Chapter 188: Quite a Mind-Blowing Existence Even in the Canine World

Listening to Meng Xiaotian’s words, Host Liu had only one feeling in his heart at that moment.

Regret.

He truly regretted it!

Initially, Host Liu had felt that it might be inappropriate not to give Meng Xiaotian, a top-four finalist, any space to speak. Driven by this well-meaning thought, Host Liu noticed that everyone's attention was entirely focused on Su Chen, leaving Meng Xiaotian looking like a transparent, invisible person.

That did not seem quite right.

Others might forget that there was still a contestant named Meng Xiaotian on stage, but as the host of "Tomorrow's Star," Host Liu could never forget!

As an excellent host, Host Liu had to maintain absolute fairness and could not let personal biases dictate a contestant's standing. He even felt obliged to give disadvantaged contestants a fighting chance to turn the tables in desperate situations.

Based on this hosting principle, Host Liu gave Meng Xiaotian the floor.

Yet he never imagined that Meng Xiaotian would squander the opportunity given to him!

With perhaps the only chance to speak during the entire show, Meng Xiaotian actually used it to suck up to someone?!

What the hell, is this contestant completely brainless?!

Furthermore, Meng Xiaotian went on to claim that he made it to the top four entirely thanks to Mentor Cai Xukun's generous favor.

As far as Host Liu knew, Cai Xukun's flight arrived this afternoon, and the show had already begun by the time he rushed to the venue. How on earth could he have had any time to cross paths with Meng Xiaotian!

Fawning over someone was one thing, but this was pure, unadulterated flattery out of thin air!

Even if Meng Xiaotian's bootlicking had hit the right notes, this was the top-four stage already!

Saying it was all thanks to Cai Xukun... What would the judges, mentors, and the vast audience and fans who supported him think?!

Does that mean your hard work to sing your way into the top four had nothing to do with you, and even our scoring and support were completely fake too?!

Thinking of this, Host Liu could not help but swallow hard.

Let alone those at the venue, the viewers in the live stream must have cursed Meng Xiaotian's mother tens of thousands of times by now...

The reality matched Host Liu's guess quite closely. In the live broadcast room of "Tomorrow's Star," a barrage of comments filled with asterisks swept wildly across the screen.

Pick any comment at random, and there were barely any legible words left in the entire sentence—every single character had been replaced by asterisks.

Some viewers even felt that this wasn't satisfying enough, thinking: if curses can't even be seen by others, what kind of cursing is that?

Therefore, they all started using homophones, striving for simple verbal abuse and ultimate enjoyment!

"Screw your mother, Meng Xiaotian! Has your conscience been eaten by dogs? If you want to be a dog for someone else, return the bones we fed you!"

"You really live up to being the lapdog who teamed up with Zheng Huayu to target Su Chen back then. Your previous boss has already gone to sew mailbags and can no longer let you abuse his power, so you immediately want to swap bosses, right?!"

"Even if you want to switch bosses, you should pick a human! Why did you pick a sheepdog?! A dog like you is an utterly explosive existence in the canine world!"

...

The tide of public opinion in the livestream was unwavering. Not a single person was willing to step up to speak for Meng Xiaotian this time.

Fans turned into passersby, passersby turned into haters, and the haters were having the time of their lives cursing him!

In fact, some of the harshest cursers right now were formerly his most loyal fans!

These individuals felt utterly sick to their stomachs. The mere thought that they had once supported such a person made them feel nauseous.

And so, they cursed even more viciously!

Meng Xiaotian, standing on stage and still trying his utmost to flatter Cai Xukun, was completely oblivious to all of this.

He was still licking up to Cai Xukun and even feeling quite pleased with himself!

Cai Xukun, just like Zheng Huayu, had friction with Su Chen, which meant Cai Xukun must despise Su Chen as well!

As long as he despised Su Chen, it meant that he and the other party were on the same front!

Moreover, he was the sole survivor of Team Cai Xukun. Coupled with this wave of flattery, Cai Xukun would surely be overjoyed and pour more resources into investing in him!

Who knows, under the manipulation of capital, perhaps he, Meng Xiaotian, could even snatch the championship of "Tomorrow's Star"!

Heh-heh... Heh-heh-heh... Hahaha... Ah-hahaha!!!

So thought Meng Xiaotian, already blooming with joy in his heart!

Therefore, Meng Xiaotian decided to say a few more pleasant words to Cai Xukun.

"Mentor Cai Xukun, you are the beacon on my musical path, the map on my journey of life, you are..."

Before Meng Xiaotian could finish, Host Liu, standing nearby, finally could not help it anymore and interrupted his flow.

"Alright! Since contestant Meng Xiaotian has finished speaking, let us listen once more to what contestant Su Chen has to say!"

Su Chen stood to the side, looking at the bewildered expression on Meng Xiaotian's face, and couldn't help but laugh inwardly.

He was nearly thirty years old, yet he acted as though he had zero brains.

Su Chen ignored Meng Xiaotian and walked to the very front of the stage, closest to the audience seating.

After coming to a halt, he bowed deeply to the audience!

Only after rising from the bow did Su Chen pick up the microphone and say to everyone: "First of all, I want to say that being able to reach the top four of the talent show 'Tomorrow's Star' truly feels like a dream to me."

"As everyone knows, I never studied music professionally; I'm just an amateur taking the wild path. So when I first came to this show, I felt that everyone around me was so much more talented and outstanding than I was."

"Therefore, I never imagined I could achieve such a great result as making the top four."

"I believe this should be credited to everyone's affection. It is your love for me that gives me the courage to forge ahead and create these songs one after another."

"It is also because of your love for me that you were willing to cast your precious scores for me in match after match. I am truly flattered."

Saying this, Su Chen bowed to the audience once again, prompting an explosion of enthusiastic applause and cheers from the crowd!

"Ahhh!!! Su Chen, you deserve this!!!"

"Don't say that!!! You won all of this with your own strength!!!"

"Su Chen!!! Forge ahead and claim the championship!!!"

...

Listening to the cheers from the audience, Su Chen smiled faintly.

He raised his head, cast his gaze toward the mentor and judge seating areas, and began to speak: "Secondly, I want to thank the mentors, such as Mentor Zhou Zhiqian, Mentor Han Hong, and my most respected Mentor Yan Mi."

"Of course, there are also the six teachers on the judging panel. Thank you all!"

Hearing Su Chen's words, the mentors and the judging panel smiled and offered him applause.

Only Cai Xukun wore a stiff smile because there were only four mentors in total, yet Su Chen deliberately omitted him and left him out.

Clearly, Su Chen did it on purpose.

After all, with a parachuted lapdog like him, Su Chen simply could not force his conscience to offer any thanks.

Having said all this, Su Chen turned his gaze back to the live broadcast camera and spoke with a smile: "Next is the person I want to thank the most, more than anyone else."

"Although she is not here at the venue, I know she must be watching the live broadcast right now."