Chapter 378
Let alone her, even Lin Sisi herself was completely bewildered.
"Wang Manqing, what, what are you saying?" Lin Sisi asked blankly.
Lin Sisi had focused all her attention on Si Nian and hadn't noticed at all that someone was targeting her.
Let alone someone from her own class.
They had clearly just greeted each other yesterday.
The classmate named Wang Manqing sneered, "Lin Sisi, stop acting so high and mighty. I saw it all. Before we even entered the classroom, you two were making eyes at each other. I knew you were going to cheat because your English has always been poor."
Si Nian: "?" When did she ever make eyes at Lin Sisi?
Although she noticed Lin Sisi frequently stealing glances at her today, it definitely didn't look like they were making eyes at each other, right?
The teacher picked up the piece of paper, opened it, and sure enough, it was a cheat sheet with answers written on it.
Her face instantly darkened.
Lin Sisi, who was just righteously condemning cheating students yesterday—the brave girl they had admired so much—was actually cheating today?
Wasn't this a joke?
The invigilator's face turned pale and green, looking terrible as she questioned, "You two, what is going on here?"
Lin Sisi hurriedly said, "No, it's not like that. I really didn't cheat. Teacher, you have to believe me."
The teacher frowned, pulled her test paper over for a look, and as expected, many of Lin Sisi's listening comprehension questions were left blank.
And the answers on the paper in her hand were clearly the multiple-choice answers for the listening section that had just finished.
She then walked over to Si Nian's desk, flipped open her test paper, and saw that the listening questions were all completely filled out.
The teacher's face turned livid. "How do you explain this!"
The other students cast gloating looks at Lin Sisi.
The person who had snitched yesterday was caught cheating today. It served her right.
At this moment, Fu Yang and his group were passing by the classroom door.
The group noticed the commotion inside and frowned.
A student had fainted from heatstroke in this classroom yesterday, so they all took an extra look.
What happened today?
Fu Yang stopped in his tracks, just in time to hear the teacher's questioning.
"Teacher, I really didn't cheat. I'm not that kind of person. Although we know each other, Si Nian is from No. 2 High School, and I'm from No. 1 High School. We don't interact normally."
Behind her, Wang Manqing sneered, "Teacher, I have proof. I heard that the girl from No. 2 High School is the adopted daughter of Lin Sisi's parents. I don't need to explain their relationship, do I? Plus, I saw that girl talking to Lin Sisi at our school gate before. The two of them were probably preparing for today's cheating. I heard she even went to prison before, and now she's finding someone to help her cheat. She is simply too audacious!"
Lin Sisi immediately glared at her. She hadn't expected Wang Manqing to be so hypocritical. She had seen her interacting with Si Nian long ago and purposely waited until now to frame her!
Lin Sisi didn't even know when she had offended this person, but she quickly remembered: because she had transferred in late, her parents had secretly slipped money to the teacher to give her private tutoring.
Therefore, the teacher usually took extra care of her.
Wang Manqing wasn't a repeating student, but rumor had it she was held back a year. Because of this, the homeroom teacher never had a good attitude toward her.
They were both latecomers, but the homeroom teacher treated them differently. So, while Wang Manqing appeared friendly on the surface, she had secretly hated her for a long time.
Was that why she wanted to frame her at this critical moment?
Lin Sisi was furious.
She hadn't expected that, even after being reborn for a second life, she would still be framed by such a low-level trick.
And it just so happened she hadn't written down the answers to those specific questions, causing the teacher to misunderstand.
Everyone else hadn't expected this situation either, looking at the two with sighs of disbelief.
The teacher also frowned and looked at Si Nian: "Is what she said true? Are you her parents' adopted daughter?"
If that were really the case, then the two of them collaborating to cheat would make sense.
Si Nian nodded: "That's right, I am indeed the adopted daughter."
The crowd burst into an uproar.
"But do you think I would help an enemy cheat?"
"An enemy?" The teacher said in a deep voice. "What do you mean?"
"Lin Sisi once stole three thousand yuan from my family, harmed my entire family, and forced me into marriage. Teacher, do you think I would help someone who ruined my life cheat?"
"Of course, I haven't done anything nice either. The reason Lin Sisi went to prison, as that classmate mentioned, was because I sent her there. She must hate my guts. How could she possibly ask me to help her cheat? This classmate should really understand our situation better before framing someone."
The crowd was completely stunned.
Lin Sisi's face flushed bright red.
Although these words could prove their innocence in this matter, her reputation was also ruined.
Wang Manqing was also shocked. She had only accidentally overheard the homeroom teacher complaining, which was how she knew about this.
But she never expected the situation to be like this.
However, she quickly reacted and said, "Could what I saw with my own eyes be fake? If you weren't helping her cheat, could... could it be that you were intentionally trying to harm her?"
Lin Sisi's eyes flickered as if she thought of something, and she immediately put on a shocked expression as she looked at Si Nian.
As if it really was Si Nian who had framed her.
She actually stayed silent.
Si Nian was amused by the absurdity. It was one thing for the person framing Lin Sisi to drag her down with them, but now they wanted to turn around and bite her instead?
She had also roughly guessed what trick the other party was using.
"Since you put it that way, I'm going to have to take this seriously."
The teacher said, "What do you have to say?"
Si Nian looked at the teacher and said, "Teacher, since the other party is so certain that I helped Lin Sisi cheat, then this cheat sheet must be filled with the answers to these questions. Everyone just started; we've only done the listening and fill-in-the-blank questions. They are all multiple-choice options, so handwriting might be hard to distinguish. But I don't believe that anyone besides me could get all these questions right."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone cast astonished glances at her.
Wang Manqing looked disdainful. "Anyone can talk big."
Si Nian ignored her and continued, "I don't want to waste time. Teacher, please compare my test paper and this classmate's test paper with the answers written on the cheat sheet."
"If there are blank questions, please check if she left them blank too. If there are incorrect answers, please check her test paper to see if her mistakes are exactly the same."
Hearing this, Wang Manqing's face instantly went pale.
She truly couldn't be sure that all her answers were correct.
Although her English wasn't terrible, it was definitely not top-tier. When she looked over the questions, she was confused by many of them.
That was why she figured Lin Sisi definitely wouldn't know them either.
Because they had joined the class at the same time, and Lin Sisi was clearly in a similar situation to her, yet the teacher treated Lin Sisi very well.
Meanwhile, the teacher always gave her looks of disdain and clear disgust.
The teacher even said that if it hadn't been for her parents kneeling and begging for pity, she wouldn't have been allowed to stay in their class.
She originally didn't quite understand why.
Until yesterday, when she saw Lin Sisi's parents driving a car to drop her off for the exam, along with her military officer fiancé who clearly had a high status.
She finally understood why Lin Sisi received special treatment while she didn't.
While Wang Manqing was in a daze, the teacher had already begun comparing the cheat sheet with Si Nian's exam paper.
Soon, the teacher frowned and cast a glance at Wang Manqing.
Then, she walked toward her.
Wang Manqing's breath hitched, her heart leaping into her throat.
After comparing them, the teacher understood everything.
This was entirely a scheme directed and acted out by this student to frame others.
She slammed her hand on the desk with a loud smack. "Student, what do you have to say for yourself? The answers on this cheat sheet are exactly the same as yours, even the mistakes are identical!"
Wang Manqing opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word.
Seeing this, what else could the others not understand?
She had thrown the cheat sheet at Lin Sisi's feet herself to frame her, and even tried to drag Si Nian down to be her scapegoat.
What a scheme to kill two birds with one stone.
It was simply too vicious.
The teacher was livid, her face turning pale with anger. "Get out! Your qualification for the college entrance examination is revoked!"
All the color drained from Wang Manqing's face, and she nearly fainted.
Seeing Si Nian looking at her coldly, Wang Manqing's lips trembled as she muttered to herself, "No, it's impossible. Am I the only one at fault here? She just said she got all the questions right, how is that possible? Everyone knows that those of us sorted into this last group are the worst-performing repeating students. Even the top students wouldn't dare guarantee they made zero mistakes. For her to be so certain, she must have cheated too!"
Seeing her acting like a cornered dog, the teacher grew even more furious, grabbing her and demanding she leave immediately.
However, everyone's suspicious gazes fell on Si Nian. It was true; although what Wang Manqing did was wrong, her last words weren't entirely unreasonable.
How could this person be so sure she got everything right?
Wasn't that a bit too arrogant?
The teacher who had just looked at Si Nian's paper also frowned, but there was no evidence.
She hated cheaters with a passion, so she didn't have a pleasant expression right now.
She stepped forward, reaching to take Si Nian's pen and stationery.
"Teacher, what are you doing?" Si Nian frowned.
"I'm checking. Although you proved your innocence, the behavior of all three of you is highly suspicious."
The teacher said with a fierce glare.
Si Nian took a deep breath, suppressing her anger.
At that moment, someone spoke from the doorway, "She didn't cheat."
The teacher turned around in astonishment to see a man holding a pale Wang Manqing with one hand, calmly stating, "I can prove it."
Everyone exchanged glances. Fu Yang's attire made him someone they truly didn't dare underestimate.
They had all heard that to maintain the safety of the students and ensure the smooth progression of the college entrance exams, the school had specially hired guards for twenty-four-hour patrols to prevent any incidents.
Yesterday, several students had accidents, and it was these men who promptly sent them to the hospital.
The captain leading them was even a regimental commander from the military district.
Such a grand display wasn't something you saw every day.
Even the teachers couldn't help but take a few extra glances.
They became much more polite: "Captain Fu, how can you be so sure? Did you see it just now?"
Fu Yang glanced at Si Nian, then withdrew his gaze and said, "Whether I saw it or not, it's impossible for her to cheat."
The teacher was stunned: "B-but her behavior is truly suspicious. We can't let off any student who dares to cheat during the college entrance exam; that wouldn't be fair to everyone else."
Too lazy to say more, Fu Yang stated, "She used to be the English teacher for the genius class at the Foreign Language Primary School. I'm not the only one who knows this; Lin Sisi knows it too. Although I don't know why she didn't speak up, if you don't believe me, you can look into it yourselves."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded.
"A teacher at the Foreign Language Primary School?"
"How is that possible?"
Everyone subconsciously turned back to look at Si Nian.
Everyone knew about the Foreign Language Primary School because it was the only one in the city center.
And the genius class at that! Rumor had it that the teachers for the genius class were personally recruited by the principal at a high price, and the head teachers were all at the professor level.
When this class was first established, it garnered a lot of attention.
But no one had ever connected it to this young woman sitting in the college entrance exam classroom.
However, considering the man's identity, it was impossible for him to lie to them.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Lin Sisi.
Lin Sisi never expected that Fu Yang coming over wasn't to speak up for her, but for Si Nian.
Her mind was buzzing right now.
Her face looked utterly awful.
Not only did Fu Yang speak up for Si Nian, but he also questioned why she hadn't spoken up for Si Nian.
Lin Sisi's face was deathly pale.
Seeing everyone looking at her suspiciously, she finally stammered, "Y-yes, that's what I heard my parents say. I was too nervous just now and completely forgot about it."
Fu Yang cast a meaningful glance at her without saying a word, and walked away, dragging along Wang Manqing, who had framed them.
The examination room fell into a deathly silence.
The teacher who had just been clamoring to investigate Si Nian was left speechless.
Si Nian hadn't expected Fu Yang to speak up for her either, but she didn't mind. She simply opened her pencil case and draft notebook, generously letting the teacher inspect them.
Then, she went back to her writing.
This kind of thing was a complete waste of time for her.
Fortunately, she had a good mindset. Although she had been framed, she wasn't so panicked that she couldn't continue writing.
Lin Sisi's condition, on the other hand, was very poor.
Fu Yang's appearance had completely disrupted her train of thought.
She was completely out of it.
Since her cover was blown, Si Nian stopped pretending.
Once she finished writing and checking, she handed in her paper the moment the teacher said they could.
Everyone watched her walk out with dumbfounded expressions.
With such a big commotion, Zhou Yueshen and the others outside naturally found out about it.
However, they weren't on duty, so they couldn't get close.
Seeing Si Nian come out so quickly, he knew she had this subject in the bag.
After all, English was Si Nian's strongest subject.
As for Lin Sisi, she came out right at the very end of the allotted time.
She hadn't even finished writing.
Today Father Fu didn't come; only Zhang Cuimei was there.
Seeing that Lin Sisi hadn't come out, she had been anxious the whole time.
Once she finally came out, Zhang Cuimei hurried forward and said, "Sisi, what happened just now? What's going on? Why are you only coming out now?"
When she saw a girl being led out by Fu Yang and the others earlier, Zhang Cuimei's face had turned pale.
She was very worried that something had happened to her daughter.
Seeing that she wasn't speaking, she asked how she did on the exam.
Lin Sisi's mood was beyond terrible. She even suspected that Wang Manqing was someone Si Nian had hired to target her.
Otherwise, why did Si Nian end up with both fame and fortune, while she was the one being mocked and ridiculed?
Just as she was coming out, some candidates were pointing at her and making sarcastic remarks.
As if they were afraid she wouldn't hear them.
They said that Si Nian had helped prove her innocence, yet she hadn't said a word, almost causing Si Nian to be suspected.
They also said she deserved it, that she got her karma today for tattling yesterday.
Lin Sisi was furious.
Seeing Si Nian and the others laughing and talking, she didn't know what came over her, but she covered her face and ran away crying.
Si Nian watched her with a baffled expression.
She was the one who should be crying, right? What was up with that aggrieved look on Lin Sisi's face?
Si Nian couldn't even be bothered to think about it.
Their class had really been in the spotlight these past two days, and there were even more invigilators now.
It was probably reported by someone.
Si Nian didn't care either; she wasn't cheating anyway, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
The three-day exam quickly came to an end. The last few subjects weren't particularly difficult, and Si Nian took them with ease.
When she came out after the exam, Zhou Yueshen and the children were already waiting for her at the gate.
The sun in the west was still shining brightly. Although it was already afternoon, it was still very hot.
The children's hair was all wet.
Second Child was even more exaggerated, his face and nose covered in sweat.
Who knew where he had run off to play.
Seeing her come out, he skipped over to help her carry her bag.
After three days of exams, Si Nian did have some backaches.
At this time, Fu Qianqian appeared out of nowhere and walked up to Si Nian. Looking at her, under Si Nian's puzzled gaze, she said, "Si Nian, how was it? How many points do you think you can get on this exam?"
(Yesterday's review couldn't be changed, it was changed today. If it doesn't match, please look back.)