Song Jie stood on the competition stage again. He reached out and took the microphone from the host, took a deep breath, and silently encouraged himself in his heart.

After trying hard to calm himself down, he took a deep look at Jin Xia in the audience, then raised the microphone and said, "Regarding my cheating in the college entrance examination... I have a few words to say..."

Song Jie's voice sounded normal, but the hand holding the microphone was shaking.

He swallowed and continued, "If I don't clarify, you will still use this matter to humiliate me every now and then. I don't think it's a big deal, but I can't let those who have always trusted me be humiliated as well."

At this point, he glanced at Jin Xia, took a deep breath, and continued, "I know you must be thinking that if you didn't clarify it then, and now clarify it in this situation, it's probably because you're guilty."

"I just... thought that the people who investigated this matter would clear my name."

"But... they didn't. I know that my clarification today will offend many of those who lied to me back then, but I'm not afraid anymore. Even if you have someone backing you up, I'm not afraid anymore! Because I want those who believe in me to know that I'm trustworthy!"

Song Jie said the last sentence while looking at Jin Xia.

He was extremely nervous, but when he saw Jin Xia silently watching him from the audience, he seemed to have an invisible force supporting him.

Song Jie clarified what needed to be clarified and did not say what should not be said.

For example, he had no intention of exposing his younger brother. After all, that family had raised him for more than ten years, and he would save face for Li Wu.

"My clarification is a little late, but I still want to say that I didn't cheat! You only saw me picking up the note in the surveillance video and then concluded that I cheated. That's not rigorous at all."

"A professional person would give me a chance to retake the exam after my first rebuttal, instead of ignoring my rebuttal and directly convicting me!"

"If you still have doubts, I can retake the exam in front of all of you to prove my ability."

"At this point, the No. 2 Middle School teacher might say, 'I repeated a year, so it's naturally easier to take the make-up exam now, after all, I've learned an extra year.' If that's the case, then I really can't help it. But I still want to say that after I was accused of plagiarism, I stayed home the whole time. It was summer vacation at that time, so I didn't go to school at all."

"School finally started, but all the other schools refused to accept me. I had no choice but to come to No. 7 Middle School. I only studied again for a short period of time, not even a year at all."

"Of course, if the teacher at No. 2 Middle School says that I studied secretly at home, I won't have anything to say."

Teacher from No.2 Middle School: “…”

Just clarify it if you want, but why do you keep implying something about him with these last words?

"I'm done. Thank you all for listening to me patiently for so long."

Song Jie bowed to the people in the audience and returned the microphone to the host.

A thin layer of sweat formed on his palms at this moment.

This was the first time he had the courage to clarify himself in front of others, and it was also the first time so many people listened to him quietly until the end.

After he returned the microphone, he prepared to leave the stage.

Jin Xia called him from below, "Don't be in such a hurry to come down, they still have to give you an award."

Song Jie: “…”

The host did ask him to come up and receive the award just now.

After Jin Xia's reminder, the host came to his senses and handed the first place trophy to Song Jie.

Song Jie took it and said thank you.

Holding the heavy trophy, Song Jie was a little confused.

He glanced at Jin Xia, then at the teacher from No. 2 Middle School, with a slightly strange expression on his face.

Didn’t you say you don’t want the trophy?

Just now he openly ridiculed the teachers of No. 2 Middle School. Now that they see him accepting the trophy, the teachers of No. 2 Middle School are going to jump out and speak again, right?

As if knowing what he was thinking, Jin Xia opened his mouth and blocked the teacher's words before he could speak.

"Don't worry, since the organizers think you're okay, then you can hold on to the trophy. After all, everything is subject to official approval."

The subtext is that the official has not said anything, so other unofficial officials should stop talking nonsense!

The teacher from No. 2 Middle School had just been scolded by Song Jie for so long that he was already in a bad mood. After listening to Jin Xia's sarcastic words, he felt like he had a ball of anger stuck in his heart with nowhere to vent.

When Song Jie heard Jin Xia's words, he breathed a sigh of relief. After thanking the host again, he couldn't wait to run off the stage and return to Jin Xia.

Jin Xia raised his hand and patted his shoulder, praising him generously: "Well done, you proved yourself."

Song Jie smiled a little embarrassedly, pursing his lips.

After Jin Xia finished praising, he withdrew his hand, glanced at everyone present, and asked loudly: "Does anyone want to test Song Jie? If not, we will leave first."

Everyone: “…”

What Song Jie said made many people half-believing and half-doubting. They really wanted to know whether Song Jie was capable enough.

But after what happened with the teacher at No. 2 Middle School, everyone else quieted down and didn't dare to speak easily.

They were afraid that as soon as they opened their mouths, Jin Xia, Song Jie and Lin Chuxuan, who was a curser, would curse them all together.

After a long moment of silence, Jin Xia put his hands behind his back and chuckled, "Since no one's answering, let's meet at the next college entrance exam. Song Jie will prove himself then. Oh, before that, I don't want to hear about Song Jie cheating in the college entrance exam from you anymore. By the way, I hope this live broadcast can get the Education Bureau to investigate the invigilator from the previous exam!"

Jin Xia left with these words and left with Song Jie and Lin Chuxuan.

She didn't care whether the investigation would eventually reveal that Li Wu was the one behind it.

Song Jie would save face for him, but she wouldn't.

It would be best if the investigation could reveal the truth, but if not, she wouldn't mind helping out.

…

Everyone in the arena looked at each other, and after an unknown amount of time, they began to whisper to each other.

Teacher Yang shouted to the stage, "Meng Li's second place is well-deserved!"

Song Jiedu has already received the award and ran away, so Meng Li must also get the award.

The teacher from No. 2 Middle School looked disdainful, but ultimately did not refute.

This time it's really embarrassing.

However, just because he didn't object to Meng Li winning the award doesn't mean he wouldn't mock Teacher Yang!

"Teacher Yang, you've really taught some great students. If I remember correctly, you used to teach Song Jie, right?"

"When you were teaching, he cheated and didn't come out to clarify. He was determined to embarrass you."

"Now he's someone else's student. He stood on stage and gave so many words to clarify himself, and finally justified it by saying he didn't want to bring shame to his teacher?"