“Can I have some time to think about it?”
“Since you are only a white bunny, I will give you one day to consider everything. At the same time tomorrow, you will have to give me a reply. Time doesn’t wait. If you drag this for too long and the school formally sends you a letter to expel you, I won’t be able to save you even if I change the score.”
TL’s Note: By calling her a white bunny, he probably meant she was inexperienced and gullible.
“Thank you, Teacher Zhu Xiyang,” Liu Man said every word in Zhu Xiyang’s full name out loud, “I’ll go now. See you tomorrow.”
Zhu Xiyang, who thought he had already got his prey, said joyfully, “See you tomorrow, white bunny.”
Liu Man walked out of Zhu Xiyang’s office and walked to stand beside her mother, who was waiting downstairs. It was only until then did she take her phone out from her pocket and stop it from continuing to record.
Zhang Pei hurriedly asked as soon as she saw her daughter, “Did the teacher agree to change your sore?”
“Yes,” Liu Man said.
Zhang Pei sighed in relief.
Liu Man didn’t dare to tell Zhang Pei her plan; she was afraid Zhang Pei would get so angry she would get sick.
On their way home, Liu Man received a WeChat message from Yu Zhan, “I called Xiaoru, and she has told me everything. Don’t worry, I will help you.”
When Yu Zhan was typing his second message, he received a reply from Liu Man, “Later, I will be doing something. I might offend a lot of people, and I might get expelled because of that. Do you agree with me doing so?”
Yu Zhan deleted what he was going to send and typed again, “Whatever you want to do, I will always support you.”
He, at this moment, could guess Liu Man’s intention. However, he didn’t know Liu Man would risk adventuring to see Zhu Xiyang just for the evidence. This caused him to get infuriated and take action in person, not staying low-profile anymore.
Yu Zhan’s words gave Liu Man huge confidence. She felt really fortunate to find a boyfriend who could be her strong shield.
Princess Man, who hadn’t been live-streaming for two weeks because of the end-of-year exam, opened up her live-stream room. Her fans all flowed into her live-stream, cheering.
“Sis, how was your exam?”
“Princess is so impressive. An exam must be something very easy for her.”
“I think Princess’s expression seems to contain something wrong.”
It was only after this fan’s comment did everyone notice that Princess Man in front of the stream, who had a face as pretty as a painting, looked a little worried.
“Princess is in a bad mood.”
“Can it be that she didn’t do good in her exam?”
“Hey, you, don’t jinx it.”
“Sis, what happened to you? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
“I’m so worried about her…”
Princess Man exhaled deeply before she said, “I just learned a nightmare today. I will be expelled by the school.”
!!!
This sentence surprised all the audience in the live-stream. They could not connect such an outstanding Princess Man with students who failed exams. Even some lurkers came out because of such a “bomb”.
“What happened? Live-streamer, please tell us everything.”
“Yeah. Why would the school expel you out of the blue?”
“Is the school mad? Why are they expelling a genius student!?”
“Everyone, calm down for a moment. Let’s listen to Princess as she tells us the whole thing. We can make sure justice is found then.”
Liu Man placed the report card in front of the camera, which she had printed out beforehand, “These are the scores I received for this semester.”
She intentionally made the font size super big. Even elders with presbyopia could read them.
“Princess did pretty well. She got an 80 for every class excluding Chamber Ensemble Music and English 4. Only in these two classes did she receive a low score. Hey, why is the average score in the end only 68?”
“Everyone, take a closer look. These two courses take up lots of credits. English 4 takes up 4 while Chamber Ensemble Music takes up as much as 16 credits. They pulled down sis’ total grade instantly.”
“Is the assessment for the course of Chamber Ensemble Music that concert Capital Music University hosted in May?”
“Mhm, that’s the course.”
“Sis and her roommate had such an impressive performance, but they’ve only got a 60!!!!! That’s so unjustified!” — Otaku Boy
The boy jumped angrily in his dorm. Liu Man got a 60, meaning Li Xiaoru also only received a 60. How could he not be angry?
Roommate B said, “There must be a scheme behind it all.”
Roommate A said, “It’s obvious that Princess Man really can’t find any other way than to publicize this on the internet.”
Roommate C said, “Isn’t she afraid of offending the school?”
“She’s going to get expelled! Why on Earth would she be afraid!” Otaku Boy was infuriated.
The fans watching the live-stream were also very angry,
“Are all the teachers in Capital Music University blind?”
“If I’m the teacher, I would think even giving them 100 points is too less.”
“Live-streamer, have you asked the teacher responsible for this course why he gave you such a low score?”
Liu Man said, “I did. He said that the trio performed by us two doesn’t technically count as a trio, and he also said we shouldn’t have changed the Guzheng into a Guqin midway.”
“This reason is too sucky.”
“It’s not sucky. If he’s a teacher who’s strict and cares about every detail, then it’s no issue for him to say it like that.”
“Mhm. A trio technically should contain a mixture of three sounds at once. The live-streamer and her partner’s performance, no matter how they matched it, could only contain two kinds of sounds at once. It surely does not fit the protocols. Besides, some teachers hate students who don’t report to the teacher before they presume to make a decision themselves. The teachers would think these students do not think the teachers are important. Therefore, we should look at this issue from the other side’s perspective.”
“Hey, hey, hey. The comment above me, how can you side with the teacher! Do you mean our Princess should just give up and get expelled?”
“I don’t mean it like that. I’m just objectively describing the truth. (Getting mistreated.GIF) Guys, don’t hit me.”
“Even if her average score in the exam is only 68, it’s not serious enough to get her expelled? She didn’t fail any course!”
Princess Man explained, “At the start of the year, our school made a new rule: Sophomore students will get ranked on a leaderboard at the end of the fourth semester based on their total scores for the four semesters in the last two years, and the last ten students ranked on the leaderboard will get expelled.
After Zhang Daqiang’s exposing post, everyone now knows I used to have really bad grades. I’m going to be honest here to you all. In the first semester, I failed 7 classes and was ranked number 129 in the grade. In the second semester, I failed 5 classes and was ranked number 126 in the grade. Last semester, I also barely passed my English course, but luckily, I prepared a lot for my other courses and was ranked number 102 in the grade. There are only 132 students in our grade, and I thought I could reverse my situation this semester by working hard on my studies. I didn’t expect just this one course of Chamber Ensemble Music made all my hard work wasted.”
“Facepalms~~, Sis, you failed way too many courses in the past. A dozen…”
“Live-streamer, your grade… I’m speechless.”
“A real student scum.”
“If you are in my school, you would’ve gotten expelled on your first year…” — Otaku Boy’s Roommate B
“I just want to know what you were doing in your Freshman year. It must’ve been hard for you to fail so many classes.”
Translated by: Sydney