As soon as the news was announced, the whole internet instantly blew up.
Even Twitter’s server that was usually stable kept crashing.
A few netizens began to comment on the situation. ‘Oh, my god. Quit for personal reasons? How could it be so coincidental?’
‘I know, right? Sweet Tune is going in the afternoon, and Janet suddenly said that she’s quitting the competition. It’s too much of a coincidence!’
‘Tsk, tsk. She’s definitely guilty—so much so that she doesn’t even have the guts to show her face now. She must be afraid that she’ll be shredded to nothing!’
‘I mean, that song is clearly Sweet Tune’s. Now, Sweet Tune wants to personally go to the scene to reclaim it, but Janet felt guilty so she withdrew from the competition. Ha!’
‘I feel bad for Sweet Tune!’
‘I think the one that we should pity is Emily. After all, although her song was also similar, at least she doesn’t feel guilty and she didn’t withdraw, which only proves that she didn’t plagiarize the composition! But, she was shown up by Janet on stage during the preliminary round. Oh, that poor thing.’
‘I completely agree!’
There were those who denigrated Janet, but there were some who came out to support her.
‘I don’t believe it. Didn’t everyone say that Janet plagiarized Rose’s novel last time? And wasn’t it proven that Rose is Janet? Maybe, Sweet Tune is also Janet.’
‘That’s right. Janet has so many identities. It won’t be surprising for her to also be Sweet Tune!’
‘Exactly. Those who denigrate Janet better watch what they say. Watch out for her attorney’s letter!’
‘Pfft! The fans are as shameless as her! If Janet is Sweet Tune, she would have stepped up to declare it!’
‘Precisely. If Janet is Sweet Tune, she wouldn’t need to go to the competition, and she wouldn’t have quit so suddenly!’
‘Yes! There’s no such coincidence. Clearly, she feels guilty!’
‘I agree. Unless it’s proven that Janet really can’t make it because of personal reasons, we won’t believe it!’
Meanwhile, when Emily, who was in her room, learned that Janet couldn’t participate in the competition due to personal reasons, she felt immeasurable joy.
Since yesterday, her mood had been fluctuating with Janet’s actions, but now, she could finally set down the huge stone weighing down on her heart.
Now, even God was helping her!
Hazel was adept at receiving gossip like this, so it went without saying that she knew about this new information.
She hurried to Emily’s room and exclaimed excitedly, “Emily, the plagiarizing freak has finally quit!”
Delighted as well, Emily nodded. “Yeah! She felt so guilty that she had to quit the competition!”
Hazel smiled contentedly. “Now, the championship can finally be awarded to the people who participated in this competition fair and square.”
She had to thank her brother for this favor!
Amidst Emily’s jubilance, she suddenly remembered something and cautiously asked, “Hazel, since that plagiarizing freak has withdrawn, why don’t you ask Sweet Tune not to come too?” If Sweet Tune showed up, how was she supposed to play Sweet Tune’s song in the second round of the competition?
Hazel was unperturbed. “It’s fine. Maybe Sweet Tune can give us a couple of pointers when she comes.”
