CHAPTER 270: CHAPTER 270: VERA HANSEN, YOUR TIME IS UP!

"The big shots are all here!"

"It’s so interesting, Serena Sterling is having a concert, and both her ex-husband, current partner, and rumored boyfriend are all here to watch!"

"Can they get into a fight? I want to see it!"

...

The people present exchanged distant glances.

Xander Linton looked at Julian Lawson, wishing he could kick him over.

Back in Frelia, and all these years with Julian in Aeston, Xander hadn’t thought much about Julian.

He even hoped Serena would quickly leave Julian.

Of course, Serena did exactly that, but he arrived a step too late, with Silas Hawthorne taking the lead.

But now he absolutely loathes Julian.

Thinking this, he gave Julian a fierce glare.

Julian ignored them, merely looking towards the end over there.

Besides their cars, there was another car parked.

The crowd looked over curiously.

What they saw was, once again, a wheelchair, and then someone helping the long unseen Old Master Ford to appear.

The juniors present all greeted Old Master Ford and Percival Ford.

The onlookers suddenly realized that Serena was signed under Ford Entertainment, which is a Ford Family enterprise.

There were many reporters waiting outside, and everything here was suddenly broadcasted out.

Online discussions erupted.

...

Meanwhile, Vera Hansen started her live stream.

As soon as she began, countless people flooded in, telling her to stop causing trouble.

This was exactly what Vera wanted.

Whether they supported her or cursed her, as long as people came, there was traffic, there was heat.

She’s currently on the infamy route, so naturally, she’s not worried about these things.

"Good evening, everyone," Vera said with a smile, looking no different from before, as if she wasn’t the one previously exposed.

"Today’s theme is, the concert artist," Vera said, leading the audience on a tour of the villa.

This villa was, of course, acquired through Julian’s personal resources.

Previously, borrowing Ian Yates’ villa, she busted the water pipes, later used the villa incident to excuse herself, making Ian complain everywhere.

Now, who would lend her a villa?

Only by using Julian’s connections.

This time, intentionally borrowing an artist’s villa.

Just to latch onto Serena’s popularity.

Just to have people comment and post live comments, driving even more traffic.

After the tour, Vera sat at her workbench.

"The first bouquet, ’Rose,’" she said, trimming the flowers.

The live comments quickly filled up, many saying she was shameless to piggyback on Serena’s popularity.

Vera smiled, saying, "Yes, I’m piggybacking on her popularity, and I need to do it more."

A lot of comments told her to stop livestreaming.

But Vera smiled with satisfaction.

"That’s not possible, I must livestream," Vera said, "Everyone knows me, I just want to have a wedding with Brother Julian before I die."

With reddened eyes, she deliberately said, "I don’t know how to explain what happened before, I’m at a loss for words."

"But since you believe it was me who hurt Serena, then so be it."

"You can think I’m despicable, right now, I just want a wedding."

Saying this, she "bravely" smiled, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked towards the camera again.

"So, who wants to hear me sing ’Micro Love’?" she smiled, "Let’s have a vote battle, left for singing, right for not singing, in half an hour, let’s see which side gets more rewards."

Everyone was shocked.

This is utterly shameless!

For those who like Vera, they had to reward her.

For those who support Serena and dislike Vera, they’d have to reward the non-singing side, but the money would still go to Vera.

Vera kept smiling.

This was exactly her plan.

Not just today.

There’s about a week left until the end.

Today is just an appetizer.

For the rest of this week, she’s going to do it every day.

Binding herself to Serena, forcing Serena’s supporters to reward her by buying her flowers!

Even if the ’Micro Love’ movie was taken down, she still wants to step over Serena to promote herself.

The more popular Serena gets, the more Vera profits from stepping over her!

This confrontation, most importantly, involves comprehensive calculations, even though Serena’s concert makes money, she is signed under Ford Entertainment, so she has to split earnings with them! Including the Hawthorne new products, all require splits according to previous contracts.

But Vera doesn’t have to, she’s utilizing Julian’s personal resources and tying herself to Serena to exploit.

Thus, after the calculations, she might still win!

...

Meanwhile, backstage, Serena’s heart pounded with slight nervousness.

She looked at herself in the mirror, already dressed in her performance outfit.

The injuries on her neck and shoulders had healed, scabs had fallen off, and new skin had grown.

With a touch of powder, they were barely noticeable now.

The costume designer made final adjustments to her outfit.

"You’ve lost so much weight lately, I’ll make a few quick alterations, be careful on stage," the designer advised.

Serena nodded.

Her heart thumped, and this real sense of nervousness pulled her temporarily out of the strange confusion of these past days.

Focusing on the present concert.

...

In the venue, the audience was slowly coming in.

Some had already seen Vera’s livestream.

They spread the word about Vera’s shameless actions.

"How shameless, how can she sing ’Micro Love’!"

"Yeah, isn’t there a copyright issue with ’Micro Love’? How can she still sing it!"

"Apparently, she already bought the performance rights before, it was just a naming issue. Recently, I saw the re-uploaded ’Micro Love’ had the composer and lyricist credits adjusted."

"So she can sing it? That’s disgusting!"

"Don’t let her sing!"

The crowd said, rushing towards Vera’s livestream room.

But many hesitated, not letting Vera sing meant essentially paying her hush money.

Isn’t this just paying Vera for Serena?

This is extortion!

At this time, Silas Hawthorne, Xander Linton, Julian Lawson, and others had also arrived at the venue.

They noticed the discussions happening around them.

Julian slightly furrowed his brows and opened Vera’s livestream, immediately seeing that vote.

Annoyance surged in him, and he quickly got someone to push him away from there.

Silas watched Julian’s departing figure and then looked toward the stage, mixed emotions stirring.

The concert was about to start soon, surely nothing else would go wrong?

...

Meanwhile.

A car sped down the night road.

Ethan Lynch had gotten off the plane and was heading towards Vivian’s Floral Studio.

The moment he got off the plane, he saw what Vera was doing on her livestream.

He tightened his grip on the safe in his hand.

Heh.

"Vera Hansen, you’ve been bouncing around for long enough!" Ethan said softly, "This time, let’s see what you’ll do!"