Chapter 74

Chapter 74

This was the first time Su Xingyao had invited Lu Jiuxu in such a formal manner.

Actually, it could have been even more formal by inviting the other person in person.

But remembering the unexpected situation that occurred after he last invited Lu Jiuxu, Su Xingyao became a bit uncertain.

And he was very aware that since Lu Jiuxu's father had passed away, Lu Jiuxu had become busier than before.

So Su Xingyao wasn't too sure if Lu Jiuxu would have time to attend the final in person...

Looking at the voice message, Su Xingyao hesitated about recalling it.

It turned out that without realizing it, he had also become someone who worried about being rejected by Lu Jiuxu.

But as it turned out, he was overthinking.

Not long after he sent the voice message, Lu Jiuxu replied to him.

"—My pleasure."

*

After Su Xingyao invited Lu Jiuxu, the production team officially announced the finals the next day.

The Voice of Heaven official statement:

From the fragrance of April flowers to the cicadas singing in July.

Three months of competition have quietly drawn to a close.

The journey so far has been thanks to the companionship of every viewer.

To express gratitude to all viewers for their support of The Voice of Heaven, the finals will be broadcast live simultaneously on both the internet and television.

The finals will take place at a 60,000-seat stadium.

We sincerely invite all viewers to be part of this musical feast!

As soon as the official Weibo account of The Voice of Heaven posted this announcement, the comments were inundated with requests for concert ticket links.

"I need the link! This time it's not just picking 500 lucky audience members, right? As a non-lucky person, I don't believe I'll still fail to get a ticket among 60,000 people."

"Link, link!! Will we finally get to see who's behind the cat mask at the finals?"

"I really want to see who's behind the cat mask, please!!"

"The moment the top director of the entertainment industry achieves greatness has come, you know what I'm saying!"

"Exactly, Song Yingming, take a look at your friend Zhang Shanfeng. Recently, Su Xingyao's show has been doing so well, aren't you going to do something big to compete?"

"Song Yingming was almost pulling his hair out looking at the comments.

The title of the top variety show director of the entertainment industry was certainly tempting, but...

Dear viewers!! Do you realize that all this talk, all these comparisons, is actually about the same person!!!

But...

The bug in Zhang Shanfeng's show is Su Xingyao, and the bug in my show is the same person, isn't it?!

How come you guys can't see it!!! Seriously!!

After a mental roar to himself, Song Yingming drank a cup of tea to calm his nerves.

Having to keep such a huge secret from all the netizens is really putting my patience to the test.

Having been probed by numerous investors and relatives about Su Xingyao's true identity, Song Yingming was feeling really pent up...

But no matter how uncomfortable he felt, he still held himself back and endured!!

Even when investors suggested discussing it with Su Xingyao and having him perform without the headgear for the final show, Song Yingming outright refused.

With his mouth zipped, Song Yingming sighed. "If I lose the title of the top variety show director in the entertainment industry, then so be it."

Just as Song Yingming was lamenting the possible loss of his title, Xiao Li, another insider, sent him a message.

Xiao Li: Director Song, I'm feeling so suffocated right now...

Xiao Li: I really want to let the whole world know how badass my idol is!!!

Song Yingming sent her the caricature of Su Xingyao that he had drawn during the show, where only a single hair was left on his head.

Song Yingming: See, I'm about to lose my last hair from all the stress.

Song Yingming: This time, I'm not even going to compete with Zhang Shanfeng.

Xiao Li: QAQ

Xiao Li: Director Song, you've worked hard.

Xiao Li: Good people will be rewarded. Your hair will definitely come back thick and lush.

Despite the insane amount of pressure, Song Yingming still adhered to the agreement with Su Xingyao and didn't reveal a single word.

But the more the production team kept it tightly under wraps, the more the anticipation grew around contestant #78's true identity.

After all, not only the fans, but even industry bigwigs like Lance and Xu Beizhou admired and looked up to him.

This mysterious figure really fired up everyone's imagination.

Everyone was eager to see if the mysterious #78 would finally unveil himself in the end.

Eager to witness this moment, all eyes were on the finals tickets.

The next day, as soon as the official ticket sales channel opened, all 60,000 tickets were snapped up in an instant.

In this fierce battle, Lu Zhixun, with the lightning-fast reflexes of someone who'd been single for twenty years, managed to secure a ticket and immediately went to find Su Xingyao.

"Su Su, I've already bought the ticket. I'm going to the finals to cheer for you!!"

Lu Zhixun threw his arm around Su Xingyao's shoulder and declared, eyes full of excitement, "I must witness you winning the championship with my own eyes!!"

Even though Su Xingyao was the one competing, Lu Zhixun seemed even more excited.

Beaming with pride, he continued, "I've been waiting for this moment for so long. I even went so far as to sign up for a class to capture it properly."

Su Xingyao became extremely curious when he first heard that watching the finals required taking a class and turned to look at Lu Zhiyun. "What class did you take?"

Lu Zhiyun raised his eyebrows at him with a grin. "Just photography."

As he spoke, he made a camera gesture at Su Xingyao, making 'clicking' sounds to mimic a camera shutter. "I'll capture every precious moment for you!"

While Lu Zhiyun was speaking enthusiastically, Lu Jiuxu came back.

Spotting his brother, Lu Zhiyun quickly let go of the hand that had been casually resting on Su Xingyao and rushed over to Lu Jiuxu, fawning, "Bro, are you going on Su Su's finals day?"

While speaking, he desperately winked at Lu Jiuxu, hinting that it would be inexcusable if he didn't show up for his partner's finals.

He knew his brother hadn't won her over yet, and Lu Zhiyun was really worried about his brother not winning her over.

"Go, go. Get your work done these days. I bought two tickets; we'll go together, alright?"

Watching Lu Zhiyun, whose eye was practically twitching, Lu Jiuxu shot a glance at Su Xingyao from across the room and said with a soft chuckle, "Mm, of course I'll go."

Su Xingyao, looking at Lu Jiuxu's smile, felt a pang of guilt toward Lu Zhiyun.

When the production team requested a list of family and friends, he immediately thought of Lu Jiuxu.

But Lu Zhiyun also placed a lot of importance on this competition.

Feeling guilty, Su Xingyao spoke up, "Zhiyun, the production team gave each contestant a guest pass, and I invited... Mr. Lu."

Lu Zhiyun instantly caught on after hearing this.

"It's okay, Su Su!"

As soon as Lu Zhiyun finished, he whipped his head around to look at Lu Jiuxu and immediately caught the subtle curve of his lips.

No wonder his brother had been smiling so meaningfully earlier.

His partner had invited him ages ago!

Showing off!! Showing off secretly, right?!

Sensing the love-filled atmosphere, Lu Zhiyun gave his brother a thumbs-up. "Bro, you're awesome!"

Realizing he had become part of a couple's playful moment, Lu Zhiyun quickly made an excuse and left.

Su Xingyao looked at Lu Zhiyun's departing figure, confused.

But Lu Jiuxu spoke to him about something else.

"Actually, I've been secretly pleased."

"Pleased to be the first person you thought of."

When there were five days left until the finals, the production team set up an online voting channel.

*

This vote was different from the previous insignificant ones.

The production team had it notarized by a notary office and announced that the final votes cast by netizens would directly determine each contestant's final ranking.

Hearing this news, the audience, who had been waiting for this voting method, went into a frenzy of clicking.

"You vote, I vote, Cat cat will debut tomorrow."

"Even though we’re not related by blood, if you vote for contestant #78, we’re internet sisters!"

Su Xingyao’s fans had been worried they couldn’t help their idol succeed.

Once they could finally help him go for the top spot, they not only voted on time every day but also kept promoting him nonstop.

Thanks to his earlier performances, Su Xingyao already had a strong fanbase.

As a result, aside from his fans, many non-fans also voted for him, casting lots of casual votes.

Even though each person could only vote twice a day, Su Xingyao’s vote count passed ten million in just three days, leaving all the other contestants way behind.

While the audience was voting hard, the show’s team announced a change in the performance format.

Unlike before, contestants wouldn’t be split into mentor teams anymore; they’d perform individually.

As a result, the show’s team wouldn’t put any restrictions on the performance format.

If contestants wanted to cover songs, adapt them, or perform their own original songs, the show’s team wouldn’t interfere.

As soon as Su Xingyao heard the staff’s announcement, he immediately chose his competition song.

When he first joined the show, he never thought he’d make it this far.

Now that he’d made it to the final stage.

For the final stage, he wanted to sing an original song that meant a lot to him.

*

In no time, it was finally the night of the finals.

Even though it wasn’t a typical idol competition, fans still showed up to support the twelve finalists on the day of the finals.

There were flower walls, posters, roll-up banners, hand banners, fans, and all kinds of merchandise.

The outside of the stadium was decked out extravagantly by each contestant’s fans.

Lu Zhiyun mixed in with the crowd and grabbed all kinds of support goodies from Su Xingyao’s fan booth.

Covered in Su Xingyao’s support badges and still buzzing from his first-ever in-person fan event, Lu Zhiyun finally remembered he needed to hurry into the venue.

He had already missed the time he was supposed to meet his brother!

Lu Zhiyun rushed into the inner arena.

Sure enough, his brother was already waiting for him.

The moment he got there, his brother gave him a once-over.

Lu Zhiyun felt kind of guilty.

"Saozi, um... the cat’s stuff was too cute, I couldn’t help checking out all the booths..."

Realizing what he’d just blurted out was totally inappropriate, Lu Zhiyun quickly covered his mouth and nodded.

Before Lu Zhiyun could even finish nodding, Lu Jiuxu spoke again.

"Don’t go calling me that."

"Give me two of the merch."

Lu Zhiyun thought he might be hearing things.

No way, no way, love really can change someone that much!!

A proud CEO actually asking for his wife's merch!

Lu Zhiyun silently mocked in his head.

But what he actually said was, "Dude, take your pick~"

*

At eight o'clock in the evening, the finale of *The Voice of Heaven* finally began.

A well-dressed man and woman appeared before everyone and enthusiastically started interacting with the audience.

Keen-eyed viewers quickly realized something was off.

Because tonight's host wasn't Fu Qingyan.

Everyone assumed that since he had replaced Shen Huaixi as a mentor, he couldn't also handle hosting duties.

But when the hosts announced the mentors' entrance, the audience began to sense something was off.

On stage, Fu Qingyan, though he looked the same, was gaunt and seemed completely drained of energy.

Everyone was puzzled.

"What's up with Fu Qingyan?"

"It's only been two weeks, how did he get like this?"

"He looks like he's totally drained."

"Is he sick?"

Fu Qingyan gave no explanation for his condition. After briefly interacting with the audience, he left the stage to rest backstage.

On his way to the green room, Su Xingyao happened to bump into him.

Up close, Fu Qingyan's mental state was clearly deteriorated.

No longer the confident and elegant star he once was, but more like a hollow shell after a severe illness.

In all the years Su Xingyao had known Fu Qingyan, he had never seen him look so shattered.

Usually composed, he took several seconds to respond coldly to the contestants' greetings.

Even the smile at the corner of his mouth seemed forced.

Seeing this, the contestants couldn't help but whisper among themselves, none of them really knowing what was up with Fu Qingyan.

Su Xingyao didn't ask any more questions.

But as Fu Qingyan drew closer, Su Xingyao suddenly remembered something his manager, Zhou Mengxue, had told him a few days earlier.

She said that Fu Qingyan had been desperately trying to find him lately.

He had tried everything to contact her, his attitude humble to the point of being submissive.

Su Xingyao couldn't imagine Fu Qingyan's attitude.

But when Zhou Mengxue asked him at the time if he wanted to meet with Fu Qingyan, he flatly refused.

After that refusal, he stopped concerning himself with Fu Qingyan's matters.

Yet he didn't expect that when they met again, Fu Qingyan would be in his current condition.

Su Xingyao didn't know what had caused him to be so dispirited and didn't care to understand the reason.

Their friendship had already run its course.

It was for the best that they remained familiar strangers.

Su Xingyao withdrew his gaze and moved aside to make way, preparing to let Fu Qingyan pass first. However, as they brushed shoulders, something suddenly fell out of Fu Qingyan's arms.

Fu Qingyan, clearly absent-minded, didn't notice something had fallen.

His assistant was clearing the way ahead, and he just kept his head down, following behind the assistant.

Seeing Fu Qingyan's gradually disappearing figure and realizing he hadn't noticed, Su Xingyao crouched down and picked up what had fallen.

The item Fu Qingyan had dropped was a photo.

The back had yellowed and was signed with the name Fu Qingyan.

Su Xingyao didn't bother to flip the photo over.

Holding it as it had fallen, he called out to Fu Qingyan.

"Professor Fu."

A few seconds later, Fu Qingyan, as if just realizing, turned his head towards Su Xingyao.

"What's the matter?"

Su Xingyao stepped forward and stopped roughly three steps away.

He extended the photo towards Fu Qingyan.

"You dropped this item."

After returning the item, Su Xingyao didn't pay attention to Fu Qingyan's expression.

As he turned to leave, he heard Fu Qingyan politely say, "Thank you."

"Indeed, this photo is very important to me."

Su Xingyao didn't reply.

His encounter with Fu Qingyan was merely a brief interlude.

Shortly after, Su Xingyao was called onto the stage by the host.

That finals night, before the official competition began, the production team invited back most of the previous contestants who hadn't caused any drama.

Tonight, everyone wore the same outfits they had on for their first performance, standing on stage together according to their numbers, singing "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" for the audience.

This was a common trope in the variety show directed by Song Yingming.

Yet, seeing about a hundred contestants singing in unison on stage again, the audience still found it very moving.

Over three months, from a stage full of contestants back then to only twelve remaining tonight, the competition had been long, arduous, and deeply memorable.

Whether it was laughter or tears, each contestant brought many outstanding performances to the stage.

Su Xingyao also wore the Coral Cat suit he first appeared with, a doll given to him by contestant number 77 still hanging on his clothes.

Standing in the third-to-last row in an inconspicuous corner, fans immediately spotted him when the camera swept across the familiar costume.

At this moment, the fans were overwhelmed with emotion.

Contestant number 78 faced various doubts since his debut, encountered numerous setbacks during the competition, and was highly anticipated by the audience.

Every time, he managed to turn things around with his talent and strength, delivering unexpected surprises through his music.

"Cat is wearing the Coral Cat suit again, how time flies!"

"The biggest gain this year has been knowing the cat through 'Voice of Heaven'."

"So looking forward to tonight's performance by the cat."

"He's shown his skills in the previous matches; I wonder what tonight's performance will be."

"Will he adapt another song to blow away the audience?"

As the evening grew darker, after the contestants finished their group song, only the remaining twelve were left on stage.

Host: "As per tradition, let's make it exciting! The order of performances tonight will once again be decided by a draw!"

The host's announcement prompted an enthusiastic response from the live audience.

"Cat, pick the first spot!!"

"Cat, cat, pick the first spot, pick the first spot!!"

Although Su Xingyao didn't have an official fan club, there were plenty of individual supporters present.

Fans holding cat support sticks were in every corner of the venue.

After waiting so long, everyone hoped to see his performance as soon as possible, so almost everyone was shouting, wishing he would go first.

Meanwhile, viewers who couldn't attend the live show were also discussing excitedly.

"I want the cat to go first too; I'm really looking forward to it."

"But honestly, given the show's usual style, a top contestant like him will probably be arranged to perform last."

"Last place, plus one; the sponsors definitely want to keep the ratings up by teasing the audience."

"I really hope to see the cat soon... hoping for a front-row seat."

While the audience discussed excitedly, Su Xingyao had already drawn his performance order.

"Let's see what number **our** LostTide has drawn!"

The audience fell silent, their eyes uniformly fixed on **the cat paws of Su Xingyao's character**.

Su Xingyao also looked down and **took the slip of paper from the plushie's hands, opening it**.

He turned the slip towards the audience, and the host began to **cheer excitedly**.

"Wow~ Number three!"

"What an unexpected **sequence**!"

The female host also chimed in, "That's quite early!"

As the host's voice rang out, the crowd **burst into cheers**.

"Number three! Number three! Number three!!"

"I **knew** this was truly a random draw by the production team; they've placed the trump card third!"

"It's **number three!!!** I declare 'Heavenly Voice' **is** the fairest and most just show of the year, no fakery! No tricks!"

"Ahhhhhhhh! I won't have to wait long to hear **the Cat Cat** sing!"

"So, so excited!!"

"Even though it's number three, I'm **still super anxious**!"

"I **can't wait to see** Cat Cat's performance!"

After the contestants **finished** drawing their lots, they all headed backstage.

To give them enough time to do their makeup and prepare, the production team arranged for a mentor stage during this time. Except for Fu Qingyan, who excused himself due to **physical discomfort**, the other mentors all **took to the stage to perform** their own songs.

Since Su Xingyao didn't need to go backstage for makeup, after **finishing the song with everyone**, he went straight back to his rest area to change out of the plushie suit.

The moment he opened the door, he saw a familiar figure. Lu Jiuxu **had already been waiting for him, though it was unclear when he arrived**.

After **making sure** the door was locked behind him, Su Xingyao switched off the voice changer and took off the headpiece.

Walking over to Lu Jiuxu, he **let out a** gentle breath, "Mr. Lu, **can you** help me unzip the suit?"

With the **outdoor temperature over thirty degrees**, Su Xingyao was **almost melting** from the heat.

In previous episodes, wearing the plushie suit indoors with the air conditioning on, he **didn't feel it as much**.

But today was an outdoor concert, with many **spotlights shining on** him.

In this heat, standing on stage in the thick plushie suit, after **only singing one song and handling the draw**, Su Xingyao was already feeling dizzy from the heat.

After taking off the plushie suit, Su Xingyao **kept fanning his face**.

Suddenly, he felt a coolness coming from beside him, different from the central air conditioning in the room. Turning his head, Su Xingyao saw that Lu Jiuxu was holding a fan, fanning him. Just as Su Xingyao was about to praise Lu Jiuxu for being thoughtful, he noticed the fan **seemed oddly familiar**.

Lu Jiuxu seemed to be able to read Su Xingyao's mind and said directly, "It's fan-made merchandise from your fans."

Su Xingyao was curious that Lu Jiuxu even had fan merchandise of him and examined it several times. "Did you go outside to pick it up?"

"Lu Zhiyun picked it up."

After saying that, seeing Su Xingyao's interest in the merchandise, Lu Jiuxu took out two more pins. "These are also from your fans."

In Lu Jiuxu's palm lay two pins, which again featured cute Q-version cat designs.

The two pins formed a set; the cats were dressed in matching outfits, but their poses were slightly different.

One cat was pulling a cute pose, and the other was smiling.

After carefully examining them, Lu Jiuxu picked up the cute cat pin and gently fastened it to Su Xingyao's clothes.

"If you like it, you can have one."

With a gentle smile and lowered eyes, Su Xingyao looked at the slender fingers fastening the pin for him, then looked up and asked, "What about the other one?"

After carefully fastening it on Su Xingyao, Lu Jiuxu lightly pointed to his left chest.

"The other one goes here, obviously."

"I'm also a fan of Su Maomao."

After saying that, Lu Jiuxu bent down to pin it on himself but had some trouble.

A few seconds later, Lu Jiuxu asked Su Xingyao for help. "It seems my clothes are caught, I can't pin it."

Su Xingyao immediately put down the fan he was holding and naturally took the brooch pin. "Let me help you."

After saying that, he bent down and carefully checked what the issue was.

"It's definitely caught in your clothes."

Su Xingyao leaned in a bit to get a better look, then tried to gently pull Lu Jiuxu's clothes out.

However, as he applied force with his fingers, his wrist brushed against Lu Jiuxu's chest.

He immediately felt the strong thud of Lu Jiuxu's heartbeat.

The clothes and the pin were caught together, and Su Xingyao couldn't free it after trying.

"Mr. Lu, hang on a sec."

After Su Xingyao said that, he didn't hear a response from Lu Jiuxu.

Several seconds passed before he felt a warm breath by his ear.

"Doesn't this form of address feel a bit too distant?"

Lu Jiuxu's voice was very gentle, without a trace of blame.

Instead, Su Xingyao thought he detected a hint of grievance.

The thought startled him.

"I'm just used to the term 'Mr. Lu.'"

Su Xingyao looked up to meet Lu Jiuxu's gaze as he looked down at him and explained, "Lu Jiuxu, I'm not being distant with you."

The clothes he was holding were gently pulled out, and Su Xingyao pinned the brooch for him.

The two mentors on stage had already completed their performances, with only Sheng Yan left to perform.

Su Xingyao took out his panda mascot costume and put on the body section of the costume.

"It's really hot today."

It wasn't just hot; it was stuffy and oppressive.

Although there was an air conditioner in the waiting room, it wasn't cooling much.

As soon as he put on the mascot costume, Su Xingyao immediately felt how hot it was.

So he took the costume off again.

Since he still had some time before his turn, he planned to put it on again closer to when he'd go on stage.

Seeing the headpiece Su Xingyao was holding in his arms, Lu Jiuxu took a closer look and said, "This headpiece looks kind of familiar."

Su Xingyao smiled, "Want to try and guess which panda we've seen before?"

Since Su Xingyao was deliberately testing him, Lu Jiuxu took the headpiece from his arms and said, "Want to see if I can recognize it?"

As they were talking, a staff member knocked on Su Xingyao's door.

"Teacher Su, are you ready?"

"In five minutes, after the commercial airs, you'll need to get ready to go backstage."

Su Xingyao found his voice changer and responded, "Okay."

He had originally planned to enjoy the AC a bit longer, but with time being tight, he started putting on the mascot costume.

At the concert venue, all the mentors had already completed their performances.

Sheng Yan hurriedly ran offstage to change his outfit, preparing to return for the finals.

While he was changing, the TV station and online platforms started airing commercials.

The hype for tonight's finals was unprecedented, with advertisers lining up to spend big money every second.

However, while the TV and live streaming platforms could air commercials, the event venue didn't have any scheduled ad breaks.

To keep the atmosphere from cooling off, the directors played some previously unreleased behind-the-scenes clips.

After two or three minutes, to engage with the audience, they started casually switching between live camera shots.

In an instant, all sorts of fan support items and slogans were shown on the big screen.

The atmosphere at the venue became more and more enthusiastic, so the directors started switching to shots of the contestants.

Of course, to maintain the mystery of the stage, they only showed contestants who were getting ready or hadn't started yet.

Seeing these contestants made the audience even more excited. "Switch to a shot of the cat!!"

"My kitty is going to transform into some little animal today, I'm so excited."

"Just one look, just one peek!"

"Director, director, passing you a cola and a chicken leg, please show the kitty's shot."

The director, of course, knew what everyone wanted to see, but just wouldn't give it to them.

Online, during the commercial break, many netizens switched to watching other things.

Feng Ling did the same.

She was a fan of LostTide and, having failed to snatch a ticket due to slow hands, could only watch the live stream on her tablet with the TV on.

When both platforms went to commercials, she picked up her phone to browse Weibo, where she then saw a trending topic.

#Su Xingyao #LostTide

At first, Feng Ling was taken aback when she saw this trending topic.

She didn't particularly like Su Xingyao and thought that LostTide might be acquainted with him.

But when she clicked on it, she saw that a blogger had analyzed the two hottest individuals recently.

One was Su Xingyao, who had become popular through a variety show, and the other was LostTide, who had shot to fame for their singing.

The blogger didn't drag anyone down or compare them, just a standard analysis of how both had become popular through their talents.

However, because tonight was the finale of The Voice of Heaven, and anything related to LostTide was extremely popular, this video was resurfaced and even made it to the lower trending positions.

LostTide, after several god-tier stages, had far surpassed Su Xingyao in terms of popularity, reputation, public recognition, and works, who had only participated in a few variety show episodes.

Therefore, in Feng Ling's opinion, Su Xingyao didn't deserve to be compared to LostTide.

Many people under this trending topic agreed with her.

"Although I quite like Su Xingyao, he can't be compared to kitty, who is obviously much more talented."

"But Su Xingyao is also very talented, whether it's drawing or video editing, he excels at everything."

"Great he may be, but he doesn't have any signature works."

"Su Xingyao fans, please face the fact that variety show stars shouldn't mooch off our genuine singer, OK?"

"Hands off Su Xingyao, we don't want to be compared to anyone, OK?"

After reading, Feng Ling also replied, "Variety show stars shouldn't mooch off our genuine singer, OK?"

As she finished typing this line, the commercial on her tablet was already over.

The screen returned to the live broadcast, and the director switched back to the stage.

The host started to take control of the show, "Welcome back~"

However, as the host spoke, he didn't realize that the big screen behind him was still playing a video.

The camera in a room had been inadvertently turned on earlier.

In the live broadcast, a handsome man was seen looking down playing with a panda headset in his hand.

"Did the production team forget to turn off the backstage camera??"

"Damn, who's this? He's so handsome!"

"The handsome guy looks somehow familiar."

"Is he someone's family or friend? I'm getting lightheaded, he's just too handsome!"

"Ahhhhhh, he's way too handsome!!!"

"Where's the decency? Where's the humanity? And where the heck is this handsome guy's number?!"

"Who doesn't love watching a handsome guy?"

"Not only the netizens watching the live stream, but the audience in the venue were also captivated by the scene."

Immediately, a wave of discussion started in the venue.

Lu Zhiyun's attention was also drawn by the sounds of people screaming that the guy was so handsome.

So, Lu Zhiyun stopped adjusting the camera and looked up at the stage.

……

Seeing Lu Jiuxu suddenly appear on the big screen, Lu Zhiyun's heart leapt into his throat.

Wow, crap!!

His mind went blank, and he immediately reached for his phone to call his brother and remind him to turn off the camera.

But it was already too late.

Because the next second, a gentle voice suddenly accompanied the scene.

"Lu Jiuxu, hand over the panda headpiece."

As they spoke, their slender fingers lightly grasped the shirt of the handsome man in the frame.

Then, a person in a panda mascot suit came into view.

The camera zoomed in on his face.

The person had long lashes, a pure gaze, and a dazzlingly beautiful face.

"I'm about to go on stage."

At that moment, the entire venue fell silent.

Because they had just seen the person in the panda suit ask the handsome guy for the panda headpiece, saying they were about to go on stage…

It was none other than Su Xingyao, the variety show star who had just been slammed by netizens for mooching off LostTide's popularity...