Upon learning that the social gathering would be postponed, Zhao Defu felt regretful, but he also knew that the most important thing at the moment was the matter of the poetry plagiarism. After finishing his meal, he quickly went out to help find someone.

As for Jiang Sheng, he originally planned to go with them, but he was unfamiliar with the entire city of Yanjing, so he was eventually arranged to stay at home with his two older sisters.

The next day, Jiang Sheng had just finished his work at noon when he received a call from Zhao Nianmeng.

"Big sister, what's wrong?"

No sooner had Jiang Sheng finished speaking than Zhao Nianmeng, clutching the newspaper in her hand, spoke up angrily.

"Xiao Sheng, did you read the 49 Newspaper last night?"

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "No."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Sheng seemed to remember something and asked curiously, "What's wrong, big sister? Did something happen again?"

He suddenly had a bad feeling, as if he had seen some bad news in the newspaper again, and it was related to him and Zhou Changgui.

As expected, Zhao Nianmeng's next words immediately made Jiang Sheng's face turn ugly.

"That's right, last night the 49 Evening News published an interview with Teacher Zhou, which was entirely about his poetry."

Jiang Sheng's expression wasn't very good, but he still managed to calm himself down and said, "What you mean is, while we're searching for him everywhere, he went directly to the 49 Newspaper for an exclusive interview?"

The person couldn't be found anywhere, yet he seemed oblivious to the fact that the whole world was looking for him, and even went to the 49 Newspaper for an exclusive interview.

More importantly, Jiang Sheng is now embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, which has been widely publicized.

He simply couldn't believe that Zhou Changgui was unaware of this matter. Besides, the pen name Jiang Yuesheng combined with the name Jiang Sheng is Jiang Sheng. If Zhou Changgui claimed he didn't know, that would be utterly ridiculous!

"Teacher Zhou is really cunning!"

Even though Zhao Nianmeng was usually very composed, she could hardly contain her anger at this moment: "He must know that the poem in the second part was published by you, but he still gave an interview at this crucial moment. His intentions are as obvious as day!"

"Big sister, don't be angry," Jiang Sheng said, becoming calmer at this moment. "I think that since Teacher Zhou went to the Sijiu Newspaper, he must have his own reasons. Let's not rush to conclusions. Let's arrange for someone to keep watch at the Sijiu Newspaper. If we can find him, we can explain things clearly."

"Even at this point, you still think it's a misunderstanding."

Faced with her kind-hearted younger brother, Zhao Nianmeng was at a loss for words.

But in the end, she could only sigh and say, "After all, he is your second sister's friend. If there is any misunderstanding, he should explain it clearly. If he can't even explain this clearly, I will absolutely not allow him to meet your second sister again!"

After hanging up the phone, before Jiang Sheng could even finish his work, Zhao Xuehui, upon learning of the matter, immediately staked out Zhou Changgui's path on his way to tutor his students.

"I just don't believe that Teacher Zhou can go for several days in a row without tutoring his students!"

Zhao Xuehui, who already harbored resentment towards Zhou Changgui, was now truly angry and helpless.

She genuinely hoped that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding, but Zhou Changgui's disappearance at this crucial juncture made her really start to overthink things.

Not far away, Zhou Changgui had just come out of the Sijiu newspaper office and looked up to see Zhao Xuehui waiting for him a few meters away.

Zhou Changgui knew that Zhao Xuehui must have come to ask him about the plagiarism of her poems.

He had already guessed that this day would come, and there was no way to avoid it, but Zhou Changgui still wanted to delay it for another day or two.

He paused for a moment, instinctively wanting to turn around and leave quickly.

But before Zhou Changgui could stop, Zhao Xuehui spotted him immediately.

Zhou Changgui paused slightly, but managed to resist the urge to turn around and leave, forcing himself to walk up to Zhao Xuehui.

"Xuehui..."

Zhou Changgui had just put on a smile and hadn't even finished speaking when he said this.

Zhao Xuehui quickly interrupted him, asking anxiously, "Teacher Zhou, where have you been all this time? What exactly happened regarding the poetry plagiarism?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Changgui feigned ignorance and asked in surprise, "What plagiarism? How come I didn't know anything about it?"

Seeing that Zhou Changgui's demeanor didn't seem to be feigning, Zhao Xuehui was suspicious, but she calmly recounted the events of the past few days to him.

After she finished speaking, seeing Zhou Changgui's increasingly shocked expression, Zhao Xuehui sighed.

"I just want to know where Teacher Zhou has been these past few days. We didn't even know about this. We've been looking for you for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Changgui felt a surge of pride, but his face also showed shock and guilt.

"Xuehui, believe me, I really didn't know about this."

After a pause, Zhou Changgui sighed and said, "I've been at a friend's house these past few days, working on the school entrance exam papers. I haven't left the house for quite some time, and given the confidentiality of the exam papers, I only left yesterday afternoon. I don't know anything about it."

"About the interview..."

Zhao Xuehui hesitated before speaking, and Zhou Changgui explained calmly, "The interview was prepared a long time ago, but it was probably only published by the 49 Newspaper last night. I really don't know anything else."

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Zhao Xuehui still seemed somewhat disbelieving.

Zhou Changgui looked extremely guilty and said, "Xuehui, I really don't know what happened, but I also know that Xiaosheng would never plagiarize. Others may not know what kind of person he is, but don't you and I know him?"

Zhao Xuehui already believed Zhou Changgui to a large extent because he said such things.

But whether you believe it or not isn't the most important thing now. The most important thing is to clarify and explain this matter clearly.

"In that case, we can only trouble Teacher Zhou to help explain this publicly. Only by clarifying this fact can Xiaosheng's dirty water be washed away!"

Zhou Changgui already had a way to deal with what Zhao Xuehui said.

He looked somewhat hesitant, but finally spoke.

"Sigh! Xuehui, you know that since Director Zhang of the 49th Newspaper has already published the news, if I want to explain, he might not give me the opportunity to do so publicly!"

To explain all of this publicly, the only way is through newspapers, which can be disseminated throughout the country to clarify the truth.