With a single stone, Zhou Wu’s few words triggered a thousand waves, blowing up Class A completely.
Some were shocked, shocked at Lu Sheng’s incredible perfect score of 750 on the specially difficult recruitment exam they all took—what kind of monstrous test-taking ability was this!
Some questioned, doubting how the school could make such a low-level mistake of reporting someone as attending the special recruitment exam when they hadn’t, creating such an unexpected mess for everyone.
Some were confused, unsure how to handle the situation. If it was a mistake by the school, they obviously couldn’t make Lu Sheng suffer for it, so should she be the one specially recruited since she got first place on the special recruitment exam?
Some sympathized with Fu Chen. Though it made no difference to most since only the top scorer would be recruited, and Lu Sheng could have registered and would likely have achieved the same results.
But there were those who couldn’t stand that Lu Sheng had clearly said she wouldn’t register, yet she managed to outperform everyone who did sign up and prepared with all their might, achieving a perfect score and snatching the recruitment spot.
It felt like all their intentional planting bore no flowers, yet Lu Sheng unintentionally planted willows that grew into shade, easily and casually crushing everyone beneath her.
It’s impossible not to feel envy and jealousy.
If Lu Sheng did indeed get the recruitment spot, wouldn’t Fu Chen be the most miserable one? A total victim of injustice for scoring so high for nothing.
Originally, people disliked Fu Chen for his arrogance and blind faith in his family background, but with this incident, he suddenly became the biggest victim of this blunder.
Because originally, he was supposed to get the special recruitment spot as the top scorer, but now he had to concede it to Lu Sheng.
And so, within just an hour, the direction of the wind in the class group chat changed completely.
Although none of this was Lu Sheng’s fault, she still found herself thrust into the eye of the storm.
Many anonymous messages were cursing her, cursing the school, cursing the teacher responsible for reporting the information.
The rest were all feeling sorry for Fu Chen.
Those who originally hated Fu Chen now stood up for him, saying that if Lu Sheng gets the recruitment spot instead of Fu Chen, it would be too unfair, and they even talked about reporting it to the admissions offices of Beijing University and Qing University.
Fu Chen, watching this unfold on his phone within the Fu Family’s chat, couldn’t help but revel in his heart.
Although he scored lower than Lu Sheng this time, didn’t he still drag her down?
However, what he wanted was not just to see Lu Sheng get scolded.
He wanted to crush this haughty girl beneath his feet; this was just the beginning!
Meanwhile, inside Lu Sheng’s room at the Lu Family home, the sofa side was also filled with people.
Seeing those anonymous messages in the group chat taking petty shots at Lu Sheng, Lan Yu couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
"I really can’t stand it, what the hell are these people scolding about? It’s not Shengsheng’s fault that there was an error in the reporting of information, why are they all scolding Shengsheng?"
"It’s always the tallest tree that faces the wind," Han Jing sighed, "It’s because Lu Sheng didn’t register for the exam in the first place."
"Those who registered wanted to pass but couldn’t, while someone who didn’t register passed, so obviously people in the class feel unjust, and they’re just venting under the guise of speaking up for Fu Chen."
Huo Yu, as usual, had a calm expression in his dark eyes, looking at Lu Sheng: "What did the class advisor say?"
"He told me to wait, he’s asking the leaders how to handle this situation," Lu Sheng frowned slightly, "I don’t want that spot."
"I know this doesn’t really matter to you," Lu Youming looked up, "but even if Shengjing agrees, it’s not certain that the admissions offices of Beijing University and Qing University will."
"After all, from Beijing University and Qing University’s perspective, if there’s only one recruitment spot, they definitely want the best student from the school. And your case completely followed procedure."
"If that’s the case, then Shengsheng should just take the spot," Lu Youye rolled his eyes at the thought of Fu Chen, "If Shengsheng doesn’t take it, then that idiot Fu Chen will get the spot, which is infuriating just to think about."
"Although I’m not in your Class A, but that Fu Chen actually scored higher than Lu Youming? I even suspect that he might have gotten the answers in advance."
Though Lu Youye and Lu Youming often didn’t see eye to eye, when it came to critical moments, they still presented a united front.
Lan Yu said, "But this way, everyone in the class already feels that if Shengsheng gets the spot, it’s unfair to Fu Chen."
"If Shengsheng really gets it, these people will definitely curse her even more fiercely than now."
What was supposed to be a normal exam, Lu Sheng had not anticipated being caught in such a difficult situation.
If she gets the spot, she’ll be cursed.
If she doesn’t get the spot, she’ll definitely be accused of pretending.
"No matter what, I never intended to participate in this special recruitment, nor should I get this spot."
Lu Sheng took a deep breath and said, "When I return to school tomorrow, I’ll go talk to the homeroom teacher about this."
"That’s all we can do." Everyone else nodded in agreement.
The next morning, Monday.
Lu Sheng entered the classroom with Lu Youming.
As soon as they entered, all eyes in the class were simultaneously cast upon her.
Unlike last week when Lu Sheng returned to the class after recuperating, this time the looks from her classmates were filled with clear dissatisfaction and hostility.
Even Lu Youming noticed it, his handsome and cool brows couldn’t help but frown, then he discreetly stood in front of Lu Sheng, returning a cold look to these people in the class.
With Lu Youming furrowing his brows this way, those in the class no longer dared to stare at Lu Sheng, and quickly withdrew their gazes.
After Lu Sheng returned to her seat, she began waiting for the homeroom teacher to come for the morning meeting.
She had already made up her mind that after the morning meeting, she would take the initiative to tell the homeroom teacher that she didn’t want the spot for this special recruitment.
But today was a bit strange.
Zhou Wu was supposed to start the morning meeting at eight, but it was already twenty past eight, and he still hadn’t arrived.
It wasn’t until half-past eight that Zhou Wu finally arrived, late.
However, as soon as he stepped into the classroom, he cast a complicated glance at Lu Sheng who was at the back of the room.
This look made Lu Sheng freeze for a moment.
She didn’t know why the homeroom teacher looked at her this way.
"I’m sorry everyone, I was delayed because of some matters just now," Zhou Wu started, standing at the podium.
"I saw what everyone mentioned in the group chat last night, and as soon as I arrived at school today, I went to ask for the leader’s opinion on whether the special recruitment spot should go to Lu Sheng or to Fu Chen."
"But, just about fifteen minutes ago, I received a call from Beijing University and Qing University admissions office, reporting an incident of a very nasty and serious nature."
At this point, Zhou Wu couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
"The staff at the admissions office said that Lu Sheng’s math exam answers were identical to their standard answer key. And before the exam, Director Liu’s computer at the admissions office had been hacked."
"So the staff there suggest that it is highly possible Lu Sheng obtained the standard answer key for the entire exam in advance, which is how she managed to achieve a nearly impossible perfect score in all subjects."
"The admissions office hopes that we can thoroughly investigate this matter, and if it turns out to be true... then, not only will Lu Sheng no longer be eligible for admission to Beijing University and Qing University."
"But according to school regulations, she will also be expelled by Shengjing."