AMTWPICL Chapter 22

When Tan Mingqing clicked on the post, he did not think much of it. He was purely driven by the desire to see a handsome man.

However, when the main post’s picture appeared, and he saw the perfect jawline and the familiar profile, his hand trembled, almost causing him to drop his phone.

He carefully looked at it again and again, making sure it wasn’t his eyes playing tricks on him or a lookalike, but it was really his little uncle, Tan Yue!

Didn’t Tan Yue say he was going to watch his boyfriend’s performance? How could he appear here?

Wait, a performance?

After flipping through the forum, he discovered that Tan Yue was at the site of the campus singer competition held jointly by their university and the neighboring aviation university.

So, his little uncle’s boyfriend was someone from one of the two schools who entered the finals?

Suddenly, Tan Yue remembered that Song Linchu seemed to have entered the finals with first place.

No, no, no, this couldn’t be!

Not to mention that Song Linchu and his little uncle were people from two different worlds and had no chance of meeting. His little uncle was not like him, who was obsessed with looks. If he were to like someone, he would definitely like someone ambitious and career-oriented. Song Linchu’s soft personality was not his type at all.

It definitely couldn’t be!

Tan Mingqing convinced himself and breathed a sigh of relief. He then realized that he had just broken out in a cold sweat because of that speculation.

Tan Mingqing wanted to refresh the post again to see who Tan Yue had gone for, but when he refreshed the page again, he found that the post had been deleted.

Not only was this post deleted, but after the students found out that the post had been deleted, they opened a new post to discuss it. However, without exception, all of the posts were deleted within a minute…

In the contestants’ rest area.

Song Linchu refreshed the forum several times and only put away his phone when he couldn’t find any posts about Tan Yue.

He knew that someone like Tan Yue, with such good looks, would definitely be noticed in college, so he had been keeping an eye on the forums of both universities. Sure enough, he stumbled upon a relevant post.

He Immediately sent the post to Cheng Bin. He believed that as Tan Yue’s personal secretary, Cheng Bin would surely have a way to deal with it.

He just didn’t expect him to handle it so quickly. He really lived up to his reputation as the secretary of a big shot!

At this time, the organizer of the event came to inform the contestants to go to the waiting area to prepare. After the next program was over, it would be the turn of the competition contestants.

The dressing room for the contestants of the two schools was separate, and the personnel of both sides only met at the waiting area.

“That’s An Yang, the reigning champion from Aviation University.”

Zhou Kexin walked beside Song Linchu and pointed to a certain person among the opponents, whispering to him.

Song Linchu followed the direction she was looking in and saw a very trendy young man wearing an oversized hoodie and pants, a knitted hat, earrings, and sunglasses. He looked like a rap singer, very stylish.

Song Linchu commented, “Very cool.”

“Yeah, but you attract more attention than him, your popularity definitely overwhelms him!” Zhou Kexin pumped her fist at him. “Let’s do it!”

“…” Song Linchu smiled wryly. What’s the use of overwhelming someone in popularity? You have to beat them in strength.

The two sides greeted each other in a friendly manner, except for An Yang. When others greeted him, he just made a perfunctory sound from his nostrils, arrogantly wishing he could see people with his nostrils.

The contestants looked at each other. When Song Linchu encountered him face to face, he did not greet him, walked around him, and was about to enter the waiting room when An Yang called his name, “Song Linchu.”

Song Linchu did not expect the other party to call him and responded with a sound.

An Yang made a pistol gesture at him and said “bang” before proudly walking into the waiting area.

“Damn!” Zhou Kexin cursed softly, “What’s wrong with him!”

Song Linchu did not take such childish provocation seriously, and even found it amusing.

Where did this teenager syndrome come from!

The competition began.

Song Linchu thought that the number he drew was already quite ahead, but he did not expect An Yang to be even further ahead and he was the third.

An Yang already had a fan base, and today he was so trendy that he caused countless screams as soon as he came on stage. There were even many of his support light sticks in the audience, making it look like the scene of a star attending some evening party.

When An Yang came on stage, he was holding a guitar.

“Hello everyone, I am the third contestant, Anyang from Haifu Aviation University. Next, I will bring you an original song called ‘Time’.”

As soon as these words came out, not only the audience, but even the waiting room was in an uproar.

It was actually an original song!

All the contestants wanted to cry.

Can’t professional players be prohibited from participating? This is not giving us a chance!

Song Linchu, who was originally confident, raised his eyebrows in surprise.

An original song? As long as it wasn’t bad, it would definitely score points.

It looks like he was going to win first place.

However, Song Linchu was not discouraged. Winning a championship was something that could be obtained by luck and lost by fate. There was nothing to regret, it wasn’t like he had failed to get first place in an end-of-term exam.

Only not being first in exams would make him feel pain.

After introducing himself, An Yang left some time for the excited audience to calm down before sitting down on a high stool and starting to play and sing.

Surprisingly, the melody of his song was quite pleasant, and the lyrics were okay. Coupled with his great singing ability and a very stable performance, it was almost a foregone conclusion that he would be the champion.

He was too strong.

Many people in the waiting room secretly looked at Song Linchu, only to see that his face was pale, his lips almost pursed into a straight line, and his hand beside him was clenched into a fist. If you looked closely, you could even see his hand trembling.

Was he angered by the opponent’s excellent performance?

“Senior Song,” a schoolmate sitting next to Song Linchu comforted him, “Don’t be too sad. After all, we are not professionals.”

“It’s not because of this,” Song Linchu’s voice was almost squeezed out of his teeth.

“Ah? Then why?”

“I’m going to find Senior Zhou,” Song Linchu stood up, and without waiting for anyone else’s response, he strode out.

Zhou Kexin was in the adjacent lounge, tallying up scores. Participants were not allowed to enter here, but Song Linchu had someone call her out.

Zhou Kexin came out and saw that his face was not good, and she was scared, “What happened?”

“I want to report,” Song Linchu took a deep breath and said, “The song that An Yang sang, is a copy of an old song called ‘Walking Through the Years’.”

Zhou Kexin’s face changed, “Are you sure?”

“Certainly, the prelude sounds very similar, and there is a section in the chorus that is almost identical.”

Zhou Kexin immediately took out her phone and searched, finding out that this was an old song from fourteen years ago, sung by a singer she had never heard of, named “A Qing”.

Zhou Kexin was just checking the results, so she didn’t hear An Yang’s singing, but she trusted Song Linchu.

“Let’s go find the teacher in charge.”

The organizer this time was the aviation university, and the teacher in charge was naturally from their school. The person in charge was a director surnamed Huang.

When Director Huang heard Zhou Kexin’s words, he looked serious and said, “Okau, don’t make a big deal out of this for now, I will handle it.”

“How are you going to handle it?” Song Linchu asked.

“For now, I can’t make a decision, I need to discuss with other teachers. You can go back first. This matter cannot be rushed, and professional appraisers need to be consulted for the plagiarism accusation. It’s not that simple.”

However, Song Linchu was not comforted by his official tone and asked directly, “Will his score be invalidated tonight?”

“This…” Director Huang smiled and said, “This is a singing competition, it’s about singing skills. It has nothing to do with whether the song is plagiarized or not. They are two different matters, don’t you agree?”

Director Huang continued, looking at Song Linchu, and suddenly realized, “Oh, you’re the first-place contestant from University A. It’s good to report your opponent’s plagiarism, but you can’t make their score invalid. It’s not fair.”

Song Linchu had no expression on his face. “You’re thinking too much. I just don’t want him to win an award with a plagiarized work. If you think I can’t handle losing, I can just withdraw from the competition.”

Zhou Kexin had never seen Song Linchu in this state before, and knew that this matter was probably not that simple. She also spoke up, “Teacher, plagiarism is wrong in itself. Winning an award with a plagiarized work is a disgrace to the school. There are many music school students present. Why don’t we ask them to help identify it? After all, the scores are not announced until the end.”

Director Huang’s face turned sour. “I said I would handle it. I just need some time. I’m not covering up for anyone. Okay, I still have a lot of work to do. You should go back to your own positions.”

As Huang left, Zhou Kexin and Song Linchu exchanged glances.

Zhou Kexin frowned and said, “You go back to prepare for the competition, and I’ll go find our school’s teachers.”

In fact, Song Linchu had no interest in the competition, but he knew how much Zhou Kexin and even the entire A University valued it. He nodded and said, “Okay, thank you, senior sister.”

When Song Linchu returned to the waiting room, An Yang had already finished singing and they crossed paths at the door.

“Tsk!”

An Yang made a disdainful sound, his face overflowing with satisfaction, as if the championship was already in his pocket.

As he passed Song Linchu, he deliberately bumped into him.

Song Linchu clenched his fists, exerting all his strength to resist the urge to punch the other guy.

When the other contestants in the waiting room saw him come back, some couldn’t help but sneer at him.

In their eyes, Song Linchu was just a sore loser. They saw how excellent An Yang was, and how Song Linchu left with a black face just now.

Song Linchu ignored them and took out his phone, bowing his head to chat with someone.

Zhou Kexin didn’t return until the sixth contestant was halfway through singing.

As soon as Song Linchu saw her, he walked over and asked, “Senior sister Zhou, how is it?”

“The teacher said they will go talk to the teachers at Aviation University, so you can prepare for the competition first. Don’t worry, they will give you an explanation.”

Song Linchu’s hand hanging by his side clenched up and he muttered, “Okay.”

This time, Song Linchu did not choose an English song but a very challenging Chinese one.

He held his breath and surprisingly performed exceptionally well. The whole song was perfect.

The applause was thunderous and Song Linchu bowed to the audience, but instead of leaving the stage, he picked up the microphone again.

The audience thought he still had another performance and quickly quieted down.

“What I’m about to say has nothing to do with my competition. I want to report that one of the contestants has a original song that is suspected of plagiarism!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar.

Only one contestant sang an original song, and it was highly likely that it was An Yang, the defending champion.

Damn! This was so explosive!

“You may have already guessed it. The contestant I’m reporting is An Yang, and his song ‘Time’ is suspected of plagiarizing…”

But at this point, Song Linchu’s microphone suddenly went silent.

Song Linchu was stunned.

The female host hurriedly walked up to the stage, smiling at the audience, “Song Linchu was just joking with everyone. He just told us backstage that An Yang’s song is just too good and he’s feeling the pressure. Song Linchu may have been nervous for a moment and misspoke.”

Song Linchu: “…”

Song Linchu laughed out loud in anger. He was about to deny the accusation when two staff members approached him and forcibly escorted him off the stage.

Director Huang stood at the stage exit, fuming with anger as he shouted at Song Linchu, “Are you crazy? Do you know how many school leaders and television reporters are present at this competition? I promised to handle this. Why did you say those nonsense things?”

Song Linchu admitted that he acted impulsively, but he was unsure how the school would handle the situation and when. He only wanted to sever any possibility for An Yang to win with this song and make it known that he had plagiarized it.

This song was his sore spot.

He was usually easy-going, but now he stood firm and said, “May I ask, teacher, which part of what I said is not true? Where did I say something that is nonsense?”

“The plagiarism issue is not yet confirmed. What if it’s just a small section that is similar? Do you understand the standard for judging plagiarism in music? Do you know that you are ruining someone’s life?”

Song Linchu said, “He copied, and he did it so well that it meets the standards of plagiarism.”

Director Huang exclaimed, “You!”

Song Linchu fearlessly locked eyes with him.

As the two faced off, a teacher from University A rushed to the backstage area.

She didn’t blame Song Linchu for his recklessness, but instead said to Director Huang, “Since the matter has escalated to this point, the audience is not foolish and cannot be deceived. Let’s quickly verify if it is plagiarism and give everyone an explanation.”

Director Huang’s face turned black as he said, “Since your school’s student reported the plagiarism, of course, you have to provide the evidence. Who advocates must provide the evidence, don’t you understand?”

The teacher from University A hesitated for a moment, but Director Huang was right. She was about to ask for the score, but a low voice suddenly interrupted.

“The evidence is here.”

The voice was pleasant to hear, and everyone turned to look at the source.

Standing at the backstage door was a figure with a cold and aloof demeanor. Some students who had seen the hot post on the forum almost exclaimed in surprise.

Wasn’t this the handsome guy with the blurry side face in the photo?

Damn! He looked even more handsome in person!

When Song Linchu saw Tan Yue appear, the tense line of his jaw finally relaxed.

From Director Huang’s perfunctory attitude towards his report, he knew that the organizer did not believe him and he could only rely on himself.

So after Song Linchu returned to the rest area, he used his phone to chat with Tan Yue, asking him to help him compare the similarities between the two songs.

But Song Linchu didn’t expect Tan Yue had to make the identification result in such a short time.

Except for Song Linchu, no one at the scene knew Tan Yue. He was still wearing a suit and from his aura and appearance, they knew he was definitely not a teacher or any other staff member from their school.

Originally, non-related personnel were not allowed to enter the backstage area, but when Tan Yue stepped in, no one dared to stop him. His overwhelming presence even made many people hold their breaths.

Tan Yue asked Song Linchu, “Are you okay?”

Song Linchu shook his head and said, “I’m fine.”

Just a little angry.

Tan Yue nodded, then raised the file in his hand and asked coldly, “Who wants the evidence?”

As the director of a key university, Director Huang usually wouldn’t bother with someone who had such an attitude.

However, it was estimated that the man’s aura was too strong, he took a small step forward and said, “Give it to me.”

Tan Yue glanced at him and handed him the file bag.

Director Huang was about to reach for it, but Tan Yue’s hand pulled back.

Director Huang: ?

Tan Yue said, “Before giving you the evidence, I have three demands.”

Director Huang instinctively asked, “What demands?”

“First, the host publicly reads the result of the plagiarism appraisal, second, the plagiarist apologizes to the affected person on stage, the school imposes appropriate punishment on the plagiarist, and third,” Tan Yue paused and said, “you apologize to Linchu for your attitude and actions.”