Chapter 1596: Chapter 1596: Counterattack

Xaviera Evans raised a corner of her mouth slightly. She had to admit, Quinn Powell was indeed smart and well-prepared.

But back then, she was imprisoned by Jacob Powell, being drained for blood every once in a while. Whenever Jacob wasn’t around, Quinn would torment her, forcing her to write down the formula for her fragrance.

To survive, she had to comply with Quinn. But every recipe she wrote was flawed, hence the formulas in Quinn’s possession were all traps she had intentionally set.

Eventually, she was hypnotized by Jacob and lost part of her memory, but she still remembered the perfect fragrance formula.

At this point, the judge projected a photo onto the big screen, ensuring everyone could see that the ingredients on the formula were identical to those in the fragrance Quinn had concocted.

A representative of the judging panel looked at Xaviera somewhat helplessly, “Miss Cynthia, could you produce your own version of the formula, earlier than Miss Powell’s?

Quinn’s formula was written five years ago. If Cynthia didn’t have an earlier photo, it would prove Quinn was the original creator, thus confirming that Cynthia had stolen the formula.

Everyone looked at Cynthia with anticipation, not wanting to believe that such an excellent perfumer was once a thief!

But then, the next moment, Xaviera calmly said, “No.”

Everyone shook their heads in disappointment.

“You’ve admitted it then!” Judge Sun Snare shouted excitedly.

Quinn also started laughing triumphantly, Xaviera could never have a photo, because she was imprisoned then, with no chance at all to take a photo.

“Judge Snare was right earlier, plagiarists shouldn’t stand on the competition stage.” Xaviera suddenly spoke, eyes shinning determination, “But the person who needs to be kicked out isn’t me! I’m here today to publicly accuse Miss Powell of stealing my fragrance formulas five years ago, more than twenty of them!”

The huge auditorium instantly fell into a deafening silence, people even thought they had misheard.

Quinn’s heart trembled fiercely, her face uncontrollably twisted in fury as she roared, “That’s absurd!”

“Cynthia!” Jacob also shouted, “It was clearly you who stole Quinn’s formulas, and now you are turning it around on her? How can you be like this!”

Xaviera didn’t even deign to give Jacob a glance, her cold gaze landed on Madam Powell and Robert Powell.

In the moment that their eyes met, shock and unease filled Madam Powell’s eyes, Xaviera was absolutely certain. Madam Powell knew everything that Quinn had done in the past.

She was clearly the rightful daughter of the Powell family, but Madam Powell helped a foster daughter to torment her, harm her, and take everything she owned.

As for Robert, he appeared utterly baffled, which Xaviera found laughable.

Quinn sobbed pathetically, “Cynthia, five years ago you…you stole my formula when I wasn’t looking, everyone in the Powell family knows, and you dare now publicly accuse me!”

“I had thought of you as a friend, so I chose to keep it quiet then, I thought you might mend your ways. But I never thought you would try to pin everything on me, how could you be so cruel?”

The audience was stunned.

“Miss Cynthia and Miss Powell were friends?”

“Miss Powell appreciated her as a friend, but she seized the opportunity to steal the formula, and now publicly defames Miss Powell. That’s way out of line!”

“Get out of here! Cynthia doesn’t deserve to be a perfumer!”

Quinn hung her head low, a cunning smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

At this point Jacob had rushed up to the stage, shielding Quinn, looking at Xaviera with fury in his eyes, “Enough!”

“Does Mr. Powell fully trust Miss Powell?” Xaviera asked coldly.

“Of course, Quinn would never lie.” Jacob answered without hesitation.

Xaviera nodded, “Alright! I hope you don’t regret it.”

She wanted to see Jacob’s expression when the truth came out. The sister he trusted so much had a different face behind his back, it must be hard for him to accept!

Xaviera withdrew her gaze and turned to the audience, announcing loudly, “Ladies and gentlemen, I indeed don’t have a photo, but I can still prove that the formula is mine!”

“Everyone here knows about fragrances, you must have noticed that both these fragrances have a different ingredient, while that’s just one ingredient, it creates a significant difference in their scent. Even more importantly, the theme of this contest is ‘Scenery’ – some may think a scenery is a bloom of flowers in a bright, blue sky, or a snow-covered landscape, falling snow in winter.”

“Miss Powell’s fragrance initially seems to have a cool tone, but it contains a large amount of sandalwood, turning the originally crisp, sweet fragrance heavy. This incongruence makes it difficult to understand what scenery she is trying to represent.”