A No-CP Female Lead is Pregnant with the Uxorilocal Alpha’s Cub - Chapter 17

The agency that had privately messaged Song Ranxue on V-Bo and invited her to audition was called Starlight Entertainment. In the industry, it was not considered an especially new company, nor was it especially large. It did not seem particularly famous either, but its advantage was that every artist it had brought out was extremely capable, and their resources were not bad at all.

Although the company was not large, its reputation in the industry was very good.

Recently, this company seemed to be preparing to put more effort into development, so it had launched a new girl group. However, this girl group was missing one member, the kind they simply could not find anyone satisfactory for. By chance, they heard about Song Ranxue trending online. At first, they had thought it was another one of those awkward, deceptive trending topics, but unexpectedly… it was not. It was a real, genuine trending topic!

This group named “rainbow whale” was planned as a five-member girl group, and an all-female-Alpha girl group at that. Although there were only four members right now, they often gathered together to train and so on, and their relationship could be considered decent.

When they saw Song Ranxue’s improvised performance of Just Like Fire, they were simply stunned, almost wondering if they had heard wrong. Calling her voice a healing sound of nature, or, exaggerating a little, the holy voice of God, would not be too much. The moment she opened her mouth, she could subdue people completely. It was truly far too curiosity-inducing.

At the same time, their manager, Sister Qin, also noticed this trending topic. Before she even had time to greet them, she had her assistant send Song Ranxue a private message, hoping she would be willing to cooperate with them. Only after the message was sent did she go look for the girl group she managed to discuss this matter.

Unexpectedly, the moment she stepped out, the provisional captain, Duan Qianying, also came out wanting to find her, saying that she had found a suitable lead vocalist candidate and was very excited and delighted, wanting to recommend Song Ranxue to Manager Qin.

The two met each other at the same time. Manager Lin Qin smiled brightly and spoke first with her thoughts. “Isn’t our group missing one person? Preferably someone who can serve as lead vocalist and whose basic skills aren’t bad either? I found someone!”

Duan Qianying was slightly surprised. “Sister Qin, are you serious? I also found a suitable one! She’s called Song Ranxue! Her singing is damn good!”

“What a coincidence? The person I found is also called Song Ranxue!” Sister Qin was clearly very happy. Knowing that the person she and Duan Qianying had found was the same one, she immediately made the decision. “In that case, we’ll add her to the candidates and have her audition together when the time comes.”

And so, the matter of selecting candidates was settled. It would happen a few days later, with the specific time to be arranged.

These past few days, Song Ranxue had been working as a resident singer at the bar called “Ran.” Only then did she realize that one character in the bar’s name was the same as her own, which immediately made her very surprised.

Song Ranxue had also accepted the invitation from “rainbow whale” on V-Bo that day. She would be going in a few days. She had also smoothly terminated her contract with the original owner’s agency and cleared away the stains on her reputation. Her background could now be considered fairly clean.

Everything was moving in a good direction. Not to mention, the female lead Omega had not contacted her these past few days, so she felt that she should have returned to the original owner’s ordinary, unremarkable passerby role again.

And in the original book, the group “rainbow whale” had not received much description either. It was only mentioned in passing, used to show how impressive the female lead Omega’s investment vision was. Overall, it had nothing much to do with Leng Xingxuan.

Because of that, Song Ranxue could go to this audition with peace of mind. This time, she also learned from her previous lesson. She confirmed the address again and again, and after arriving at the site, she repeatedly confirmed that this was indeed the location for “rainbow whale” to select its final member. Only then did she finally relax slightly and go fill out the information form.

The group “rainbow whale” followed a rather androgynous style, with a slight visual-kei rock influence. Every member’s styling carried some conceptual element, and at a glance, they were quite eye-catching.

Because the original owner’s family was poor, she really did not have many clothes. It would naturally not be easy to completely match their style, but getting close to it was not difficult.

So today, Song Ranxue wore a cropped dark-blue plaid top with slightly puffed sleeves, revealing a small section of slender waist. On the bottom, she paired it with straight black cropped jeans, slightly slit at the ankles and studded with rivets, then stepped into a pair of loafers. Overall, she looked fairly androgynous.

Naturally, Song Ranxue could not go out just like this. She still needed to apply a relatively heavy makeup look. “Rainbow whale” was not the kind of visual-kei group with exaggerated, non-mainstream makeup; it leaned more toward conceptual styling, with each member almost representing a kind of animal. Song Ranxue felt that she herself was like a snow leopard in winter. Once she appeared, she was bound to make her prey tremble.

So her makeup also leaned in that direction. She had even put special effort into the crimson tear mole beneath her eye. The result looked very distinctive, something people would notice at first glance.

After filling out her information, she went to the waiting room. When she turned around, she seemed to catch sight of a familiar figure, but before she could see clearly, that person disappeared.

Song Ranxue secretly felt that she was too nervous. Although she had not seen Leng Xingxuan these past few days, every time she came to a place like this, she would remember the misunderstanding she had caused that day. It was truly… far too embarrassing.

So this time, she confirmed things again and again to avoid causing another misunderstanding.

There were quite a few candidates this time, several of them. It was just that the waiting rooms were different, so Song Ranxue had no chance to talk to them.

She did not wait long before it was her turn to go in. Song Ranxue felt somewhat nervous inside, but she still stood up calmly. Her face was composed and flawless as she followed the staff member out of the room and toward the audition room.

The audition room was extremely large. There were six interviewers in total. Among them, the No. 3 interviewer seated in the center position was not there, presumably because something had happened and she had temporarily stepped out.

Song Ranxue first introduced herself. Naturally, she did not know any of these interviewers, but they seemed very interested in her and asked her all sorts of questions. Before transmigrating into the book, Song Ranxue had often dealt with the media, so she did not feel that their questions were difficult to answer. She responded to almost all of them fluently.

After a round of basic communication, one of the interviewers had a staff member bring her a drawing box and said to her, “This next question is somewhat difficult. It mainly tests the candidate’s ability to create original songs. Please draw a slip first, look at the topic, and then give your answer.”

Song Ranxue nodded to show that she understood, then calmly drew a slip from the box to see what topic she had received.

“Miss Song, what you drew is that you must improvise a piece of music or a song for our No. 3 interviewer, and it has to be original. You’ll have roughly half an hour to prepare. It doesn’t need to be too long or too complicated. It only needs to match our No. 3 interviewer’s temperament and style.”

Song Ranxue: “???”

She looked at the No. 3 interviewer’s seat. It had been empty for quite a while. She had just been about to ask who the No. 3 interviewer was when the door opened with a click. Song Ranxue instinctively turned back to look, and her eyes abruptly filled with shock. She even suspected that she had seen wrong. Otherwise… why would she see Leng Xingxuan, who should not have been present, here?

—She looks so shocked~ Hahahahaha, has Xingxing’s goal of getting revenge on her already been achieved?

—I’m happy just seeing Xuexue surprised~ There are even more fun things waiting for her next~

—So, how is Xingxing going to treat—torment—Xuexue next? Hehe~

…

The person who entered was indeed Leng Xingxuan. Seeing Song Ranxue’s completely stunned expression as she looked at her, she raised her brows slightly, and a smile also curved her lips, as if the unhappiness of the past few days had vanished completely.

Seeing Song Ranxue unhappy actually made her happy. When she brushed past Song Ranxue, she paused briefly and said softly to her, “Long time no see, Miss Song.”

When Song Ranxue heard her say this, her expression changed slightly. She had originally thought she would never have any further intersection with Leng Xingxuan, but now it seemed… Leng Xingxuan had no intention of letting her go at all.

Actually, that made sense. There was still twenty million lying flat in her bank account. As long as she did not return that money, she would remain entangled with Leng Xingxuan, connected yet not completely severed. Just thinking about it made her scalp go numb.

“All right, Miss Song. This is our No. 3 interviewer. Your creation time begins in five minutes.”

Song Ranxue: “…” This was simply a deathtrap prompt.

However, no matter how unwilling she was, what had to proceed would still proceed. She absolutely would not give up her qualification.

Although, in all likelihood, she would not be selected.

…

When she returned to the audition room again, it was already half an hour later. Leng Xingxuan sat in the center judge’s seat, still with that calm, smiling-yet-not-smiling expression. Song Ranxue glanced at her, then moved her gaze away. After adjusting the microphone in her hand, she had the live band start the accompaniment.

This was a relatively upbeat song, so upbeat that one could almost miss the sarcasm hidden inside.

“I thought the white snow was flawless,

But those who passed by stepped into emptiness.

Oh, beneath perfection there are lice everywhere.

Bright eyes, white teeth, cherry-colored temptation,

Girl, don’t be foolish.

That is an alluring trap.

…”

Every line carried a turn, writing out the flaws hidden beneath perfection. None of the interviewers present were fools. How could they not hear that something was off in Song Ranxue’s song? All of them looked somewhat worriedly toward Leng Xingxuan, afraid that she would fly into a rage.

However, what exceeded their expectations was that Leng Xingxuan listened from beginning to end without her expression changing. After Song Ranxue finished singing this improvised song, the entire audition room fell silent. One could hear a pin drop.

Song Ranxue’s gaze had also been fixed on Leng Xingxuan’s face the whole time. Seeing that she unexpectedly had no reaction could be considered beyond her expectations. But what she knew was that Leng Xingxuan had definitely understood her lyrics. Any protagonist with even a bit of temper would not possibly tolerate someone like her staying behind to oppose her.

So after Song Ranxue finished singing, she said nothing. She only bowed politely, then walked outside, clearly looking resolute—

She knew she would not be selected, so she had chosen mutual destruction.

—Hey, hey, hey, what is she doing? On purpose?

—The great villain really is talented. Even when cursing people, she doesn’t repeat herself.

—My heart aches for our Xingxing. Is the villain unable to stop unless she bullies her?

—Xingxing, go! If you don’t, you’re not a tyrant CEO!

…

After leaving the audition room, Song Ranxue had originally wanted to leave directly and no longer care about the result. Unexpectedly, when she returned to her temporary waiting room, the female Beta who had given her a sedative injection without explanation in that dark alley last time was blocking the doorway. There was no expression on her face, and her words were concise. “Miss Song, you can’t leave. Our boss wants to see you.”

Song Ranxue: “I don’t…”

…

However, five minutes later, she was almost carried onto a tightly sealed SUV. She had just sat down and had not yet had time to figure out what had happened when, in the next moment, she met Leng Xingxuan’s smiling-yet-not-smiling eyes in the dim car interior.

The Omega propped up her chin and leaned slightly closer to her, her expression proud and reserved, like a lazy cat. “Song Ranxue, are you very afraid of me?”

Song Ranxue had just been about to speak when she saw the cinnabar luck bracelet she had searched for a long time tied around the Omega’s wrist. She abruptly raised her head to look at her, her expression changing slightly.

—Oh-ho, we’re finally getting to the key exam point!!!