In normal circumstances with the current public sentiment, Huo Research Institute should be vehemently denying any ties with Fu Yao, and to go a step further, they could sue Fu Yao for theft and plagiarism in order to clear their name.
But they didn't follow the typical script at all. Instead, they publicly congratulated Fu Yao and expressed their regrets about it.
Isn't this telling everyone that they are the ones who committed the theft and plagiarism?
In this day and age, do thieves actually admit to being thieves themselves?
Nobody could understand the thoughts of Huo Research Institute.
But one thing is for sure, Huo Research Institute's reputation is likely to suffer for this.
However, they were even more curious about how Tianqi Research Institute would respond.
