Xu Jianian became increasingly unhappy as he spoke: "Besides, you're just making baseless accusations without any evidence. How can I believe you?"
"Anyone in your shoes would definitely not think you're good people!"
Upon hearing Xu Jianian's words, Jiang Sheng was momentarily speechless.
Because what Xu Jianian said was all true. If he were Xu Jianian and didn't know Zhou Changgui's true colors, he would definitely be deceived by Zhou Changgui's appearance.
After all, he didn't look like a bad person at all.
Xu Jianian, seeing that he didn't speak, thought she was right and raised an eyebrow at Jiang Sheng.
"Hmph, is it that after my rebuttal, you really don't know what to say to defend yourself?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng simply shook his head, picked up his coffee, and took a sip.
"I have nothing to defend myself with, and nothing else to say."
Now it was Xu Jianian's turn to be puzzled: "If that's the case, what's the point of us drinking coffee and chatting here today?"
Since there is no way to refute it, why pretend to be very wronged and misunderstood?
Just as Xu Jianian was feeling extremely puzzled, Jiang Shengqing cleared his throat and spoke.
"I didn't intend to keep everything from you."
"My only purpose in coming here with you for coffee today is to tell you the truth. Whether you believe it or not in the end is your own business, and I can't interfere or control it."
Seeing that Jiang Sheng spoke with such seriousness, Xu Jianian's curiosity was piqued.
"Then tell me, what do you want to say to me?"
Jiang Sheng put the iced latte back on the table and shrugged indifferently, as if it didn't matter whether Xu Jianian believed him or not.
The important thing is whether Xu Jianian will choose to verify the truthfulness of what he said after he has told everything.
"Let me put it this way, Mr. Zhou is a high school English teacher, and his English is pretty good, which is why your parents chose him as your tutor. Am I right?"
Xu Jianian nodded naturally: "That's right, but what does this have to do with your sister?"
"It's not that there's a connection, but now that he's your English teacher, if you don't believe what I'm saying and then choose to tell Teacher Zhou what I said today, it will be even harder for me to find evidence that he's a scumbag to prove to my sister."
"You go first," Xu Jianian urged impatiently. "Tell me the whole story from beginning to end. Whether I believe you or not depends on how well you tell it."
"Okay."
Jiang Sheng nodded and told Xu Jianian everything about his second sister, Zhao Xuehui, and Zhou Changgui, from their first meeting to the present.
As for what will happen after the two of them get together, that's all from their previous life.
Even if Jiang Sheng said it now, Xu Jianian would definitely not believe it.
Of course, during this time, Jiang Sheng also emphasized to Xu Jianian that his second sister had given the poem he wrote to Zhou Changgui and asked Zhou Changgui to polish it.
Xu Jianian was quite surprised to learn that Jiang Sheng could write poetry, and that Zhou Changgui, who taught him English, was also a skilled poet.
"I never imagined that Teacher Zhou could not only teach English so well, but also write such beautiful poetry. She truly deserves to be my idol!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng's lips twitched slightly: "The point is not that he can write poetry, but that all the poems he writes are plagiarized from others."
"Plagiarism?"
"How is this possible?!"
Xu Jianian shook his head without even thinking, his face full of certainty.
"Teacher Zhou is such a good person, and he is very patient when teaching me English. He has absolutely no need to plagiarize other people's work, because it would be too easy to be discovered!"
"If Professor Zhou plagiarizes someone else's work, publishes it in a magazine, and then puts his own name on it, it will naturally be easy to be discovered."
Jiang Sheng wasn't angry at all; instead, he patiently explained, his face full of helplessness.
"But all the works he plagiarized were from his own students, and his purpose wasn't to publish them in a magazine..."
"What was the purpose of that?"
Before Jiang Sheng could finish speaking, the impatient Xu Jianian couldn't help but interrupt him, his face showing even deeper doubt.
"To plagiarize someone else's work, you must put your own name on it and publish it in order to achieve your goal."
"If it's not for publication, then what's the point of him plagiarizing?"
Xu Jianian couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried, and as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Sheng gently tapped the table, signaling Xu Jianian to quiet down.
"I haven't finished speaking yet, Xu Jianian. Could you please let me finish before you draw your conclusion?"
Xu Jianian then realized what was happening and scratched his head awkwardly: "Tell me, I want to hear why Teacher Zhou plagiarized other people's work!"
"Teacher Zhou's purpose was to plagiarize these students' works, show off in front of my second sister, and portray himself as a very talented and eloquent poet."
"And he succeeded in doing so, because my second sister now has a good impression of him and doesn't know that all those works are plagiarized."
After hearing Jiang Sheng's explanation, Xu Jianian looked on incredulously.
Without even thinking, she retorted, "That's absolutely impossible! If it were plagiarism, and you already know about it, why not just tell your second sister and then go to the school to verify it?"
"You really didn't need to tell me that, because with that time, you could have gone to the school and confronted Teacher Zhou directly. Wouldn't Teacher Zhou's true colors have been exposed much sooner?"
"Of course I've thought of your idea too."
Jiang Sheng gave a helpless twitch of his lips: "If it were really feasible, I wouldn't have needed to come to you at this time."
"What do you mean by that?"
Xu Jianian became even more curious, not understanding what Jiang Sheng meant by those words.
"Most of the works that Teacher Zhou plagiarized were only shown to my second sister after those students graduated from high school."
"Those students have long since gone to their respective universities. How can we possibly know which poems were written by which students based solely on the poems in Professor Zhou's possession?"
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