Chapter 2027: Who Knows What's Going On

“Our new collection this time is inspired by blooming seasons. Every flower has its own cycle—for example, Chrysanthemum blooms in autumn, Lotus blooms in summer, wintersweet blooms in winter. Life also has its own flowering period. This ‘Blooming Season’ series uses the colors of these flowers as a blueprint, symbolizing who we are in each season, hinting at everyone’s feelings at this moment.”

The models walked down the runway one after another, showcasing the new season’s pieces.

Everyone watched. The designs still had CR’s signature vibrant colors; bold clashes of different shades, with very daring use of color.

Only, someone at that moment had noticed something.

“What’s going on?”

“Yeah, I feel the same way…”

The noise in the audience suddenly rose, leaving people a bit puzzled.

Ye Ning noticed it too. She looked at Lin Siqing and asked, “What happened?”

Lin Siqing shook her head, turned back and asked someone something, and then people went in and out, trying to figure out the problem.

A moment later, their staff member came back with a dark expression.

That person lowered their head and said something to Lin Siqing, and Lin Siqing immediately reacted with surprise as well. She came over to Ye Ning and quickly said, “Something’s wrong.”

“What is it?”

“Sunshine’s new products over there are extremely similar to ours.”

“Extremely similar? They copied us?”

“But the key point is, they just released their new products this morning.”

“What?”

Ye Ning suddenly seemed to realize something.

Lin Siqing glanced at the front, then stood up first and went backstage.

The noise from the audience grew even louder.

“Is this for real?”

“It’s not just a clash— even the sources of inspiration are almost the same.”

“No way, this is Ye Ning’s store.”

“Ye Ning really should’ve checked carefully. Now this is going to be a scandal.”

Ye Ning headed backstage first.

She looked at Lin Siqing. “What’s going on?”

Lin Siqing had already opened her laptop and was checking.

“They didn’t prepare a launch event, but they updated their online store this morning. The clothing styles in there are very similar to ours.”

Ye Ning walked over and stared at the screen.

They weren’t using the term ‘Blooming Season’, but were using the four seasons as the theme instead. The clothing styles shown were indeed very similar to theirs.

The embroidery and patterns, the prints on the T-shirts and long dresses, all had a striking resemblance.

This…

Ye Ning stood there, pinching her chin. “Did someone on our side leak this?”

Xiaoqiang had already come in from the back.

“S, President Lin, what happened? Everyone outside is still waiting.”

Lin Siqing turned and said, “It’s fine. The external new product launch continues. Internally, we’ll discuss something else.”

Xiaoqiang leaned closer. “Did something happen?”

Ye Ning looked at Xiaoqiang. “Everyone involved in designing this new collection, we’ll gather them together when we go back. Think about who all took part, and also anyone who had access to these designs—get them all together.”

Xiaoqiang froze in place. “Wh-what?”

…

The new product launch ended very quickly.

On the surface, everything outside seemed to go smoothly, and of course, consumers didn’t know anything yet.

But people casually browsing online had already noticed something.

Online, Sunshine’s legal representative posted on Pinterest, saying they had prepared legal documents and were issuing a lawyer’s letter to CR’s legal representative, planning to sue CR for design plagiarism.

In no time, this topic started slowly fermenting online.

If it were just a plagiarism dispute between two brands, the impact might not be that big, but entertainment media quickly dug deeper.

This was a clash between Ye Ning’s store and Ye Zi’s store.

With that, the topic space widened even more.