CHAPTER 535 ALLEGED PLAGIARISM

Chapter 535 Alleged Plagiarism

Mollie spoke coldly, "Those young people sitting on the stage, they are not qualified to question you,

but we old folks have that right, don't we?"

Leah's face suddenly stiffened.

She clenched her fists and looked at the biased perfumers on the stage who favored Selena, feeling is the owner.

extreme hatred in her heart.

Leah took a deep breath, suppressed her resentment, and her expression became humiliated and

aggrieved. "Mollie and all the seniors have misunderstood me. I did not mean to disrespect anyone. I

just spoke recklessly..."

Mollie snorted coldly, making no effort to conceal her dislike for Leah, and stared at her with sharp

eyes.

"In the history of the perfume competition, such a situation has never occurred before."

"An excellent perfumer who can't even grasp the theme of the perfume she created, makes us doubt

her!"

"Miss Leah, if you do not give a reasonable explanation in public today, our perfume association will

certainly revoke your second place honor!"

Leah's face twitched violently.

These damn old folks!

They didn't give her the champion, and now they don't even want to give her the second place!

But her expression became even more gentle and pitiful.

"My fiancé can testify that I developed this perfume three years ago, and he gave me a lot of advice at

that time..."

"Just because everyone's understanding of my perfume concept is different from mine, can you accuse

me as a creator?"

"The perfume 'fleeting time' was created by me, and the name, materials, inspiration, ideas, and

expression of emotions are all my personal freedom."

"Just because Selena said something, everyone suspects me, interrogates me, and wants to take back

my trophy... Is that fair to me?"

Leah stared at Selena with red eyes and a sad and angry tone. "Selena, if you don't want me to win

this award, you can directly use your the Riddle family's prestige to threaten the perfume association

not to give me second place... Why do you have to go this far and deliberately target me?"

In the end, she seemed unable to bear it anymore, with tears in her eyes.

It sounded as if Selena decided who would be the champion and the second place in the perfume

competition...

Selena looked at Leah's expression, which seemed to be full of great humiliation and grievances, and

her eyes were somewhat admiring.

She really didn't understand this type of woman like Leah.

He is obviously a despicable thief, yet he can still put on such a pitiful victim expression in front of the

main character...

Even though her reputation has reached such a low point, she can still manipulate so many people to

speak for her with just a few words. Her brainwashing skills are truly impressive.

She smiled lazily and said, "Believe me, if I deliberately targeted you, your fate right now would be

even worse than Mrs. Riddle's."

When Leah heard Selena mention Mrs. Riddle being in prison, her hatred grew stronger, and tears fell

fiercely and anxiously.

As many perfumers present heard Leah's tearful defense, their faces turned white.

They were a group of people who loved perfume making the most in H Country.

Therefore, they knew better than anyone else how absurd it was for a truly outstanding perfumer to

misinterpret the theme of their own work.

For them, perfume was like many carefully nurtured children they had created. They couldn't tolerate

even the slightest flaw, let alone a wrong concept.

The original inspiration for all perfumes came from a sudden enlightenment, whether it was beauty,

darkness, or warmth... Without inspiration and concept, there could be no physical manifestation.

They had only heard of people stealing perfumes, but never of anyone stealing someone else's

inspiration and concept.

When they thought of Selena's experiences three years ago, most perfumers present could guess what

had happened.

Originally, when they looked at Leah, there was a hint of shared disdain in their eyes. But when they

saw her look of being wronged, they were even more disgusted.

Some perfumers with a short temper almost couldn't help but curse on the spot.

However, not everyone could empathize with them. Most of the audience, upon hearing Leah's words,

looked at each other in confusion and began to whisper.

"Leah does have a point. She's an international runner-up, after all..."

"Because of different concepts, they revoked her runner-up trophy. It is indeed unfair to Leah.

Regardless of her character, this reason is too weak..."

"Leah's character is beyond reproach, but regarding this matter, the inspiration and concept behind

perfume are elusive things that only perfumers can see. Using this as a reason to revoke her runner-up

trophy is hard to justify to the public..."

Dominic watched Leah on stage, being criticized by thousands of people, and remembered Mr.

Walson's instructions. He immediately walked up and hugged her, his expression angry.

Leah's extraordinary talent in perfumery is widely known, and she won second place internationally at

the age of 16. No one else in the room has achieved such an honor!

"She is the best, and now you are only trying to deny her years of excellence and honor because of a

difference in ideology. This is unfair to her!"

Upon hearing Dominic's words, everyone in the perfumery industry burst into laughter in anger.

At that moment, the people sitting next to Selena suddenly understood how Selena felt about not

wanting to hear Dominic speak.

These two despicable people, one a bitch and the other an idiot, really make people sick!

"Are we jealous of Leah?" The most hot-tempered perfumer sneered, "Who knows what kind of rotten

mud and stinky shrimp lies beneath Leah's surface. Maybe she doesn't even deserve to stand with us.

Why should we be jealous of her?"

Alice directly cursed, "Jealous of her? Jealous of her shamelessness?"

Leah's face twisted for a moment upon hearing those insults.

"You--"

Dominic was extremely angry, but also mindful of the occasion, and could not say anything more

undignified. His gaze turned to Selena, who was propping her chin up and seemed to be laughing at

the situation.

"Selena, I know you hate me and Leah, and you're afraid that Leah will compete with you for rankings

in international competitions... I understand all of that!"

Under Selena's dumbfounded gaze, Dominic clenched his fists and said in a deliberate tone, "But you

use your popularity to openly exclude Leah with the rest of the perfumery industry. Don't you feel

ashamed of such behavior?"

Selena stared at Leah, who was hiding behind Dominic, with a resentful look and sneered, "You don't

even feel ashamed about the alleged plagiarism you committed. I won my championship based on my

own ability. Why should I feel ashamed?"