“…… But I didn't do anything! Zhang Shishi let out a wail, which was completely inconsistent with her usual image of a delicate and tall talented woman!

"Didn't do it, right, well, since you're not afraid of shadows, there's no need to stop others from investigating you, I'm leaving, goodbye." Chu Xue took the three books, "I will read your books, don't worry, what I promised will definitely be done." ”

"First Snow !!" Zhang Shishi pounced on it, as if she was going to strangle Chu Xue to death, "Don't go first, don't leave first, let's talk slowly......"

Hatsuyuki slowly reached into her bag.

groped and pressed the phone's recording button......

Then, a pair of eyes looked at Zhang Shishi quietly: "Say it, what did you do?" ”

Zhang Shishi seemed to have been drained of all her strength, and slumped on the chair: "First snow, I'...... That's not really my idea...... At that time, there was a school leader who had a very good relationship with my father, and he said that this time it was a rare opportunity, if I could get the first place, I could participate in the national competition, and he had a very strong relationship with one of the chief judges of the national competition, and he would definitely be able to guarantee that I would win the ranking...... My dad said that it has been judged, I am not the first place, the first place is you...... Then the leader said that this kind of competition cares most about whether the work is original or not, whether there is any suspicion of plagiarism, and if it can make your article cause a commotion, then the principal is afraid of losing the face of our school and will not let you participate...... It really wasn't my idea......"

Chu Xue said lightly: "Then how did you manage to make a work that was completed before me have many sentences like mine?" I really didn't figure this out. ”

"It's also very simple." Zhang Shishi probably said it, but she didn't shy away from it, she took out a cigarette from her bag, lit it and smoked it skillfully, not at all like the fresh literary young woman at the beginning.

"How easy is it?"

"Because I am the author of "Fengyunlu", I wrote this book anonymously, but the results are not too good, and I didn't care about it after that...... Later, your "Stunning Thousand Autumns" won the first place, which happened to be very similar to the theme written in "Fengyunlu", if you add some of your sentences, it can also make perfect sense...... So we're going to do that, and then plant the name of plagiarism on your head......"

"But "Fengyunlu" was obviously written more than a year before me, how can it be possible to paste my sentences?"

"It's very simple, we bought off the editor-in-chief of many large websites, opened the backend, and pasted those sentences of yours, but the publication date displayed was still more than a year ago, and the book was not very popular, most people haven't read it, and no one knows more sentences. In order to create momentum, we spent money to invite a lot of people to pretend to be fans, and applied for Baidu Tieba and QQ groups, each of whom paid a salary of a few hundred yuan, saying that they were loyal readers of this book and denounced you for plagiarism...... The so-called three people become tigers, one person says that you plagiarize may not be believed by everyone, two people say that everyone is a little skeptical, if there are a hundred people who say it, it is estimated that most people will believe it...... After all, you're just a newcomer, you haven't written a book before, and it's normal for others to suspect you......"

Chu Xue's fingers pinched the phone in the bag, and the corner of her mouth smiled coldly:

"Just because you want to compete in the national competition and you don't want to give up this opportunity, so you want someone else to lose your reputation? Zhang Shishi, you have read so many books, where have you learned the truth? ”

"I knew it wasn't right, but the temptation to win a national championship was too great...... I can't resist it at all......" Zhang Shishi looked like she was about to cry, "Do you know the first snow...... Later, I always felt guilty about you, and when you graduated from college, there was a job opportunity that was very suitable for you, and the boss was my uncle, and the salary was good. I went to the door of your dormitory to tell you, as long as you open your mouth for an interview, it will be no problem. But you're not here, Xu Dongdong is here, she grabbed me and scolded my ancestors for eighteen generations, and then said that as long as I dare to come to you again, I will beat me all over the ground looking for teeth, of course I don't want to be like her, so I left......"

Chu Xue said lightly: "Do you think I will accept the job offer you gave me?" ”

"That's right, Chu Xue, you're doing well now, better than everyone else, and your necklace is equal to the price of a house of mine, so why do you bother with me? Everyone has forgotten about this thing now, so why do you have to poke it out? I was wrong at the time, can I apologize to you now? In the future, we will be good friends, I have many acquaintances in the publishing industry, and I will definitely be able to make you popular quickly, and when Mr. Jin sees that you have become a famous female writer, he will like you more, men, the freshness of the moment can only be maintained for a short time, only when you become famous and are admired and liked by more people will he have a sense of crisis, and he will feel that he needs to cherish you more...... Chu Xue, you listen to me, there is absolutely nothing wrong. ”

Chu Xue's fingers were still pinching the phone in her bag, and she said slowly: "I'm actually very strange. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I wonder why many people think that it is enough to hurt others, throw their self-esteem and dedication on the ground, walk away proudly, and then say 'I'm sorry'?"

"This ......" Zhang Shishi opened her mouth dumbly.

"In this world, not every word of sorry can be exchanged for nothing. A person is responsible for what he has done, and since you have done it, then you have to bear the consequences - whether others forgive you, or refuse to forgive you, hate you, take revenge on you, this is the result of the cause you planted - I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't accept it, I can't forgive you, and I can't be friends with you. ”

"First snow!! So what do you want from me?? You want me to kneel on the ground and apologize to you? I...... I can do it! Zhang Shishi said that she was about to kneel.

"No need." Hatsuyuki raised her hand to stop her.

She thought of her sleepless nights, the nights when she was surrounded and suppressed by people on QQ and Tieba, how those trolls cursed her for plagiarism with vicious and disgusting words, and what a complicated and disdainful look at her by the head of the department...... Thinking of my own shattered dreams of words......

There is no way to undo it.

Yes, she is doing well now and is not destitute, but that does not mean that she has to forgive this woman.

Forgiveness can be a noble act, but sorry, she can't.