If she hadn't truly felt it, being treated as a plagiarist, being pointed at, being looked at with inquiry, contempt, and disdain wherever she went, and the despair of being locked in the bathroom by the plagiarist in the afternoon and almost missing the evaluation.

She thought all this was just her imagination.

She won first place, but this result did not satisfy her.

She wanted to do something, but there was an idea in her mind that kept telling her.

Be content. Being caught up in a plagiarism scandal meant you probably wouldn't have won first place, so isn't it great to be first now? Don't be greedy.

Give up your unrealistic fantasies. Even if you go to the company's top management to ask for an explanation, what's the point? They've finally resolved the matter, and they're unlikely to make it worse just because of your little thing.

Even if you report this matter to the police, they will not file a case for this kind of thing. Even if they do, the lawsuit will take several months or even years, which is not worth it.

There is a struggle between conscience and desire in Tonghua's mind, and she doesn't know what to do.

Do we really have to pretend that none of this happened?

Ding Dong

Suddenly her cell phone rang.

She picked up her phone and saw that it was Li Ji who sent her a message.

She looked to the right and saw Li Ji raising his cell phone, then looking down at it again.

Tonghua opened WeChat and took a look.

[Tian Hua, congratulations on winning first place. I knew you weren't a plagiarist.]

Just as Tonghua finished reading the message and was about to reply to him, he sent another message.

[In order to avoid gossip, I have no choice but to contact you via mobile phone.]

So that's how it is. She was wondering why Li Ji insisted on sending her a message even though he was right next to her.

She thought for a moment and replied:

【Thank you.】

【You won first place, but you don’t look very happy? 】

Is the expression on her face so obvious? Tonghua touched her face.

[Since you won first place, do you want to go out and celebrate? ]

Tonghua tilted her head and looked at Li Ji: [Sorry, I'm not in the mood.]

[Since you're feeling down, and tomorrow is the weekend, do you want to go volunteer together to change your mood? ]

Tonghua thought about it and realized that she had rarely been to a nursing home since she got married. This was really wrong.

Last time Li Ji wanted to go, but she broke the appointment. Now that she has invited him again, it would be inappropriate not to go.

【That’s the deal then.】

【Um.】

After the chat, Tonghua returned home.

When I got home, Qin Zun had not returned yet.

She was in a bad mood, so she only fried a scallop vermicelli dish and went back to her room after finishing her meal without waiting for him to eat together.

The next morning, Tonghua went out after breakfast.

In order to make it easier to work, Fairy Tale wore a shirt on top and jeans on the bottom.

The whole person looks clean and neat.

She walked to the gate of the community and took a bus there.

About twenty minutes later, she arrived at the place where she had agreed to meet Li Ji.

As soon as he got off the car, Li Ji saw her and waved at her vigorously.

Tonghua walked over and asked him kindly, "Have you had breakfast?"

Li Ji shook his head embarrassedly. At this time on the weekend, he probably hadn't gotten up yet, let alone eaten.

He had been looking forward to it since they had made the appointment yesterday. As soon as he got home, he started rummaging through his drawers, preparing his clothes, shaved his beard, and took a shower.

He was so excited that he couldn't sleep late at night, but luckily he set the alarm in advance.

Otherwise I will definitely miss this appointment this morning.

Although the two of them went to the nursing home to volunteer, for Li Ji, spending a whole day with his beloved girl was a date.

"Then let's go have breakfast now."

They found a breakfast shop nearby.

There were a lot of customers inside, and basically all the tables were occupied. Because there were many tables and people inside, and the store was small, it looked very crowded.

Tonghua suggested to him: "Why don't you change to another store? This store's business is too good."

Li Ji said with a smile: "Wait a little longer, it won't be a problem."

Fortunately, it was a breakfast shop and the customers ate quickly, so a table was immediately vacated.

"There's room there, let's go there."

Li Ji walked to the table first and asked, "Tonghua, what do you want to eat?"

"I've already eaten this morning, so just order your own."

"All right."

Li Ji looked at the menu posted on the wall and said loudly to the boss: "I want two baskets of steamed buns, two bowls of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, an egg, and a fried dough stick."

Hearing that he ordered two bowls of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, Tonghua quickly said, "No need to order for me."

Unexpectedly, Li Ji smiled foolishly and said, "I didn't order this for you. I want to eat it myself."

It turned out that he was just being too sentimental. A trace of embarrassment appeared on Tonghua's face.

She said awkwardly, "So that's how it is."

The boss brought everything Li Ji ordered to the table.

When it was the turn of the two bowls of century egg and lean meat porridge, the boss naturally placed one of them in front of Tonghua.

Tonghua waved her hands and was about to refuse: "This..."

Li Ji said: "This bowl is mine too."

After Li Ji finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and brought the bowl in front of him.

The boss was surprised by his action and said in shock: "Are these all yours?"

"Of course it's all mine. Look at my size, it's normal for me to eat a lot."

The boss then looked at Tonghua with sympathy, as if to say, the little girl is so pitiful, she can only watch others eat.

When she met the boss's eyes, Tonghua felt her face turn a little red. She felt a little uncomfortable watching others eat alone, and she didn't know where to look.

Finally, Tonghua couldn't sit still any longer and said to Li Ji, "I feel like there are too many people here and the air is a bit stuffy. I'd better wait for you outside."

"Oh well."

Tonghua got up and went outside. It was almost June and the weather was starting to get warmer.

Tonghua was walking around alone outside the store, bored, checking the time from time to time.

"Ding Dong."

It was a message from Qin Zun.

Where are you now?

It turned out that he had already gotten up. He didn't see the fairy tale people, but only saw a bacon sandwich and milk that were still a little warm on the table.

It was obvious, judging by the temperature of the food, that Tonghua had gone out early in the morning.

While eating breakfast, he sent a message to Tonghua.

[Mr. Qin, I have something to do today and won't be back. You can take care of your lunch by yourself.]

Qin Zun looked at the message sent by Tonghua on his phone and felt a little strange.

But he couldn't tell what was going on.