Chapter 320: This Might Have Been A Misunderstanding
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ji Man came to the teachers’ office and saw that there were many people in the meeting room, including Professor Chen.
She didn’t dare to be presumptuous when Professor Chen was around. She smiled and asked Ms. Wan, “Teacher Wan, whatever Tang Beibei did, she probably didn’t mean it. Please forgive her.”
She pretended to plead for Tang Beibei when she was sure that Tang Beibei had done something wrong.
Fu Jin was so annoyed that he tsk-ed. What a hypocrite!
Professor Chen was an old man who didn’t appreciate Ji Man’s phony behavior. He asked, “What did Tang Beibei do? Are you sure she did it?”
Ji Man got nervous when Professor Chen spoke to her. “I don’t know for sure, but Teacher Wan asked me to come over. Teacher Wan, right?”
Teacher Wan looked at Professor Chen’s cold face and said to Ji Man in a serious voice, “Ji Man, you reported that Tang Beibei cheated in her exams. Please show everyone irrefutable evidence, or you’re falsely accusing her and the school will punish you severely!”
Fu Jin chuckled in his heart. Ji Man’s hypocrisy was way too inexperienced. Teacher Wan was the well-practiced real deal.
Her statement had completely removed herself from this farce and placed all the blame on Ji Man.
Fu Jin looked at Ji Man’s shocked expression and said, “Ji Man, Teacher Wan said that you reported Tang Beibei for cheating. The recording you provided can’t be used as evidence. It’s just conjecture”
Ms. Wan secretly glared at Fu Jin. He should just shut up when no one asked him to speak.
He only said that to drive a wedge between her and Ji Man…
Ji Man was stunned.
No conclusion had been made about Tang Beibei’s cheating yet and she had been accused of slander.
She glared at Tang Beibei. Did Tang Beibei think she could do whatever she liked just because she married a rich second-generation heir?
“She didn’t attend classes before the exams and said that she couldn’t come because she was hospitalized. She also said that it’s good to have some exam techniques and she relied on luck. How else could she have gotten first place?” Tang Beibei found it ridiculous. “I was hospitalized, but it doesn’t mean that I wasn’t studying. I said ‘the rest was luck’ to remain humble.”
“I did my best in my final exams. It’s not my fault that I got first place. Is it my fault that you guys scored too low?”
She was injured, but the other students didn’t do better than her. How could they blame her for their own inadequacies?
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Ji Man, who wasn’t injured and didn’t miss a class in the last semester, gritted her teeth in anger after being mocked.
“Tang Beibei, what evidence do you have then to prove that you didn’t cheat?” Tang Beibei found Ji Man’s logic ridiculous. “The invigilators and surveillance footage in the exam hall can all prove whether I’ve cheated. Who are you to think that you have the right to accuse me?”
“Ji Man, you accused me of cheating for no reason. Then, let me ask you, why couldn’t it have been you who cheated?”
“Me cheated? How am I in third place if I cheated?” Ji Man sneered disdainfully.
“So, the reason you slander me is because I got first place?”
Ji Man was confused by Tang Beibei’s logic and realized that she had stepped into her trap. She secretly kicked herself.
“You married a rich second-generation heir. Who knows what kind of high-tech cheating tools your husband has given you?”
“Ridiculous!” Professor Chen was furious. “How dare you scream and shout here without any evidence? Ji Man, why did you report Tang Beibei for cheating?”
Ji Man’s shoulders trembled in fear. “I-I suspect that she cheated.”
“Suspect?”
“She’s suspected of cheating because she took leave during the exam month to recuperate and still topped the class?”
Ji Man gulped in fear and whispered, “She said it’s good to have some exam techniques.”
Professor Chen found Ji Man’s logic ridiculous. She was already a university student, but she still couldn’t use her brain when dealing with problems.
“Your Teacher Wan also has techniques as a guidance counselor. Did she also cheat?” Professor Chen asked.
Teacher Wan was shocked when she was suddenly called out. She wiped the cold sweat off her forehead.
“Professor Chen, you really know how to joke. As a teacher and a role model, how can I cheat?”
“If you can’t, how can you believe such a childish and laughable accusation? Ms. Wan, what do you have to say for yourself?” Professor Chen snorted coldly. “We, we still don’t have a conclusion yet, right? She…”
“You are still investigating?”
Professor Chen smashed the teacup on the table.
Teacher Wan had made a mistake, but she refused to admit it. She even argued her case and tried to put the blame on Tang Beibei in the name of investigation.
Fu Jin moved two steps back. Professor Chen was a very senior professor in their faculty and famous for his bad temper.
No matter how mischievous a student was, they had to behave in Professor Chen’s class, or he would casually press his fingers on their body and make them forget about misbehaving for the next few days.
“Ms. Wan, I’m reporting you for stealing my things. Investigate, go ahead, and start investigating!”
Teacher Wan’s legs shook in fear when she heard Professor Chen’s angry words and saw his furious face like he was about to tear her apart.
“No. I’ll stop investigating now. It was Ji Man who maliciously slandered Tang Beibei without evidence!”
“Please don’t stop. You won’t be satisfied until you find some evidence.”
Professor Chen found it fresh. He had been in this school for many years and had seen many things. This was the first time he had seen a teacher being fooled by a student with such a ridiculous accusation.
“If you can’t find any evidence, Ji Man can consider going to another school where the top student didn’t get first place without cheating. And you, Ms. Wan, you’ve done a thorough job as a guidance counselor. I’ll tell the provost to pay special attention to you!”
Ji Man panicked and shook her head in fear when Professor Chen said that she could transfer to another school.
“Prof-professor Chen, this might have been a misunderstanding.”
Ms. Wan was also shocked. “Yes, there must be a misunderstanding here. Professor Chen, don’t be angry.”
“The one who should be angry is not me, but Tang Beibei, my mentee who cheated. She cheated in her exams and got caught. How stupid is that? If she wanted to cheat, she should have done it more discreetly. Isn’t she an idiot for being caught?”
Tang Beibei looked at Professor Chen in surprise. She was surprised that he believed and defended her.
“Professor Chen, I didn’t cheat. They have no convincing evidence at all.”
Professor Chen snorted coldly and glared at her with disdain. “If you didn’t cheat, would others criticize you for no reason? There’s no smoke without fire. You must have done something so outstanding that people who aren’t as outstanding didn’t think that you deserve to be so outstanding. That’s why they feel that you didn’t deserve your first place!”
Professor Chen glanced lazily at Fu Jin and ordered, “You, go and call the provost over. I would like to see who dares to bully my students today. Such arrogance! Getting first place means cheating. How refreshing!”
Fu Jin wanted to laugh when he heard Professor Chen yelling at Tang Beibei while pointing his fingers at other people in the room.
He used to think that Professor Chen was a strict and terrifying teacher. But now, he just seemed like an adorable old man.
“Alright, I’ll call him now.”
“Call who?”
The provost walked into the meeting room with a smile. When he saw Professor Chen, the guidance counselor, and Tang Beibei, his smile widened. “Professor Chen, I have something to tell you.”
The provost’s tone was respectful. The way he addressed Professor Chen was like he was addressing an elder.
There are many professors in this university but Professor Chen was the only one in their medical faculty who was a heavyweight that was recognized throughout the country.
When Professor Chen saw the provost, he snorted coldly. “What a coincidence. I have something to tell you too..”
