Rebirth of a Fashionista: This Life Is Soo Last Season

Chapter 186 - New Year's Present

As Sheng Jiaoyang returned backstage, she saw a serious-looking Lin Yu engaged in a conversation with the student in charge of wardrobe. As she closed the distance, she heard Lin Yu asking him if he'd left the room when someone came to collect their clothes.

"What happened?" She recalled that a girl named Xiaoqi should be the one doing the curtain call after her performance.

Upon seeing her, the student in charge of wardrobe said thankfully, "Jiaojiao, luckily, you changed into your own gown."

Sheng Jiaoyang raised an eyebrow slightly. "There's something wrong with the gown?"

"Someone tampered with the straps," Lin Yu answered.

"Straps? It was fine when I tried it on."

"I can assure you that the gown was perfectly fine when Jiaojiao tried on it. I checked it before hanging it back in its original position," the guy swore.

"I didn't wear that gown. So, how did you guys find out that the straps were tampered with? Someone wore it?" After saying that, a sudden thought occurred to Sheng Jiaoyang. "Xiaoqi wore that gown?"

"Yes." Lin Yu confirmed her guess.

"So, she didn't come out to do the curtain call because there was something wrong with her gown. Where is she now?"

"She's still crying in the dressing room."

"Why is she crying? She can just change back into her own dress." Sheng Jiaoyang found it strange.

An embarrassed look appeared on both their faces as the student in charge of wardrobe explained, "The gown was made to fit your height. Xiaoqi is shorter than you. When she was climbing the stage in that gown, she accidentally stepped on the hem and the straps broke. The entire gown dropped to the floor."

Most importantly, there were many people backstage waiting for their turn to go on stage. In essence, Xiaoqi was forced to put on an involuntary strip show in front of everyone. This would obviously result in Xiaoqi suffering from psychological trauma.

Technically, the straps of a back-strapped gown should have high tenacity. A situation where the straps broke just because the hem was stepped on shouldn't have happened, but it did. There was definitely something fishy here. The dress was retrieved and indeed, the problem was realised in one glance. There were cuts on the ends of the broken straps.

"Looks like someone wanted me to embarrass myself on stage." Sheng Jiaoyang's expression turned cold.

"Luckily, Xiaoqi hadn't appeared on stage yet or the party would be ruined because of her," the student said with a sigh of relief.

"But if I had changed into this gown today, I would be the one implicated. Lin Yu, this person not only destroyed the gown, but his or her ultimate aim is to damage my reputation. You have to help me find this person or I'll feel uneasy knowing that someone harbors such malicious intent towards me."

"Okay, I'll definitely find this person!" Lin Yu promised.

Sheng Jiaoyang nodded and went back to her little dressing room to change and remove her makeup.

Knock knock knock!

"What's...." Pulling the door open, Sheng Jiaoyang altered what she wanted to say when she saw Shen Zhining standing at the door. "Why are you in the backstage area?"

Shen Zhining sized her up. "Since you're done changing, let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"You'll know when we get there."