A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return
chapter-523

Chapter 523: Chaos

She really managed to spot her.

In the crowd, a petite girl was wearing a black dress and a baseball cap. Her beautiful jaw was exposed below her sunglasses. With one look, Xia Yu definitely recognized her. It was that b*tch Ye Xingling!

“Xia Yu! Xia Yu! Xia Yu!”

“Streak! Streak! Streak!”

The crowd was as crazy as yesterday as they anticipated her to create a miracle.

In the midst of the cheers, Xia Yu smiled as she lifted her microphone. “Actually, it’s such a pity that I lost to Ye Xingling during that last song yesterday.”

The emcee of the quiz activity received benefits from Imperial’s public relations team and supported her in her speech. “That was because our Xia Yu was too tired after singing for so long and lost because of physical exhaustion.” Yesterday, although Xia Ling tried to hinder Xia Yu from saying that she lost due to physical exhaustion by challenging her to another fair battle.

However, even though Xia Yu couldn’t mention it, people who supported her could talk about it. This emcee knew how to handle the situation and helped Xia Yu say things that she could not.

Xia Yu showed a reserved smile. “Don’t say that. I lost. However, I actually still want to compete with Ye Xingling again. I wonder if she’s also very good at answering intelligent questions?”

The emcee replied, “I believe that everyone is very curious about what the result would be if two singers competed against each other. However, it’s such a pity that Ye Xingling is not here.”

“I think I saw her.” Xia Yu said.

Xia Ling finally realized that something was off. She only wanted to witness the uproar. Why was she getting the attention suddenly? When it came to intelligent quizzes, she couldn’t match up to her sister and was unwilling to go on stage to compete with her because she would definitely lose. Why would she agree and satisfy the enemy?

However, it was too late to escape.

All of the spectators were looking around and trying to find her. Furthermore, Xia Yu was staring at her. If she left, she would embarrass herself.

Xia Ling was furious. She took out her phone to call Li Lei. “Didn’t you say that you wanted to publish the technical report? Why haven’t you done so? She’s getting more arrogant now.”

Li Lei was not at the scene today because he was busy with official business. As he attacked Imperial Entertainment impressively, and Pei Ziheng recently launched a counter-attack, Li Lei couldn’t help but put in more effort to deal with him.

After receiving Xia Ling’s call, Li Lei immediately assured her that he would publish it immediately.

Xia Ling said, “I’ll give you a time limit of one minute.” Then, she hung up.

On the stage, with Xia Yu’s help, the emcee found her. “Ye Xingling! It turns out that Ye Xingling is here!” She pointed at Xia Ling with a surprised look. “What a coincidence. Have you been watching Xiao Yu’s competition? How about you come on stage and try it out. IQ quizzes are very interesting, and if you win, there will be small prizes.”

Everyone turned around to look at her.

“So that’s Ye Xingling.”

“Ah! I can’t believe that she was beside me for so long!”

“She looks smaller in real life than on stage. How cute.”

“Ye Xingling! Ye Xingling! Give me a signature!” A few excited fans already rushed towards her.

Xia Ling secretly cursed the emcee for being wicked. It was impossible that she did not know how it felt like to be a celebrity in a crowd, but she still revealed her identity. Was she deliberately trying to go against her?

However, she had no choice but to deal with the swarming crowd. With security officers escorting her, she rushed over to the edge of the stage.

“Ye Xingling, you’re finally here.” Xia Yu smiled weakly, hiding her true intentions.

Xia Ling quietly counted the time in her heart. More than two minutes had passed.

She also smiled at Xia Yu. “Actually, I’m very surprised that you’re still standing on this stage. I heard that singers who seriously violated the rules of the music festival would be disqualified. Why haven’t the organizers looked for you yet?”

Xia Yu was slightly startled. “What do you mean?”

The emcee thought that she was talking about the last song of yesterday’s competition and said, “During the last song yesterday, Xia Yu did break the rules, but it’s not considered a serious violation.” The music festival only counted lip-syncing of three or more songs a serious violation.

The emcee said, “The past is in the past. Xiao Ling, you shouldn’t keep picking on Xiao Yu. Let’s talk about today’s IQ quiz. Do you have the courage to accept Xiao Yu’s challenge?”

“Even if I wanted to accept it, I can’t accept the challenge of a serious violator of the rules.” Xia Ling smiled and only hoped that Li Lei was able to save her in time. “Just now, when I checked my phone, I saw an interesting post which said that Xia Yu was lip-syncing from the start to the end during yesterday’s competition. Why, haven’t you seen the post yet?”

Before the people on stage could react, the audience below quickly took out their phones to check the news. Sure enough, in a short span of a few minutes, the news was blowing up on the internet—

[A deep technical analysis reveals that Xia Yu was lip-syncing from the start to the end during the arena contest.]

[She refused to admit responsibility since she was not exposed live. Since she was only caught red-handed for one song, Xia Yu only admitted to lip-syncing for that one song. How could she be this shameless?]

[The way Xia Yu admitted her mistake showed that this was not the first time she lip-synced. She has experience doing it.]

[The public urges the organizers to disqualify the singer who lip-synced to ensure that the music festival is fair again.]

The news articles were trending, and a commotion quickly started below the stage. “It turns out that Xia Yu lip-synced from the start to the end yesterday. Why is she still qualified to stand here today?”

“Exactly. She was already given a chance to admit her mistakes yesterday but still protested and only admitted to lip-syncing once. Does she not feel the shame?”

“So what if she’s intelligent? She has no morals!”

“We don’t welcome fraudulent people and those who lack morals here! Xia Yu, get lost!”

“Get off the stage!”

Waves of shouts that were louder than yesterday were heard.

Xia Yu was caught off guard, and her face turned pale. She could no longer smile. The emcee besides her was also bewildered. Only Xia Ling was smiling in this storm. “It’s really such a pity. I can’t believe that you lip-synced from the start to the end. Xia Yu, you can leave the stage of the IQ quiz now. I have to say goodbye to you now because I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you anymore during this music festival.”

Xia Yu’s face was ashen with a very distorted expression.

At this time, a staff member walked on the stage and said something to the emcee.

The color was drained off the emcee’s face, and she said somewhat awkwardly to Xia Yu, “I’m sorry Miss Xia Yu, but I just received a notice from the organizer which has determined that you severely violated the rules and are unsuitable to continue participating in the music festival. Please leave the stage.”

She had no choice. Although she received money from Imperial Entertainment, the music festival rules were final.

Before Xia Yu could say anything, the crowd was already drowning her in boos. She could only stumble down the stage hurriedly. Many angry fans directly ran towards her, wanting to surround and hit her.

The scene was a mess.