confusion and guessed, "Could it be the leftovers after you finished drinking the strawberry milk?"

Ye-eun, who heard that bananas have anti-depressant properties, bought some banana milk: "..."

You really don't know how to appreciate a good person.

However, when she thought about how it should have been a happy day but Kwon Ji-yong apologized and was scolded on the hot search, Ye-eun softened her heart again. She took a sip of banana milk, which she didn't like, frowned and said, "Is it not okay for me to just like bananas today?"

"Okay, okay." Kwon Ji-yong smiled and sat cross-legged in front of Ye-eun. She had been back for so long, but she hadn't removed her makeup yet. He raised his hand to support his chin, looked at her frowning and sighing while drinking banana milk, and knew what she was thinking.

However, since she didn't say anything, he didn't mention it either. The two of them tacitly pretended nothing had happened.

Ye-eun looked at him and suddenly said, "But I'm still unhappy! Banana milk is really too bad!"

Quan Zhilong laughed dumbly, but when he met Yien's serious gaze, the corners of his mouth slowly straightened, and he lowered his head and said: "Well, I don't like it either. It's too hard to drink."

"Also! Tell the truth! Every time I see those insults against me, I feel uncomfortable!" Ye-eun crossed her arms, her face full of anger, "Ah, you know the most outrageous thing is that there are still people who say I came here illegally!"

Quan Zhilong pursed his lips, also crossed his legs and folded his arms across his chest, "I'm not happy either! Those media outlets can't stop for a day, making up stories every day. I just want to make music!"

"Right! Tell the truth, Quan Zhilong, I cried secretly when I was scolded! Have you cried secretly too?" Ye Eun put her hands on her hips, "You must have cried a lot, right, you crybaby?"

Quan Zhilong glared at her, and touched his nose in her affirmative gaze, "Since you said it was done secretly, why did you expose me? I have cried secretly many times, right?"

Ye-eun laughed and clinked her banana milk with his, "Okay, then let's talk about when we secretly cried after our debut. Whoever cried once will have to drink a sip of milk as punishment."

No wonder he brought a whole one! Quan Zhilong looked down at the box of twelve bottles of milk. He had to drink a sip every time he cried. It seemed that he would have to go to the bathroom countless times tonight.

All the tears you shed in the past will turn into water in the toilet.

Ye-eun waved her hand excitedly, "Okay, let the game begin! You go first!"

For some reason, Quan Zhilong suddenly wanted to start the "competition" and smiled at Ye Eun. "Well, I said, when we just debuted, they called us the ugliest boy group and I cried secretly."

"Good! I'm sad when they call us the ugliest girl group!"

“I cried the first time I was told about it!”

“I was also sad when it caused cultural controversy!”

The two of them talked about their sad moments louder and louder as if they were showing off, and even scrambled to drink the banana milk.

The people eavesdropping outside the door looked at each other in bewilderment. "Ye-en really has a solution. Isn't this the case of "it's better to open up than to block"? "

Jin Duxuan, who was messaging Ye Eun, raised his lips and said, "Ah, they must have gone to the bathroom in the end."

Since you don’t want to cry, you can only change the form.

The two of them became more and more excited as they talked. Finally, Quan Zhilong slapped his leg and said angrily: "It's obviously my time to explore the world, why is it that the world is exploring my life!" (2)

Yi-eun blinked and watched Quan Zhilong suddenly stand up. She knew that he must have suddenly had an inspiration, so she immediately turned around and took out Quan Zhilong's paper and pen, "Here, here, quick!"

Kwon Ji-yong took it and sat back in front of Ye-eun, lowering his head and writing the lyrics quickly. He frowned from time to time in confusion, then quickly relaxed his brows and continued writing as if possessed by god.

Ten minutes later, Ye-eun, who was drinking milk out of boredom, suddenly changed her expression. She put down the milk, covered her stomach, and carefully poked her head to open the door. At a glance, she saw a big sign on the door of their bathroom, "Permitted for use."

As soon as she saw it was Jin Duxuan's handwriting, Yien felt relieved and quickly ran in.

Quan Zhilong in the room turned his head to look at her jogging in a blue skirt, put down the paper in his hand, suddenly picked up another one, smiled, lowered his head and wrote Butterfly.