secretly kiss the moon

Chapter 97 The Work Was Stolen

After the drawing was handed in as scheduled, when Yan Xi was slightly relieved, something unexpected happened.

During the preliminary manuscript review by the manager Liu Yuanyuan, an abnormality was discovered. Yanxi's painting was exactly the same as the draft submitted by Group A Xia Ruotang.

The two were called to the office at the same time. Liu Yuanyuan looked at the two of them with a cold face. The two paintings were not bad at all, so it was no longer plagiarism, but a serious act of theft.

Looking at the two of them, Liu Yuanyuan said sharply, "Tell me, who stole it?"

Xia Ruotang, who was standing next to Yan Xi, said calmly, "Manager, I spent ten days creating this myself. I don't know why Yan Xi's is exactly the same as mine."

Even Yanxi almost believed her tone with a delicate and aggrieved look.

When she first learned about this, she was angry. She didn't expect Xia Ruotang to steal her work so shamelessly.

Now, seeing her defending herself, she felt it was ridiculous again, so she couldn't help but study her face, wondering what skin care products she used to keep it so thick.

Liu Yuanyuan looked at Yan Xi who said nothing and motioned for her to speak, "Yan Xi, please tell me."

Yan Xi gave Xia Ruotang a gouged look, then looked at Liu Yuanyuan, and said sternly, "I created the painting. When I drew the first draft, both Qian Qian and Fu Ran had seen it."

Xia Ruotang couldn't help but snorted coldly, "All the members of our team have seen my sketches."

Liu Yuanyuan was in trouble for a moment, and it was difficult to tell which of the two of them was telling the truth.

The act of stealing works is a big taboo in the illustration industry. Once it is found out, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this industry.

She looked at the two of them, and finally gave them another chance, "Do you know the seriousness of the theft of works, if you tell the truth at this moment, I can promise not to tell the outside world, so that it will not cause any harm to the future work life However, once it is reported to the company for processing and the truth is found out, it will really ruin the future."

Yan Xi looked at Liu Yuanyuan, and asked again seriously, "Manager, do you mean that there may be stains in the illustration industry in the future, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold?"

"Yes."

Yan Xi glanced at Xia Ruotang, and said with a regretful tone, "It seems that a rising star in the illustration world fell to the ground with a snap the moment it took off."

Xia Ruotang glared at her, and angrily said, "What do you mean?"

Yanxi pulled his lips calmly, "What do you mean, don't you understand?"

She didn't want to talk so much nonsense to the thief, and looked at Liu Yuanyuan seriously, "Manager, I created the painting. If you have a hard time making a decision, just hand it over to the company. I have nothing to do. I'll go to work first."

Yan Xi turned around and left without giving Xia Ruotang any more glances.

She left the manager's office first, her original intention was to let Xia Ruotang take the initiative to tell the manager about the theft, but unexpectedly, she still swore that the work was her original work.

Liu Yuanyuan had no choice but to hold a departmental meeting directly.

On the big screen, she showed the works handed in by the two in turn.

"Looking at these two works, what do you think?"

Other colleagues in the department were shocked to see the two identical works.

Qian Qian looked at the two works carefully, frowned tightly, and said softly to Yan Xi beside him, "Xixi, isn't this work yours? Why would someone submit the exact same work as you?"

She also has a lot of doubts about why Xia Ruotang has her works. Her works have been stored in her USB flash drive. Except for Lu Zhixu and the members of the same group, she has never let anyone else see them.

She couldn't help wondering, could there be a mole in their group?

At this time, someone among the colleagues opened their mouths in a strange way.

"Who are the original creators of these two works? They have such a tacit understanding that they can be created exactly the same."

One of the well-behaved employees did not hear the yin and yang in his words, and retorted, "How could someone create a work that is not bad at all, this is clearly an act of theft."

Someone became serious, and the situation fell into silence for a while. Who was so desperate that he dared to ruin his own future?

Someone boldly asked everyone's question, "Manager, who are these two people?"

Liu Yuanyuan looked at Yanxi and Xia Ruotang, her eyes were full of pity, they were two outstanding employees in her department, and she didn't want to lose any of them.

However, if they didn't take advantage of the chance given to them, then she can't be blamed for being unfeeling.

"Xia Ruotang and Yanxi, in front of all the colleagues in the illustration department, you two talk about it."

The colleagues looked at the two of them in shock, and for a moment they couldn't believe it was the two of them.

The strength of the two of them in the illustration department is obvious to all. They are better than other colleagues in casual creation, so how could there be theft.

Qian Qian was the one who had read Yan Xi's first draft and completely believed that this work belonged to Yan Xi. She looked at Xia Ruotang with disgust and cursed softly, "A thief."

Under the gaze of all colleagues, Xia Ruotang stood up abruptly, and defended herself first, "This is my work, and it was the first one I handed over to the manager. I don't know why Yanxi is exactly the same as me."

Others turned their attention to Yan Xi, as if she was the thief.

Yanxi looked calm, and glanced at Xia Ruotang without any panic, "You said it was your work, do you have any evidence? If you did it yourself, there should be a first draft, right?"

She stood up and handed the USB flash drive in her hand to the manager, "Manager, here is my first draft, please take a look."

Watching Liu Yuanyuan insert the USB flash drive into the computer, Xia Ruotang couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth, holding a look of watching the show.

Open the folder in the USB flash drive, there are many works created by Yanxi, but there is no manuscript of this work.

Yanxi, who had been calm from the beginning to the end, also panicked at this moment, how could it be?All the process of her first draft and final draft is stored in this USB flash drive, why did it suddenly disappear?
She walked up to the manager and carefully checked all the contents in the folder. There was really no trace of this work.

When everyone was guessing about her, Xia Ruotang twitched the corners of her mouth proudly, and it was only for a moment, before people didn't notice it before disappearing.

She also took out the USB flash drive, handed it to Liu Yuanyuan, and said in a delicate tone, "Manager, this is my manuscript, please take a look."

Opening her file, it contained the creation process of her work from the first draft to the final draft. Seeing this, Yan Xi couldn't help but widen her eyes. The manuscript Xia Ruotang handed over was exactly the same as hers from beginning to end.

She originally thought that Xia Ruotang just stole her last work, but she didn't expect that she was so thoughtful, stole the whole set, and even erased all traces of her creation.

No wonder, she didn't hesitate to take advantage of her future, and kept arguing that this was her work. It turned out that she had already prepared for it.

(End of this chapter)