From Sidekick to Bigshot

to get the punishment that they deserved.]

[I’m from Shenghua High School! I still believe that she did not plagiarize!]

[Are you joking? There’s literally evidence all around you and you’re still saying that she didn’t plagiarize? Let’s see what the Institution thinks about this.
I wonder if they’re going to take legal action against her.]

[I hope the Institution does take legal action! If they do, I bet that the student who plagiarized will regret the matter so much that her guts would turn blue.]

The person in charge of answering the questions from the journalists was Cheng Yi.
He answered the questions in a modest manner and with a calm voice.

“Plagiarism is indeed a very serious manner.
Regardless of the industry, we have zero tolerance for plagiarism.”

As soon as Cheng Yi said this, a lot of the messages said: [Lawyers and lawsuits incoming.]

[The Institution isn’t going to be that serious are they? If they are, that student is in trouble!]

[What do you mean in trouble? She deserves it!]

[I support Dr.
F.S in taking legal action against the student! Zero tolerance for plagiarism!]

[I also support Dr.
F.S in taking legal action against the student! People should pay the price for what they did!]

The journalist continued to question Cheng Yi: “So according to Dr.
Cheng, will Dr.
F.S be taking legal action against the female student who plagiarized?”

“What are you talking about?” Cheng Yi asked.
A light smile played on the corner of his mouth.
His eyes shone behind his gold-rimmed glasses.

“Didn’t you just say that you have zero tolerance for plagiarism?” The journalist didn’t see any problem with his inference.

“Yes, we have zero tolerance for plagiarism.
However, there is no such thing as plagiarism in this case.
So why should we file a lawsuit?” Cheng Yi questioned the journalist.

The comments started popping up like made at this point:

[What’s happening?! The Institution said that there’s no case of plagiarism? Why am I so confused?]

[Yeah same! Didn’t they say before that the press conference would publicly respond to the case of plagiarism? Why are they saying that plagiarism doesn’t exist in this case now?]