After all, he was also a member of S-M and attended the concert, yet he had no memory of seeing Liu Xin’an backstage.
"Ah, I went as part of the audience."
"Audience... Ah! So you didn’t go backstage?"
"No, Juhyun just asked if I could clear up January 1st for a date, so I adjusted my work schedule to make that day free."
"Wait a second, then in that case, under what pretext did Irene invite Xin’an to the stadium?"
Bae Juhyun’s face was full of embarrassment when asked this question.
"Actually... he thought Seulgi was a huge fan of the Girls’ Generation seniors at the time..."
"Hahahahaha, really?"
"Well... mainly because before the concert, Xin’an attended an event in China, and coincidentally, he went with Taeyeon and Sunny. I was really afraid my identity would be exposed, so I told Taeyeon and Sunny about it at the last minute." Content originally comes from NoveI(F)ire.net
"So Taeyeon and Sunny were actually the first to know about your relationship?"
"Yes... After that, I was worried Xin’an would mess up at the event, so I gave him a little briefing about Girls’ Generation, and at that time, to conceal my identity, I even claimed to know nothing about artists."
"If you didn’t know about artists, how could you brief Xin’an on Girls’ Generation?"
It was clear that everyone present was listening intently; they all felt engrossed in the story.
"So... I said Seulgi was a huge fan of Girls’ Generation, and I heard it all from her."
Bae Juhyun laughed shyly as she spoke, her cheeks flushing pink with the heat of her shyness.
"What a wicked captain, completely squeezed out Seulgi’s value!"
"No, no, really no; after that, Xin’an and I sincerely apologized to Seulgi and treated her to many meals!"
Bae Juhyun quickly waved her hands, unable to bear the weight of the accusation.
"So... the invitation for Xin’an to the concert was also due to Seulgi’s supposed identity?"
"Yes, that’s how we got the tickets, so I invited Xin’an to the event."
"But you should have rehearsed, didn’t you enter together?"
"Yes, I let Xin’an go in first, and our group’s performance was scheduled early on, so he quickly recognized me."
Bae Juhyun calmly described the situation at the time, but despite her nonchalance, the mere thought of it excited everyone.
"So, Xin’an directly saw Irene on stage from the concert audience?"
"Yes." Liu Xin’an nodded, confirming the point.
"Wow... what were you feeling at the time?"
"Completely stunned."
His straightforward answer caused a wave of laughter, and Bae Juhyun couldn’t help but smile as she lightly patted Liu Xin’an’s arm.
However, Liu Xin’an didn’t laugh along; instead, he felt extremely awkward.
"The thing is, sometimes she would randomly chat with me about artists. I kind of pride myself on being a public figure too, so I used to show off a bit, boasting about having a lot of followers in front of her..."
"Ah!! Stop it, just listening is giving us goosebumps."
"Such a social faux pas, how many followers do you have, Xin’an?"
"At the time, about 5 million."
"And how about you, Irene?"
Bae Juhyun, hearing this, gave an innocent look: "Over 10 million."
"Xin’an, if I were you, I’d probably want to dig a hole and dive into it."
Liu Xin’an sighed deeply; he had a similar thought at the time, luckily, afterward, Bae Juhyun didn’t continuously use it to tease him... or he would really be humiliated.
"Though at the time, I didn’t realize it, I just felt... that lively and unusually bright smiley person on stage seemed really unfamiliar..."
Liu Xin’an spoke softly about how he felt back then, the seriousness in his words gradually quieting everyone down.
Bae Juhyun next to him opened her beautiful eyes wide, watching Liu Xin’an with both anticipation and nervousness.
These were questions she hadn’t asked before...
"Because I knew nothing about this area, luckily the seat I was in was surrounded by her fans, so the fan next to me explained it to me. It was then that I knew Irene, knew Red Velvet."
"And you found out that the so-called huge Girls’ Generation fan was actually an artist too?"
"Hahaha, don’t mention it, Seulgi was so wronged!"
Liu Xin’an was also amused by the joke and nodded in agreement: "Yes, besides Juhyun, Seulgi surprised me the most."
"What song was Irene performing at the time?"
Kang Hodong looked curiously at Bae Juhyun, but Liu Xin’an was the one who answered first.
"’Bad Boy’, dressed in a red trench coat and black boots."
His familiarity drew mockery from the MCs: "You remember it very clearly."
"Hmm... I might never forget that scene..." He nodded, not only remembering it clearly, "Afterward, when I heard ’Psycho’, the fan beside me told me their stage was over, and I was worried about the crowd on the way back, so I left a bit early."
"Ah!" Bae Juhyun exclaimed at the mention of leaving, quickly saying, "Him leaving early really scared me that time."