Possessed No More: The True Star Returns to Claim Her Throne

Chapter 171: Mouth Out of Control

Riley Perry acted as if she’d done nothing at all. She sat back down in front of the grill and started cooking her favorite foods—a skewer of squid tentacles, a chicken head, a few beef skewers, and a couple of vegetable skewers.

"What do you mean? You were really the one behind the rumors about Riley cheating?" Chloe Sterling shot to her feet, glaring furiously at Holly Summers.

"You’re a woman, too, yet you spread vulgar rumors about another girl. Are you even human?"

Holly Summers wouldn’t take the scolding lying down. "You’re the one who isn’t human! If I had a good family background like you, would I need to scheme against her? I wouldn’t even have joined the entertainment industry! I’d just be a lazy bum at home, living the good life!"

Best Actor King frowned. "Holly, not having a wealthy family is no excuse to hurt people. Riley also comes from an ordinary family. Didn’t she get to where she is today through her own abilities?"

"She only succeeded because she has a pretty face! My mom didn’t give me a pretty face, so I have to struggle on my own!"

The others couldn’t stand to listen anymore. Ethan Shaw asked in disbelief, "What kind of nonsense is that? Is your way of ’struggling’ to hurt other people?"

Holly Summers had already noticed something was wrong with her. It seemed she couldn’t quite control her own mouth.

Miles Ford kindly advised her, "You should just stop talking. The more you say, the worse it gets."

It wasn’t that Holly Summers wanted to talk, but she couldn’t control her mouth. "You have the nerve to lecture me? Who in the industry doesn’t know you like to ’play with’ young girls? I heard you even caused someone’s death. You’re the filthiest one here."

Miles Ford’s face turned livid. "What nonsense are you spouting? Say one more word and see if I don’t sue you for slander!"

"Go on, sue me! Whoever backs down is a coward!" Holly Summers started crying. ’I don’t want to say this!’

Best Actor King thought: ’If this girl keeps acting crazy, I’m afraid tomorrow’s crime news will be about her: #Young Starlet’s Body Found in the Wild, Who is the Killer?#’

"Holly, you should go pack your bags..."

"What’s it to you? You act all high and mighty, like some enlightened Buddha who’s above it all. But who doesn’t know that you, you idiot, were scammed out of your entire fortune by your ex-girlfriend and left with a mountain of debt? Worrying about so much... have you even paid off your own debts?"

Best Actor King was floored.

Who would’ve thought that something from nine years ago would be brought up by a junior? ’Fine, just fine,’ he thought. ’Can’t I just shut up now?’

However, whether it was because Holly Summers had decided to go down in flames or because her mouth truly couldn’t keep a secret, she didn’t miss a single one of the seven guests, cursing them all out. She called Chloe Sterling a rich, heartless person and threatened to report her family’s company for tax evasion. She insulted Victoria Koenig for having short legs and not being handsome at all.

She called Roxanne Fulton a hypocrite, saying her whole "Little Fairy" image was just a persona created by her team. She even called Ethan Shaw blind for still being interested in Roxanne Fulton after she’d dated a foreigner!

Roxanne Fulton was speechless. ’...Is it illegal to date a foreigner?’

Ethan Shaw raised his fist to hit Holly Summers, but luckily, Best Actor King and Victoria Koenig held him back. "Forget it, forget it. Why lower yourself to her level? She’s already finished. Don’t let her drag you down with her!"

This time, Director Warren was truly angry. He stood in the courtyard with his hands on his hips and roared, "Holly Summers, get the hell out of here, now! Don’t delay my livestream!"

Holly Summers was furious, and when she was furious, she had to curse someone out. And so, she turned on Director Warren, the very man who had just fired her.

"You old coot! You must have conspired with Riley Perry to set me up! Why else can’t I control my own mouth? It’s over! I’ve caught a disease where I can’t tell lies! How am I supposed to live now?" Holly Summers’s wails grew louder and louder.

Everyone: ...

Riley Perry noticed that Claire Lee was secretly taking pictures. ’This girl is pretty bold,’ she thought.

In the end, Holly Summers was dragged away by several staff members.

After she left, the livestream resumed. Just then, the skewers Riley Perry was grilling were all ready. Riley held up a skewer of grilled chicken meatballs, which was Chloe Sterling’s favorite. "Chloe, watch me perform the Great Disappearance Technique for you!"

Chloe Sterling was still in a bad mood from being cursed out earlier, but since they were live, she could only hide her displeasure and play along with Riley’s performance. "Alright, go on. Let’s see it."

She stared at Riley without blinking. Then, she watched helplessly as Riley popped her favorite chicken meatballs into her own mouth in one bite.

"Ah! Riley, give me back my chicken meatballs!"

Riley chuckled as she chewed. "Alright, alright, worst case, I’ll just grill you two more skewers! Don’t tickle me, or I might get excited and give you a shoulder throw."

Chloe Sterling immediately behaved. If she was actually thrown flat on her face in front of the audience, forgetting the pain, the humiliation alone would be unbearable.

Seeing that she had quieted down, Riley immediately shared the food she’d grilled with her. "Hurry and eat. I grilled it myself!"

Chloe Sterling gave her a look that said, ’That’s more like it.’

The other guests couldn’t help but smile watching the two of them fool around, and the atmosphere in the livestream chat grew lively again.

No one mentioned Holly Summers again. Everyone chatted about everything under the sun. After they had eaten their fill and the barbecue supplies were cleared away, the guests began to perform their talents. When it was Riley Perry’s turn, she smiled and said, "I don’t really have any talents, so how about I perform a Great Disappearance Technique for everyone."

Everyone, from the guests to the viewers in the livestream, collectively refused. "No way, you can’t! We know how to do that Great Disappearance Technique too! That doesn’t count as a talent. Anyone with a mouth can do it!"

Riley Perry stood up and said with a grin, "No, no, don’t be so hasty. My previous one was called the Great Disappearance Technique: Chicken Meatball Edition. What I’m going to perform now is the Great Disappearance Technique: Squid Skewer Edition!"

Barrage comments: [Hahaha, what the hell is a Great Disappearance Technique: Chicken Meatball Edition? I can do the Great Disappearance Technique: Braised Pork Edition!]

[How is Riley Perry so funny? She can even make a scene just by eating something!]

[Actually, I’m fine with the Great Disappearance Technique: Squid Skewer Edition. I want to see how she eats a whole squid skewer in one bite!]

[The user above is a demon, right? Those squid skewers are huge!]

Chloe Sterling cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone and shouted, "We can do that one too! We can even do the Great Disappearance Technique: Exotic Delicacies Edition! Hurry up and pick another one!"

Riley Perry said, "Oh, you can do that one too? In that case, I’ll do one you can’t. I’ll perform for everyone my sect’s secret, unteachable art—the Big Floating Technique!"

Ethan Shaw hyped her up. "Whoa, that sounds amazing just from the name! Hurry up and start the performance! I wanna see, I wanna see!"

Riley Perry nodded confidently at the crowd. "Please give me one minute to prepare. Otherwise, if I’m not prepared enough, it won’t be the Big Floating Technique, it’ll be a live broadcast of me embarrassing myself!"

Everyone burst into laughter again, with Chloe Sterling laughing the loudest.

"Go on, go on! Prepare well, and whatever you do, don’t mess it up."

’It’s a magic trick, after all,’ they thought. ’Of course she needs to prepare a lot of props.’ They understood.

But in reality, Riley Perry didn’t need to prepare anything. As long as she added Leo, she could perform the act perfectly.

So, she just went back into the house, turned around once, and came right back out.

"Director Warren, cue the music! Give me some accompaniment, please~"

Director Warren was speechless. ’Good grief,’ he thought. ’This girl never misses a chance to order people around. She’s really something else!’