The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else

The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else Chapter 23.2

Genius Artist – Replacement of the White Moonlight for the Rich CEO

Lu Shijin smiled, which was noticed by Huo Qi.
Huo Qi asked curiously, “Who are you chatting with, to be smiling so happily?”

Lu Shijin calmly replied, “Classmates.
They know I’m in Hawaii, and are spamming me to buy local specialities for them.
One is even asking me to bring back a grass skirt for him, don’t you think it’s funny?”

Huo Qi didn’t suspect anything, and put on his watch and straightened his tie, leaning over to Lu Shijin to kiss his forehead.

“I’m off, be good.”

Lu Shijin nodded obediently, smiling all the while.

When Huo Qi left and closed the door on his way out, Lu Shijin immediately wiped the area that Huo Qi had touched with the back of his hand, his face full of disgust.

Huo Qi’s meeting went on for the entire morning.
It was noon by the time it concluded.

And at that time, the people on the other side of the Pacific were just waking up.

In an era where cellphones were so prominent, people were used to looking at their phone the moment they woke up, browsing through social media to see what new things popped up over the night that could be gossiped about.

This morning, all of the large media networks broadcasted the same information.

“Famous 17 Year Old Genius Painter Suspected of Plagiarism”

There wasn’t anything else interesting going on today either, so the discussion of Ruan Siheng plagiarizing quickly rose.

People were getting more and more conscious of protecting originality and supporting the authentic versions.

As soon as a plagiarism scandal occurred in a creative industry, righteous netizens would immediately pounce on the topic and denounce the plagiarist.

Many hotsearches have already appeared on Weibo.

#Genius painter Ruan Siheng plagiarism#

#Genius painter plagiarizes the works of student the Academy of Fine Arts#

#Becoming famous at 17, exhausting all his talent at 27#

The first blogger to suspect Ruan Siheng’s plagiarism was a verified user, well known for being focused on not condoning plagiarism or pirating.

This specific user had found out many authors, singers, and screenwriters for plagiarizing before, and had built up a large die-hard fanbase.

With such a famous account posting, many netizens went to gather Ruan Siheng’s works, and even found drawings from years ago, that Ruan Siheng probably didn’t remember, that were submitted to random magazines to compare the two’s works.

The soul of a piece matched with the artist’s personal style, and Ruan Siheng’s recent work clearly did not match the style of his earlier work.

They instead seemed to be imitating the style of this unknown arts student.

But Lu Shijin’s drawings were published way before Ruan Siheng’s, so there was no way that Lu Shijin traveled to the future to copy his work before traveling back.

So, the truth was clear.

A famous and well known domestic painter, hailed as a genius at age 17, had plagiarized a student who was still studying at the Academy of Fine Arts!

This was literally the arts world’s greatest shame, because just a couple days ago, the Painting and Calligraphy Association invited Ruan Siheng to give an informal information session to young painters.

Most artists were egotistic.
Having a person known for plagiarism giving them advice was clearly insulting them.

The discussion was led by these young artists, continuously sending posts to condemn Ruan Siheng’s behaviour and demanding Ruan Siheng to apologize.

The other group making the issue known were the students from all the major arts academies in the country.

An established artist took advantage of an unknown student.
If someone didn’t find out, then how would powerless students like them defend their rights and interests?

Who knew how many people were like Ruan Siheng, using their position to do all kinds of unacceptable things?

Ruan Siheng wasn’t some idol either, so he didn’t have brain dead fans arguing for him.

The comments were almost completely one-sided, telling him to apologize and even to give up on his career.

Huo Qi received a call from Ruan Siheng the moment his meeting finished.
Ruan Siheng’s tone was very anxious, making Huo Qi feel distressed and guilty.

Distressed that Ruan Siheng was facing so much violence online, and guilt that he wasn’t there by his side.

Huo Qi comforted Ruan Siheng for a while, then promised him that he’d help him solve this matter.

At the same time, Lu Shijin was lying comfortably in Huo Lian’s lap, enjoying being fed fruit as he scrolled through Weibo.

Lying on bed eating fruit, with a handsome person serving you, was really great.

Lu Shijin would be even happier if 711’s dejected voice didn’t come out, spoiling his mood.

711 showed him the bullet screen.

【The main character plagiarized? How? Did the screenwriter do this because they think it’s fine?】

【And he even plagiarized the cannon fodder substitute? Isn’t that a bit too low?】

【Magic, this kind of person can be a main character.
Ruan Siheng is unworthy of our Huo Qi!】

“Host, I need to remind you.” 711 hesitantly said, “Due to Ruan Siheng being exposed, his genius persona has collapsed.
The audience is currently very unhappy with the protagonist’s character and the plot.
There is pretty much no satisfaction left, do you realize what this means?”

“Of course, this means,” Lu Shijin calmly said, “It’s time for the protagonist to change.”

Just as Lu Shijin finished, a few comments went by.

【Passing by quietly to ask, does no one ship the little substitute and Huo Qi? I think the substitute looks quite nice, and I can accept someone who’s so heads over heels with Huo Qi.
A strong top and weak bottom~】