Chapter 15: Is It True Repentance?

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Jiang Qin, who had been tagged by several people, followed the link into a live streaming room. The person streaming was a female, appearing completely human, with long golden hair flowing freely and facial features leaning more toward Western looks.

“Hello, everyone! Welcome to my live stream. I’m Lilia,” the girl said with a bright smile.

She seemed to be around twenty years old, though appearances could be deceiving—after all, interstellar cosmetic medicine was quite advanced. Moreover, orcish females aged very slowly in appearance.

Seeing that over ten million viewers were already online, Lilia’s smile grew even more radiant.

Jiang Qin watched silently, certain she didn’t know this woman or had never seen her before. She was curious how this person planned to claim those few songs as her own.

After all, she had indeed copied them—but they were from Earth.

The sheet music had been purchased through the proper system channels, with all the necessary paperwork in order; there shouldn’t have been any loopholes.

Before long, the live stream landed on the front page’s trending recommendations of the Federation’s largest short video platform.

The barrage of comments below was filled with questions demanding Lilia prove that Jiang Qin had plagiarized her work, along with accusations: if Lilia was the original creator, why hadn’t she applied for copyright?

Perhaps sensing the heat was finally sufficient, Lilia began her performance.

She tapped a few times on her neural interface, projecting the screen before her.

Displayed prominently were the three songs Jiang Qin had uploaded.

But Lilia wasn’t foolish—she only copied the sheet music. The titles and lyrics were all changed.

“Wish fulfilled” became “May you,” “Ningxia” turned into “Summer,” and “Anonymous Comfort” was altered into “Secret Love.”

The originally fresh and uplifting lyrics were completely transformed into cloying, entangled words revolving around complicated romantic entanglements.

After all, the interstellar society itself favored a polygynous structure; one-on-one relationships only appeared among pure human females and half-orc females.

“I’m streaming today because I cannot stand someone stealing others’ creations,” Lilia declared.

“Her popularity was too high before, and I dared not speak out. Only now, with your support, do I finally have the courage to come forward.”

“I am currently a music student at Dolen University on Azure Star. These three songs were learned during my time at university, but because I struggled with the lyrics, I never applied for copyright.

“About a month ago, after Miss Jiang came to our dorm to deliver something to Miss Jiang Rumeng, my physical sheet music went missing.

“At first, I thought I’d just misplaced it, but when I saw the trending news online, I realized she had taken it.”

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Someone below questioned,

“Things went missing, but you never suspected the visitor that day?”

Lilia sighed helplessly. “I did have my doubts, but since she’s Rumeng’s sister, I was afraid of wrongly accusing her, which would make things awkward with my roommates.”

“Oh my, Miss Lilia is too kind-hearted! Even with things lost, she never suspected her roommate’s sister.”

“Of course, that low-tier planet female stole others’ songs. How shameless can she be?”

“Hah, people from barren planets have no shame. Stealing is a skill they’ve mastered since childhood.”

“Dolen University is the top university on Azure Star, and Miss Lilia is a straight-A student!”

“...Wait, are you all just believing whatever she says? I feel Jiang Qin’s lyrics suit the melodies better.”

“Online content is so full of truth and lies, who can tell?”

“Jiang Qin’s songs have proper copyright certification. What proof do you have to back your claims?”

Seeing these doubts, Lilia’s eyes reddened, and she wiped tears from her face on camera.

“I have no way to prove it. Writing songs on paper is my habit, and the original has been lost.

“The sheet music on my neural interface was later transcribed by me, with lyrics added for release next month. I never imagined something like this would happen.

“Writing a song is no easy feat. These three songs I’ve been preparing since high school. I planned to use them to climb the charts and earn my diploma, but now they’ve been stolen. I might not even graduate...”

The beautiful female choked back tears on camera, undoubtedly drawing much sympathy.

Below, even more people condemned Jiang Qin.

One was a female accepted into Dolen University; the other had never attended school. The public opinion had long since tipped.

Jiang Qin watched silently, her pale face expressionless.

Her memories a bit confused, she finally recalled that a month ago, she had indeed gone to the school to deliver something to Jiang Rumeng, as Jiang Yulian had asked her to.

At that time, she hadn’t been reborn yet, just a girl full of hope for her family.

When she arrived, Jiang Rumeng was not there, so she waited in her dorm for a while.

There had been another girl in the dorm originally, but she left later, and five minutes after her departure, Jiang Rumeng returned from class.

After handing over the spatial link Jiang Rumeng had asked her to deliver, Jiang Qin went home.

So, there really was a period that was hard to explain.

The mastermind behind all this was indeed formidable to uncover such a loophole so quickly.

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As for why Lilia came forward to frame her, it was simple—fame and fortune.

Someone already planning to enter the entertainment industry would not hesitate to ride on another’s popularity to debut.

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Jiang Qin stared at the overwhelmingly one-sided public opinion in the chatroom, an unyielding glint flashing across her pale face.

She contacted You Wei through her neural interface, asking him to deliver the musical instruments he had prepared to her apartment.

While waiting, she freshened up, changed into a pure white long dress, and applied a light makeup.

You Wei arrived quickly.

He never delayed when Jiang Qin asked for something; in less than half an hour, everything was delivered.

Along with the instruments came some daily necessities and a month’s supply of nutritional fluid.

After repeatedly reminding her not to go out, You Wei left.

He looked weary and dust-covered—probably busy investigating who had orchestrated this.

But it was likely difficult to trace, since the posting ID originated from the Empire side and was probably a virtual ID.

No matter what he said earlier, Jiang Qin had agreed to everything, appearing docile and compliant.

What he didn’t expect was that after he left, Jiang Qin immediately started a live stream and directly requested to connect with Lilia.

She made no attempt to hide, even changing her account name back to her real one.

Everyone in the stream was stunned to see Jiang Qin choose to confront her openly and urged Lilia to accept the connection quickly.

The blonde girl raised her eyebrows confidently and accepted the call.

Her first words were, “Jiang, little sister, are you here to apologize? If you admit your mistakes and change, maybe I can forgive you for Rumeng’s sake.”

Jiang Rumeng, also watching the stream, felt utterly disgusted.

A D-level female trying to turn her life around by becoming a star—how dare she speak to her so familiarly...