No one noticed the fleeting, ironic smile on Luo Lina's face.
Shen Qingqing looked at Fang Ruo. "Where did you see it?"
Before Fang Ruo could speak, Shen Yaoyao impatiently stepped out from the crowd. "This design draft is already a finished product. I bought the dress. You're plagiarizing."
The crowd was instantly filled with disgust towards Shen Qingqing.
"Plagiarizing in this competition, have you no shame?"
"Do you understand respect for everyone here? We all entered based on our own strength. You copied just to get first place, how shameless!"
"Kick her out! Someone like her shouldn't be competing with us!"
"Get out of the competition!"
Shen Yaoyao and Fang Ruo exchanged glances. The two who had detested each other the most were now the best partners. Shen Yaoyao seized the opportunity to fuel the fire. "Sister, you've disappointed me too much."
Fang Ruo said with great disappointment, "You are not worthy of being our family's daughter-in-law. From today onwards, I announce that you are no longer Jing Shu's fiancée. Your engagement is void."
Everyone was shocked, not expecting Shen Qingqing to have such a prominent background. But after the surprise, they felt a sense of satisfaction.
A woman like this deserved to be abandoned!
Under everyone's mocking gazes, Shen Qingqing calmly took out the original manuscript. On it was the design for "Pure White Love."
And in the bottom right corner, there was a unique logo.
"This logo is registered. You can check it." This was Shen Qingqing's confidence. With this logo, no one could impersonate her design.
Everyone's faces were filled with astonishment.
Luo Lina put her arm around Shen Qingqing's shoulder. "How could she possibly plagiarize? That's her design. As her best friend, I can vouch for her."
The expressions of the crowd became very complicated.
They finally understood why Luo Lina had been indifferent when she heard about plagiarism. It turned out she had known all along that the design was Shen Qingqing's.
Upon seeing the logo, Shen Yaoyao suddenly realized something, and the color drained from her face. "You played me."
The design draft was hers, and "Pure White Love" was also hers. Then the person who sold it to her...
Shen Qingqing let out a smile, and her words were enough to make someone die of anger. "I wouldn't call it playing you. It's just that you wanted to buy it, so I sold it. If you don't make money when it's available, you're a fool."
Shen Yaoyao's vision darkened, and she almost fainted. "How dare you? How could you?!"
Her resentment was something the crowd couldn't understand and paid no attention to.
With things reaching this point, everyone knew Shen Qingqing hadn't plagiarized, and her work was indeed much better than Lan's.
Just as Luo Lina was about to announce the first place, Shen Yaoyao, who had been ignored by everyone, couldn't stand it any longer and let out a piercing scream!
"Shen Qingqing, you slut, I won't let you off easily!"
She lunged forward to attack.
Her hair was messy, her expression ferocious, like a madwoman, scaring many people into retreating.
Shen Qingqing's expression turned cold. Just as she was about to teach her a lesson, she saw someone rushing over. She immediately took a step back, a strange smile appearing on her face.
"It seems I don't need to deal with you."
Shen Yaoyao had completely lost her reason. The thought of being toyed with made her want to kill Shen Qingqing immediately!
But her hand was grabbed by someone before she could touch Shen Qingqing.
She looked up and saw a large figure.
It was Ye Tianbao. His face was grim, and he gritted his teeth. "Stop this nonsense and get back inside!"
He hadn't wanted Shen Yaoyao to leave the house, worried she would embarrass herself. But today, by accident, she had slipped out. If not for a friend who happened to be watching the competition, he wouldn't have known Shen Yaoyao was out!
Shen Yaoyao flung his hand away, roaring like a madwoman. "I'm not going back! Why should I go back? This woman stole my fiancé, tricked me, and sold me..."
Before she could finish, Ye Tianbao slapped her across the face, knocking her head askew.
She covered her face, looking at him in disbelief.
Ye Tianbao was also furious. "I knew it! You slut, you still haven't forgotten Fu Jingshu! You became my woman but you're still not satisfied, still thinking about other men. You're promiscuous, a shameless slut!"
As she was berated, Shen Yaoyao slowly came back to her senses. Realizing what she had said, her face turned pale.
"No, it's not..."
But Ye Tianbao had suffered such a great humiliation; how could he let her go? He could even feel the strange, sarcastic, and pitying glances from the crowd.
He couldn't take it anymore and roared, "I'm breaking off our engagement! From today on, get out of the Ye family!"
I cannot cancel the engagement. Absolutely cannot!
Shen Yaoyao's body trembled. She grabbed his clothes, like a drowning person grasping at the last straw. "Tianbao, don't do this to me. I truly know I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong. Forgive me, just this once, I promise I'll never dare to do it again."
Tears streamed down her face as she cried miserably.
Unfortunately, the onlookers didn't feel pity for her, and neither did Ye Tianbao. He was disgusted and didn't want to look at her any longer. He coldly pulled her away, throwing her to the ground without regard for the child she was carrying, and turned to leave the embarrassing place in haste.
"Tianbao!"
Shen Yaoyao's heart-wrenching cry couldn't make him turn back.
Shen Qingqing walked up to her in her high heels and looked down at her. "Wow, you've been abandoned."
"Shen Qingqing!"
Shen Yaoyao's glare was filled with hatred, as if she wanted to pounce on her and bite her.
Shen Qingqing kindly reminded her, "If I were you, I'd go back and figure out how to get him to forgive you. Otherwise, without the engagement and being pregnant before marriage, how do you think our dear father will treat you?"
He'll throw her out like garbage!
Shen Yaoyao's face turned deathly pale. She stumbled to her feet and ran away.
Upon returning home, her first action was to seek help from her mother. Chen Xiang didn't know what had happened. After hearing the whole story, she was filled with disappointment.
"Didn't I tell you not to provoke her!"
"I know, I know I was wrong..." Shen Yaoyao cried miserably, her makeup smudged, making her look pathetic. "Mom, what should I do now?"
"Let me think, let me think..."
Chen Xiang began to think rapidly about how to salvage the engagement.
However, at this moment, the door was kicked open, and Shen Zhizhong entered furiously, roaring, "Shen Yaoyao, you've really made a name for yourself!"
Shen Yaoyao was confused. Did her father know about the competition?
"...Dad, what are you talking about?"
Chen Xiang instinctively tried to intervene. "Zhizhong, don't..."
Before she could finish, Shen Zhizhong shot her a fierce glare. He looked at Shen Yaoyao with utter disgust.
"You truly are my good daughter. Sending you abroad back then was to polish you, to make you more outstanding, not for you to shamelessly fool around with men!"