CHAPTER 278: CHAPTER 278: HOW TO MOVE HER HEART

Mad, everyone is mad!

This is what the caregiver thought.

She needed to quickly find a way to escape, to get away from this bunch of lunatics.

...

Time passed slowly.

During this time, various online rumors quickly fermented.

Countless people discussed all sorts of things centered around Serena Sterling.

There were those calling for insiders to clarify what exactly happened to Serena Sterling.

But what emerged more were unfathomable rumors.

Things like Serena Sterling was assassinated, Serena Sterling was filming, Serena Sterling jumped off a building.

The most outrageous one even said Serena Sterling was already dead, and the one appearing now wasn’t Serena herself.

And— Serena Sterling had been reborn, reborn on the day she died, and this time...

All sorts, all sorts...

Many were fabricated stories aiming to piggyback on traffic, without any evidence to back them up.

And because of these fabricated stories, the waters became even murkier.

Truths and half-truths alike seemed abundant, and in the end, people only believed news that had evidence, ignoring mere hearsay.

The concert officially began at 19:00.

At 18:50, Serena Sterling posted another update.

Serena Sterling: The concert is about to start, I hope everyone can focus on the concert itself before it ends.

She simply called for focus on the concert itself, saying nothing more.

This left many netizens hoping to learn the truth empty-handed.

By 18:55, the venue was already full.

The best seats were already occupied by people like Silas Hawthorne, Bianca Lynch, Ethan Lynch, and Xander Linton.

A little further forward, sat Old Master Ford and Percival Ford.

Jasper Ford, on the other hand, was running around, constantly verifying various aspects and wasn’t seated here.

As if sensing something, Silas Hawthorne lifted his eyes towards the aisle a little to the side.

Julian Lawson was sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed towards this side by an assistant, with a box on his lap that was clearly the safe Ethan Lynch had given him before.

Their eyes met.

In that instant, it seemed as if an endless storm was unleashed.

Julian Lawson slowly approached, finally stopping at a spot nearby.

After the assistant completed all preparations, he left, leaving Julian Lawson sitting there alone.

Meanwhile, Serena Sterling was making her final confirmations.

Internally a bit nervous, finally, after verifying everything, she headed towards the lift platform.

Stepping onto the lift platform, Serena Sterling prepared nervously.

From here, she could already hear the noise from inside the venue.

The sound of instruments being struck echoed, and with the sound of fireworks exploding, the lift platform rose.

Amid the confetti in the air, Serena Sterling appeared on stage.

"Ah!"

The site erupted in cheers.

The two who had been facing off just now also shifted their gaze onto Serena Sterling on the stage.

The stage was filled with various colored confetti, many reflecting brightly under the lights, and Serena Sterling stood dazzling in the center.

She simply stood there, smiling as she looked at the people in the venue.

Just by standing there, she had already sent the whole venue into a frenzy.

"Serena, Serena!" The fans called out Serena’s name in unison.

Looking at the fully seated venue, listening to their cheers, Serena felt overwhelmed.

This was her first time facing so many people.

And most of these people were her fans, they loved her songs, and they loved her.

Serena was moved by this atmosphere, her eyes slightly reddened.

These days, she had been through a lot.

Especially after being taken away by Julian Lawson, she was on the verge of a complete mental breakdown.

Even in these last few days, she was in a particularly confused state, as if her whole life was dispensable.

She seemed to exist in this world, yet she felt no real sense of being alive: not liking anything, only enduring discomfort and inexplicable sadness.

She mechanically and numbly dealt with some matters, like a walking corpse, aimlessly wandering through this city.

Encased in a massive transparent dome, everything seemed illusory.

Until this moment, the transparent dome seemed to be stirred by the cheers, making her swell with emotions, giving her an urge to cry.

But she controlled it, following the accompaniment and starting to sing.

The opening was a heavily rhythmic song, accompanied by intense dance, instantly igniting the atmosphere.

The stage had long been designed.

With songs chosen long ago.

It had been rehearsed countless times.

Everything seemed already second nature.

But in this moment, the moment when countless people loved her.

Everything took on a new meaning.

Under the various lights and brilliant stage effects, Serena Sterling, singing live, was proud, beautiful, and unyielding.

As the song progressed, the drumbeats intensified, after a high-note climax, the song came to a brief halt.

Serena Sterling glanced at the camera before turning to walk towards a predetermined spot.

The many fans in the venue were watching her.

An illusion appeared before everyone’s eyes as Serena Sterling sat on it.

It was called a swing, but in reality it was a hoisting platform.

The lights quickly changed, in the intense transformation, the song continued, but no one noticed someone attached a safety harness to Serena Sterling underneath the marked point.

Once the harness was secured, the staff quickly withdrew, the timing was perfect.

The changing lights halted, all beams gathered back on Serena Sterling.

At this moment, Serena Sterling sang again.

Accompanied by the intense rhythm, she once again stirred the cheers.

But this was far from over.

As the song grew more intense, the "swing" rose.

Serena Sterling’s feet left the ground, yet she just kept on singing.

The hoisting platform carried her, following her voice, ascending.

"Ah!"

The audience cheered.

The swing "flew" beyond the stage, hovering over the venue.

Serena Sterling’s long hair gently swayed in the wind, her performance outfit fluttered softly.

As the song reached its climax, Serena’s voice echoed throughout the venue, each note higher than the last, the drum beats stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, the lighting in the entire venue changed.

The swing transformed at this moment.

Wings spread from both sides— these were butterfly wings, not just any, but unyielding ones.

They struggled, as if breaking free of barriers and blossoming at that moment.

Their expansion occurred at Serena’s back, making it seem as if she had grown wings.

Simultaneously, the lighting in the entire venue rapidly changed, revealing an enlarged version of the butterfly within the venue.

Drone cameras moved upward, capturing the scene from above, displaying the giant butterfly scene vividly, projecting it onto big screens.

And Serena, stood in the center of that butterfly.

"Wow!"

"Oh my God!"

Everyone was shocked.

Serena’s singing continued, this was just the beginning of the song’s climax, and she kept pushing forward.

Her singing echoed through the venue, endless, intense, and passionate.

The drum beats were dense, the stage brilliant.

Serena seemed to be spiraling continually amidst the fierce flames.

In this moment, she seemed to have broken through barriers, finally emerging, transformed into a butterfly.