The proctor was speechless for a moment, while the leader continued, "This matter must be dealt with seriously. Moreover, as far as I know, there are some issues with Li Ming's identity as well."

Upon hearing this, the school leaders turned deathly pale. Li Ming, who had just limped back, overheard the conversation and his face turned as white as a ghost. Tang Siya, on the other hand, was still in shock: "Ming, what... what happened..."

"This student, Li Ming, abused his position and his father's authority to enter the office and alter the exam paper, using despicable means to achieve third place. This is extremely egregious!"

The leader from the provincial education department snorted coldly: "I'm afraid your father was involved in this as well. This matter must be thoroughly investigated and dealt with. I hope your school will cooperate fully."

"Teacher, that's not how it works. I took the test myself!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ming panicked completely. He rushed forward, but due to his leg injury, he fell to the ground. Even so, he still hurriedly grabbed the man's trouser leg.

Tang Siya had never seen Li Ming like this before, and quickly squatted down: "Ah Ming, you don't need to—"

"What the hell do you know!"

Li Ming shoved Tang Siya away, his eyes blazing with fury.

He and his father can indeed do whatever they want at school, but outside of school, they have to consider things carefully. How could they possibly act recklessly?!

No matter what Li Ming said, the leader had already picked up the documents on the table: "I saw it just now. Li Ming entered the office where the exam papers are stored without permission, just to change the exam papers, right? And there's your school's official seal, it's a done deal."

"No, it wasn't me—"

Li Ming was completely dumbfounded. Didn't Tang Siya say she was just helping her with a small favor? He suddenly realized what she meant and grabbed Tang Siya: "You bitch, I've helped you in so many ways, and this is how you betray me?!"

Even Tang Siya was dumbfounded. What exactly happened? She had only helped Li Ming look at the test papers, thinking that she could help him if she could, so she changed the questions for him.

Wait, Song Xijun was there too...

Tang Siya suddenly realized what was happening and looked sharply at Song Xijun: "Did you do all of this?!"

"How would I know what you're talking about, Miss Tang?"

Song Xijun's voice was flat and emotionless, even carrying a hint of doubt at being wrongly accused. Hearing his tone, Tang Siya's anger completely overwhelmed her, and she rushed forward—

Ruan Qing'an's leaden eyes darkened, but the next moment Song Xijun had already pulled her behind him. The young man's tall and slender figure firmly blocked her way, like a safe haven.

Before Tang Siya could rush over, Song Xijun had already stopped her. The force in his hand did not allow Tang Siya to resist in the slightest. She was so frightened that she froze on the spot, while the beast bared its fangs.

As she turned her back, Song Xijun whispered to Tang Siya in a voice only the two of them could hear, "What you said is indeed true. I was the one who schemed against you—I mean, all of it."

As she finished speaking the last sentence, Tang Siya felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, as if she had fallen straight into hell. Then she fell to the ground and stumbled and fell together with Li Ming.

The scene descended into chaos. Song Xijun took a step back, and the provincial education department leader coldly looked at the two people on the ground: "This matter will be thoroughly investigated!"

"I'm sorry, teacher, it really wasn't me—"

Li Ming climbed a few steps, trying to catch up, but the provincial education department leaders had already left the office, leaving without a trace of mercy, with an air of indifference that made the matter irrevocably settled.

Li Ming was left sitting there, completely dumbfounded. Even the usually obsequious school leaders didn't dare to speak up, because of what they'd been told...

It seems that the luck of Leon Lai and his father has come to an end.

The school leaders sighed and walked past Li Ming. Soon, the once crowded office was empty. Song Xijun's eyes darkened as she pulled Ruan Qing'an out, until they passed Li Ming—

Ruan Qing'an paused, squatted down and placed a USB drive in Li Ming's hand, chuckling, "Perhaps you can take a look. Your marriage with Miss Tang should come to an end here."

"What, what did you say..."

Before Li Ming could react, Ruan Qingan and Song Xijun had already left, leaving only Li Ming and Tang Siya sitting there.

After leaving the teaching building, Ruan Qing'an couldn't help but chuckle softly. He lit a cigarette and said slowly with a smile, "I didn't expect you, you blockhead, to be even more heartless than me."

"Um?"

Song Xijun raised an eyebrow slightly, bent down a little, and threw the cigarette away from Ruan Ruan's hand: "Ruan Ruan, don't keep smoking."

Ruan Qing'an frowned: "You're being nosy, you blockhead..."

But Song Xijun just looked at her with dark eyes. Ruan Qing'an continued to curse and stubbed out her cigarette, then threw it into the trash can next to her: "Honestly, that blockhead is tough now, she's starting to control me."

"Alright, alright, let's go, Ruan Ruan."

Song Xijun chuckled softly, then took her hand and held it firmly between her fingers.

Ruan Qingan rolled her eyes, but only snorted softly. She hooked her arm around Song Xijun's and turned her head slightly: "You overheard this in the office before, so you guessed that Tang Siya would do something like this."

"Yes, I know. She just wanted to help Li Ming out of the way, and Tang Siya originally wanted me to help her commit academic fraud. She probably just wanted to use this opportunity to threaten me, so she turned the tables on me."

Song Xijun explained, her voice completely flat, as if she were not plotting against two people, but rather as if she were simply saying that the weather was nice today, so calm that there was no hint of hostility.

Ruan Qingan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I'm afraid even Li Ming didn't expect that in the end, it was Tang Siya who tricked him."

"It should be a pleasant surprise."

Song Xijun paused, her dark eyes turning to Ruan Qing'an: "Isn't the USB drive you gave him the video I sent you?"

At this point, the two ruthless men exchanged a knowing smile.

...

The provincial education department leadership acted swiftly, making a definitive judgment before Li Ming and his group could react. This move even drew out many people within the school, many of whom had previously been oppressed by Li Ming.

Soon, Dawn and his father, the two high-ranking figures, were pulled down from their pedestals in an instant. Everything happened so fast it was unbelievable, just like the towering mountain that once stood before them was now nothing more than a small mound of earth that could be easily shoveled away, which was utterly ridiculous.

As for Tang Siya, although she was not implicated, she was dragged into the mess by Leon Lai and was hated by him to the extreme. The company behind her also suffered.

Having been betrayed by his girlfriend to this extent, before the incident, Leon Lai desperately tried to retaliate against Tang Siya, completely forgetting even Song Xijun, who was actually plotting against them behind the scenes.

The USB drive that Ruan Qing'an sent became the last straw, completely crushing the already thin friendship between the two into irreconcilable hatred.

From then on, the dark clouds dispersed, and the light of day broke through.

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