Upon hearing this, Gu Yanxin's eyes widened, and her heart pounded as if it were about to jump out of her throat.
How could Shi Miao possibly have evidence? She didn't see Shi Miao take out her phone to record anything at that banquet... How could this be...?
No way, Shi Miao must be bluffing! She needed to stay calm...
After Gu Yanxin understood, she breathed a sigh of relief, tucked the stray hairs behind her ear, lowered her eyelids, and choked out, "Shi Miao, I know you don't like me, but I won't admit to things I didn't do. I've already apologized to you for what happened last time, and I can no longer participate in any competitions. It's one thing for you to make things difficult for me, but you also have to slander me."
Gu Wanqing was somewhat moved upon hearing her words. Was there some misunderstanding?
"Miss Shi, you'd better be able to produce evidence, otherwise you'll have to apologize to Yan Xin today." Qin Chu picked up her water glass, took a sip, glanced at Gu Yan Xin out of the corner of her eye, a glint of shrewdness flashing in her eyes, and continued to fan the flames.
Shi Miao raised her beautiful eyebrows, took out her phone which she had prepared beforehand, found the surveillance video saved in her album, and pressed play.
The melodious sound of a piano came from the phone; it was the piece that Gu Yanxin had played at William's banquet. The image on the phone showed Gu Yanxin sitting on the stage playing the piano.
After opening the video, Shi Miao casually tossed her phone onto the center of the table and said nonchalantly, "Hmm, I believe you're familiar with this piece of music."
Gu Yan's pupils dilated violently, his hands under the table trembled uncontrollably, and he opened his mouth slightly as if to say something, but no sound came out.
Gu Wanqing frowned, and her expression became serious. The style of this piece of music was clearly Shi Miao's. She reached out to pick up the phone on the table to see the screen.
Seeing this, Gu Yanxin couldn't care less about anything else. She hurriedly got up and deliberately knocked over the kettle on the table, spilling all the hot water on Shi Miao's phone. The phone screen went black instantly, and the sound stopped playing abruptly.
"Gu Yanxin, what are you doing?" Gu Wanqing was clearly not expected to see such an unexpected turn of events and questioned her in a deep voice.
Gu Yanxin stood there, panting heavily, looking lost. Seeing her phone was broken, the tension in her mind eased. She swallowed hard and weakly said, "I... my legs were a little numb from sitting, so I wanted to stand up and stretch, but I accidentally knocked over the kettle..."
"That piece of music just now..." Gu Wanqing pinched the bridge of her nose and spoke coldly.
"Auntie! Shi Miao just can't stand to see me doing well. She clearly played her own piece to slander me. That wasn't me playing it at all. You have to believe me!" Gu Yanxin interrupted her excitedly.
Gu Wanqing was unsure what to do after hearing this, because she had only listened to the music and hadn't had time to see the screen on her phone.
Shi Miao clicked her tongue impatiently, not expecting that the dog would break her phone. She turned to Gu Wanqing and said, "Can I borrow your phone for a moment?"
"Ah, okay." Gu Wanqing was a little surprised and didn't understand why Shi Miao wanted her phone, but she still gave it to her.
Shi Miao took Gu Wanqing's phone and her fair, jade-like fingers quickly tapped on the screen.
Soon after, the surveillance footage from that day's banquet hall was retrieved.
This time, Shi Miao didn't give her a chance and directly skipped to the part where Gu Yanxin went on stage to play the piano, then handed the phone to Gu Wanqing.
Gu Wanqing took the phone, her eyes flashing slightly. On the screen, Gu Yanxin was sitting upright in front of the piano.
She pressed the pause button, and the piano music she had just heard came from her phone.
Gu Wanqing's face darkened, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes. She then looked up at Gu Yanxin with a cold gaze and said without any mercy, "The capital is not suitable for you. You should stay in H City."
"Auntie! I was wrong. Please don't make me leave the capital. I... I still have to take Tsinghua University's independent admission exam. I..." Gu Yanxin panicked, her lips trembling uncontrollably, and large tears fell down her cheeks.
"Enough! You can't keep crossing my line. Get out of here now!" Gu Wanqing slammed her hand on the table.
Gu Yanxin's heart sank, her throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, and she couldn't say a word. She looked at Qin Chu with pleading eyes.
Seeing this, Qin Chu reached out and patted Gu Wanqing on the back, comforting her, "Don't be angry. I don't think Yan Xin plagiarized on purpose. Let's give her another chance."
He was somewhat surprised, not expecting Shi Miao to be so capable, even able to retrieve surveillance footage. He had unexpectedly gained something from this trip.
“You don’t need to get involved in this,” Gu Wanqing said in a deep voice, her brows furrowed.
Qin Chu paused in his movements, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said nothing more.
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