Chapter 16
The study abroad days were nearing their end.
Adrian and I not only perfectly completed our project, but our core results also secured an international patent and won the highest award.
During the interview segment, he maintained his cool demeanor. “I want to thank my girlfriend. Through countless nights of working side by side, her very presence was the greatest comfort and motivation.”
Applause filled the auditorium.
Thinking of his “comfort” and “motivation,” my face flushed red.
Only I understood just how “perverted” those two words were when it came to me.
Later, this interview video was somehow picked up by domestic media, translated, and sent back home.
[Wow! The pinnacle of intellectual romance! This is what a true couple looks like.]
[Academic power couple wins international award together–this is Emily’s perfect match.]
The news stayed trending, once again dragging the long–silent Blake back into public view.
It happened to be graduation season, and some “helpful” netizens out of curiosity looked up his thesis.
They discovered that core viewpoints and passages were highly similar to an unpublished article, with multiple obvious signs of ghostwriting.
[Disgusting! Even his thesis is fake? Get this disgraced artist out of entertainment!]
[No wonder he rose fast and fell fast–no real substance!]
[One wins international academic awards bringing honor to the country, the other needs ghostwriters for his graduation thesis. What a contrast!]
Blake’s company had tried to salvage the situation, forcefully promoting two singles during his scandal period, but the response was lukewarm.
He was rocked for “running out of talent” and “no good works after ‘Moonlight.“”
The song he once wrote for me had now become the biggest label mocking his creative drought.
Everyone said “those who wrong their wives will never prosper.”
His star career was completely dimmed.
As for Madison, she was exposed for actively pursuing a married director seeking comeback opportunities, only to be caught in the act by the director’s wife with witnesses. Videos and photos spread wildly online, making her a complete laughingstock with no chance of recovery.
Chapter 16
