Bai Yiru and Ning Keyan looked at the working group members one after another, and they were also a little unhappy in their hearts. "If you're going to investigate, why didn't you investigate before? Why is it said that the survey is only now? Bai Yiru questioned in a slightly mocking tone, every time the matter was forced to a certain level, he said that he wanted to investigate, but how many times can he really investigate, and it is not to prevaricate the people to say this. The people in the ...... working group were speechless, they were indeed a little taken lightly before, after all, Vincent had the original manuscript in his hand, and every suspicion pointed to Bai Yiru as a plagiarist.

Faced with the inability of the working group staff to explain, Bai Yiru just wanted to continue to ask questions, but was suddenly pushed away. "Yiru, be careful!" Gu Dongning pounced on Bai Yiru and hugged her tightly in his arms, while he himself fell to the ground and made a meat pad for her.

Bai Yiru, who hadn't yet reacted to what had happened, was slightly stunned, and heard that where he had just stood, the pillar that had built a temporary podium had fallen, smashing a row of tables, injuring several art center staff, as well as several reporters and passers-by. "Dong Ning, have you done anything?" She got up with palpitations, pulled Gu Dongning up, looked at him carefully, and asked nervously. "I'm fine, but you, what's wrong?" Gu Dongning patted the dust on his body and pulled Bai Yiru's wrist, "This burn is not good yet, I'm really afraid that I will scratch your skin again." "He didn't expect that something like this would happen just after he came back from a business trip, and thanks to the time he came back, she wasn't injured." I'm fine. Bai Yiru shook her head, and suddenly remembered Ning Keyan, so she turned back to look for it, "Mom doesn't know where it is." Let's hope she's okay. ”

The scene was chaotic, Gu Dongning hurriedly caught up, grabbed Bai Yiru's hand, and the two looked for Ning Keyan together.

Ning Keyan stood in the corner, she didn't stand with Bai Yiru just now, and she was a little far away, so she was not threatened, but the smashed table and chair, a few pieces of wood flew up, rubbed against her leg, and there was no bleeding.

She beckoned to Gu Dongning and Bai Yiru in the distance, "Dongning, here." "Mom." Only then did Gu Dongning see Ning Keyan, and ran over with Bai Yiru, "Are you okay?" "It's fine." Ning Keyan shook his head, "The place where the pillar fell just now happened to be where Yiru was standing, and I am afraid that someone did it on purpose." Dong Ning, you can quickly call someone to take a look. ”

Gu Dongning nodded and ordered Ah Qi to investigate.

He also realized this just now, but in order to save Bai Yiru and find Ning Keyan, he didn't have time to give orders. "Mom, you're fine." Bai Yiru's heart finally let go.

Ning Keyan looked at Bai Yiru and didn't say anything in response to her.

Bai Yiru lowered her head a little unnaturally, wringed her hands, was silent for a while, and suddenly raised her head and said excitedly: "Dong Ning, Mom, I know how to prove my innocence!" "How?" Gu Dongning asked, he had just ordered Ah Qi to check all the plagiarism incidents. "It's my hand." Bai Yiru raised his hand, "My hand is injured, and the scald cream you gave me has a strong smell of sesame oil, and the paintings I have taken will naturally have it, and there will be traces of the ointment." As long as we carefully examine the original manuscript in Vincent's hand, it will be fine. "Makes sense." Gu Dongning nodded, the inscription on the original manuscript could be changed, but the traces of the ointment could not be changed. "I'll take care of the rest, you don't have to worry." After he finished speaking, he looked at Ning Keyan again, and said softly, "Mom, Yiru is like this now, let's take her home." Who knows if it's Simon or Gu Zhengjiang who is looking for trouble again, Yiru is very dangerous. ”

Rather than tilt her head, she didn't look at her son, she didn't look at Bai Yiru, and was silent for a while, but she left first and didn't say anything.

"Dong Ning......" Bai Yiru didn't understand what Ning Ke meant, she looked at Gu Dong Ning with a smile.

"Come home with me. One qiē has me in. Gu Dongning took Bai Yiru's hand and walked towards his car, "Mom can't say anything to let you go home now, but she didn't say that she wouldn't let you go home." You can be wronged first, and it's good if Mom wants to open it. ”

"I see." Bai Yiru nodded, "Leaving the house is what I want to leave by myself, not Mom,"

She followed Gu Dongning into the car, and was a little glad that the timing of this plagiarism incident was too good, at least giving herself a chance to reconcile with Ning Keyan.

They left the scene, leaving Ah Qi to deal with the plagiarism incident.

After negotiating with the staff of the art center, Ah Qi finally got the original manuscript and sent it to the research center for appraisal.

After the appraisal results came out soon, Gu Dongning held a press conference to clear Bai Yiru's grievances and save her reputation to the greatest extent.

"This is the identification result of the research center, and the original manuscript has the smell of xxx brand scald ointment, and there are traces of ointment. My wife's hand was burned not long ago, and it was this brand of ointment that she used. Moreover, the results of the investigation also clearly stated that the registration area had been significantly modified, and the paper here and the original paper were not from a manufacturing company. Gu Dongning was by Bai Yiru's side, personally made the results of the investigation public, and even took out the scald cream she was using.

Bai Yiru smiled at Gu Dongning, and looked at the reporters in the audience calmly, "My mother-in-law said that this work was painted by me when I was in H City, and the researchers of the research institute studied the ink, which also proved that this old painting is an old painting. There is also a pilgrim book of the Phoenix Mountain River Temple, which has been approved by the relevant government departments, and it clearly says the date we went to the incense, and the date page also clearly says that the weather was sunny that day, proving that I have indeed seen the sunset......"

After she and Gu Dongning listed a lot of evidence, they also invited people from the research institute to professionally analyze the results.

At the end of the press conference, Bai Yiru was confirmed to be wronged, and it was also confirmed that Vincent was a plagiarist.

"Young master, this plagiarism incident was directed by Zhao Yali and Gu Zhengjiang. They colluded with Vincent. After the press conference, Ah Qi came to report to Gu Dongning, he had only found evidence before, and the messenger behind the scenes had just found out.

"Looks like it's time to catch them all." Gu Dongning's eyes narrowed dangerously, too many things had happened during this time, and he had forgotten about Zhao Yali and Gu Zhengjiang's existence. "Find the people first."

"Understood." Ah Qi answered and quickly went to work.

Gu Dongning looked at Vincent, who was surrounded by reporters not far away and asked why he plagiarized, and planned to leave, but he didn't want the other party to come towards him.

"The press conference has ended, and no interviews will be accepted at this time." The reporter also hugged Vincent together, and Gu Dongning reminded the reporters unhappily that he didn't care if anyone interviewed Vincent, what he cared about was that he didn't want to be interviewed again, so that reporters could hear his conversation with Vincent, which made things more troublesome.

The reporters left stupidly, originally wanting to dig out the deep-seated gossip, but when they saw Gu Dongning speak, they didn't dare.

"You're still so arrogant, so unbelievable." Vincent's eyes burst with hatred, and the two blazing fires of resentment seemed to burn Gu Dongning to death, "Who do you think you are?" Why can your words decide a person's life and death? ”

"We don't seem to have dealt with each other, watch your words." Gu Dongning was also curious, so he didn't leave, but waited for Vincent to come over, waiting for the other party to tell him the reason for plagiarism.

"Is there something wrong with my words?" Vincent took out a few newspapers and held them up in front of Gu Dongning's eyes, "More than ten years ago, because of your words, I lost a place in the art world!" My bright future and my life have been ruined by you! ”

Gu Dongning glanced at the headlines in the newspaper and finally knew what Vincent was talking about.

More than ten years ago, Vincent became famous overnight because his painting style was appreciated by many masters, and established a place in the art world, and soon he held an exhibition and auctioned his works.

Gu Dongning, who was still a teenager at the time, also went to participate in the auction, and when everyone was bidding one after another, he whispered to Master Gu, who went with him: "This painting is flawed, and it is obvious that it is not worth collecting, and the inscription poem below is a big failure, and there is almost no value for appreciation." ”

Master Gu felt that what Gu Dongning said was very right, and he also appreciated his grandson's point-to-point, so the two left the scene early.

But no one knew that Gu Dongning's words, which were originally said to Master Gu in private, were listened to, and spread at the auction site, and the bidders began to doubt the value of Vincent's paintings.

At the same time, because of Gu Dongning's words, the predecessors of the painting world also began to comment on Vincent's paintings, pointing out many deficiencies in details, in order to help him improve.

But unfortunately, these doubts and evaluations, after being tampered with by reporters, turned out to be a denial of Vincent, so that he no longer had a place to stand, so he could only disappear from the painting world, calm down the turmoil, and protect his reputation to the greatest extent.

But this depression never gave Vincent a chance to get up again and walk into people's eyes again. This made him hate Gu Dongning, and he thought about how to retaliate every day.

"If you accept other people's criticism and know how to improve, you won't be where you are." Gu Dongning didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, he was just telling the truth at the time, and besides, the reporters' messy reports were not for him to let them do.

"If it weren't for your words......"

"The unrepentant deserve to fail." Gu Dongning interrupted Vincent's words, glanced at him lightly and left, no longer giving him a chance to talk nonsense, anyway, he already knew the reason, and nothing else had anything to do with him.

Bai Yiru was waiting for Gu Dongning in the parking space, and when she saw him coming, she said to him, "I'll send you to the company and go home again." ”

"I'll just go myself. But-" Gu Dongning smiled brightly, holding Bai Yiru's little head, stealing incense at the corner of his mouth, "If my wife is willing to give it to me, I will be happy too." ”

"Poor mouth." Bai Yiru said angrily, and got into the car first.

Gu Dongning got into the car from the other side and ordered Ai Wei to drive.

After arriving at the company, he got out of the car and ordered Ai Wei to send Bai Yiru home safely before going upstairs to work.

"Send me some fireworks before you come back." After Bai Yiru saw Gu Dongning leave, he said to Ai Wei.

"Young lady, this kind of thing, just ask others to do it." Ai Wei didn't know what Bai Yiru was doing when he bought fireworks, and he had to go there himself.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, drop by. Bai Yiru didn't say much, leaned back in the leather chair with a heavy face, and looked at the road scene whistling outside the window with a heavy heart.

Ai Wei could only do so, sending Bai Yiru to pick up some fireworks before sending her home.

After returning home, Bai Yiru went into the study and never came out. Gu Dongning came back from work at night, and she didn't come out to greet him.

"Is there something wrong with Yiru?" When Gu Dongning asked Damei, he went to the study to find out in person.

"I don't know. The young lady wouldn't let us bother her, so we didn't dare to go. Da Mei said truthfully.

Gu Dongning frowned and knocked on the door of the study.

"Eru, I'm in?" He whispered, twisted the door lock, and when he entered, he saw Bai Yiru crying at the wooden box. "What's wrong? Missing Mom? ”

"Hmm." Bai Yiru cried like tears, and fell into his arms along Gu Dongning, who was hugging him, "Tomorrow is my mother's death day." But I couldn't go back. So it's a little sad. ”

"Why don't we go back sooner?" Gu Dongning remembered Zheng Peipei's death day, but he avoided mentioning her during this time, so he didn't say anything in front of Bai Yiru.

"Nope. Come back next time. Bai Yiru shook her head, go back at this time, let Ning Keyan know, she will be sad again, in short, now she can not mention her mother.

"Next time, then." Gu Dongning ran Bai Yiru's hair distressedly, comforting her like a child.

"Dong Ning, can you accompany me to set off fireworks tomorrow?" Bai Yiru looked at Gu Dongning with red eyes, "My mother likes to watch fireworks the most, and I want to show her fireworks." ”

"Yes." Where would Gu Dongning not agree to Bai Yiru's request, he wiped the tears from her face, "Where do you want to put it?" ”

"It's on the beach just outside the castle."

"No problem. I'll come back early tomorrow and take Qixi and Chiayi to set off fireworks for my mother. ”

Bai Yiru nodded, her eyes fell on the wooden box left by Zheng Peipei, and said angrily: "When my mother died, I was still very young, and the only memory is that she received a call that day, saying that my father was injured and hospitalized, and asked her to go to the hospital to pay for hospitalization quickly." ”

Gu Dongning listened quietly, this was the first time Bai Yiru had seriously talked about Zheng Peipei's death. He knew that the memories would make her uncomfortable, but he still didn't plan to interrupt her, the painful memories had been pressing on her for too long, and she needed someone to talk to, and only confiding could make her feel comfortable.

"It was a stormy day, lightning and thunder, it was already late at night, as long as I opened the window and saw the sky outside, it was inexplicably frightened. My mother said, 'Yiru, sleep at home and wait for Mom to come back, Dad is hurt, Mom has to go and see it.' I nodded, and though I was scared, I let my mother go. But this time I left, and my mother left me forever. Bai Yiru began to choke and cry again as she spoke, "If I hadn't been so obedient at that time and didn't let my mother go, she wouldn't have had an accident." Even if I coquettish a little and let her go out a little later and miss the time when that pot falls, she won't ......"

"It's none of your business. Can't blame you. No one knows when the pot will fall. Gu Dongning comforted Bai Yiru distressedly.

Bai Yiru continued to cry and said: "I was lying in the bed, listening to the thunder and not daring to sleep, and it didn't take long to receive a call that my mother was downstairs in the third district of Tianmei Garden and was killed by a flower pot falling from upstairs. I panicked and called my dad, who was not in the hospital, but at a friend's. He said he had only minor injuries and went to the hospital to get medication and came back. When I heard this, I thought that he had killed my mother, so I hated him very much from then on. The friend he said that day was none other than Zhao Yali. Later, I learned that Zhao Yali was not at home that day, and Bai Yaoyao and Bai Yizhang were afraid of thunder, so my father rushed over from the hospital to take care of them. ”

"The Tianmei Garden you are talking about, is it the one near your house?"

"Hmm. That's it. Tianmei Garden District 3. Bai Yiru came out of Gu Dongning's arms and looked at Ning Keyan who suddenly appeared in surprise, "Mom, are you here?" ”

"Your mother's death day is tomorrow?" Ning Keyan was passing by just now, but accidentally heard Bai Yiru talking about Zheng Peipei, so she listened outside the door for a while, and when she heard the key point, she couldn't help but come in and ask.

"Yes. What's wrong? Bai Yiru looked at Ning Keyan suspiciously, her mother-in-law knew about Zheng Peipei's death, why is she still asking.

"That's right, I don't know if the incident I encountered back then was the one that happened to your mother." Ning Keyan walked opposite Bai Yiru, sat down, and said slowly, "The day you said, I happened to go to H City to go back to Düsseldorf, and when the taxi passed by Tianmei Garden, I saw a flower pot falling upstairs, and a passerby on the ground was hit, and someone seemed to be passing by upstairs, I thought I was dazzled, because I had to catch a plane, so I didn't care." If the person who was stoned to death was your mother, it is likely that someone did it on purpose. ”

"This ......" Bai Yiru looked at Ning Keyan dumbfounded, "back then...... The police said it was an accident...... It was said that the wind was too strong, and the flower pot upstairs blew down, so it was killed. ”

Gu Dongning patted Bai Yiru's shoulder and said to Ning Keyan: "Mom, think about it, do you see someone upstairs?" ”

"It must be, because it was night, and there was lightning at that time, and I saw a figure upstairs by the light of lightning. But it's hard to say that it's not a shadow of something else. Ning frowned and said.

"Dong Ning, help me." After listening to Ning Keyan's words, Bai Yiru grabbed Gu Dongning's hand tightly, "Help me check." I wonder how my mother died. ”

"Good. Don't cry just yet. ”