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Chapter 25: Rebirth

An hour before JJ's record label and Bright Summit Entertainment Company's announcement.

Almost two years since Iris Long disappeared from the public eyes, she had remained silent online. Even when a commotion broke out after her social media accounts were wiped clean, and when Fan Luo and Jin Chonglin almost caused a scandal involving her with their blog posts, nobody heard a word from her.

This fateful morning, however, all of her empty social media accounts were finally updated.

No greetings, no words.

It was just a single video.

The video started with the back view of a teenage girl wearing a skimpy dress and high heels. Club music echoed in the background, as she walked out to a parking lot and climbed into a sports car.

She drove away and then the scene suddenly blacked out with the sounds of squealing tires and a loud crash.

An ambulance siren blared.

Next was a frantic scene at a hospital with paramedics wheeling the unconscious teenage girl whose face still wasn't shown; her blood splattering on the white floor tiles. The door to the operating room closed behind them.

The next scene showed a hospital room filled with several life support machines. The girl on the bed laid unmoving, her face still not shown.

The camera shifted its focus to a calendar atop a table beside the bed, its pages flipping to the next month again and again, faster and faster, showing how much time passed.

Then the screen gradually turned darker and darker until it completely blacked out. Muffled sounds could be heard, like that when one was underwater.

Sounds of breathing and heartbeat, loud and regular at first, but gradually weakening and slowing down until everything became silent.

A few seconds of total darkness and silence.

A small speck of light appeared in the middle of the screen, gradually becoming bigger and brighter until it swallowed the entire screen.

The next scene showed an ethereal paradise-like mountain forest. A fairy with golden hair and emerald eyes flitted among a garden of colourful wildflowers. She wore a flowing white dress which sparkled delicately whenever she moved.

The beautiful fairy walked towards a deep, blue lake and sat by the shore, leaning over to caress the still waters with her graceful hands.

A loud gasp! The water pulled her violently down into its dark depths.

As she sank deeper and deeper, a shadowy figure could be seen floating slowly towards her direction. As the two neared each other, the other figure became visible. It was the teenage girl still wearing the skimpy dress. Her eyes were closed. She looked lifeless, her black hair billowing out in the water as she was slowly pulled upwards.

The fairy and the teenage girl finally appeared in the same screen, floating in front of each other. They had the same face, yet looked completely different, especially the aura they emitted.

The teenage girl was sickly pale, dark shadows under her closed eyes. The fairy, on the other hand, exuded a soft ethereal glow within her. Her golden hair floated around her like a halo, her emerald eyes glinting with divine light.

The fairy stretched out her arms and gently pulled the unconscious teenage girl into her embrace. The two fused as they touched, until only one figure remained.

The new figure wore the teenage girl's skimpy outfit, a dimming ethereal glow on her skin. Her golden hair gradually turned black. Slowly, her emerald eyes opened before dimming into a dark brown colour.

She gracefully swam upwards like a mermaid until her head broke out to the surface. The scene abruptly cut and reverted to that of the comatose girl on the hospital bed opening her eyes. A faint emerald light visible in her dark brown pupils.

The screen faded to darkness. A rich beautiful fairy-like voice sang a melody without lyrics in the background.

The back view of a young woman appeared. She wore an elegant, deep emerald long dress. Her long, straight black hair flowed behind her like a natural cape.

Her figure stood under a blooming sakura tree, the blossoms raining down like pink snow. She turned and the camera closed up and focused on her beautiful face. Her dark brown phoenix eyes looked fierce yet detached at the same time. Her plump, pink lips lifted into a mysterious smile.

Black out.

And then the word "Rebirth" appeared in big characters, followed by the name "Iris Long" and a date two weeks from now. The logo of JJ's record label appeared before the video finally ended.


Chapter 26: Viral Video

Ever since the energetic discussions surrounding the rumours about Iris Long, Jin Chonglin and Fan Luo, many netizens frequented these three people's social media accounts like loyal watchdogs to check for their latest posts.

As soon as the video was posted on Iris Long's social media accounts, it immediately went viral.

+397

+51,002

+200,064 likes and counting.

"Oh my God! What did I just watch? Did Iris Long just announce her comeback with a video?"

"Iris Long finally updated her blog! Watch the video!"

"Is the woman in the video really Iris Long? She looks so different! She looks more mature and elegant now."

"Ptui! What mature? What elegant? No matter how grandly a chicken dresses up, it'll never become a phoenix!"

"I think the video is based on the true story of what really happened to her. We all heard about the accident. Now it turns out that the rumours about her being comatose is real. I counted how many times the calendar in the video flipped. She was in coma for a year."

"If Iris Long was really comatose for one year, then I feel bad for her. Everyone keeps on saying that she got pregnant and talked shit about her, saying that she stayed silent because of her guilty conscience, when the truth was that she was actually comatose the entire time. Poor girl."

"Don't feel bad for her. Her reputation as a bitch and a slut is well-known in the industry. This video is just one of her gimmicks."

"Yeah! We all know how hungry for fame she is."

"Look at the end of the video! I think she's releasing either a single or an album called 'Rebirth' two weeks from now."

"Fuck! That's JJ's record label. Don't tell me she's one of his artists now."

"No! I can't believe that JJ's standards dropped so much. Why, JJ? Why would you sign a trash like Iris Long?!"

"Poster above, did you really watch the entire video? The artistry shown in the video is far from trashy. I think Iris Long is aiming for an image change. I like what I'm seeing."

"Hah! With her trash reputation, of course she's desperate for an image change. It's too late! Everyone hates Iris Long!"

"Hey, not everyone hates her. I may not like her as a person, but I really like her voice. Her older songs are really shallow, but her voice is actually great. I, for one, am looking forward to her new music."

"I'm going to share a real experience. I was lucky enough to hear Miss Long sing a while ago. I was with my friends eating lunch at a restaurant when suddenly a beautiful young woman sat on the piano and started singing a song. Her song made me cry so hard. It was the most beautiful and meaningful song that I have ever heard since a long time ago. I really didn't know Miss Long from before, so I wasn't aware of her 'bad reputation' that everyone else keeps on saying. All I know is the Miss Long that I met at the restaurant. Such a lovely and beautiful human being. I hope that everyone gives her another chance because I can guarantee that whatever song she sings from now on will be amazing! I hope these two weeks would come faster. I want to listen to that song she performed in the restaurant again."

"Poster above, is that true? Now I'm getting more and more curious about Iris Long. I'll hold my judgment until 'Rebirth' is released."

"Wait, are you saying that Iris Long fell so low that she became a mere restaurant performer? Ahaha! How embarrassing."

"Hey! Don't look down on restaurant performers!"

An hour after the video was posted online, JJ's personal account, his record label and Bright Summit Entertainment Company's official accounts shared the video causing another round of speculations and fervent discussions.

A few minutes later, both JJ's record label and Bright Summit posted official statements confirming that Iris Long was now an artist signed under them and also announced the release of her comeback album titled "Rebirth" two weeks from now.

Their announcements caused an uproar.


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WARNING!!!

Next chapter contains scenes that others may find uncomfortable and/or disturbing. You've been warned.

If it makes you uncomfortable, please skip and don't read. Please be kind and stop accusing me of promoting rape culture because that's just untrue and terribly hurtful. I know that many of my readers understand why I designed my female and male leads in this manner—to lay the foundation of character development later on in the story. If you're one of the few ones who refuse to understand, then please don't bother reading my story. Thank you.

Despite of what the other readers are saying, there is NO RAPE in this novel. I repeat. There is NO RAPE in this novel.

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