The day after the mock exam results were released,
Rumors of Zhou Chen cheating on an exam have surfaced on a high school campus, sparking widespread discussion.
"Who's out of their mind to suspect that the top student in the city plagiarized? That's hilarious."
"That's right. If it really was plagiarism, the person whose work was copied should be number one. Who is that person? Where is he? Who can prove it? You can really just spout nonsense."
"I think some people are just plain bad. Our high school produced the top student in the city, but instead of feeling proud, they questioned us and accused us of plagiarism. Please provide evidence before you speak, okay?"
Many students from No. 1 High School stood up and spoke up for Zhou Chen.
After all, this is something every student at No. 1 High School should be proud of. No one wants to be labeled as a plagiarist in their school.
After hearing these comments, the school leaders held a school-wide meeting that day to seriously discuss the matter. They also showed the exam monitoring video to prevent people from spreading rumors and to prove that Zhou Chen's grades were genuine.
Although Zhou Chen's astonishing achievement of ranking first in the city was hard for the school leaders to believe, they believed that Zhou Chen could not have cheated. The city set the questions, and the exam was held at their own school. To say that Zhou Chen cheated would be an insult to the entire school leadership.
On the same day, the Fengcheng City Education Bureau issued a statement confirming that Zhou Chen's grades were genuine and valid, and that anyone spreading rumors would be held legally accountable.
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Within the city's top high schools, rumors also circulated that Zhou Chen's top ranking in the city was obtained through mockery, and some seemingly reasonable evidence was even presented.
For example, Zhou Chen came from a high school in Fanjia County, a small place with far less educational resources than the city.
For example, Zhou Chen is a sports student. It's rare for sports students to get good grades, so it's impossible for him to be number one in the city.
There's an even more outrageous claim that Zhou Chen, because of his excellent athletic performance, had connections and obtained the mock exam questions.
Faced with the escalating rumors, the education bureau leaders learned of the situation and personally intervened to suppress them.
When Zhou Chen heard about the Education Bureau's statement, he wasn't surprised. After all, this was tantamount to slapping the education department in the face.
The exam questions were delivered to Fanjia County by designated personnel on the day of the exam.
There are also mock exam monitoring videos.
Anyone who spreads rumors that he plagiarized and believes such things is simply out of their mind.
From the moment the doubts arose, Zhou Chen didn't care, because he knew the truth: it was just that some people couldn't stand his good grades and were jealous, so they were spreading rumors and slandering him behind his back.
Zhou Chen suspected that the rumors circulating at school might have been spread by Zhou Ling, or perhaps by Zhou Na, the perennial runner-up.
However, he was too lazy to investigate the source of the rumors; it was better to leave such matters to the school.
The school takes this matter very seriously because it concerns the reputation of the high school. In order to protect this reputation, the person spreading the rumors must be found.
An investigation team composed of several teachers began questioning the students.
At this moment, Sun Tingting and several girls in Zhou Ling's group began to panic, because they were the ones who helped Zhou Ling spread the rumor that Zhou Chen had plagiarized.
But they never expected that the school would investigate thoroughly and find them.
"Tingting, what should we do? If the school leaders find out we did it, won't we be expelled?"
"Tingting, say something! I don't want to be fired."
The group huddled together, some with red eyes, afraid of being exposed. At this moment, they placed all their hopes on Sun Tingting, hoping she would have a solution.
Little did they know, Sun Tingting was also extremely anxious at that moment.
The school is taking this so seriously that if they find out they were the ones who did it, they will most likely be expelled. That's not the worst part. Normally, they could just transfer to another high school and continue their studies. The problem is that the municipal education bureau has spoken out about this matter. In that case, would any school dare to hire them?
Sun Tingting regretted it; she regretted helping Zhou Ling.
"No matter who asks, we must say we don't know, and never admit it."
"Even if the school finds out about us, they can't do anything to us without enough evidence."
Since things have come to this point, the only thing Sun Tingting can think of right now is to stick to this story.
After being given repeated instructions, the group returned to their classroom.
But as soon as they returned to the classroom, the teachers called them out one after another for questioning.
Seeing this, Sun Tingting's heart trembled.
She didn't know if the others could keep quiet, because she herself couldn't guarantee it.
The last class of the day, five minutes before school ended,
The school's loudspeaker announced that Sun Tingting and several others had spread rumors that Zhou Chen had plagiarized, and that they had been expelled.
Despite Sun Tingting's vehement denial, the other girls eventually succumbed to the pressure from the investigating teacher and confessed everything.
The truth came to light in an instant.
Many people who support Zhou Chen feel gratified and cheer for his expulsion, believing that students like Sun Tingting are parasites on the high school.
In other words, Sun Tingting and the others left the school early; otherwise, they would definitely have been taught a lesson.
On the other end,
"Zhou Ling, we were expelled from school for helping you. You ruined our lives."
“You have to take responsibility for this. No school will accept us. It’s all your fault.”
Sun Tingting and others went to Zhou Ling's house to vent their anger on her. If it weren't for Zhou Ling's instigation, they wouldn't have spread rumors about Zhou Chen, which led to their expulsion from school.
"What's wrong with not going to school? Look at me, I don't go to school and I'm still doing just fine. Didn't you always envy us before? Now it's great, you can be like me, you don't have to study anymore, and you can do whatever you want."
Although Zhou Ling felt somewhat ashamed, she didn't think it was a big deal.
“You make it sound so easy. We’re not like you. We’re going to college. Our families all want us to go to college, and now you’ve ruined it all.”
"A girl said indignantly."
They may have envied her before, but deep down they still wanted to continue their studies and didn't want to get married and have children early like Zhou Ling.
Seeing their indignant expressions and their claims that they were different from her, Zhou Ling became angry. She realized that they were looking down on her behind her back. She immediately retorted, "You said those things willingly. I didn't force you. Blame yourselves for being greedy and thinking about my treat. Get out of here. You're not welcome in my house."
Snap!
After Zhou Ling finished speaking, she slammed the door shut.
To her, Sun Tingting and the others who had been expelled were no longer of any use. Since they looked down on her, she should cut ties with them.
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