NOVPUBJiang Yi and Jin Yao didn't have the time to ask Yue Ran for a dance since the next event was coming up, which was the female protagonist's fashion show, the place where the female protagonist made her debut.
Except for those who wanted to stay behind and enjoy the food and drinks served on the tables on two sides of the grand hall's walls, everyone filed out of the grand hall and into another auditorium.
Yue Ran followed behind the crowd, choosing not to squeeze in with the others as they moved from one place to the next.
When she arrived, she noticed that the seats inside the auditorium were messed up, so she simply sat at an empty seat beside one of the male protagonists, who happened to be Jiang Yi.
Mu Chen, who had been following beside Yue Ran from the hall to the auditorium, shamelessly took the seat next to hers.
As a matter of fact, Mu Chen had glared at a student that had occupied the seat next to Yue Ran with his cold, threatening, and deadly pair of eyes. This made a certain student shiver in his seat and start to bolt away to find another one that would guarantee his safety, before Mu Chen comfortably took the poor student's seat. 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Yang Chi politely asked the student behind Yue Ran to move a seat away from his position so that he could take the seat behind her.
Jin Yao had long sat himself down in the middle of the first row, automatically seating himself in the best position for the show, so he had no idea of what had just transpired between the three other men and Yue Ran herself.
Yue Ran only inwardly rolled her eyes at the three men's antics.
It was fifteen minutes into the show, and the female protagonist, Rui Qin, had finally walked down the runway, wearing an evening dress she had designed on her own.
In that moment, Yue Ran felt as if she had heard the exclamation from the world itself. Time itself seemed to slow down, and the whole world dimmed until the female protagonist herself could shine on stage.
She sneered. She really hates the world's favoritism toward the female protagonist. She despises the Lord God Himself.
Ruan Ruan showed Jin Yao's live broadcast in Yue Ran's mind.
Jin Yao and the audiences' expressions were all synchronized. They all had the same obsessed, amazed, and full of admiration expressions written on their faces. It was as if they had seen an immortal.
Yue Ran curled her lips, a mirthless smile occupying her features.
And it was also exactly this same sneer that woke Mu Chen up from the illusion he saw. The bubble of filter that clouded his eyes was easily popped, just like that.
Mu Chen blinked, not understanding what had happened to him just moments ago.
Sure, the woman on stage was good-looking, but she was not as good-looking as Yue Ran. Yue Ran's beauty was just on another level that the woman on stage could never achieve in several lifetimes, or ever.
That was just how beautiful Yue Ran was in his eyes, and also in reality.
Moreover, Mu Chen was never half-hearted about doing things. Since he had confirmed that he likes Yue Ran and wants to spend his future with her by his side, he would never turn his attention to another woman.
Hence the many doubts in his heart, since he could not comprehend what had just happened to him.
Jiang Yi is the main male protagonist in this world, so he wasn't as greatly affected as the rest. His mind gradually became sober, even without Yue Ran's sneer.
"What, is Rui Qin so good-looking that you don't even blink anymore?"
Yang Chi was immediately snapped out of his absentmindedness.
None knew who the "you" in Yue Ran's sentence was referring to, but everyone thought that she was talking to themselves.
Jiang Yi: Is she… jealous? Does she still have feelings for me?
Yang Chi: Sure enough, I am still so attractive that my own fiancee is made jealous by me.
Mu Chen: Is she showing that she is also interested in me in the same way that I am interested in her?
Without waiting for anyone's response to her question, Yue Ran had already stood up and coldly asked Mu Chen to clear the way for her to leave.
Mu Chen obeyed her words in a daze.
Before anyone knew it, she had disappeared from sight.
Just when the three were wondering where Yue Ran had gone, everyone was given another unexpected surprise. The fashion show that was supposed to be the finale of this event was changed.
There was actually another show after it!
When the audience heard who would perform the final program, everyone lost their composure in an instant.
It was a dance performance by the Yue family's noble young lady, Yue Ran.
Everyone present knew that although Yue Ran may have taken them by surprise with her beauty today, she still has no talent, no morals, and only an infamously spoiled temper.
It was as if everyone in the world had forgotten all of Yue Ran's accomplishments all this time.
There were cutting remarks, disbelief, mocking smiles, etc.
The fact that Yue Ran's academic performance had improved had been pushed out of their minds, and all they could think about was the upcoming bad dance that was to be performed by her.
Dancing has to be done from an early age to actually be done well. And none have heard of Yue Ran's achievements in dancing.
All in all, no one is optimistic about Yue Ran, thinking that she just wanted to show off but can't truly read the occasion clearly.
Only the three men that have snapped out of the cloud of illusion—Jiang Yi, Yang Chi, and Mu Chen—were actually worried about her.
The female protagonist, Rui Qin, who was supposed to be as kind and pure as a saint, now hopes with all her heart that Yue Ran, who had just stolen her limelight, could make a fool of herself on stage and make herself a laughingstock in front of the entire world!
