"It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Qin also think highly of our teacher Liu Xiaoyun. You two are not from our industry, but you can see the value of teacher Liu Xiaoyun. You have a really good eye."

The receptionist complimented.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yun merely gave a slight twitch of her lips.

Qin Zheng, who was standing next to him, remained silent.

Seeing that their faces were both stiff, the receptionist realized she was making a fool of herself and silently shut her mouth as well.

A moment later, the eight outstanding students had collected all their votes.

He carried the box back to the stage.

"Now we've come to the most important part!"

The principal presided over the meeting.

As soon as he finished speaking, the eight students poured the votes from the box onto the table covered with a red cloth in front of them.

The red velvet fluttered in the wind, and the receipts fell onto the table, piling up into a small mountain.

The small hill in front of Liu Xiaoyun's box was significantly taller than the others; just looking at the number, she had already completely outshone her competitors.

When Liu Xiaoyun's ballot was poured out, a murmur of surprise rippled through the audience.

Liu Xiaoyun is only twenty-five years old this year.

If she can become the vice principal, she will become a legend in the education field.

Back then, she stole Ye Yun's identity. Her name was Ye Yun's, and her age was also Ye Yun's, even though Ye Yun's real age was only nineteen.

Only after achieving some success did she go to the Education Bureau to change Ye Yun's name and age back to her own.

Ye Yun was changed to Liu Xiaoyun.

Nineteen years old was changed to twenty-five years old.

The outside world only knows her as Liu Xiaoyun, and assumes she is Director Liu's daughter and the Liu family's heiress.

Only she herself knew that she was actually Liu Xiaoyun, the name Ye Yun had changed.

Her true identity remains that of a pitiful girl from that impoverished little mountain village, whose academic achievements and bright future were robbed of her.

The eight students counted the receipts in their hands.

After counting, they handed the receipt and the number they had written down to the principal on the stage.

The principal double-checked the vote count.

The scene was unusually quiet.

Everyone held their breath, anticipating the most crucial moment to come.

The candidates for vice-principal sat in their seats, all looking tense, gazing at the vote count in the principal's hand.

Although they knew they were just there to make up the numbers, they still couldn't help feeling nervous during such an important moment.

Liu Xiaoyun was also extremely nervous.

However, her nervousness was different from others. Her nervousness was not about the principal at all, but about whether she could become the vice principal, which she was sure to achieve with her grades.

She was nervous about Ye Yun.

While others were staring at the number of votes in the principal's hand, she warily watched Ye Yun, her hand under the table digging into her palm, seemingly oblivious to the blood that welled up.

She would immediately stand up as soon as Ye Yun made the slightest movement.

Although Ye Yun had put the vote into her box, she still couldn't trust Ye Yun. She didn't believe that Ye Yun would be so kind as not to trip her up in the slightest!

"Alright, I will now announce the vote count!"

The principal's speech came over the loudspeaker.

"First place: Teacher Liu Hong, 11 votes; second place: Teacher Yang Shiqiang, 9 votes; third place: Teacher Zhang Fugui, 12 votes... eighth place: Teacher Liu Xiaoyun, 32 votes!"

Congratulations to teacher Liu Xiaoyun!

"Teacher Liu Xiaoyun has won the title of vice principal with a lead of 20 votes over the second-place teacher!"

The announcement was made.

At that moment, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

Liu Xiaoyun slumped into the chair.

She was elected! She actually got elected!

No, Qin Zheng and Ye Yun are still in the audience. As long as Qin Zheng and Ye Yun don't leave, she is not completely safe.

At this moment, the principal moved the microphone in front of him and spoke again: "Comrades, we have an important guest with us today. I should have received him personally, but because of the vice principal election meeting, I have neglected our distinguished guest. Now, I would like to invite them to come up on stage to present our new vice principal with his certificate of appointment and official seal!"

What?

Liu Xiaoyun was shocked.

The crowd below the stage was also puzzled. As the principal finished speaking, they looked around, searching for the distinguished guest the principal had mentioned.

At this moment, the principal stood up.

The principal walked down from the stage and stood in front of Qin Zheng and Ye Yun.

He handed the red certificate and official seal to Qin Zheng and Ye Yun, and said with a smile, "Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin, would you have the honor of inviting you to the stage to present the certificate and official seal to our teacher Liu Xiaoyun?"

"us?"

Ye Yun was genuinely surprised.

Liu Xiaoyun was trying to avoid her and Qin Zheng, but the principal actually asked Qin Zheng to go with her to present an award to Liu Xiaoyun...

rub!

The wooden chair rubbed against the platform with a loud thud, and Liu Xiaoyun immediately stood up.

Such a commotion attracted everyone's attention.

The competitors around her also cast glances at Liu Xiaoyun, and the closest teacher asked, "Teacher Liu, what's wrong?"

Noticing the situation on the stage, the principal turned around and looked at Liu Xiaoyun with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

However, seeing that Liu Xiaoyun did not make any other moves, the principal thought that Liu Xiaoyun was too excited and did not take the matter seriously. He turned around and still smiled at Qin Zheng, saying, "Mr. Qin, what do you think?"

Qin Zheng replied, "Excuse me, Principal, I need to ask my partner."

The woman on stage stole his wife's achievements, lived a glamorous life using her identity, and even made his wife, the victim, present an award to the thief. Isn't this just rubbing salt into his wife's wounds?

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