The Queen's Rise to the Top

Chapter 403

In Nan ChaoYang's home in GuSu city.

Nan ChaoYang was sitting downstairs with his parents, having their daily routine chat about current events and sharing thoughts on life.

This was Nan Song and Xin Zi's way of lecturing their son. They had been doing this almost every day during the summer vacation, only occasionally missing a day if Nan ChaoYang's mom was not home or got held up with something.

In short, Nan ChaoYang did not have a relaxing summer vacation this year. Every evening played out the same way. First watching the news, then his parents taking turns to ask him questions.

It was not until after 9 pm that Nan ChaoYang finally earned his freedom, getting through the interrogation with his silver tongue.

Xin Zi: "Let's end here for today."

Nan ChaoYang immediately stood up, excited to go upstairs.

Xin Zi gave him a look, suddenly frowning.

Nan ChaoYang sat right back down, but his feet kept fidgeting impatiently underneath him.

Xin Zi could hardly stand watching. In the end she still let him off: "Go to bed early tonight, no more delivery food."

Beside her, Nan Song was just taking out his phone to order something. He jumped in fright and embarrassedly exited the delivery app. Damn, it was crab season, he was thinking of getting two catties of crab to go with some beer!

Nan ChaoYang: "Got it, mom!"

As soon as he earned his freedom, Nan ChaoYang dashed upstairs. Back in his room, he locked the door just in case, then quickly turned on his computer while his hands kept moving, opening his classmate group chat to call his friends.

'Nan ChaoYang: I'm online, I'm online!'

'Rong Zhen: Wait up! Nan XiangWan is going live! Let me watch and get some reaction gifs before logging on!'

'Ning Yan: It's Nan XiangWan's turn? I'll go watch too, might catch some moments from her livestream.'

Seeing this, Nan ChaoYang also hurried to tune into the livestream, just in time to see his big sister.

To better view his big sister's beautiful face and singing, Nan ChaoYang turned off danmu comments so he wouldn't be bothered by those idiot fans screaming.

And so he started matchmaking in his game on one hand, while watching his sister's stage on the other.

That dress looks so pretty on her!

As soon as Nan ChaoYang saw Nan XiangWan gracefully step out, he was stunned by her beauty.

As expected, his sister fit the princely look perfectly. His sister was the most noble princess in the whole world!

Nan ChaoYang looked on proudly, his mind racing through a bunch of clothing brands, planning to go shopping for his sister tomorrow, buying her dresses and skirts, for her to wear!

When Nan XiangWan started singing, the lyrics were uplifting and encouraging all the way through.

Nan ChaoYang was so moved he almost couldn't breathe!

Was this song meant for him?

It must be!

As the knight by his sister's side, of course he was the most suitable one.

Nan XiangWan must be singing this for him!

The song ended in just around three minutes, perfectly timed as Nan ChaoYang's game matched successfully and moved into the hero selection phase.

Nan ChaoYang quickly put on his headphones, one hand controlling the game while the other held up his phone.

His finger slid across the screen, opening up his big sister's WeChat profile.

His fingers nimbly typed out a message, but he accidentally mistyped because it was his turn to select heroes in-game.

He casually swiped without even noticing the typo!

Right after, the game started and Nan ChaoYang immediately entered the zone, ready to battle it out.

His phone was tossed onto the bed beside him, a sent message lying quietly in the chat box.

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On the Singer stage.

Nan XiangWan finished singing a song and bounced off stage happily, picking up her skirt.

She moved lightly on her feet, running very fast and disappearing from sight in just a few steps.

Leaving behind only a fleeting back view, there one second and gone the next.

Her skirt billowed at that very moment, the golden fabric fluttering beautifully against the inky night sky, like a splash of dazzling stars across the galaxy.

Many people were captivated by the sight. The audience screamed again as the battle princess Nan XiangWan on stage transformed into an escaping princess the moment she finished singing.

So cute, so beautiful!

Still stunned, Guan Liangzhe returned to his senses and went back on stage to continue hosting.

At this time, someone next to Jie Chou cried out excitedly, holding up his phone in delight.

Jie Chou: "What's going on dude?"

Guy next to him: "Got it!"

Jie Chou: "Got what?"

Guy: "Nan XiangWan's back view! I'm posting this online now, bound to gain lots of fans."

Jie Chou: "Wow!"

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The official Singer account likewise did not fall behind today. They immediately released a video across the internet.

Diehard fans poured in with praise, the rest busy making reaction gifs.

And among the wide variety of reaction gifs, a back view photo rushed into the top 3 most liked posts, garnering over ten thousand likes instantly.

The photo was perfectly timed, capturing the moment Nan XiangWan ran off stage, her skirt billowing beautifully.

Countless fans screamed as they saved the photo, before joining efforts to spread it further.

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As expected, the number one most popular was the classic karate chop bricks gif. Second was the new reaction gif released today, capturing the moment Nan XiangWan opened her eyes to gaze at the camera as she started singing. Fans agreed this was a legendary moment worthy of enshrinement, immediately making it into a reaction gif.

The third most popular was the back view photo taken by the guy next to Jie Chou. Just an unedited candid shot, yet it spread like wildfire!

By now, 【The Escaping Princess Nan XiangWan】was trending with the top search results.

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Nan XiangWan returned to the waiting room and immediately changed out of the dress. It was so hard to walk around in that skirt!

Beside her, Xiao Dong held up her phone, chuckling foolishly to herself as she busily typed away.

Nan XiangWan: "What are you laughing like an idiot for?"

Xiao Dong glanced at her and went back to her phone: "Boss Nan, don't intrude too much into your assistant's private affairs."

Nan XiangWan: "......"

Jeez! So she couldn't even ask!

After changing, Nan XiangWan didn't remove her stage makeup since she still had to go back on stage later.

She casually browsed through her phone and soon came across the message Nan ChaoYang sent.

'Nan ChaoYang: Am I your mount?'

Nan XiangWan was utterly confused. Was her sight playing tricks on her?

She sang about a knight, yet her silly little brother asked if he was her 'mount'?

Huh? Mount?

Nan XiangWan frowned, deep in thought.

Beside her, Xiao Dong was still giggling foolishly to herself, busily saving a bunch of Nan XiangWan's reaction gifs and glamour shots to her phone. Ever since King Gu disappeared, high quality photos became much rarer, so she treasured the new back view shot released today.

The escaping princess looked so beautiful!

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On stage, Guan Liangzhe continued hosting the show, busy with work.

Jie Chou and the other musicians were whispering among themselves, discussing how they should take more photos of Nan XiangWan later - caught up in the excitement earlier, they completely forgot about photos.

Now that the photo of the escaping princess went viral online, they huddled together to scheme.

Nan XiangWan looked so gorgeous today in her dress, they must capture the rare sight!

None of them were professional photographers though, and they all sat in the front row while the staff were further back. After much discussion, they decided to just use their phones and leave the filtering and edits to the fans online!