@ Hosana_to_highest : Ah yes, let me put that magical song into this chapter. Ignorance is more like mentally blind, I think. They choose to see only the beautiful things and ignore the horrible things.

@ A_Deewaggie : Let's see Tzuyu's reaction and how SaTzu will progress here. And of course, MiNayeon will be going strong, until Anzai comes and crushes the relationship and the trust between the two.

@ Wivern : Yes, I will do something bad to squirrel and bunny. I will put it in the trailer later. Yeah let's just sink the Mayor Choi and Mama Im ship, and sail the Hyunbin-Yejin ship instead. Also, do we forget about BlackDestiny? Where are they now? They're one of the most important side pairing in this fic LOL

@ jyp_stan : Yes, I feel excited too!

@ krina_love : Okay, I will change it to six months then.

@ blank123 : Do you think you can hide from me? I'll hunt you and drag you here again. Yes, I am unpredictable. Anyway, tilt your head to the side before you read this chapter.

THEME SONG : TWICE - Fancy You

"Sana..."

"Tzuyu..."

The two girls stared at each other. Their eyes filled with shock and confusion.

Sana slowly put the letter back into the envelope, and put it on the desk.

Tzuyu blinked as she stared at the older girl. In the back of her mind, she was feeling the beginning of being unnerved by this unexpected event.

"You- You read it?"

"...."

"You read the letter?"

"...." Sana slowly nodded.

Tzuyu's face turned red in an instant. Sana didn't know whether it was from shock or anger or embarrassment.

"Who told you to come into my room without my permission?" Tzuyu glared.

"I'm- I'm sorry!"

"You should've waited for me before you started cleaning my room!" Tzuyu raised her tone. Her eyes kept glaring dagger at Sana.

"...."

"And you shouldn't read other people's letters without their permission!" Tzuyu spoke angrily.

Sana fell silent. She slowly turned her gaze down to the floor. She didn't know what to say. She didn't even dare to look into Tzuyu's eyes right now.

"Leave! Go! Please go home now, Sana!" Tzuyu's voice turned cold. As cold as the frozen sea on the North Pole.

Holding her breath, Sana slowly looked up to the tall girl. "Tzu-Tzuyu, I'm really sorry. Can we... Can we talk about this later?"

Tzuyu shook her head. "I don't know, Sana, just go. Leave. Please."

Sana could only see hurt and anger in Tzuyu's eyes right now. And it hurt her tooz

Sana bit her lips, she couldn't say anything anymore. She then walked out the room, grabbed her sling bag and left Tzuyu's apartment. Her heart heavy and her mind messed up.

That Saturday, Sana and Tzuyu's training session had ended before it even started. And it ended up in a mess. It was such an unfortunate event for them.

MEANWHILE. AT JAEBUM'S APARTMENT.

Jaebum and Jennie were having a secret meeting with Sunmi and Seulgi. It's not really possible for Sunmi and Seulgi to meet openly with Jennie and Jaebum at their office. They figured it would raise suspicion from Nayeon. And therefore they could only meet secretly at Jaebum's apartment.

"Sunmi, have you read all the documents I gave you last week? What do you think of that?" Jennie asked.

"Hm. Yeah, I think there's something unusual in the legal contract between your company and the Jung Corporation." Sunmi replied while pointing at a page in the document.

"Can you find a fraud in that? We need to find a fraud so that we can use it against my cousin." Jennie said.

"Yeah, I think we can find it. Just give me time. And give me more materials to check." Sunmi said.

Jennie nodded. "Okay. I will give you other materials next week, it's some legal contracts she has made with other companies. Please check if you can find some fraud too in that."

"Legal contracts? Who helped her? I mean, the lawyer." Sunmi asked.

"It's Yoo Jeongyeon. She's Nayeon's friend from college. And now she's been working for her for almost one year." Jennie explained.

Sunmi frowned. "Yoo Jeongyeon. I think I've heard her name before. Oh yeah, she made a headline few months ago, sending an important person’s family to prison for a case. Is that right?"

Jennie nodded. "Yes. Jeongyeon has been helping Myoui to send Sheriff Lee's younger brother, Seunghyun, to prison, for an attempted . The victim was one of Myoui's closest friends, Minatozaki Sana, who also became her girlfriend later, they have broken up now, according to his brother Kento who has been working for a few months in our ranch. Jeongyeon said she was working for free, doing a pro bono. But I'm quite sure Nayeon actually paid her to do that. Nayeon has been giving up too many projects too, for Mina. And oh, there's also this little girl named Seoyeon. She is adopted by the Myoui Family. Nayeon seems to like that girl a lot. I wonder if that little girl has something special. Also, in the next two weeks, I'm planning to send Mina to jail for a while. It would make our job easier, to separate her from Nayeon and then find Nayeon's secret."

"Wait, Jennie, stop!" Sunmi interrupted. "You're giving too much information for an introduction. I want you to write them all down, list all the names that are involved, make a chart of their relationships, then explain all the events in detail. We have to work systematically."

Jennie stared at Sunmi. "Hm. You're right, Sunmi. I will make that."

Seulgi, who had been listening quietly to them, then proposed something.

"Jennie, I see that your main problems are the two persons, Im Nayeon and Myoui Mina. I suppose we should split the work. You and Sunmi will focus on Nayeon. While Jaebum and I will focus on Mina. How about it?"

Jennie nodded.

"Yeah. That was actually my plan. Nayeon is very close to Jeongyeon, and Jeongyeon has been helping Nayeon a lot in handling our company’s legal issues. While Mina and her gangs are more into a physical confrontation. They’re strong and can fight very well, and that's why we need you to defend us against them, Seulgi." Jennie said.

"Okay. Just give me all the information about Myoui and her friends."

"Sure." Jennie nodded, "Jaebum, can you?"

The man nodded and stood up and went into his bedroom. Then he returned, carrying a lot of papers and pictures.

"This is Mina and her family and friends. She lives with her stepmother Yejin, her younger step sister Chaeyoung, and her cousin Momo. They owned a ranch near the river south. You should go and observe their place soon. And oh they have two closest friends, Minatozaki Sana and Chou Tzuyu. Sana is the victim of Seunghyun's attemped . Seunghyun and Mina have already had a conflict long before the trial began. Seunghyun's attempt to Sana was foiled by Mina. Mina beat Seunghyun. Then a week after that, Seunghyun kidnapped Mina and beat her in return. She passed out from the injury and was then put on her horse. The horse brought her passing by Nayeon's mansion. Nayeon saw Mina and then she took her in and took care of her for three weeks. It was after that incident that Nayeon started getting closer with Mina and giving her a lot of projects. They're very close, and I'm sure Mina was the reason behind Nayeon's decision to cancel her engagement with me. There's something between Nayeon and Mina. They must be dating secretly right now." Jaebum explained in details.

Seulgi frowned. "Hm. That's too much information for me too. Please just write it down for me, Jaebum."

The four of them then continued their discussion. Jennie and Jaebum were giving Sunmi and Seulgi more information about Nayeon, Mina, and their circle of friends.

AT THE IM MANSION.

It was already dark at night when Mina left Nayeon's mansion. She and Nayeon had been spending the whole day to study together inside the library. Mina made a lot of notes, and Nayeon also lent her a few books. Next week, they would continue their study again.

Nayeon then found herself sitting alone in her working room. The dinner hadn't come yet and she already felt very hungry so she decided to grab an apple to fill her empty stomach.

And just then, her mother came at her.

"Nayeon, what are you doing with that girl?" SungRyung asked without bothering to hide her annoyance.

Nayeon looked up at her mother.

"We're just studying."

"For what? For a new project? You're giving her new projects again?" SungRyung asked glaringly.

"Yes." Nayeon answered calmly.

"Nayeon, why are you doing this? I don't understand you at all. You cancelled your engagement with Jaebum. And now you're getting closer with that girl. Nayeon, I really disagree with this." SungRyung's voice was raised a bit.

"I'm sorry, mother. But I'm the one who's taking decisions in my company. And I'm choosing her to be my partner for those projects, because I'm comfortable working with her. She is reliable and trustworthy. And I don't see any reason why you have to be so stressed out about this, Eomma." Nayeon replied, still calmly.

Unlike her younger sister, Nayeon had a bargaining power against her mother. She was the one who ran their family business. She made a lot of decisions for herself. And she was smarter and stronger than her mother. The only thing that made Nayeon still hold herself back from raising her voice to SungRyung was because she was her mother.

SungRyung kept glaring at her daughter.

"Nayeon, their family are not good people. You should know who's a friend and who's a foe. Those girls would bring us a lot of troubles. Instead of making friends, you should've acquainted yourself with people who have a clear track record. But this Myouis, they're foreigner. Who knows what they're thinking and planning to us? I'm not surprised if someday they will steal something from us. Cut your ties with them before it's too late, Nayeonie."

Nayeon frowned at her mother. She was utterly disturbed by how her mother perceived Mina's family. She wanted to argue back but right now she was tired and hungry, so she decided to take a gentler approach against her mother.

"I appreciate your concern, Eomma. But I know what I'm doing. Don't worry, I'll make sure Mina won't do anything harmful for our family. And I'll be careful with everyone, not only with the Myouis, but also with everyone else." Nayeon said with a reassuring but decisive smile.

Upon seeing the decisiveness in her daughter's attitude, SungRyung couldn't say anything anymore.

Their chief butler, Taewoo, came informing them about the dinner. And the mother and the daughter then went downstairs to have their dinner.

Saturday evening. Tzuyu couldn't sleep at all. And she couldn't focus herself on anything. Her mind was messed up so badly. She was shocked, angered, and embarrassed when she saw Sana reading the letter. She was supposed to give the letter to Sana in a romantic way. She was planning to take Sana out to somewhere nice, maybe taking her for a camping trip at the savannah, making a bonfire together, then th