ebookland Chapter 358: I misjudged him
Chapter 358: I misjudged him
"Let me see." Butler Zhao's expression changed and he reached out to Zhao Yue.
Zhao Yue handed him the phone, her face pale with panic. She still couldn't believe that Zhou Shiming would expose the matter.
"How could he do this to me!"
Although Zhou Shiming was not as obsessed with her as Liang Qiu, Zhao Yue could feel that he liked her very much, otherwise why would such a proud man write for her?
But at this moment, the tall and thin young man in the video looked uncomfortable facing the camera, but he still endured it. His eyes full of hatred stared at the camera and he spoke word by word.
"Yes, I painted many of Zhao Yue's paintings for her. For example, 'Early Spring Dawn', 'Prosperity', 'Distance'..."
Every time he read the name of a painting, Zhao Yue's face turned paler.
There were also bursts of exclamations in the video, and the whispers of reporters could be heard through the video.
"Zhao Yue's famous work wasn't actually painted by her."
"Did you notice that the paintings he mentioned are all Zhao Yue's more famous paintings?"
"You're talking nonsense! If Zhao Yue could do it herself, she wouldn't hire a ghostwriter."
Zhao Yue's tears fell, her voice choked with sobs: "Dad, what should I do now?"
Butler Zhao didn't say anything, his eyes fixed on the person behind Zhou Shiming, his expression solemn.
The reporter's questions continue in the video.
"Mr. Zhou, you keep saying these paintings are your work. Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course I have evidence." Zhou Shiming pursed his lips and said after a while, "I always record videos when I paint each picture, and my signature is hidden in the painting."
After he finished speaking, he took out his phone, clicked a few times, and then turned the screen towards the camera.
On his phone was Zhao Yue's famous painting, "Early Spring Dawn." Zhou Shiming enlarged the photo and pointed to a spot. "Here's my signature. If you're interested, you can look at my previously published paintings. My signature is in the lower right corner of each one. You can compare them and see if I'm lying."
This signature is hidden in the painting. If Zhou Shiming hadn't given a special explanation, it would be easy to overlook it or mistaken for a clever idea of the painter.
Zhou Shiming took out a few more paintings and pointed out his signatures one by one.
"Is this evidence enough? I also have a video I recorded while painting. Would you like to see it?"
Having said that, the situation couldn't be clearer.
There is irrefutable evidence that Zhao Yue hired Zhou Shiming to be her ghostwriter.
"I really underestimated him. He had such deep thoughts." Zhao Yue gritted her teeth, her eyes red with hatred.
She thought she had Zhou Shiming completely under her control, that he was just a socially anxious person with only painting skills, and that he was honest. She didn't expect that he had done so much behind her back and had so much evidence.
"I really misjudged him."
In fact, Zhao Yue really misunderstood Zhou Shiming.
When he did this, he didn't think of using it to expose Zhao Yue.
Recording videos was his personal habit, making it easier to review them later. He signed the painting he wrote for Zhao Yue because he knew he couldn't keep it secret, but he also wanted to participate in Zhao Yue's success, so he secretly acted.
But now all the sweetness of the past has turned into a knife stabbing Zhao Yue.
Zhao Yue's reputation is completely ruined, and she probably won't be able to survive in this circle anymore.
The reporter then asked, "Mr. Zhou, what is your relationship with Zhao Yue, and why were you willing to ghostwrite for her?"
Zhao Yue's pupils shrank, and her body trembled uncontrollably as she watched the video.
"Don't say it, don't say it..."
If Zhou Shiming really revealed it, she would be completely finished.
Zhou Shiming was silent for a long moment facing the camera. Perhaps he had heard Zhao Yue's plea, but he shook his head. "Don't overthink it. She and I are just an ordinary senior and junior student. I only wrote for her because I was really short of money at the time."
Zhao Yue breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhou Shiming's face in the video with complicated eyes.
Why didn't he tell anyone about their relationship?
But the current situation is in her favor. A monetary transaction is always better than a physical one.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yue's eyes suddenly fixed.
Flesh trade?!
She suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next second, a reporter held up a photo and said, "But Mr. Zhou, someone took a picture of you and Miss Zhao kissing passionately by the window. How do you explain this?"