Peninsula: These female celebrities are all so neurotic.

Chapter 63: Bae Joo-hyun's Social Death

VIP room of a beauty salon in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Bae Joo-hyun lay on the nursing bed, her face covered with a thick layer of green mask, only her two nostrils and a pair of closed eyes were visible.

The makeup artist gently pressed her fingers on her head, her movements were very professional, but Bae Joo-hyun's brows still furrowed from time to time.

She didn't sleep well last night because that jerk wasn't replying to her messages again.

Her phone vibrated in her hand, but she didn't move.

It shook again, but still didn't move.

Just then, the corridor suddenly became lively.

The sound of boots hitting the floor was rather frequent, indicating that there was more than one person.

Someone pushed open the door and poked half their head in.

It's Jennie Kim.

She was wearing an oversized grey sweatshirt and glanced at Bae Joo-hyun: "Unnie! You guys are here for skin treatments too?"

Bae Joo-hyun raised her head slightly, opened her eyes, and saw Kim Jennie and the three people behind her.

Jisoo and Lisa also put away their phones and looked her over.

Park Chae-young walked at the very back, her blonde hair loose, wearing a black slip dress with a down jacket over it, revealing her collarbone and shoulders.

BLACKPINK is a four-member group.

Bae Joo-hyun sat up, her face mask still on, a bright green color that looked rather frightening.

She looked at Park Chaeyoung, and Park Chaeyoung looked at her too.

The two stared at each other for a fraction of a second before simultaneously looking away.

"Unnie, how long have you been wearing that face mask?" Jennie asked with a smile as she took off her headphones.

"It's been forty minutes," the makeup artist whispered in response.

Jennie nodded without saying anything.

Lisa peeked out from behind Jisoo and waved to Joo-hyun, who nodded in response.

Kim Yerin ran out from the next room, her face also covered by a face mask. Seeing the four BLACKPINK members, she smiled and said, "What are you doing here, unnies?"

"We also arranged to come and manage things." Kim Jisoo reached out and pinched the face mask on Kim Yerin's face. "How long have you had this on?"

"It's only been twenty minutes." Kim Ye-rin said with a grin, dodging her hand.

The VIP room instantly became chaotic, with beauty salon staff running around adding chairs and towels, creating a lively scene.

Park Soo-young put down her phone and came out of a room. She smiled when she saw the four members of BP: "Jisoo unnie! I bought that serum you recommended last time, it's really good."

Jisoo's eyes lit up: "Right? Let me tell you, it works even better when used with that face cream..."

The two huddled together and started talking about skincare. Lisa leaned over to listen for a few minutes and then joined the discussion.

Son Seungwan and Kang Seulgi came out of another room. Kang Seulgi smiled when she saw Lisa. The two had exchanged contact information after their last collaboration on stage and occasionally bumped into each other at the gym. They were arguably the closest pair between the two groups.

"Seulgi unnie!" Lisa ran over, and the two gave each other a high five.

Jennie leaned back on the sofa and continued listening to music, occasionally glancing up in Bae Joo-hyun's direction.

Bae Joo-hyun had already removed her face mask and was washing her face; the water was running, and the makeup artist was handing her a towel.

Park Chae-young stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a cup of coffee in her hand, looking at the street scene outside.

Kim Ye-rin leaned closer to her and said, "Chae-young unnie, the stage effects at your concert were amazing! I watched your fancam online, and the guy you were making a heart shape with during your solo, was he your boyfriend?"

Park Chaeyoung turned her head and smiled, "No! We're just ordinary friends!"

Kim Ye-rin smiled, but she noticed a glint in Park Chae-young's eyes.

Indeed, she was a reconnaissance vanguard dispatched under the orders of Kang Seul-gi.

She asked a few more questions before leaving.

Unbeknownst to the four members of BLACKPINK, the five members of Red Velvet across from them were plotting how to help Bae Joo-hyun win over Liu Zi-mu.

Park Chae-young also had different feelings for that man, and the concert was proof of that.

Park Chae-young didn't think much of it and continued looking out the window.

When she saw Bae Joo-hyun's eyes looking at her just now, they were as cold as blades.

Why? She couldn't quite understand.

After careful consideration, the only person who has recently had contact with both of them is that man.

interesting.

Park Soo-young suddenly exclaimed "Ah!" The sound wasn't loud, but everyone present heard it.

She stood up from the sofa, holding her phone in her hand, her eyes wide open.

"What's wrong?" Kim Jisoo, who loves gossip, quickly asked.

Park Soo-young didn't answer, staring at her phone screen for several seconds before looking up and glancing between Park Chae-young and Bae Joo-hyun.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "It seems that Shirley unnie went to China."

Bae Joo-hyun paused for a moment while wiping her face.

Park Chae-young tightened her grip on the coffee a little.

The air in the rest area suddenly fell silent for a fraction of a second.

It only lasted a fraction of a second, and then everyone went back to doing what they were doing.

Bae Joo-hyun had already picked up her phone.

Park Chae-young also picked up her phone.

Sulli's Instagram account has been updated.

a photo.

The sunset in a small county town in southern China turned the sky orange-red, the outlines of old residential buildings were reflected in the sunset, and a few birds perched on the telephone poles.

The photos are just ordinary landscape pictures; the text on the buildings is all in Chinese, and there doesn't seem to be anything special about them.

But the caption was unusual.

This sunset is so beautiful, I want to elope with you.

Bae Joo-hyun stared at the line of text for three seconds.

The finger hovers above the screen, neither liking nor commenting, just staring.

elopement......

She placed her phone face down on the table, picked up the toner, and slapped it onto her face, making a loud slapping sound that even Jennie Kim glanced at her.

Park Chae-young was also looking at that photo.

She looked at it more carefully than Bae Joo-hyun, zooming in to examine it and then zooming back to read the caption, reading it twice.

elopement.

Wow! What romantic words!

But that won't work, unnie.

If you elope with Oppa to China, and I don't speak Chinese, I won't be able to see Oppa often!

She locked her phone and gave a slight smile.

Just then, their eyes met in mid-air.

The beauty salon's VIP room wasn't small, but it was packed with nine people plus staff, and laughter filled the room.

But... the few meters between Bae Joo-hyun and Park Chae-young seemed to be separated by a vacuum; no sound could get through, and no light could shine through.

Bae Joo-hyun spoke first.

She stood up, walked to the window, and stood next to Park Chae-young.

Both of them were looking out the window.

Outside the window are the main streets of Gangnam District, bustling with cars and people, but there's really nothing to see.

The other four members of Red Bebe kept glancing over, their eyes filled with a strange sense of shared hatred.

This left Jennie and the other two somewhat puzzled.

"Chaeyoung." Bae Joo-hyun's voice was very soft, so soft that only the two of them could hear it.

Park Chaeyoung glanced at her sideways without saying a word.

"I watched your performance on stage that day," Bae Joo-hyun said calmly. "Your solo was amazing, and it was very emotional."

Park Chaeyoung smiled beautifully: "Unnie, you're paying so much attention to me?"

"I'm not paying attention to you." Bae Joo-hyun turned around, leaning against the windowsill. "I'm paying attention to the man you were making a heart shape with your hands for."

Park Chae-young's smile remained unchanged, but the hand holding the coffee cup tightened instantly, as expected, because of Liu Zimu.

So she liked him too?

"What does Unnie want to say?"

Bae Joo-hyun looked at her.

Young, really young.

The skin is firm, especially the area below the collarbone, which is so white it practically glows.

"He's mine." Bae Joo-hyun said this in a calm tone, but her eyes were different; they didn't look like a normal person's.

Park Chaeyoung placed the coffee cup on the windowsill, turned around, and faced Bae Joo-hyun.

She was half a head taller than Bae Joo-hyun, and looked down at her slightly, a smile on her lips: "Unnie, you said he's yours, so you two are together?"

Bae Joo-hyun didn't say anything.

"No, I don't think so." Park Chaeyoung laughed even wider. "He has a girlfriend, it's Choi Sulli."

Bae Joo-hyun's gaze turned cold as she tried to conceal her unease.

How did she know?

In the golden autumn, you didn't even convey such important news to me?