No one knew which audience member let out the first "Wow," but it instantly set the crowd alight, and a chorus of awed exclamations filled the venue.
Accompanied by dreamy music and the audience's gasps, the butterfly beauty reached his mark at the center of the stage.
Jiang Yumiao's face was expressionless, making him look aloof and mysterious, but the little figure inside his head was frantically running in circles, occasionally reminding him to step with his left foot, then his right.
He nearly moved the same arm and leg together.
He had finally made it to his mark, but before he could catch his breath, it was already time to interact with his prop!
Jiang Yumiao did not even dare take a deep breath. He was being baked by the spotlight and watched by tens of thousands of eyes, with cameras filming him from numerous angles nearby. Every movement he made would be magnified on camera.
Jiang Yumiao slowly raised his right hand, showing everyone the gesture he had secretly practiced so many times just moments ago.
Rather than a prop, what Jiang Yumiao had could more accurately be called jewelry.
He wore a chain ring on his right hand. A silver chain adorned with perched butterflies connected the silvery-blue bracelet to the ring on his middle finger.
The large screens on either side of the stage immediately switched to a close-up of Jiang Yumiao's upper body, giving the audience a clear view of the jewelry on his hand and the gesture he was making.
While everyone else stared, spellbound, Ning Chunchi recovered from his initial amazement and heard the crowd's gasps. Unsurprisingly, his expression darkened. Although his lips still held their customary curve, the air around him was noticeably different from before.
Director Yang snapped out of his