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Chapter 31
"Did you delete the post on the forum?" Qiao Lingling got up early in the morning and found the post was gone, so she ran to Qiao Yi's room to ask.
Qiao Yi's account on the Capital University Math Forum was always known to Qiao Lingling. She just didn't understand why, since the problem was made up by Qiao Ying, he didn't make an account himself to post it but had Qiao Yi post it instead.
At this time, Qiao Lingling still didn't believe that Qiao Ying could solve the problem.
Qiao Yi: "Yeah."
"Why?"
"Does this need a reason?"
Seeing that Qiao Yi was indifferent to her but got along well with Qiao Ying, Qiao Lingling was extremely imbalanced in her heart.
Originally, Qiao Yi was aloof and detached from everyone due to his personality, which was fine, but now what was this?
Even if she didn't really like this lame younger brother, and didn't even want her classmates and friends to know she had such a lame younger brother, she just couldn't stand Qiao Yi ignoring her and caring about Qiao Ying.
Qiao Lingling suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart and asked, "Didn't you say that solving the problem could guarantee admission to Capital University? Has Qiao Ying been admitted?"
"Yes, I did receive private messages from the president of Capital University and Xu Zhiyi, but my sister doesn't need it. She can get into Capital herself." Qiao Yi said, putting on his schoolbag and saying to Qiao Lingling blocking the door, "I have to go to school now."
Even Xu Zhiyi privately messaged her?
Qiao Lingling had always been arrogant and aloof. When almost all the girls in the school liked the school hunk Xu Mingchen, she was thinking of working hard to get into Capital University to see the math genius Xu Zhiyi.
"She refused?!" Qiao Lingling stared in disbelief, her voice shrill. She was insanely jealous in her heart.
"You're not bragging, are you? Something so influential, how could the president of Capital not come in person? Even if it was his own daughter, he couldn't be so forceful."
"Believe it or not, whatever you want." Qiao Yi put his schoolbag over his shoulder, went around Qiao Lingling, and left.
Qiao Lingling gritted her teeth furiously. The more she looked, the more she felt Qiao Yi and Qiao Ying were cut from the same cloth and equally detestable.
Qiao Lingling was in no hurry to go out. Instead, she waited until they were at work or school and no one was home, then started rummaging through Qiao Yi's desk piled high with books.
She even opened the drawers to look, but saw that the drawer contained the new cell phone Qiao Ying had bought for Qiao Yi.
Qiao Lingling picked up the phone and looked at the model that was even more beautiful than the advertisement photo. Then she thought of the 800 yuan phone she bought two years ago that was already glitching and on the verge of collapse, and she wished she could crush the phone in her hand.
She regained her sanity and tried to unlock Qiao Yi's lock screen pattern.
She didn't succeed the first time. Then she tried using the lock screen pattern from Qiao Yi's old phone and successfully unlocked the phone.
She went into the forum and first saw the tens of thousands of crowded private messages. The "genius" and "master" flattering from those people towards Qiao Ying made Qiao Lingling's eyes turn red with jealousy.
She found the private message from the president of Capital University to Qiao Yi and saw the generous conditions offered by the president, saying he would give an apartment and a car.
But they were all rejected by Qiao Yi with one sentence.
It really was the same as what Qiao Yi said.
She also found Xu Zhiyi's message. When she saw that Xu Zhiyi was practically begging for just five minutes of interaction, Qiao Lingling's hands started shaking as she was on the verge of going mad.
But she held back. She noticed one key point: Qiao Yi had not revealed from beginning to end that the problem was solved by Qiao Ying.
The president of Capital University and Xu Zhiyi didn't even know if this genius was male or female.
So she looked for that notebook again. At this moment, her actions were almost neurotic.
Finally, she found it under a math textbook.
She opened it, and sure enough, it contained the complete solution process for that problem, a full six pages, identical to the pictures Qiao Yi had taken and posted online.
Qiao Lingling was ecstatic and excited, breathing heavily.
She smirked, with madness flashing in her eyes.
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"Have you guys heard that the homeroom teacher and math teacher of Class 8 have resigned?"
"Resigned? I heard they were fired, and the math teacher even had his teaching certificate revoked."
"That can't be true, right? Just for wrongly accusing a student of cheating on a test, they get fired and have their certificates revoked? Besides, it's not even certain that it was a false accusation. Do you guys really believe that loser Qiao Ying could test higher than Xu Mingchen?"
"It's true, not made up. My uncle works at the Department of Education. He said the mayor put pressure on them. These past few days they've been holding meetings morning, noon, and night about the false accusation of cheating at No. 7 Middle School. And there's insider news! Not just the teachers, my uncle said even Principal Fang will probably get fired."
"The mayor? You're full of it. How could the mayor get involved in this? Do you think Qiao Ying is related to him? Even if she was his own daughter he couldn't be so forceful."
"Maybe there really is some connection, otherwise how could Principal Fang publicly apologize in front of all the teachers and students?"
"You think the cause of this was just falsely accusing a student of cheating. That day Qiao Ying was in the principal's office with all the school leaders for nearly an hour. Who knows if something else happened. The police even came afterwards. Can you say it was just a false accusation of cheating?"
"Also, I heard some students say they saw Qiao Ying with a well-dressed, extremely handsome man that day, and they were talking about something. This Qiao Ying can't have some background, right?"
"Humph, just wait and see. This thing is definitely not over yet."
"I was fortunate to have been standing in the hallway for punishment that day, and I saw the man you guys are talking about. To be honest, even I as a guy felt he was handsome. You could feel his aura from far away."
"Damn, just what happened in the principal's office that day?!"
Xu Mingchen was sitting in his seat working on test questions.
With the gaokao approaching, the learning atmosphere had always been tense and anxious. But these past two days, because of Qiao Ying's matter, the class had never been so lively.
Listening to the heated discussions and speculation of the classmates, Xu Mingchen thought back to when he ran into Feng Teng under the principal's office that day.
And that well-dressed man who aroused endless imagination and curiosity among the female students.
The hype around this matter lasted a few days in the school before slowly dying down as everyone refocused their minds on studying.
However, they were shocked to discover on Monday morning flag raising—their principal had been replaced.
The new principal was amiable and looked like Maitreya Buddha. He was formerly the vice principal of No. 6 Middle School and was now transferred to their school as the new principal.
The classes exploded again. From teachers to leaders, security guards to cafeteria aunties, everyone in the school knew about Qiao Ying from Class 8.
"Hey Qiao Yi, is what they're saying real or fake? Does your fat sister really have connections?"
"I see you've been dressing quite wealthy lately, and it seems you also changed your phone to the newest, most expensive model. Did your family get relocated or did your sister meet some rich brother in society?"
"Tell us about it, okay? Now that your family has money, can your leg get cured?"
"I don't think his lame leg can be cured. The muscles have probably atrophied after so many years."
"Don't say that. Your fat sister seems thinner now. I saw her this morning, much skinnier. She'll probably be even prettier after some time."
"No wonder she could meet a rich, statusful brother."
"Hey, something happened. Some high school students are fighting."
"Who who who? Who's fighting who?"
"Not clear. Seems to be over an argument. They're fighting fiercely, even drawing blood. The ambulance and police cars came."
"I heard the high school student who started it is the study emperor of his class. The one beaten has some family power, so this study emperor is probably screwed."
"Don't know what the other guy said to provoke him into attacking."
"Probably Class 1. Seems the one who beat people has a lame leg. The other guy probably made fun of his disability."
Qiao Ying, who was resting with eyes closed in his seat, opened his eyes.
"Not only made fun of him being lame, but also said indecent things about his sister, I heard."
"Started as one-on-one, but when the guy getting beat couldn't win, he called over some buddies who are good fighters to gang up on the other student."