Xiao Ruyan looked at Mu Roushuang in shock: "No, no need, Miss Mu, I..."
“Miss Mu has already made the decision for you, so let’s have the competition.” Bai Tuantuan smiled brightly. “Are you scared? Or are you admitting that you plagiarized this painting?”
Xiao Ruyan took a step back in fear.
This action naturally led Mu Roushuang to misunderstand again: "Bai Tuantuan, don't threaten her. I'm telling you, I will definitely stand up for Xiao Ruyan in this matter!"
"Alright, alright, you'll stand up for her, then come on." Bai Tuantuan looked at Master Liu, "Please trouble you to invite the Dean here."
Master Liu sighed and said, "In that case, I'll go prepare the things."
Soon, Master Liu and Dean Bai arrived together.
Without saying much, Bai Tuantuan stood up, picked up a brush, and started painting.
Xiao Ruyan, standing to the side, gritted her teeth and started drawing on it.
In her heart, she was silently chanting a spell. Yes, she was going to sacrifice Zheng Fangyu's soul to win this victory!
Xiao Ruyan's actions naturally did not escape Bai Tuantuan's eyes. Sensing the fluctuations in her soul, she caught a glimpse of Zheng Fangyu's soul change out of the corner of her eye.
The sound of Zheng Fangyu's screams rang in my ears.
Bai Tuantuan chuckled softly.
"Aren't you afraid? If Zheng Fangyu's soul sacrifice helps Xiao Ruyan, your reputation will be ruined!" Bai Shao said anxiously.
Bai Tuantuan chuckled: "How could that be? How could crooked methods win against real skills?"
Bai Tuantuan could clearly sense Zheng Fangyu's pain.
Soon, Xiao Ruyan also picked up a pen and quickly started drawing on the paper.
Seeing this, Mu Roushuang raised her chin and said, "I knew it. The truth can't be hidden, and the lie can't be made true!"
"Xiao Ruyan is definitely real!"
Zheng Yinrong glanced at Xiao Ruyan, then at Bai Tuantuan, her brows furrowed, and slowly said, "Could it be that Xiao Ruyan really..."
"Impossible," Su Shishi said firmly. "We watched Tuantuan paint the picture; how could it be fake?"
Qiu Qiao'er nodded in agreement: "The county princess has no need to fake it! She didn't get into the academy because of her painting skills."
"alright."
As the discussion grew more heated, Bai Tuantuan spoke up, put down her paintbrush, and walked behind Xiao Ruyan.
Xiao Ruyan also finished her last stroke, a hint of confidence in her eyes.
Turning to look at Bai Tuantuan, she slowly said, "Sister, have you finished drawing too?"
Bai Tuantuan glanced at Xiao Ruyan's painting and said with a half-smile, "Is this the only painting you can do?"
Xiao Ruyan smiled gently and said slowly, "Sister, naturally it's a competition of who plagiarized, and I will naturally draw the original."
Bai Tuantuan seemed to be thinking about something, then looked at Master Liu: "Master, what's your opinion?"
At this moment, Master Liu's eyes gleamed as he looked at Bai Tuantuan, and he said loudly, "What's there to judge? Bai Tuantuan, no, County Princess, Princess Changning! Who is your master? Your painting skills are far beyond my reach!"
Everyone turned to look, and some of the wealthy young men who were knowledgeable about paintings were completely mesmerized.
Mu Roushuang frowned and quickly said, "What do you mean by that?"
Seeing that Master Liu ignored her, she looked at Dean Bai and said, "Dean, you..."
Dean Bai waved his hand and slowly said, "Bai Tuantuan's painting skills are clearly superior to that painting, so how could she have copied it?"
Mu Roushuang's face turned pale: "This, how is this possible?"
"Xiao Ruyan!"
Mu Roushuang quickly looked at Xiao Ruyan: "You..."
At this moment, Xiao Ruyan stared blankly at Bai Tuantuan's painting, repeatedly muttering, "This is impossible, this is impossible..."
“How could it be impossible? The painting you copied was one I made when I first started learning to paint. If my painting skills were still the same as they were a year ago, what would be the point of me learning to paint?” Bai Tuantuan laughed. “Xiao Ruyan, when you were faking it, didn’t you think you would be exposed?”
Xiao Ruyan's face turned deathly pale. Forcing back her panic, she said, "I didn't! We're sisters, it's possible our drawings are similar. I didn't plagiarize! I didn't!"
Bai Tuantuan took a brush and circled it on Xiao Ruyan's drawing paper: "A flaw."
Mu Roushuang understood everything. She glared at Xiao Ruyan and said, "Let's go!"
Dean Bai looked at Xiao Ruyan with a serious expression and said, "Leave on your own."
Xiao Ruyan knelt down with a thud: "Dean, please, don't let me leave. I know I was wrong, Dean..."
"These are the rules of the Capital Academy. Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. You may leave."
Xiao Ruyan immediately looked at Zheng Yinrong, but Zheng Yinrong had already disliked her and left.
Xiao Ruyan then looked at Bai Tuantuan, her eyes filled with pleading.
Bai Tuantuan tilted her head and said with a smile, "What are you thinking? Would I plead for you?"
Xiao Ruyan was eventually expelled from the academy.
At this moment, Xiao Ruyan tightly gripped her handkerchief and slowly walked towards the Zheng family.
"Grandmother".
Upon seeing Madam Zheng, Xiao Ruyan rushed over and threw herself into Madam Zheng's arms, bursting into tears.
Madam Zheng quickly hugged Xiao Ruyan: "What's wrong? Why are you crying like this? Have you been bullied?"
“Grandmother, I was wrong…” Xiao Ruyan knelt in front of Madam Zheng and confessed to plagiarism. She then said, “I really wanted to go to the Capital Academy. I wanted to learn a lot of knowledge to help my cousin, uncle and aunt. I didn’t want to be a useless person, and I didn’t want to be a freeloader.”
Madam Zheng was angry at first, but seeing Xiao Ruyan crying so hard she could hardly breathe, she softened: "It's good that you know you were wrong, stop crying, child."
Madam Zheng held Xiao Ruyan in her arms and said slowly, "It's not your fault. Your father and mother passed away one after another, so it's not your fault that you went astray."
Xiao Ruyan nestled in Madam Zheng's arms, letting out a slight sigh of relief.
When Zheng Yinrong returned home, she saw her father, mother, grandparents and other relatives surrounding Xiao Ruyan.
Zheng Yinrong's smile vanished: "Father! Mother! What are you doing?"
Seeing that her favorite jewelry and fabrics had all ended up in Xiao Ruyan's hands, Zheng Yinrong rushed over and shouted, "These are all mine! Not only did you plagiarize Bai Tuantuan's words, but you also stole my things? I don't have a sister like you!"
"Rong'er!"
Madam Zheng frowned and pulled Zheng Yinrong to her side: "What are you doing? Yan'er already feels very guilty. She had no choice but to do it. How can you, as her sister, say such things? Besides, you have so much jewelry. What's wrong with giving a few pieces to Yan'er? You were so immature before!"
Zheng Yinrong felt extremely wronged and immediately looked at her father, only to find that her own father had actually left with Xiao Ruyan in his arms!
Madam Zheng shook her head, her eyes filled with disappointment as she looked at Zheng Yinrong: "You don't protect your own sister, but you protect Bai Tuantuan. Rong'er, your grandmother is so disappointed in you!"
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