Chapter 50: 49

Early the next morning.

Inside the SM Entertainment practice room, several members of Girls' Generation arrived one after another. As the music started, everyone began their daily warm-up training. In the blink of an eye, most of them had gathered, except for the "eternal second," Zheng Xiuyan, who had yet to appear.

Sunny, who was stretching on the side, suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Lin Yun'er, teasing, "YoonA, did you go out to play with Xiuyan on your day off the day before yesterday? Where did you go? I've noticed Xiuyan has been a bit strange lately."

Because she had originally wanted to find Lin Yun'er to go home and build Lego, but Lin Yun'er said she had an appointment with Zheng Xiuyan.

"Strange? She's probably just much happier."

Lin Yun'er's small ears twitched slightly. Unconsciously, the image of Zheng Xiuyan and Lin Xiuyuan chatting and laughing that day appeared in her mind, and the corners of her mouth quietly curled into a small arc.

And who was Sunny? She was the group's gossip representative, the number one person for catching wind and shadows, the ancestor of the Gossip Sect.

Just this tiny facial reaction from Lin Yun'er immediately made her smell something unusual. She was suddenly delighted. "What's the situation, what's the situation? YoonA, do you know something? Tell me, tell me."

Just as Lin Yun'er hesitated, the practice room door was suddenly slammed open from the outside, hitting the wall with a heavy "bang," startling all eight girls in the room.

Everyone looked at the door in astonishment, only to see a furious Zheng Xiuyan.

Zheng Xiuyan, who had been suppressing her anger all night, stood at the door, her brows cold. That gaze, which hadn't shown its edge for a long time, swept across the room like a sharp blade, finally fixing on Jin Xiaoyuan.

The next second, she strode into the crowd, walked up to Jin Xiaoyuan, and opened her mouth with fury.

"Hey, Jin Xiaoyuan, do you want any face? If you want to play, play by yourself. What's the meaning of forcing a junior to go with you to throw their life away? Everyone is an adult; don't you know how obvious the intention is when you call someone to urge them to go out?"

As Zheng Xiuyan's voice fell, the cold, bone-chilling tone made the temperature in the entire room seem to drop to zero.

The small leader closest to the door immediately went to close it, then gave the group's youngest member a look, signaling her to block the door, while she herself hurried toward Zheng Xiuyan.

Jin Xiaoyuan, who had been bending over, was momentarily lost in the face of this verbal abuse.

A moment later, she reacted and couldn't help but retort loudly, "What is this? Where did I provoke you? I haven't called you recently. What do you mean by urging people to go out? Do you want to see what kind of nonsense you're talking about?"

"Did you not understand what I said? I was talking about the junior."

Zheng Xiuyan's gaze was like a blade, not yielding at all. "Besides, are you sure you didn't provoke me? Isn't it you who has been trying to push me to meet people Quan Ningyi knows, both openly and secretly? Yes, I refused later, so since you didn't succeed, you went after Xueli, right?"

Behind her, Jin Taeyeon, who was about to walk over, paused her steps, her expression changing suddenly, and she instinctively looked at Jin Xiaoyuan.

Little Snowball?

She suddenly thought of the little girl who had lived in her dormitory many years ago.

And Zheng Xiuyan's voice continued, "No, Jin Xiaoyuan, you've debuted for so many years. Don't you know how disgusting that group of hip-hop scumbags is? If you want to play, play by yourself. Can you stop acting like a pimp, calling people everywhere, and even trying to introduce Xueli to that group of bastards' party?"

"Hey, Zheng Xiuyan, you've gone too far."

Perhaps it was the description of 'pimp' that finally made Jin Xiaoyuan unable to hold back her anger, calling the person in front of her by her name.

But she might have forgotten for a moment that the name Zheng Xiuyan was someone no trainee in the entire SM company dared to provoke easily during their trainee days.

So as soon as her voice fell, a more powerful shout impacted her eardrums.

"What are you shouting for, Jin Xiaoyuan? Do you know I'm your senior? You're being disrespectful, aren't you? Now, immediately, right now, recall who the senior is, and who you think you are to talk to me like that. Have I been too peaceful lately? Who gave you the courage to call me by my name?"

As she spoke, a taut finger was already pointing in front of Jin Xiaoyuan, the burning anger almost gushing out through the fingertip.

Following the direction of the fingertip was Zheng Xiuyan's burning eyes, staring fixedly at the figure in front of her.

Then the fingertip turned sharply, pointing at Choi Sooyoung, who had taken a step forward and wanted to speak. "Don't try to persuade me. When I'm speaking, you all be quiet."

Don't look at Choi Sooyoung as the group bully usually, but when facing the fully fired-up Zheng Xiuyan, she also paused her tone and tightly pursed the mouth she had just opened.

At this time, Jin Xiaoyuan was already stunned by the scolding, her mind quickly flipping through memories of where she had provoked Zheng Xiuyan. In her view, Xueli shouldn't be the source, because the two didn't seem very familiar.

Finally, after thinking about it, there was only Xueli's teammate, her younger sister Zheng Xiujing.

Having figured out the situation, she immediately grabbed it like a life-saving straw and spoke without thinking, "Wait a minute, I didn't call Xiujing. What are you going crazy for? Is Xueli that close to you?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the air instantly solidified, and the eyes of everyone in the room became subtle.

Among them, Jin Taeyeon was the most obvious. Originally thinking Zheng Xiuyan was making a mountain out of a molehill, her face suddenly sank.

And Zheng Xiuyan laughed out of extreme anger. "Hehe, if you dared to call Xiujing, and you could still stand here and talk, count it as me, Zheng Xiuyan, having lived these twenty-some years in vain."

Although the tone was light, even with a hint of a smile, it made everyone present feel a chill down their backs.

"Xiaoyuan, did you really call Xueli over?" At this time, Jin Taeyeon asked from behind.

"Hehe, more than just calling. Xueli politely declined, but she kept calling and calling, forcing her to go out." Zheng Xiuyan sneered and answered, her tone as sharp as a knife.

Another sentence made Jin Xiaoyuan completely feel the change in the surrounding gazes.

So she hurriedly remedied, "I didn't mean that. I just wanted to say there was a party and everyone could have fun together."

"Do you not know what those people's parties are like? I really suspect you've taken drugs. Don't you know what kind of goods they are? And you introduced Xueli, such a young girl, to them. Are you saying you had no thoughts, no special meaning?"

Zheng Xiuyan's voice was like several sharp thorns, piercing straight into Jin Xiaoyuan's heart.

It's just that this time Zheng Xiuyan's tone was much calmer, perhaps because it had already been vented before, or perhaps waiting for the next eruption.

Finally, looking at the silent Jin Xiaoyuan, Zheng Xiuyan thought of Krystal's look last night and took a deep breath.

"I don't know what you're thinking, and I don't want to delve into what you're thinking. But I can tell you, if you have any thoughts, extinguish them as soon as possible, or go harm others. Don't stare at the ignorant little girls around you. If you don't have any thoughts, hurry up and read more books. Don't grow a brain and act like you don't have one, doing such stupid things."

"I didn't." Jin Xiaoyuan still wanted to retort.

Zheng Xiuyan let out another breath of frustration and turned to look at Xu Zhuxian at the door. "Xu Zhuxian, did she introduce friends to you?"

Xu Zhuxian at the door stiffened, looking at everyone, not daring to make a sound, but that silent posture already represented everything.

After Zheng Xiuyan delivered the final blow, she immediately turned and left the practice room.

Leaving behind one sentence, "I'm going to find Xueli, you guys figure it out yourselves." ===== CHAPTER 51 =====