Campus Cultivation Master-Chapter 13 - 00: Cheating [Part 2]

The class teacher came to the podium with the papers and report card, then began to announce the results.

"Today, the performance of our class truly surprised me. An Rongrong, who has just transferred, scored a total of 701 points and became the new number one in the whole school, as well as the new Top Scholar. Let’s all give her a round of applause and congratulate her," the class teacher said with inspiring passion.

"Clap clap!"

Everyone clapped enthusiastically to congratulate An Rongrong.

An Rongrong stood up shyly and said, "Thank you, everyone."

After discussing An Rongrong’s situation, the teacher’s face instantly darkened as she continued, "An Rongrong’s score indeed brings glory to our class. However, someone else’s score shames our class. That person is Chu Feng. Chu Feng somehow managed to cheat and scored a total of 702 points, even surpassing An Rongrong. This is simply disgraceful for our class. After deliberation with the teachers of each subject, we have decided to cancel all of Chu Feng’s scores and to record a major demerit against him."

After the teacher finished speaking, everyone looked at Chu Feng, their eyes filled with contempt.

Chu Feng stood up calmly, looked at the teacher, and said, "How can you be so sure that I cheated? Which eye of yours saw me cheating? And if I did cheat, what method did I supposedly use?"

Chu Feng’s words were calm and collected, and each question he asked hit the nail on the head, leaving the homeroom teacher unable to rebuff.

Because she had been the one supervising the exam herself, and she paid special attention to Chu Feng’s every move throughout the exam, there was no cheating behavior from him at all.

The class teacher pondered for a moment before saying, "Based on your performance in the exam yesterday, I can almost conclude that you had prior knowledge of the exam questions. Otherwise, how could you have answered so quickly?"

Chu Feng scoffed, "You say I knew the exam questions ahead of time—I’d like to ask, how did I supposedly obtain them?"

"This... Anyway, you must have known the exam questions; there’s no way you could have scored full marks in both science and mathematics!" Unable to explain herself, the teacher insisted.

Chu Feng smiled slightly and said, "The reason I scored full marks in math and science is quite simple to explain. First, I am a low-profile person and don’t like to show off anything. Second, in past exams, without you, Teacher, ’performing in a tree’ to stimulate me, I had no desire to do well—just getting by was enough. If you had used this ’performance in a tree’ method to motivate me earlier, I might have scored you a few more full marks by now."

"Boom!"

After Chu Feng finished speaking, the whole class erupted into laughter, while the teacher’s face turned livid with anger.

"Chu Feng! You show contempt for the classroom, no respect for your elders, and you cheat on the test! I will ensure the school expels you. Get out here!" the class teacher screamed in a rage.

Chu Feng walked out from his seat with composure and replied, "If you can prove that I cheated, I will leave the school myself without you having to tell me. But if you can’t prove it, I hope you will keep your promise and perform in a tree for everyone to watch."

"Snap! Everyone, proceed to self-study. Chu Feng, follow me to the Office of Academic Affairs!" The class teacher slammed a stack of test papers onto the table and hurriedly took Chu Feng with her towards the Office of Academic Affairs.

Just as the class teacher and Chu Feng arrived at the Office of Academic Affairs, the teacher loudly exclaimed, "I can’t teach such a student. He cheats during examinations, shows contempt in the classroom, and has no respect for his elders. If the school does not expel him, I will..."

The class teacher stopped mid-sentence as she caught sight of someone, then immediately shut her mouth.

Chu Feng looked at the beautiful woman in the Office of Academic Affairs, dressed in a silver-gray uniform with high-heeled sandals and silver-gray stockings, and was stunned.

The beauty’s face was flawlessly gorgeous, especially her figure which was explosively voluptuous, almost bursting through the fabric of her uniform.

If such a beauty hadn’t appeared at the school, Chu Feng would have surely thought that she was from Eastern to film a movie.

"Principal Xie!" The class teacher exclaimed upon seeing the beautiful woman.

Hearing the teacher address her in such a manner, Chu Feng then remembered the wild rumors around the school about having the most beautiful female principal in all of Huaxia. It seemed she was the one.

Principal Xie Mengying looked at Chu Feng’s class teacher, pondered slightly, and said, "You must be Teacher Liu."

Upon hearing Principal Xie Mengying’s words, the teacher nodded again and again, "Yes, I am Liu Tiemei."

Xie Mengying said, "Teacher Liu, what were you talking about just now?"

Hearing Xie Mengying speak, the Educational Affairs Director, Zhang Daqi, who had been eyeing Xie Mengying with fascination, spoke up, "Yes, Teacher Liu, if there’s anything you need to say, just speak up. Principal Xie is also here today."

Upon hearing this, Liu Tiemei angrily said, "Principal Xie, I can’t teach this student anymore. He cheated on the exam. Not only does he refuse to admit it, but he also disrespects the classroom and me as a teacher."

After listening, Xie Mengying turned to the handsome-looking Chu Feng and spoke kindly, "Student, did you really cheat? If you did, I hope you can bravely admit it. Cheating is not something to be ashamed of, but lying is a problem of character."

Chu Feng shook his head firmly and said, "I didn’t cheat."

Liu Tiemei, as if injected with adrenaline, demanded, "You didn’t cheat? Then explain to me why your grades suddenly improved."

Chu Feng looked at Liu Tiemei and replied, "Teacher Liu, as I’ve already said, there wasn’t anything stimulating me to do well on the exam before, so I disdained from answering properly."

"Stimulating you?" Xie Mengying showed a puzzled expression upon hearing Chu Feng’s words.

Chu Feng explained, "Teacher Liu promised me that if I could achieve good grades in the monthly test, she would perform the act of climbing a tree for me to see, so I took the test seriously."

"Nonsense! Absolute nonsense!" The Director of Instruction, Zhang Daqi, burst out after hearing Chu Feng’s words and slammed his fist on the table, "A student who disrespects teachers like this cannot remain at East River’s number one high school."

Chu Feng looked at the extremely angry Zhang Daqi and coolly said, "If a student who disrespects teachers cannot stay, I’d also like to ask, can a teacher who disrespects students remain?"

Zhang Daqi, furious, said to Chu Feng, "You’re expelled. Get out now."

Chu Feng sneered and asked, "May I ask which school rule I broke that justifies my expulsion?"

Zhang Daqi replied, "Merely disrespecting a teacher is enough for me to expel you."

Chu Feng calmly stated, "Fine! Since you’ve decided to expel me, I will abide by the school’s decision. But let me say this, the record of East River’s number one high school’s consecutive twenty years of producing Top Scholars will be utterly broken this year.

Not only will I become the new Top Scholar, but I will also tell all the media the true nature of East River’s number one high school. I will tell them how it unjustly maligned a student and how its teachers looked down on students."

Having said his piece, Chu Feng calmly walked towards the exit.

"Please wait, student!" Xie Mengying suddenly called out and stopped Chu Feng.

If everything Chu Feng said was true and considering his grades, his becoming the Top Scholar was almost certain. When that time came, the media would undoubtedly swarm in. If Chu Feng did as he said, the damage to East River’s number one high school would be catastrophic.

Seeing Xie Mengying call out to Chu Feng, Zhang Daqi said, "Principal Xie, you needn’t believe a word from a student who will amount to nothing and only knows how to cheat. It would be absurd for someone like him to become the Top Scholar."

Xie Mengying turned around and looked coldly at Zhang Daqi, retorting, "And if he really didn’t cheat? If his scores are genuine? If he truly becomes the Top Scholar, I have a question for Director Zhang. Can you bear the responsibility for the damage done to the school’s reputation?"

"I..." Zhang Daqi, rendered speechless by Xie Mengying’s questioning, stuttered his response.

After speaking, Xie Mengying turned to Liu Tiemei and inquired, "Teacher Liu, you said he cheated. Do you have any evidence?"

Liu Tiemei, having just heard Xie Mengying’s questioning of Zhang Daqi, was already feeling uncertain.

If Chu Feng’s grades were indeed obtained through genuine ability and he transferred schools and possibly became the Top Scholar, the damage to the first high school’s reputation would be her fault.

Liu Tiemei stuttered for a while, then claimed, "Although I don’t have concrete evidence, I believe, he must have somehow acquired the exam questions from other channels."

Liu Mei’s brows furrowed as she sharply responded, "Just based on your baseless conjecture, you conclude a student cheated? Do you not find that absurd, Teacher Liu? You suspect he received the exam questions through special means. Let me, as the principal, ask you this.

Here at East River’s number one high school, whether it’s a major or minor exam, the process of setting the questions is exactly like that of the college entrance examination. Even I, the principal, cannot see the exam papers before the test. Do you think an ordinary student can see the exam papers before the exam?"

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