Chapter 2314: Twins
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
After Qiao Jierou and Lin Heng walked around, they still didn’t see Qiao Weiyang. They couldn’t help but find it a little strange. “Don’t tell me Sister won’t even come to the banquet dinner?”
“I don’t think so.” Lin Heng glanced outside the door.
Qiao Weiyang was still nowhere to be seen, but he saw Roman.
He saw Roman holding the arm of a foreign man and talking intimately. He frowned slightly, but he remembered that Roman did not have a boyfriend. It was not a big deal to make friends here.
Lin Heng quickly retracted his gaze.
On the other hand, Qiao Jierou looked in Roman’s direction again.
“Weiyang should be coming soon,” Lin Heng said. “Let’s go to the side and sit.”
Roman kept whispering something to the man next to her.
The man shrugged and said, “Got it.”
The man’s name was Frank. He was also a partic.i.p.ant in this compet.i.tion. He was a native of this country but knew S Country’s language as he had traveled to many countries. He was very prestigious among all the partic.i.p.ants.
Someone immediately walked over to greet him and chat with him.
It was unknown what they were talking about, but Frank suddenly said, “No matter who wins the champions.h.i.+p in this compet.i.tion, we can’t let someone with a history of plagiarism partic.i.p.ate!”
He spoke in German. Some people didn’t understand, but most of the guests at the event location were Germans. The staff, reporters, and so on were mainly Germans. After he said this, many people immediately surrounded him.
“Who has a history of plagiarism?” “Is it a contestant from the preliminary round?”
“Which country are they from?”
Frank took out his phone and said, “It’s this Qiao Weiyang from S Country. She plagiarized a dress designed by Qiao Jierou previously. At that time, she was scolded very badly on the internet. Now, she’s here to show off!”
Everyone looked at his phone.
The content he pulled out was the evening gown designed by Qiao Jierou for the chief editor of Feng Shang last time. Qiao Weiyang had given Sheng Lan the same dress.
However, because Sheng Lan was overseas at that time, Qiao Jierou had specially hired a few marketing accounts. Zhang Sihan’s photos were exquisite, elegant, and beautiful. In comparison, Sheng Lan’s clothes looked a little tragic. Not only were they tragic, but Sheng Lan’s face was also deformed.
At that time, it was also because of this that Qiao Weiyang was scolded badly by anti-fans and the general public. Even Sheng Lan was scolded. It was only after she returned to the country that she turned the tables.
Now, Frank was showing a photo of the dress Qiao Weiyang designed for Sheng
Lan before they turned the tables. Naturally, Zhang Sihan’s dress looked more elegant and stylish.
“Oh, so the person who designed this beautiful dress is Qiao Jierou! Isn’t Qiao Jierou the one who just came in and is standing over there?”
“Qiao Jierou is beautiful and generous. Her design is very ingenious, but she was plagiarized. It’s really unfair!”
It was easy for people to have preconceived notions. When Qiao Jierou came over just now, she gave everyone a very good impression. She was very natural and unrestrained. Once everyone’s initial impression was fixed, it wouldn’t change so easily.
Besides, the photo of Zhang Sihan’s evening gown was indeed stunning. Many contestants were secretly impressed when they saw the color and tailoring. They felt that they could not reproduce such a gown, so they admired Qiao Jierou’s talent even more.
When they heard that someone had plagiarized her work, they could not help but feel indignant and wanted to seek justice for her.
“Who’s Qiao Weiyang?”
“That’s right. Where is she? Call her out for us to see!”
“We should stand up for Qiao Jierou and seek justice for her!”
Frank sent the photo to many people at the event location and said, “I think we should collectively ask the committee to withdraw this contestant from the compet.i.tion! Her partic.i.p.ation is not only unfair to Qiao Jierou but also all of us.”
He was full of righteousness, and the others echoed him.
“I think it makes sense. Partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion with such a person is an insult to us.”
“The compet.i.tion shouldn’t be shamed and criticized because of the existence of such a person. The organizing committee might not know the details of the truth, but for people like us who know the truth, we might be Qiao Weiyang’s next target if we still don’t voice out. The designers who may be criticized in the future could also be you and me!”
“Let’s elect Frank to handle this!”
Qiao Jierou heard the commotion and glanced at Roman again. Roman smiled at her, indicating that everything was going well.
Qiao Jierou and Roman did not understand German, but when they saw the indignant expressions of the group of people, they could imagine how agitated the crowd was and how much they hated Qiao Weiyang.
Qiao Weiyang did not understand German either. In this unfamiliar place, once many local contestants boycotted her, the organizers might quickly punish her.
Even if she brought an interpreter, this kind of thing was very difficult to explain in a few words. It seemed that Qiao Weiyang’s issue had blown up.
Qiao Jierou wanted to make use of this time difference and quickly settle the matter. The best outcome would be for Qiao Weiyang to be banned from the compet.i.tion. Even if that did not happen, Qiao Weiyang would at least be investigated and she would not be able to partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion during the Investigation. she would nave wasted an opportunity.
Lin Heng kept looking over and said, “I wonder what happened over there.”
“From the looks of it, they must be discussing something. People from their country like to speak so loudly. Everyone might be used to it,” Qiao Jierou said. “It’s not a big problem. Why don’t I contact our interpreter and ask him to come over in advance? We’ll talk about it when he comes over.’
To be safe, Lin Heng hired an interpreter. However, most of the time, Lin Heng could rely on his English, so his need for an interpreter was not that strong.
Now that he saw that something had happened, Lin Heng felt that it was beneficial to have an interpreter.
Qiao Jierou immediately contacted the interpreter, but she did not ask him to come over immediately. Instead, she asked him to come over a little later.
If their conversation was interpreted, wouldn’t Lin Heng speak up for Qiao Weiyang?
In the hotel, Qiao Weiyang tidied up, picked up her bag, and looked in the mirror. After confirming that there was no problem, she left.
Tao Huan followed beside her and glanced out of her window. She saw that outside the room was an empty lawn. There were buildings in the distance, and the view was very wide. When she looked up, she could see the dazzling starry sky outside. She could not help but sigh. “It’s a pity that I have work tonight. Otherwise, it would be great to sit here and look at the starry sky outside..”