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Ye Wanqing faced Peng Xingzhou's accusation of plagiarism. Although the news had reached her ears for some time, she did not panic.

Ever since Su Zimo rejoined the crew, she decided to avoid the hustle and bustle of the outside world and devote herself to the creation of new works.

Whenever night fell and everything was quiet, she would always write until late at night, and would get up at dawn the next day to continue her literary career.

However, the writing process that day was not smooth. After lunch, she felt a lack of inspiration, so she decided to put down her writing for a while and relax.

When she woke up from her nap, she noticed that there were multiple missed call notifications flashing on her phone screen. Su Zimo and Li Meng had both tried to contact her, and her editor Ji Mu's call was at the top of the missed call list.

Realizing that there might be an emergency, Ye Wanqing put down the teacup in her hand and quickly called Ji Mu back.

Ji Mu had been waiting for Ye Wanqing's reply. She was even prepared to leave for the capital immediately if she couldn't get in touch with her.

The call was finally connected, and Ji Mu's voice was full of anxiety and powerlessness.

"Wanqing, you finally answered the phone. If you hadn't answered, I would have worried myself sick!"

Ye Wanqing was well aware of Ji Mu's impatience, but she was still surprised by the continuous phone bombardment.

"What happened?" Ye Wanqing asked calmly.

"Have you ignored the online news again? Hurry up and open your computer and check Weibo. Peng Xingzhou is accusing your work 'Wind and Cloud Meeting' of plagiarizing her 'Wind and Rain Together' on the public platform!"

There was a sense of urgency in Ji Mu's voice.

Ye Wanqing frowned slightly. She knew what such an accusation meant to a writer, but she also knew that the originality of her work was beyond doubt.

She took a deep breath and prepared to face this sudden storm.

"I see. I'll check it out right away."

Ye Wanqing responded, and then quickly looked up the details of Peng Xingzhou's accusations on the computer.

"So that's what happened."

Ji Mu on the other end of the phone was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, while Ye Wanqing remained surprisingly calm. Ji Mu admired her composure, but was also worried that she might not fully realize the seriousness of the matter.

"Wanqing, you are our publishing house's star writer. If 'Gathering of Wind and Clouds' is really considered plagiarized by the outside world, your reputation will be severely damaged!"

There was anxiety in Ji Mu's tone.

"While I am 100% convinced of your innocence, the timeline proposed by Peng Xingzhou is indeed suspicious. Her work was published more than three months earlier than yours."

"Furthermore, she published the original manuscript. The beginning of your work is quite similar, although there are some differences in details."

"How does the company plan to deal with this matter?" Ye Wanqing asked calmly.

"Do you have any evidence to prove the originality of your work? If not, the company's opinion is to try to negotiate with Peng Xingzhou to see if you can get her to withdraw the accusation and wait for this matter to calm down."

Ji Mu explained, "Your new book, 'Catching Stars for You,' will be published next month, and the TV series of the same name is also being filmed. If this matter continues to ferment, we may need to pay liquidated damages to the crew."

Although Ji Mu knew that the company's approach was somewhat unrealistic, it seemed to be the only option in the face of Peng Xingzhou's so-called "evidence." She turned to ask Ye Wanqing about her personal plans:

"Wanqing, what are your personal plans?"

After reading the message from Zhao Jinyu, Ye Wanqing calmly replied, "Zhao Jinyu's opinion agrees with mine."

Ye Wanqing paused for a moment, then continued in a firm tone: "I have sufficient evidence to prove that the creation of "Wind and Cloud Gathering" was completed earlier than Peng Xingzhou's book.

In addition, please help me investigate whether Peng Xingzhou has ever used the pen name "That Season of Flowers Blooming" to create his works.

I will send you a screenshot of her old QQ number later. If all this is true, then this so-called plagiarism accusation will become very interesting. "

"The Gathering of Wind and Cloud" is Ye Wanqing's debut work, which marks the moment when she officially stepped into the literary world. In fact, she had completed most of the content of this work when she was seventeen years old, with a word count of nearly 200,000 words.

Due to age restrictions, Ye Wanqing was unable to sign a contract with any website at the time, so she had always carefully kept her manuscripts.

It was not until her eighteenth birthday that she decided to publish the carefully revised "The Meeting of the Wind and Clouds" on the Internet.

Although she had not signed a contract, her work had already shown the potential to become a hit. Less than a week later, an editor contacted her, hoping to sign a contract.

In the past, Ye Wanqing had the habit of writing blogs. In order to protect her manuscripts from being leaked, she posted the first 30,000 words of "Fengyun Jihui" on her own blog account and set the permissions to be visible only to herself.

She also recorded her early story outlines and character settings in detail in her blog, so that she could refer to them in time to prove the originality of her work.

"That Season's Flowers Bloom" is a writer friend Ye Wanqing met online when she was sixteen years old.

At that time, "That Season of Flowers Blooming" had already published two works on the novel website, but neither of them attracted much attention.

It was "That Season of Flowers Blooming" that introduced her to the novel website, and Ye Wanqing also shared the first draft of "Wind and Cloud Meeting" with "That Season of Flowers Blooming" for reading.

After the college entrance examination, Ye Wanqing's contact with "That Season's Flowers Bloom" gradually decreased, until her freshman year, when "That Season's Flowers Bloom" briefly asked about the publication of her novel.

Ye Wanqing told her that she had not published it yet, and then "That Season of Flowers Blooming" moved to other websites to continue writing, and the contact between the two was cut off.

Ye Wanqing has always been a person who cherishes the past. She took screenshots of all the chat records and saved them for future reference.

Although she changed several computers over time, these valuable records were always carefully stored in a dedicated hard drive.

For many years, everything was calm and Ye Wanqing began to think that her previous worries were unnecessary.

However, with the sudden appearance of Peng Xingzhou, she realized that things might not be as simple as they seemed.

Ji Mu quickly understood Ye Wanqing's implication:

"You mean you suspect 'Flowers Bloom That Season' may have plagiarized your manuscript?" she asked.

"Yes, I let her read my manuscript before it was officially published." Ye Wanqing answered affirmatively.

Ji Mu took a deep breath and his expression became serious: "For eight years, this person has been lurking in the dark. Now she suddenly appears. You must be vigilant. She may have other plans."

Ye Wanqing smiled lightly, with a hint of determination in her eyes: "Don't worry, I have my own preparations."

Ji Mu knew that although Ye Wanqing was usually gentle, she was obviously deeply moved this time. From Ye Wanqing's tone, Ji Mu could feel her determination. This matter would never be left unresolved.

"Since you already have a plan, I feel relieved. I will start helping you investigate this matter immediately." Ji Mu said.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Ye Wanqing responded.

"Hey, are we still talking about this between ourselves?" Ji Mu was a little disapproving.

After ending the call, Ye Wanqing immediately replied to Zhao Jinyu's text message:

"Okay, let's meet tonight."

The accusation of plagiarism was like a storm, affecting not only Ye Wanqing's personal reputation, but also the crew she was working for. Zhao Jinyu hoped to meet with her to discuss strategies for dealing with this crisis.

Ye Wanqing didn't hesitate at all and immediately set a time for the meeting.

She carefully read Peng Xingzhou's accusatory article again, then turned off the computer, got up and went upstairs, changed into going-out clothes, and prepared to go to the agreed place with Zhao Jinyu.