Halfway through the exam, several teachers suddenly came in from the back door and asked everyone to stop writing.
The students in Class 1 were all a little confused. Before they could react, they heard Zhang Sanmao, the leader, say, "Today, something extremely bad happened in our grade. A student stole the test paper! We are here now to catch this student and put an end to this evil trend!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole class was in an uproar.
The students didn't care about the exam and couldn't whisper to each other. Someone directly asked a classmate who was walking across the street, "No way! Is what Zhang Sanmao said true?"
"Who knows?" The classmate was also at a loss: "No one is so bold, is it necessary to take the exam in a month?"
"We all know each other's grades in the class. We know each other's grades. Are you trying to suddenly get first place by stealing the test paper? You didn't even ask Jiang Chen if he agreed or not."
Hearing the discussion of the people in front, a boy at the back leaned over and said, "Maybe it's Jiang Chen? He scored 105 in the last exam. Maybe he's taking a risk this time just to restore his past glory?"
"impossible."
"Just shut up! Jiang Chen will get first place in a minute. Is it necessary?"
"If Jiang Chen can steal the test paper, I can fucking eat it."
The discussion below was heated. Zhang Sanmao slapped the table with a stern face and said, "Quiet!"
"What are you doing making so much noise? Don't you know that this is an exam?"
The classroom quickly returned to silence. Zhang Sanmao's eyes swept across each student's face, lingering especially long on the two rows behind the window.
Jiang Chen seemed to have sensed something, and when he looked up, he met Zhang Sanmao's sinister and complacent eyes.
The class took the monthly exams according to the ranking of the last exam. Chen Xu, who had always been ranked last, sat behind Jiang Chen. He also saw Zhang Sanmao's eyes and felt a pang in his heart, with a hunch that something was wrong.
"Brother Jiang! Jiangzi!" He poked Jiang Chen's back hard with a pen.
Jiang Chen didn't turn around and whispered, "What are you doing?"
"Is Zhang Sanmao trying to cause trouble?" Shen Xu leaned forward, his voice low and uneasy: "I think his expression is directed at you. Is he trying to accuse you of stealing the test paper?"
Jiang Chen's eyes slightly curved. It had to be said that Chen Xu was not very smart in studying, but his intuition was very accurate. He could see the essence through the phenomenon almost every time, and it was almost instinctive for him to seek benefits and avoid harm. It was absolutely impossible for such a person to be unintelligent, but his intelligence was not applied to studying.
"Fuck!"
Seeing Zhang Sanmao walking towards this side, Shen Xu got anxious and pushed Jiang Chen quickly: "Hurry up and check if there is a test paper under your desk! If there is, pass it to me from below, quickly!"
"Chen Xu Jiang Chen! What are you talking about!" Zhang Sanmao walked to Jiang Chen's desk in two steps and said loudly, "I told you not to talk, but you are still whispering. Is there something important that you can't say at other times? You have to say it now!"
Shen Xu gritted his teeth and was about to retort when he felt the table being lightly bumped.
Then, he saw Jiang Chen stand up and said calmly, "Teacher Zhang, we are talking about stealing the test paper. I personally think that you have always been prejudiced against me. The scene just now was probably staged to frame me for stealing the test paper. So just now I was thinking again, when did I leave my seat, giving someone an opportunity to take advantage of me? It happened that Shen Xu was there when I left my seat, and he told me that someone had indeed been to my seat within those two minutes."
He smiled slightly and said calmly, "So I am very curious about what hatred that classmate has against me, and what deal he has with you that would be worth him taking the risk of putting the test paper in my drawer to slander me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole class fell silent, including the teachers who followed him.
Zhang Sanmao's face instantly turned blue, then black, then purple, like a color palette, very spectacular.
In a corner where no one noticed, a boy's face turned pale instantly, and the hand holding the pen began to tremble.
The classroom was silent for two minutes as everyone was digesting the information in Jiang Chen's words.
Zhang Sanmao's expression was so ugly that he could hardly hide it. Other teachers also came over here, but still no one spoke.
The students present here are not aware of this matter, but the teachers here are very clear about the whole story.
Judging from Zhang Jian's vengeful character and his pettiness in slandering Jiang Chen whenever he finds the right opportunity during this period of time, it can be seen that he is indeed someone who is capable of doing such a thing.
What he said in the office just now, his actions of rummaging through the desk, and even his eagerness to catch the student who stole the test paper, the teachers who were involved did not think anything of it at the time. Although they felt that his actions were not appropriate, they did not think much about it. But after Jiang Chenyi's words, they recalled what Zhang Jian had said and done just now, and everything became clear.
He was indeed directing and acting out this act himself, trying to frame and slander a student.
Several teachers figured out the key, and the expressions they looked at Zhang Jian became subtle.
Zhang Sanmao was speechless for several minutes. Firstly, he was angry, and secondly, he was trying to think of how to turn the tables and put the blame on Jiang Chen.
At first, he put on a show in the office and then rushed into the office with a few teachers. He wanted to take the initiative and when Jiang Chen couldn't react, he directly took out the test papers in his drawer and confirmed the guilt on him.
Who knew that before he could even turn the table over, Jiang Chen directly accused him of slandering himself and directing the show.
Zhang Jian never expected that although he wanted to slander Jiang Chen and at least prepared evidence, Jiang Chen was so calm and bold that he outwitted him without knowing anything.
With those words, the person who took the initiative shifted from Zhang Jian to Jiang Chen. If Zhang Jian found the test paper from his desk, others would think he was framing him. If he found nothing, others would think he was slandering him. Just these few words almost blocked Zhang Jian's way forward, putting him in a dilemma.
Zhang Jian's back teeth ached. He realized that the best way for him now was to not look through Jiang Chen's drawers, but to lightly pass over the matter and focus on Jiang Chen's contradicting the teacher in public.
But how could he be willing!
Since the first semester of the second year of high school, Jiang Chen had choked him overtly and covertly so many times, caused him to be misunderstood so many times by pretending to be obedient on the surface, and angered him so many times by pretending to obey him but actually disobeying him!
Now there is finally a chance to teach him a lesson and let him vent his anger, how can he be willing to do that!
Zhang Jian's face turned pale and blue, and he hadn't come up with a solution yet.
However, Shen Xu reacted from Jiang Chen's words. Jiang Chen didn't ask him if anyone had come to his seat just now, but someone had indeed come to Jiang Chen's seat before the exam, and he had indeed seen it!
He suddenly turned his head and stared at the third-to-last boy in the third group. His baby face was so gloomy that it looked like water could drip.
At this time, almost everyone in the classroom was staring at this triangular area. Although most people were looking at Zhang Jian and Jiang Chen, Shen Xu was right behind Jiang Chen. And thinking of what Jiang Chen had just said, when Shen Xu changed his expression and looked in one direction, everyone else also looked in the direction he was looking.
There was more than one student in that area, but most of them were looking around, wondering who Shen Xu was looking at. Only one boy kept his head down, his hands on the table shaking uncontrollably. It was still chilly in spring, but his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Who doesn't understand this situation?
An indignant classmate asked out loud, "No way! Zhang Zhipeng! Did you put the test paper in Jiang Chen's drawer?"
Before anyone searched Jiang Chen's drawer, everyone had already concluded that there were test papers in his drawer. However, almost no one present believed that Jiang Chen had stolen the papers.
Not to mention that the fact that Jiang Chen is firmly ranked first in the grade is already deeply rooted in the minds of the classmates. More importantly, everyone has been together for more than half a year and knows very well what kind of person Jiang Chen is.
He is a good student but not arrogant. Anyone who asks him a question will get a patient answer from him. He doesn’t talk much but never ignores anyone. As long as someone talks to him, he will definitely answer politely. If he is interested in the topic, he will even chat with you excitedly for a long time. He likes to be quiet but can get along well with the noisy boys in the class. Whether it is playing ball, eating or having a meal, everyone likes to invite him...
He is principled and has a bottom line when doing things. Even if he has a good temper, as long as his bottom line is stepped on, he will point it out calmly. Afterwards, everyone remains friends and does not bear grudges because of his reminders. Instead, they will remember his taboos in their hearts and will not make the same mistake again.
In this class, if you ask who has the best popularity, very few people will say Jiang Chen. But if you ask who they think of first when encountering a problem and who they trust the most, more than 90% of the answers will be Jiang Chen.
Who would believe that a boy who is excellent, knows how to act, is decent but not pedantic, and has principles and bottom lines, stole the test paper?
What's more, the person who slandered him was full of loopholes, and he was Zhang Sanmao, who had a bad reputation all the time.
All the classmates knew that Zhang Sanmao disliked Jiang Chen, but why did Zhang Zhipeng help frame Jiang Chen?
Some of them remembered that Zhang Zhipeng was in the same class as Jiang Chen in the first year of high school. He was skinny and small at that time, and was always bullied by people from other schools after school. It was Jiang Chen who called Huo Bo from Class 11 to help him out. If it was really him, isn't this repaying kindness with enmity?
Everyone's eyes were filled with surprise and confusion. Zhang Zhipeng lowered his head and couldn't see anything, but he felt that the gazes falling on him were full of mockery.
His hands were trembling and he lowered his head even lower, not daring to look up to see other people's expressions.
Jiang Chen glanced at him, then retracted his gaze and said to Zhang Jian, "Teacher Zhang, if you want to search the table, do it now."
Zhang Jian gritted his teeth, forced a smile on his face, and said, "I just suddenly remembered that I seemed to have left the test paper in the senior year office. There's no need to search."
When the classmates heard what Zhang Jian said, they were skeptical, but the teachers did not believe it. Zhang Jian did not have any classes for the first year of high school, so why did he take the test paper to the first year of high school office? But none of them said anything.
Jiang Chen looked calm, as if he didn't care much, but thinking of his previous remarks that mocked Zhang Jian inside and out, most people thought that he would get to the bottom of the matter and get to the bottom of it.
But he just sat down and said, "In that case, can we continue with the exam?"
Zhang Jian thought, just like the other teachers, that Jiang Chen would never give up. But when he saw him let it go so easily, a hint of disbelief flashed across his face.
But he reacted quickly and said immediately: "Just take the exam, do the questions quietly, and don't whisper to each other."
After saying that, he left the classroom first, fearing that if he walked too slowly, Jiang Chen would stop him and ask him to explain things clearly.
The author has something to say: The Jiang Chen in the classmates’ minds at this moment is actually the young Jiang Xiaochen who had never experienced the wind and rain and the haze, and was bright and clear in his first life.
Jiang Chen, who has experienced two lives, is somewhat different from what his classmates in the first life think of him. He still sticks to his original intentions and still has his own principles and bottom line, but the way he deals with people and solves problems is no longer the same as before.
For example, if it was Jiang Chen in his first life, he would have immediately stepped forward to stop the bullying of the little boy in the stairwell. However, the current Jiang Chen only calmly gave a few suggestions:
1. Become stronger
2. Tell your teachers and parents
3. Remind him not to do things that he will regret in a hurry.
It is hard to say which approach is right. It can only be said that Jiang Xiaochen is naive and loyal, while Jiang Chen considers things more comprehensively.
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