It was impossible for Xu Ningyan not to be moved.
After transmigrating, I still have the same terrible family and relatives as the original owner.
But the people I met later were all pretty good.
When they got home, Gu Zhiyuan had already picked and chopped the vegetables, and was just waiting for Xu Ningyan to come home and cook.
While cooking, Xu Ningyan told Gu Zhiyuan what Sister Yang and Li Jianguo had said that day.
Gu Zhiyuan bent down to add firewood to the stove. The flickering firelight reflected on his face, making him appear even more calm and composed: "The Lu family is probably trying to put pressure on you through the department store, to throw us into chaos! This is the same tactic they used to try to kidnap you and threaten me!"
This is clearly a mockery of the Lu family's limited methods.
"The experts came down to find out who plagiarized, not to wait for the machine factory's report."
Xu Ningyan didn't quite understand.
Gu Zhiyuan smiled: "Because the drawings I submitted this time were designed based on the local conditions of this province, and the combine harvester and thresher was designed accordingly. Although it borrowed some ideas from previous harvesters and threshers, it is still a small innovation, so it is better for the provincial heavy industry to be more cautious!"
Seeing Gu Zhiyuan's confident demeanor, Xu Ningyan suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Could this plagiarism incident be a trap you set for Lu Kai?"
Gu Zhiyuan didn't say anything, he just smiled.
Xu Ningyan took it as a tacit agreement, and couldn't help but silently mourn for Lu Kai for three seconds in her heart, then spat, "Serves him right!"
With that in mind, Xu Ningyan was even less worried.
In the days that followed, the gossip about Gu Zhiyuan's plagiarism in the machinery factory became increasingly uncontrollable.
Except for a small number of people, most people believed the Lu family's explanation that Gu Zhiyuan had plagiarized Lu Kai.
Previously, Lu Kai had been overshadowed by Gu Zhiyuan's appearance, and those who had distanced themselves from the Lu family were now all circling around him again.
Lu Kai, contrary to his previous dejected state, has become quite successful.
Whenever someone asks him about plagiarism, he always expresses regret, saying that he doesn't think Gu Zhiyuan is that kind of person and that there might be a misunderstanding.
Naturally, there were those who wanted to flatter him and defend him, saying, "How could it be a misunderstanding? Gu Zhiyuan plagiarized! He has ulterior motives."
Lu Kai then tried to stop him, saying that the factory hadn't released its investigation results yet, and that it was something that hadn't been determined, so they couldn't say anything carelessly and shouldn't wrong a good comrade.
Immediately, someone countered that Gu Zhiyuan's background was bad to begin with; he was a member of the "Five Black Categories" and was not a class revolutionary comrade at all.
At this point, Lu Kai pretended to be magnanimous and remarked that Gu Zhiyuan was actually quite talented in design, and that perhaps he had only made a mistake because he was too eager to do well.
After this happened several times, most of the people in the factory were convinced that Gu Zhiyuan had plagiarized.
Otherwise, why didn't Gu Zhiyuan come to work? Was he suspended by the factory? If he didn't plagiarize, why was he suspended? It's obvious he plagiarized!
Now he's probably hiding away, too afraid to come out and see anyone!
These words, spoken by Lin Hong, reached Xu Ningyan's ears, making Xu Ningyan almost laugh in anger.
I never expected Lu Kai to be such a master of manipulative tactics!
Listen to what you're saying, it's disgusting!
Lin Hong was also disgusted: "They're all a bunch of idiots, believing whatever others say!"
Xu Ningyan scoffed: "There might be some fools here, but most of them aren't! It's just that the wind is blowing in Lu Kai's favor now, and Lu Kai has the deputy factory director's father standing behind him, so naturally they can't afford to offend him! That's why they have to speak up for him."
"Even if it turns out in the future that it wasn't my brother Gu who plagiarized, they can just say that they were deceived by the Lu family and that's it! Who can really do anything to them?"
Lin Hong thought about it and realized it made sense. She was really upset: "This situation is getting worse and worse for your boyfriend! I saw that the union chairman said he was setting up an investigation team, but it's been several days and they haven't found out a single thing! Instead, they're just letting those people spread rumors!"
Xu Ningyan then asked, "What about the people in the engineering design department?"
Lin Hong pouted: "Besides my brother and a few older guys who didn't want to get involved, the rest of them have all gone to Lu Kai's side. They call him 'Boss Lu' all the time, they're so affectionate!"
"It's just human nature! Let's wait for the final result!"
Soon, news spread throughout the machinery factory that experts from the provincial heavy industry had arrived in the county to personally oversee the plagiarism case.
Many people are confused: "Isn't everyone saying that Gu Zhiyuan plagiarized? Why are we waiting for provincial experts to intervene? What does that mean?"
"Are you stupid? Doesn't that mean the plagiarist hasn't actually been decided yet?"
"But everyone at the factory says it's Gu Zhiyuan—"
Nobody's stupid. They stopped talking at that point and just exchanged glances, trying to figure things out for each other.
The Lu family.
Lu Kai looked somewhat flustered.
Mr. Lu took a deep breath. "How many times have I told you to stay calm! Look at you now. I don't even need to ask you to tell me you're hiding something!"
Lu Kai was still young: "But the experts from the province are coming, then—"
"So what? You submitted the drawings first, and you came up with the design! Who has proof that you didn't draw these drawings?"
Mr. Lu said calmly.
Hearing this, Lu Kai felt slightly relieved: "But I'm just afraid that—"
"There's no 'what if'! You drew these blueprints! You're sticking to your guns! You're convinced of it yourself! You can't fool yourself, so how can you fool others?" Mr. Lu scolded.
After muttering a few lines about deceiving others by deceiving oneself, Lu Kai finally calmed down: "I understand! I'll study the blueprints carefully these next few days!"
Father Lu finally smiled slightly: "Don't worry! As long as you don't cause any trouble, Gu Zhiyuan can't do anything! Back then, he and that girl from the Xu family made our Lu family lose face so much. This time, we've only ruined his reputation and made him lose his job. It's already letting him off easy!"
Lu Kai smiled upon hearing this.
He remembered the humiliation he suffered before. They say a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, but Gu Zhiyuan was simply unlucky; in just a few months, he found the opportunity to get his revenge!
If things go smoothly this time, not only will we be able to get rid of Gu Zhiyuan, but we can also take this opportunity to jump ship to the provincial heavy industry!
Consider this retribution for Gu Zhiyuan and Xu Siya's previous humiliation of the Lu family!
On the third day after the provincial heavy industry experts arrived at the machinery factory, under the watchful eyes of thousands, someone from the machinery factory finally came to inform Gu Zhiyuan that he needed to come to the factory to give one last self-verification in front of the factory and provincial experts.
Xu Ningyan found this laughable. From the time the factory suspended Gu Zhiyuan until now, the so-called investigation by the factory has only taken place within the factory. They have never spoken to Gu Zhiyuan or asked him any questions about the blueprints. Now they are going straight to the last step of proving themselves.
If it hadn't been Lin Feng who came to inform her, she would have hit him.
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