Liu Xiong calmly took a sip of tea, raised his chin at the young teacher, and asked, "What's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"
"The results are out." Teacher Fang excitedly held the report card, suppressing her excitement, and first dropped a bombshell, then deliberately kept everyone in suspense: "Although Wang Min'an is not the first place student this year, she is still in Class 3. Not only that, the first place student scored a full 46 points higher than Wang."
The entire room was silent for half a minute.
The teachers were dumbfounded and stood frozen in place.
Is there really someone who can outperform Wang Min'an? When did Class 3 produce a dark horse?
"Who is it?" Zhang Wenkang's smile widened, unable to contain his excitement. He had already gone through all the outstanding students in his mind, and muttered to himself: Could it be Sun Tiantian? Sun Tiantian was the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Province B that year, and her grades have always been in the top ten of her grade since she entered university. She is the most likely candidate.
On the contrary, Wu Pinglan's face was ashen, she glared at Teacher Fang with her almond-shaped eyes, and said in a sour tone: "I also want to know, who will defeat Wang Min'an?" It certainly won't be Yu Wan.
All the teachers held their breath, waiting for the answer.
Only Liu Xiong calmly got up and brewed a second pot of Pu'er tea. Tsk, a director of the teaching affairs office should be as composed and unflappable as him.
Teacher Fang held the report card in both hands and placed it in front of everyone: "The top student in the grade is Yu Wan from Class 3. Not only that, I saw her econometrics score, which was the only perfect score in the entire college!"
A deathly silence fell over the scene.
Then came a series of gasps.
"How could it be Yu Wan, that academic failure?" Wu Pinglan rushed forward, snatched the report card, and saw the row of scores, her eyes stung by the several hundred points.
“That’s impossible. Yu Wan couldn’t possibly have gotten first place. Maybe she miscalculated.” She gripped the test paper so tightly it almost tore it to shreds. She turned to Liu Xiong and said, “I demand to see Yu Wan’s test paper and the surveillance video from that day.”
Wu Pinglan's meaning was clear: Yu Wan cheated.
Judging from the expressions of the other teachers, they shared the same thought.
Liu Xiong felt a throbbing pain in his temples, but still nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, to ensure fairness, I'll call the principal, Professor Rong Yun, and the senior professors who set the exam questions for econometrics now."
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Night fell, and ten hours had passed since the results were released.
All the exam papers were reviewed, and the surveillance footage was played several times from beginning to end. All the results showed that Yu Wan achieved the top score in the grade based on her own merit.
"Oh dear, I accidentally got first place in the grade. Xiao Wanwan really made me proud." Rong Yun stroked his chin, his eyes crinkling into slits with laughter. "She originally just wanted to quietly get a perfect score, but I had to force her to get first place in every subject. Tsk tsk, what an amazing hobby!"
His words were a mix of smugness and sarcasm.
It's pretty mean overall.
The room remained completely silent for a long time.
The teachers guiltily looked away; the more sarcastic they had been before the incident, the more their faces stung now.
Wu Pinglan felt utterly ashamed, wishing she could disappear into the ground. Her hands clenched into fists, her eyes filled with resentment. Was this the trick of the rich? Not studying properly, deliberately acting strangely and disrupting the school's atmosphere. Yu Wan certainly hadn't anticipated this outcome; she was probably laughing at her behind her back.
"Wait a minute," a teacher suddenly exclaimed, "The average score of classes one through five is almost half that of classes six through ten."
Wu Pinglan and Zhang Wenkang's expressions changed simultaneously, one with surprise and the other with shock.
"Really?" Wu Pinglan's pale face regained some color. She looked at the grades carefully and noticed something: "The grades in Class 3 have dropped too much. Except for Wang Min'an and Yu Wan, most of the students' grades have dropped, and dropped very badly. Look at Sun Tiantian, she barely passed several subjects with a score of 60."
Principal Shen looked at Liu Xiong and said solemnly, "This matter must be thoroughly investigated."
-
The school took the students' collective and significant drop in grades very seriously and immediately contacted Sun Tiantian and others. Sun Tiantian's group indicated, either explicitly or implicitly, that the decline in grades was due to problem students disrupting the learning atmosphere.
The "problem student" naturally refers to Yu Wan.
As Liu Xiong listened to the report, his heart sank. He never expected that the students would sacrifice their own futures to frame their classmates. Their heinous behavior was outrageous.
A sharp gaze swept across the faces of all the students. Everyone lowered their heads in fear and guilt, except for the girl on the far side who raised her head confidently. Her name seemed to be He Yan.
Liu Xiong tapped his index finger lightly on the table several times, then warned in a deep voice, "I'm giving you one more chance to confess. If you wait until the school investigates the truth, those who are serious will be publicly criticized and it will be recorded in your files."
Upon hearing this, some students began to waver.
Seeing that things were not going well, He Yan immediately spoke up: "Director Liu, we have nothing to confess, everything we said is the truth. What you are holding is a petition from hundreds of students of Jiangda University, hoping to restore a peaceful and happy place to Jiangda University."
"...Does 'paradise' mean expelling Yu Wan?" Liu Xiong frowned, his expression unwavering.
He Yan nodded vigorously: "We are also trying to protect the school's reputation."
Liu Xiong didn't miss the hatred in her eyes, and couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle: "Since you don't want the last chance, then let's handle this officially."
Just then, a knocking sound suddenly rang out on the door.
"Please come in."
Yu Wan pushed open the door and entered. Her indifferent gaze swept around the room, taking in faces that were either surprised or disdainful. She withdrew her gaze without any emotion, walked to a corner, and stood there lazily.
Careless, yet arrogant.
She had already guessed that the results would cause a stir, so when Principal Shen called her, she agreed to return to the school to handle the aftermath.
Director Liu stood up, smiling broadly as he stepped forward: "Student Yu, you got first place in the whole school this time, you've made great progress."
These words stunned everyone present.
"What?" He Yan raised her voice in disbelief, "Yu Wan is a complete academic failure, how could she possibly get first place? Is there some mistake?"
Sun Tiantian turned her head and saw that Yu Wan's delicate face was expressionless, and a sense of panic rose in her heart.
Even if they improved, how could they possibly go from 653rd to 1st place?
That's way too much cheating!
A chorus of surprised and suspicious gazes converged on him. Liu Xiong put on a stern face: "The exam process and results were jointly verified by hundreds of teachers from several colleges, so there is no possibility of any leak of questions. Student Yu is truly the number one in the entire school."
The students: "..." Haha, you're kidding, right?
Damn it.
It's actually true!
Yu Wan looked up at Liu Xiong, the redness in her eyes revealing her expression: "I called the police and contacted a lawyer, hoping to resolve everything this time."
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