Life countdown begins, ice queen bursts into security room

Chapter 122 The Little Rich Girl Buys Things

The one-minute countdown has ended, and the voting channel is now closed.

The numbers on the big screen jumped one last time and then froze.

Teacher He stood in the center of the stage with his cue cards in hand, while the eight singers stood in a row.

"The results of the fourth ranking competition are in. As usual, we'll start by revealing the results from eighth place."

Teacher He flipped over the first card.

"Eighth place - Wang Mingxuan, 248 votes."

Wang Mingxuan bit his lip and bowed to the audience.

"Seventh place - Liu Yuhang, 264 votes."

"Sixth place - Han Bing, 283 votes."

"Fifth place - Lin Ke, 289 votes."

Lin Ke clapped her hands with a smile and took half a step back.

"Fourth place - Fang Xiaoxiao, 341 votes."

Fang Xiaoxiao came from the challenge competition, and achieving this ranking means she has established herself.

Teacher He had three cards left in his hand. He flipped them over, glanced at them, and looked up.

"Next, we'll announce the top three."

The venue fell silent for a moment.

"Third place—"

"Zhang Yihan, 452 votes."

Zhang Yihan smiled and nodded, taking half a step back.

Without those 300 guaranteed tickets, everything instantly returned to normal.

A barrage of comments flooded the live stream chat.

[Third place? Wasn't he the champion last time? Hahahaha]

This is true strength, isn't it?

"Second place - Chen Hao, 527 votes."

Chen Hao sighed.

"So——"

Teacher He turned the last card over.

"First place in the fourth ranking competition—"

People in the audience had already started shouting.

"Shen Nian! 596 votes!"

Applause and cheers erupted, and several members of the jury stood up.

596 votes.

She received 69 more votes than the second-place winner and a full 144 more votes than Zhang Yihan.

A thousand people listened to eight songs and made their own choices.

The live stream chat was flooded with white comments.

[596!! Is this the highest number of votes in history?!]

Compared to some people's "champion" last time, this is what a true champion looks like.

Shen Nian stood on the stage, and Teacher He handed her the microphone.

"Professor Shen Nian, would you like to say a few words to everyone?"

Shen Nian held the microphone firmly and stood up straight.

Thank you everyone for your support.

She thought about it for a moment.

"Every time I stand on this stage, I feel—it's so good to be alive."

The audience fell silent for a second.

The applause spread from the front row to the back row.

I'm heartbroken. She's really made it through this, from being blacklisted until now.

[Heavenly music witnessed a girl's rebirth]

Teacher He picked up the conversation and announced the rules for the next episode—

The bottom six singers will compete in a head-to-head battle to select two finalists who will join the two singers with the highest total votes to advance to the final four.

Zhang Yihan's total votes across all four episodes exceeded Chen Hao's by several dozen votes.

She and Shen Nian advanced directly to the semifinals.

Chen Hao needs to wait for the results of the PK competition.

The comments section instantly took a turn for the worse.

Wait a minute?! Zhang Yihan made it straight to the top four?!

Does anyone know how many of her tickets in the previous rounds were bought?

[Chen Hao is so strong, yet he still has to compete in a PK round. Zhang Yihan just coasted into the top four by getting votes through manipulation. It's outrageous.]

Recording is finished, backstage.

As soon as Shen Nian entered the dressing room, she kicked off her high heels, stepped barefoot onto the carpet, and slumped into the sofa.

"worn out."

Jiang Fan handed him a bottle of water.

Shen Nian took the bottle and drank two mouthfuls, then closed her eyes and leaned back on the sofa. The Tibetan necklace around her neck was still on, rising and falling with her breath.

Someone knocked on the door.

Shen Nian hurriedly put her high heels back on.

Chen Hao stood at the door, having changed into casual clothes.

His 1.9-meter height made him lean against the door frame, blocking half of the door.

"Shen Nian, congratulations."

Shen Nian sat up from the sofa.

"Brother Hao sang really well this episode too."

Chen Hao smiled and put his hands in his pockets.

"Congratulations on making it straight to the semifinals. I don't want to draw you next time."

Shen Nian was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"I also hope I don't get to draw you."

Chen Hao raised his hand in greeting and left.

She took two steps out, then turned back and glanced at Jiang Fan.

"Teacher Jiang, your arrangement... is amazing."

Jiang Fan nodded. "Your rap today was pretty good too."

Chen Hao grinned and strode away.

Shen Nian watched his figure disappear around the corner of the corridor, then turned around and leaned on Jiang Fan's shoulder.

"That's why he's my strongest opponent."

Jiang Fan ruffled her hair.

"That's how it is, the strong against the strong."

Shen Nian turned her head to look at him. "You won't let me lose, right?"

"Of course."

The two flew back to Shanghai on a flight the following afternoon.

It was already evening when we landed.

Li Cheng was waiting at the arrival gate when he saw Shen Nian dragging her suitcase out from afar.

Before the person even got close, he shouted something.

"The Champion Queen has arrived!"

Shen Nian was amused. "Brother Li, keep your voice down."

"Keep it low-key." Li Cheng took the suitcase and walked towards the car, saying he wanted to keep it low-key, but his smile was brighter than anyone else's.

On the bus, Li Cheng began to report on official business.

"Old Zhou is working quite fast at the welfare home; he said he can finish everything in about a week."

Jiang Fan hummed in agreement.

Shen Nian sat in the back seat and tapped her knees twice with her fingers.

"Jiang Fan".

"Um?"

"Can we go visit the welfare home tomorrow?"

Li Cheng glanced at her in the rearview mirror.

Jiang Fan turned to look at her. "Aren't you going to rest? You just finished the competition."

"I'm not tired." Shen Nian put her phone back in her bag. "Besides, I want to buy some things to take with me. For the children."

Shen Nian woke up at seven o'clock the next morning.

She opened her phone's notes app, which contained a list of items—

They wrote this last night after finishing their business; it filled two screens with dense text.

Around 10 o'clock, she took Jiang Fan in a taxi to Nanjing Road.

Their first stop was the toy store, where the two of them went in and browsed around.

There are more than 30 children, ranging in age from five or six to twelve or thirteen, with an equal number of boys and girls.

She directly asked the shop assistant to categorize the items by age group—plush toys, Lego sets, paintbrush sets, and puzzles—which filled six large bags.

She passed by a children's clothing store and went inside.

I selected four size ranges, ten pieces of each size, mainly spring and autumn styles, and paired them with a few winter coats.

The shop assistant, noticing the quantity she bought, cautiously asked, "Are you a wholesaler?"

"No. It was a gift."

Swipe.

I went to the supermarket again—shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, towels...

I threw each item into the shopping cart one by one.

When Jiang Fan came out, both of his hands were full of bags.

He called Li Cheng directly.

When Li Cheng drove up and saw the pile of things at the entrance, his mouth dropped open.

"Are you... moving?"

Shen Nian patted the dust off her hands.