Chapter 20 (1/2)
Chapter 20: Top 4
Probably because she had received so felt braver than usual when she walked into the coh this round didn’t require the audience to vote, the arena was still packed full with a thousand spectators
After being baptized by the last co an audience of this scale The order of perfor the results of yesterday’s lottery in the order red, yellow, green, and lastly blue
Before the coain kicked off with an introduction Unlike last time, today there were two presenters The female presenter represented the Popularity team and the male presenter represented the Merit team
When the prograan to shoot verbal bullets at each other
“In this current day and age, people can’t rely on appearances for very long Ultimately, people ressively pointed at each contestant in the Popularity team
The female presenter was not one to s a loss and i fro After all, you are a man who has never, not even for a second, relied on his face”
The audience roared with laughter The lance, “Let’s ban personal attacks”
The fehed, “Fine, then let me talk about merit Everyone knows our Popularity team has risen to prominence from a pool of ten thousand auditions to ultimately enter the top 20 Who dares say that our top 20 contestants lack ood looks, that’s all With that said, our Popularity team can be considered to have both merit and popularity”
Theas if the contestants in our Merit tea that they haven’t had a chance yet to prove their popularity If we let the audience vote right now, it’s not even clear ould win or lose” He spoke up to here and then faced the audience to yell out, “Wouldn’t you all agree?”
“Yeah—!” The audience very agreeably replied
The male presenter cockily looked at the female presenter The female presenter displayed a smile, as if to say she wouldn’t stoop to his level “That’s enough Even if the two of us talk up a storm, it’ll be useless In a moment, their performances will show us all the truth”
The , “You’ve said that correctly Then let’s invite the contestants in the red group to co shi+ran!”
Tang shi+ran walked on stage a cheers of the audience
Though she was the first of all the contestants to go up, her perfor without any ’s ar, in a e for me”
Ding Meng coly pat her shoulder “Don’t say such ominous words What if they come true?”
Liao Qian, “…”
She sank into a deep despair
After Tang shi+ran’s perforave her soements, but the view of her back as she departed was rather
Liao Qian’s performance was also very re shi+ran The result was still hard to determine
After both people had finished perfor shi+ran seees voted for her, her expression wasn’t even particularly excited
The three votes for Tang shi+ran, who took the lead in entering the top 4 in the nation
Even though Liao Qian had long predicted this result, she was still listless upon returning Ding Meng had wanted to say some words of comfort, but the other party interrupted her the moment she opened her mouth “Don’t comfort me I’ll just feel even worse if you do”
Ding Meng obediently closed her mouth After a moment, Liao Qian faintly asked, “Do you think I still have a chance ofGu Xin?”
Ding Meng responded very certainly, “Of course, I’ve already seen the list of his concerts for the next year”
Liao Qian, “…”
She knew she shouldn’t have asked Ding Meng to comfort her
After the next two performances, one of the contestants from the Popularity team advanced After three duels, the Popularity team vs Merit team competition had resulted in one win and two losses
Mu Shuang was now singing on stage, perfor as usual Her uniquely deep female voice see a never heard before story into their ears
Seeing that the end of Mu Shuang’s perfor’s shoulder Just like Ding Meng had previously done, she gave Ding Meng a fighting encourage honor to our Popularity team rests on you now!”
Ding Meng,, “…”
She felt the pressure was pretty intense
After Mu Shuang’s perforain The two presenters walked on stage The male presenter who represented the Merit team announced proudly, “Did you see that? That’s our Merit tea to win today”
The female presenter spoke, “Don’t speak with so much satisfaction We still have one contestant that hasn’t coe yet She’s this competition’s dark horse”
“Ah” The male presenter spoke indifferently, “Whether she’s a donkey or a horse, we’ll know after she strolls around for a bit”
“Then let’s invite the other contestant in the blue group She is also our last contestant today Co!”
When the female presenter’s words spread, the loud cheers of the audience erupted Ding Meng took a big breath Holding the microphone, she walked out
A red dress that fell past the knees and long black hair that reached the waist – the classic red and black pairing was tie, she immediately became the center of everyone’s attention
The cheering sounds of the audience rose to reach a new high Ding Meng held the radually became more relaxed
This time, she didn’t have a symphony orchestra or a youth choir She stood by herself on the large stage While the stage lights gradually transforan to play
Right before coe, her head was still filled with Gu Xin’s words about the person and sword beco one as well as Qiao Yichen’s words about intuition But after walking on stage, those all gradually drifted far away The only thought she was left as that she wanted to sing
The stage always seemed to have the power to calm her down
The melodious tune of the saxophone entered her ear What filled Ding Meng’stheir childhood years carefree and without worries It was the iht by the sudden descent of war It was the need husband who rushed to the battlefield without hesitation It was the anguish of receiving news of victory, but not seeing the departed person return home
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