"What? Plagiarists get to participate in international competitions now?"
"What was the organizer thinking? Isn't this just smearing the competition? I suddenly feel like the quality of this contest has dropped a lot."
"I really wonder if her final piece is also plagiarized."
Suspicion grew louder, yet Chloe remained unfazed, wearing a calm smile, seemingly unaffected by the rumors.
Annarie despised Chloe the most. The competition between the two women, combined with her years of repression, made her increasingly intolerable of Chloe.
Seeing the current situation, she felt a surge of pleasure.
But all she saw was Chloe's calm face.
That faint smile, as if silently mocking others. And yet she always remained so composed, as if nothing could ever ruffle her feathers.
It was so... infuriating!
She had personally witnessed Chloe's tactics. There was hardly anything that could stump her in the company!
Women were naturally competitive. Because she recognized all of Chloe, she regarded her as the strongest and most hateful enemy in the world.
Biting her teeth, Annarie crossed her arms and sarcastically said, "Who knows how she got through the competition? Plagiarism is bad enough, but plagiarizing her own sister's work? They live together, see each other every day, doesn't she feel ashamed?"
In the face of some small-scale buzz in the venue, Chloe appeared to be still chatting casually with the judges.
Claudia curiously watched her calm demeanor, somewhat dazzled.
"They're all saying this about you, aren't you angry?"
Chloe shrugged nonchalantly, " can't control what they say. To me, I just think of it as watching a farce. Why should I be angry?"
Claudia didn't understand. Her words no longer held the usual tact, anxious to help Chloe analyze the situation urgently.
"But they're mocking you, I think to them, you might be a 'joke'?"
Chloe just smiled and shook her head, "How could I possibly be a 'joke'? Do you think I am?"
Claudia shook her head firmly, "Of course not."
"That woman's sister is Rosanna? They're sisters?"
"No wonder, I know Rosanna, she's quite famous! Isn't she known as the princess of the perfumer industry?"
"This woman actually stole her own sister's work! Wow..."
Allan, hearing people mentioning Chloe plagiarizing Rosanna's work, couldn't help but think of what had happened in the domestic selection competition before.
Noticing Keira's affected demeanor, he finally lost his patience, suddenly saying coldly, "What are you talking about? Do you have any evidence to prove that Chloe is the thief?!"
Seeing Allan stand up to talk, Keira immediately frowned, and thought, “This Allan, why does he trust that annoying Chloe so much?”
"Six years ago, her plagiarism was well known domestically, didn't she also not refute it then? If you don't believe it, ask anyone from the country, and see who hasn't heard of it!"
"I won't ask! Everything relies on capability, and without evidence, don't point fingers here! Don't let a few words manipulate you like a fool!"
Hearing Allan's words, Keira's face slightly changed, but she immediately put on a hurt expression, staring at Allan with a wronged and innocent face, "Mister Allan, I don't know what I did to make you prejudiced against me! You just hinted that they got so agitated because they were manipulated by me! And you think that, six years ago, it was me who plagiarized her, right? So Allan, do you have any evidence to prove that I am the plagiarist?"
Keira's face looked as if she was about to cry. Her eyes were red and her complexion was pale, she looked like a person who had been greatly wronged.
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