While Zi Ling crew was planning her downfall, Zhao Ying was being stared at by that strange guy.
"H-How would you know that? Just who the hell are you?"
"I am Qian GuanYu, the second son of the Quan family. You can choose not to trust me." Qian Gunayu said causally. "But that will end up in you killing yourself." He shrugged as if it was nothing.
Kill your Mama!
Zhao Ying wanted to pick up a nearby broken lamp and throw it on that guy's head. He was saying the same thing again and again!
She took deep breaths. 'Alright, Zhao Ying. Calm down. Look at that's boy's beautiful face. It would be such a loss to ruin it.'
"Alright. Let's try this way" Qian GuanYu had observed the strange expressions on her face. He shook his head helplessly. 'Why was this woman so stubborn?' "What was the last thing you were doing before you ended up here?"
"I don't know. I was perhaps reading a novel. But my memories are all muddled up."
"Do you recall what the novel was about?"
"I didn't get to read it but I do remember a friend mentioning that there was a crazy antagonist named the same as me in that novel. That's why I decided to read it. But... Wait!" Zhao Ying's eyes widened. "Tell me this is a coincidence!"
"It is not a coincidence." Qian Guanyu laughed at her reactions. "You have transmigrated into the body of the crazy villainess of that novel."
Zhao Ying felt like her head was spinning. Her whole world was falling apart. She felt a chill when she recalled what her friend had told her how the crazy antagonist of that novel had ended up.
Qian Guanyu took out his phone at the sound of a notification. He frowned examining the messages.
"And right now if the crazy villainess must go out and perform. If she fails to do so and the novel deviates from the plotline, your existence will perish from this world."
This was too much. "You mean to say if I do not follow the plotline, I will die? But.." Her lips curled up into an ironic smirk. "I would prefer death than follow the plotline and ending up in the state the antagonist had in the novel."
The antagonist, of course, to the pleasure of all the readers, was beaten, humiliated and abandoned by her family members. She was tortured to the point of committing suicide.
"Would you give up without even fighting?"
Zhao Ying looked up at him. "Just how do you know all this?"
"There is not enough time for that. You have just five minutes remaining. If you don't go out there and sing, the concert will be canceled. Look, I know it is difficult for you. But that's the only option of survival you have." He looked at his iPhone. "Two minutes remaining."
"I hate you." She was on the verge of crying.
Qian GunaYu: "I will consider this as a 'thank you' for giving you a chance to save your life." He said sarcastically and walked out.
"Where are you going now?"
"To the place where I am supposed to be right now." Flashing her a smile he left with his smug face that Zhao Ying so badly wanted to punch.
Not soon after, Xiao Yi barged into the storeroom with her gang. "Zhao Ying, what the hell had happened to you?!"
Zhao Ying closed her eyes for a moment. In her heart, she made a resolution. The next moment, when she opened her eyes, there was a new light in them. She would not give up without fighting. "I will go with you." She slowly rose.
"Are you alright?" Xiao Yi noticed her strange expressions.
"I am sorry I got a panic attack. I am ready to go to the stage now."
...
"Director, please let our Zi Ling perform in her place. Zhao Ying is not going to return. Isn't it obvious now? I am sure you have heard of her attitude in shows before she went hiatus."
Director was slightly affected by her words. Zhao Ying was infamous for having her fans wait for her for hours. Some people said she did it to flaunt her importance to others. Others said she was just an irresponsible, reckless teen. People kept up with her attitude because she was famous back then.
But things were different now. She had lost the fame that she once enjoyed. "Does she think she can act the way she used to back then?"
"Exactly director. Why don't you give a chance to Zi Ling? Even if Zhao Ying returns now, the way fans are angry at her, it would not end up well for anyone. You have always been kind to the singers from our company. We just want to repay you."
Director fell silent. "Alright then, you should-"
"No one is going to the stage in my place." Suddenly a voice rang out.