“Didn’t Janet hear the piece that Emily played? What is there to doubt about it receiving a perfect score?
“Get off the stage! You’re an eyesore!” Right at that moment, the audience below the stage and those who watched the live stream jeered at Janet. They were quite upset with her brazen attitude.
However, Janet maintained her calm composure. Standing tall in the middle of the stage, she casually stated, “Since all the judges have refused to give their comments, then I’ll direct this question to the audience—does a plagiarized composition deserve a perfect score?”
As soon as she said that, the room went silent to the point where one could even hear a pin drop. However, it was soon followed by an uproar amongst the audience. It was beyond comprehension as no one expected to hear those words that she just uttered. Wasn’t she the one who plagiarized? How on earth does she have the guts to accuse Emily of being a plagiarizer?
As such, the emotions of the audience were hard to control. A few of them yelled in fury, “How dare you! You were the one who plagiarized!”
“Exactly! How dare you accuse Emily! Don’t you feel bad treating her this way?”
“Emily’s far more superior at playing the piano. That must be why you’re jealous of her!”
“How dare you accuse Emily! To think that she stood up for you earlier!”
The rage of the audience in attendance was increasing and it was closing to breaking point. At the same time, the people watching the live stream were equally enraged.
‘Janet’s so shameless! How dare she appear on stage!’
‘D*mn! I can’t stand seeing her face!’
‘She’s the one that plagiarized, but now she is falsely accusing Emily!’
‘Poor Emily!’
‘Poor Emily!’
‘Poor Emily!’
Meanwhile, the chat group on the live broadcast repeatedly pinged. Everyone was heavily criticizing Janet, but full of sympathy for Emily.
Emily was brazenly emboldened by the support of the audience. As such, she appeared fearless in front of Janet. With a slight smirk and a false air of politeness, Emily proclaimed, “Miss Jackson, I’m sorry, but I have no idea what you’re talking about! I have no idea of what’s going on!”
Janet arched her brows as she looked on with a sinister smile on her face. “I guess you’ll realize it soon enough!”
Upon hearing her words, most of the audience in attendance frowned in response.
“What’s Janet planning to do?”
At the same time, Emily could not help but to furrow her brows. She looked completely baffled. Despite being puzzled, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a pendrive in Janet’s other hand. A flash drive? Why is Janet holding onto a flash drive?
As everyone was trying to figure out what was going on, the screen onstage suddenly flickered and brightened. What greeted the audience next was a recording of the tune to Emily’s first piece of composition. It was evident from the projection screen that the tune to her first piece was identical to that of another unknown composition. Both tunes could be superimposed onto each other and it would be perfectly in sync.
All of a sudden, Emily’s face froze. How could it be? How is that possible? How did Janet manage to discover the tune to Sweet Tune Guru’s musical piece? It was from such a long time ago and isn’t it practically discontinued?
