After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 336: Planning to Send You an Avalanche

Chapter 336: Chapter 336: Planning to Send You an Avalanche

The host looked towards the judges’ seats and raised his hand, "Let’s invite our judges."

Li Wanxuan stood up and made a gesture inviting her teacher first.

Zhang Nachuan took the lead, turning on his microphone while casually chatting with his student, "Which one do you think is the best?"

Li Wanxuan couldn’t help but laugh as soon as she heard it, "Teacher, are you pretending to ask the obvious question!"

"Hahaha!"

The audience below only heard a burst of hearty laughter: "..."

They could only tell that Old Master Zhang was very happy, though they weren’t sure which piece of work amused him so much.

Although Xu Qingmei still harbored some resentment over Shen Yunqing addressing her as ’Ms. Xu’, upon seeing him stand up, she couldn’t help but quicken her pace to keep up. After discreetly turning off her microphone, she whispered, "Mr. Shen won’t intentionally favor someone because they’re an acquaintance, right?"

She purposely asked this to make Shen Yunqing take heed!

Isn’t it about having good relations? Here, it becomes a weakness!

Shen Yunqing initially didn’t want to respond to her, but upon hearing her words, his eyes turned cold. "I’ll return the same question to Ms. Xu."

Xu Qingmei looked puzzled, "What?"

"Aren’t there acquaintances of Ms. Xu’s on stage too?"

Xu Qingmei was taken aback at first, then regained her composure only to find a pair of mocking, knowing eyes looking at her, and her face instantly turned pale.

"You nonsense..."

Before she could utter her denial, the person in front of her had already turned decisively and walked towards the stage.

By the time Xu Qingmei composed herself, she was already the last one.

Whether intentional or not, she stood in the spot farthest away from Jing Huai.

But when she looked up, she saw that the screen in front of her showed Jiang Lingxi’s work, and her face couldn’t help but twist slightly.

Even though she didn’t understand painting, she had to admit, this painting... It was so pleasing that it made her feel completely uncomfortable!

The host, like a persistent specter, said, "Then, following the previous order of the judges’ circuit, let’s proceed to comment on the guests’ paintings one by one!"

Watching as the microphone was handed to her, Xu Qingmei forced a smile and reached out to take it.

"The first piece is by Jiang Lingxi, titled ’Mountain and River Map’."

Shen Yunqing: Your Majesty’s naming skills are apparently confirmed as terrible!

Xu Qingmei assumed an attitude of serious appreciation, forcing herself to look at the painting before her. As she looked, uncontrollable irritation rose in her heart, "Cough, to be honest, I don’t think this painting is that great..."

Initially, Xu Qingmei was surprised that she actually spoke the disparaging thoughts out loud that she had kept to herself. But once she started, she couldn’t stop and gradually lost all sense of restraint.

She failed to notice that the stage, as well as the audience, had become completely silent at some point, and the host next to her was giving her a stop-it look.

Zhang Nachuan and Li Wanxuan maintained expressionless faces, and Shen Yunqing’s gaze towards Xu Qingmei made Shen Huchen, who inadvertently caught it, shiver. Meanwhile, everyone else, including the guests on stage, looked bewildered.

Was this appraisal really on Jiang Lingxi’s painting?

Jing Huai felt the strongest about it, sincerely thinking that Xu Qingmei might have gone mad!

He had never seen anyone as hypocritical as Xu Qingmei.

The more ruthless she was in private, the more righteous she appeared on the surface.

When they were on good terms earlier, he personally heard Xu Qingmei instruct an assistant to ’sell’ an actor from the crew who accidentally offended her, at a high price. Then she could feign friendliness by calling the actor her "little sister" in her own account comments.

As much as he disliked Jiang Lingxi, he thought that this person would only say a few stock phrases. Who would have thought she suddenly unleashed such a stream of consciousness without a single pause?

Had her intelligence suddenly dropped?

Yet, the incredulous gazes of the crowd did nothing to hinder Xu Qingmei’s unrestrained remarks. When she finally finished her critique and turned to meet the various gazes from the others, she stopped holding the microphone, "Why are you all looking at me?"

The crowd: "..."

Don’t you know why we’re looking at you?

Jing Huai was already so drained he didn’t want to say anything. Now he genuinely suspected that before Xu Qingmei critiqued Jiang Lingxi’s painting, she might have consumed some truth serum or something like that.

The host barely managed a smile, "Now, let’s have Teacher Xu comment on the second painting."

Speaking these words, even she felt anxious inside, fearing that, like before, this person would unleash another unrestrained barrage.

Fortunately, although the subsequent critique didn’t include anything substantially useful, it was at least praise.

By the time they got to the second, third pieces... it was apparent to everyone present that Xu Qingmei had singled out Jiang Lingxi.

Could it be that Jiang Lingxi had earlier left her embarrassed, and this was retaliation?

But taking out retaliation on critiquing a work seems a bit petty, doesn’t it?

Many couldn’t help directing their gaze toward Jiang Lingxi.

Seeing her calmly standing on stage, even with a slight smile, they couldn’t help but admire her.

If it were them, having their painstakingly created work publicly criticized as worthless, they couldn’t possibly be so composed, perhaps they would’ve snatched the mic back and retorted before the critique was even finished.

"I remember the internet always claimed Jiang Lingxi had a bad temper. If this is considered bad, then with my inability to tolerate mindless criticism, am I just a bundle of rage?"

"I also believed those things said online about her before, making me misunderstand Miss Jiang for so long. Curse those dishonest netizens for leading me astray!"

"Facts tell us that rumors aren’t always trustworthy."

"I have to say, my image of Actress Xu has shattered a bit!"

"Hey, true that. I never thought Actress Xu would critique like this!"

"By the way, those online saying Actress Xu is approachable...could they all be a carefully crafted PR script?"

"Hiss, that’s not impossible, deeply unsettling!"

...

Jiang Lingxi felt a warm touch on her hand and looked down to see two hands holding hers, one slightly calloused, the other white and tender.

Looking up, she met Su Yi and Qian Yaya’s eyes, which were mixed with comfort and some worry, making her chuckle inwardly.

Although Xu Qingmei’s tirade earlier was somewhat unexpected, it wasn’t entirely a surprise to her.

No matter how well this person put on an act, Jiang Lingxi saw it clearly the first time she met Xu Qingmei, that she wasn’t a person with a good temperament.

She had previously humiliated Xu Qingmei on stage, and after another two hours, Xu Qingmei was still simmering without finding a way to vent.

Everyone knows that anger accumulates.

Upon seeing her artwork, it may have just hit the threshold.

She was unaware that when they went on stage, Shen Yunqing had also riled up Xu Qingmei.

With these two factors combined, that burst of emotion just rushed to her head!

Jiang Lingxi gently shook her head towards the two, indicating she was fine.

Such critiques, merely venting anger, did not offend her. On the contrary, she was quite pleased with Xu Qingmei’s performance just now.

To self-sabotage so publicly, she was glad to witness it.

As she had once come across a saying recently: during an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

No matter how vast the fan base is, the seeds of collapse have already been sown!

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