Chapter 982: Chapter 982

Georgina looked at her sister with a face full of fear.

Although they had betrayed Shen Jiayi, they only thought the consequence would be Shen Jiayi losing her championship position.

They absolutely never intended to harm Shen Jiayi’s life.

Because after so much interaction, Shen Jiayi had been truly, truly kind to both of them.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t feel this guilty.

But now it’s no longer just a matter of guilt; if Shen Jiayi were to really die because of this…

The two in front could no longer bear to think further, and Georgina immediately grabbed Qiao Dongna’s hand.

“Sis, we can’t just leave like this.”

“We have to go back!”

Qiao Dongna also nodded, but as she watched Georgina turn to leave, she quickly reminded:

“Don’t leave, quickly pull up your pants first, do you want to run out naked?!”

Georgina blushed, hurriedly pulled up her pants, and then remembered that Zhang Yang had just seen them both fully exposed.

However, thinking of Zhang Yang’s terrifying look earlier, both of them felt a shiver run down their spines.

“Sis, do you think if Shen Jiayi really dies because of us, would that Zhang Yang guy kill us?” Georgina asked with lingering fear.

Qiao Dongna let out a bitter laugh, “Stop talking about it. No matter what, whether for ourselves or for Shen Jiayi, this time we’ve really messed up. We need to hurry back and admit our mistake to Shen Jiayi.”

“At least we can’t let Shen Jiayi have a heart attack again.”

On the other side, Zhang Yang quickly ran back to the venue, originally wanting to inform Shen Jiayi of the situation in advance, so that she could at least be prepared and not be caught off guard.

But unexpectedly, he was still a step too late, and the semi-final’s championship work had already been announced.

It was precisely Shen Jiayi’s work.

Yet the name on it was that of Qiao Dongna and Georgina, the two sisters.

Shen Jiayi stood there dumbfounded, her chest heaving constantly.

Beside her, Shen Mange also seemed at a loss, continuously comforting Shen Jiayi by whispering.

Assuring her that something must have gone wrong somewhere.

Liang Yanyun guarded Shen Mange and Shen Jiayi, this incident came too suddenly, and Liang Yanyun knew someone must have been scheming in the dark.

Zhang Yang wasn’t here, so she could only guard these sisters herself.

At this moment, Shen Jiayi suddenly shouted loudly, “That is my work.”

The shout made the entire audience go silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Then followed by whispers, as such art competitions do occasionally have some plagiarism cases.

But usually, these matters are hard to clarify, complex and tangled.

It’s really hard to say who plagiarized or stole whose work and some even like to play the blame game.

As Zhang Yang saw Shen Jiayi ask this question, his heart skipped a beat.

He knew the organizers must have been prepared and were targeting Shen Jiayi.

So he hurriedly rushed over and shouted with all his might, “We will get to the bottom of this, now everyone shut your mouths.”

Upon hearing Zhang Yang’s voice, Shen Jiayi immediately turned her head to look at him.

Tears welling up in her eyes instantly broke free.

“Brother Zhang Yang, that is my work, right?”

Zhang Yang walked over quickly and embraced Shen Jiayi, “Yes, I know. Don’t get agitated, I will handle this matter properly.”

However, the host on stage disregarded Zhang Yang’s warning and shouted loudly into the microphone, “I’ve never seen anyone so shameless, this work belongs to Qiao Dongna and Georgina.”

“I heard you guys are friends. How can you say this at such a time?”

“Young girl, you should know what shame is.”

The audience began to loudly jeer as well.

“I’ve seen it all now; daring to be so brazen in an international competition, if you’re not capable, don’t compete and embarrass yourself.”

These hecklers must have been arranged beforehand, and Zhang Yang’s face darkened terrifyingly.

But now, with so many people, he couldn’t possibly pull out all those scattered in the crowd, so he could only cover Shen Jiayi’s ears.

“Don’t listen, don’t listen to the nonsense of the wicked, there are bad people among the crowd.”

Yet the host continued on the microphone, “Please believe in our organizers’ authoritative certification, this work is indeed Qiao Dongna and Georgina’s, submitted by these genius sisters themselves.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiayi’s face turned pale as snow.

The work was indeed submitted by Qiao Dongna and Georgina for her, and in that moment, Shen Jiayi confirmed she had truly been betrayed, betrayed by the two friends she considered the best.

“Zhang Yang… Brother… I feel so bad, my chest hurts, it hurts so much…”

Zhang Yang’s expression changed drastically, and he hoisted Shen Jiayi up, dashing outside.

If they stayed here longer, those piercing voices would completely engulf Shen Jiayi.

“Security, stop them, this matter must be clarified, to give everyone an explanation,” the host shouted loudly.

Over a hundred security guards, already prepared, rushed out and surrounded Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang’s face changed again, not that he feared them, but these people could hinder his effort to treat Shen Jiayi.

Shen Jiayi’s condition was now very troubling, her heart condition was about to flare up at any moment.

Once a heart attack occurs, the rescue window is only the critical three minutes.

Shen Mange stood in front of Zhang Yang, “I’m Shen Mange, all of you, get out of the way, or I’ll sue you until you are bankrupt.”

But how could these security guards listen to her? Besides them, the audience couldn’t hear a thing on this side anymore due to the earlier actions of those who led the jeering.

Along with those rhythmic jeers, more and more people started accusing Shen Jiayi.

“Jiayi, calm down, they’re doing this on purpose, your friends were actually set up too.”

“They didn’t know about this either,” Zhang Yang had no choice but to say.

At least make Shen Jiayi believe that her friends didn’t betray her.

Hearing Zhang Yang’s words, Shen Jiayi looked up at him, “Is that true? But at that time, I did ask both of them to submit it for me.”

“If it wasn’t them who altered the name, how would it have turned out like this?”

“When have I ever lied to you? Don’t you even trust my words? They are your friends; at critical times, you should choose to trust your friends, not these people’s snippets.”

“No matter what, you should give them a chance to explain in person.”

“Otherwise, if you really misunderstood them, it would be your issue, you know I’m right or not?”