Trial Marriage Husband: Need to Work Hard

Chapter 704: Tangning Fights Back

Translator: Yunyi Editor: Yunyi

8pm. Another difficult amount of waiting.

The author paced back and forth at home in honest fear. He realized Hai Rui wasnʼt easy to deal with and that he shouldnʼt have agreed to Song Xinʼs suggestion from the start because of greed. He had actually believed Song Xinʼs words and thought that Hai Rui would never discover the truth. Who would have thought...

...Hai Rui was Hai Rui for a reason. A person like him should have never underestimated them!

”What should I do? What should I do?” Due to guilt, the author once again gave Song Xin a phone call. However, Song Xin did not answer his call.

Even though she doubted that Hai Rui would be able to find any more information, she was sneaky enough to avoid the authorʼs phone calls to reduce her risk of being discovered.

In reality, the fact that Hai Rui got screenshots and discovered the novel was written by multiple people, was already beyond her expectations. She never imagined that they had even more.

Soon, 8pm arrived.

As nosy observers, the netizens were ready to welcome new revelations. They were curious if Hai Rui had anything else to show them.

However, they never expected to witness a spectacular catfight. But wait, this was no ordinary catfight, it had become a suspenseful mystery.

The time was right and Hai Ruiʼs website had a new update. And this newest update contained a video.

Appearing on the video was a famous editor of an online literary website and beside her sat a laptop that was logged into a website management system. Of course, all that she wanted to show the public were a few things that those within the industry already knew about.

Within the video, she made an edit to a chapter of a novel that had been published a few years ago and replaced the old chapter with completely new content. This demonstrated the flexibility of the industry in this regard.

It had nothing to do with its contract; the content could be easily changed at a later date!

After watching the video, the public quickly understood what Hai Rui was trying to demonstrate.

Why did everyone focus on the date of the contract and not consider that ʼThe Trackerʼ may have been completely replaced with new content at a later date? This explained why there were multiple writers.

Because, if multiple people worked on it, it was possible to produce an entire novel in a short period of time.

Oh God!

So, this was the truth! The culprit had merely used an illusion to almost get away with a huge crime.

Observers of the incident were shocked. They originally thought that it was a simple case of plagiarism, but they never imagined that it involved so many schemes and secrets.

After the truth was revealed, everyone fell silent!

It didnʼt take long before Fang Yu accepted an interview with the media and provided a conclusion for the entire incident.

”Hai Rui believes that everyone can already determine the truth. Regarding the plagiarism between ʼThe Trackerʼ and ʼThe Lost Relativeʼ, Iʼm sure everyone has come to a reasonable conclusion.”

”Hai Rui promised that theyʼd prove Elder Wuʼs innocence, so Hai Rui has achieved that. What about the author of ʼThe Trackerʼ? If I remember correctly, you confidently accused Elder Wu of plagiarizing your work and if he didnʼt, youʼd break your hands. I hope you remember your promise. I will be waiting to see the results.”

”Then, there are the aggressive netizens. Of course, Hai Rui is already accustomed to it. After all, the majority of people in the world are heartless and brainless. We canʼt blame those that canʼt think for themselves. If medicine had deemed them as mentally retarded, we canʼt do anything about that.”

”Oh, by the way, I need to give a special mention to the ʼrighteousʼ people that slandered ʼThe Lost Relativeʼ. We really canʼt underestimate the power of this army of ʼoriginalʼ authors. Unfortunately, all youʼve done is acted as an accessory to someone elseʼs crime! In the end, you are all intelligent, educated people. But, because of your constant pressuring, Elder Wu almost responded by killing himself! What a bunch of trash!”

”If you still have a bit of conscience, you should dig a hole and hide yourself inside!”

Fang Yuʼs words were bone-piercingly direct, without restraint!

After all, there were some things posted online that really stirred up oneʼs anger. Because, a sentence that appeared harmless, was actually capable of destroying a personʼs future or even their life.

As a human, couldnʼt they keep their mouths shut? Couldnʼt they analyze a situation properly before they gave their opinion?

”Hai Rui will not follow up on this matter from this point forward. But, regarding the reason why the author created such a scheme and whether anyone instigated them to do this, Hai Rui will not let them off the hook. As for those that tried to stop ʼThe Lost Relativeʼ from screening, donʼt worry, it will be officially released tomorrow. Everyone is welcome to go watch it and show their support.”

After Fang Yuʼs interview, the internet overflowed with sounds of apologies.

As the population became more and more educated, most people knew how to self-reflect.

”Sorry, Elder Wu! We are truly sorry!”

”We never thought that Elder Wu was innocent. We are so sorry.”

”Although itʼs a bit awkward, we should all go to the theater and show our support. This is the best form of apology!”

”Youʼre right. We will go to the theater tomorrow. I will also like to point out that the author of ʼThe Trackerʼ is shameless.”

Perhaps to protect his hands, the author went into hiding and did not respond. He completely dismissed his previous arrogance. A little while later, a netizen named ʼSmall Daggerʼ admitted online that she was one of the writers of ʼThe Trackerʼ, but she had no idea that such a big conspiracy was involved and that sheʼd be used in such a way.

She explained that she did what she did because she had no choice and needed to survive. But, after seeing Elder Wu attempt suicide, she felt so guilty that she couldnʼt eat or sleep.

In addition, she presented everyone with evidence of her involvement, which included the portion she worked on and the drafts.

With this, the truth was obvious.

Everything was clear as ice.

”Elder Wu is innocent. I would like to give my sincerest apologies!”

Even though the truth had been revealed, another question still existed: why did the author plan such a thing? Was it simply to get a cut of the profits?

But, ʼThe Lost Relativeʼ had nothing to do with him, how did he think of creating a scheme against it?

This was the question that Hai Rui left the public with.

Of course, when Hai Rui said that theyʼd investigate into a matter, they would definitely investigate it!

”Everything has been clarified. Elder Wuʼs innocence has been proven.”

”Itʼs not enough,” hearing Long Jieʼs complaint, Tangningʼs expression did not lighten. ”Donʼt forget, even if Elder Wu wakes up, he will still be affected by dementia. I will definitely expose the mastermind behind this entire incident no matter how she tries to hide.”

”Do you have a follow-up plan?” Long Jie asked in surprise.