Li Ruo quickly realized that this was no small matter, and she had to go check on her brother.

As for this plagiarism incident...

As her thoughts raced, Li Ruo narrowed her eyes and said to Xiao He on the other end of the phone, "Go investigate and find out what's going on. Don't let any useful information slip by."

"good."

Xiao He then hung up the phone.

Hearing the dial tone, Li Ruo rushed out the door and headed straight for Jiang Ze's company.

Soon, after the sound of tires rubbing against each other, Li Ruo arrived safely at the Jiang Ze Company building.

After parking her car, she hurriedly grabbed her umbrella and rushed into the rain.

Not long after, she took the elevator to the 23rd floor.

At this moment, the rain on her umbrella dripped down the ribs and onto the ground, leaving a long trail of watermarks.

"Knock knock knock..."

Li Ruo knocked silently for a while, but the door never opened.

Her expression immediately became extremely serious.

Could it be that Jiang Ze couldn't withstand the overwhelming insults and something happened to him?

Or is it that he doesn't want to see her right now and is choosing to run away?

Just as Li Ruo was about to call out, the door clicked open.

She looked up and saw Jiang Ze looking dejected. The man had a lot of beard on his face, making him look particularly haggard.

He and Li Ruo exchanged a glance, then stepped aside.

When Li Ruo entered from outside, she found that the curtains were also drawn, making the entire studio exceptionally dark.

After she put the umbrella away, she gently turned on the light and discovered that his desk, which he usually used to use for creating art, was now covered with cigarette butts.

Clearly, he had already noticed the plagiarism.

Looking at his slightly hunched back, a hint of worry flashed in Li Ruo's eyes: "Brother, you know?"

"Um."

Jiang Ze responded softly and did not speak again.

Seeing this, Li Ruo sighed and rubbed her temples: "What exactly happened? I know you're not that kind of person, you would never do such a thing. Tell me, maybe there's still a way..."

However, Jiang Ze just shook his head, looking like he didn't want to bother with it, and seemed quite dejected.

Seeing his evasive attitude, Li Ruo's expression grew even more serious.

But no matter how she asked, Jiang Ze seemed determined not to say anything.

Li Ruo stayed with him in the studio from a little after seven o'clock until nine o'clock, but still came up empty-handed.

Left with no other choice, Li Ruo ultimately decided to give up.

Instead of wasting time, why not look it up yourself!

After settling everyone in, Li Ruo finally stepped out of the building, where the rain was pouring down even harder.

It tilted continuously from the sky, pounding and clanging against everything.

She held up her umbrella, walked to the car, opened the door, and got in.

Perhaps because it was a rainy night, there were far fewer cars outside than usual, and the roads were exceptionally quiet.

As Li Ruo drove onto the overpass, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky outside the window, illuminating the earth. Her gaze fell upon her reflection in the car window.

Actually, she had a vague suspicion when she was at Jiang Ze's company, but she wasn't so sure.

From the moment Jiang Ze was exposed for plagiarism, it seems as if there were many hands behind the scenes pushing this matter forward with the aim of ruining him.

As far as she knew, the other party did not have any enemies.

The only possibility is her!

Thinking of this, Li Ruo narrowed her eyes and slightly pressed the accelerator.

The car sped along the overpass, leaving only a few splashes of water in its wake.

The next morning, Li Ruo arrived at the company early.

She went straight to the office, and sure enough, Xiao He was already waiting for her.

Upon seeing Li Ruo enter, the other party immediately spoke up: "President Li, I conducted an investigation last night, and this is some information I have compiled."

As she spoke, she placed the folder in her hand directly in front of Li Ruo.

As soon as Li Ruo opened it, the first thing she saw was Milo's painting.

It must be said that this painting is indeed very good, with extremely bold and vibrant colors, and it is an oil painting.

The sunflowers in the painting are so lifelike that the dewdrops on their leaves seem as if they are about to fall at any moment.

After taking a few careful glances, Li Ruo turned to the next page.

The second page features Jiang Ze's "Growing Towards the Sun." Although it also depicts sunflowers, it conveys more emotion than the previous work, revealing that the artist poured a great deal of feeling into it.

Most importantly, the two paintings are of different genres: Milo's is an oil painting, while Jiang Ze's is a landscape painting.

After careful examination, anyone can see that they are obviously different. Although they are both sunflowers, they express completely different things.

Thinking this, Li Ruo's brows furrowed even more tightly.

She glanced at the biography of Milo that Xiao He had researched and found that he was just an ordinary painter from abroad. Although he was somewhat famous, he was definitely not a household name.

Why did Jiang Ze suddenly become the target of accusations of plagiarism by those on the internet?