Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Their gazes seemed to exchange hundreds of blows in the air before Gong Yuxue politely said goodbye to the teachers, indicating that she would actively cooperate with the school’s investigation and that they could contact her anytime if needed.
She then got up, intending to go have lunch.
However, just as she reached the office door, there was a sudden knock, followed by the door being pushed open, and a tall figure walked in.
Gong Yuxue’s eyes widened in surprise, and she took a step back: “You…why are you here?”
Outside, Lin Jianlu, expressionless, didn’t answer her question but strode into the office, saying to Director Gu, “Teacher Gu, I need to speak with you.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
Director Gu, who had been slumped wearily in her chair, suddenly sat up straight. She knew Lin Jianlu; she knew that Lin Jianlu would never come at this time unless something serious had happened.
Lin Jianlu didn’t answer immediately. His height made him stand out significantly from everyone else in the office, but he remained low-key, glancing only once at a corner of the sofa before looking away, as if everything happening there was none of his concern.
He then respectfully handed the brown paper bag to Director Gu.
Everyone saw Director Gu’s face darken after reading the words on the cover, and she immediately tore open the bag.
The formal apology to Yan Han was interrupted. The others were puzzled as to why Director Gu was in such a hurry to look at the documents before the matter was even finished. Gong Yuxue, standing at the door, didn’t leave. She stood there, a bad feeling creeping over her… and sure enough, after reading through all the documents, Director Gu angrily slammed the pages onto the table.
“Teacher Qin, did you proctor Gong Yuxue’s placement exam?”
Although she appeared furious, her tone was surprisingly calm, perhaps due to her intense anger.
A frightening calmness.
At least that’s what Mr. Qin, the homeroom teacher of Class 9, thought.
Hearing the question, cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, and he asked with a shifty gaze, “Is…is there a problem?”
“What problem? Ha!” Director Gu was practically laughing in anger, then erupted in a thunderous rage. He slammed his finger on the table, making a series of loud bangs: “You let her copy the exam paper of a student from Class 9, and you ask me what the problem is!”
As soon as Director Gu finished speaking, the teachers, students, and parents in the office were all shocked.
Everyone present knew what the placement exam meant each semester, even the parents.
And this student, Gong Yuxue, was said to have transferred directly to Class 9 through the exam from arts to sciences. Not only did the students admire her greatly, but many other parents who knew about this situation used her as a positive example.
At least Tang Hongbo’s parents knew this.
Since the first semester of their first year of high school, their son had consistently missed out on being in Class 9, while this female student in the humanities stream had directly entered Class 9 through an exam. It was impossible for the parents not to feel envious and jealous.
But how… was all of this a lie?
After Director Gu finished speaking, Gong Yuxue’s face turned even uglier.
Her “guardian” exchanged a glance with her and understood what was going on, but he didn’t have time to show surprise. He simply repeated his demands for evidence.
This time, however, his voice was much softer than before, completely lacking the arrogance and domineering tone he had displayed earlier.
—Because this time, when he asked for evidence, Director Gu actually produced it for him.
And it was solid, irrefutable evidence!
The placement exam for switching from arts to sciences was a special case, so Gong Yuxue’s exam format was different from others.
She took the math, Chinese, and English exams along with the other students. Although the school was separating arts and sciences for math, Chinese, and English starting in the first semester of her junior year, the exams for these three subjects were still the same for the initial placement exam.
To uphold the fairness that Luze High School had always upheld, even Gong Yuxue was not exempt.
She wanted to go to the science class, which could be determined either by her math, Chinese, and English scores like Lin Jianlu, or by taking separate exams in physics, chemistry, and biology, with placement based on all six subjects.
Gong Yuxue chose the latter.
However, before the placement exams, she was still in the arts class. Besides the inconvenience of arranging an exam room, Gong Yuxue also requested to complete the arts exams with the other students, citing a desire to finish the course. Therefore, after discussion within the grade group, it was decided that Gong Yuxue would take the arts exams normally, while the physics, chemistry, and biology exams would be separate.
The individual exam format was simple, as it was easier to manage since it was just her alone. The grade head arranged for the homeroom teacher of Class 9, who was also the head of the science education group, to proctor the exam.
Before this, she thought this upheld the fairness that Luze High School had always upheld.
But she never expected Gong Yuxue to cheat!
And with Teacher Qin’s protection!
Feeling manipulated once again, the grade head took the sheets of paper first. They contained printed images; although the images were black and white and not very clear, it was still obvious they were printed video images.
The first image showed a teacher’s office, with Gong Yuxue bent over answering questions, and Teacher Qin sitting at another desk next to her grading papers.
Judging from Gong Yuxue’s posture and the arrangement of things on her desk, it looked as if she were copying questions from a test paper.
The second image was a magnified version of her desk, clearly showing the content she had copied from a test paper. It was a physics paper that had already been graded, containing the content of the placement exam, and it was stapled together with another test paper. Gong Yuxue was writing the answers to the multiple-choice questions on her own paper.
….
The third image was several screenshots of the exam…
Actually, there was no need to look at the rest. Gong Yuxue’s exam room was also on the third floor, in a particularly secluded corner of the classroom. She probably didn’t know the surveillance cameras were working, so she even took out her cheat sheet when the teachers weren’t looking…
Lin Jianlu reported to the teachers in a flat voice, “The teacher watching the surveillance cameras noticed her taking out her cheat sheet, so I checked it out.”
“Gong Yuxue, you cheated?!” This time it was the grade head’s incredulous, shrill voice.
Even after learning what the images were, Gong Yuxue’s expression remained calm.
Only her paper-white face hinted at her true feelings.
She didn’t answer the head of the grade, but looked straight at Lin Jianlu: “By the way, did you check? Where did the old video come from? Did you find it on purpose? Why did you do this on purpose? Answer me! Lin Jianlu!”
As she uttered the last three words, she truly burst into tears.
If Lin Jianlu was looking for something against her, even if the surveillance footage of her answering the placement exam questions had been removed, she wouldn’t be curious at all about how he found it.
The only thing she couldn’t accept was that this person didn’t care about their family’s past relationship or their childhood bond at all, and just dug her skeletons up!
In the past six months, she had probably really gone mad.
It all started when Lin Jianlu suddenly switched from arts to science and went to the science class.
They were childhood sweethearts, and she had liked him for a long time, but Lin Jianlu was intelligent and always seemed to be clueless about feelings, so she never rushed or forced him.
—If the two of them stayed in the same school and the same class forever, and continued to be childhood sweethearts, she believed that one day he would understand his feelings…
That’s what Gong Yuxue thought at the time.
But she never expected that someone would suddenly appear at school, not only attracting Lin Jianlu’s attention but also getting him into the science class and even making him realize his potential!
Growing up amidst intrigue and scheming, Gong Yuxue had only ever loved one person.
So from the day Lin Jianlu changed, she completely lost her composure.
But she told herself to stay calm and not rush things.
Repeated attempts to plot and frame him hadn’t hurt him. Gong Yuxue remained composed, telling herself that as long as she was still in the same class as Lin Jianlu, she still had a chance. After all, only she was worthy of Lin Jianlu.
After all, they had known each other for so many years; she didn’t believe anyone could be more suitable for Lin Jianlu than her.
Unfortunately, she could never be like Lin Jianlu.
She wasn’t a genius; she couldn’t excel in science while being a well-rounded student.
Her good grades in humanities subjects were the result of her diligent study every day, driven by her desire to be on par with Lin Jianlu. Others saw her studying with an air of nonchalance, but no one knew she spent every weekend frantically cramming.
In just six months, she simply couldn’t master all the science subjects.
She hired numerous tutors and spent the entire summer in extra classes, but her physics, chemistry, and biology showed little improvement.
Although her grades in math, Chinese, and English were good, she knew that with Lin Jianlu’s abilities, he would definitely be placed in Class 9 in the placement exam, but her actual scores in physics, chemistry, and biology were still too low…
While she had some foundation, it was impossible to be parachuted into Class 9.
She assumed Lin Jianlu would definitely be in Class 9, while Yan Han, with her abilities, definitely wouldn’t be able to get into Class 9.
Gong Yuxue didn’t want to miss this good opportunity to spend time alone with Yan Han, and she even considered directly asking the teacher to arrange for her to be placed in Class 9, but Lin Jianlu disliked people who abused their privileges, and if she were directly parachuted into Class 9, the other students would have opinions.
Furthermore, if she passed the first exam for switching from arts to sciences and got into Class 9… she believed Lin Jianlu would definitely see her…
So after much deliberation, before the exam, she still approached the homeroom teacher of Class 9 and asked him to help her get into Class 9.
….
But she didn’t expect that this would be the part that angered her the most.
—She used so much money and connections, and in the end, she got into Class 9, but Lin Jianlu actually went to Class 10 for Yan Han…!
Thinking of this, Gong Yuxue’s bloodshot eyes could no longer hide her rage. She had no intention of arguing or explaining anymore. The evidence that Lin Jianlu had personally found was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
She glared at everyone in the room, her words no longer docile but filled with arrogance: “After I get to Class 9, I will naturally study hard. Just give me another six months, and my grades will surpass half of the people in Class 9. I just got here early, it doesn’t count as cheating.”
Gong Yuxue’s words made everyone in the office gasp. Her words were a direct admission that she had bribed the teacher to cheat.
This provided a plausible explanation for her cheating. Since she copied answers for the placement exam, even if Gong Yuxue improved significantly in just two weeks, her monthly exam score wouldn’t be much better.
She was probably afraid of being exposed, or for some other reason, so she chose to continue relying on cheat sheets for this monthly exam.
Teacher Qin was terrified by her words. He wanted to berate her for being ungrateful and immoral, but it was too late.
He was indeed Gong Yuxue’s proctor.
And those graded exam papers were indeed given to Gong Yuxue by him, allowing her to find the answers and copy them.
But how did Lin Jianlu obtain the surveillance footage?!
At this point, there was no time to analyze the situation. It was better to admit his mistake than to deny it. Perhaps the school, considering his many years of teaching experience, wouldn’t expel him…
“Director! I was just momentarily blinded by greed. This Gong Yuxue… she’s really good at brainwashing people! I didn’t mean it! I don’t know what I was thinking!”
He didn’t dare say anything more, as the school rules were very strict about punishing teachers for accepting bribes. He couldn’t expose himself, so he could only keep saying he knew he was wrong.
The situation had become incredibly clear, but it was so explosive that most people in the office were stunned, unsure how to proceed.
It had to be said that this reversal left everyone speechless.
Hearing Gong Yuxue and Teacher Qin’s confessions, Tang Hongbo glared at Gong Yuxue.
His hatred intensified, for no other reason than that he had ranked first in Class 10 in the placement exam… meaning he was only one place away from entering Class 9.
And clearly, if it weren’t for Gong Yuxue… he would already be back in Class 9!
You see, all he had wanted this year was to return to Class 9 and recreate his glory.
But how ridiculous! He actually colluded with the person who had pushed him out of the top ranks! They schemed against each other, but ended up burning themselves. This time, he really could never return to Class 9!
Tang Hongbo suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, as if he had gone mad.
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