Chapter 156 - The Awards Ceremony

She had never done anything so selfish before, but just because she wanted to win, she had to treat her employees unfairly for a while.

"Ran Ran, are you nervous?" She asked as they entered the dressing room.

"I'm alright boss." the little girl said. Although she also felt that the boss was unfair in what she did, she did not have the courage to complain.

Yun Xuan left Ran Ran alone and went into another dressing room. She changed her clothes, put on a long black wig and very light makeup. When she was done, she went to look for someone.

Her target was a man in his mid thirties. She purposefully bumped into him.

"You may want to keep your eyes focused." the man steadied her. He was just about to brush past her when he frowned and was about to speak. Upon taking a closer look, he remained quiet and deliberately waited to see if the woman would speak.

"I'm sorry." she apologized, then acted like she realized something. "Hey, aren't you a judge today? I did not expect to bump into a judge. It's so nice to see you." She paused and chattered on. "Since we already met coincidentally, allow me to ask, was I nominated? You see, some misunderstandings happened and I am not really sure if I was. It would be very embarassing if I came all prepared only to realize I am not on the list.

Oh, forgive my manners. My name is Wan Jia."

The man furrowed his eyebrows and brushed her aside, leaving.

Yun Xuan sneered. She really wanted to find out if Wan Jia was a participant.

Why were they being so secretive? Actually, no one knew who would be participating in these shows. The public would only guess about people who wouldn't miss it like Dai Youran. Otherwise, Yun Xuan wouldn't have to go through all that trouble.

Urgh, how troublesome. If only she could bribe the organizers. However, this was the Golden Hand Awards. The organizers were quite arrogant and unapproachable. Even the judges were always a mystery and she had only found out that this man was one of them using her brother's connections. All her hard work had gone to waste. Mmm...time for her backup plan.

The judge, not too many steps away from her, scoffed. He had just met Wan Jia a few days ago and he knew she was not that timid. In fact, Wan Jia only thought he was someone interested in Elite Fashion World's attires and did not know he was a judge. They did not know each other personally, but everyone wanted to suck up to people from Elite Fashion World and he did too. Who was that woman trying to impersonate her?

...

Not too long after, the venue was full. The ceremony was just about to begin. Yun Xuan had changed back to herself, worn glasses and her blond hair bangs reached just above her eyes. If one did not look closely, they would not tell that she looked like Wan Jia.

As she made her way to her seat, she spotted something. Or rather, she spotted someone in the VIP section that made her blood chill. What in the world was Lu Aotian doing here?!

She was just about to conclude something and change her plans when she remembered. Lu Aotian could be here because of DY. When she looked around, she indeed saw the CEO of Elite Fashion World behind Lu Aotian. Phew! They must really be here for DY.

She took her phone and drafted a message. [Do it.]

She pondered for a while. Should she really do this? What if she regretted it later?

Whatever. All that mattered now was rejuvinating her studio. With that, she tapped the send button and walked confidently to her seat.

...

It was not sure what the organizers were thinking, but Dai Youran was the first one up. Yun Xuan saw her theme and sighed in relief. She was sure that what Ran Ran was presenting was not much worse than that.

However, in her excitement and tension, she did not realize that the name on the screen was DY and not EFW.

That was right. She was representing her own brand. Their CEO had requested for her to go right before Wan Jia and promote Elite Fashion World in the process. Dai Youran only had five attires and the models left the stage in no time.

Right after the screen displayed EFW, it went blank for a very brief moment and then displayed another studio's name.

Lu Aotian knew the arrangement already so he was surprised. Although very few people noticed the change, he was paying close attention. In fact, Lu Shaoting who was at Southside Villa keeping Little Jia company and watching the livestream with her was paying close attention and he noticed that too.

When there was no explanation for what just happened, Lu Aotian sent a sharp glare to the CEO behind him.

The man felt cold chills down his spine and immediately rushed to check the situation.

"P-president..." he was out of breath as he rushed back to Lu Aotian who looked like he was going kill everyone here tonight if anything went wrong.

"What?"

"The host said...said that he had to change the order in the last minute because...because..."

Lu Aotian impatiently glared at him. The poor man almost passed out from the fear.

"Designer Wan is not here."