Chapter 66: The Vote

In the video, Diana was wearing her university uniform and sitting in the piano room, playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". Her elegant and trance-like expression, coupled with her heavenly piano playing, flowed gently between her fingers, carrying a faint sense of sadness and sorrow. Even someone who doesn't understand piano could feel that she played very well.

Originally, she didn't want to be so high-profile, but since the other party kept causing trouble, she had crossed her bottom line of tolerance. If she didn't show her power, would they really think she was easy to bully?

The video was just uploaded and someone had already bumped it up to the top of the forum. Moreover, it was shared by someone else. Diana looked at the ID of the person who shared it and was stunned. Wasn't this her introverted third oldest brother Colin?!

Someone who hasn't talked in the forum for 1000 years, how could he move so fast this time?

Not only did Colin share it, but he also added a cold yet warm-hearted comment: "I really like my little sister's practice piece ❤."

Diana was already at the center of attention, and with her popular older brother sharing it, the post instantly exploded. Comment after comment flooded in, overwhelming Diana's feed.

She casually flipped through them.

[HoldingStarsWaitingForYou: Oh my god! Am I seeing things or is my male god Colin appearing?😍]

[Anna: Colin, look at me! Support, support, you're absolutely right!]

[Black Rose: First, confess my love to my male god, and then say, Diana, you played too stunningly, I love it!]

[Gu Ximing: Am I seeing a fairy? Someone had posted bad things about Diana today, right? Come out and get beaten!]

[Moonlight: Ahh! ❀Diana is so beautiful! She plays the piano so well, I'm going to vote for her!]

Diana scrolled through the comments, most of which were from girls, with many confessing their admiration for Colin and hoping to become Diana's sister-in-law. The others were defending her against the doubters.

But amidst those supporting her, there were also many skeptics.

Ava had also made an appearance.

She anonymously replied to comments left and right.

"This video is clearly fake, right? Anyone could have staged this with music playing in the background."

"Diana is such a naive fool, and that's a known fact!"

"Hmph, what's the point of pretending when she can't even read a music score?"

Watching Ava acting like a clown all over the comments section, Diana squinted her eyes.

She went into her study room and brought out her beloved computer.

In no time, she hacked into the university forum.

"You dare say but not admit it?" Diana muttered to herself.

Today, she would expose Ava for who she really was!

Diana furiously typed on the keyboard and, in a snap, revoked Ava's anonymity privileges.

Suddenly, Ava's nickname was revealed to everyone.

Because she had been posting anonymously, she had carelessly used her own account rather than a different one.

Now that her identity was exposed, many people recognized her.

[Beautiful Day: What's going on? Isn't this nickname...Ava Johnson from the Music department class B?]

[Sugar and Salt: Wow! She always had a big mouth, but I never expected her to blabber nonsense on the forum!]

[Crystal: Isn't Ava Maddie's best friend? Could it be that she's jealous of Diana stealing Maddie's thunder?]

[Little Bottle: Don't involve my goddess Maddie! Ava sounds so sure, so I'm pretty sure she can't be wrong!]

At this moment, Ava on the other side of the computer screen was frantically clicking on her information bar.

No matter how she tried, she couldn't set it to anonymous!

Did the website have a bug?!

She panicked for a moment, but then calmed down.

She spoke the truth, what was there to be afraid of!

When she saw some comments insulting her below, Ava was instantly enraged.

She grabbed her keyboard and started replying.

[Princess Ava: That's all I have to say! Diana can't even play the piano, just wait for tomorrow's assessment results! If I'm wrong, I'll personally apologize to her!]

What a joke!

The professor said it himself during the assessment that day. From the sounds of it, they were going to give up on Diana!

Could it be fake?

When Diana saw this reply, she was instantly amused.

Although she didn't know why Ava was so convinced that she couldn't play the piano, since she had bumped into the muzzle, she couldn't just let her go easily.

[Diana: Alright, we'll see who's not afraid when the results come out~]

[Princess Ava: Whoever is afraid is a chicken!]

This conversation between the two immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The replies below kept pouring in one after another, and soon it became the top comment.

Anyway, people love to watch a good show.

This move caused Diana's votes to soar and she even made it into the top twenty.

She kicked her feet up on the table, watching her soaring vote count, and leisurely snacked on some potato chips.

Hmm...

I wonder if Ava will apologize tomorrow, or if she'd rather be a chicken?

On the other side, at the top floor of the headquarters of the Matthews family in Cloud City's central zone, a man dressed in a black shirt sat on a leather sofa in the middle. He had long legs casually crossed together, one hand propping up his head, while the other hand slowly flipped through the documents on his lap.

His face, distinguished and handsome, exuded a faint sense of detachment, and a chilly aura that kept others at bay.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the office door. After giving permission to enter, Jackson walked in cautiously.

John lifted his phoenix eyes and caught sight of Jackson's cautious expression. He then raised his hand and closed the file on his lap.

"Have you recovered from your illness?"

Upon hearing this question, Jackson instantly looked guilty and averted his gaze.

After the incident in the piano room, Jackson took a week off sick leave. John didn't bother with him during that time. Today, he finally couldn't resist and appeared on his own.

"Boss, I was really wrong..."

Jackson rubbed his hands together, quietly observing John's reaction. He thought he might be sent to some remote place again, but John had not responded to him these past few days. Maybe he had already forgiven him...or so he hoped.

Unexpectedly, John didn't even lift his head. He just said, "I heard that there is a volunteer program for an experimental project on Mars recently. I plan to sign you up."

Jackson: !!!

Mars?!

He steadied his knees that nearly gave out and said with difficulty, "Boss, please listen to me...Ms. Thompson encountered a little setback at the university."

"What's wrong?"

As soon as John heard it was about Diana, his expression immediately changed.

"I heard Ms. Thompson is running for student representative, but the votes aren't very optimistic..." Jackson said in a low voice.

John furrowed his brows, then picked up the nearby computer and immediately opened the official website of Cloud City University, finding the voting page.

Scrolling down, Diana was ranked fifteenth.

He squinted his eyes.

These shallow people, his little girl was intelligent, elegant, gentle and generous, yet they didn't vote for her.

Nonsense.

He clicked on the voting option, but there was no response.

Jackson seemed to sense his intention and quickly said, "Boss, only current students of Cloud City University can vote in this poll, so you can't vote for Ms. Thompson."

Upon hearing this, John became even more displeased.

What kind of stupid rule is this?

"Change it," John closed the computer and said coldly, "Starting tomorrow, the vote will be open to everyone."

Originally, he thought of making his little girl the student representative directly, but this might not be accepted by others.

And knowing his little girl's character, she probably wouldn't want it either.

"Okay, boss, I'll take care of it right away!"

Jackson happily prepared to leave.

Indeed, as long as he handled Ms. Thompson's affairs for the boss, everything would be fine.

He was just about to leave when he suddenly heard John's voice again, "You don't need to go to Mars..."

"Thank you, boss!"

"But I have other plans..."

Jackson: ...suddenly had a bad feeling about this.

The Next Day.

In the past, exam results were usually released around noon, according to past experience.

Everyone couldn't wait to see their grades after finishing their lunch.

Diana, however, remained calm.

Judging from the shocked expressions of the professors last time, even an A would be conservative for her.

She wasn't worried about her grades.

What she needed to consider now was how to make Ava bow down to her later.

"The grades are out! The grades are out!"

Someone shouted.

"Maddie is at the top! Did she get the highest score?"

"Of course, Maddie is still number one!"

"Haha, let's check out Diana's grades!"

...

Listening to the noise in the classroom, Diana frowned.

Maddie was in first place? That's not logical.

Can she really surpass herself with her mediocre skills?

Did the professors all turn deaf?

Diana picked up her phone and checked her exam results.

However...