A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 171-180

Chapter 171: Ye Xingling’s Version of “The Caged Butterfly”

“Oh, oh, oh, right!”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Yes, that song “The Caged Butterfly,” how could anyone other than the late Diva Xia Ling sing that well? It was a highly challenging song technically, and the emotions that were required in the song were intense. Merely the fact that it was the momento song for the late Diva would be a huge burden and pressure for any competitor.

“Let’s pick that!” Someone said.

“However,” Someone else raised an objection. “if we choose this song, wouldn’t it be obvious that we’re trying to make things difficult?” Everyone was aware that this song was a difficult choice, and even though it was a competition, being too obvious about making things difficult for competitors could come across as being too petty. Hence, no one had picked “The Caged Butterfly” yet even though the “You Choose, I Sing” segment had been going on for several rounds already.

“If it were for someone else, we would be intentionally making life difficult. But we’re talking about Ye Xingling here.” The person that had suggested the song piped up. “Ye Xingling was able to sing Xia Ling’s ‘Sea Demon’ well. Who knows, she might kill at ‘The Caged Butterfly’ too, since she’s supposedly Xia Ling’s fan. I’m sure many are interested to hear her sing this song, we’re simply picking it to please the crowd.”

“That’s right.” The team settled on their plan and selected a representative to go on stage.

That representative was a relatively new singer who had recently debuted, called Mu Xiaoxi. At this moment, she stood tall in front of Xia Ling and raised the microphone to her lips with a smile. “Hello, Ye Xingling. The song that we have chosen for you to sing is ‘The Caged Butterfly.'”

Xia Ling almost felt herself go dizzy. “What?”

“‘The Caged Butterfly’… we hope that you can sing that song.” Mu Xiaoxi continued, “I heard you’re Xia Ling’s fan, and coincidentally, so am I. I’ve heard your version of ‘Sea Demon,’ and it was awesome. Hence, I believe that your version of ‘The Caged Butterfly’ would be great too. Please, the stage is yours.”

There was great commotion offstage.

The audience started to discuss this excitedly. ‘The Caged Butterfly’ was a really challenging song, and it was a song that encapsulated the best of techniques and emotions that the Diva Xia Ling had mastered. Ever since its release, many professional and amateur singers had tried to sing covers, but none had been able to do it well. In fact, most that had tried to cover ‘The Caged Butterfly’ had simply been the center of ridicule and bashing from netizens.

Now, Mu Xiaoxi asked for her opponent to sing this song? Wasn’t that just mean?

However, the audience was indeed curious if Ye Xingling, the one who had sung ‘Sea Demon’ with such finesse, would be able to pull off ‘The Caged Butterfly’ and bring to the audience a miracle?

The female emcee’s eyes lit up, and she gave an expression that was bent on spicing up the atmosphere even more. “Mu Xiaoxi, are you sure?”

Mu Xiaoxi quietly nodded her head.

Xia Ling frowned slightly. “This song… I would not want to do injustice to it. Can you pick another song?” This was not the real reason for Xia Ling’s question. The real reason was that she did not ever want to sing that song again. That song was a culmination of all the pain in her past life. It was too bloody, too dark, and was born in the midst of her worst nightmare. She did not know if she would be able to keep her emotions in check if she were to sing it again.