"You...?" Aurora was utterly taken aback.
She stared at Egbert in disbelief, her whole face almost twisted.
"You...like her?"
In the performance hall filled with hundreds of people, it was so quiet as if no one was there.
The production crew had stopped working.
Many surprised and confused eyes were all fixed on Egbert.
They were trying to remember what they had just heard.
They were confirming if they had heard wrong.
No, they hadn't misheard. Egbert had indeed said...
He liked Eileen.
God, was it for real...
Eileen was speechless.
She picked up her microphone, looked at Aurora, and flat out said, "Only heard half of what I said? Can't understand the main point?"
Aurora was taken aback, staring at her wide-eyed.
Eileen scoffed, "What he meant was, unjust things need to be spoken up. I did. That proves I'm a straight shooter, a reliable and excellent youth with outstanding character. He likes such a moral character about me. Didn't you get it?"
Aurora was speechless.
Audience went silent.
Egbert was also speechless.
After mocking Aurora, Eileen turned to the production crew, "Don't cut this part. Record it separately. When I apply for the military academy next year, I'll show it to the examiner to prove that I'm a good person. I should get extra points for moral conduct."
The Production Crew was speechless.
Eileen then turned back to Aurora, "So, Ms. Aurora, is this what you wanted to say? Faced with my accusations of your favoritism and nepotism, all you managed to come up with is that I'm the bully? Do you have a misunderstanding of the term 'bully'?"
Aurora gripped her microphone tightly, coldly saying, "Ms. Lopez, you sure have a way with words. I admit I'm no match for you. So, I won't bother. Anyway, justice is in the heart of the people."
Eileen applauded her on the spot, "Well said, 'justice is in the heart of the people'. You know that the production crew will cut this part out, so you don't even want to try to explain yourself. This level of shamelessness is absolutely breathtaking."
"You..." Aurora couldn't help but be angry.
At this moment, Eileen directly pulled out her "challenge" card exclusive to the celebrity coach.
Waving the card, Eileen smiled and said, "Eileen's team challenges Hubery's team. Karin, challenge Tania."
Aurora clenched her fist in anger, then slowly let go.
So what if they challenged? If strength could guarantee success, would Karin have been eliminated?
"Karin?" Egbert murmured, his brows furrowing slowly.
Eileen didn't notice Egbert's reaction.
She looked at Aurora's smug expression, and directly told the host, "This time, I want to check the voting situation."
The moment she said this, the whole audience fell silent.
Aurora was shocked.
So was Hubery.
Even the production crew and the host were shocked!
Usually, after the audience votes, the staff tally up all the data and finally give a total vote count.
That's how the first stage performance vote went.
But now, Eileen had made a stunning request. She wanted to publicly verify the vote count.
This meant that if the vote count was verified, each audience member's votes would be displayed directly on the big screen.
As the staff counted the votes, the audience in the venue would also see it.
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