Reborn as the Villain's Wife, I Shine in 80s-Chapter 503 - 487 Completely discredited and disgraced

Li Yibai still wanted to vehemently deny it.

Zhang Ying immediately stepped forward, filled with righteous anger, and addressed everyone present: "I can prove it. Li Yibai plagiarized. You can go check at our place. Back when Li Yibai was in class, his grades were only mediocre. He took the college entrance exam twice and still failed. He repeated for two years."

"Then, one day, he suddenly changed drastically. It was after that when he took the college entrance exam for the third time and suddenly passed. Even though I’m just a talentless rural woman, I understand the basic logic. A person doesn’t change that fast in such a short time. If that college entrance exam was just a stroke of luck, there’s no way he could write novels. He plagiarized Yadan’s work!"

"I’ve been married to him for years, and I know his character very well. He doesn’t have that kind of talent!"

Goddamn it, is this woman sick in the head or what?!

Isn’t there a saying, "One night as a married couple, a hundred nights of kindness"? How could she accuse him on the spot?!

Bitch! Li Yibai ground his teeth in fury, cursing her in his heart.

When a woman is affectionate, she can be incredibly affectionate; but when she turns her back, it’s as if she doesn’t even recognize your mother. Zhang Ying was a modest housewife. First, she no longer had any feelings as a woman for Li Yibai; second, she had a guilty conscience and didn’t dare to commit wrongdoing. She didn’t want Li Yibai to keep deceiving the public. They were still married, and if Li Yibai did something bad, it could shorten even her own life. Worse, it might even bring trouble to their son. That was absolutely unacceptable. The son is paramount.

Of course, she didn’t see the deeper intricacies here, so she firmly believed that Li Yibai plagiarized.

Intentional malice isn’t the scariest thing—ignorance is. After all, ignorance knows no fear.

Screenwriter Yao sighed. Even his wife had stepped up to accuse him. On top of that, he had abandoned his wife and child. He had just overheard everything outside not long ago. This man clearly had moral issues. Even if he had indeed written the novels, how could anyone respect him? "Li Yibai, what else do you have to say? We now have serious doubts about you, so please come with us for an investigation."

The students from the two schools in the audience were on the verge of exploding. The atmosphere was thick with tension.

"What?!"

"You’re saying *Heroic Legend of the Condor Heroes* and *Return of the Condor Heroes* weren’t written by Li Yibai but were plagiarized?"

"..."

When the wall collapses, everyone joins in to push. Glory can lift you to the pinnacle, but it can just as easily drag you down into an abyss of infamy when circumstances change. When times are good, even a single small merit is magnified. But when times turn sour, even acts of kindness can be twisted into vices, spreading misfortune to innocent people around you.

This is human nature—equal parts good and bad. So good it’s shocking, so bad it’s chilling.

"No wonder I thought it strange. His age is about the same as ours—how could he have written such profound books? The level of literary skill in those two novels is extraordinary. The beautiful phrasing, the character names—all of it has deep meaning. There’s no way a few years of practice could achieve that."

"If what his wife said is true, even his college entrance exam might have involved cheating."

"So whose work did he plagiarize? Yadan’s? After all, the screenplay he wrote is almost identical to Yadan’s."

"Who’s Yadan?"

"You don’t know Yadan? Last year, she wrote that really good song *Hero Song*. Not only that, but she also wrote the screenplay for *Lushan Love*."

"I’ve watched *Lushan Love*. The film’s producer, who also starred as the female lead, is an inspiring real-life figure. She even opened a store selling trendy skincare products."

"Yes, yes! I love that brand. Sadly, it’s a bit pricey."

"Don’t jump to conclusions. I think this matter is more complicated than it looks. Let’s wait for the cultural bureau’s investigation results."

"I don’t care how complicated it is. All I know is that Li Yibai is scum. He abandoned his wife and child and lied to us in public. For that alone, he’s betrayed all of us who admired his books."

"And there really are a lot of suspicious things about him."

No matter what, after today, Li Yibai would never again enjoy public adoration. The only things that would continue to receive love were *Heroic Legend of the Condor Heroes* and *Return of the Condor Heroes*.

As the murmurs of the crowd grew louder, Li Yibai felt increasingly like his fate was sealed, as if the heavens themselves had turned against him.

He glared at Screenwriter Yao with a cold expression. "I didn’t plagiarize, and I refuse to go with you for an investigation. Why should I be treated like a criminal?!"

Li Aihua interjected, "Li, you’re exaggerating. Even if it’s proven that you plagiarized, you don’t have to worry about being treated like a criminal. After all, there’s no precedent for this. You’d be the first case. Legally speaking, you’re still innocent for now."

"No, you can’t take him!" Jia Wenxiu, now utterly dependent on Li Yibai, stood protectively in front of him and shouted angrily, "Are you deliberately framing him?!"

Li Aihua and Screenwriter Yao looked at her with clear displeasure. What kind of logic was this?

The matter had already escalated, and it needed to be resolved. They were just as unfortunate to be dragged into such a troublesome situation. Did she think they had nothing better to do than target him? One still needed to return to Hong Kong to host a competition, and the other had pressing work back at the bureau. They were terribly busy!

Two cultural bureau officials approached, requesting that Li Yibai accompany them. Another officer from the public security bureau had also tagged along to maintain order. Incidentally, he was a fan of Li Yibai’s novels. Since Li’s books had become popular, his colleagues often discussed martial arts techniques like *Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms* and *Jade Maiden Heart Scripture*.

Who would’ve thought... how disappointing...

"No, I won’t go with you!" Panicking, Li Yibai grabbed onto the principal, his last lifeline. "Principal, I’m a student of this school. Do you not even believe in my innocence? Will you just let them take me away like this? What do you take this prestigious university for?!"

This scandal had now implicated the university itself, becoming its public disgrace. The principal could only hope that even if Li Yibai’s character was flawed, he hadn’t actually plagiarized. "If you’re truly innocent, then go with them. The innocent have nothing to fear. Don’t disgrace the school or betray its trust in nurturing you. But if you did plagiarize, then this university will not acknowledge you as one of its students!"

The principal’s righteous words shattered Li Yibai’s last illusion. He realized that even if he was proven innocent of plagiarism, he’d have no place left in this industry. Abandoning his wife and child alone was enough to earn widespread condemnation! After struggling so hard to start anew, he hadn’t even had the chance to see the Jiang Family fall, and now he was utterly ruined by a woman. Overwhelmed with fury, Li Yibai glared at Zhang Ying and, losing his mind, lunged at her, wrapping his hands around her neck: "You damned woman, you’ve ruined everything for me! Why don’t you just go die?!"

"Quick, stop him!"

The officer restrained the red-eyed, maddened Li Yibai. Zhang Ying was left in tears, while their young son bawled uncontrollably. The audience erupted in outrage.