A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 161-170

Chapter 161: Flipping the Card

"Lu Tao, Lu Tao is the best!"

"Fight on, Leng Hui!"

The emcee had nothing more to say since Wei Shaoyin's answer was just too good. There was no way she could say that Lu Tao and Leng Hui were not the main focus without disappointing the fans, right?

A show should be entertaining and sensational indeed, but it was taboo for the emcee to classify participants and artistes according to their popularity. Hence, even if everybody knew that Ye Xingling was more important than Lu Tao's duo, it was not in the emcee's place to be explicit about it.

She smiled professionally and added some fillers before getting the other music producers to flip their cards. A few of them had gotten the people they had in mind, and the last to flip his card was Feng Kun.

He walked to the center of the stage and stood by the wooden tray, scanning the few singers' names on it.

Whose should he flip?

In fact, the outcome of this round was pre-determined every year - the producer and the singer would have liaised beforehand. This time Imperial Entertainment had decided to work with the major celebrity singer, Zheng Chenhao, who was as popular and renowned as Bai Murong. With him on Feng Kun's team, half the battle would have been won.

But now Feng Kun was hesitant.

His eyes lay on a small card with the name "Ye Xingling" on it.

Should he pick her?

On the screen behind him, tens of name cards were projected, and a close-up of Feng Kun's expression was screened as well, his thoughtful look stirring many emotions and expectations among the audience.

"Let's see, who would Feng Kun pick?" The emcee assumed that Feng Kun was simply feigning hesitation to create some hype in the audience when the decision was already made earlier. She smiled. "Feng Kun seems to be hesitating. Is he in a dilemma because all of these singers are just way too good?"

Back in the makeup room.

Xia Ling and many other singers were watching the live stream.

The way Feng Kun knitted his brows made her unsettled. Surely he would not pick her? Ye Xingling's status and his were worlds apart, they were practically strangers through and through... If he did pick her, it could only mean that he was beginning to get suspicious about her.

Xia Ling's wrapped her slender fingers around the titanium ring pendant worn around her neck as if the little "LY" carving could give her immense strength.

"Who exactly will Feng Kun pick?" The emcee was still building the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Feng Kun had snapped to his senses after deep consideration. He looked up towards the camera and easily picked up the card with the name "Zheng Chenhao.""Of course it's the heavenly king of Imperial Entertainment." He raised the card as he addressed the crowd.

He had thought through a lot while making that decision.

In any sense, it would not have been appropriate for him to pick Ye Xingling. They were too different in terms of reputation and status, age and music genre, were not from the same company, and did not have much interaction usually - there was no reason he could offer for anyone to believe that his choosing her was not out of personal bias. His personal bias, however, was merely to find out how Ye Xingling and Xia Ling were related.

If he chose Ye Xingling and it turned out that she was completely unrelated to Xia Ling, it would be alright. But if she were indeed related to Xia Ling in any way, she would definitely guard herself against him from then on.