The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 108 Plagiarism, Disqualified!

Oh God!

Walking out of the office building, Susan was still in shock from what she just witnessed.

That was way too awkward for her to handle!

After regaining her composure, Susan sensed something fishy.

Why would Sheldon ask her to collect the documents from him if he had asked Lily out?

Susan pondered for a while and called Chance.

"Hey Chance, did Mr. Parsons ask you to collect any documents?"

"No," Chance sounded a little surprised. "Why did you ask?"

"Nothing," Susan answered and hung up the phone.

Chance did not receive a text, but she did. Clearly, someone wanted her to be unwelcomed.

Who would it be?

Sheldon Parsons?

No, it should not be him. There was no way he would want her to know anything about such an unreputable matter.

Then, it should be...

Lily Chainwest!

Susan finally figured it out.

It was most likely Lily’s doing.

Did Lily set her up so that Sheldon Parsons would get revenge on her?

Although she could kind of guess Lily’s goal, Susan still could not think of a solution on the spot.

After all, Sheldon had not done anything yet. What if h e did not even plan to do anything to her?

Susan scratched her head in frustration.

She just wanted to focus on interior design and took n o interest in everything else.

Whatever. She would just play it by ear.

Sheldon was quite reputable in his profession. If she kept quiet about what she saw, he probably would not make things difficult for a young and trivial designer, right?

Susan decided to act as though nothing happened and focused on her design instead.

When it was time, Susan sent her well-prepared draft t o Sheldon and waited patiently for the results to be announced.

The next day, Sheldon notified everyone to gather at the building.

After everyone arrived, Sheldon scanned the crowd, pulled out a name list, and stuck it to the wall, "The results are out. See it for yourselves."

Everyone gathered around the wall.

Susan wanted to check it out too. But, when Lily walked by, she whispered quietly, "Susan, when you see the results, don't go home crying for your mommy."

Susan’s heart dropped. Lily's confidence gave her an ominous feeling.

She knew herself well enough to know that she should have, at the very least, gotten into the top thirty, if not one of the top ten.

Would Sheldon actually disqualify her in the first round just because of personal reasons?

Just when Susan was feeling uncertain, she heard Chance’s voice, "Susan is disqualified for plagiarism? What happened! Mr. Parsons, could this be a misunderstanding?"

Plagiarism?

Susan’s heart skipped a beat. She walked past the crowd to look at the name list.

On the name list, everyone else was recorded as pass o r fail.

Except her. Next to her name, it said plagiarism! Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

In the field of designing, plagiarism was a huge taboo.

Especially for a young designer like her to be known for plagiarism, her career was practically over.

When they saw the word 'plagiarism,' everyone looked at Susan differently.

"Mr. Parsons, it must've been a misunderstanding." Chance frowned.

"There is no mistake. Plagiarism is plagiarism,” Sheldon said righteously. "Here, regardless of how talented you are, plagiarism will put you on the blacklist forever."

"But..." Chance wanted to explain for Susan.

Susan took a deep breath and walked to Sheldon, "I want to know which part of my work was plagiarized? Wasn't it said that designs can be requested to be exhibited? Well, then, I request to exhibit my work! If you can accurately point out the parts I plagiarized. I, Susan Shelby, will quit my career as a designer for the rest of my life. Otherwise, I request that you withdraw my disqualification and apologize to me!"

Sheldon’s face turned grim, "Are you doubting my professionalism?"

"I am simply defending my work!” Susan said immediately.

"Great, then I will exhibit your work and let everyone take a good look at it," Sheldon snickered and took a piece of paper out of a folder.

On the paper, it was Susan's hard work.

"How is this plagiarized?" Chance examined the drawing for a while and could not help but question it.

Susan’s design was rather innovative. Not only did it contain an element of mystery, but it was also incorporated harmoniously into the rest of the design. It even somewhat felt like the work of a master.

Besides, Chance considered himself pretty well-read. Even then, he could not think of who Susan plagiarized from.

"Of course you wouldn’t be able to tell if you look at it this way," Sheldon snickered. "This is because the person who Susan plagiarized from is another participant of the competition."

Sheldon pulled out another piece of paper as he spoke, "This is Lily Chainwest's work, have a look."

Lily’s work? Susan frowned and looked at it.

Then, she froze.

This so-called work of Lily's was at least 80% similar t o her design!

However, Lily’s design seemed a little more perfect than hers.

"From these two designs, everyone can tell who's better, right?" Sheldon said calmly, "Lily Chainwest's work is the work of a master, whereas Susan Shelby's work is, at most, just like a master's. Well, this is normal. It is very difficult for a plagiarized work to present the same aesthetics and elements as the original work.”

At this point, Lily was looking at Susan in shock,"

Susie...How can you do such a thing!"

Everyone else looked at Susan with despise.

A proud expression crossed Sheldon's face. Susan’s work was actually extremely impressive for her age.

In fact, what Lily Chainwest had submitted was far from Susan's level.

But, it was Susan's fault for offending him.

So, he took Susan's work, made some improvements, and gave it to Lily Chainwest.

If Susan had ten more years of time, she probably would not be any less capable than him.

It was too bad that she was still a bit of an amateur now.

It was easy for him to find some areas for improvement.

"That’s not possible. Susan would never plagiarize. Besides, how could she have gotten Lily's design?" Chance questioned.

Lily said aggrievedly, "Chance, I know you like Susan, s o naturally you would fight for her. But, now that the truth is right before our eyes, are you still going to turn a blind eye?"

Chance's brows were knitted tightly together, "Then how did Susan get your design?"

Lily smiled, “Isn't that easy? Susan and I used to be colleagues. I've always had a brief inspiration for this theme but I've not managed to put it onto paper until now. Perhaps I told her about it and she decided to steal my idea?"