CHAPTER 480: CHAPTER 480

Jiang Weiwei was stunned.

Li Tinglu said she plagiarized designer X?

But how did she know?

Could it be that Li Tinglu knows designer X?

Amidst her confusion and puzzlement, the gazes of the other Jiang Family members beside her were also drawn by Li Tinglu’s loud voice.

Yu Man and Jiang Guosheng frowned even more, while Zhao Guangmei and Jiang Dinghai exchanged quiet glances, and Jiang Fengmian and Jiang Yuqing whispered among themselves behind the scenes.

Jiang Tairan was the most direct, sternly scolding Li Tinglu on the other end of the video.

"Li Tinglu, what are you blabbering about!"

Li Tinglu has always been straightforward, she confronted Jiang Tairan head-on: "Grandpa, I’m not blabbering. Designer X would never plagiarize; it was Jiang Weiwei who copied her and even used this incident for publicity! Relying on such marketing methods to become popular won’t last long!"

Jiang Ruxin was worried that Li Tinglu might completely anger Jiang Tairan, hurriedly grabbed the phone back, and then sternly scolded Li Tinglu in front of everyone.

"Li Tinglu, when will you ever learn? Weiwei has finally achieved something, and as family heads, we should be blessing her, not being jealous."

Li Tinglu retorted: "What do I have to be jealous about? Jealous of her plagiarism, or jealous of her being a ’green tea’, pretending? I don’t respect her actions at all!"

Seeing Li Tinglu’s unrepentant demeanor, Jiang Ruxin was utterly exasperated.

"Where did Weiwei plagiarize? Without factual evidence, don’t talk nonsense. Moreover, no matter what, Jiang Weiwei is our family member. It’s both reasonable and proper for us to support her."

At one point, Li Tinglu wanted to frankly say, "Designer X is also..."

Also our family member.

But before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Jiang Ruxin.

"Be gone, don’t cause trouble here."

After pushing Li Tinglu away, Jiang Ruxin then spoke to the Jiangs on the video side: "Dad, brother, sister-in-law, I apologize. Tinglu just likes Designer X too much, that’s why she spoke without thinking. I’m going to discipline her right now."

Jiang Ruxin hurriedly ended the video call.

Despite that, the atmosphere on the Emperor City Jiang Family’s side was still very bad.

Jiang Weiwei kept her eyes downcast, as Jiang Tairan quickly comforted her.

"Weiwei, Tinglu idolizes Designer X, so she can’t admit that Designer X plagiarized you, that’s why she said those things."

Yu Man looked at Jiang Weiwei’s visibly upset expression and felt very irritated: "No matter how much she likes Designer X, Tinglu shouldn’t have spoken about Weiwei like that."

Jiang Guosheng also had a stern face: "Ruxin really failed in her teaching."

Knowing that the first family was very irritated, Jiang Tairan then said, "I know you are aggrieved, when Ruxin and Tinglu come to Emperor City after a while, I will make them properly apologize to you."

With that said, Jiang Guosheng and Yu Man could only let it go, and Jiang Weiwei didn’t say anything else.

But what was supposed to be a pleasant celebration party, unfortunately, had to be hastily concluded because of Li Tinglu’s disturbance.

*

At night, Zhao Guangmei spoke to Jiang Dinghai in a low voice in their room.

"I think Jiang Weiwei might really have plagiarized. That child, Tinglu, is straightforward and isn’t cunning, she probably wouldn’t lie."

Jiang Dinghai furrowed his brows and said, "People usually plagiarize less famous ones, yet Weiwei targeted a top figure in the design industry? If she gets caught, she might even end up in jail! Would she dare to do that?"

Zhao Guangmei laughed mockingly, "What wouldn’t she dare to do? She once feigned receiving Mr. Feng’s affection and acted so convincingly, even I, an actress, felt inferior."

Jiang Dinghai’s eyes deepened slightly, seemingly finding Zhao Guangmei’s words somewhat credible.

Zhao Guangmei continued, "The key point is, have you ever seen Jiang Weiwei display any design talent? In university, she majored in fashion but never won any awards. Suddenly, she became a rising star in the design industry, which doesn’t seem right at all."

In fact, when Jiang Weiwei established Weifeng Studio and suddenly became very famous, Zhao Guangmei had doubted Jiang Weiwei’s design drafts.

Now, Li Tinglu’s words had just given Zhao Guangmei new lines of thought.

So though Zhao Guangmei and Jiang Dinghai discussed it, deep down they already accepted the idea that Jiang Weiwei plagiarized.

But Jiang Dinghai told her, "Even if Weiwei really plagiarized, as long as the victim doesn’t expose her, we can only stand by her side, understand?"

Zhao Guangmei, of course, understood.

Now that Jiang Weiwei’s Weifeng Studio was receiving so much attention, it was also beneficial for the Jiang Family’s businesses.

In essence, they were now in the same boat as Jiang Weiwei!

So as long as Jiang Weiwei wasn’t exposed, they had to turn a blind eye because it brought them tangible benefits.

Still, thinking about her own daughter, Jiang Yuqing, who was always overshadowed by Jiang Weiwei, a master of disguise, Zhao Guangmei felt somewhat bitter.

*

Yan City Li Family——

Jiang Ruxin ended the call and sternly reprimanded Li Tinglu.

"Do you even have a brain? I was video calling your grandfather, why did you interrupt?"

The barrage of reprimands from Jiang Ruxin made Li Tinglu quite resentful.

"How do I not have a brain? If Jiang Weiwei had shown any design talent before, I wouldn’t have doubted her when she opened her fashion studio! But she suddenly became the Ziwei Star of the design industry and let designer X copy her, do you think that’s possible?"

Despite Li Tinglu’s reasoned rebuttal, Jiang Ruxin still fiercely jabbed her head.

"Do you think you’re the only one who noticed Jiang Weiwei has no design talent? People keep what they know to themselves, unlike you who speak recklessly. Be careful, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down!"

Indeed, Jiang Ruxin had also doubted when she learned that Jiang Weiwei had suddenly opened a fashion studio and taken up the role of chief designer, pretending it was a credible venture.

But as long as Jiang Weiwei was beneficial to the Jiang Family, and even to their Li Family, they would not expose her.

The adult world isn’t just black and white; there’s a greater prevalence of grey areas tethered by chains of interest.

Jiang Ruxin knew that Li Tinglu, being still inexperienced in the ways of the world, wouldn’t truly comprehend these causal relationships even if she explained them. Thus, she ultimately just sighed lightly and returned to her room to rest.

Li Tinglu hadn’t realized that everyone knew Jiang Weiwei actually had no design talent and that opening a studio suddenly was suspicious; they were all just playing dumb for the sake of their interests.

This made her suddenly feel sympathetic toward Jiang Moxi.

After all, compared to Jiang Weiwei, Jiang Moxi was the true blood and flesh of the Jiang Family.

And now, all the Jiang Family members, for the sake of benefit, were supporting the counterfeit Jiang Weiwei, opposing Jiang Moxi.

Thinking of Jiang Moxi’s isolated figure, Li Tinglu simply sent her a message.

"Sister Moxi, I saw the news. I know it was Jiang Weiwei who plagiarized you, I scolded her badly. But my mom thinks I was wrong, even though she also noticed something suspicious about Jiang Weiwei’s design drafts..."