Thinker in the entertainment industry

"I want to forget about it," Lee Taemin said.

"I don't want to find out whether what you did was right or wrong, so that I can stop thinking about how much responsibility I have to bear for everything that happened later."

"Equivalent exchange, I forgive you, brother, you forgive me too, how about it?"

Zheng Zhiyong closed his eyes, and after an unknown amount of time, he opened them again, and slowly met Li Taimin's eyes.

"Okay." He said solemnly, as if holding back something.

The corners of Li Taemin's mouth curled up, with a relaxed expression on his face: "Besides that, I have another hope."

"What?" Zheng Zhiyong asked.

"I want to see you succeed, man," Lee Taemin said, "You succeeded, the story is that Jung Ji Yong overcame the difficulties in his life, he couldn't do it as a dancer, and later became an excellent rapper and producer, otherwise , I still can't seem to separate myself from 'Destroying Future'."

Zheng Zhiyong looked at Li Taemin, and finally showed a smile.

"I get it," he said, "I'm not going to make any promises now, but I'm going to try to live my life the way I should be."

Many of Li Taemin's words are a bit deliberate, but this does not prevent Zheng Zhiyong from understanding his intentions.

Forget about the past that should be forgotten, it really is an offer that cannot be refused.

Zheng Zhiyong took out the earrings in his pocket, and slowly put on one for himself. When he was wearing the other, when he pushed the earrings in, his hands shook uncontrollably, and his ear The nail pierced directly into the flesh next to him, and his face was slightly distorted because of it.

Immediately afterwards, tears gushed out of his eyes like a bank bursting.

No matter how deep the wound is, it will always heal slowly.Zheng Zhiyong lost his health and dreams overnight, and his spirit completely collapsed, but with the passage of time, his body gradually recovered, and his emotions became stable. He came into contact with hip-hop by accident and started music creation After this new direction, except for the procrastination that occurs from time to time and can't make up his mind, Zheng Zhiyong is a good young man with nothing to say in the eyes of everyone.

After healing, scars will be left on the surface. Sometimes you will regret and remember them when you see them, but they will not cause fundamental obstacles to your new life.However, Zheng Zhiyong's wrongdoings continued to grow in the wound like bacteria. No matter how he tried to find reasons for himself, he couldn't get rid of the feeling of guilt.He was originally a person who would immediately admit when he made a mistake and welcome the result in an upright manner, but in this matter, Zheng Zhiyong lost his original courage, and could only let the wound continue to heal and ache.

Now, finally, it's time to say goodbye, it's finally time to end, it's finally time to heal.

It's just that there are many things that can never go back.

When 2007 was coming to an end, Zheng Zhiyong's life was split into two parts.The dreams of the past are gone, the friends of the past are gone, and the life of the past will always be the past tense.

All he can do is to go back in time and meet his past self—the somewhat impulsive, optimistic, confident and high-spirited Zheng Zhiyong, hoping to get some help from it.

He got out of the predicament but couldn't find his dream, got forgiven for his former friend but only belonged to the past, Zheng Zhiyong has nothing else to do except to make him better now.

This is what Zheng Zhiyong expected, just like the lyrics he wrote in "Reunion" after meeting Kim Heechul and Kim Jaejoong:

Even if you forgive me for being miserable, we can't go back to the past.

Seven years have changed too many things. Whether it is Zheng Zhiyong or Li Taemin, they are no longer what the other party remembers, not to mention the gap drawn by the completely different life trajectories. mistakes are more profound.

He had understood it a long time ago, but he really missed that hard time but full of hope.

Now, he has a new goal, but it is not so easy to regain the indomitable momentum he had when he was a teenager.

In the hazy mist in front of his eyes, Zheng Zhiyong vaguely saw himself seven years ago, waving his back to Li Taimin and saying goodbye with a smile.At that time, what his eyes saw was the dark night and bright street lights that he had been familiar with for four years.

Compared to Zheng Zhiyong, Li Taemin's mood is much calmer.After he returned to SM, he went directly into the practice room. After practicing a few sets of movements, Li Taimin, who was obviously breathing heavily, paused the practice, sat on the floor, rested, and was in a daze.

"Taemin, are you here?"

"Well, come to practice, what's the matter?" Lee Taemin noticed the leather shoes on Kim Jonghyun's feet, it didn't look like he came to practice.

"I heard something recently. I don't know if you want to hear it." Kim Jonghyun squatted down beside Lee Taemin and said.

"about what?"

"About..." Kim Jonghyun thought for a while, "a person you knew in the past".

"Brother Zhiyong?"

Kim Jonghyun's eyes widened and his mouth opened, but he couldn't speak.

"I'm not used to calling him a thinker." Li Taemin knew he had guessed right, smiled, and said, "What's the matter? He's been in the cube—so close to him for a year, and no one noticed it. After so many days, everyone knows, how did brother know?"

"I saw someone like him in a behind-the-scenes photo of a show, and then I found out about it from senior zion.t." Kim Jonghyun sat cross-legged next to Lee Taemin, "I'm still thinking about what to tell you."

"I know it all."

Kim Jonghyun turned his head and looked carefully at Li Taemin's expression, trying to read something from it: "Are... all right?"

"It's okay," Lee Taemin said, "Neither he nor I did it intentionally for the past, and we are both responsible for the result, so we decided to forget it."

Kim Jonghyun looked at Lee Taemin with some doubts.

——It doesn't look like it's okay.

"It's really okay." After being a teammate for so many years, Lee Taemin could tell what Kim Jonghyun wanted to say at a glance, "I feel pretty good, really, I think I did a good thing."

In Li Taemin's life, most of the time, he is passively accepting the fact that has already been done.When I was a trainee, I either listened to the teacher, or I listened to Zheng Zhiyong, an experienced encyclopedia. When shinee became an army, Zheng Zhiyong's disappearance ensured Li Taemin's selection, but he had no way to fight back in the face of rumors Li, in the group, there are brothers who make decisions.On the one hand, Li Taemin thinks it’s good not to worry too much, on the other hand, he thinks that he can arrange some things from time to time. One of the manifestations is acting in "We Got Married". He insisted on making his husband like a father...

Li Taemin has a sense of accomplishment by making good use of the decisive power entrusted to him by Zheng Zhiyong - that's all he can think of.Li Taemin didn't dare to think about what Zheng Zhiyong went through after he injured his leg, and what would have happened if he didn't have that buckwheat noodle.

"His face hasn't changed at all, he's still so handsome, and he doesn't seem to have changed. What he said and what he did are all within the scope of my understanding, but I know that he is completely different."

Kim Jonghyun quietly listened to his younger brother's confession, Zheng Zhiyong was not so unique in SM back then, but it was strangely impressive, so many trainees came and went, he and Zheng Zhiyong were not so different Very familiar, and I can still remember those bright eyes, the corners of the mouth that are often raised, and... and various dancing postures that are either handsome or soft.

Thinking of this, Kim Jonghyun couldn't help asking: "How is his body...?"

Li Taemin looked down at the floor: "One leg is short, and there are other injuries. I can walk normally, but I can't do strenuous exercise."

As expected, but still regrettable.Kim Jonghyun sighed.

"I don't know how to deal with him now. He doesn't look bad. After what happened to him, his condition can even be said to be very good. I'm afraid it's not as good as him, but...it's too strange. I never imagined that one day he would become what he is today," Lee Taemin raised his head, "I can't do anything except let him and I get out of the past."

After saying such a long list, Li Taemin finally showed a little relaxed expression on his face: "I know he still feels guilty towards me, but it's not necessary, and I don't need it, I want to see him let go of these things, no Being a rapper and producer, it should be... interesting."

Kim Jonghyun moved to the opposite of Lee Taemin, put his hands on his shoulders: "Our Taemin has grown up."

"I, very, early, have, become, years, already!"

That's it, anyway, the Zheng Zhiyong who danced with him in the practice room can only be remembered forever.Both of them are completely different from what they used to be, and because the other has very painful memories, whether the friendship can continue has become a meaningless proposition.Taemin can only hope that his friend, who has taken a very different path, will shine as brightly as the man he remembers.

As for him, he will take great comfort in doing the right thing for himself.

At the same time, Zheng Zhiyong wiped away his tears and took out his mobile phone.

He heard the call just now, but didn't answer it, hoping it wasn't something urgent.

He lowered his head and saw the missed call displayed on the screen, it was An Xiaozhen.He was stunned for a moment before he remembered that today was the day Xu Suzhi went to record the program called "The King of Masked Singer".

This is the result?

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhiyong cleared his throat and pressed callback.

"I'm sorry, something happened just now." Zheng Zhiyong tried his best to keep his voice steady, "I didn't delay anything, did I?"

"No," said Ahn Hyo Jin, "Miss Sol Ji's result came out, she is the champion."

champion? MBC seems to attach great importance to the program "The King of Masked Singer". For the first episode of the trial broadcast, it should not casually invite a bunch of trash.Instinctively, Zheng Zhiyong blurted out: "Congratulations."

"I want to ask you if you have anything else to do recently. I'm afraid the recording will start in a few days."

"It's fine as long as you don't go to class." Zheng Zhiyong said.

exid wanted to strike while the iron was hot. As soon as Xu Solzhi's first champion of "The King of Masked Singer" came out, she and Ahn Hyojin's sub-team came back.Maybe I will use my own name to promote it, "Tears" version 2.0, it sounds good too.

If the grades are not good... This time there will be no "Up and Down" to save me...

Zheng Zhiyong shook his head.

After he no longer had the mentality of "just testing the waters and accumulating experience", he felt that the pressure on him was much heavier.

And this is a change he has to adapt to.