CHAPTER 213: CHAPTER 213: LIVE BROADCAST SHOWDOWN

On the left side is Serena Sterling’s screen, and on the right side is Vera Hansen’s screen.

At this moment, Serena has already moved ahead, leading the selected participants into the golden river.

These people were chosen by the Hawthorne Group. Some are journalists, some have buying intentions, and others are just visitors. There are about 20 people in total.

Just as they stepped into the sea of flowers, Serena said to everyone, "This is the starting point. You can leave some unimportant items on the shelf beside." As she spoke, Serena showed everyone the basket surrounded by sunflowers.

There were many baskets available for everyone to put things in.

After placing some items, the group continued following Serena forward.

Serena led them into the world of the flower sea, starting outdoors where the sunlight shone upon the sunflowers, making them appear lively.

The golden river beneath their feet flowed continuously, and as they stepped over, ripples appeared just right under their footsteps.

In the sunlight, the sea of sunflowers occasionally reflected in gold, catching everyone’s attention.

Later, someone keen-eyed discovered that they were golden frames and photo frames.

"What’s that?" someone immediately asked.

Serena glanced at her assistant, who immediately approached the person who asked.

"Madam, I’ll take you there."

As they walked over, the flowers parted automatically, revealing a golden photo frame among them, with contents and dates annotated below.

"This is... street scenes from 1935."

"It’s more than just street scenes!"

"Besides street views, there are some images, all featuring old photographs with a strong sense of the era!"

"Look at this, wow, people were already wearing wedding dresses as early as 1935!"

As the camera swept by, the sunlight, the golden sea of sunflowers, and these old photos seemed to transport people to another world from years ago.

And in this wedding photo, the bouquet held by the bride was sunflowers.

As the person continued looking around, she did not notice the reflective secrets hidden outside these frames.

They were gems, yellow gems of various kinds.

Until seeing the final wedding photo, a hand reached out from beside her.

The owner of the hand picked a yellow flower that looked like it was made of gem material, and handed it to the lady.

It was Serena.

She smiled and handed the everlasting flower to the lady, next to the happy smile of the woman in the 1935 wedding photo.

Meanwhile, Vera Hansen’s assistant turned the live stream camera towards Vera Hansen.

In a fleeting moment, the screen seemed to have frozen.

When Serena’s smiling face appeared on the left, Vera’s live stream just froze on Serena and Julian Lawson’s wedding photo.

Just for a moment, and the next instant, Vera appeared on screen.

Utterly ironic.

"Today’s floral art is from the artist series." In the live stream, Vera weakly smiled, then picked the Teddy Sunflower among the many floral pieces.

After a few snips, a simple yet aesthetically pleasing bouquet was arranged.

"Van Gogh’s Sunflowers." She said to the camera.

Holding a vase, she signaled her assistant to follow. Although the camera was aimed at Vera and her flowers, it showcased the decor of the villa all around.

They were arranging flowers in the semi-open kitchen area, so, now, with the camera, they gradually moved from the kitchen, through the dining room, slowly stepping into the living room.

Then she turned and walked next to the huge wedding photo of Serena and Julian Lawson.

She stood under the frame, placing the sunflower bouquet beneath it.

"I think it looks great here, don’t you all watching think so?"

Though she looked very weak and pitiful, the provocative tone in her speech was unmistakable.

The internet was practically on fire.

"Vera Hansen has real guts! She doesn’t put Serena in her eyes at all!"

"Where’s Serena? Does Serena know? Quick, someone on site, connect Serena!"

"Vera, Serena is also live streaming, quickly connect with Serena, do you dare!"

In Vera’s live stream room, her assistant selected some comments to read aloud.

Among them were calls for Vera to connect.

She smiled at the camera, as pale as ever.

"Since I dared to come today, I dare to connect. I’m just afraid it’s not good for Serena, but since you all insist..."

Saying this, she followed her assistant’s direction, found Serena’s live stream room, and initiated a connection request.

After connecting, she seemed a bit hesitant, saying, "Will this be bad?"

On the other side, Serena was still introducing to everyone.

"Here’s a printer, you can get your chosen photos printed, and the Hawthorne Group will collect them and mail them back to you five years later."

Serena spoke, pointing to the photo frames, some standing in the flowers, some collected by a "time mailbox."

At this moment, Vera’s connection request came through.

The live stream comments refreshed constantly—

"Quick, accept it, Serena, do you dare? Vera dared to request, don’t you dare to accept!"

"Quick, quick, I want the drama!"

Since this was on the street, some curious people had already climbed up to buildings, shouting to Serena from the hallways now.

"Accept it, Serena, don’t chicken out!"

Serena smiled and reached out to tap the accept button.

The next moment, she saw Vera standing in front of her and Julian Lawson’s wedding photo, greeting her.

"Serena." Vera’s eyes were filled with sarcasm, yet she seemed to be humbly seeking approval, saying, "Look, how’s my floral art? Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, is the placement good? Do you like it?"

While everyone was waiting to see Serena’s expression change dramatically, she smiled instead.

"I think it’s great." Serena said, "Very fitting."

Serena looked outside the camera, beckoning to someone prepared.

"I also have a surprise for everyone." Serena said with a smile.

In just a moment, an assistant moved over a large photo frame.

The frame was still covered with cloth, making the contents within a mystery.

When the camera focused on the frame, Serena pulled off the cloth.

Inside was that very wedding photo.

"Before coming in, I heard that, Miss Vera, you really like this photo of Julian Lawson and me, so I specially had it printed out." Serena said with a smile.

"Wow!" The people from upstairs on both sides screamed.

They were all utterly excited.

It was clear they were enjoying the drama immensely.

Sunlight shone upon Serena’s face.

"I’ve noticed, everyone seems very interested in matters between me and my ex-husband, insisting that I talk about it, so, I’ll fulfill your wish," Serena said.

Then, Serena picked up the large photo frame and walked into the sunflower field.

She took a sunflower pot and slanted the photo frame into it.

Golden sunlight shone on Serena’s smiling face, enveloping her and the wedding photo with sunflowers.

"Do you like it?" Serena looked at the side camera, echoing Vera’s earlier question back at her.