?Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Marry Me, and This Sun Star Will Be Yours   Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Marry Me, and This Sun Star Will Be Yours                                   The final ranking announcement stage had arrived.


    Lu Xingyu stood at the center of the stage, solemnly announcing, “The third-ranked trainee of ‘Idol 101,’ with 17.25 million votes, is… from Starry Sky Entertainment—Kong Ling. Congrattions.”


    Kong Ling, standing there, turned pale in an instant!


    What’s going on?


    Wasn’t she supposed to be ranked first? Why didn’t she even get second but third instead?


    “The second ce, Song Yingying.”


    Song Yingying looked utterly surprised and delighted, bursting into tears and hugging Qiao Ruoxin: “I can’t believe I got second ce! My goodness! I thought I’d be after fifth ce!”


    “With your talent, how could that be?”


    Qiao Ruoxin smiled but couldn’t help catching a glimpse of Kong Ling’s shocked eyes and her expression that looked like she had swallowed a fly.


    Lu Xingyu nced at Qiao Ruoxin and coughed, “I announce, the trainee who ranked first with 37.56 million votes is… an individual trainee, Qiao Ruoxin.”


    Qiao Ruoxin smiled faintly, slightly surprised yet not too surprised.


    Screams erupted from the audience, and streamers shot towards the stage.


    Perhaps this was a good time to shed a couple of tears?


    Consequently, her eyes misted over, and tears slowly slid down her cheeks, a sight to pity.


    …


    Beneath the stage.


    Mo Chen watched her crying and smiling and a hint of a smile appeared on his lips. Then, he stood up and left the ce.


    After the live broadcast of the debut stage ended, the fans on-site were reluctant to leave, continuously chanting their idols’ names; Qiao Ruoxin’s name was the loudest.


    ——Backstage.


    Qiao Ruoxin was preparing to change clothes and leave when she ran into Kong Ling, who still looked shell-shocked as if she hadn’t snapped out of it yet.


    “Congrattions, you finally got what you wished for, debuting in the center position,” she said.


    She smiled slowly, “Did you think that trash from the imperial city would give you any high-quality votes? It’s all manipted by the system; they didn’t even bother to buy decent water armies for you.”


    “As if I wanted this! I had no choice! You obviously can’t understand my pain with Mo as your backer!”


    Kong Ling seemed to lose control of her emotions. Perhaps she had been repressing them for too long and pretending for too long, and after so much sacrifice… to end up as third ce.


    Qiao Ruoxin put on a jacket and said indifferently, “You’re wrong. Even without Mo Chen, I would never choose that trash from the imperial city. I don’t think highly of him at all.”


    With that, she turned and left.


    …


    The bodyguard drove her back to the Mo Family Estate.


    The butler came forward to greet her and opened the car door: “Miss Qiao, the master is waiting for you in the bedroom. He asked you to go there.”


    “Alright, I’ll go now.”


    The debut night live broadcast had ended smoothly, and she felt rxed, free from any worries.


    She took the elevator to the upper floor and entered the man’s bedroom.


    Hm?


    Why is there no one here?


    Wasn’t he supposed to be in the bedroom waiting for her?


    There was no sound of showering from the bathroom either. Where could he be?


    Just as Qiao Ruoxin was about to leave the bedroom to look for him, the man’s tall figure suddenly appeared in front of her.


    “Ah!”


    Startled, she cried out, “What are you doing? You scared me to death.”


    “Little Ghost, you seem to be asking for a spanking tonight.”


    Was he looking to settle a score with her?


    “Uh… Brother Mo Chen, that was just a stage performance,” she said,ughing awkwardly.


    Mo Chen snorted dismissively and let out a scornful chuckle before he took out a wine-red velvet jewelry box and handed it to her: “Do you want it?”


    She looked puzzled: “What’s this?”


    Taking the box and opening it, her eyes lit up—it was the famously exquisite ‘Sun Star’ diamond!


    “Is this the ‘Sun Star’?” She could hardly believe her eyes; the diamond was too famous.


    The man watched her surprised expression with a satisfied smile, hiszy, rich voice sounding out, “Yeah. Marry me, and this ‘Sun Star’ will be yours.”