<h4>Chapter 331 - Maic Force </h4>


    The people put the matter about Jin Liwei’s mysterious fiancée aside when the music awards officially started. The male and female hosts appeared on stage together with much pomp and circumstance. Their opening dialogue hyped the audience for the uing performances, and of course, the much-anticipated presenting of the awardster in the evening.


    "We want to congratte all of the nominees because just the fact that you’re nominated is already a big achievement. There are many artists who are dreaming to be in your position. Being nominated means that you’re all the best of the best. You should feel proud of yourselves," the female host said.


    "Yes, very true," the male host agreed. "Regardless of whether you win or not tonight, you’re all great and talented musicians that deserve our respect and congrattions. We wish you the best of luck!"


    The opening act was by a popr boy band. Their high energy performance set the awards ceremony on the right note.


    Everyone was having fun. Loud cheers arose from the audience whenever their favourite celebrities’ reactions were shown on the big screens during the performances.


    Jin Chonglin was seen sitting together with his older brother Jin Liwei on the very front row. They had the best seats directly in front of the stage. Excited and crazed screams almost drowned the current performance on the stage when both the brothers were shown on the big screens at the same time.


    Just one of them was already enough to make their panties wet, but two of them together? Oh, how soaked their poor panties felt!


    The current performer thought that the audience was cheering for him. Feeling excited, he performed even harder.


    Since this was an important music awards, the productions of each of the performances were allvish and spectacr. The performing artists, most of them also nominees themselves, brought their A-game. They wanted to be the most memorable performers of the night. This was an opportunity to boost their fame to greater heights.


    During themercial breaks in between the performances, the general audience’s attention shifted from the stage to the celebrities sitting at the very front. They fangirled and fanboyed.


    "Huh? Where’s Boss Iris? I haven’t seen her or JJ since the ceremony started," a ck Starmented.


    "Oh, it sounds like you didn’t check her blog. She posted earlier that she’s in a dressing room backstage preparing for her uing performance," Zhou Mei’er (a.k.a. CaptainckStar) told herrade.


    "Big Sister, look! The four Aunties are sitting right there!" Ming Li (a.k.a. LittlePhoenix) eximed while pointing at the front seats where the celebrities, socialites and other important figures sat.


    Her fellow ck Stars followed the direction her finger was pointing at. And indeed, the four poshdies were sitting at the best seats. Feng Wan and her three friends Si Xinyue, Bai Li and Kung Mian, all sat at the very front on the same row as the Jin brothers.


    The ck Stars all looked shocked, delighted, envious and bewildered at the same time. They knew that the four poshdies were rich just based on their appearances and bearing, but they never could have imagined that they were at such a level to be assigned seats beside the VVIPs like Jin Liwei. Even a big celebrity like Jin Chonglin was only given a seat at the very front this year because of his older brother.


    But these feelings were all drowned by pride at seeing their fellow ck Stars sitting with the stars. Especially since Feng Wan and her three friends were all wearing ck suits just like them. Granted, the poshdies’ suits were tailored and probably insanely expensive but it still showed everyone their allegiance to the ck Stars and of course to their Boss Iris.


    When themercial ended, the hosts stood on a mini-stage in another part of the arena. They began introducing the next act.


    Male host: "When this next performer made hereback after disappearing for two years, she took the music industry by storm, climbing fiercely up the music charts with her beautiful music that flows straight into our hearts. She disappeared again for a brief period before making her secondeback, sessfully topping the charts even at this very moment."


    The ck Stars started cheering, instantly knowing who the hosts were talking about.


    Female host: "Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, she continues to amaze us with her unbelievable musical talent every time she makes aeback. It’s no wonder that she has received the most award nominations for tonight. I think you already know who’s performing next."


    Male host: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for the beautiful, the talented, and the one and only..."


    Both: "IRIS LONG!!!"


    Deafening cheers and apuse.


    The main stage was inplete darkness. The audience lowered their noise volume in order to concentrate on this much-anticipated performance.


    In the front row seats, Jin Liwei knew immediately when his baby girl stepped on the stage. Even though he couldn’t see her just yet because of the darkness, he felt her presence like a maic force.


    A loud click and the spotlight hit the back-most part of the stage, showing the grand symphony orchestra in their full glory. The conductor waved his hands and the musicians all moved their instruments in ready-to-y positions. Their movements were so synchronized that it elicited cheers from the audience.


    Another set of spotlights lit up the two sides of the stage. It showed a group of perfectly lined up people wearing long ck hooded capes.


    The symphony orchestra started ying a foreboding opening tune. Then the hooded people started marching slowly from the opposite sides of the stage towards the centre. All of them started humming loudly together, producing a dark vocal choir melody that raised the hair of the people listening.


    "This is kinda creepy but so amazing..." an audience membermented under his breath.


    Then a louder, more distinct and familiar voice began to hum on top of the eerie choir. The female voice sounded beautiful and powerful yet also mournful and fragile at the same time.


    The entire stage was finally lit up. White fog, thunder and lightning effects made the reveal even more dramatic.


    Everyone gasped at what they saw.


    Their line of vision which was originally looking at the stage floor now shifted up to the air high above the symphony orchestra and the hooded choir.