"Yangxu, you’re really boring. Why come to watch this meaningless beauty contest?" Shang Jingchen was in a bad mood, he had been bothered by the wedding issues.

Yangxu smiled: "Because I suddenly found, in this list, there was a very interesting name."

"I’m not interested in any women, except for Jiayin."

"Haha, I don’t believe it, I promise it will shock you."

Yuan Jiayin saw Shang Jingchen in the backstage live video, and after being taken aback for a moment, she smiled triumphantly. She hadn’t expected Shang Jingchen to come, this was perfect. He could now see how embarrassing Ye Lu’s performance was and hate her even more.

Two charismatic hosts first took the stage. After a round of humorous opening remarks, they finally announced the entrance of the contestants.

"Contestant number one, Miss Zhang Jiani from the beautiful city of xx."

A beautiful woman in a sunflower bikini, with a radiant smile and attractive figure, walked out in shimmering silver high heels as the audience applauded her.

"Ah, great figure," praised Yangxu.

Shang Jingchen, on the other hand, was indifferent: "It’s all right."

"Seems like Yuan Jiayin has a great figure, too bad we can’t see it, but we do have a chance to see a familiar face, I wonder what she looks like, given how thin she usually looks?" Yangxu said with interest.

Shang Jingchen was confused: "Who?"

"Ye Lu!"

"What did you say?" Shang Jingchen was downright furious.

"Didn’t you know? Ye Lu is participating in this contest. I saw her name on the list in the newspaper, that’s why I brought you here."

Shang Jingchen was livid: "Damn it, who let her participate in this vulgar contest."

"Bro, you’re overreacting. It’s just a beauty pageant, right?"

"Appearing in such revealing swimwear, revealing her body for all the men to see, it’s such shame. I, the Shang Family, can’t afford to lose face like this." Shang Jingchen was aggravated, not knowing if he was concerned about the reputation of the Shang Family or something else.

All in all, when he heard that Ye Lu was participating in the contest, and thought about her appearing in a sexy bikini while all the men, both those in the audience and those watching on TV, eagerly watching her, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Did this damned woman ask his permission to participate?

"I’m going backstage to find her, I’m going to make her withdraw."

"You’re insane." Yangxu quickly held him back, "It’s too late. By the time you get backstage, she will be on stage."

Indeed, it was almost Ye Lu’s turn to come on stage. She was backstage wearing a bikini, her heart pounding. She was very nervous.

At this time, the stage manager suddenly ran over in a panic, pulling her along: "Miss Ye, quickly, quickly change."

Ye Lu was stunned: "But I’m about to go on stage, why do I suddenly need to change clothes?"

"I don’t know either, anyway, the chief just called, demanding you change your clothes immediately, otherwise we’re all finished." The stage manager was frantic. The tone of the chief’s voice was dire, he had no choice but to hasten and find her.

The stylist was already there, standing with a cheongsam in hand and a nervous expression on her face. As soon as Ye Lu arrived, she hastily got her to change into the cheongsam.

Ye Lu was stupefied: "Isn’t the first round supposed to be in swimwear? Why the sudden change to a cheongsam?"

"Change, it was changed at last minute."

Ye Lu had no idea what was going on, but hurriedly put on the cheongsam. The director was already calling for her, so she had to run on stage in the cheongsam.

Then, to the sound of graceful music, she took a deep breath. Just as she had practiced, she went on stage, catwalking under the spotlight.

Seeing her appear in a cheongsam, the audience murmured in confusion. Even the two hosts were baffled. They had not expected this sudden change and were too stunned to react.

Ye Lu felt incredibly awkward as she saw the previous contestants all dressed in swimwear, whilst she stood out so prominently.

Meanwhile, abroad...