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“How can these three people bully a girl like that? Look how fierce they are. I bet they’ve done this kind of thing plenty of times before.”Â
‘I didn’t hear what they were saying clearly. Let’s not jump to conclusions.”Â
“I’m curious too. What exactly did they say? Who’s tight and who’s wrong? In this situation, if someone’s really being bullied, someoneÂ
should step up and help. I’ll go check it out!”Â
So with one person taking the lead, several others walked over.Â
“Hey, what are you doing? This is a public place. How can you gang up on a weak girl like this? This is bullying.”Â
“Tell us, why are you targeting this girl? You know she’s the first–place winner in the preliminaries. If she gets a good ranking in the finals, too, she should have a bright future ahead. You shouldn’t treat her like this – you could be ruining a talented person!”Â
The speaker was a reporter Bianca had invited, so naturally, he was taking Bianca’s side.Â
Many people nodded in agreement, echoing the reporter’s words. “Yeah, and doing this in front of so many people – it’s disrespectful to the organizers. Too arrogant! We’re all watching!”Â
Even Emily got caught up in it.Â
Some people recognized Emily as the second–place winner in the preliminaries and couldn’t help but get into conspiracy theories.Â
“Can’t handle losing, so you want to bully people this way? No wonder you’re only second place while she’s first.”Â
“She’s in second place? Pretty face, second place isn’t bad, but she can’t stand someone being first, so she got helpers to bully them. That’s too much. I’m starting to doubt her second place is even real.”Â
The person defending Bianca was another person Bianca had brought.Â
Since no one knew the truth, they had already misunderstood Emily.Â
Her speaking up for Bianca now didn’t seem out of place.Â
Bianca even pretended to speak up, “Thank you all for speaking up for me. Emily has some misunderstandings about me. Plus, she used to pick through trash and suffered a lot, so naturally, she feels upset about me learning more and doing better than her.Â
She’s my sister. As her older sister, no matter how wrong she is, I won’t hold it against her. Please, everyone, stop targeting her, and give the organizers some face the final results haven’t been announced yet!”Â
Bianca’s words sounded so magnanimous that everyone’s impression of her improved even more.Â
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They looked at Emily with even more contempt; clearly, the scales had tipped further in Bianca’s favor,Â
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Emily laughed lightly and spoke up, “Following the crowd I guess that describes the people who just spoke. You didn’t even hear what we were saying, so why did you decide we were bullying her? Or are some of you in cahoots with Bianca?”Â
“Emily, if you want to target me, target me, but don’t drag innocent people into this, and don’t make things up. I’m just here to competeÂ
today. How could I possibly know the reporters covering the competition? They were invited by the organizers.”Â
At this, Emily scoffed, “Who said there were reporters among them? You just gave yourself away! And also…”Â
Emily swept her gaze over the other onlookers. “Someone just questioned that I could only settle for second place, so I got angry. ButÂ
what if I said that this Bianca’s first place doesn’t deserve the name?”Â
“Emily, if you’re going to say that, you need evidence. Even if you don’t like me, even if you question me privately, I can let it go. But if you anger the Green family behind the organizers because of this and affect the Johnson Group, don’t blame the family for beingÂ
disgusted with you.”Â
Bianca’s expression darkened, looking pained as she warned urgently.Â
Hearing Bianca mention the Johnson Group.Â
People who had found both Emily and Bianca somewhat familiar but couldn’t quite place them were now reminded and suddenlyÂ
recognized their identities.Â
“You’re Bianca, and Emily, who was cut off and kicked out by the Johnson family, right?”Â
Everyone looked at Emily with some distaste.Â
If your whole family dislikes you, you must be no good.Â
Byron knew what these people were thinking and immediately spoke up, “That’s because the Johnson family was blind. Some of you must know that Chase actually apologized to Emily, and mentioned that Bianca took credit for Emily’s work, making Emily suffer.”Â
Bianca’s eyes reddened as she hurriedly explained, “I didn’t! Chase never mentioned my name. Byron, I accepted that Emily took you fromÂ
I’m really hurt. And Emily, I’ve already shown everyone my work, so why are you still me, but now you’re helping her bully me questioning me? Show me your evidence!”Â
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Bianca dared to say this because she was certain Emily had no evidence.Â
But Emily’s smile took on a strange quality. “Who says I don’t have evidence? You modified the design from my draft, thinking I couldn’t prove it was my work. But your skills weren’t good enough, and you were too clever for your own good – you changed things and made what should have been a first–place work into something inferior.”Â
By now, quite a crowd had gathered.Â
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After hearing Emily’s words, many people had the same thought more drama!Â
So many people perked up their cars, wanting to hear everything clearly.Â
Bianca had long been prepared for Emily to notice the work was from her draft design, so she wasn’t flustered.Â
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about, Emily. Since you say you have evidence, show it if you can!”Â
Bianca felt that Emily was just bluffing, so she calmly met Emily’s gaze as she spoke.Â
Emily had to admire Bianca’s acting skills.Â
This was worthy of a best actress award.Â
Emily couldn’t help but applaud. “Evidence? Of course I’ll give it, but not now!”Â
Meeting Emily’s confident gaze, Bianca felt inexplicably panicked.Â
Could she really have some evidence that Bianca didn’t know about?Â
But Bianca reminded herself not to panic.Â
Maybe Emily was just trying to trick her.Â
Just then, the host took the stage again and spoke, “Break time is over. Please return to your seats. The final judging results are in. Next,Â
we’ll announce the results.”Â
The host’s words interrupted the standoff between Bianca and Emily.Â
Although the onlookers felt a bit disappointed, they figured that after hearing the results announced, there might be more drama betweenÂ
the two.Â
So everyone obediently returned to their seats to hear the results.Â
Everyone’s attention was more focused and intense than ever.Â
Before Bianca left, Emily deliberately whispered in her ear, “Guess what? Using my work, can you still win the gold award in the finals?Â
I’m certain you can’t! Trash.”Â
Emily’s last word – it was unclear whether she was calling Bianca trash, or her work.Â
“You…”Â
Bianca was furious and wanted to curse, but the host’s gaze had already turned their way, seemingly reminding her to get in positionÂ
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quickly.Â
No matter how unwilling she was, she could only go back.Â
But she thought defiantly to herself when she won the championship later, wouldn’t that be the perfect way to humiliate Emily?Â
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