Bab 22: Chapter 22 Reversal

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At the podium, Chen Jie's expression was quite strange, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing. After staring for a while, he took off his glasses, wiped them with the hem of his clothing, and then put them back on to continue looking.

The students who were waiting to see a spectacle were getting impatient.

"Teacher, did Shen Mianmian get them all wrong?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Jie finally spoke with a serious face, "All correct."

"I knew it! If Shen Mianmian got them right, I'd eat... shit..." Realizing what Chen Jie had said, Zhao Xinlan's following words got stuck in her throat. "Siyu, what did the teacher just say?"

Zhou Siyu's face looked terrible, how could she be in the mood to answer Zhao Xinlan's question?

"Shen Mianmian got everything correct? How is that possible!"

"She must have cheated."

The crowd began whispering among themselves, unanimously feeling that it was more likely for pigs to fly than for Shen Mianmian to have gotten everything right.

Upon hearing the word 'cheating', Zhou Siyu's mood suddenly improved - how could she have forgotten? Currently sitting next to Shen Mianmian was Lu Siyuan.

But such words couldn't come from her own mouth; how could a model student snitch on her sister?

She whispered to Zhao Xinlan beside her, "My sister might have copied Lu Siyuan's homework."

Zhao Xinlan had an epiphany and immediately reported it loudly, "Teacher, Shen Mianmian definitely copied Lu Siyuan's homework."

"Right, she must have cheated."

The other students joined in the chorus of agreement.

Lu Siyuan looked at Shen Mianmian with a very strange expression - if she had cheated or not, he was the clearest about it.

In the eyes of everyone else, Lu Siyuan's expression was one of anger from being cheated off of.

Facing everyone's questioning, Shen Mianmian remained remarkably calm, "Teacher, I didn't cheat."

"If you didn't cheat, then why did you get everything right?" Wang Jingjing asked loudly. Who in the room believed that Shen Mianmian hadn't cheated?

What kind of reasoning is that? Shen Mianmian retorted, "Why can't I get everything right? Is it illegal for me to get everything correct?"

"Because you're the last in class, a total academic loser." If an academic loser could get everything right, would that still make them a loser?

"I used to be an academic loser, but that doesn't mean I'll be one for my entire life." Shen Mianmian glanced at her classmates who were all laughing at her and declared with conviction, "You may not have heard of a loser making a comeback, but that doesn't mean it can't happen."

"..."

The people who were all wearing smiles, mocking Shen Mianmian, suddenly had their expressions freeze.

The words of an academic loser, while seemingly ridiculous, could not make them laugh this time. Shen Mianmian's tone and gaze had changed, as if she were a different person, emanating a sense of authority from deep within that demanded submission.

The confidence she exuded was like a dazzling spark of flame, somewhat... blinding...

Zhou Siyu clenched her fingers around her pen and murmured to herself, "Shen Mianmian really has changed."

In elementary school, when she was falsely accused of stealing an eraser, the timid her didn't even dare to deny it. Now, facing the doubt of so many, she was so composed.

This Shen Mianmian gave Zhou Siyu a very strong sense of crisis.

"Anyone can boast, right? I could even say I'm going to get into Beijing University." Wang Jingjing, who would never believe Shen Mianmian could get the answers right, scoffed again.

Zhou Siyu's eyes flickered with calculation as she said aloud, "Since you all suspect my sister of cheating, why don't we just compare Lu Siyuan's and my sister's solution processes to see if they're the same? Then the truth will be clear, won't it?"

Before her rebirth, Shen Mianmian had been touched by this sort of 'clearing of innocence' by Zhou Siyu.

Looking at it now, how apparent was Zhou Siyu's real intention?

She appeared to be helping her clear her name, but in fact, she wanted to prove she cheated, right? There are only so many ways to solve a problem, and if her approach matched Lu Siyuan's exactly, no amount of explanation would suffice.

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"You're openly helping her clear her name, but are you actually trying to prove she plagiarized? There are only so many ways to solve a problem, and if her solution matches Lu Siyuan's, all the excuses in the world won't help her."

As a teacher, Chen Jie naturally hoped that Shen Mianmian hadn't plagiarized, but he couldn't ignore the students' suspicions either.

He stood up and walked toward Shen Mianmian. Everyone shut their mouths, waiting to watch the show. Chen Jie stopped at the desk and said, "Lu Siyuan, let me see your homework."

Lu Siyuan didn't make a sound and handed his notebook to Chen Jie, adding a remark that surprised the teacher.

"She didn't plagiarize from me."

Chen Jie knew very well how securely he had kept his work covered up until now.

This guy was actually speaking up for her? Grateful, Shen Mianmian blinked at him, and Lu Siyuan smugly turned his face away.

Chen Jie gave Lu Siyuan a look without speaking, opened the notebook, and his expression suddenly changed. Looking back and forth between Shen Mianmian and the notebook, his eyes were filled with surprise.

The kid had really caught on.

"Teacher, did Shen Mianmian plagiarize?" Wang Jingjing glared at Shen Mianmian, waiting for Chen Jie to announce the verdict.

Chen Jie saw how the students were ganging up on Shen Mianmian, but without physical conflict, he had no right to intervene. However, now he could prove Shen Mianmian's innocence.

"Shen Mianmian didn't plagiarize." He held up the notebook to show all the students, "Out of the four big problems, Lu Siyuan left one unsolved, while Shen Mianmian solved them all."

A student who had been at the bottom of her class from elementary to junior high had suddenly improved after being taught by him for half a year. This was both an affirmation and a testament to his ability.

At that moment, Chen Jie felt incredibly thrilled.

"Shen Mianmian really solved all of them on her own?"

"The sun must be rising from the west."

"That's unbelievable."

"It's like a blind cat running into a dead mouse!"

Voices of skepticism and amazement rose at the same time.

Wang Jingjing refused to believe that Shen Mianmian could have pulled it off and said excitedly, "It must be that Lu Siyuan told her the answers."

Chen Jie looked at Wang Jingjing with displeasure, "Why can't Shen Mianmian get the answers right? Why do you all need to prove Shen Mianmian plagiarized before you can feel at peace?"

Wang Jingjing's face turned red with embarrassment.

Chen Jie continued, "You are all the flowers of our nation, the future pillars of society. I hope everyone will not discriminate against any student and respect each other. Can you do that?"

"Yes."

Aside from a few who were against Shen Mianmian, the rest of the students answered in unison.

Just then, the bell rang signaling the end of class. Chen Jie said to the class president, Cao Hongkun, "Bring the homework notebooks to the office later."

He then looked at Shen Mianmian, "Come to the office."

With such difficult problems all being solved correctly, this was certainly no coincidence. Chen Jie decided he needed to have a talk with Shen Mianmian to help her improve even more.

Under everyone's gaze, Shen Mianmian followed Chen Jie out of the classroom.

Being called to the office was a common occurrence for students, happening almost every two to three days, mostly for reasons like fighting or not paying attention in class.

The teachers were not at all surprised and continued with their own tasks.

Li Qiumei saw Shen Mianmian following behind and asked Chen Jie, "Shen Mianmian didn't do her homework properly again, did she?"

Before Chen Jie could respond, she began lecturing Shen Mianmian, "You aren't studying properly, yet you're dressed warmly enough. With these grades, you're just wasting money continuing your education. It's not easy for your parents to earn a living. After this semester, you may as well not return to school. Save the money for your sister instead! Your sister is doing well in her studies; if she's nurtured properly, she could get into a good university."

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