Chapter 48 The end of July is his birthday
July 07st, the end of July.

Familiar Friday, familiar KBS main building.

Jiang Zhaohuan, who finished shooting in the early morning, came to the waiting room with a tired face. He was used to catching up on sleep during the breaks in rehearsals.

The filming of "Train to Busan" is already more than halfway through, and it is estimated to be about a month away from completion.

After the filming of this movie is completed, the company also said that they will give a long vacation.

To maintain popularity during this period, all you need to do is occasionally appear on variety shows and hold a fan meeting.

This is much easier than filming a movie and can be said to be not difficult at all.

After finishing the recording of "Music Bank" which lasted for more than ten hours, Kang Do Hwan who was about to return to the crew was stopped by Bae Joo Hyun.

He looked back with some confusion, only to find that the other person was holding a gift bag in his hand.

Bae Joo-hyun has been struggling over whether to prepare a birthday present for Kang Do-hwan since a few days ago.

I wanted to know more about my colleagues, so I searched for relevant information and found out their birthdays.

Knowing someone's birthday, it seems a bit unreasonable not to prepare a gift.

However, Bae Joo-hyun, who has never prepared birthday gifts for the opposite sex other than her family, is in trouble.

Out of desperation, she had to contact her sister, who was five years younger than her, to ask for help.

"Birthday present? Unnie, you're not asking this on purpose because you want to give it to me, right?"

"Ani, do I need to ask you when I buy you a gift? I want you to help me choose a gift for Zhao Huanxi."

Bae Joo Hyun was afraid that her sister didn't know who Jiang Zhaohuan was, so she didn't forget to add,
"It's Kang Do Hwan who co-hosts 'Music Bank' with me."

Pei Zhuyan on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly let out a strange cry, which was not sure whether it was excitement, and scared Pei Zhuxuan so much that her whole body trembled.

Fortunately, she was lying on the bed, so the phone was not broken.

"Ah! Bae Joo-yeon, what are you doing!"

"No...Ouni, are you okay? Are you going to give a gift to the opposite sex? Do you like Jiang Zhaohuanxi?"

The fatal three questions made Bae Joo-hyun's brain crash for a few seconds. After she came to her senses, she quickly denied it.

Otherwise, she was worried that her sister would rush directly to her parents' bedroom and announce this mistake.

"Ani! He was very considerate of me when he was hosting. It just so happened that I knew it was his birthday. It would be weird if I didn't send him a present. Don't overthink it, little girl. I didn't mean that."

Pei Zhuyan narrowed her eyes suspiciously, and she muttered to herself: Those handsome seniors and juniors in your company are from the same school, but I haven’t seen you think of giving them birthday gifts.

Of course, it was impossible for her to say such suicidal words. She still wanted a birthday present from her older brother.

Pei Zhuyan was not very good at this either. She held her chin and thought:

"If you are not very close and you are just ordinary colleagues, then you don't need to choose something very expensive. Of course, you must not choose something you made yourself, as it will cause misunderstandings!"

"So what? What should I give?"

"Give him something he likes? Let me take a look at Jiang Zhaohuanxi's official profile. Hmm... He only wrote two hobbies here, extreme sports and video games. How about giving him an e-sports mouse?"

Bae Joo-hyun thought about it and decided that the gaming mouse wasn’t expensive and it was small in size and easy to put into a bag.

This way, it will not be discovered by the agent and cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

After deciding on the gift, Bae Joo-hyun researched online for a long time before placing an order for a gaming mouse, which she would never buy on a normal day. After finishing her work on "Music Bank", she specifically called out to Kang Do-hwan who was about to leave.

"Zhao Huanxi."

"Inside?"

"This is a birthday present for you. Happy birthday to you."

Kang Do-hwan looked at Bae Joo-hyun in surprise as she handed him the gift bag. It seemed like it was indeed his birthday.

Since I didn’t go to work today and didn’t check the messages on my phone, this is the first blessing I received.

The corners of his mouth raised with a happy arc, and he solemnly took the gift bag with both hands and said with a smile:

"Thank you, Irene xi. I will cherish it. I'll leave first?"

"Yeah, good luck with the filming." Kang Do Hwan didn't expect Bae Joo Hyun to give him a gift, so he stuffed the gift bag into the sports bag he was carrying.

He knew that his fans would be waiting for him on his way home from get off work, so he simply showed up there before hurriedly returning to the van.

As soon as Jiang Zhaohuan got in the car, he couldn't wait to open the gift bag to see what the gift was.

After taking out the familiar Logitech G302 gaming mouse, he guessed that Bae Joo-hyun must have read his official information.

He is also used to using Logitech mouse when playing games. The slender design of this mouse is more suitable for e-sports players with slender fingers.

Choi Jung-soo, who was sitting in the driver's seat, saw this scene and couldn't help but ask:

"Hmm? When did you buy the mouse, Cho Hwan?"

"Ani, this is a birthday present from Irene xi."

Jiang Zhaohuan did not choose to lie and answered truthfully.

There was a hint of surprise in Choi Jung-soo's eyes. You know, Irene was very popular among male trainees when she was a trainee. This is no secret in the agent circle.

However, if not 100%, at least 99% of people would give Irene the title of "Iron Wall Girl".

It is said that the former Maple Leaf member of EXO also tried to pursue her for a while.

The answer was, of course, a complete failure. I didn't even get the contact information.

Irene, the iron-walled woman, actually prepared a birthday present for Kang Do-hwan. This kind of thing is simply unheard of.

But judging from Do Hwan's attitude, there doesn't seem to be anything ambiguous between the two of them, they should just be ordinary friends.

Choi Jung-soo withdrew his gaze and decided to focus on driving.

He is quite confident about his artists. It can be seen that Kang Do Hwan is very career-oriented and he should not need to worry about them in the short term.

It's better to just let things take their own course. Anyway, the company doesn't control the actors' private lives very strictly.

For Choi Jung-soo, as long as his salary and bonus do not decrease, it doesn't matter what happens.

At this time, Jiang Zhaohuan had carefully put the mouse back into the gift bag. When he was about to put it back into his bag, he noticed that there was a postcard in the bag. He took it out and took a look, only to find that it was a handwritten letter.

[Zhao Huanxi, thank you very much for taking care of me during this period of time in MC. 】

[I hope everything goes well in future cooperation. I wish you a happy birthday, smooth work, and a good mood every day. 】

Bae Joo-hyun's handwriting is somewhat different from her cold appearance. Judging from the handwriting alone, she looks like a cute girl who is very good at acting coquettish.

The font is a bit square, as if it was written in a calligraphy grid.

Jiang Zhaohuan didn't expect to receive a handwritten letter and felt quite flattered.

He took out the book "Distant Journey" that he was reading recently from his bag, took out the bookmark, and put the postcard in to serve as a bookmark without worrying about damaging it.

Jiang Zhaohuan took out his cell phone and wanted to thank her again, but then he remembered that he didn't have Bae Zhuxuan's contact information.

I turned on the network on my phone and saw birthday greeting messages popping up on KakaoTalk.

After replying to all the messages seriously, Jiang Zhaohuan suddenly remembered someone next to him who didn't give him a blessing.

He looked at Choi Jung-soo and couldn't help but say:

"Jungsu, where's my birthday present?"

"Ahaha~ Sorry, Dohwan, I've been so busy lately that I forgot about this."

Choi Jung-soo smiled awkwardly. He indeed forgot that today was Kang Do-hwan's birthday.

More importantly - he didn't dare to admit the fact that he didn't even know what day his birthday was.

A brief look of disappointment flashed across Jiang Zhaohuan's face. At least in his eyes, the closest person to him on the peninsula was Choi Jung-soo, besides Gao Zixiang.

After all, artists cannot be without agents, and it is somewhat unpleasant to have their birthdays forgotten by their agents.

But even so, Jiang Zhaohuan would not show his emotions on his face, and said with understanding:

"Yeah, it's okay. I've been really busy lately."

(End of this chapter)