Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

When Kim So-min went to the hospital to visit Luo Jae-min again, the boy's back injury had recovered well after a period of rest.

But compared to before he took sick leave, he was visibly more silent and fragile, and his voice change also increased his pressure.

His voice was already low before his voice change period, and now when he opens his mouth it's even lower, and because it's so low it'll break if he's not careful.

So, he stopped talking most of the time, and changed from saying "Nuna" in a coquettish manner to looking at her and smiling.

Kim So Min uses a notebook to organize her demo music library.

Luo Zaimin casually opened the screen of his mobile phone and his smile suddenly widened.

"What are you laughing at?"

His peach-shaped eyes curved, and he turned his phone to show her: "The company's artists sent a new message."

Kim So-min showed little interest in the group's messages and continued to work on documents.

Seeing Luo Zaimin's happy look, she still asked, "Is there any good news?"

"Have."

"Congratulations to Nuna, the photo of Somin shooting an archery at the idol sports competition has gone viral on the internet."

"Cupid is still on the B-list Hot 100 and continues to be so until now."

"Oh my god - the company wants to add a selfie class?"

"I suggested it." Jin Zhao gritted his teeth in hatred, "Some people's photography skills are terrible."

Luo Zaimin, whose selfie skills were not very good, ignored the line, checked the messages and changed the subject.

He said with great energy, "The DREAM kids will be back at the end of the month."

"Ah, indeed, your group's return time just happens to coincide with our event time."

The girls are also preparing for the comeback of Red Velvet during this period.

Luo Zaimin smiled: "It's best to stagger them. If they return together with Red Velvet, it will put more pressure on Kaichan and the others."

"And after Red Velvet's comeback, Nuna is going to go solo..."

His long eyelashes trembled a few times, and his eyes stared at her with burning eyes: "Nuna, are you writing songs for your solo album now?"

"Album? I've already recorded it."

The news that Kim So Min is going to be a solo artist is no secret in the company, and the solo album is almost ready, with only the MV shooting left.

She moved the computer over, sat on the chair beside his bed, and handed him a headset: "Would you like to listen to it?"

The line between the two people limits their range of movement, and the scent of camellia and an inexplicable atmosphere entangles them.

Kim So-min handed him the other earphone, and the distance between them returned to their original distance.

“I played it.”

Talented singers are amazing, while others who sing solo may just buy the copyright of one or two songs, or release six songs to make a mini album.

Kim So Min had the luxury of picking and choosing from her own music library, selecting her favorite songs, adjusting the style and making a formal album with ten songs.

Most of the DEMOs that are not included in the album will most likely be abandoned.

The theme of her album is "self-salvation and reconciliation with oneself."

Most of the album tells her own story, but it is not her autobiography.

In her creative process, she inevitably incorporates others as sources of inspiration, such as Zhenli and Luo Zaimin.

The songs on the album are arranged in order from top to bottom, looking back to the past from a specific perspective and then returning to the present that is still ongoing.

The entire album reflects her life and work from different angles, allowing the audience to hear and see how Kim So-min became Somin.

The first song is amazing when you hear it. The main melody line of the title song is piano and violin, with occasional music box sounds echoing, which is absurd yet mixed with grand joy.

The lyrics surprised Luo Zaimin. After listening to the title song, he realized Kim So-min's ambition.

“Is Nuna’s album all in English?”

"Seven English songs, and the remaining three, one each from Chinese, Japanese and Korean."

The English list is obviously aimed at the B list.

Most people on the peninsula don’t have her courage or strength.

But Luo Zaimin completely trusted her ability. After he finished listening to the whole song, he was silent in amazement for a long time.

Kim So Min: "Which song do you think is the best?"

After thinking for a while, he answered seriously: "Can I choose two?"

She smiled helplessly: "Do you have to act like a spoiled child for this?"

Seeing that his trickery had worked, he immediately replied, "Mine and Sunshine."

Both songs are in English and are not title songs.

The former has a strong music box atmosphere, cool and elegant; the latter is a song of rice, with the warmth of seeing the "sunlight" in the darkness and being saved.

Luo Zaimin repeated the lyrics of "Sunshine".

“Being brave, for me, is the key that keeps me going.

I knew I could get better, so I had to be brave.

But it’s never easy.”

(*The lyrics refer to Sam's speech, the three rules of a happy life)

The lyrics of the chorus of "Mine" that Luo Zaimin mentioned are as follows.

【You know, I'm hard to please

(You know I'm hard to please)

I know what you did for me

(I know everything you did for me)

I don't care what anyone thinks

(I don't care what anyone thinks)

Cause I know you'll be there for me

(Because I know you will be by my side)】

--Ruined.

Kim So-min looked at him with a puzzled expression.

I don’t know if it’s a damn coincidence, but these two songs are all related to him.

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In Kim So-min's mostly rational and logical world, when doing things or interacting with people, she has clear purposes and motives.

She spent a lot of energy and time on Luo Zaimin and felt happy.

Luo Zaimin is a child who grew up with a lot of love.

Although he is younger than her, he often acts like a spoiled child, but his style of doing things is like that of an older person.

He would coax her in a gentle manner and would also share his love with her generously.

Therefore, it is not right to simply say that Kim So Min got the mood from him. Did she really put in so much effort just to get a short-term good mood?

Kim So-min had a high status and lived a good life. She had so many things that she had almost nothing to worry about. To some extent, she still retained her innocence and childishness.

Just like the nightingale in "The Nightingale and the Rose", he does not understand love, but yearns for the beauty of "love" and maintains an idealized romanticism.

Her parents loved her, but they each had something most important to them that did not completely belong to her.

It sounds a bit ridiculous, but Kim So Min really wants someone to love her forever and exclusively.

She has a strong sense of self deep down, and she is herself if she wants to be herself.

However, there is no such thing as a strong woman who must give up what she loves and her beauty in order to be herself.

Kim So-min believes that strength can coexist with beauty and love.

For the sake of beauty, she is willing to control her diet to maintain her figure; "love" is definitely not a necessity for her, but she can accept it if she has it.

The ideal love in her mind is like Taylor's "Love Story", which is romantic, crazy, and has unswerving companionship.

To put it in the words of writer Haruki Murakami, it can be expressed as - she doesn't want to find someone to live with, she wants to find someone who will smile when he sees her, and she will smile when she sees him, with eyes full of light, and who will talk to her about romance and love.

After all, reality is not a fairy tale. Kim So-min's personality and her desire to control life are not easily accepted by everyone.

When Kim So-min withdrew her hand and looked at him, there was a hint of inquiry and scrutiny in her eyes.

The time was almost up, and Jin Zhaomin said to him, "Just rest and recuperate."

After saying that, she picked up the computer, gently opened the door and walked out.

At this moment, Luo Zaimin suddenly asked.

"Nuna, am I special to you?"

Kim So-min would not argue with her feelings, and this time, she answered firmly, "Yes."

He smiled brightly and his eyes seemed to sparkle.

"I will recover well and come back, and I will always be by Nuna's side."