Love After Leaving: No Regret (Agnes and Raymond) novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43 Plagiarism

Hillary received 1,000 votes and five judges‘ votes.

Chloe received 2,000 votes and zero judge votes.

This dramatic reversal sent the livestream audience intò a frenzy.

[Whoa! Th–this… How are the results completely different from earlier?!]

[Anyway, I didn’t want to vote for Ms. Young’s design. She’s way too arrogant.]

[What “voting machine malfunction“? This is obviously rigged!!!]

[Ms. Aurora’s design is the true winner! We almost lost such a talented designer. How outrageous!]

[People online are seriously something else. That’s awesome!]

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[Hey, is that person who promised to do a handstand and eat poop still here? Come out and perform!]

[Tsk, tsk, typical rich people behavior. Ms. Young must have paid to buy votes. So shameless!]

[Bad publicity is still publicity. Y&N gained a ton of attention this time. Ms. Young should hurry back and start livestreaming sales. She’d better bring her rich boyfriend along. Stream more–we love watching.]

Hillary looked at the massive drop in her votes. She was truly panicking this time. Not only had she lost the championship, but she also had lost her pride.

Standing on stage, she shouted, “That’s impossible! You must have faked the results! The first vote was the real one! Was it her?!”

Hillary pointed directly at Agnes as she continued shouting, “Was it she who bribed all of you?! I demand another vote too!”

With Hillary crying, shouting, and making a scene, the organizers conducted another round of voting. But the results were almost identical to the second round.

This time, she was completely out of options, yet she still refused to give up. She turned her attention to the judges.

One of the judges, last year’s champion, Lucy Ludwig, pulled Hillary aside and whispered, “Ms. Young, those vote numbers probably can’t be changed now.

“I didn’t expect things to turn out like this either.

“I suspect those people online were hired by Aurora as internet trolls, deliberately stirring up trouble in the livestream.

“She just wants to win the championship and push you out.”

Hillary said angrily, “That’s disgusting! I was clearly in first place! I’m going to report her!”

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Chapter 43–Plagiarism

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Lucy smiled slightly. “Don’t worry, Ms. Young. She doesn’t even have the qualifications to stand on that stage.”

“What do you mean?

“Her design is plagiarized!”

Hillary froze in shock, staring at Lucy in complete disbelief. “What?! Really? Are

you sure?”

Lucy replied, “Just now, when she introduced her embroidered dress, Brocade Bloom, I felt it looked familiar.

“So I carefully examined the craftsmanship—especially the lily embroidery.

“Whether it’s the pattern, the shape, or the stitching technique, it’identical to the work of a renowned embroiderer in our industry named Ms. Daisy. She copied Ms. Daisy’s lily design.”

Within seconds, Hillary’s shock turned into delight.

Haha! God is really on my side! Looks like this year’s championship still might not be decided just yet!

“Lucy, are you sure?” Hillary asked again.

Lucy replied, “I can’t say 100%, but I’m 99% certain.”

Hillary sneered. “Someone like her actually made it into the top ten and even dared to compete with me for first place.

“She’s got some nerve. Oh, she wants fame, huh? I’ll make sure she becomes famous!”

Just as the host was preparing to announce the final voting results, Hillary strode onto the stage and snatched the microphone from her hand.

Facing the audience with a smile, she said, “Hello, everyone. I’m Hillary, CEO and chief designer of Y&N. This year’s competition has certainly been full of twists and unexpected turns.

“First of all, I fully respect everyone’s votes. There’s no disagreement there.

“Thank you to the judges and all the lovely supporters who voted for Nocturne White Rose. Love you all!

“I just want to say that a truly good design is the result of continuous innovation, countless hours of effort, and dedicated research by the designer.

“But some people only care about winning rankings and gaining glory just to satisfy their vanity.

“They casually take someone else’s excellent work and pass it off as their own. Getting something for nothing is shameless, pathetic, and laughable. It’s also deeply unfair to others!

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