Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 140: We Are the Best

On the mentor seat, only Yu Kuang and He Mingjie were sitting, while the host acting as the intermission MC was a professional hired by the production team.

The time advanced quickly, and the host announced for all the guest female performers to come on stage.

Yu Xia returned Xie Qingci’s clothes to him, stood up and followed Shu Ran and the others towards the stage. Step by step, she walked to the front of the stage, hearing the screams from the audience, feeling like she was enveloped by the moisture brought by the waves, and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

When it was her turn for self-introduction, the camera zoomed in closely, capturing a very clear close-up.

She smiled mischievously, gave a single eye wink, the corner of her eyes forming a line, like the final stroke of an inscription on a bold and colorful painting, imposing and unequaled in beauty.

When the scene switched to the waiting area, a group of younger guys hooted and screamed, with a few in the team even standing up to cheer and whistle.

"Yu Xia is so beautiful!"

Xie Qingci also stood up, openly shouting, "Yu Xia is the most beautiful!"

This made Song Xi glance at him.

After the guest performers’ introduction was completed, the host, amidst the heated atmosphere, increased the volume to announce the rules for this public performance.

"The order of appearance for the six teams in this performance will be decided by the audience present. The performances’ songs of the six teams will quickly roll on the big screen. After everyone counts down three, two, one, it will freeze, and whichever team is selected will perform."

The countdown from the audience was about to break the roof; without being there, one couldn’t feel the intensity and excitement.

They all came for these young guys, for their newly favored idols. Yu Xia returned to the waiting area, seeing the excited glances from the young guys directed at her, feeling amazed at their luck.

After all, not everyone can gain the favor of so many fans.

"Yu Xia." Xie Qingci handed her his clothes again, with a space already made for her in the middle of the team.

She took it and draped it on herself, turning her head to say to them, "Did you see that? So many audiences are here for you. Perform well later."

One of the young guys quietly asked, "Is this the scale of two thousand audiences? I feel like it’s twenty thousand, a dark mass of people."

"This scene is still manageable," she said softly, "next time is the grand finale, and there will be more people in the audience. If you debut, in the future at any platform’s evening events or if you hold your concert, there will be even more people, with fans holding your light sticks and shouting your names from all directions."

Just thinking about such a scene made their hearts race with excitement. Everyone pursuing debut wanted to see such a scene. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

After the excitement came the tension and sense of loss, as not everyone in the team could debut, and perhaps this might be the only chance to witness such a scene, as the third elimination would occur after today.

"Yu Xia, do you think we can win this time?" Someone asked without much confidence.

Yu Xia placed Xie Qingci’s clothes over her legs, nodded without hesitation, "Of course. Just look at our setup today, best in the entire scene."

Saying this, she scrutinized everyone’s outfits and styles once more.

Today, they themed themselves with scar makeup, Xie Qingci had a scar drawn on his face, and traces on his neck, Song Xi’s clothes were stained with red blood, and other young guys had some fake wounds too, only she was the most untouched in the team.

This was the first major impact; people always have a destructive idea towards beautiful things, for example, beautiful and tragic characters are irresistibly fascinating.

The second major impact is their seductive and tempting opening move design, ensuring the audience remains captivated.

Lastly, it’s their team’s strength. Song Xi’s singing and dancing are unquestionable, Xie Qingci’s skills have been improving continuously, satisfying enough. In terms of popularity, there’s no need to mention, the top two in popularity are in their team.

So, their team is the best, and she has that confidence.

The appearance order before them had been determined, and Yu Xia’s team was third in line, in the middle.

Since there was a practice room clip to be played before each official performance, the time was still sufficient, they went backstage and rehearsed once more.

Xie Qingci looked at her high heels with some amazement, hardly believing someone could dance in such high shoes, several times almost wanting to reach out and support her.

Yu Xia briskly counted the props each person needed to prepare, not paying attention to his reaction.

After all, she was still recovering from their intense kiss yesterday, having to use so many methods to get some ice to soothe her swollen lips. While sleeping last night, she was still cursing Xie Qingci.

As for the messages he sent, she hadn’t replied to any.

Xie Qingci, on the other hand, was at ease, half of his pent-up frustration released, his energy completely different from the past few days. In the morning, Wei Yaoyao even exclaimed loudly evaluating that he looked a bit more handsome.

Thinking of this, Xie Qingci gave a light snort.

Amid the chaotic surroundings, with staff coming and going, several people were busy finding Song Xi to correct the final moves. In such a messy setting, he attentively followed Yu Xia without anyone noticing.

Yu Xia checked the fake roses inside the toy gun, clicked it back into the thigh holster, and when she raised her head meeting Xie Qingci’s gaze, she raised an eyebrow, drawing back her leg, the long dress covering the fair skin with only a hint of the gun holster’s outline visible.

Xie Qingci’s eyes burned even hotter.

Stares have no physical form, yet amid this chaotic noise, the gaze shared by the two seemed to carve out an independent space.

Much like the reunion of male and female leads across a crowd at the end of a movie, with everything else becoming the backdrop, their heated emotions alone resonating within their chests.

Within this brief exchange of glances, the host in the front finally called their names.

"Now, welcome the third performing team, ’Rose Boy’!"

Yu Xia naturally and smoothly withdrew her gaze, took a deep breath, and said, "Let’s go."

On both sides of the arched stage, the large screen played practice room clips, while on the pitch-black stage, Yu Xia entered a cage, received the fresh roses prepared by the staff, and waited for the clip to end.

The audience below had long been ready, shouting their names loudly, with Xie Qingci’s name being the clearest.

Thunk.

The sound of the cage hitting the ground echoed, and a beam of light fell from the top of the stage, illuminating the person inside.

Yu Xia slowly pushed open the cage door, sauntering out smoothly, as the lighting followed her movements, her fair long leg occasionally visible beneath the long red dress, with vibrant roses in her right hand still bearing water droplets, shining under the lights.

Only her high heels made a sound in the entire venue.

Then, within the space enveloped by the spotlight, shadows climbed onto another person’s body.

A person with their head lowered, hands bound and half-suspended, with a rosy bruise mark on their cheek.

She reached out with her hand, lightly trailing the red rose on his chin, teasingly, and he involuntarily lifted his head, opening his eyes, revealing the red marks on his neck.

She toyed with him like a pet, sliding the red rose from his collarbone to his Adam’s apple, then, in the close-up detail of the camera, Xie Qingci’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

The audience erupted, loudly screaming Xie Qingci’s name.