She was deliberately misleading everyone; she couldn’t let Nianyang have a comeback. Whether or not Nianyang cheated, she had to make this rumor stick, so that Nianyang would never be able to wash away this stain in her lifetime!
As expected, Gu Youlan’s words immediately turned everyone’s doubts into certainty, and they all began to criticize Nianyang.
"Gu Nianyang, be honest, did you cheat?"
Seeing the situation about to get out of control, the director had to step in to handle it. If Gu Nianyang really cheated, she would never tolerate such a morally corrupt student!
Nianyang didn’t look flustered at all, "Director, I didn’t cheat!"
The director paused, if it were someone else, even if they hadn’t cheated, being attacked like this would make them cry, but this girl was really something else!
"Director, don’t believe her words, what thief would admit to being a thief?" Yang Haiyan said confidently, convinced that Nianyang definitely cheated, she couldn’t believe that this fool’s grades were better than hers!
Zhao Yi: "Director, there’s indeed something fishy about this. Gu Nianyang has always been at the bottom since she started junior high, and the last extra question on the math exam paper this time was additional points. I’ve asked, no one could solve it, not even the academic powerhouse Song Zheng, so how could Gu Nianyang have done it and gotten full marks? I request an investigation to find out the truth!"
"Gu Nianyang, everyone thinks you cheated, do you have anything to say?" the director asked.
Nianyang: "Director, there’s a saying ’facts speak louder than words,’ without tangible proof, it’s better to show with action. Since all the teachers from each subject are here, if you want to know the authenticity of my performance, how about letting the Chinese, Math, and English teachers each give me ten difficult questions to solve on the spot, is that feasible?"
The director was stunned.
Everyone else was also dumbfounded, not expecting Gu Nianyang to boast like this, asking the teachers to test her on the spot. Was she breaking the pot to pieces?
Zhao Yi, Yang Haiyan, and Gu Youlan secretly delighted—originally, they just wanted Nianyang to embarrass herself a little. Now this fool was digging her own grave, it wasn’t their fault!
"Gu Nianyang, are you sure you want to do this?" The director hesitated, if Nianyang was just being stubborn and couldn’t perform later, her reputation would be ruined completely, worse than being expelled!
"I’m sure!"
"Alright, let’s do it then!"
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To facilitate evaluating Nianyang, the director took her to her office.
As the people involved, Zhao Yi, Yang Haiyan, and Gu Youlan naturally followed Nianyang into the office, while other curious students peered through the windows to watch.
After inviting the Chinese, Math, and English teachers to give Nianyang questions, she immediately began writing.
Although everyone thought Nianyang was unlikely to succeed, they were still eager to see the results.
Half an hour later, Nianyang put down her pen, "I’m done!"
"So fast?" The director was a bit surprised but didn’t say anything, directly passing the papers to the three teachers for grading.
The real suspense began now, everyone wore expressions of disdain, sure that the results would be failing!
Unexpectedly, five minutes later, the three grading teachers had complex expressions on their faces that the others couldn’t understand.
Nianyang’s homeroom teacher, Li Jianwen, couldn’t wait to grab and check the results.
"All correct, every single one correct!" Li Jianwen was so shocked by the perfect scores that his face turned red, realizing that his class didn’t only have one academic ace like Song Zheng but another one even better!
What?
The onlookers were dumbfounded!
Zhao Yi and the others’ faces twisted, realizing that Gu Nianyang was truly hiding in plain sight, an academic prodigy.
Upon hearing that all the answers were correct, the director jumped up in excitement. The high school curriculum was complex, and the school hadn’t had a perfect score student in decades. Even though Nianyang only took three subjects, since she aced all three, the other subjects couldn’t be bad either.
"Gu Nianyang, if your grades are so excellent, why did you always fail before?" The director was puzzled.
Gu Nianyang glanced meaningfully at a pale-faced Gu Youlan and softly replied, "I didn’t want to, but my sister didn’t want me to be too outstanding and overshadow her, so she always made me fail. But I don’t want to be the underachiever forever; I want to get into a good college, so I decided to reveal my true capabilities."