The song’s melodious tune began playing in the concert hall once again. Naturally, Tiffany, the host, was the first to sing.It was an artistically beautiful version of “The Medieval Odyssey”. After Tiffany finished singing, the artificial intelligence system gave her performance a 97% rating. The applause was thunderous. Tiffany silently heaved a sigh of relief too. She might be the original singer of The Medieval Odyssey, but singing in a recording studio and live in concert were two different things. In a recording studio, she could always re-record the song if she sang it wrong, and they could retouch the audio too. In concert, she only had one chance. A mistake was a mistake.Therefore, Tiffany’s highest score in the system whenever she’d sung this song in karaoke lounges had been 96%. To her surprise, she had surpassed that score today.‘Well, it’s just Charlotte’s dumb luck! 97%! That’s an unsurpassable rating!’Charlotte, an inexperienced outsider who had never trained
In order for Charlotte to surpass Tiffany’s rating, she had to be perfect from start to end. Otherwise, he’d still have to be ready for her…Zachary would listen to music from time to time to relieve stress. Thus, he was usually quite relaxed whenever he listened to music.However, for the first time ever, Zachary felt like a rubber band being stretched further and further as he listened to every second of this song.Every lyric that Charlotte sang tugged at his heartstrings… This was not because of how beautiful her voice was, but because he was worried that she would make a mistake.Finally, she reached the end of the song.The rating system automatically flashed a 99% rating.The enormous Midsummer Plaza contained more than 3,000 spectators. Every single one of them was silent.Tiffany stared in a daze at the rating on the big screen. Her already sickly, pale face was now even paler than ever.“Oh my god! 99%! She’s actually received more than a 90% rating! No one expected h
“I would never go back on my word. Ask away.”Tiffany pushed her hatred away and put on a calm, sincere front. She did not seem vexed about losing the contest at all.Charlotte got to the point without hesitation. “First question: Five years ago, you were living peacefully in Burasia with your family. Why the sudden return to Rothesay ten months ago?”“Huh? Is that true? Tiffany only returned to the country ten months ago?”“Eh… Hang on! Even super-fans like us aren’t aware of this secret. How’d this woman find out about it? Is she here to expose Tiffany’s secrets?”This was only Charlotte’s first question, yet it had already caused a huge uproar among the audience.“My past is clean. There’s no need to poke around,” Tiffany hurriedly replied. “Yes, it’s true. I moved to Burasia with my parents five years ago, but my nationality remains the same. This is my native land. It’s where I come from. During my time away from the country, I was like a wandering ghost. I missed my hometow
“Tiffany, I’m not going to continue this charade with you anymore. Our connections run deep. Your fiancé was my useless ex-husband, who abandoned me. Are you sure we’re strangers?”“Holy… sh*t! She’s here to make Tiffany pay for what she’s done to her!”“Based on what she’s said, Tiffany must have stolen her husband from her…”“Weren’t you listening? She said her useless husband abandoned her because of Tiffany!”“Uh… What on earth is going on?”The audience was in an uproar.Bryson’s face became even more sullen than ever.Zachary, on the other hand, was smirking.Tiffany had never thought that Charlotte would be mad enough to expose her completely. She stared at Charlotte in shock, unable to say anything at all. Only her small hand, which was holding the microphone, was shaking uncontrollably.“My name is Charlotte Simmons! That’s right, I’m the girl all those rumors talked about. The one who was kicked to the curb after giving birth to Bryson’s child.”Charlotte mercilessl
‘But where is Bryce?’She needed him to show himself and stand up for her now more than ever. Why hadn’t he come on stage?Furthermore, the security guards should have rushed on stage and forced Charlotte to leave when she had asked her first aggressive question. ‘Why isn’t anyone helping me? What’s my entourage doing?’Tiffany’s fans were staring at her and waiting for Bryce to make an appearance and prove her innocence.However, Bryson never appeared on stage.Meanwhile, Bryson was panicking, and beads of sweat were forming on his forehead.He had already heard about Charlotte’s exposé from Michael. Even though he believed in Tiffany’s innocence, he had personally flown to Burasia to investigate just to shut Michael up…In the end, those who knew Tiffany had simply showered her with praise. No one had mentioned anything about Michael’s accusations…Michael was really fond of Charlotte, and his accusations were excusable. However, what could possibly have gotten into him? Wh
Tiffany dashed toward Charlotte and reached out to grab her as she cried out in her clear, soft, pretty voice.The sight of the “victimized” look on Tiffany’s face and her outstretched hands drawing closer and closer to her made Charlotte’s deep-rooted hatred for her reach its peak.“Don’t touch me!” She snapped in disgust, raised her hand, and slapped Tiffany right across the face.Smack!The clear sound of the slap was magnified by the microphone in Tiffany’s hand, echoing clearly throughout the large plaza.Thud!Tiffany’s microphone landed on the ground.Then, Charlotte watched as Tiffany’s frail figure swayed like grass in the wind, collapsed onto the ground, and rolled down the stage’s steps.“Oh no! This is bad!”“She’s dead!”Members from the audience screamed.Charlotte’s mind went blank at first. By the time she returned to her senses and turned her gaze off stage, Tiffany was already sprawled on the ground beneath the stage. She was lying with her face to the sky,
“You…”Bryson was spitting from anger. His handsome face was now so twisted that he no longer looked like himself at all. “Charlotte Simmons! Remember this. If anything happens to her, I will make you pay.”“Oh, really?”Charlotte’s heart grew colder and colder. She continued forcing herself to remain resolute.“You’ve really scared me, Bryson. You’ve been dead to me for a long time. There’s no need for any reservations between us. If you don’t mind, perhaps you could clarify one thing for me? How do you plan on making me pay if anything happens to Tiffany?”“If Tiffany dies, I’ll make sure you die too, you murderer.” The man, who was consumed by sadness and rage, seethed, enunciating every word like a curse.‘Heh…’This time, Charlotte felt no pain. In fact, the corners of her lips curled into a smirk. “It’s strange how I’ve never realized how stupid you are. Have you no common legal knowledge? Even if she did die, I’d be charged with manslaughter and sent to jail at most. I
She could finally heave a sigh of relief.She pushed the car door open. Just as she was about to climb into the vehicle, a cold, magnetic voice called out to her in a frosty tone. “Where are you going?”“GAH!” Charlotte screamed and dropped her keys on the ground.She whirled around, too rattled to pick up her keys. As expected, she came face to face with the man’s ice-cold features, which were colder than an ice mountain yet more splendid and magnificent than all the beautiful landscapes in the world…“Zachary!” Charlotte cried out his name in alarm. “How long have you been standing behind me? Are… Are you stalking me?”Zachary’s eyes were cold. She couldn’t see any trace of emotion on his face at all. His tone was indifferent as he said, “Sometimes, having a stalker can be a good thing. It may come in handy when it comes to preventing a gang fight.”Charlotte entered a daze.Then, she suddenly understood why Tiffany’s fans had out of the blue retreated instead of attacking her