Zhu Fan froze as he averted his eyes away from Zhao Xinyi guiltily and searched for Yu Lan, his girlfriend.
The competition had been going on for a month now, and even without winning yet, he had been contacted by several companies that showed interest in his idea.
So what had started as a simple mistake in submission had made him greedy. Together with Yu Lan, they had decided to take the work after all. Without Yu Lan, there wouldn't be evidence as to who owned the work.
Also, it wasn't the first time Yu Lan would take advantage of her adopted sister's intelligence, so both of them had acted without conscience.
But now, she suddenly stood up and laid such an accusation in front of everyone!
"Who are you?" He asked, pretending that he had no idea who Zhao Xinyi was.
Zhao Xinyi smiled, her eyes freezing over at the pretentious man in front of her.
"You can pretend not to know me, but you must remember this face, as it will bring your doom." She declared icily, shocking Zhu Fan.
Also, it was as if there was some spell to her words, as he felt chills down his spine. He shook his head as he took another look at the girl in front of him.
Even though he had always known that Zhao Xinyi was a beauty, her cowardly and nerdy personality also made her unattractive. Also, with her background, he never had a reason to take a second glance at her.
Even though he was in the first district, his family was a Level Three family, and he looked down on someone like Zhao Mei, that belonged to Level One.
But at this moment, it almost felt like there was some enchanting halo around her, and he felt himself unable to look away from her.
Upon seeing that familiar look in his eyes, Zhao Xinyi froze, her entire aura becoming frighteningly cold that even the people in the hall noticed something was wrong.
However, she didn't pay attention to anything other than the look in Zhu Fan's eyes.
She was familiar with that look. It was the same look that anyone she used her martial arts on used to have on them.
Even though she hadn't finished processing her being here in this body and this world when she was supposed to be dead.
Xinyi had confirmed that her martial arts were indeed gone and didn't have any effect in this new place.
Yet, why did it seem like she had used her seduction martial art skills just now??
She had started learning the 'ensnaring seduction technique' when she was at the age of five and didn't even know what it meant back then. By the time she discovered what it was, it was too late to stop.
However, unless under the instructions of her master, she never used it. To realise that just now, she had seen the effect on Zhu Fan made her a little too shocked.
"Heavens be damned," she cursed under her breath before regaining control of her emotions.
Now that she had an idea, she didn't look at Zhu Fan eye to eye for long.
"You made a mistake by sending my work of over one year to the competition board. However, instead of sending them an email to let them know about the mistake, you instead collided with your girlfriend to steal my work."
As her words landed, Yu Lan rushed forward. "Sister, is your sickness acting up again? Quick, come back and don't embarrass us."
Her move was quite smart as she didn't identify as the girlfriend and instead rushed out as a caring sister. With her tender voice and clean look, a lot of people shot pitiful and scornful gazes at Zhao Xinyi as they thought she was someone that was not okay in the head.
Zhu Fan regained his senses pretty quickly and got into the act, also. "So she is a sick person? Forgive me for responding a little harshly just now."
To seal the act, he bowed a little before looking back at the audience.
Since Yu Lan's hands were wrapped around her, Zhao Xinyi leaned in and whispered into her ears.
"Sister, if you aren't willing to ruin the family business, then you had better stop this now," she removed her hands graciously and, this time turned to the judge.
"Mister, you are an elder and a better judge of things, my sister here is this contestant's girlfriend, and the both of them are working together to steal my work."
The room stirred with the new information.
This time, she directly revealed the big flaw in Yu Lan's defence.
If they were sisters, it was impossible for the contestant not to know Zhao Xinyi. And yet, Zhu Fan's first move had been to deny knowing her.
This made some intuitive people quickly see that there was indeed something fishy between the two of them, and they started to murmur between themselves.
The first district was the lowest of all the Districts. Occasional competition like this was rare to come by. This was the first in about four years, and a lot of youngsters that wanted to increase their Value Points to leave this District were desperate to take the chances and shine.
It would give them access to the 2nd District. If the first position was going to get it by cheating, then no one wanted to yield.
Seeing that the pressure had increased and she had most of the audience on her side, Zhao Xinyi turned to look at the head judge one more time. This time around, her eyes met with his.
"Sir, it might be difficult for you to make a decision right now. However, if you can move this forward a little, both sides would have enough time to bring enough evidence that can prove who the leader is!"
The head judge was nodding slowly at her words. To the audience, it seemed like he was agreeing with her and seeing reason in her words.
However, Zhao Xinyi, that was looking at the man straight in the eyes, knew that look he held in his eyes.
His mind was in her control, and she was influencing his thoughts!!
The judge finally spoke after what seemed like two minutes. "Let's do it that way. Two days from now, the two of you should come with enough evidence that can prove the ownership of this technology."
Zhao Xinyi nodded in satisfaction. And then gazed up at the sky outside through the windows.
If the heavens had decided to play a trick on her, then there was no reason not to play along.
If all she had was her Demonic Seduction Skill, then it was all she was going to need!
Even in this life, she was going to climb back to the top!