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 It took a minute for the judges to stop feeling the emotions that Aiden had added into the song. Soon, the white light died down and the judges finally came out of their stupor.
 Andrew was the first one to speak.
 "If I'm being honest, this was the best performance we have seen till now. It was simply amazing with all your voices coming together."
 At his praise, the whole group cheered. Even Aiden was now smiling a bit. The aftertaste of the song still hadn't left him and it was also because he felt like he had overcome a level in his singing.
 "I have mentored a lot of singers and seen them make amazing albums. With that experience, I could say that the way you have sung this song, it could definitely be a title song for an album."
 Getting praised by Steven was a big deal and it seemed like he was genuinely impressed by the performance.
 "The chorus… You changed it? Who wrote that?"
 Everyone's eyes settled on Aiden as Steven asked. He held the mic close to his mouth and answered.
 "It was me."
 "You performed your original in the first round too. You have good talent."
 It was Alyssa who went next, her words particularly praising Rachel.
 "The start of the song was exactly like it should have been but I think it really picked up after the chorus, particularly Rachel. Your ability to hit the high notes and your elegant voice really elevated the song to a next level."
 "Yeah, Michelle was great too, especially in the chorus. I feel like your voice is unique and the only thing that you lack is experience."
 Andrew said, then turned to Aiden.
 "Aiden, I noticed it during your first performance too but your voice leaves a lingering aftertaste which is really rare. I don't think anyone else would have ended the song better."
 "Thank you."
 "Everyone else too, you all did your roles to perfection. All in all, it was a great performance."
 Eric and Sam high-fived each other hearing that. It seemed like even a magical scenario like a whole group qualification was within their grasp.
 "Give us a minute to announce the results."
 It was the first time that the judges had taken time to discuss. It just meant that they weren't sure about who would qualify. All of them were really good.
 One of the cameras zoomed in at the judges table while the other recorded the expressions of the contestants. Only Rachel and Aiden looked a bit composed among the heavy tension in the air.
 "Okay, we are ready to announce our decision."
 After a while, Steven said and the tense atmosphere just doubled as it clenched the hearts of all the contestants. Eric gulped beside him and Michelle's hands were shaking.
 "It was not an easy decision with all of you singing so well but in the end, we were of the same decision that Rachel was the best out of you all."
 All the focus was suddenly on Rachel who was beaming a smile, making people think she was confident about winning from the start. But only Aiden who was standing close to her knew that she was also really tense about the results due to her shaking shoulders.
 "So, Rachel will qualify."
 Aiden and the others clapped for her as Alyssa announced the result. But it was then that Andrew smiled.
 "But the performance was too good for us to only qualify one person. There would be one more from your group who will qualify."
 His words immediately gave a ray of hope to the four contestants who were already walking the road of sadness and despair.
 'If I'm not selected, then it's truly over for me.'
 Aiden thought as he took a deep breath to calm himself. He knew that by the praises of the judges, it was either him or Michelle who would go to the next round.
 Eric and Sam were good but they were still slightly lacking and had no special things about them.
 "Actually, for the second person, we were quite conflicted. We thought any of you could qualify but we decided on someone who earned a bit more points thanks to the additional skills."
 Aiden blinked his eyes hearing that.
 "Aiden, you are going to the next round. Congratulations!"
 A sigh of relief came out of his mouth hearing those words. For a second, he had thought he would be disqualified but he had somehow passed the second round.
 "Thank you."
 "You deserved it."
 After that, it was really over. Although he and Rachel have qualified, the other three haven't. Soon as they walked out of the stage, Michelle started crying.
 It seemed like she was holding it back in front of the judges.
 Sam quickly left the set in anger and frustration. It seemed like he didn't want to talk to anyone and was really disappointed with the results.
 Aiden felt a bit sad about him but he knew this was just the nature of reality shows. If he had not qualified, maybe he would have been like him too.
 Only Eric handled it maturely as he left after congratulating Aiden and Rachel, even promising to cheer for them.
 All in all, the second round ended with Aiden surviving. But the system notifications after his performance were the ones that pleased him the most.
 [You have been a part of a special performance that has managed to enamoure the judges. Substantial experience has been granted.]
 [Your Composing skill has increased by one level.]
 [The proficiency of the song 'Close' by Cyro has increased to 83% from 78%.]
 Although his singing level had not increased, Aiden was pretty happy with getting a level in his Composing skill.
 He knew that gaining singing levels wasn't easy and it takes a lot of time to really get the required amount of experience.
 He just hoped that his skill level would increase quickly as the competition went on because it was going to be harder and harder for him to survive otherwise.
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 'This year's contestants are really monsters.'
 Marlo thought as he looked beside him. A man with a grey beard and black hair was standing next to him with a smile on his face.
 His name was Gary Benjamin and he was one of the producers of X-Star. Both of them had watched Aiden's group performance from backstage.
 "What do you think, Gary? I think that was the best group performance till now. I don't think any other group would top that."
 Marlo asked and Gary nodded his head.
 "I'm hoping someone will top that. If anyone could top it, then the show's rating will just soar."
 "Even without anyone topping it, just this performance would be enough." Marlo noticed Gary in some sort of thought and immediately shook his head. "Are you already thinking of using this performance as promotion material?"
 "You know me well after working together for two seasons."
 Gary smiled like a shrewd businessman. For him, contestants were money and it was important to keep the viewers interested by giving them bits of the talent that would be showcased on the show.
 After thinking how he could use the performance, he replied.
 "First of all, we could use it as the teaser for the second round. And after the episode airs, there will surely be demands for this cover. So, we will put it on the MeTube channel and make an audio version for music websites. If we promote it a bit, it should gain at least ten to twelve million views."
 In a short time, Gary had already finished thinking of ways to earn money from just this performance alone. This was one of his skills and it suited a producer too.
 Marlo just didn't like him looking at teams contestants as nothing but money and ratings.
 "By the way, Aiden, try to focus on him till the third round. It's good if he makes it to Star week but I think we can get a lot of content out of him even if he doesn't. I saw some of the footage you took of him and his story is interesting. Moreover, him coming from a third world country already gives a rags to riches feel. The audience loves that."
 Marlo already had a feeling that Gary was going to say that. He made a wry smile.
 "Apparently, he himself doesn't want us to use his story in that way. Something along the lines of wanting his talent to speak for him and not his story."
 A small laugh escaped Gary's mouth hearing that but seeing Marlo's serious expression, he coughed and explained.
 "His talent is speaking at least till the third round. Only after that voting comes into the picture and it depends on popularity. And if he reached there, he would thank us."
 Gary said with utmost confidence and left Marlo to go speak with the music director. He had a feeling that this season of X-Star will break all of the ratings.
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 Two years ago, Aiden came to the United States to experience the American Dream. But after sleepless nights of struggle, just when he was on the verge of giving up, a translucent screen flashed in front of him - it was a System!
 A System that would make him embark on a journey to Hollywood. And today, he takes his first step by mesmerising the world through his singing!
 So come and join him, for his journey, has just begun.
 Singing? I'm the best at it.
 Acting? I have Oscars lying around in my bathroom; you can practice your acceptance with it.
 Movie Direction? They call me the king of the box office.
 Novel Writing? Two words: Best Seller.
 From creating the highest-selling music album to becoming the world's most famous superhero - Aiden will do everything to write his own legend.
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 Song Yuan accidentally picked up a 5-year-old child.
 The child has bright eyes, chiseled features, and prideful demeanor. He referred to himself as “this prince” and his mannerism was wild, cool, and stuck up.
 “This prince will never eat such lowly food!”
 “How dare you flirt with other men behind the back of my imperial father?”
 “He insulted this prince and you sided with him? This prince will sentence his entire clan to death!”
 Song Yuan was very disturbed. The DNA test had confirmed that the child was, indeed, her son, but why did he act like he was delusional?
 More importantly, who was the father of the child?
 The prince was going mad from worrying; Imperial Father, if you don’t come soon, Imperial Mother is really going to cheat on you!
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 In the eyes of everyone, Feng Yao, with his extraordinary appearance and successful career, was the perfect male god.
 #How to become friends with Boss Feng# There were countless people leaving such comments everyday.
 His name, Feng Yao, was simply another synonym for “excellence”.
 One day, however–
 A verified Weibo account suddenly exposed Boss Feng’s personal diary.
 The contents all revolved around one person: Wu YunFei.
 The infamous rich hedonist*.
 There were tearful complaints between the words and lines of his diary entries.
 It was a far cry away from the image Boss Feng usually portrayed!
 For a while, the entire network was boiling.
 #Exposing Mr. Perfect’s true colors online# 
 #Speaking Out My Heart’s Thoughts: The Series# 
 #Asking everyone to stand by and observe a living sand sculpture**# 
 #A live documentary of Boss Feng’s process of becoming bent#
 Note : 
 *纨绔子弟: hedonistic son of rich parents 
 **Sand sculpture (沙雕-ShāDiāo) is a homophone for (vulgar, derogatory) idiot (傻屌-ShǎDiǎo).
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 Ye Qing transmigrated into a novel. She was only an unimportant character in the novel, and she was free to live a wonderful life by herself.
 But, her happiness was short-lived. One day, an adorable girl that looked around three-year-old popped up and called out in a milky voice, “Mom.”
 Ye Qing: ???
 On another day, a cute and handsome twenty-something guy hugged her. With tears in his eyes, he said in a voice that was full of affection, “Mom!”
 Ye Qing: ???
 After Ye Qing had somehow inexplicably become the mother of two children, she discovered –
 Neither of these children were human!
 ***
 One day, a little girl pulled a certain big boss to the side to whisper, “Dad, mom was patting my head when she was telling me a bedtime story. I felt too comfortable, and I accidently swung my tail out. Mom seems to have seen my tail. What should I do? QAQ.”
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 She woke up from her sleep to the divorce papers that the original owner’s husband tossed at her.
 Shu Yan picked up the document and took a look. She gets the house and the savings, but not the car.
 Oh! And her son and daughter.
 She had been a single woman in her 30’s in her previous life, and now she’s a mother?
 How exciting is that?
 She searched her memories. Two million dollars in savings. How much is two million dollars in the 90s?
 What’s a husband? The other woman can have him. I’m taking the monies and my instant son and daughter to go and enjoy ourselves!
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 Ye Jin once traveled to the interstellar era, and became an orphan on a barren star. The weatherproof house is almost out of whack. Ye Jin had no choice but to go back to his old business and become a food anchor, hoping to solve his urgent needs.
 Ye Jin on the first day of the live broadcast: Today, I will live broadcast to make Chinese delicacies, fish porridge and braised fish cubes. The method is very simple and the braised fish with rice is a must.
 Netizen 1: Anchor, you can’t do this, I have no appetite when I look at it. Isn’t this a scam?
 Netizen 2: Chinese food? I’ve never heard of it before, who still eats this kind of nutritious and unpalatable food now!
 Netizen 3: This meaty smell is so bad and not delicious. Besides, now everyone drinks nutritional supplements, and no one will eat this kind of thing.
 After Ye Jin really made the dish, netizens were so fragrant that they scrambled to buy it, and even spent a lot of money in the live broadcast room just to get a taste of the delicious food.
 Since then, the craze for food making has swept the entire interstellar space, and Ye Jin’s food live broadcast room has become the spiritual heaven of the people of the empire.
 Then one day, many netizens discovered that there were more people in Ye Jin’s family.
 All netizens: No way! Whoever dog man took away the anchor is unforgivable!
 Fu Chen, a dog man who is an admiral of the empire: …
 Netizens who know the truth: QAQ Is there any help for those who scold the admiral?
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 It had been two years since their marriage. However, every time he had s*x with her, he always did it from backwards.
 She was more than angry. “Sheng Youting! Why do you avoid my face every time when you had me? Is it because that you are afraid to see it’s me rather than my sister that you get laid?!”
 “Are you asking me to look at your face when I’m in you? OK, as long as you can bear!”
 He was like a beast and all she could do was to accept what he gave…
 Yu Lan had loved Sheng Youting for 11 years despite no response from him. Inferiority became part of her when she was with Sheng Youting. However, when she found it was so hard to continue her unrequited love and finally decided to exclude him from her world, her heart ached extremely and it nearly cost her life. It turned out that her love had become a habit and if it was stopped, she won’t be a whole man.
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 【Student Qi Cheng, public enemy of the male student population, attention! Hand over the student who sits on the back of your bicycle, Pei Qingfei, and we can still discuss negotiations.】
 After reading the anonymous post on the school discussion board, Qi Cheng rolled up her sleeves and responded with three words.
 【Read –Qi Cheng】
 They’ve lain in the same incubator, slept in the same crib.
 In Qi Cheng’s life, there have only ever been three days without Pei Qingfei’s existence.
 For this whole life, she resolved to tie herself to Pei Qingfei no matter what; even if she turned into a ghost, she refused to let her go.
 By chance, Pei Qingfei felt the same way.
 Top student x top student 
 Two childhood friends 
 The messy, emotional, picturesque youth of Miss Qi and Maiden Pei
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 Huo Ran, infamous for his quick temper throughout the school, his skills at basketball got him appointed captain of the school team in his first year.
 Kou Chen, the transfer student that liked to boast. There were all sorts of rumours about him: that he had a good family background. That the reason he’d transferred from far away was because he’d hit a teacher. That he was exceptionally good at fighting.
 These two, who had clashed during a basketball match in the previous semester and were left with unfavorable impressions of each other, have now been allocated into the same class.
 Would sparks fly?
 …Probably, but perhaps not in the way you’d expect.
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 Shen Herong, as the most capable handsome boy on the Red Street, is bound to the best male god system. 
 This journey was supposed to slap the villain in the face crazily, step on the protagonist, and reach the pinnacle of life, but things always went wrong. 
 #Who is the person who just received the protection fee for the hero and heroine? # 
 #Who threatened the high IQ villain to do his homework for him? # 
 #去女朋友家庭Who is the one who recommends himself as a little boy? # 
 Sorry, as a former bigwig on the red street, Shen Herong said: I have already washed my hands. 
 It is impossible to counterattack. Only by lying down and winning can you barely maintain your life. 
 The same type of male protagonist’s point of view “Extreme Male God [Quick Time Travel]” and “Super Male God [Quick Time Travel]”, you can watch it~
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 The young single man, Xu Zhao, recently graduated from university and was ready to embark on a major task at his job when he was suddenly transmigrated to the eighties where there was no internet or tv. It would’ve been fine if he had no money, but he unexpectedly had a two-year-old son as well: one he birthed himself.
 The son had nothing to wear. 
 The son had nothing to eat. 
 The son had no toys to play with. 
 The son still didn’t have a “daddy.”
 How would the son live without him? Xu Zhao decided that he would raise the son.
 One sentence summary: Reborn in the eighties to take the baby to enjoy in the pinnacle of life.
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 Suddenly traveled to Japan and became a junior high school graduate, feeling a little flustered. I thought it would be a history of juvenile struggle, but suddenly found out that I was a system stream!
 Aoba looked at the woman in front of him who should be called auntie, she said that her name was Chihiro Chihiro, which was a bit familiar!
 Aoba looked at the building in front of him, and the house next to it had the words Sakura Village written on it, which was a bit familiar!
 When Aoba learned that Auntie had a cousin who was suddenly moving in, whose name was Shiina Zhenbai, uh~~~
 Ok! Let the reward come more violently! ! !
 【Ding—–Successfully punch in important locations, punch the card for the first time, and acquire skills: proficient in cooking. 】
 【Ding—–Successfully receive the gift package and get the item: ethereal ring. 】
 【Ding—–An important plot character successfully punches in and gets an item: Yongling Knife. 】
 ………..
 Shiina Mashiro: Little aunt?
 Aoba:……….
 Rocky: Boy, Ace belongs to me!
 Aoba:……….
 Nakiri Erina: Bastard, halberd!
 Aoba:……….
 Akya: Learn about the power of the gods, a killer iron fist with the anger and sorrow of the goddess.
 Aoba: Seriously?
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 Tao Xiaodong had a blind brother. Tang Suoyan, gentle and calm, was his brother’s favourite doctor. As such, Tao Xiaodong loved Tang Suoyan as well.
 Oftentimes, people lose sight of that which was easily gained.
 Over the years, Tong Ning was so coddled by Tang Suoyan that he failed to appreciate how fetching this rare specimen was—dumping him without pause, and picking him up again when he had a change of heart.
 Except, this time, he was a step too late. Tao Xiaodong had long made his move.
 Tao Xiaodong looked at Tong Ning, telling him with a smile, “It doesn’t matter who Tang Suoyan used to be with. He’s mine now. As long as I don’t let go, you’ll never be able to take away what I hold onto.”
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