After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 595 - 585: Showy Moves on the Red Carpet

Chapter 595: Chapter 585: Showy Moves on the Red Carpet

Being so close, even though Xu Yin didn’t intentionally eavesdrop, she still heard the nonsense Jiang Kaiyuan was spouting.

Then she saw Jiang Lingxi glancing at Jiang Kaiyuan as if she wished she could sew his mouth shut.

Even though her feelings towards Jiang Lingxi were still a bit mixed, she couldn’t help but cover her mouth and let out a soft laugh.

Just then, a camera panned over in this direction.

[What are the three of them talking about? They look like they’re having a good chat.]

[They must be gossiping about something. Look at Jiang Kaiyuan and Xu Yin both covering their mouths, as if they don’t want the camera to catch what they’re saying.]

[Feeling so relieved like a mother, finally, Kai Yuan has learned to avoid the cameras in such settings.]

[Haha, I still remember when this kid forgot to avoid the cameras at an event before while gossiping and was completely lip-read by netizens, resulting in a social death for several days!]

[Last time I saw these two together was on the "Survival" live show, where they vividly played big sister and little sidekick. When will they collaborate again?!]

[Saying the same here.]

[I really want to know what Jiang Kaiyuan said, looking at Lingxi’s expression. Feels like she wants to kill Jiang Kaiyuan now.]

[Blind guess: Spoiling his sister.]

[Suddenly feel like the big sister and the cute puppy make quite the pair?]

...

Cao Xinyan sat behind her grandfather and watched the screen on her phone as the images flashed by, followed by an endless stream of bullet comments. She inadvertently bit her cheek.

She didn’t have a formal invitation, so she could only sit on the secondary seats.

The so-called secondary seats are additional seats set specifically for people like her who don’t have invitations and have to rely on guests with invitations.

Even her grandfather couldn’t arrange another seat for her in this regard.

Besides her, two other women who knew each other were sitting at the table.

She originally thought of introducing herself, but the conversation she overheard about their boyfriends gifting them villas and luxury cars killed that desire instantly.

Boyfriends, anyone knows what that really means.

She considered herself noble and disdained talking to people like them.

Since she couldn’t walk around yet, she could only kill time by watching the live stream on her mobile.

But the live stream showed exactly what she didn’t want to see.

Luckily, the camera soon turned to the outside red carpet, saving her from turning off the stream.

The red carpet event was coming to an end.

The people now on the carpet were not as dazzling as the stars before, but their titles were quite impressive.

The bullet comments were amused, openly admitting they’d never seen such a spectacle.

A particular comment suddenly caught her attention.

[Is the red carpet segment really about to end? None of the top five names on the list have appeared, especially the one I’m most curious about, Shen Yunqing. Is this what they call the bigger the boss, the lower the profile?]

Someone replied afterward.

[Probably went straight inside. Also, even though this banquet is streamed live, if the big shots don’t want to be on camera, we won’t see them.]

[Got it. Unless you get in. Everyone here is pretty base, haha, just some self-deprecation.]

Cao Xinyan was intrigued.

She put down her phone and couldn’t help but look around.

She didn’t expect Mr. Shen to attract so much attention.

Even Jiang Lingxi showed her face, but he hadn’t at all, yet so many people were talking about him.

She had met Mr. Shen once at the Calligraphy and Painting Association, though it was through Jiang Lingxi.

Since so many people were curious, maybe she could capitalize on it a bit, like ’accidentally’ getting into a photo with him. If she could clink glasses, all the better, riding the wave of public attention to boost her own fame?

Once the thought came, it was hard to suppress.

But after looking around, she still didn’t see him anywhere.

She had to hold back and wait until the banquet allowed free movement. Then, Mr. Shen would be her first target.

As the last person on the red carpet signed their name on the signature wall, the media who had captured enough red carpet material started to move inside the venue.

A flash of pink suddenly entered the camera’s view.

Facing the surprised gazes around her, Jiang Xiyu bit her lip and continued to walk, trying to pose.

She wished the Mr. Han who brought her in would walk the red carpet with her, but he flatly refused when she expressed the idea.

So she had to seize the moment before the segment ended and the media left, to stroll onto the red carpet.

As she walked, Jiang Xiyu reassured herself that other women at least didn’t have her courage; she might be crashing the red carpet, but at least she was the finale.

Some media did stop, snapping a few red carpet photos for reasons unknown.

Noticing the flashes and shutter sounds, Jiang Xiyu immediately struck more confident poses.

Soon, a few small-time celebrities, who had wanted to walk the carpet but had no one to lead them, looked at each other and then at Jiang Xiyu who was increasingly acting like she belonged there.

With determination, they lifted their skirts to step up.

But initially, when Jiang Xiyu appeared on the red carpet, it caught the person in charge off guard; they didn’t expect anyone to brazenly crash the red carpet at the Yuan charity banquet.

By the time they realized it, it was too late. They couldn’t just chase someone away in front of the media.

But if others wanted to follow suit, that was a no-go.

He didn’t want to get fired.

The few were stopped right at the start line, and Jiang Xiyu was politely escorted away by security just before she reached the signature wall.

The live camera captured her bewildered and panicked expression perfectly.

[Emmm, I almost believed Jiang Xiyu was the finale, was just thinking how absurd it was!]

[Who’s Jiang Xiyu? Never heard of her!]

[Let me enlighten you, she debuted under the nickname ’Little Jiang Lingxi’, and was quite popular for a while, even more than the real Jiang Lingxi. But then she sort of fizzled out, and was criticized for lacking actual skills. In the end, I’ll just say, fate’s wheel turns!]

[I almost forgot about this person, but crashing the red carpet brought her back to my memory.]

[To be honest, she was the only one with the guts to crash, so, she does have some courage.]

[I’m sensing a bit of sarcasm here.]

...

Cao Xinyan almost burst out laughing too.

Crashing the red carpet, who would have thought someone would actually pull that off? It takes some thick skin!

But her laughter was short-lived.

Someone in that same pink tulle dress, tripped by the hem as she was escorted off the red carpet, came into her view.

The usher leading the way seemed to be heading in her direction.

Could this person be sitting with her?

Sure enough, what she feared came true.

"Miss Jiang, your seat is over here."

"Ms. Zhang, please sit here."

The two voices spoke almost simultaneously, one on her left and the other on her right.

Jiang Xiyu and Zhang Lingxuan stood on either side of the table, glaring at each other with wide eyes.

Was the host doing this on purpose?

Cao Xinyan, caught in the middle: "..."

Were her feng shui just that bad?