This time, their order of appearance was determined by drawing lots.
Deng Yufei and Shi Jin were in luck and were scheduled to be the 11th and 12th performers.
They put on their masks and went backstage to wait for their turn.
The other contestants went on stage one after another.
***
Meanwhile, backstage.
The agent smiled and said to Chu Ling as the stylist did his hair and makeup, "You look so handsome. Someone is going to drool the moment they see you."
Chu Ling smiled calmly. "She will control herself since we are in public."
Even if Shi Jin dared to disregard her agreement with the program and did something to Chu Ling, his company and agent were around to help, so he was unafraid that she might cause trouble.
He and Shi Jin were over, and it was impossible to go back. Moreover, the marriage was decided between the Chu and Shi families on a whim.
In reality, the woman that was promised to him was Shi Xuexin, the Shi family's biological daughter.
The fake daughter of the Shi family?
Chu Ling's lips curved into a deprecating smile. If Shi Jin were less disappointing, he would not have lost interest in her so quickly, but there were no buts in the world.
***
At Repulse Bay Villa, inside Fu Xiuyuan's room.
The "Ultimate Singer-Songwriter" was already selected on the high-resolution television screen.
The "Ultimate Singer-Songwriter" was already selected on the high-resolution television screen.
Fu Xiuyuan was buried in work, dealing with a mountain of documents on the table.
Song Fan stood by the side without daring to make a peep. He quietly stood as he glanced at the screen from the corner of his eye.
Butler Chen did not even dare to make a sound when he sent tea in. He caught two maids secretly watching the program, so he glared at them and sent them running in shock.
Song Fan glanced at the screen every now and then.
Shi Jin had yet to perform. However, her name could be seen everywhere.
The viewers kept typing in comments about their doubts towards her and scolded her.
"Little Stone, who do you think you are? How dare you touch, Chu Ling?"
"Uh huh! you certainly are a stubborn stone from the latrine!"
"Sadly, we can only vote for them and can't reduce their scores. Otherwise, I would make sure Little Stone ends up coming in with a negative score!"
"Little Raindrop is going on stage! Cast all your votes on her!"
Little Raindrops was Deng Yufei. Her votes shot right to the top by stepping on Shi Jin and using Chu Ling's popularity.
Finally it was Shi Jin's turn to perform.
Song Fan really wished that he did not have eyes or ears, but there was nothing he could do about that.
Fu Xiuyuan raised his head to glance at Song Fan, and Song Fan increased the volume with the remote control trembling in his hand.
***
Deng Yufei gestured okay to Shi Jin when she went on stage and encouraged her not to be nervous.
Shi Jin was certainly not nervous. She picked up the microphone and walked up the stage.
The audience could not help purse their lips in disdain.
Yu Guannan looked at the stage with great interest. And the other two instructors shrugged and seemed certain that Shi Jin would make use of the opportunity to confess her love for Chu Ling with the lyrics of her song.
Chu Ling smiled nonchalantly.
Despite Shi Jin's actions, no one in the company or the program made any objection. They were clearly happy to use this as marketing for the show and help increase Chu Ling's popularity.
Little Stone was now genuinely everyone's stepping stone.
The music started, and a light lit Shi Jin up as she stood center stage. She was dressed in a demure long skirt and seemed as though she was about to sing a ballad.
The next second however, the music started, and a strong beat pulsated in the air.
Two of the instructors were stunned. Why were Shi Jin's song and style poles apart? Had she really abandoned herself and wanted to confess her love to Chu Ling on the stage this one final time?
Shi Jin ripped her skirt off when the music started. She was surprisingly wearing a pair of jeans under her skirt. The jeans accentuated her long slender legs and beautiful waistline.
The audience immediately reacted. "Oh god! Can you see that perfect figure of hers?"
Despite the mask on her face, everyone quickly noticed her perfect figure.
Shi Jin quickly opened her mouth and caught the attention of both their eyes and ears.
The rhythm was great, but as for the song…
Everyone waited in anticipation for the words to come out of Shi Jin's mouth:
Get lost. This hypocritical tenderness.
Get lost. I keep hanging around.
Get lost. This romantic rhetoric.
Get lost. Your unfathomable little plots.
Memories keep warning me to forget you completely.
Leave me alone. This lying poison.
Get lost! Get out of my life!
It was not a ballad. Instead, it was a fast-paced song that was usually not Shi Jin's style.
Chu Ling's fans were briefly stunned before someone took the lead to applaud. More people ended up clapping.
The instructors started to clap as well with Yu Guannan standing at their lead.
Yu Guannan did not expect Shi Jin to have such explosive power. Initially, he was concerned that she was incapable of expressing it in the lyrics.
A look of surprise flashed across Chu Ling's face briefly before he suppressed it using the self-control he honed through years of practice. He kept up a smile and looked poised.
***
Song Fan knew that he was about to get saved. He knew it from the moment he heard Shi Jin's first sentence.
Fu Xiuyuan's anger that had been bottling for three days gradually dissipated as Shi Jin sang.
He finally dared to take a close look at the viewers' comments.
The comments were flooded with question marks. Everyone assumed that this was going to be a live telecast of Shi Jin throwing herself at Chu Ling. However, the more people felt this way, the more shocked they ended up.
"Why is Little Stone doing this?"
"Is she saying goodbye to Chu Ling?"
"How dare she treat Chu Ling this way?"
"Impossible! How could Little Stone bear to do it considering how nice Chu Ling is?"
"This song doesn't sound half-bad. I want to sing it to my ex too!"
"Please send me the link to download the song!"
Halfway through the show, Shi Jin's song instantly hit the top spot on music platforms and became the most searched and downloaded song! She had broken the record for the program!
By the end of the show, Shi Jin finally escaped the fate of hovering on the passing mark and rose to the 15th position for the first time. That meant she ranked right in the middle out of the 30 contestants.
That was only because Chu Ling's fans had cast their votes on other contestants in a bid to suppress Shi Jin's scores. Otherwise, she would have come in the top ten based on her performance.
Chu Ling went backstage gruffly with the agent following behind consoling him, "Chu Ling, don't think about it. It's just a song!"
Deng Yufei also said softly, "Uh huh. It's just a song. It can't possibly affect you in any way."
"Get out!" Chu Ling pointed at the door.
Chu Ling was keenly aware that it was merely a song and that Shi Jin was in his past.
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