Teacher Hu, who had been listening to the conversation, could no longer restrain himself, his face turning as dark as iron, "Are you questioning my ability to proctor the exam?"
As the invigilator, if he accused a student of cheating, wouldn’t that reflect poorly on his own supervision?
How could he tolerate this?
With a gloomy expression, he said, "I stood beside Shen Mianmian for the longest time during the exam, and I can guarantee that she did not cheat. If you continue to accuse her, you’re insulting me."
Hearing this, Chen Jie also spoke up, "We hadn’t seen the exam papers before the test. The accusations of leaked questions simply don’t hold up."
If the questions had truly been leaked, would he have leaked them to the entire class? What point would there be in helping just one student perform well?
Zhao Xinlan grew anxious, "But there’s no way Shen Mianmian could have scored that high."
The principal, who had been silent for a long while, suddenly darkened his expression, "Enough. It was you all last time too, failing to study properly and always spreading rumors. If this happens again, I’ll call your parents. The school does not welcome students who behave ."
Shen Mianmian was a student specially sponsored by He Nan. Her good performance in the exam reflected well on him and gave him face in front of He Nan. Yet these students kept causing trouble time and time again.
And even suggesting expelling Shen Mianmian.
Not to mention whether Shen Mianmian had cheated or not, even if she had, he couldn’t expel her just to save face for He Nan.
Frankly, the current Shen Mianmian wasn’t just a student anymore, she was also a link to the city boss.
He was still hoping for another sponsorship next year.
Wang Jingjing and her two companions turned pale, never expecting the principal to be so biased toward Shen Mianmian. Seeing that further words were useless, they left the office dispiritedly.
Li Qiumei was angry, but at the same time relieved that she had managed to keep her own temper in check.
Just as the issue of Shen Mianmian’s cheating seemed about to be swept under the rug, Zhou Lanfang became frantic and started to cause a scene.
"Principal, what kind of job are you doing here? Shen Mianmian’s cheating is a fact; I can testify to it. The progress award should be Siyu’s; why are you covering for her?"
Zhou Lanfang had already planned it out, if Shen Mianmian were to be expelled, the sponsorship would return to Zhou Siyu, not only saving tuition fees but also earning money when Shen Mianmian started working next year.
Now they’re saying Shen Mianmian didn’t cheat, how could she tolerate this?
Shen Mianmian let out a cold laugh. Was her mother so determined to keep her from attending school that she’d resort to such measures?
Zhou Siyu didn’t stop Zhou Lanfang; was he ready for a final gamble?
Thinking this, Shen Mianmian’s expression changed as she squeezed out a few tears through her grievance, "Mom, I didn’t cheat, aren’t you happy?"
"Happy my ass." Zhou Lanfang spat out excitedly, the spittle flying far.
With this outburst, teachers and the principal who already felt something was off about Zhou Lanfang’s reactions now looked at her even more strangely.
"Comrade Zhou, what are you saying?" The principal’s expression soured, "Shen Mianmian is your daughter; if she didn’t cheat, as her mother, shouldn’t you be happy?" Dıscover more novels at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⟡𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵
What kind of mother hopes for her own child to cheat?
"Principal, if I say she cheated, then she cheated," Zhou Lanfang resolutely decided to get the progress award back for Zhou Siyu, no longer caring about saving face, "Principal, you better take back the money and give the progress award spot to Siyu, that’s his."
The word was already out in the village; if she couldn’t get it back for Siyu, not only would Siyu lose face, but so would she.
This was the second time Zhou Lanfang insisted on having the progress award spot given to Zhou Siyu.