With her slender fingers on the white piano, Janet’s arms moved swiftly with the song. Her eyes were relaxed under the silver mask as if she and the music had become one.
Henry was sitting in the VVVIP zone where he had a clear view of the whole stage. He was close to drooling. “I’m sure Sweet Tune has a pair of long legs under that dress of hers.” Wiping off the drool on his face, his gaze shifted to a stoic Mason beside him. “I bet they’re even nicer than Janet’s.”
Mason’s eyes sharpened as he shot a sidelong glance at Henry, warning him off with a dark and threatening gaze. Upon seeing this, Henry wiped off his sweat stiffly and brought his attention back to the stage.
Meanwhile, the audience did not take their eyes off of the four people on stage. They listened to Sweet Tune Guru play the piano as they admired her appearance. Gradually, the song’s pace quickened. If the former part was like a river, then the latter part was like a galloping steed.
At the corner of the VVVIP zone, Roxy’s eyes widened when he heard Janet’s song. The gaze he had only spelled shock. Fantastic! I must say, Master’s sense of rhythm is only getting better! He suddenly had a desire to stay and study in Sandfort City.
The contrast between the start and end of the song kept the audience’s hearts in their throats as if they would leap out any moment now. After the first part of the song, everyone was clapping and cheering.
“That was so good! Ah! My ears just got knocked up.”
“Oh, man. I can die with no regrets now. I love ‘Heaven on Earth’!”
“From now on, I’m going to be Sweet Tune Guru’s diehard fan!”
“I will be her number one fan!”
“Ah. My idol Walter Lynn is so handsome!”
“Gordon Yaleman, I want to give you the world!”
While the crowd was cheering, the song was also about to reach its climax. Suddenly, a frightening sight was displayed on the screen on stage. It showed the back of a young lady. Because she was wearing a cap and thick clothes, it was impossible to tell who she was.
Coincidentally, she was also playing ‘Heaven on Earth’ on the piano. The more crucial bit, though, was that the video was taken a few days before Sweet Tune Guru recorded the music video for ‘Heaven on Earth’. That meant that Sweet Tune Guru was not the first person to perform this song. Because of regulations within the industry, the original video with an unrecorded song was not allowed to be released to the public. Everyone was well aware of that.
At that moment, the idea of plagiarism crossed everyone’s minds. An uproar broke out below the stage.
“What’s happening?”
“Does that mean this isn’t Sweet Tune Guru’s original song?”
“Sweet Tune Guru was a fraud all along!”
The sudden accusations made the people around them lose their rationality and it stirred up some angry yelling.
“Get down from there!”
“I want a refund! I don’t want to listen to this fraud!”
“No wonder she keeps that mask on all the time. This is who she really is!”
“F*ck! You swindler! Give me my money back!”
“One ticket costs several hundred thousand! Was it all wasted on people like you?”
Several people who got worked up even started flinging water bottles onto the stage. Janet was already distracted by the chatter in the crowd when she reached the climax of the song. Under the mask, she tore her eyes away from the piano and looked over at the screen. Her eyes widened and an icy chill grew in them. Was this what Jessie warned me to be careful about?
Glaring at the screen, a sense of danger and foreboding escaped through her charismatic eyes. When she saw the date the video was recorded on, it just so happened to be the day Jessie made a huge fuss in the practice room. It meant that Jessie had secretly taken this video of her practicing through the small crack in the door. The purpose of displaying it on stage now was to show everyone that Sweet Tune Guru was a fraud.
