Chapter 43

Mr. Jiang received the news that he was reported in the conference room.

This report was slightly different from what one might imagine. It was not simply a report that he never attended classes but had successfully passed the extremely difficult exam, but rather... a report that Gu Jiangkuo had taken exams for others, and gave an example that the market price for taking exams for others was 1,500 yuan per exam.

This made Mr. Jiang fall into deep confusion, because at that time he was listening to his subordinates report on the progress of an investment, and the profit in the most recent quarter was exactly 15 million.

"I paid such a cheap price to find someone to take the exam for me? Gu Jiangkuo risked being punished just to earn 1,500?" Mr. Jiang still couldn't let it go. Was it because he didn't spend the money well that made Gu Jiangkuo look so poor?

"Continue to invest more!" Mr. Jiang decided.

The project manager in charge of the report beamed with joy, "Thank you, boss!"

Jiang Nuo nodded slightly, his face showing no emotion, and he increasingly had the aura of a superior. The people below him couldn't help but sit up straighter and report more rigorously.

No one knew that the seemingly unfathomable Mr. Jiang was privately messaging Gu Jiangkuo: "I'm not available these past two days. I'll come over tonight."

"[transfer]"

Gu Jiangkuo: “?”

Jiang Nuo: "I don't have time to accompany you, buy yourself two pieces of clothes."

Gu Jiangkuo: "Actually, I have enough clothes. You bought me a lot..."

However, Mr. Jiang's attention quickly returned to the meeting and he did not respond.

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"Student Gu Jiangkuo, do you have anything to say?" the counselor asked gently.

Gu Jiangkuo shook his head. "I have nothing to say about something I didn't do, but I want to know who reported me."

"I'm sorry, the informant's information must be kept confidential. However, since he made empty accusations, the school will also impose corresponding punishment. The teacher believes in you, this matter is absolutely false, and even the invigilator, Mr. Sun, is willing to testify to it." In fact, Teacher Sun was furious. Some people questioned whether there were students cheating in his exam room, which was tantamount to questioning whether his status as one of the four famous tutors was undeserved. It was almost the same as calling him an old fool to his face.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of him, Gu Jiangkuo temporarily responded, "Okay, thank you, teacher."

However, before leaving the office, Gu Jiangkuo suddenly asked, "Teacher, I'd like to ask you something else. You have a lot of life experience... But what does it mean if someone gives you money all the time, without expecting anything in return?"

The counselor became alert: "Who would give you money for no reason? Are you running into some scam? They'll give you a little sweetener first, then scam you for a big payout... It must be like that. You might end up in debt and ruin the rest of your life! Gu, don't be tempted by small profits. Don't accept gifts without a reason!"

...Will the rest of my life be at stake?

"I understand. Thank you, teacher." Gu Jiangkuo thanked the counselor and clicked to receive the transfer when he left.

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This afternoon, during a half-hour break, Finance Class 5 borrowed a multimedia classroom and held the second class meeting since the start of the school year.

In fact, class meetings are rarely held in college. The last time was when I first enrolled. The main content of the first class meeting was for everyone to introduce themselves to each other and select a group of class leaders. After that, the students never saw the head teacher again.

Today's second class meeting was still without the homeroom teacher. Instead, it was chaired by the class monitor, Gu Jiangkuo.

"Classmates, I'm sorry for calling a meeting at such short notice, and thank you for coming. We're having this class meeting today because something serious happened in our class. I'm sure you've all noticed that one person is still missing from this meeting..."

Gu Jiangkuo's speech was clear and logical, with the cultivation that a scholar should have, but it also had an unquestionable flavor, which made the three-foot podium look a bit bandit-like.

As he was speaking, the projector played the PPT that he had hastily prepared at noon. It showed the grades of all the classmates in the exam, screenshots of him and Jiang Nuo being reported, and a detailed breakdown of Jiang Nuo's exam scores and regular grades.

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In the instructor's office, it was Li Fangzhou from Accounting Class 2's turn to be reprimanded.

"Do you know that without evidence it is slander?" Facing Li Fangzhou, the counselor obviously did not have that much patience and his expression was extremely serious.

However, Li Fangzhou was not afraid at all. "Even if I don't have evidence to prove that Gu Jiangkuo took the exam for someone else, that doesn't prove that the two of them didn't cheat together. Jiang Nuo must have copied him! Otherwise, how could he pass? This exam is so difficult! Teacher, if you don't believe me, you can ask the students in Finance Class 5. Jiang Nuo never came to school! Facts speak louder than words. I'm not slandering you!"

The counselor was in a state of panic. "You could have just apologized and let it go. If you insist on confronting them, the teacher won't be able to keep your secret."

"I have nothing to fear from my own shadow, so I don't need to keep it secret," Li Fangzhou said. "I want to confront them!"

"...Think it over carefully. Cheating is simply impossible. Even Teacher Sun is willing to testify for them. We all know how strict Teacher Sun is. ...Do you have any personal grudge against Gu Jiangkuo?"

This guess hit the mark, but Li Fangzhou was not afraid of being guessed right. When he reported it, he did not know that Gu Jiangkuo and the others were being supervised by the notoriously strict teacher Sun. But he was sure of one thing, that the mysterious man named Jiang Nuo had indeed not attended the class, and all the questions were answered by Gu Jiangkuo.

This exam was so difficult that even someone like him managed to pass. It is inevitable that the students in Finance Class 5 will feel jealous, especially those who failed, who must feel unbalanced.

Even if he didn't report it, the students in Finance 5 might report it themselves. He was certain that someone in Class 5 would come forward to expose Jiang Nuo's absence from class, which would indirectly prove his point.

"Teacher, you don't need to persuade me. Things have come to this point. If I don't insist on reporting it, I will be punished for slandering my classmates. I have decided to confront them. Teacher, you can call the students from Class 5 over and ask them in person whether Jiang Nuo has never attended class."

Counselor: "...Okay, since you insist."

It seemed like this matter couldn't be suppressed, so they decided to resolve it before the afternoon class. However, Li Fangzhou and the counselor didn't know that when a call summoned the students from Finance 5, they had just finished a class meeting on the theme of "unity," and everyone was excited and passionate.

The author has something to say:

Although I was at work, I was motivated by the many comments on the previous chapter, so I wrote it anyway.