Chapter 446 - A Joke (1/2)
There was a moment of confusion as the crowd looked alternately at the two women who stood up at the same time.
It took them a moment before they finally settled their gazes at the named person.
”Err...” The host was also taken aback for a moment and forgot what to say, but she quickly recovered and continued as if nothing happened. ”May we invite Miss Song Xuantin to the stage, please?”
As if someone had pressed on the resume button, everyone continued with what they were doing.
The videographers and photographers took videos and pictures of Song Xuantin while the journalists continued jotting on their notes to write their draft.
Song Xuantin threw a glance at Xiong Wuyue then at Xiong Zhi and finally went up to the stage with a graceful bearing.
No one gave attention to the woman who stood up abruptly.
They thought that perhaps the woman was a fan who was too excited for Miss Song Xuantin that she inadvertently stood up as well. Of course, she might also be simply trying to go to the comfort room at the coincidental time.
Everyone simply took it as a coincidence.
As everyone continued with what they were doing, the forgotten woman who only took at most two seconds of their attention seemed to have her time paused infinitely.
'What… What is going on?'
'Why is my name not called?'
'Why are all these people ignoring me?'
'Why… Why is it very different from what I expected?'
She was Xiong Wuyue...
She was the Queen of Entertainment!
She should clearly be the one who gets the role!
Yet Xiong Wuyue was too stunned that she could not move.
As if on slow motion, she stared in disbelief and denial at the person who walked up the stage in front of her.
The world was playing a joke on her.
She probably heard it wrong, and was seeing it wrong!
”I...” She whispered in a trembling voice.
The person closest to her just glanced at her, thinking that she was strange for remaining on a standing position for a long time. Although at the side, her seat was in front and was also near the stairs to the stage, so standing rooted on the spot was quite noticeable.
However, since it was the main female lead Song Xuantin on the stage, everyone focused their eyes and ears on the dazzling actress instead.
”I... am... Xiong Wuyue...” she continued tremblingly.
Her dull eyes hazily reflected the woman who was briefly being interviewed on the stage regarding her understanding of the role.
”I am honored to be chosen by the directors and the author for the role of the 'Lone Star'. I have read and really loved the book, which is why I auditioned for the role. I can only say, kudos to Mr. Write, it is truly a fascinating novel. As the main female lead, there is a lot complicated emotions in the novel that I read. I will do my best to live up to…”
Xiong Wuyue raged at the word 'chosen' and no longer heard the rest of the speech.
What a joke!
That mediocre woman was chosen and yet she, Xiong Wuyue, wasn't?!
'Don't make me laugh!'
”It is mine...” She gritted her teeth.
Why else did she come here for? What about her? What about the promised role? What about getting back to the people who bullied her?! Her revenge?!
A person who had fallen too deep into a hellhole and was given one ray of light would cling to that light. It would become their only hope in desperation.
However, if that person found out that the ray of light was actually just another empty illusion leading to another hellhole, it would break their hope and their reason.
Why?!
For what reason should that woman stand there and not her?!
She was the entertainment queen! The role was supposed to be hers! She would not accept it! She couldn't!
Her mind was already in a very fragile state and this provocation caused her whole mental state to collapse.
Her unwillingness, anger, and grievances turned into a familiar blanket of madness that overwhelmed her mind.
”...I am... Xiong Wuyue!” She yelled loudly.
The yell was so sudden, but because of the sound reverberating from the central speakers, only the people sitting on the front rows, the host, Song Xuantin as well as a few nearby actors on the stage heard her.
After all, she was near the stage.
They all momentarily stopped and looked at her in surprise.
Even the person sitting closest Xiong Wuyue, a manager of another star, was stunned.
What did he just hear? Xiong Wuyue? She was almost unrecognizable.