Celebrity Neighbor: My girlfriend is a big star?

Kim Taeyeon and Kim Hyoyeon showed a gossipy smile as soon as they entered the room.

Bae Juhyun pursed her lips in frustration, but ultimately had no choice but to join in the laughter.

In Red Velvet, she had the final say, holding a very high status as the eldest sister in the group.

Even if sometimes Kim Yerin relied on her favoritism to do some outrageous things, when it came to the internal decision-making, it was up to her as the eldest sister.

Born in 1991, she's three years older than Kang Seulgi and Son Seungwan, five years older than Park Sooyoung, and eight years older than Kim Yerin.

But in front of Kim Taeyeon and Kim Hyoyeon...

These two were born in 1989, two years older than her.

In this country where the age hierarchy is almost pathological, a two-year difference is already significant, not to mention that these two debuted a full seven years earlier than her as prominent seniors.

"Taeyeon unnie, Hyoyeon unnie, why did you come over?"

"Hehehe, I heard you're inviting Liu Xin'an to this year's end-of-year stage?"

As someone who had interacted with Liu Xin'an before, Kim Taeyeon smiled like a strange uncle and asked.

Well, being able to make these two busy seniors come to their practice room must be for this kind of gossip.

Inviting Liu Xin'an wasn't something that particularly needed to be kept secret, especially since Liu Xin'an would definitely come backstage later, so if Kim Taeyeon and Kim Hyoyeon found out, so be it.

And without needing to ask, it must have been Son Seungwan and Kang Seulgi who had spilled the beans.

"Yeah, are the unnies attending this time too?"

"Us? We're not going."

Actually, Kim Taeyeon had made a comeback this year, but since they're planning a new project for January 1st next year, on New Year's Day, they didn't attend this end-of-year music awards.

But it's different for Son Seungwan and Kang Seulgi, who have a chance to win awards; they have to balance both sides, so it's quite tiring.

"Enough of that, I saw your show, is what you said true?"

Kim Hyoyeon excitedly started gossiping, but before Bae Juhyun could answer, Kim Taeyeon beside her rolled her eyes first.

"Didn't I tell you it's true, why don't you believe me."

"You have too many black marks in your history of lying, I need to hear it from Irene herself."

"Come on, I saw Liu Xin'an in person before they even went public."

"Oh, so what?"

"Haa...," Kim Taeyeon made a ridiculous sound, not bothering to prove anything.

Bae Juhyun watched the banter between these two seniors with a smile and then cooperated to answer Kim Hyoyeon's gossip.

"What does Hyoyeon unnie want to ask?"

"Did he really not know your identity when he got together with you?"

"Yeah, it took quite a bit of effort to hide my identity at the time."

"Wow, it's actually true, how romantic that something like this really happened in real life, it's unbelievable."

...

After gossiping for a while, the two sisters didn't pursue any more rumors about Liu Xin'an; they had been in the industry for so many years, and even the straightforward Kim Hyoyeon had developed her emotional intelligence.

Relationships are ultimately more private topics, and discussing them openly can upset anyone, so the conversation seamlessly shifted to their new project comeback.

The thing they were most dissatisfied with was the lyrics of the song this time.

Clearly, the project included such capable female group members, and BoA, the powerful senior, yet the lyrics of this song seemed so...self-deprecating.

But there was nothing they could do; as artists, they had to sing whatever song the company gave them.

This is the most helpless aspect of being an artist.

Bae Juhyun sat on the side, quietly listening to the two sisters and her younger members complain, and when the break was almost over, she stood up and gathered her younger members to prepare for practice.

They had to prepare for the year-end awards from the three major broadcasters, so they had to get ready with multiple songs for the stage.

"Queendom" definitely couldn't be left out, as they relied on this song for their comeback this year.

Besides this song, they also prepared "Psycho," one of their well-known hits.

Of course, choosing "Psycho" was not just because it's a hit, but Bae Juhyun had a bit of personal motivation.

After all, her boyfriend also really liked this song, and if possible, she wanted to perform it on stage for Liu Xin'an.

As they were sweating it out, the practice room door suddenly swung open, and Seong Taekyon appeared in the doorway.

Kim Taeyeon, who had come over to hang out, was the first to spot Seong Taekyon, and she waved at him with a grin. Being from the same company, even though Seong Taekyon had never led Girls' Generation, she was familiar with him thanks to his good relationship with Red Velvet.

Seong Taekyon sauntered over to Kim Taeyeon and Kim Hyoyeon, who were dancing together, and lowered his voice.

"Here to hang out?"

"Yeah, what's going on Tae Kyon oppa? Why are you giving them work when they're so busy?"

"An assignment from higher up, I'm just following orders, but they might actually like this job."

"Huh? There's a job people actually like?" Kim Taeyeon looked surprised; who likes work these days!

Soon, the song ended, Bae Juhyun untied her ponytail and retied it before walking towards Seong Taekyon.

"What's up Tae Kyon oppa, anything going on?"

"Get changed in a while, there's a video to shoot to greet Chinese fans."