But that's impossible.
If the exam papers were destroyed, it means that someone must have tampered with them in secret, which confirms that the grades were switched.
Upon hearing the investigation team leader say that they would open the archives and retrieve the case files, Chen Xuelan's mother's expression changed, and she couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.
The three people opposite her were scrutinizing her expression. Yuan Mengge was also secretly observing her. Seeing that her expression changed so drastically, she couldn't hide anything at all.
"How can that be! According to regulations, exam papers cannot be opened within six months of being stored. How can you break the rules?" Chen Xuelan's mother said sternly to the investigation team.
“Under special circumstances, it is possible to open the exam paper archive and retrieve the exam papers. Have you forgotten that?” The investigation team looked at her expressionlessly.
Seeing her mother's excited expression, Chen Xuelan looked at her hesitantly and asked, "Mom... could it be... true? Is my score... fake?"
In fact, she had also wondered about the way her homeroom teacher and the whole class looked at her on the day she received her score. Although the homeroom teacher hid it very well, the students' eyes were anything but hidden.
Some were happy for her, while others doubted her.
After all, her mother works in the education bureau, so it shouldn't be difficult for her to do something underhanded.
Despite her suspicions, she didn't ask her parents about it.
Seeing how happy her parents were at the time, and remembering how they used to beat and scold her and look down on her for her poor grades, she eventually suppressed her suspicions.
But yesterday someone called her home and asked them to go to the Education Bureau today to cooperate with some kind of investigation.
She followed along without really understanding what was going on.
Upon hearing her words, Chen Xuelan's mother said to her impatiently, "Don't say anything!"
Then he turned to the investigation team and said, "No, you can't open the case file. You're framing us! What makes you think my daughter's scores are fake?"
"Whether it opens or not is not something you can stop. If your daughter's scores aren't fake, then what are you afraid of?" Yuan Mengge said calmly from the side.
Chen Xuelan's mother suddenly turned her head and glared at her, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
She never expected that this brat would make such a big fuss.
When they chose her, they even had someone inquire about her family situation.
It turned out that she had severed ties with her family and was struggling to go to school on her own.
How much power and influence can someone who doesn't even care about their own parents have?
Moreover, her grades used to be terrible, but this semester they suddenly improved dramatically, so no one would doubt that she had an off day.
To prevent her from causing trouble at the bureau, she even paid the bureau chief to go on a trip for a few days to avoid her.
Unexpectedly, she somehow managed to bring down the people in the provincial department and even set up a special investigation team to investigate the matter.
When they received the news, Chen Xuelan's parents were both taken aback.
Furthermore, in order to prevent them from reinvestigating the handwriting on the exam papers, Chen Xuelan's mother secretly went into the exam paper storage last night and took away both Yuan Pingping's and Chen Xuelan's exam papers.
Without evidence, there's no way to prove it.
Upon hearing Yuan Mengge's words, Chen Xuelan's mother gritted her teeth and said, "What? You think you can open the archives just because you say so? Who do you think you are? You had a bad day, why are you suspecting my daughter?"
He Qingfeng couldn't help but speak up, saying, "You're saying so much to stop the opening of the archives and the transfer of files. Are you feeling guilty? What are you trying to hide?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuelan's mother raised her chin and said, "What do I have to be ashamed of? An honest person doesn't do things in the dark! We have nothing to be afraid of!"
"Then let's open the warehouse, why bother with all that nonsense?" Yuan Mengge tilted her head and looked at her.
Hu Yuanyuan and her brother, who had been sitting and watching, also spoke up: "That's right, why say so much now? Won't things be clear once we take out the test paper?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuelan's mother suddenly gave a slight cold laugh, leaned back, and said, "Fine, then take it out."
Investigation team member: "Okay, then let's open the warehouse and go in to get the files."
Opening a warehouse requires approval from at least three departments, and at least three people must be present to enter.
After the person in charge of the archives opened the door, the investigation team and the manager went inside together.
The interior is sealed off, with only one iron door for entry and exit.
Inside, there were rows of shelves, with middle school entrance exam papers from different years and regions arranged in different categories.
The middle school entrance exam papers and the college entrance exam papers are not placed together, so you can only see the middle school entrance exam papers here.
The staff located the exam papers of Yuan Mengge and Chen Xuelan's school; all the exam papers of all the candidates from the school were sealed in a cardboard box.
Take the cardboard box out and open it. Inside, there are file folders containing all the students' exam papers for each subject.
The staff flipped through a middle school exam paper from Heshui Town, looking for names.
However, after flipping through the pages, I didn't find Yuan Pingping's name.
The staff member then flipped through the papers again with a strange expression: "That's odd, there isn't a single exam paper for a student named Yuan Pingping."
"How is that possible?"
"What's going on?"
Everyone's expression changed, and then they went to look for Chen Xuelan's exam paper.
It turned out that Chen Xuelan's was also missing.
The investigation team's faces immediately darkened.
The exam paper is missing, which means the evidence is gone.
Even if someone knows there's something fishy going on, without evidence, there's no way to prove it.
It's like a murder case: you know who the murderer is, but without evidence, you can't arrest and execute them.
The group searched through it several more times, and they started to panic.
The students' exam papers that were originally stored have gone missing, which is no small matter.
The number of people is counted before the goods are put into storage.
Yuan Mengge and the others were waiting in the original office, where Chen Xuelan and her daughter were also present.
Of the three members of the investigation team, only one remained sitting here.
However, even with a staff member sitting there, Chen Xuelan's mother did not calm down.
She looked at Yuan Mengge and said, "What evidence do you have to prove that my Xuelan stole your points? Are you just making baseless accusations without any proof? You're so young and already not learning good things. Do you want to be a liar when you grow up?"
In the end, I have to insult Yuan Mengge.
Yuan Mengge rolled her eyes and said, "Whether it's slander or not, the results aren't out yet, so what makes you so quick to judge?"
He Qingfeng coldly replied, "That's right. Even a student understands this principle, so why shouldn't you, a middle-aged woman in your fifties, understand it?"
When he called her a middle-aged woman, Chen Xuelan's mother's face instantly turned ugly.
She takes good care of herself and is obviously very conscious of her appearance; she can't stand being called an "auntie."
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