Chapter 1038: Chapter 1038: The Song Qingqing Used That Belongs to Rong Yan Chapter 1038: Chapter 1038: The Song Qingqing Used That Belongs to Rong Yan Even the apologetic words that Su Yi said to her didn’t register; her face turned deathly pale, and she clenched her hands tightly. She’d almost let her nature take over and confront Li Shengxiao, just because she had said a few unkind things about Rong Yan–was that any reason for such an overreaction?

But she didn’t dare to anymore.

She had merely spoken a few truths just now, and she had been taken care of immediately. She couldn’t imagine what the consequences would be if she continued.

She had a vague sense that if it hadn’t been for her aunt’s sake, this man might have been even more ruthless. If she were to keep pushing her luck, she couldn’t guarantee that Su Yi would still be useful; at least, this was what her trembling heart was fearfully telling her.

Lin Zhiya waited for Lin Teng to speak and take care of Su Xiansui. Only after Su Xiansui settled down quietly on the edge, not daring to slander Rong Yan anymore, did she smile and resume chatting with Lin Teng and his wife.

Her natural manner, as if she had never blank-facedly ignored Su Yi’s plea for help, elegant and composed–it was the true benchmark of a noble lady.

Director Dina and Chu Xi, who came from backstage, also arrived, sitting next to Zhong Yuye and Qin Jun as the performance on stage began.

As the melody of the new song collaborated by Yan Qingqing and Xia Xue came out, the mood of the crowd, who had just been chatting and laughing with Chu Xi, suddenly turned grave, “This is…”

“Director Dina, what’s wrong?” Chu Xi also looked towards the stage.

The performance on stage was going strong, but to be honest, compared to those from Mema, the singers were quite lacking. It was apparent that both female singers had pitch issues, regrettably spoiling what could have been a decent song.

Director Dina was staring at the stage with a stern face, silent, paying no heed to her.

Instead, it was Zhong Yuye who noticed Director Dina’s reaction, frowned, looked towards the stage, and pulled out his phone. Hesitating a moment, he sent a message to Rong Yan.

[Ding–], Rong Yan’s phone chimed. She pulled out her phone to find a message from Zhong Yuye. Assuming it was a message like everyone else’s saying they had arrived, she was taken aback when she read–[Come to the stage and listen.]
“Listen to what at the stage?”

Rong Yan was clueless, but she knew well that Zhong Yuye was not someone idle enough to message her without reason. Since he had sent such a cryptic message, there had to be a reason.

She left the dressing room and headed towards the stage.

The sound of the music at the front of the stage was also audible from behind, and as she made her way there, she bumped into Estelle and Qi Yue, equally drawn by the music. Estelle’s face was extremely grim, and upon seeing Rong Yan, she said furiously, “Rong Yan, listen, isn’t this your new song? How does Yan Qingqing have your new song? Where did she get it from?!”

Damn it, Rong Yan and Qi Yue had also planned to perform this song, and it was the very song Rong Yan had given to Director Dina, hoping to set it as the score for “Around the City”.

Yan Qingqing had sung it first, what would Director Dina think below? Would she think Rong Yan stole Yan Qingqing’s work?

And what about Rong Yan, who was about to go on stage–what would she sing now?

They definitely didn’t have enough time to change songs in just ten or so minutes, and even if they did, it would be a rushed performance, one could imagine how poor the outcome would be.

Estelle had never been this angry before, she felt like her head was about to explode, fury backfired into her, and as her scalp continued to throb, her nerves pulled taut with pain.

She was furious to the point of grinding her teeth, “I’m going to the AQ executives!”

“It’s no use looking for them now.” Rong Yan stopped her.

Even if AQ were to intervene, they couldn’t possibly halt the competition on the spot to deal with it, and regardless of the outcome, this incident would be a scandal to AQ. If Estelle were to confront them, they might even advise them to just endure it.