Chapter 26.4: His Looks Could Kill

Guokong TV was a gigantic building, so it was hard for the entire building to provide heating facilities. Take for instance, in the dressing room, most people could stand the cold in here, but Gu Yanshu was someone who felt cold easily, plus he was sick from the morning, so he was feeling even more unwell after the makeup was done. 

Yet, his manager could not enter the room, and so, rather than let others worry about him, he chose to bear with it alone. 

He could taste bitterness in his mouth again, and wanted to find a candy, but realised that he forgot to bring it. He wanted to drink some warm water, but his knees were aching so badly that it felt torturous to even stand, but he didn’t want to trouble others too. 

He was feeling extremely unwell. 

These two days, Shen Jue had been by his side, and it was only now that he realised how hard it was for him to be sick without anyone taking care of him. 

When the director informed all the guests to go to the waiting room, his surroundings then became a little bit warmer. 

The live show finally started. 

Because the teardown for each stage needed time, in order to ensure that there was still something for the audience to watch, all the guests would be gathered in the waiting area to interact with the audience through the bullet screen. 

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When Gu Yanshu saw the text messages on the big screen, he did not feel anything about them. 

What he needed to do now was to manage his emotions in preparation for the competition later on. 

The rules of the “The Greatest Stage” was that the competitor who successfully eliminated the singer from the previous week would remain, and compete with this week’s competitor, and whoever won would enter into the next round of the competition. 

The voting pool consisted of thirty professional judges, each with ten votes, three hundred guest judges from the audience, each with a vote, as well as the votes from the netizens, where every hundred votes were equivalent to one vote of a guest judge. The sum of all these votes would then determine the winner. 

Chen Ran was performing now. 

Gu Yanshu would be going after Chen Ran. 

Chen Ran’s performance was rather entertaining. He had chosen an oriental-style song, and his costume was almost immortal-like. He looked extremely attractive on stage, with pavilions around him, looking like a fairy in heaven with the use of stage wires to float around the stage. He was very stable through the entire performance, clearly showing how much effort he had put in for this song. 

With seventy points on vocal and ninety points on stage performance, coming to an average of eighty points, he had certainly outdone himself. 

When Chen Ran returned to the waiting area, he received the fans’ crazed praises, as well as other guests’ compliments for him. 

Chen Ran scratched his head sheepishly, looking rather embarrassed at all the praise heaped on him, as he sat down beside Gu Yanshu and said innocently, “Brother Yanshu, how do you think my performance today was?” 

Gu Yanshu’s throat was still hurting, and in order to protect his voice, he simply nodded and said, “Not bad.” 

He said it sincerely, but the anti-fans refused to let it go. 

“Even if they are competitors, how can he act like this? His EQ is simply too low!” 

“Gu Yanshu should be feeling unwell. Look at how sickly he looks.” 

“If he’s sick, he should just go home, or he’ll just blame his condition if he can’t perform well later!” 

“Stop arguing! Let’s just enjoy our Ran Ran’s wonderful performance!” 

“I’m just a passerby, and I have to say, Chen Ran’s performance today is outstanding!” 

“Oh… Is that all Gu Yanshu has on stage?” 

The entire stage was pitch black, and there was only a black, retro-looking throne right in the middle of it. There were no elaborate backdrops, nor were there accompanying dancers. It looked overly simple, so much so that the audiences who had just watched Chen Ran’s performance couldn’t help feeling disappointed. 

And with Gu Yanshu’s clearly sick condition, the expectations of the audience instantly fell. 

Jie Shuang was worried for him. “Xiao Shu, don’t be scared, just sing your song well.” 

As for Gu Yanshu, he simply stood up and bowed to the rest of the guests, then walked towards the stage. 

The lights dimmed, and the entire stage was plunged into darkness.