"oh oh."
Zhao Defu nodded, then asked with some curiosity, "But I saw you and your second sister go out to eat today, and it seemed like you had something to say to you. Could you tell me what you talked about?"
Jiang Sheng glanced at Zhao Defu and saw his curious expression, so he had nothing to hide.
However, it was just about Zhou Changgui, and Zhao Defu had been helping him resolve this matter all along.
Judging from his appearance, he probably doesn't know that his poem has been plagiarized.
Therefore, Jiang Sheng simply recounted the matter to Zhao Defu in a casual manner.
"It's nothing, it's just that my poem was plagiarized by Teacher Zhou and then published in a poetry journal."
A seemingly casual remark nearly made Zhao Defu jump up.
"What the hell did you say?!"
Zhao Defu's eyes widened in surprise, and he quickly rubbed his ears as if he had misheard.
“I said,” Jiang Sheng looked at Zhao Defu with some amusement, but still repeated himself, “my poem was taken by Teacher Zhou and published in a poetry journal under his name.”
"How can there be such a shameless person? This is outrageous!"
Zhao Defu cursed heavily, and seeing Jiang Sheng's calm demeanor, he couldn't help but speak up.
"Hey Sheng, how come you're still so calm!"
Zhao Defu was extremely anxious: "They've plagiarized your poems and even used them to make a name for themselves. Aren't you angry at all?"
Seeing Zhao Defu so angry, Jiang Sheng felt a warmth in his heart and subconsciously patted him on the shoulder.
"What good will getting angry do? But I've already figured out a solution, so you don't need to worry."
Jiang Sheng smiled and comforted him, saying, "If you don't have the ability, but you still insist on impersonating someone else, it will be easy for you to be exposed in the end."
Jiang Sheng's words enlightened Zhao Defu.
But he couldn't help but ask, his face full of curiosity: "Brother Sheng, you seem so confident of victory. What brilliant idea have you come up with? Can you tell me? Maybe I can be of some help!"
Jiang Sheng naturally had no intention of hiding this from Zhao Defu.
Seeing the other person's curious gaze, he calmly offered an explanation.
"It's not a particularly complicated method. First, take a look at the poems published in this magazine."
As Jiang Sheng spoke, he took out the poetry magazine he had bought earlier and turned to the page containing the article "Facing the Sea, with Spring Blossoms."
The page was handed to Zhao Defu, who took it and read it from beginning to end.
Only after he finished reading all of this did Zhao Defu raise his head, but he still looked puzzled.
"Didn't you show me this poem before? I thought it was quite good. I never imagined that Zhou Changgui would plagiarize this one. It's truly despicable!"
Zhao Defu said angrily, "Taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own, I've never seen such a shameless person. Brother Sheng, why did you show me this poem? Now this poem belongs to someone else!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng shook his head and pointed to the last sentence.
"Read this last line to me, and then talk about your understanding of this poem."
Zhao Defu didn't understand what Jiang Sheng meant by saying that, but seeing Jiang Sheng's serious expression, he suppressed his curiosity and read the last sentence aloud.
"I have a house facing the sea, where spring is warm and flowers bloom."
"The last line is quite well-written. If I really had to point out any shortcomings in this poem..."
Zhao Defu pondered for a moment and read it through from beginning to end.
After a moment, he seemed to notice something was wrong and couldn't help but speak up.
"Anyway, I just feel that this poem is a bit unfinished. I always feel that there is something else that needs to be expressed, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Because these few lines are really well written, it seems a bit of a pity to end it like this..."
Before Zhao Defu could finish speaking, he was abruptly interrupted.
He stared at Jiang Sheng in disbelief, then at Jiang Sheng's faintly smiling expression as he looked at him, and quickly understood.
"I see!"
Zhao Defu immediately gave Jiang Sheng a thumbs up and quickly said, "Brother Sheng, you're so smart!"
Seeing that Zhao Defu immediately understood his meaning, Jiang Sheng smiled and waved his hand, appearing very humble.
"Actually, it's not so bad. When I wrote this poem, I deliberately didn't finish it, and then I gave it to Zhou Changgui for his guidance."
"I just didn't expect that he would actually publish this poem and even put his own name on it. It was a lucky accident."
That's right, Jiang Sheng was careful when he wrote it, and only wrote the first half.
At that time, he was just doing it as a precaution, and he never expected that Zhou Changgui would take his poems and submit them for publication.
Although it was an accidental success, it suited Jiang Sheng's wishes perfectly, saving him from having to rack his brains to find a way to deal with Zhou Changgui.
"Brother Sheng, that was a really brilliant move!"
Zhao Defu sighed with admiration and said, "I feel like you had already guessed that the other party would do this, but it really surprised me that you could guess so accurately."
"Would you believe me if I said this wasn't a guess?"
Jiang Sheng smiled and placed the poetry magazine on the table beside him, gesturing for Zhao Defu to sit opposite him.
Zhao Defu quickly sat down on the sofa and then moved closer to Jiang Sheng.
"Brother Sheng, this poem is really well written. I'm really curious about what the second half is about. Can you give me a little hint now?"
After saying that, Zhao Defu immediately assured him, "I promise! I will absolutely not let anyone know. I'm just a little curious because it's really well written!"
Jiang Sheng never intended to hide it from Zhao Defu, and since this matter was on the agenda sooner or later, Zhao Defu would find out anyway.
So he simply nodded, signaling Zhao Defu to bring him paper and pen, and then slowly wrote the remaining second half of the poem on the paper.
As the words came to life on the paper, Zhao Defu watched from the side, initially amazed, and then couldn't help but read them aloud, word by word.
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