"I don't believe Zhou would cheat either, but this note was found right at her feet, and it's full of answers. Whose is it if not hers? Zhou, please come with me. We need to talk to the department head about this. Otherwise, if you cheated and got a high score and a scholarship, wouldn't that be unfair to the other students?"
Chu Yu smiled and said, "Teacher Xu, you have to provide evidence when you speak."
"I found this at your feet, you have to admit that, right?"
"What I found at my feet is mine? Professor Xu, your evidence is insufficient to convict me. According to the principle of 'whoever makes the accusation must prove it,' if you accuse me of cheating, you should provide sufficient evidence to prove that I cheated, instead of making me prove that I didn't cheat. If you want to see the department head, please do so yourself. I'm still taking the exam, so I won't keep you company."
Her words made Xu Yiyi blush. Xu Yiyi had never been so humiliated before, and immediately retorted angrily:
"I wasn't the only one who saw you throw the note, Chen Qiufen... You were sitting right next to Chu Yu, you saw it too, right?"
Chen Qiufen was stunned for a moment. She didn't see Chu Yu cheating, but she didn't dare to tell the truth. Xu Yiyi was, after all, a teacher, and she still needed Xu Yiyi's help to get her credits. If she offended Xu Yiyi, her chances of going abroad or being recommended for postgraduate studies would be completely gone.
Chen Qiufen lowered her head abruptly, struggling internally, unsure of whose opinion to follow.
Xu Yiyi curled her lips and glanced at Cao Gao. "Teacher Cao saw it too, right? I wasn't the only one who saw it. Everyone saw you cheat. And you still dare to say you're innocent!"
Chu Yu glanced at Cao Gao and Chen Qiufen. Both of them seemed a little guilty, but neither wanted to offend Chen Qiufen. Cao Gao even stepped in to smooth things over:
"Zhou, you say you didn't cheat, then come with us. As long as you can provide evidence to prove that you didn't write it, the school will clear your name."
Chu Yu laughed in anger. Clear her name? She hadn't even finished her exam paper yet. By the time this matter was resolved and the exam was over, even if they could clear her name, her exam results would be invalidated, and she would have to retake the exam. She was too busy with work to waste time on something like this.
Chu Yu took a video camera out of her bag, turned it on, pointed it at the group of people, and said expressionlessly:
"Xu Yiyi, Cao Gao, Chen Qiufen, if you accuse me of cheating, then please repeat what you just said. I must remind you that you must have a legal basis for your words. If you have slandered me, I can use this video to demand that you take legal responsibility. At that time, it won't be as simple as a public apology to clear my name!"
Cao Gao's expression changed. He was a seasoned veteran at the school and could tell that Xu Yiyi wasn't very satisfied with Chu Yu. He wanted to help Xu Yiyi get what she wanted so that she could treat him to a meal to thank him. He wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to the two of them.
But he didn't expect Chu Yu to take it so seriously.
Cao Gao didn't want to offend such a troublesome student, and he didn't want to give Chu Yu any leverage. Everyone knew that once his accusation of Chu Yu cheating was filmed and put on the media, the outcome would be very different.
Chen Qiufen was so frightened that her face turned pale.
Chu Yu, holding the camera, scoffed, "Teacher Xu, please repeat what you just said. Tell me how you picked up a piece of paper and tried to frame me, falsely accusing me of cheating!"
Xu Yiyi's face turned bright red. "Zhou, don't think you can bully others just because you have good grades!"
"This is outrageous! Are you sure you're not the one who's going too far? You're accusing me of cheating? I'm asking you, is the handwriting on that note the same as the handwriting on my exam paper?"
Xu Yiyi was stunned. The note was written by a boy, whose handwriting was messy and completely different from Chu Yujuan's delicate handwriting.
"Just because someone wrote it to you doesn't prove your innocence."
"Can't prove it? How can you not prove it? I, Zhou Chuyu, am the top student in the Computer Science Department at Tsinghua University! Go ask the students and professors in my class if I need to cheat on an exam I could pass with my eyes closed!"
Xu Yiyi was speechless, but she was really unwilling to give up. Chu Yu had good grades and was very popular at school. She couldn't find any opportunity to deal with Chu Yu. She finally caught her once, and if she let Chu Yu escape like this, she would hardly find such a good opportunity again.
Xu Yiyi's eyes reddened. "Zhou, how could you do this? As a teacher, I caught you cheating and told you to go see the department head. This is just normal procedure. How could you be so aggressive? Even if you have good grades, even if you are pretty, you can't treat your teacher like this!"
Chu Yu: ? ? ?
Chu Yu was completely bewildered, and the other Tsinghua University students didn't understand Xu Yiyi's thought process either.
Crying when you can't win an argument? That's just being a scoundrel.
Xu Yiyi looks gentle and weak, but she acts in a particularly unreasonable way.
The students at Tsinghua University were not used to this style of work and were somewhat speechless.
The other exam rooms were quiet, but this one was noisy. The department head quickly received the news and came over with Professor Qian, who was teaching the subject. When he saw Xu Yiyi crying, the department head was stunned.
"Teacher Xu, what happened?"
Xu Yiyi recounted how she discovered the note and how she concluded that Chu Yu had cheated. Of course, she didn't forget to use exaggeration in her narration. Anyone who didn't know the truth would definitely think that Chu Yu not only cheated but also bullied the pitiful and helpless proctor.
The department head was stunned for a moment after hearing this, staring at Xu Yiyi in disbelief:
"Teacher Xu, who are you saying cheated?"
"Zhou Chuyu, that's her."
"You're saying Zhou cheated? How is that possible!" The department head laughed and shook his head incredulously, an attitude that instantly made Xu Yiyi panic.
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