Shi Yiqing listened to these voices, and her heart sank.
As the female lead of Heavenly Dao, she had no direct connection to Heavenly Dao.
As the female lead, one was always supposed to have the main character’s aura.
Just a moment ago, she clearly felt like she could possibly defeat Shi Yaoguang and win.
Unfortunately, that feeling came quickly and left just as quickly.
By the time she wanted to grasp that feeling, it was already too late.
To resist the female lead’s aura, all the power that Shi Yaoguang had recently cultivated had dissipated.
For a moment, her complexion looked almost the same as Shi Yiqing’s.
"Yaoguang, your complexion doesn’t look too good either?"
Mu Tiantian looked at her anxiously, "Were you angered by an idiot? Don’t be angry, it’s not worth it for these people."
Shi Yaoguang looked at her and nodded, "I’m not angry."
"Not angry? Then you..."
As she grabbed her hand, she suddenly felt a chill.
"Yaoguang, your hand isn’t fresh from the fridge, is it? It’s way too cold."
Shi Yaoguang smiled, "Isn’t this good? Wearing an ice-cold hand in the summer, it’s like having no need for air conditioning."
Mu Tiantian’s face was one of horror, "Yaoguang, your joke is not funny at all."
Shi Yaoguang felt helpless, "It’s my lack of talent."
"Wow!" Mu Tiantian exclaimed, "I finally found something you’re not good at!"
She said super excitedly, "I’ve always thought you were good at everything, like a little genius who can do it all."
"Well, even if you can’t tell a good joke, you’re still a little genius who can do it all."
"Plus, having a flaw makes it easier to fit in with the group, right? If you really could do everything, wouldn’t that make you a god on high?"
As she spoke, she hugged her arms and rubbed them together, "I don’t want to have to find a way to fly up to the heavens just to see you one day."
She had to admit, Mu Tiantian’s wild imagination had once again rendered her speechless.
After messing around for quite a while, Shi Yiqing finally recovered.
She pointed at Shi Yaoguang, still wanting to accuse her of deliberately sabotaging her.
This time, before she could speak, Shi Yaoguang took the initiative and said, "There’s a way to prove oneself right now, but I’m not sure if you’re willing to prove it."
Shi Yiqing looked at her warily, "What way?"
"A re-examination," Shi Yaoguang lifted her chin, pointing towards where the principal and vice-principal stood, "Didn’t the dean say so? If we re-examine together, it will be clear who tampered with the grades, who stole the monthly exam papers."
Shi Yiqing’s complexion worsened, "Who says re-examination is fair?"
"Is re-examination unfair?"
Shi Yaoguang revealed a hint of confusion, "By what you’re saying, you don’t want to re-examine, right?"
Shi Yiqing said, "That’s right, I don’t want to!"
At this, everyone looked at her with puzzled eyes.
Shi Yiqing’s persistence really made no sense.
She didn’t want to re-examine, which could only mean one thing.
Why wouldn’t she dare?
There was nothing else but the fear that a re-examination would expose her scores.
Aware of this unspoken truth, people couldn’t help but feel a trace of contempt for her.
Shi Yiqing forced a defense for herself, "I don’t agree to retake the exam, just worried about leaks if we did retake it."
"Since Shi Yaoguang was able to get the answers the previous times, what if she could get them this time too?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Shi Yaoguang, as if questioning the truth of this statement.
"If you’re afraid to retake the exam just say it, no one will laugh at you to your face, but... I really don’t understand why you must pin this big hat on me."
Shi Yiqing said stiffly, "Spare me your clever words! If you hadn’t gotten the answers in advance, how could you have scored seven hundred and forty?"
Shi Yaoguang looked at her with a mocking smile, "Putting aside for now how I scored seven hundred and forty, I’m more curious—are you asking about the diagnostic test, or the monthly exam?"
Shi Yiqing gnashed her teeth, "Both times!"
She couldn’t believe that Shi Yaoguang really could score seven hundred and forty just on her own merit.
At those words, Shi Yaoguang smiled brightly, "Of course I relied on my own abilities. As for why I always score just seven hundred and forty, it’s because... I want to leave some room for you all to have a challenge."
Listen to how arrogant these words are?
Again, it’s "just" seven hundred and forty.
Again, it’s "leaving some room for you all to have a challenge."
It seemed as though a high score like seven hundred and forty was just commonplace when it came from her.
Given her performance the previous two times, it wasn’t surprising for her to say such a thing.
Of course, that’s presuming... the seven hundred and forty she scored both times were genuinely earned by her.
Facing these doubts, Shi Yaoguang had only one answer, "If you want to know how well I’ll do, why not set up an exam and see?"
The principal looked at her worriedly, truly concerned she might not handle it well.
Shi Yaoguang returned his gaze with a smile, confidently saying, "This kind of score, I think I can easily achieve if I try."
Shi Yiqing looked at her confident and arrogant demeanor and felt somewhat sour.
"What’s there to be proud of? Who knows if you’ve colluded with someone."
"Colluded?" Shi Yaoguang’s eyes narrowed, her tone sardonic, "Who do you think I colluded with? If you have any suspects, feel free to name them. When it comes to setting the exam questions, we’ll simply disregard any made by them, how about that?"
Shi Yiqing thought of a certain face and immediately nodded in agreement, "Fine! But you have to promise me one thing."
"For the retake, I hope Teacher Qin Hongbo from Class Seven takes charge of the test questions."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yaoguang burst into laughter.
Shi Yiqing’s face changed, "What are you laughing at?"
Shi Yaoguang composed herself, sighed softly, "I’m not laughing, I just want to thank you."
"Thank you for reminding me, it’s time for Teacher Qin to keep his promise."
They also remembered what Shi Yaoguang was referring to by promise.
At the time of the diagnostic test, Teacher Qin Hongbo made a bet with Shi Yaoguang.
If Shi Yaoguang could rank first, he would resign on his own.
Then, since Shi Yaoguang ranked last, the matter had been dropped, but this time...
People couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy for Teacher Qin Hongbo in their hearts.
Teacher Qin really had it rough.
Originally Shi Yaoguang had forgotten about this, but with this mention, it was brought back to her memory.
Shi Yiqing hadn’t expected things to turn out this way, she touched her nose awkwardly, but still insisted on her previous stance.
"A retake is fine, but let Teacher Qin take care of the test papers."
Seeing that Shi Yaoguang had no objections, the principal immediately agreed, "Alright."
He even ensured complete fairness; the school directly arranged for the students who needed to retake the test to be in the indoor gymnasium, with Teacher Qin Hongbo preparing the questions for the retake.