That was Natalie’s real intention. She actually found out for a long time that it wasn’t Jasmine’s design. Therefore, she purposely asked her to describe her design concept. She wanted to forced Jasmine to admit her plagiarism. However, she would definitely not do as Natalie’s wish.
Just as Jasmine was stuck in a difficult position, she saw Liam walking in with a microphone out of the corner of her eye. She was delighted and relieved. She snorted in a voice filled with arrogance, “Fine! The core idea of my design…”
“Alright, looks like everyone is here.” Mr. Walford interrupted Jasmine when she was just about to talk. “Since all of you are here already, I declare the official start of our competition. Now, let’s welcome the person who will be setting the challenges for this round.”
The crowd immediately burst into applause.
Jasmine’s heart was filled with the joy of success, yet she put up a regretful look on her face. She applauded and let out a sigh at the same time. “Unfortunately, looks like it’s such a bad timing.”
Natalie put her hands down and sneered. “It’s ok. You have nothing to tell us anyway. Besides, let me tell you one thing. You can run, but you can’t hide. Sooner or later, you will be caught plagiarizing. It’s just the matter of time.”
Jasmine froze up for a second but she composed herself quickly. She twitched her lips in disdain and lowered her voice, “Do you have any evidence of me plagiarizing?”
She had put so much effort to finally found those designs. There was no archive nor any records on the internet.
Hence, she didn’t even care if Natalie found out that she had been plagiarizing all this while. She didn’t believe that Natalie could actually find the evidence.
Jasmine became self-complacent and smiled smugly. Natalie could easily tell what was on her mind just by looking at her face. She didn’t bother to care about her and turned her face back.
However, in Jasmine’s opinion, she had interpreted Natalie’s reaction in the other way round.
She thought that her assumption was right. Natalie definitely tried to find some evidence the previous night but to no avail. Else, she wouldn’t stayed silent like that.
In that case, she didn’t even have to worry much.
Jasmine couldn’t help but felt relieved and amused at that thought.
Finally, the competition began. The rules of competition were same as the previous day. Two of the best blueprints would be selected to enter the final round.
The semifinal round was quite challenging. The theme was futurism. Designers had to create a futuristic style of clothing.
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