Chapter 87 - Prove It (1/2)
”That's not fair!” Karen's voice made everyone turn towards her, followed by silence filling the room. Professor Luo Xia asked as he could hardly contain his excitement, ”in what ways was it unfair?”
”That..That is.. she didn't even go through any art related experiences! She should be disqualified!” Karen started raising her arm up and down while repeating the word, disqualify, to lead people to join her. Unfortunately, nobody voiced with her and she looked even more embarrassing than earlier when she got ignored by Chen Mu.
Susu stepped out of the crowd and leaned lazily on one of the steady tables, ”Indeed, I do not have a prestigious art school background and I didn't apply for this annual event.”
”Aha! See? She admitted it, herself!” Karen pointed at Susu and acted full of herself.
”But... I have several years of graphic designing experience through self taught methods. My online portfolio had been widely recognized by many companies from overseas, our current country, and along with many other places that even if I named them, you wouldn't know of. Also, I didn't plan on attending this event, but was invited by an old acquaintance to it. This is the invitation card signed and permitted by the CEO of Huang Corps.”
Susu waved the invitation card a few times before projecting it on the designer board using the projector that was provided by Huang Corps for each designer's convenience when they presented their products. Everyone nodded and some searched for her name to look at her art portfolio.
Karen gritted her teeth, ”You're lying! You had somebody design for you! You have no proof for that design! For the many years that we've lived together, you've never once created any works. You must have cheated! You just wanted to take this first place away from me!” Karen's chest heaved up and down as she breathed inconsistently. Her pulse was spiking high as she faced the many pairs of eyes from the audience.
Susu smiled, ”Ah, indeed. You've never seen any of my designs, so it doesn't exist. Just like how I never saw any bit of your so-called beauty, so it doesn't exist as well. On the bright side, I do not have any words of wisdom nor did I prepare a motivational speech for people to hear me talk; I only have evidence that'll stain your name and follow you for the rest of your life from here and onwards.”
”W..What do you mean?” Karen stuttered as she tried to avert her gaze from Susu's intense glare.
”Didn't you just say that I was lying and that I hired somebody to do my works? Then how about we have a nice showdown in front of everyone today? I can prove that the product that I've presented today along with the rose set that you've claimed to be your design like twenty minutes ago, all belong to me. I am the original designer of it.”
The murmurs amongst the crowd heightened after hearing Susu's declaration. One of the judges interrupted, ”What?”
Professor Luo Xia took one of the microphones from the table and handed it to Susu.
After obtaining the microphone, Susu turned towards the crowd and said, ”For those who thought that you've heard wrong or those who couldn't hear me just now, I will repeat what I just said. I, Yin, Susu, can prove that my design for tonight is my own as well as this beautiful rose set that Yin, Karen had claimed to be her own.”
The contestants and judges let out a loud gasp at the same time while Karen refuted all accusations. She almost lost her balance when Susu said that she could prove that the design was all hers. ”Faker! You're just jealous that I could design something as beautiful as this!”