Chapter 232

Sammy just wouldn’t listen, so Alaricka had to bring out the thing that could threaten Sammy the most.

“Sammy, you looked like you really wanted to be famous, wanted to be a famous pianist, to be a successful person, right?” she said with a slight smile. “But I told you, your wish wouldn’t come true.”

Sammy looked gloomy. “What do you mean?”

Alaricka took out her phone, opened a video, made it full screen, and held it up to Sammy.

In the video, Alaricka wore casual clothes and sat on the piano bench. A bright white light shone down from above her head. Alaricka looked like she was glowing, with a warm circle of light around her. Her bright eyes and white teeth made her face look like it was surrounded by mist, kind of hazy, almost like a goddess.

Pure and white, not stained by a speck of dust.

She closed her eyes, her slender pale hands danced on the piano keys, and smooth, perfect music flowed out, winding and gentle. There wasn’t a single mistake, not a single flaw. The music was clear like spring water, and its sound lingered in the air.

This piano piece was already in its best shape.

This video was a bit blurry, but the blur really made the vibe super strong. Even Alaricka himself watched it and felt shocked.

Sammy looked, breathing hard, slowly, his eyes opened as wide as they could.

“How is that possible?” Sammy’s voice was hoarse. “How is that possible, how could you be this good?”

This video was filmed by a hotel staff member at Alaricka’s request. At first, the idea was just to record it, but I didn’t expect something like this to happen.

This video was actually filmed from the very start of her performance, so it also caught the part where Sammy was making trouble.

The part with Sammy was messy and had noise, so Alaricka dragged the progress bar forward and showed Sammy the part after he got kicked out.

Sammy was breathing even heavier: “No way, did you dub it? That’s absolutely impossible!”

Alaricka put away her phone, stood up straight, and looked down at him.

“Was it dubbed or not? Just go check the security footage and you’ll know. These days, security cameras can record audio too.”

Sammy opened his eyes wide.

“Sammy, think about it yourself,” Alaricka said, “if I sent out this video, would people online believe you and think I got into the semifinals through connections, or would they believe I won it with my own skills?”

Alaricka took out the video again and showed Sammy the part where Sammy went crazy.

Sammy screamed his lungs out, and in the video, he looked like a crazy devil, his face all twisted, just like a…

“Crazy person,” Alaricka said softly.

Sammy was already stunned.

Alaricka said, “Look at you, you looked just like a lunatic. People online wouldn’t believe what a lunatic said. Besides, this lunatic would even get taken to the police station.”

“If I sent out this video, your reputation would be totally ruined. Forget about becoming a famous pianist.”

Sammy was panting hard, eyes full of fear, and all his arrogance was gone.

Alaricka said softly, “I had two choices for you to pick from.”

Alaricka’s voice was steady and she spoke gently.

“The first option, I send you to the police station. I don’t delete the posts you put online, but I also post the full video of my match online, and then let people online judge what you did.”

“But if I did this, you probably could guess the result.”

Alaricka clearly saw a lot of emotions flash in Sammy’s eyes. Then he gritted his teeth, breathing hard, and said, “What about the second option?”

Alaricka said, “The second option, you tell me who helped you get in, and make a public apology online, then I’m willing to settle this privately. You don’t have to go to the police station, and I promise I won’t post your troublemaking video online.”

Sammy’s eyes flickered when he heard the words “public apology,” obviously not accepting the result.

Alaricka kept laughing and said, “Did you ever think before you did things, why the person who helped you get in wanted to help you, why they wanted to get involved in this mess?”

She saw what Sammy was about to say. She gave a short laugh, her eyes mocking: “You don’t seriously think she helped you just because she saw something unfair, do you? You can’t be that dumb, right?”

Sammy looked up at her and glared, “What do you want to say?”

Alaricka said softly, “She wanted to get at me and used you as a tool. She enjoyed the benefits behind the scenes, and you had to take all the blame for anything bad. Nothing would ever happen to her.”