Chapter 54 - Stop With Your Boring Questions

The presenters kept asking the participants questions about their dating lives to get some juicy information, and since this topic went over well with the audience, they continued with it for a bit if not for the entire questions session. 

When they asked the female participants about their ideal type of man, their answers were very different. Some of them talked about American actors like Chris Hemsworth the famous thunder god and others talked about Chinese handsome actors like Yang Yang. Kylie answered unexpectedly, when it was her turn to answer, she said "Ethan" without thinking. Everybody turned to her, it was a little awkward, to be honest, because Ethan fans started to show their displeasure by shooting a little.

And as a mirror of his fans, Ethan's face immediately darkened when he heard that. He frowned deeply, which made the hosts, who were happy to hear this answer because it was a spicy piece of information, a little unsettled.

The most anticipated answers were certainly Alex's. Everyone thought she would answer Ethan for sure, to at least give him some face since he had said she was his good friend. So everyone thought she would say Ethan or some famous model, but to everyone's surprise, she replied, "My ideal guy would be Eliott Jensen." After that sentence left her lips, a lightning bolt appeared on Ethan's face. He could not have asked for a more fitting response. Even Leila smiled and thought, "What luck, Lil Brother."

For their part, the hosts were both surprised and curious. Elliott was a mysterious man that people didn't really know, and not many were familiar with his appearance either. Even in the company, not many people had really seen him. There were only the days when he appeared in newspapers or business magazines from time to time.

So they were curious how Alex, who was new in town, could think he was her ideal man. This was a new mystery they were eager to solve.

"Wow, I am a little surprised by this answer. Alex, Eliott is known as the most mysterious person in our city, no one really knows him, even his features are unclear. "

"Well, maybe I like mysterious guys, it adds a little spice ... Beside who said I don't know him? I am the face of every brand of his company, so of course, I have met the guy, and I can affirm you that he is definitely my type! " she replied with a straight face, not at all bothered by the looks she was getting. 

"Well, that's interesting guys, did you hear that? She likes the mystery guy type. Now you know what to do," the emcees shot eagerly, earning a few ovations, then continued, "But isn't it a little scary to be into someone you know nothing about?" 

" Mmh, that's not really the problem, besides you can't know a person completely in life, for example, there are people who are married to cheaters, I am sure before they knew they were cheating on them, they could assure you that they knew their spouse the best, so I can just put my heart to know someone I don't know if I'm interested, don't you think?" replied Alex with a small smile.

The hosts and some of the audience were dumbfounded for a moment and then some fans began to eagerly cheer for her. After all, who really knows the person standing next to them? If you don't make the effort and take heart to get to know someone, they will remain a stranger, even if they are the closest to you. 

When it was the male participants' turn to talk about their ideal type, most of them answered that a beauty like Alex was their type now. All the female participants looked at her with mischievous eyes and became even more jealous.

The hosts were kind of embarrassed and they commiserated with the other female contestants, "Don't say that or our other beauties here will get jealous." Ethan's face turned icy cold at the thought of the looks these men were giving Alex. People who didn't know the man behind the mask could not sense it, but Leila, who knew his brother best knew that he was annoyed by these questions because she could see Eliott was getting impatient and angry. 

When the host asked him the question about his ideal type, he replied nonchalantly 

"Are you going to ask us these boring questions all day now? I thought you wanted to know something about us? Is my love life more interesting than myself?" 

The hosts were a little taken aback by his response, not expecting Ethan to answer so blatantly with his always good nature. They wanted to reply, but before they had the chance, Ethan continued, "If you are so interested in my interest in women, I will tell you my type, it's very simple. The woman I will fall in love with should be like my mother".

This answer was a dead end because there was not much information about Ethan, his family background was a secret and no one knew what his mother looked like, so everyone present was a bit disappointed, only his fans were satisfied with his answer because for them, of course, no woman could be compared to the mother of their favorite actor. 

After that, the presenters didn't want to bother him with those ridiculous questions, but one of them, who was really curious, still mustered up the courage and asked: "What do you think of Alex's answer?"

Ethan looked at Alex, who was sitting firmly in front of him and smiled, "She definitely has good eyes. After all, Eliott is a good-looking and capable man, don't you think?" 

The hosts were a little disappointed with the outcome of these questions and decided to move on to other topics. All their efforts to get more gossip about the new hot couple on social media were in vain.

They then changed the topic and ended the first part of the show by asking all the contestants about their hidden talents. Most of the answers were singing, playing a musical instrument, or martial arts... The hosts were excited to see what talent everyone would show in the show and promised the audience that it would be a good show.

One contestant after another answered, and three of them surprised the audience.

The first was Ethan, who lazily replied, "I have shown most of my talents in my movies, I think the one I have not done yet is singing, so I am going to try that." People were excited and cheered because it was a great opportunity to see the best actor of the year sing live.

The second response came from Alex and Kylie, who announced that they would be performing Guqin. The presenters were excited because when two artists show the same talent, there should be some kind of competition between them and the audience. "Then we will have a little competition here," and as expected, the audience was excited.

Alex frowned a little, thinking that it could not be a coincidence that she also played the same instrument as hers. But what did she actually get out of coming here and challenging her so openly? Alex could not believe how brazen she was to even put herself in front of her after what she had done at the party! She was indeed going to have to be punished soon!

Actually, the instrument Kylie wanted to play was not the guqin but the guitar. She changed her idea when Moly gave her the information of what Alex was up to, because when they arrived, she had seen her manager with a guqin. She knew she had mastered the guqin and was going to use it to humiliate Alex in front of everyone. She was sure Alex's level could not be that high, because in the area where she had grown up, the instrument didn't even exist in traditional music. So in New Bell, not that many people play this instrument. 

The performers had a small break before the talent session, giving them time to change and make the preparations they needed to perform well. 

After fifteen minutes the first performance began, the order of the runs had already been set by the director. The first to perform was an actor who sang a beautiful traditional Florelian song. It was so fantastic that the audience was mesmerized by this first piece. The second passage was also amazing, it was a singer who performed his impersonation style. All the performances went smoothly, one after the other. 

Soon, it was Meili's turn. Her Tai Chi demonstration was very well received, people were surprised by her skills, even Leila smiled and nodded discreetly to her manager.

Eventually, it was Moly's turn. Since she had nothing else to do but sing, and since she still didn't dare to sing a traditional song, she sang the pop song she had prepared. And as expected, people were not too thrilled with her performance because they wanted to see something new from her.. Even the presenters didn't know how to comment on her performance because no one clapped for her.