Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism novel Chapter 85

Every word from Violeta pierced Zelena's heart.

Zelena had spent a significant amount of money, hoping to become the campus belle of Toland University.

However, instead of becoming the campus belle, she had become a laughingstock!

She had wasted thousands of dollars for nothing.

She was speechless and unable to express her bitterness.

Not only was she unable to speak, but she also had to continue pretending to be ignorant and innocent.

"I genuinely didn't know. I'm sorry, Senior. I unintentionally disrupted the fairness of the competition, but I truly didn't know about this matter."

"I don't lack these thousands of dollars, but couldn't I have used them to treat my friends to a lavish meal? Why would I go and manipulate the votes? I would never knowingly commit such an act. Please believe me."

The senior had underestimated Zelena's shamelessness. She thought that presenting the evidence would be enough to prove her guilt.

But she hadn't expected Zelena to twist the truth and come up with a different explanation.

Now she couldn't deny the possibility that malicious vote manipulation had occurred, leading to Zelena's disqualification.

Members of the dance club below shouted.

"Now that it's been investigated, it's the perfect opportunity to clear Lena's name."

"Yes, Lena is not the type of person to do such things."

"Just earlier, she was so kind-hearted and even took the blame for Casey. She would never do something like this."

"I bet someone secretly manipulated the votes to harm her! I won't say who."

The senior was left speechless.

She looked at Violeta.

After exchanging glances, the senior could only say, "Alright. Since that's the case, we will reset all the votes that were manipulated backstage. Zelena, do you have any objections?"

All the manipulated votes would be reset, and the IP address of the computer used for vote manipulation would be blocked.

Zelena's thousands of dollars went down the drain.

If she had known earlier, she might not have manipulated the votes in the first place!

It was all for nothing!

Zelena couldn't find any joy in this situation, but not being disqualified from the competition was already the best outcome.

She forced a smile and said, "Okay, thank you, Senior. Thank you all for speaking up for me."

With the two farces coming to an end, everyone could finally disperse.

After Zelena's manipulated votes were reset, she instantly dropped from first place to seventh.

Although she didn't fall out of the top ten, the gap between her and Violeta was too wide. She was left far behind!

…

The two farces had finally come to an end.

Violeta stepped down from the stage and was surrounded by the members of the tennis club.

It was a double joy!

Violeta had not only won first place in the Moon Festival on behalf of the tennis club but was also firmly in first place for the second round of the campus belle competition.

Everyone knew that once you secured first place in the second round, your ranking in the third round was almost guaranteed.

Moreover, Violeta had performed a ballet dance tonight. With so many people in the audience, they were not fools. It was certain that Violeta's votes would skyrocket again once they returned home.

Who would dare to compete with her for the top spot in the campus belle competition?

"Vio, you're amazing!"

"The members of the dance club were arrogant before. Now that Zelena's manipulated votes have been reset, let's see if they're still proud!"

They were talking when Kaylee suddenly felt a bump on her arm.

Kaylee turned her head to look and saw Lucy walking towards them with a few members of the dance club.