A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return - Chapter 850: Opening Duet

Chapter 850: Opening Duet

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Xia Ling always had some problems with Zheng Chenhao and tonight, the mocking started again.

When the host asked what Miss Ling felt about sharing the same stage with Mr. Zheng again, she said unkindly, “What a pity that Bai Murong caught a cold last year. If not, I think I would be sharing the stage with him instead.”

Zheng Chenhao’s expression darkened on the spot.

In all fairness, Bai Murong and he were rivals. Every year, it was very suspenseful to watch the announcement of the best male singer. Last year, it happened when Bai Murong had a cold and his performance was not very good, so Zheng Chenhao won by a small margin. However, even after a year, many people said that if Bai Murong weren’t sick, the outcome of the victory would be different.

Now, was Xia Ling trying to throw shade at Zheng Chenhao?

However, the emcee was very happy. This sort of show had to have some drama. If the guests were too harmonious, there wouldn’t be much to write about. He smiled and asked Xia Ling, “Xia Ling, do you mean that compared to Mr. Zheng Chenhao, you think more highly of Bai Murong?”

“I have worked with Zheng Chenhao and Bai Murong before.” Xia Ling smiled and answered. “Bai Murong’s style has changed many times and over the years, he has been making many breakthroughs. However, Mr. Zheng Chenhao, you seem to be doing the same thing for your entire career. From the genre to style, there seems to be no change at all. If you sing one song to compete, your skill levels will be about the same. But if you two compete for over ten or twenty songs, Bai Murong will definitely win.”

Zheng Chenhao’s face darkened more. He couldn’t help but wish he could tear this woman apart.

She just poked the place that hurt in his heart. Over the past few years, he felt that he was aging and falling short on his strength and ambition. Sometimes, at night, he would worry about when he would be replaced. As for Bai Murong? He was younger, had different genres, and his future potential was endless.

He also said sarcastically, “Miss Ling, let’s not talk about this. In reality, this is just because Bai Murong comes from Skyart Entertainment. Who doesn’t know that Boss Li of Skyart Entertainment is your son’s father? You haven’t even married him yet but are always leaning towards him. What a good role model you are for the young girls today.”

After he spoke, his fans clapped and cheered.

However, more people had a subtle discomfort in their hearts. Xia Ling was reasonable when she said he was inferior to Bai Murong, but instead of rebuking with something related to music, he criticized her private life as a woman and satirized children that were born out of wedlock. No matter what, as a man, Zheng Chenhao was really too uncultured to do that.

Xia Ling fans were already screaming from below the stage. “Zheng Chenhao, you have no qualities!”

Zheng Chenhao fans also refused to give in. “So you think Ye Xingling has qualities? She married Pei Ziheng but gave birth to Li Lei’s child. After she divorced him, she now wants to marry Li Lei! She has such a destructive mindset!”

The fans clamored to no end. Xia Ling’s even argued back more fiercely. “So what? Our Xiao Ling has such a cute son, Shaohui! What about Zheng Chenhao? When his girlfriend broke up with him, she said that she was unwilling to have children with him!”

Zheng Chenhao’s fans were triggered. “Ye Xingling is an easy woman! She supports Bai Murong so much that maybe she’s involved with Bai Murong too! Shameless adulterous couple!”

This time, even fans of Bai Murong joined the war. “What are you talking about? Clean your mouths! Our Murong sings better than Zheng Chenhao. All of you are just jealous! Yes, just jealous!”

The group of fans had an intense argument.

Looking below the stage, a smile crept on Xia Ling’s lips. In actuality, although she hated Zheng Chenhao, she would not waste time talking to him during live-streams. This time, she only compared Zheng Chenhao to Bai Murong because she wanted to gain the support of Bai Murong’s fans, which would help her when she promoted Luo Luo later.

Now, Bai Murong’s fans and her fans were united.

Xia Ling was very happy and slowly answered Zheng Chenhao, “So what if I’m leaning towards people from Skyart Entertainment? Li Lei is my man and Bai Murong is my good friend. If I don’t support them, am I supposed to support you?”

Zheng Chenhao did not think that she would say that so arrogantly and was at a loss for words. “You!”

“What?” Xia Ling laughed. “Heavenly King Zheng, calm down. I think you should focus on singing the opening song with me. It’s a rare chance. For next year’s opening, I want to sing with Murong.”

What she implied was that Zheng Chenhao would not be able to win the best male singer award this year.

Zheng Chenhao was about to explode. He held back his anger and said, “Next year, I will continue to stand on this stage. On the other hand, you should be more worried about your best female singer title getting stolen!”

“Who can steal it?” Xia Ling was still laughing. “Last year, I won with nearly twice the score of the second place singer. As for you, Zheng Chenhao, you only won Bai Murong by a slight margin, right?”

As if a knife had stabbed him, Zheng Chenhao wanted to vomit blood again.

Now, he really believed that Ye Xingling was the reincarnation of Xia Ling. The way she ruthlessly insulted him was exactly the same as what Xia Ling did in the past! Xia Ling was nothing good as well!

The emcee was happy to see the stars tearing each other apart. However, it was not good if they went overboard. Seeing that the conflict was heating up, the emcee quickly changed the subject and indicated that they could start singing the opening song.

The prelude to the opening song played slowly.

No matter how unwilling he was, Zheng Chenhao had to follow the customs of the Nebula Music Festival and sing a song with Xia Ling. This year, they chose a track that was a couple’s duet. But now, Zheng Chenhao was not in the mood to sing it with Xia Ling. He forced himself to enter that state of mind but was unable to express any feelings.

However, Xia Ling couldn’t care less.

When it came to music, she could get in the right state of mind immediately and was rarely affected by the outside world. In the past, she sang with Bai Murong before and at that time, she suppressed herself to accommodate Bai Murong so the two seemed evenly matched and the song was harmonious. However, this time was different.

This time, she disliked Zheng Chenhao.

Xia Ling did not hold back and sang in her best condition, regardless of whether Zheng Chenhao could keep up with her pace. Her alluring voice echoed on the stage in a breathtaking way as if there were no one else present. In a flash, she already overpowered Zheng Chenhao’s singing. If he were somewhere else, Zheng Chenhao’s singing would be outstanding. But in contrast to Xia Ling, everyone felt impatient listening to him.

Besides Zheng Chenhao’s fans, everyone else watching the live broadcast was immersed in Xia Ling’s voice. Once Xia Ling stopped and Zheng Chenhao’s part started, they would feel very annoyed and could not wait for Zheng Chenhao to quickly end so that Xia Ling could continue singing.