Chapter 106 Zaid Refuses to Take Responsibility, Isabella Brings Trouble Upon Herself
At the same time, Amelia also noticed something strange.
"What's going on?" Sable asked in confusion. "Whose people are these? Why are they suddenly helping us?"
Indeed, a new force had appeared online, but no one knew who they belonged to.
In no time, all the previous rumors were completely swept away.
"Should we continue?" Jeffrey looked at Amelia.
Amelia shook her head.
The outcome was already decided.
There was no need.
Amelia didn't really need marketing anyway. With her skills, as long as nothing went wrong, she could advance.
It was just that Isabella had been targeting her all along.
First, she and Zaid worked together to suppress her audio and video quality, then they spread negative news about her.
According to the information Soren fed back, the other party had already started making up wild rumors about her.
They said she had sexual transactions with the entire The Sound of Heaven team, which was how she got such high rankings.
This behavior was extremely low!
She wasn't stupid - of course she would fight back.
Fortunately, her skills crushed everything, so these rumors fell apart on their own.
And this force right now...
Amelia frowned slightly. They were a bit too powerful.
"Who could it be?" Jeffrey wondered.
"Let's look into it," Amelia said. "We should at least know what we're dealing with."
Jeffrey agreed.
On the other side, Isabella sent Carl a message - [Can't stop it anymore. Don't release the miscarriage information yet, save it as a backup plan.]
Soon after, the rankings for the fourth round of The Sound of Heaven were announced.
Lika was the undisputed first place.
The other contestants' rankings followed.
This round ended with undercurrents surging beneath the surface.
Everyone left in an orderly fashion.
Amelia was also preparing to leave, but when she passed Isabella backstage, Isabella tried to grab her hand.
Amelia swung her right hand hard and dodged away.
If it weren't for the fact that Isabella was a terminally ill patient, if it weren't for the countless people watching, she would have slapped Isabella long ago.
"Lika, don't think you've won!" Isabella said in a low, hoarse voice.
Amelia sneered coldly: "You should worry about yourself first."
Assistant Sable also rolled her eyes: "Yeah, Lika has things to do, don't block the way."
Sable's attitude toward Isabella had changed.
At first, Sable was actually a fan of Isabella, but after watching Isabella's operations these past few days, she found it disgusting!
"You!" Isabella glared at Sable hatefully.
Sable wasn't scared at all. Supporting Lika, she spoke very firmly: "Everyone online is guessing who's been trying to harm Lika. Ms. Taylor, instead of coming over to threaten people, you should worry more about yourself."
With that, she helped Amelia walk away.
Isabella was furious, but had to force herself to calm down.
Indeed, there was a lot of discussion online.
It was spontaneous discussion from netizens.
After all—
"This is too suspicious. Every time the attacks are aimed at Lika. Who did she offend? This time someone even made up such terrible rumors. If it weren't for the fact that people have sharp eyes and recognize that Lika's skills mean she doesn't need to do such things, she might really have been unable to defend herself."
Once or twice was fine, but from the first round to now the fourth round, it was getting more and more obvious each time.
At first, everyone suspected Zaid.
But Zaid wasn't going to take it lying down - he didn't want to keep taking the blame for Isabella.
He directly posted a video of himself applying iodine at the hospital, with the caption: What does this have to do with me.
Because he'd been beaten up so badly, he did look rather pitifully ridiculous.
The grievance in his eyes was very strong.
And someone leaked that he'd been thrown around in the electrical room in the back.
Smart netizens guessed that he'd tried to pull the circuit breaker but was stopped by Jeffrey.
So he did take action, but the action wasn't successful and he got controlled instead.
Therefore, although some people still suspected him, the level of suspicion weakened a bit.
So, going round and round, the suspect became Isabella again.
After all, among those with this kind of power, besides Zaid, there was only Isabella who had William backing her.
Process of elimination.
Isabella was upset and irritated.
Originally everything was under control, she had so much dirt on Lika, but it ended up like this.
Isabella concluded the reasons were:
One - she was called away by the person blackmailing her, missing the best timing to release Lika's negative news.
Two - an unknown force suddenly intervened, immediately settling the final result, making her miss the opportunity again. According to Carl's observation, Lika's people didn't know them either.
Isabella stared hard at Lika's departing back.
So this time, Lika got lucky and escaped!
But now wasn't the time to worry about this - she needed to quickly distance herself from this matter.
Thinking this, Isabella's eyes reddened, and she walked toward William.
...
On the other side.
Amelia, Sable, and Jeffrey came to the RV.
Then they saw Otis, Xyla, and York waiting there.
Otis ran over first.
"Amazing, amazing! Lika, every one of your performances amazes me! You're simply my idol!"
Xyla also nodded, looking very happy, then the next second her hand went to pull Otis's hair, making him stand properly and not scare people.
York stood not far away, looking over.
Suddenly, inspiration struck.
She paused slightly and said: "Just now online..."
Amelia wasn't quite sure, so she didn't finish.
"Oh yeah, York had it done, and of course I helped too!" Otis immediately answered.
Amelia was slightly surprised and looked up at York.
"The Jenkins Group invested in the show, and you're the show's biggest selling point." A brief and concise answer that cleared up Amelia's confusion.
Now that she thought about it, indeed.
There had been no other forces helping before, and the day after the Jenkins Group became a sponsor, someone helped this time.
It made sense - after all, they invested money and didn't want to lose it.
Thinking this, Amelia bowed deeply: "Thank you."
Xyla immediately helped her up.
Otis also said anxiously: "You're already very strong, it's those people talking nonsense. I didn't know either - a music competition show, and they're bringing up all that irrelevant stuff!"
Pausing slightly, Otis sneaked a glance at Jeffrey, then looked at Amelia in front of him, and said quietly: "You and Jeffrey..."
Amelia really wanted to laugh. This expression that couldn't hide anything really was like a silly big dog.
"He and I are friends, and we have a working relationship. The online stuff is nonsense," Amelia said.
Jeffrey also nodded and added: "Yes, we're friends, and there are some reasons we can't explain right now."
Although Jeffrey had feelings for Amelia, Amelia clearly didn't feel that way, and he didn't want to damage her reputation.
"That's good!" Otis was grinning foolishly when Xyla hit him.
"Don't mind him, he's silly," Xyla apologized to Amelia.
Amelia didn't think much of it - kids are curious. She repeated: "Thank you."
To the two in front of her, and also nodding slightly at York to the side.
York also responded with a sound.
After a few simple words, the three left.
Just the right amount of interaction.
Amelia turned around, preparing to get in the car.
At that moment, a large hand pressed against the door of the RV.
Amelia looked up and saw William's tightly pressed lips and dark eyes.
Those eyes were now staring at her intently.
As if trying to see through the mask on her face.