Chapter 637 Birthday

"Birthday?"

Seeing Yu Dingyan and Minazaki Saka sneaking over and hearing the word mysteriously from their mouths at the same time, Chi Jingyuan asked strangely: "Who is it?"

"It's Mina. Today is her birthday..." Minazaki Saka lowered her voice. She didn't know what she was thinking of when she said that. She tilted her head and looked over without knowing why. It looks a little strange, not very natural.

"Today is Mina's birthday. After that, she will be twenty years old." Yu Dingyan was very normal and explained.

"Isn't she a Neon person? Isn't the calculation of age different from that of Peninsula?" Chi Jingyuan interjected.

"According to the Peninsula, she is an adult..." He waved his hands indifferently and said with a smile: "It's a very important birthday, so we want to give her a birthday surprise..."

Chi Jingyuan felt a little weird when he heard what they said. He really didn't know that today was Ming Jingnan's birthday, and he didn't pay much attention to it recently.

Mingjing Nan is not like Zhou Ziyu who would send text messages to Chi Jingyuan when his birthday is approaching, saying things like 'Oh, it's June', 'I didn't have a good rest yesterday, I went to bed at 1 o'clock and got up at 4 o'clock' and so on. Various hints and explicit stupid words. When Najing Nan occasionally contacted him recently, for example, the two of them chatted for a long time about Pokémon the day before yesterday. Although they were quite attached to each other, the girl did not mention anything about her birthday. Category.

"Birthday surprise? What do you want to do?"

After thinking for a moment, Chi Jingyuan blinked and asked.

Seeing his expression, I guess there is a clue. The two of them looked happy, and Yu Dingyan said quickly: "Just wait until the evening, when the practice is about to end, Jingyuan Oppa, find a reason to criticize Mina, be a little harsher , and then found an excuse to rush us to the door. After a while, when Mina was being scolded by you, we secretly turned off the lights, and then we came in with a birthday cake to surprise her.

"She might have shed tears at the time, and then she listened to us singing the congratulations and blowing out the candles... Wow, this kind of reversal is the most touching."

As Yu Dingyan said this, he closed his eyes for a moment, as if he had already imagined the scene, and he grinned proudly.

After Chi Jingyuan listened carefully, he asked with a strange expression: "Who among you came up with this? Lin Nalian?"

He thinks this plan is stupid...

"Ani, we came up with it together." As if she was worried about being given the credit, Minazaki Saka quickly added, opening her mouth slightly, with a sly expression, and looking at him with lively eyes, as if asking for credit. appearance.

Chi Jingyuan opened his mouth and did not ask any more questions.

He didn't have any objection to this group of girls giving a birthday surprise to the little sister of his group, not to mention that Ming Jing Nan's relationship with him was a little different, so it didn't matter if he ended the practice a little early, but Chi Jingyuan recalled his feelings for Ming Jing Nan. Jing Nan asked hesitantly, "This way...will she believe it?"

He felt that Mingjing Nan was a very smart girl, and it would be difficult to deceive her with a 'birthday surprise' like this made by a few people.

But Minazaki Saka looked at him and blinked: "If it were you Oppa, I should be able to do it."

Her eyes were large and very bright, shining brightly, and seemed to contain some other meaning.

"Hey, Oppa is the producer." Yu Dingyan also echoed, but her meaning seemed to be a little different from Minatozaki Saka. After nodding, she thought of something else and looked back in the direction of the practice room. , added in a low voice: "When the time comes, Oppa will be stricter, just like what you said that day... about Nayeon Unni."

"..."

Inexplicably, he remembered Lin Nalian's wrinkled face and ugly cry that day. The corners of Chi Jingyuan's mouth twitched twice, and then without much thought, he nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's just say that."

"Thank you Oppa, Kang Sangmita!" The two of them laughed immediately and happily thanked Chi Jingyuan.

After discussing some details of the 'surprise', Yu Dingyan and Minatozaki Saka returned to the practice room first, but Chi Jingyuan did not join them. He stood in the corridor outside and pondered for a few seconds, thinking of the two of them two days ago. When people were discussing anime, he took out his cell phone and called his assistant Cui Zhichang:

"Hey, don't worry... Brother, are you in the company... Then go to our dormitory now. There is a box in the cabinet next to my bed. There are a few unopened ones in it... Yes, then look for one with a penguin pattern. , blue and white penguins, stupid, you can see it at first glance... Well, then find a gift shop to wrap it, it doesn't have to be exquisite, just wrap it... Send it to JYP, and give it to Jaehyun hyung when it arrives. Just make a phone call and give it to him..."

After explaining everything to the assistant in detail, Chi Jingyuan hung up the phone.

Forget it if you don’t know, but now that you know that Najing Minami’s birthday is today, which is a relatively important birthday in the peninsula, it is naturally better to prepare a gift. Whether it is as friends with a common code, they will still call each other ‘Ganba’ This is true for all the gaming partners out there.

After returning to the practice room, Chi Jingyuan immediately felt several eyes looking at him. Except for Ming Jingnan who looked normal, some of the other members who participated in the "birthday surprise" were very calm, such as Kim Da-hyun and Chou Tzu-yu, but some, such as Son Chae-young and Lin Nayeon, had burning eyes and looked anxious as if they wanted to check the password and confirm that they were teammates.

Chi Jingyuan did not show any abnormality and chatted with Twice's manager Kim Sang-min casually. When he saw the two of them from the corner of his eye, he felt a little speechless.

You two are like this, and you still want to deceive Ming Jingnan...

Lin Nayeon seemed to realize that there was something wrong with her expression. She immediately coughed and pretended to be calm, but her eyes that secretly glanced over from time to time revealed her inner liveliness and expectation.

Next, they continued to practice "Cheer Up" and familiarize themselves with the choreography that had just been changed. At the same time, Chi Jingyuan evaluated everyone's movements and stage presence according to the standards of the formal performance.

As the nine members of Twice danced "Cheer Up" over and over again, time passed slowly and the sky outside the window gradually darkened. As the dance teacher left for dinner and Jin Shangmin left temporarily for something, Chi Jingyuan looked at the time without leaving any trace.

Some people who were interested immediately noticed his action and immediately felt a chill in their hearts, knowing that their plan was about to begin.

Sure enough, this time, when "Cheer Up" was halfway through, Chi Jingyuan stopped it at the bridge position.

"Mina, your head is tilted too hard here, it seems a bit deliberate."

"Ah, yes." Ming Jingnan, whose name was called, didn't think there was anything wrong, and quickly responded and nodded obediently to show that he understood.

"Come again."

Chi Jingyuan remained calm and smiled and pursed his lips.

He felt that the plan discussed by Twice was a bit wrong. How could he criticize others without any reason right away? He had been in contact with them for such a long time and basically never got angry. This was too sudden and it was easy to be seen through. If he wanted to act, he must proceed step by step. He had to pretend that he was anxious because of Ming Jingnan before getting angry, which would be more realistic.

"One more time, it still feels wrong..."

"Inside..."

Chi Jingyuan shook his head again, and this time his smile faded a little.

"It's okay this time... but the smile at the beginning was very unnatural."

"One more time."

"Yeah."

"Alas, it still doesn't work this time."

His tone became a little impatient.

After dancing several times in a row, producer Chi was still dissatisfied. Ming Jingnan felt a little anxious, and his emotions obviously began to fluctuate. When he stopped dancing, he couldn't smile at Chi Jingyuan and others.

It's easiest to find faults. No one can dance perfectly.

In fact, based on Chi Jingyuan's understanding of Ming Jingnan, if he said something like "Can you be more serious? You are causing the whole team to repeat the same thing with you" at this time, it would be the most lethal to her. Ming Jingnan cares about this the most.

But he thought about it and gave up saying it. It was just a birthday surprise as a joke. It's better not to say such words that will really hurt people.

At this time, the other members of Twice also saw that the show had started. They cooperated with Chi Jingyuan and Ming Jingnan to dance over and over again with different expressions. At this time, the difference in acting skills was reflected. Some people had no expression on their faces and kept wiping their sweat pretending to be very tired, while others stared with their eyes full of energy. Every time they stopped, they looked left and right, grinning and looking like they were joining in the fun, as if they were afraid that others would not know that she was up to something.

Finally, after many consecutive interruptions, Chi Jingyuan felt that the atmosphere was almost over. When he stopped again, his face became ugly. He frowned at Ming Jingnan:

"Mina, I have said it several times, why can't I feel any progress? Do you think what I said is wrong?"

"Ani... I..."

Ming Jingnan shook his head vigorously, and tried to explain with a slightly louder voice, but he didn't know what to say after he opened his mouth, so he could only lower his head.

"Ah! Do you want to see how you dance yourself? There's a DV next to you." Chi Jingyuan pointed at a fixed camera set up next to him, which was originally used to record behind-the-scenes footage, and said angrily. Then, seeing that Mingjing Nan was still twirling her fingers with her head down and not saying anything, she finally emphasized her tone: "Did you become careless when your manager was not around? That guy..."

Chi Jingyuan stretched out his hand and pointed casually to the side: "Go call Jin Shangmin over and ask him to watch from the side."

"...Oppa, it's not necessary..."

The other members of Twice looked at each other. Minato Saki Sana still frowned and pouted slightly, pretending to persuade.

"Hurry up, all of you."

"Oh..."

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's impatient tone, the other members hurriedly pushed each other out, and Zhou Ziyu blinked and looked back when she was about to leave.

Chi Jingyuan felt relieved after watching the mob walk out of the practice room. However, when he turned around and looked at Ming Jingnan again, he found that Ming Jingnan, who had been feeling a little depressed and anxious because of the criticism and had been burying her head as if she was about to cry, suddenly raised her head, tilted her head and squinted slightly, staring at him with a weird look through her bangs.

"..."

Chi Jingyuan's heart tightened for a moment. He immediately felt that the girl seemed to have seen something, but he had to grit his teeth and continue to perform on the stage. He still frowned as before, looking at her anxiously and angry: "Wait until the agent comes to see if you are still the same, Mina."

"Cheer Up" is the title song, and your weight is so heavy. This performance is really not good..."

As he said, Ming Jingnan looked at him, and her dark eyes seemed to be talking and asking, but halfway through, she didn't know what she remembered, and she didn't look at Chi Jingyuan anymore, but lowered her head as before, pretending that she didn't notice anything, and played with her fingers again. .

"You..."

Seeing her eyes and changes before and after, Chi Jingyuan suddenly felt a sense of "being acted together", and he was inexplicably embarrassed all over. He opened his mouth but didn't say anything, and he couldn't act anymore.

After roughly estimating the time, he glanced at Mingjing Nan, who was lowering her head, speechlessly, walked a few steps to the side, and turned off the lights in the practice room with a "click".

Instantly, the entire practice room became extremely quiet. One could only vaguely hear the breathing of the two people and the restlessness from far to near outside. With the light from the window, Chi Jingyuan vaguely saw Mingjing Nan raising her head again, looking at him with bright eyes.

Soon, there was a messy sound of footsteps outside, and the door of the practice room was pushed open with a "bang". All the other members of Twice, as well as several assistants, rushed in, surrounded by Minatozaki Sana, who was holding a birthday cake in the middle. There was also an assistant behind with a small DV filming the whole process.

The cake was not big but looked very delicate. Two candles were already inserted on it. In the residual light of the light, the four letters "mina" written in strawberry cream could be seen.

"Surprise!"

"Birthday card."

As soon as they came in, Nayeon, Chaeyoung and others started laughing and shouting. Several of them jumped and ran to Minami and surrounded her and started to make a noise. Soon, everyone clapped their hands and sang a song of congratulation:

"Chengri card Hamida."

"Saranghei to mina~"

Looking at the sudden surprise, Minami looked completely unexpected. She first grinned happily, looking pink and tender under the candlelight, then covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes flashing as if she wanted to cry with joy, her eyes covered with a layer of mist swayed left and right, her eyes turned back and forth between the cake and the smiling faces of the members next to her, and then suddenly glanced back and met the eyes of Chi Jingyuan who was standing behind her.

At this time, Chi Jingyuan had already retreated to the back of the crowd, clapping his hands gently, and humming a congratulatory song with others. After noticing Ming Jingnan looking at him, he naturally narrowed his eyes and tilted his head slightly.

He felt that Ming Jingnan had seen through their plan just now, but now he still looked like he was in tears. He didn't know if he was cooperating with the performance or was really moved.

Although the performance and plan were relatively poor, from Ming Jingnan's crooked eyes and red eye sockets, happy and bright smile and expression, and unbridled exposed gums, it seemed that the result of this plan should be very good.

"Blow out the candles!"

Under the blessings of the members, Ming Jingnan finally put his hands together, closed his eyes, made a wish, and then puffed up his mouth to blow out the candles, and then everyone cheered. This "birthday surprise" was a complete success.

The assistant next to her turned on the lights, and the other members gathered around happily, all laughing as they talked about the performance just now:

"Hahaha, you were scared, right? Wow, I was scared just now."

"I almost laughed just now... Mina probably didn't notice it?"

"Oh, why are you really crying? Don't cry."

Seeing that Nai Minami was really crying and tears were running down her cheeks, Son Chaeyoung and Minatozaki Sana hugged her with some concern, thinking that she was scared.

"Ani..." Letting the two take advantage of her, Mingjing Nan reached out and gently wiped the corners of her eyes, then raised the corners of her mouth and explained softly: "I am happy... I am really happy."

"It was my idea!"

"We obviously thought of it together."

"Ouni, this is a birthday card for you."

Chi Jingyuan watched from behind the crowd for a while, watching the group of little girls hugging and crying, hugging and laughing, giving out the prepared gifts, and quarreling over the credit. He smiled and shook his head, then walked to the side and took out a wrapped gift from his shoulder bag and walked over.

He looked at Mingjing Nan, who was still red-eyed and sniffing, but smiling brightly, and had never opened his mouth, and he also smiled softly, stretched out his hand and handed the gift to Mingjing Nan: "Happy birthday."

"Kangsangmida."

Mingjing Nan raised his watery eyes and glanced at Chi Jingyuan, pursed his lips slightly, reached out and took the rustling hand and thanked her.

"Then that's it for today, I'm leaving first." After giving away the gifts, Chi Jingyuan said goodbye and prepared to leave.

"Oppa, let's go have dinner together later to celebrate Mina Unnie's birthday." Seeing that Chi Jingyuan was about to leave, Kim Dahyun hurriedly came up to try to stay.

"You go ahead, I won't go."

Although Mingjing Nan looked at him and nodded slightly with expectation, Chi Jingyuan refused directly.

If a group celebrates a member's birthday, it doesn't matter if he goes there.

Taking one last look at Mingjing Nan in the center of the crowd, Chi Jingyuan waved his hand, and walked out directly with Park Jae-hyun, followed closely by a twittering farewell:

"Goodbye Oppa..."

…

"When did you discuss this with them?"

After midnight in the evening, after returning to the dormitory from the company and just taking a shower, while chatting with others and watching TV on the sofa, Chi Jingyuan received a text message from Mingjing Nan.

Although I don't know where they went to have dinner to celebrate later, I think Ming Jingnan must have had a good birthday.

"At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, they secretly came outside and told me when you weren't paying attention..."

Chi Jingyuan leaned on the sofa and replied, briefly explaining, then thinking of the scene at that time, he asked curiously: "Then when did you realize something was wrong?"

"Hmm... I feel like you guys were acting. You could tell when you asked the other members to call their managers... But if you feel something is wrong, I'll feel it from the moment you say 'Yeah'."

"qingjia?"

"Because even if you wanted to criticize me, you wouldn't say 'yeah'. If it were you, you would probably say 'mina xi, do you want to see how you dance?' or something like that..."

Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised when he saw this, but it was expected.

From the beginning, he didn't think that people with mixed acting skills in Twice could deceive Mingjing Nan.

I just didn't expect that I would be exposed first...

"You know me so well?" He tilted his head and typed on his phone.

"hey-hey……"

"Then if you had guessed it in advance, wouldn't the effect of the 'birthday surprise' be greatly reduced?"

"No...even though there were some speculations, when the members came up to me holding the cake, I was really happy, touched, and very grateful to them at that moment."

"No acting skills?"

"No way (angry)... By the way, you knew today was my birthday before, so did you prepare a gift?"

Being a little dissatisfied with being questioned, Najing Nan, who was lying on the bed, opened his mouth and then typed a question in anticipation.

"Well, although I really want to say this, I actually only found out when Sana and the others told me, and the gift was also prepared temporarily... You shouldn't be angry, right?"

"..."

When she saw Chi Jingyuan's text message, Mingjing Nan was not disappointed at all. It seemed that she had expected it. Instead, she smiled softly and looked at the little penguin and hat placed beside the bedside. After touching her body lightly, she replied with a smile:

"No, I like the gift very much."

"And, thank you."