Chapter 375: I’m Willing to Pay Ten Times the Price in Exchange for Your Betrayal (1)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The things she did for Yuan Luochen were too few to win his favor.
But there was no hurry. There’s plenty of time.
As long as Yuan Luochen could successfully secure the position of the head of the Yuan family, she would be the future Mistress of the Yuan Family.
Because the plagiarism incident had stirred up a lot of attention, Jiang Yining called Shen Man to postpone the celebration banquet. She didn’t want to risk being attacked while the controversy was still hot.
Shen Man was very worried and asked her if she needed help.
Jiang Yining told her that there was no need and promised her that it would only take a few days to resolve this matter.
Only then did Shen Man calm down and wait patiently.
In the next two days, Jiang Yining thoroughly investigated all the evidence that Yang Ni had posted online.
Eventually, she realized that Yang Ni had indeed submitted a work to an editor two years ago, but the style was completely different from hers.
Yang Ni had intentionally replaced her earlier work with a recent imitation to smear her reputation.
As for the release time of the screenshot, it was naturally photoshopped by an expert.
Jiang Yining effortlessly restored the original timestamp.
In addition, Jiang Yining also found out on the dark web that Yang Ni had maliciously plagiarized another classmate’s graduation project during her university days.
At that time, the victim had posted it on the BS forum.
Yang Ni arrogantly provoked her accuser, claiming to have solid evidence and suggesting they take legal action instead of arguing online.
Jiang Yining sneered.
Shameless indeed.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhi’s investigation into Yang Ni revealed new developments.
Yang Ni had recently interviewed for a job at a company under Yuan Luochen. However, she didn’t get the job and had been unemployed. She stayed at home with her financially struggling family. It could even be said that they were penniless. She had a paralyzed mother and a younger brother who liked to relax and hated to work.
Logically speaking, if Yang Ni didn’t work, her family wouldn’t be living well.
However, Yang Ni was surprisingly extravagant.
She even made a down payment for a small apartment right after she posted it on Weibo.
The source of this money was untraceable.
Combining all the clues, Jiang Yining and Lu Zhi speculated that Yuan Luochen had bribed YangNi.
Thus, the two of them discussed.
They knew what to do.
The next day.
Jiang Yining arranged to meet Yang Ni.
The other party readily agreed.
The two of them met at a cafe.
Yang Ni deliberately delayed her arrival by half an hour, but she didn’t expect Jiang Yining to arrive even later than her.
Yang Ni was instantly unhappy. She considered herself the ‘victim’ in this matter. Jiang Yining had a favor to ask of her, and she still dared to be so arrogant.
“Why are you so late? Aren’t you here to apologize sincerely?”
Yang Ni spoke in an unfriendly tone.
Jiang Yining looked at the mean-looking girl in front of her and smiled faintly. “Don’t you just want money? I can offer you a satisfactory price, so what does it matter if I’m late or not?”
When Yang Ni heard this, her eyes revealed greed.
She was indeed short of money, a lot of it.
Ever since she was young, she had been looked down upon by many and experienced too much humiliation and injustice due to her lack of money. Therefore, as she grew older, her desire for money intensified. When Yuan Luochen approached her, she didn’t hesitate to agree, solely because he was willing to give her a million!
One million!
That was a number that she had never encountered in her entire life!
She had used the advance payment of 300,000 yuan from Yuan Luochen to buy a small apartment.
After the matter was settled, she would get the remaining 600,000 yuan.
She planned to indulge in luxury goods and embark on a global tour!
She wants to splurge!
Yang Ni endured it for a while and pretended not to care. She said, “Of course I want money. But I want you to apologize and admit that you plagiarized my work. Also, you have to compensate me with all the money you earned from the comic ‘But My Boss Wants to Marry Me’.”
Jiang Yining rested her chin on one hand and went straight to the point with a smile. “I haven’t done anything wrong, so I won’t admit to it. Besides, even if I’m willing to compensate you with all the money, you might not get much, right?”
“What do you mean? Who said you didn’t plagiarize? You plagiarized my work!” Yang Ni was rational and boastful.
Jiang Yining cryptically uttered three words, “Yuan Luochen.”
Yang Ni’s heart skipped a beat.
This Jiang Yining was too powerful, wasn’t she? She had found Yuan Luochen so quickly?
“I… I don’t understand what you mean. Why are you mentioning others? Don’t involve others in our matters.” Yang Ni stuttered as she finished speaking. Her gaze became determined and sharp again.
Why should she be afraid?
Mr.. Yuan had told her that even if the other party found out about him, they wouldn’t be able to get any real evidence!