"Soyeon is a little too utilitarian. Her concept is very realistic. She shouldn't put personal interests before the interests of the group. This is wrong with her. But to be honest, among us, is she the only one in reality? No, not just."

Kim Taeyeon's voiced words echoed slightly in the conference room.

The young members of the audience all looked at their captain with complicated eyes.

In the past, she was always someone on the same front as them, and she resisted all kinds of difficulties and accusations from the outside world.

However, today, at this moment, she turned her finger on them for the first time, and even herself, all of them became the target of her accusation.

"We are not children anymore, so it is normal to become realistic. Fairy tales are beautiful, but we can't live in fairy tales. So, there is nothing wrong with becoming realistic."

"But, everyone is clearly a reality, why is Soo-yeon the only one who was condemned in the end? She was excluded by almost all of us?"

"I didn't realize this in the past, but today I think about it and it seems that I understand."

"Although everyone is a realistic person, among us, Soo-yeon is the most active person! Although she doesn't like to talk much, she is the one among us who has the courage to realize her ideas!"

Kim Taeyeon's eyes glanced at the members, her eyes were slightly red, and she pursed her lips repeatedly while speaking, as if she didn't know how to say it, or if she didn't know whether she should really say what she was in her heart.

However, after looking at the members one by one, she took a deep breath and said something that almost made the atmosphere cold:

"Actually... most of us at that time made such a choice because we were jealous of Sooyeon, right?"

Suddenly, even Han Yu, as an outsider, couldn't sit still.

He turned to look at Kim Taeyeon in a little shock, never expecting that she would say that, let alone she would say these words so directly.

Even if he is a friend or a close relative, he must not say something. Saying it out is equivalent to tearing his face apart. This is not his original intention of holding this meeting today.

However, what Han Yu didn't expect was that after hearing Kim Taeyeon's words, except for Jung Soo-yeon who looked up at her in an instant, the other young members present had no special reaction.

Is Taeyeon's long-term prestige as the captain and their friendship suppressing them, or is it that Taeyeon's words really touched their minds in a sense, which makes everyone unable to speak?

"At that time, including myself, the reasons we used were for the sake of the combination, and in fact it was the same. I admit that the most fundamental starting point for all of us was worrying that Soo-yeon's maverick would cause our entire combination to fall apart."

I don’t know if I had received Han Yu’s gaze suggestion. Kim Taeyeon, who was sitting in the seat, was still talking to herself. She seemed to have not noticed the increasingly intense silence in the air, only the gentle and clear voice kept ringing in the quiet conference room.

"But, one thing, one thing is strange. We have known each other for more than ten years. For more than ten years, let alone work partners who stay together all day long, even if we are just ordinary friends, isn't more than ten years enough for us to accumulate enough trust? Is more than ten years not enough for us to sit down and have a good talk?"

"What is the reason why we can clearly divide the boundaries between each other without saying it?"

"I think it's because of the point I just said... jealous."

"Maybe it's not necessarily that I'm jealous of Sooyeon's career that can develop so smoothly. Most of us may be jealous of her just because... I envy her for having such a clear plan for her life, envy her for having the courage to withstand the pressure of the company and even envy her for her happy appearance when planning her future. And so on, and so on."

"It's such a simple reason! They are entangled together and form our complicated mentality at the beginning."

"At the age when the idol's career is about to end, there will be a period of confusion. I believe you all understand what I mean."

"Although Girls' Generation is the most successful girl group ever, it's funny that most of us are a little confused about our future. We feel that being a singer seems to have no confidence, and being an actor, we can never get rid of the shadow of idol origin. After thinking about it, it seems that the future can only be lived by consuming popularity."

"In 2014, we all knew that the combination was about to go downhill."

"There is no idol group in this world that will always remain popular. The only thing we can leave behind is legends, but as we grow older, we cannot retain the popularity that is rapidly losing."

"This is reality, the most realistic reality."

"So from that time on, didn't we start planning our own future? A few people have to take the actor route, a few people have to continue singing, and a few people have to do variety shows. We are actually paving the way for our future. We are actually thinking that the group will disappear one day, but... among us, only Soo-yeon shows this kind of thought openly."

"So, she became the target of us, and she became the most prominent among us."

"To be honest, when planning the future, we all feel guilty about the group and others, right? I, including myself, thought that I should be a real singer in the future, and my mood will be both expectant and complicated."

"So we, to be honest, have used Soo Yeon at that time as a target."

"We attribute all the contradictions to her, as if she did the mistakes."

"Is this really the case?"

Kim Taeyeon's fingers hit the table hard, and the crisp sound seemed to hit the hearts of the Girls' Generation members present at this time. Then, a decisive voice also came into their ears.

"no!"

"We are also wrong! Whether as friends or teammates, we were wrong at that time!"

"I know what many of us think. No one expected that things at that time would directly lead to Sooyeon leaving the company, right? We may all think that the company just wanted to give Sooyeon a warning, and sooner or later she would return to the group."

"But... things are not as we think, aren't they?"

Kim Hyoyeon, who was sitting among the crowd, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and asked in a deep voice: "So, what do you mean?"

Kim Taeyeon looked at her, then gritted her teeth and said:

"I mean - Sooyeon is wrong, we are wrong too! We can blame her, but where can we get the confidence to blame her? You stinky girls! Hum?"

Kim Taeyeon's last retort question was like a thunder, which made the huge conference room quiet again.
Chapter completed!