Chapter 3

Perhaps, many fans have secretly learned their dance moves and think they’re easy to learn.

But learning it privately and performing it together with the group, while switching formations on stage, is a completely different story!

Moreover, this was something Jin Youxi had learned a long time ago just for fun, and her movements weren’t even standard.

She wasn’t a professional dancer before, and when she learned dances, she barely managed to get six or seven out of ten moves correct.

But now, her identity was that of a professional Korean girl group idol, and a member of JYP’s girl group. The original owner of this body had trained in JYP for years before being selected through internal voting to debut.

If it weren’t for the original body’s muscle memory, Jin Youxi would have been thoroughly embarrassed!

However, so far, she still felt quite embarrassed. Based on everyone’s reactions, it seemed like “she” was pretty good at dancing before?

With the help of the original body’s muscle memory, Jin Youxi managed to keep up with the others. They practiced like this all morning, with their dance teacher coming over to check in.

The dance teacher came to inform them: “Tomorrow, we’ll film the official dance practice version and the mirror dance version. Get ready.”

The nine of them bowed in unison to the teacher, signaling that they understood.

Jin Youxi in the group was a bit nervous. She followed the practice today, but after a whole morning of practice, she realized that Twice’s dance wasn’t as easy as she had previously thought!

The various formations of the nine members! Jin Youxi was highly focused. Fortunately, most of her position was on the edges. Sometimes on the left side of the group, sometimes on the right side.

But when she heard that tomorrow they would shoot the official practice room version, she started to panic.

Having been in the Korean entertainment industry for many years, she naturally knew what the dance practice room version meant. Almost every idol group releases the official dance practice room version after a comeback.

Later, various funny and entertaining versions of the dances emerged. With the rise of TikTok and Douyin, a ‘dance challenge’ format emerged, and various short videos on these platforms featured dance challenges.

To promote songs in the era of big data and short videos, all the groups spared no effort!

But with her skills, she felt like she was being replaced! She was scared.

Earlier, Jin Youxi had been thinking that Twice would become top-tier, and all she had to do was follow along, enjoy the perks, and take it easy.

After all, she had debuted, and as long as she didn’t mess up, all she had to do was renew her contract with the company in the future.

But now, on her very first day as a girl group member, Jin Youxi was starting to struggle.

She wasn’t full from breakfast, couldn’t keep up with the dance, and even when she did, she got flustered because of the frequent formation changes.

Just thinking about the comeback on April 25th, Jin Youxi almost passed out again.

God knows, she originally planned to just slack off in the group!

Debuting with Twice was her life-saving charm!

But it wasn’t easy to slack off…

Jin Youxi was troubled, and before she knew it, it was evening. For dinner, they treated themselves to noodles in the cafeteria.

It was just a small bowl, and as someone who had been a migrant worker in Beijing, this small bowl of noodles felt like just a snack.

It was tasteless, with no delicious noodle broth. She watched Sana eating it happily and saying it tasted like Japanese ramen.

Japanese ramen? Tsk~ Chinese noodles are the best!

Jin Youxi could now speak Korean as a survival instinct from the original body, but she couldn’t understand much of what her teammates said in Japanese.

She didn’t dare speak Chinese. She was holding it in, really wanted to chat with Zhou Ziyu, but she absolutely couldn’t!

Who suddenly learns a foreign language? She’d have to put on an act and pretend to study before she could speak Chinese.

After a not-so-good dinner, they went back to the practice room, and the company’s stylist asked them to check out the clothes prepared for tomorrow’s recording.

Jin Youxi was looking forward to it, but when she saw the pile of pink and white sportswear, she was somewhat disappointed. At least it looked clean.

There were also blue and white short sports outfits and black shorts.

Jin Youxi followed the others, and before she entered, the older members were already squatting down, selecting sizes.

Most of them wore the smallest sizes, but there were also taller members who needed bigger sizes, and others who were fuller-figured.

Nayeon, the leader Park Jihyo, and Yoo Jeongyeon were squatting there, while the younger members waited behind.

Nayeon picked out the smallest size, looked up at Jin Youxi, and smiled, “Youxi, this one’s for you, the small size.”

“Ziyu, this is yours, you’re tall, so you need a bigger size…”

Jin Youxi heard her name, stepped forward, and took the pink sportswear, “Thank you, Unnie~”

As she held it and looked it over, she suddenly remembered the outfits from the neighboring company, where they wore big brands when debuting…

JYP is really something. In the past, she was a fan of YG and knew more about the artists from there than Twice.

Now, as a member of Twice, looking at the plain sportswear in her hands and seeing the others, she felt a little uneasy.

She knew that Twice’s debut was rough, but she didn’t expect it to be this bad, considering they were one of the big three.

The group next door had rich girls, while here, there were too many “soy sauce bottles.”

Although she wasn’t a JYP fan, she did respect the dedication of JYP’s girl groups and their notoriously grueling schedules.

Now, looking at this clothing, Jin Youxi felt a bit complicated.

In just a day of brief interactions with the others, she felt the so-called cohesion of the group.

Everyone was kind.

At night, the nine of them returned to the dorm. Shortly after, Jin Youxi was called to the older members’ dorm.

This dorm was shared by Nayeon, Sana, leader Park Jihyo, and Mina, with four single beds.

When she was called over, she felt a bit uneasy. The first thing that came to her mind was the rumors about the group’s internal discord and member exclusion.

But in reality, she was wrong.

Captain Jihyo apologized to her first, “During today’s practice, the Unnie said you didn’t mean anything bad. We know you practice hard. The fainting yesterday was understandable. I was just too anxious. We’re coming up to our comeback, and you can’t be in this condition.”

“Tomorrow we’ll go to the practice room early to practice a few more times before the shoot. Youxi, you’ll have to work harder.”

This wasn’t about internal bullying. It was just that she had been influenced by the industry rumors from her past life.

Jihyo’s words made her feel even more guilty, and she nodded without hesitation, “I’ll wake up early to practice tomorrow and won’t hold everyone back!”

In the Unnies’ dorm, she ate a few red ginseng packs with them and brought back two bottles of health drinks when returning to her dorm.

Doyeon envied her a lot! She ran down from the top bunk, and they laughed as they shared a bottle, pulling the slightly introverted Ziyu into their circle.

That night, Jin Youxi reflected on her performance that day.

It seemed that even if she was slacking off, she couldn’t afford to do so at this time! She had just debuted, and Twice hadn’t made it big yet. She couldn’t be a burden to everyone.

Twice was known for never slacking on stage. If she got criticized for being lazy and couldn’t make it to the top, wouldn’t she have sabotaged herself?

At the very least, she had to hold on until the group became hugely successful, so she could secure her future.

Moreover, after seeing the efforts of others today, she felt even more guilty.

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The next morning, the nine of them went to the practice room early.

In the morning, they practiced the dance for “Cheer Up” for the last time, and in the afternoon, they began official filming!

At lunchtime, she met the male idols from her company for the first time – Got7.

She recognized Jackson at a glance.

Sigh, another day she couldn’t speak Chinese with him!

Jin Youxi thought of the famous incident where Ziyu was criticized by Chinese netizens for years. She felt she had to keep an eye on her.

Whether it was true or not, she needed to find out. If it was, she wouldn’t be friends with Ziyu anymore!

She was a patriotic, loyal youth!

As she thought this, she stared at Ziyu for a few seconds. She hoped it was just a misunderstanding. From the two days she had spent with her, Ziyu seemed like a nice person, and she hoped it was a mistake by the company.

Because… she loved her country.

In terms of patriotism, Jin Youxi completely forgot that the body she now inhabited was originally Korean, born in Seoul.

She might be Korean on the outside, but her soul was Chinese! The spirit of a Chinese person was truly within her.

Seeing another Chinese person made her want to speak Chinese, and she almost suffocated from holding it in!

She had to hold herself back, no matter what!

After lunch, they were about to begin recording.

The official music video for “Cheer Up” had already been shot, and the original owner was involved, but Jin Youxi didn’t care about that.

This time, it was her turn to perform.

She hadn’t eaten well at lunch, and when she returned to the practice room, she started to feel down.

Holding a bottle of mineral water, she sat dazedly against the mirror.

Just thinking about facing the camera terrified her. This was a big challenge for her as a rookie!

Could she do it?

She was about to lose her mind…

Jin Youxi first leaned against the mirror and then slouched to the side.

Finally, she gave up and rolled around on the practice room floor in a frenzy.

If she made a mistake, she would be scolded, and they would have to retake the shoot…

At the front of the practice room, the manager had set up the camera and turned it on to check the angle and battery.

Seeing Jin Youxi rolling around with a dazed look, the manager found it cute and started recording.

Just then, Jin Youxi felt her phone vibrate. She quickly checked and took out her phone.

She had forgotten to put it away.

It was a text message from her mom, alerting her that money had been transferred into her account!

Hmm?! She was instantly energized!

It was from her dear mom! The money was from her!

Since she arrived, Jin Youxi hadn’t had time for any side gigs. She was practicing every day.

In the past couple of days, she had almost gone through all the belongings of this girl! There was nothing… Her pockets were emptier than her face.

Each month, she only received a small amount from the company. They had only debuted a few months ago, and the company didn’t give much in terms of support.

Jin Youxi excitedly opened her phone and found a message with a number of 50,000 yuan. Her parents always cared for her!

With a grin on her face, she quickly sent a message to her mom!

“Thanks, Mom! I love you!”