Chapter 399 If we're going to compete, let's compete fairly and squarely.
Jiang Si was not surprised by Zhao Zhao's decision.
It is said that daughters resemble their mothers, and Zhao Zhao not only looks like her, but also behaves just like her.
But she's only four years old. Why should she bear the doubts of others? Why should she suffer such injustice?
Thinking about all this, Jiang Si said, "I respect my daughter's opinion."
President Lan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but he soon realized that he had let his breath off a little too soon.
Jiang Si said, "We can participate in the competition, but the other party spread such rumors without any verification, which has seriously damaged my daughter's reputation."
"I hope that after the match, the people who instigated the disturbance will apologize to my daughter in public."
President Lan immediately replied, "No problem."
Jiang Si nodded and said, "In addition, your association unilaterally changed the competition rules. We need a public apology for this."
"This is indeed our dereliction of duty," President Lan assured. "After the competition, regardless of the outcome, we will publicly apologize to Xiao Jingyan."
Jiang Si wanted to hear those words, but she didn't stop there: "Since they want to compete, let's have a fair and square competition."
President Lan: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Si didn't hide anything and explained her thoughts.
After listening, Chairman Lan pondered for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement, "Okay! We'll do as Comrade Jiang says."
Although it's a bit troublesome to do this, it will definitely shut everyone up.
However, this means that the questions prepared for the overtime round are obviously unusable.
So President Lan asked Jiang Si to take the child to the lounge to wait, while she herself, as requested, urgently transferred more than ten senior instructors from the association.
The group arrived quickly. "President, you wanted to see us?"
"Yes." President Lan said succinctly, "The questions for the finals need to be revised. Also, all the abacuses used in this competition need to be replaced with new ones."
The group exchanged glances upon hearing this; it wasn't hard to understand why the exam questions had to be changed.
But don't all the contestants bring their own abacuses?
President Lan didn't explain much, but just told everyone to hurry up and do as instructed.
Fortunately, there were only about twenty contestants in the finals, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough abacuses in the warehouse.
On the other side, Jiang Si led Zhao Zhao to the lounge.
Before I even went inside, I could hear a lot of talking inside.
"If you ask me, it's probably true. Look how young that kid is, yet he sat next to Chairman Lan in the very first round. Who would believe there wasn't some special treatment?"
"I heard from someone that this kid has some connections. He probably got the exam questions in advance by pulling strings with higher-ups."
"Isn't this a typical case of 'nepotism'? I wouldn't say anything if she went to the preschool group, but our children have worked hard for several years, why should they give way to their children?"
"A four-year-old trying to climb over our children to get ahead, it's disgusting!"
The more they talked, the angrier they became, and their voices unconsciously rose.
But not everyone likes to follow the crowd.
After the competition, almost all the parents asked their children about it, but because the competition was so rushed, no one really paid attention to the little one.
In other words, this matter is currently in a state of ambiguity.
Therefore, many parents chose to remain neutral.
They neither participated in the crackdown, but tacitly approved of the rule changes.
Just then, Jiang Si came in with the child.
She didn't deliberately keep quiet when she opened the door. She wasn't the one gossiping behind people's backs, so what was there for her to be embarrassed about?
Seeing the group of people standing there in a daze, Jiang Si led Zhao Zhao to an empty seat and sat down.
He then glanced at them indifferently and said, "What are you looking at us for? Keep going."
"..."
The group of people who had been so self-righteous just moments before turned pale and then flushed upon hearing this.
The atmosphere at the scene was incredibly awkward.
Jiang Si didn't care; it wasn't her who was embarrassed anyway, and she saw that the others were silent.
His gaze fell on the person who had been talking the most enthusiastically earlier, and he looked her up and down.
What is your surname?
The other person turned their face away, saying irritably, "What do you care what my last name is!"
"You know you should mind your own business, right? I thought you didn't!"
Jiang Si snorted coldly, "Weren't you talking so enthusiastically about how our family got in through connections? There are so many people here, so stop hiding it and tell everyone."
"I'll explain everything clearly, from who I got the questions through, who I got them from, and who I used my connections to get them."
The man exclaimed, "What bad luck!"
So many people have spoken out, why single her out?
She had never seen such an arrogant person, so she retorted defiantly, "Does it even need to be said that your child got in through connections? She was sitting on the stage during the first competition..."
“Oh,” Jiang Si interrupted, drawing out her words, “So you mean I got in through President Lan’s back door.”
The other person's eyes widened, and they hurriedly waved their hands, "No! I didn't say that!"
But Jiang Si didn't give her a chance to speak. "President Lan is still in his office. Let's go find him and confront him. Let's ask him what favors he did for our family!"
Upon hearing that she was going to confront Chairman Lan, the woman's eyes immediately showed a hint of guilt. "It's not just me saying this; everyone has said it. Why are you singled out just me?"
But all she got in return was a faint sneer in Jiang Si's eyes.
Realizing something was wrong, the woman turned around and looked back, only then noticing the group of people who had been circling around her.
I don't know when, but I had quietly slipped back to my seat.
"You! All of you?" The woman was furious. How could they all be so disloyal!
Just as the two sides were at an impasse, Zhao Zhao suddenly spoke up.
She has a good memory. Her mother just said in Chairman Lan's office that this is called defaming a public official's family member in public.
That's right, those are Jiang Si's exact words.
Regardless of whether she is a non-staff member or not, just tell me whether she is a government official or not.
Then Zhao Zhao added, "My mother is a military dependent, so can I be considered a junior military dependent?"
Upon hearing this, the woman, who had just been so angry she was about to jump up and down, instantly became as limp as a cabbage that had been hit by frost.
Those who had just participated in the discussion now had drastic changes in expression.
They know better than anyone how severe the punishment is for slandering military family members without any evidence.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the group quickly put on a smiling face.
"Jingyan's mother, we're so sorry. We didn't understand the situation and only listened to Xianzhong's mother's side of the story. Please don't take it to heart!"
"Yes, yes, we were all misled by her. What she said just now seemed very convincing. We were worried that the competition would be unfair, so we said a few extra words in our haste."
"Yes, yes, it's all a misunderstanding. You're a magnanimous person, don't take it to heart."
In just a few words, the group completely absolved themselves of any responsibility.
Xianzhong's mother felt a wave of dizziness and said in disbelief, "Jiye's mother! Don't you have any conscience? You said just as much as I did! Do you want me to repeat what you just said?"
"And you, Jianhua's mother, don't stand there pretending to be a coward and refuse to buy on credit. You were the one who said that to me first, and now it's all my fault?"
Jianhua's mother, whose name was mentioned, stiffened. "I only heard that from someone else!"
In order to absolve themselves of responsibility, before Jiang Si could even speak, the group began to expose each other's secrets.
Before long, the blame was directed at the children who had been eliminated from the Children's Palace.
Unfortunately, those children have already been eliminated.
After causing a scene at the abacus association in the morning, the group did not return in the afternoon.
Finally, a little boy who was good friends with them told them what had happened.
“They came to me this morning and asked me to sit next to Jiang Jingyan and keep an eye on her during the exam.”
Jiang Si glanced at Zhao Zhao, and seeing that Zhao Zhao looked blank, asked, "Why are you staring at her?"
The little boy pursed his lips. "Keep an eye on her to see if she makes a mistake with the abacus. If she does, or if she makes a mistake or dials randomly, then... then report her!"
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