"I have no idea who this Fei Xiaomo is, that the competition keeps making exceptions for her. Up until now, she doesn’t even dare to show her face, always hiding behind a mask. As soon as President Zhao got on stage, he went straight to her snack cart."

"Let me ask you this, if Zhao Gushen and his team didn’t go to eat Fei Xiaomo’s skewers, would the audience have followed?" Shi Jiumei raised her voice, "Even if it didn’t taste good, the votes are already cast. Naturally, she has more votes."

"Not tasty? Are you suggesting us judges cast our votes blindly? Or are you implying our judgment is unfair?" Guo Wenbo said coldly.

At this moment, Ye Fei stepped forward.

"To put it bluntly, you’re questioning me on two points." Ye Fei looked at Shi Jiumei coldly, "Ever since we were backstage, you’ve been fixated on me wearing a mask. I told you I applied for it, and the organizers approved it; you didn’t believe me. The person in charge personally told you they received my application and approved it. Yet, you’re still bringing this up."

The audience initially thought Ye Fei was receiving special treatment.

But now, after hearing Ye Fei’s words, the audience felt that Shi Jiumei was making too much fuss.

"I think Shi Jiumei is just intentionally causing trouble."

"Yes, if it’s just a small issue, mentioning it once is enough, but she’s brought it up repeatedly. Maybe she just doesn’t like Fei Xiaomo."

"She’s obviously out to give Fei Xiaomo trouble."

Right next to them were Ye Fei’s fans, and one fan immediately said, "You all don’t know, Shi Jiumei has always seen Xiao Fei as her rival and often causes her trouble. Before, she even hired internet trolls to claim Xiao Fei’s cooking wasn’t as good as hers. Now that Xiao Fei is number one and Shi Jiumei has been eliminated, isn’t that a slap to her face? Even if she can’t oust Xiao Fei, she still wants to smear her."

Another fan said, "I think Shi Jiumei keeps failing. She keeps getting her face slapped by Xiao Fei and yet hasn’t learned her lesson? She’s really persistent despite the setbacks."

Shi Jiumei never expected that Ye Fei would address the issue so directly on the spot.

"You think just because I don’t show my face, there’s something fishy about my results, right?" Ye Fei said coldly, "Earlier you said that because I didn’t show my face in videos, it means I used a stand-in. Now you’re bringing up the same issue again. Can you find any other reason besides this?"

"If you really want to see my face that badly, then I’ll grant your wish." Ye Fei raised her voice, "I just don’t want to be disturbed in my personal life, but it’s not that I can’t face people."

Saying so, Ye Fei raised her hand and grasped her mask.

"Xiao Fei, don’t!" Li Xiaoyun, not caring about anything else, shouted loudly.

The VIP area was close to the stage.

Everyone was quietly listening to Ye Fei, so Li Xiaoyun’s words reached the stage clearly.

Ye Fei looked at Li Xiaoyun, still wearing her mask, but her slightly curved eyes smiled.

As she said, it’s not that she’s unfit to face people.

To avoid the harassment from Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning, she’s been cautious for years, never daring to show her face online, nor even letting her voice out.

But she knows she can’t hide like this forever.

Afraid to reveal herself in public like this, she can’t live her whole life hiding, covering up her face forever.

This is not a long-term solution.

She can’t live her life in hiding.

Before, she was afraid Fei Xiaomo would be harassed by Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning.

But now, with Zhao Gushen protecting Xiaomo,

let Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning try to lay a finger on Xiaomo!

With this concern out of the picture, even if Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning dared to harass her, she’s not afraid!