First Place! Crazy Turnaround!

Ye Shanshan felt more embarrassed than ever before, as if someone had stripped her bare and pointed fingers at her. She took a deep breath and said with determination, "I didn't know about the bribery, and I don't understand why my brother would do such a thing. Even if it was for my sake, I would never accept such a backstage deal. Dance is my faith, and I've practiced so hard all this time because I wanted to participate in the competition fairly and squarely based on my own abilities. I'm truly sorry for disrupting the competition!"

However, the audience in the auditorium didn't buy her explanation.

"She didn't know? Ye Shanshan claims she didn't know?"

"That's right. Ye Huaijin is her brother, and they're together all the time. How could she not know about his bribery of the judges?"

"But privately, Ye Shanshan indeed practices very hard, and her performance in this round was genuinely good. It doesn't look like she used any backstage connections."