Chapter 297 AOA on the hot search
Since I started filming the movie, I have had a rare three-day vacation.

The filming process was quite depressing, and for the sake of the actors' mental health and Kim Hyun-soo's studies, Luo Hongzhen specially gave them a few days off to let them go back and rest and adjust their state.

Kang Do Hwan returned to Seoul on the day he got his day off. The first thing he did was to have a good sleep, and the second thing he did was to make an appointment with Baekhyun and Sehun to play games together.

He hadn't played games for nearly two months and his internet addiction had indeed kicked in.

[Bian Baekhyun]: Yeah, I have to go to the company to take promotional photos during the day. We will be making a comeback soon.

[Oh Sehun]: There’s no love anymore. I don’t pay any attention to our news at all.

Kang Do Hwan narrowed his eyes while sitting on the bed. He knew that Red Velvet would be releasing a summer mini album and making a comeback in a few days.

Why is EXO from the same company also coming back?

Is it really appropriate for a boy band to collide with a girl band?

[Kang Do Hwan]: Your company’s arrangements are really amazing. Isn’t Red Velvet going to make a comeback?

[Bian Baekhyun]: Dohwan, your eyes can only accommodate news about girl groups, not us, right?
[Oh Sehun]: I really don’t love you anymore, you might as well just tell me you want to see Irene.

Jiang Zhaohuan's eyes widened and he repeatedly checked the message sent by Sehun.

Qiaodoumadai, have you ever talked to Sehun about your emotional problems?

He quickly realized the problem, edited a sentence and sent it over.

[Kang Do Hwan]: Ah! Baekhyun hyung!
[Bian Boxian]: It’s really not my problem, I did a good job of keeping it a secret.

[Oh Sehun]: Dohwan, how can I not understand you when I know you so well?
[Bian Bo Hyun]: That’s right! You never hide your little thoughts in front of us, how could we not know?
[Oh my god!] It turns out there is no love anymore!
Jiang Zhaohuan looked at Sehun speechlessly as he said "No love" for the third time. Wasn't there any other lines?

He raised his hand to cover his hot face and replied through gritted teeth.

[Kang Do Hwan]: ...So what time do we play tomorrow?

Bian Baekhyun, who had just finished watching a movie, looked at Sehun beside him with a smile and couldn't help but teasing:
"This boy, Do Hwan, is definitely shy. He changed the subject so abruptly."

"Let's let him go today and go along with it."

【Bian Boxian】：We will be free tomorrow evening, see you at the usual place.

[Oh Sehun]: Get some sleep, tomorrow will be a tough battle.

[Kang Do Hwan]: OK, good night.

Jiang Zhaohuan's sleep quality has not been very good recently. He often feels tired but cannot fall asleep.

The time spent on insomnia is longer than the time spent sleeping, and my concentration also tends to wander when I’m shooting.

He went to see a doctor, who said it was caused by excessive work pressure.

Jiang Zhaohuan has tried many ways to improve his sleep quality and found that white noise is the best.

Now he plays white noise audio edited on the Internet before going to bed, and he can fall asleep well by listening to it.

It feels great to sleep until you wake up naturally without being disturbed by anyone.

Jiang Zhaohuan stretched lazily and found that it was already evening.

It was already three in the morning when I returned to Seoul from Daegu yesterday, and I probably only slept for twelve hours.

His head felt a little dizzy due to oversleeping. He sat up and was dazed for a while before getting out of bed to wash up.

I have no plans to cook at home on holidays, so it would be better for me to order takeout.

The combination of noodles with soybean paste, sweet and sour pork, and breaded shrimp is indeed more suitable for eating while playing games.

In order to ensure that his computer peripherals would not get dirty while eating, Jiang Zhaohuan, who received the takeaway, had a large number of alcohol wipes and disposable gloves nearby.

He put on his headset and entered the Discord voice chat, finding their special three-person gaming room.

Unexpectedly, when he clicked in, the other two internet-addicted teenagers were already in place. However, he was a little surprised by the topic they were talking about.

Wu Se-hun frowned and scrolled through the hot discussion posts on Naver, and asked aloud:
"Is public opinion one-sided now? I see that all the hot posts are scolding Shin Jimin."

"Of course. Any news related to bullying is what the public is most concerned about."

Baekhyun was chewing gum with his chin in his hand. He flipped through the web and saw a bunch of people asking Shin Jimin to quit the group.

He sighed helplessly, opened the game interface and said with emotion,
"Hasn't there been news that Shin Jimin is going to have a solo career? It's really a coincidence that she's leaving the group and breaking the news at this critical moment."

The Tara incident happened in the circle. As an artist, she naturally would not only look at one-sided information.

But that doesn't stop Baekhyun from feeling that the AOA group will be doomed in the short term.

At the very least, Shin Jimin will quit the AOA group, and at worst, the entire AOA group will disappear from the Peninsula entertainment circle like Tara did back then.

Jiang Zhaohuan, who entered the channel, was confused and had no idea what was going on. He asked:

"Hyung, what are you guys talking about? Shin Jimin, do you mean the leader of AOA?"

"Diaohuan, you're here? Did you just wake up and didn't watch the news at all?"

After hearing what Byun Baekhyun said, Kang Do Hwan immediately switched the screen to the website page, and saw that AOA dominated the hot search headlines.

Former AOA member Kwon Min-a accused AOA leader Shin Jimin of bullying.

His pupils suddenly shrank. As an artist in the entertainment industry, how could he not know how serious the word "bullying" is.

Once you are associated with this word, you will be associated with it for the rest of your life, even if you clarify that there is no such thing.

Jiang Zhaohuan looked solemnly at the article sent by Quan Min'e on Instagram. The whole content expressed his love for AOA and his persistence and hard work in the job of an artist.

He also described how he was bullied by Shin Jimin and couldn't even cry for his deceased father in the waiting room.

The most important thing is - there is also a picture of a scarred hand.

From the marks on her wrists, it was not difficult to see that she had attempted suicide three times.

He sighed deeply, not knowing what Seolhyun was feeling right now, probably feeling very uncomfortable.

Hearing the sigh coming from the headset, Byun Baekhyun guessed that Dohwan had finished reading the news.

"Diaohuan, have you finished watching the news?"

"Yes, it is indeed a very tricky matter."

"Yes, it is indeed difficult to deal with something like this happening within the group. There are a lot of accusations online right now, and I don't know what the final outcome will be."

Jiang Zhaohuan closed the page, picked up the phone, thought for a while and decided to put it down.

After all, he is not a member of AOA and doesn't know the truth, so it would not be appropriate for him to comfort her rashly.

"Let's start the ranking match. I'm going to play the jungle position today."

Byun Baekhyun and Oh Sehun looked at each other and could sense that there was going to be a bloody storm in the Summoner's Rift tonight.

Every time Do Hwan plays the jungler position, he always treats the opposing jungler like a pig.

I don’t know what Chinese Bian Baekhyun learned, the words he spoke had a hint of mutton skewers:
"OK, then we'll take over the lower lane. Please come and patronize us more often, boss. Congratulations!"

Jiang Zhaohuan couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and ruthlessly complained:
"Please stop speaking your poor Chinese."

At this time, Wu Se-hun also responded in Chinese:
"That's it."

He is indeed the one who speaks Chinese better in the group.

　Bringing this AOA incident forward would have helped the group recover sooner, and prevented them from falling to the bottom again after Queendom became popular.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)