Rebirth from the Ashes

Following He Lu’s questioning, the other eliminated trainees who got off the stage together with Su Ruowan closed on them. Although their own elimination came as no surprise, no one was happy to accept the outcome. However, no one was going to say no to gossip.

Su Ruowan was the joke of the day. The trainees started to take pity on her, seeing that she was made a fool from head to toe.

Nevertheless, she sure had the cheek. They would have quit showbiz after being called out as a copycat in public if they were in her shoes. Not only did Su Ruowan refuse to quit, but she also stayed on the show.

Her persistent appearance on the show aside, Su Ruowan was stripped of her makeup on stage, laying bare her less-than-ordinary face. Still, she hung on to the show. They had to give it to her tenacity.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Su Ruowan put up a fight to shake He Lu off. “Show me the proof or else it’s your word against mine.”

She was not in the mood to bicker with them. He Lu, that b*tch, had the audacity to question her. Did Su Ruowan say a word when He Lu tried to push her down the stairs?

He Lu got off easy because she only tampered with the brakes. She should have finished her off there and then!

“You helped push my wheelchair the other day. We were the only ones in the dorms then.” He Lu had no proof, and if she had, she would not have held her silence until now.

However, she had to say it out loud in front of a crowd. Even if they did not believe her, they would start to become suspicious of Su Ruowan.

These people might not take to her words if it were before, but the fake image Su Ruowan had portrayed crumbled ever since the plagiarism scandal.

With a complicated look on their faces, the onlookers turned to Su Ruowan in unison. Rumors were spreading regarding the incidents between Su Ruowan and He Lu in those two days.

Many of the rumors made sense, such as He Lu was trying to get Su Ruowan to get injured and quit the competition, but she herself wound up falling down the stairs. With her placing eighth, she would advance in ranking and be in the top seven if Su Ruowan was out of the running.

While on their way to rehearsals the next day, everyone thought He Lu got what she had coming for harming Su Ruowan.

After all, the plagiarism scandal had not broken out then. Su Ruowan was still the kind and sweet little angel in their minds. Sure, not everyone was a fan of hers, but no one would think Su Ruowan had a dark side to her.

With He Lu’s plausible speculation giving them a lot to think about, they exchanged murmurs and gave Su Ruowan dirty looks.

The drama here did not go on for too long as Su Ruowan stormed off without another word.

He Lu watched Su Ruowan’s receding figure and curled her lips in delight. A tit for tat. She wanted nothing more than to see Su Ruowan beaten to the ground and unable to get back up. Payback was a b*tch.

It did not matter to her whether she debuted on the condition that Su Ruowan shared the same fate. If He Lu was going down, she was bringing Su Ruowan down with her. God had not forsaken her.

The onlooking trainees surrounded He Lu and made a big fuss of her. Only they would know deep down whether the pleasantries came from their hearts.

Su Ruowan entered the break room and slammed the door behind her. Shaking all over, she kicked a chair and menacingly cried, “Just you wait. I will have my revenge.”

Everyone who was against her and looked down on her would soon pay the price. She was not going to bow down that easily!

Those eliminated were down in the dumps while those on stage were over the moon. The happiest of them all was Han Yan.

Song Wenye appeared jollier than her, waving incessantly at the fans in the audience. Her eyes swept past a young man equipped with a mask, sunglasses, and cap standing at the pit.

Although the young man was squashed amid a boisterous crowd, his presence spoke of calmness and tranquility. Noticing her gaze, he waved at her.

Song Wenye nearly cussed. Yu Yuanxi!

Did he not say he was busy filming? Why was he here?

She had no idea what had gotten into her to send him a text message last night. She asked if he would be coming to see her as she was about to enter the finals, but there was no point asking when the tickets were sold out by then.

He said he was on a filming set and too busy to talk. They were to carry on the conversation later.

Song Wenye waited for a long time until she fell asleep. By the time she woke up, she still had not received a reply. In a fit of rage, she blacklisted him. Out of sight, out of mind.

She was so occupied and tensed by the whole day of rehearsals that it slipped her mind. Had it not been because of his sudden appearance, Song Wenye would probably only recall the matter after she had settled down.