The onlookers were also bewildered by the sudden turn of event. This matter would certainly become a hot topic for a long time and there was no way for the two trainees to be able to go back on their words with Young Master Qin's appearance. They sighed and decided not to involve themselves on this matter even though they were interested in finding out the result.
All of them scurried away. The trainees that talked behind Feng Xiao Qing's back along with Siu Lan quickly apologized to Feng Xiao Qing together --- they decided to see what would happen next and they had a tacit understanding that they wouldn't dare to bother or bully Feng Xiao Qing --- for the time being.
Feng Xiao Qing knew that that wasn't a heartfelt apology. As long as she didn't prove herself, she would still be looked down upon. At least, she only had one person to handle for now --- Siu Lan. They came to the agreement that Siu Lan would show Feng Xiao Qing what she was capable of so far.
Feng Xiao Qing saw Siu Lan's performance and she felt that the latter was indeed very talented. Her dancing movement was fluid and not once she was off beat. Despite the vigorous movement, she was never out of breath and her singing was never out of tune. In term of voice, Feng Xiao Qing's voice won because her timbre was more unique and it was easy to differentiate her voice from the others.
Feng Xiao Qing's current technique was lost to Siu Lan and the difference was quite big. She needed to learn absolute pitch and falsetto. Even though the gap was quite big, Feng Xiao Qing would try her hardest to make up the difference and she didn't feel intimidated by Siu Lan.
By the end of the performance, Siu Lan smugly looked at Feng Xiao Qing and felt confident of herself. She was taken aback when Feng Xiao Qing only smiled faintly and nodded at her. After that, Feng Xiao Qing said merrily, "Siu Lan Jie, you are indeed the best trainee! You did everything perfectly!" Then, she pouted, "I hope that I will be on par with you in one month time!"
Siu Lan only smiled coldly, however... probably due to her performance, she became calmer and was able to think more clearly this time. She actually said some good words for the first time, "Oh... I hope so! Good luck!" Despite her smugness, she didn't stupidly throw a tantrum or talk like a shrewd like before. Feng Xiao Qing felt disappointed for a little bit because she lost the fun that she felt, but she didn't really care.
Her only goal was to become better than her. After knowing her performance, she knew what her target would be. It seemed like this was An Ran Jie's aim.
The news of the battle had spread to the whole company and became a hot topic. The ones who attended the audition were only a few and they knew the one who signed Feng Xiao Qing was the big boss himself. Those people pitied Siu Lan but they didn't say anything. In no time, it reached Lu Yi Feng's ears.
Lin San told everything to him --- words by words in details, including Qin Qi Qiang's interference. Lu Yi Feng didn't say much but he was a bit interested. He also wanted to see Feng Xiao Qing's growth. Knowing that Lu Yi Feng didn't give any orders, it meant that he would let this battle happen.
"Lin San, does Bruce already find out about Feng Xiao Qing's past?" Lu Yi Feng asked the investigation's progress.
Lin San shook his head, "Not yet, Boss. We even tried to search starting from Xiao Xi Xi, but we couldn't find the record of her being born in any hospital in Beijing."
Lu Yi Feng pondered over this matter, feeling suspicious about Feng Xiao Qing's past. He started to grasp her characters but he was still worried about her background. Somehow, he couldn't find the link between her and Lu Ming Cheng. Then... where was the enmity between the two of them came from? Especially... when did they have time to date and have Xiao Xi Xi together?
"Then... continue investigating. Tell Bruce... if he couldn't find out anything about Feng Xiao Qing at all, I will not give him any bonus this month. I will even cut his wage. I don't need a useless personal investigator!" Lu Yi Feng said sternly.
Lin San felt bad for Bruce --- after all, the man loved money more than life itself. However, with this kind of threat, he usually would perform better. Hopefully, they would get a faster result before the boss finally blew up in real anger.
"Also tell Wang Wei to search about Feng Xiao Qing's background too!" Lu Yi Feng started to let his personal hacker work on this case too. At first, he thought that Feng Xiao Qing would have a simple background. However, even Bruce wasn't able to find anything at all, so her background shouldn't be as simple as that.
"Oh... I almost forget... tell them to start searching from the arson case. It seems like someone is trying to target the mother-daughter pair. This arson case maybe could lead us to their background," Lu Yi Feng said. He didn't believe that he couldn't find anything about her at all with all of his resources.
Lin San asked hesitantly, "What about Young Master Qin?"