CHAPTER 131: CHAPTER 131: WATCHING SERENA JENNINGS MAKE A FOOL OF HERSELF

The LD Jewelry Fashion Week provides a professional model styling team specifically for designers.

Therefore, designers do not need to busy themselves with each model’s outfit backstage, nor worry about their designs being wrongly worn.

Serena Jennings is currently sitting in the audience.

Beside her sits Quentin Xavier.

This time, Serena only brought Quentin along.

Due to self-funded expenses, she couldn’t bring all the studio staff; she brought Quentin because he is a man and might be needed for tasks requiring physical strength.

Claire Shaw is also seated in the audience, but in the VIP area, right next to Caleb Lockwood.

Even though the lighting in the audience isn’t good, Serena can clearly see Claire Shaw speaking and laughing with Caleb Lockwood, looking relaxed and confident.

Serena can’t help but wonder what Claire Shaw’s theme for this exhibition will be.

LD Jewelry Fashion Week’s showcase focuses on jewelry, with fashion as a secondary element.

Not long after, Serena sees Claire Shaw get up and leave, returning after some time.

At this moment, a new show begins, and it’s showcasing Claire Shaw’s designs.

Serena is a bit surprised; Claire Shaw didn’t lie to her, the theme is indeed "First Love."

Using pink diamonds as the main stones, the entire "First Love" series has a sweet and fresh design style, just like the impression Claire Shaw usually gives.

Claire Shaw showcases a total of eight pieces of jewelry.

All have pink diamonds as the main stones, and the design concept is clover; the main piece is a heart-shaped clover petal pink diamond ring.

After the last model showcased the main piece, Claire Shaw took the stage to speak, covering many topics related to love, especially first love.

Serena sees Claire Shaw, while talking, gazing intently at Caleb Lockwood with affectionate eyes.

Caleb Lockwood’s faint smile on his face is like a permanent mask.

Serena can feel the bond named first love surrounding Claire Shaw and Caleb Lockwood.

However...

It was their beautiful first love that turned her first love into a sharp poison sting, piercing her through.

"Are you okay?"

Beside her, Quentin Xavier notices Serena’s hands tightly clenched on her lap.

"Don’t be nervous, we’ve done everything we need to, it will definitely succeed."

Serena snaps back to reality, seeing Quentin raise his fist toward her.

After a slight hesitation, she bumps fists with him.

Claire Shaw just steps off the stage and glances in Serena’s direction, seeing Serena bumping fists with Quentin.

Quentin notices Claire Shaw’s gaze and raises his eyes.

Their eyes meet, briefly exchanging a look.

Claire Shaw’s face, adorned with exquisite makeup, breaks into a wider smile.

She just sits back beside Caleb Lockwood when she hears him ask coolly:

"Who were you just smiling at?"

Claire Shaw is startled, masking her reaction: "No one really, I was just looking around, what’s up Caleb, are you jealous?"

Caleb Lockwood smiles without responding.

Claire Shaw had been looking in the direction of Serena’s seat.

Sitting in the best front-row seat, Miranda glances at Claire Shaw, chuckling contemptuously.

While speaking, Claire Shaw was preoccupied with using the precious emotions of "First Love" to move Caleb Lockwood, hardly noticing that few in the audience were paying attention to her lengthy speech, and the applause afterward was sparse.

Next, it’s Serena’s turn.

At this LD Jewelry Fashion Week, there are only two emerging designers: Serena Jennings and Claire Shaw.

The exhibition order arranged by the organizers is fair.

Whoever got the qualification first, showcases first.

So Claire Shaw goes before Serena.

Backstage.

Serena checks the jewelry pieces, and the stylist knows to put them on the models correctly.

"Serena, let’s go confirm the power outage and UV light activation timing with the staging team again!"

Quentin urges, pulling Serena away from the backstage.

As soon as Serena steps away, Claire Shaw silently emerges from behind the curtains.

This was pre-agreed with Quentin.

Although LD Jewelry Fashion Week provides a professional styling team for models, designers generally go backstage before the show to check and instruct briefly.

Serena’s qualification for this event was hard-earned, coupled with her cautious nature; it’s not reasonable not to be backstage personally.

If Serena stays backstage too long, Claire Shaw won’t have the opportunity to spray acid.

So Claire Shaw asked Quentin to find a reason to accompany Serena backstage and quickly get her out.

Everything went as planned, Claire Shaw felt confident with no hint of a guilty conscience.

"Claire, what brings you here?"

Shirley Lowell asked as she fixed the model’s hair accessories.

"I’m afraid you’re too busy, so I came to help!"

Claire Shaw answered sweetly.

Shirley Lowell is the chief of this styling team.

After planning with Quentin, Claire Shaw connected with Shirley Lowell before the official start of the LD Jewelry Fashion Week through Caleb Lockwood.

Two fashion-enthusiastic girls quickly hit it off.

Therefore, even when appearing backstage during other designers’ showcases, Shirley didn’t think it was a big deal and naturally wouldn’t ask Claire Shaw to leave.

That’s precisely what Claire Shaw wanted.

Watching the performance at the front nearing its end, while backstage was still frantic in its preparations.

Claire Shaw pretended to help Shirley and the team but secretly took out a perfume bottle behind the monitor, spraying acid on Serena’s jewelry.

Serena’s pieces use platinum inlaid with Fluorite and Ruby.

Platinum is acid-resistant, spraying more would be useless.

So Claire Shaw precisely targeted the Fluorite and Ruby, making it hard for models to notice while wearing them.

Serena’s collection is small, only four pieces: bracelet, earrings, necklace, hairpiece, meeting the minimum requirement for LD Jewelry Fashion Week.

Claire Shaw thought, being a last-minute theme change left no time, hence fewer pieces.

But having fewer pieces made it easier for her.

Claire Shaw helped models with the acid-sprayed jewelry just as the front-stage performance ended.

As the first model stepped onto the stage, the entire venue suddenly went dark.

Both the runway and the audience plunged into complete darkness.

Among everyone present, only the show director and stage crew knew this was part of Serena’s exhibit design.

And, of course, Claire Shaw.

In the darkness, no one could see Claire Shaw’s sinister smile.

Serena Jennings, brace yourself for bankruptcy!

Having a blackout during a show is a major incident, acid-sprayed jewels under the UV emergency lights would not sparkle but turn dull.

It seemed Serena was doomed!

Claire Shaw eagerly waited to see Serena’s humiliation, but the expected UV emergency lights didn’t immediately turn on.

In the audience.

Caleb Lockwood, for the first time interested in Serena Jennings’ jewelry, frowned as the lights went out.

His vision was pitch black.

Caleb Lockwood’s lowered eyes slowly widened.

He saw ghostly lights.