After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved

Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Someone Switched My Math Exam Paper

Fu Chen and Tang Yiyi had planned everything.

Once the news exploded, he stopped speaking in class. He only let Tang Yiyi question Lu Sheng, aiming to make Lu Sheng utterly unable to defend herself and to set the matter in stone.

That way, he could extricate himself from the situation and comfortably watch the drama as a bystander.

To his surprise, Tang Yiyi was really brainless with her large breasts, utterly useless.

He asked her to question Lu Sheng, but it turned into Lu Sheng questioning her, and with a single query, she was left speechless.

Seeing Lu Sheng’s cold gaze toward him, Fu Chen also went all in. After all, he was originally second place, and the special enrollment spot would be his if Lu Sheng’s cheating were confirmed. It was only reasonable for him to argue his point.

"I originally thought that the special enrollment spot was out of my reach, but unexpectedly, the first place was obtained by someone through such dirty and despicable means, which is truly disgusting."

"Since that’s the case, I have no choice but to stand up and say a few words."

Fu Chen stood up, looking disdainfully at Lu Sheng: "You said earlier that if you really got the answers beforehand, why would you aim for a conspicuous perfect score, and moreover, not change a single math answer?"

"Well, let me tell you. First, if you didn’t want to attract attention and aimed for a slightly lower score, it’s very likely you wouldn’t get first place, right?"

"For example, I scored 739 this time. If you deliberately wrote some wrong answers to get 738, wouldn’t the first place have nothing to do with you?"

"Only by getting a perfect score, no matter how much the others score, you remain the first place and could secure the special enrollment spot securely. Is my thinking correct?"

Fu Chen’s words made everyone in class unable to help but think he made sense.

A perfect score, not to mention securing first place in Shengjing, would be a secure first place in all of China.

Seeing others in class nodding in agreement, Fu Chen became even more confident, and his demeanor grew more arrogant.

"Secondly, you ask why you didn’t change the math answer. That’s even easier to explain."

"Think about it, everyone. For subjects like Chinese and English, one could change parts of the sentence. The answers for general science subjects are also concise and to the point, but math is different."

"This time, our whole class took the special enrollment exam, and everyone knows how difficult the last function proof question was. If you wanted to change the answer, how would you do it?"

"Miss one step, alter one step, and you wouldn’t be able to write a complete proof. So you had no choice but to copy the reference answer verbatim, right?"

Yes.

For math proof problems, if you don’t have the previous step, you can’t proceed to the next step, unless you find a different method; otherwise, there’s no room for alteration.

"And thirdly, aren’t you, Lu Sheng, always someone who seeks attention?"

Fu Chen stirred the emotions of everyone, saying, "Think about it. During the initial school placement test at the start of the year, didn’t Lu Sheng also score perfectly in all subjects?"

"And intentionally left the Chinese essay blank, just to show off, making others think she’s impressive?"

"I now even suspect that Lu Sheng had hacked into the school’s computer to get the answers beforehand in order to score perfectly on that placement test."

Fu Chen’s continuous three-point exposition made the class initially believe in Lu Sheng’s words, but now they all thought Fu Chen was right.

Indeed, people have selective memories.

They only remember that back then, Lu Sheng got full marks in all subjects except Chinese, which was impressive, but they forgot about a video from the principal’s office that was once anonymously posted on the school forum.

The teachers did not believe in Lu Sheng’s scores, but Lu Sheng challenged them to create problems on the spot. She directly wrote the answers after a single glance, leaving the teachers speechless.

Seeing everyone in class whispering and discussing, Lu Sheng didn’t want to explain anymore.

Those who believe in you will choose to trust you and help you prove your innocence, even if there are various facts in front of them pointing to your guilt.

But those who don’t believe in you will always think you’re making excuses no matter what you explain unless there’s more conclusive evidence in front of them.

So Lu Sheng directly raised her eyes to look toward Mr. Zhou on the podium.

"Mr. Zhou, the admissions office said that my math paper answers were identical to the standard answers. Have they sent back the test papers and answers?"

The girl’s presence was so strong that Zhou Wu couldn’t help but nod: "Yes."

"Normally, after the exam, your papers and answers would be sent back to the school for the teachers to review and analyze with you."

Lu Sheng said, "In that case, Teacher, please go ahead and project my paper and the answers together on the screen."

"I am also very curious to see how my own solutions coincidentally match the standard answers perfectly."

Hearing Lu Sheng say this, Zhou Wu couldn’t help but take a deep breath: "Lu Sheng, are you sure you want to do this?"

In Zhou Wu’s eyes, this act was akin to a public execution.

If Lu Sheng truly did not cheat, she could go to his office privately and explain, and he could later state in class that there was a misunderstanding.

But once the paper and answers were publicly compared in class, and everyone saw the identical answers, they would definitely not believe any explanation of a misunderstanding.

"I’m sure," the girl’s eyes revealed a trace of calmness and resolve as she looked up and said, "The innocent fear no accusation. I’m even more eager than the teacher and classmates to clarify what exactly is going on."

Given that Lu Sheng insisted, Zhou Wu projected her paper and the answers on the big screen.

The projection showed the proof question for the second part of the last big math question.

This question was beyond the scope of the syllabus, and only Lu Sheng, Fu Chen, Lu Youming, Huo Yu, and Han Jing had scored on it.

However, among these five, only Lu Sheng had the full correct proofs, earning the full 20 points.

It was a computer-based test, with neat font, 10-point Song typeface.

The paper and the answers, one on the left and one on the right, were projected out, and just as expected, both sides had identical proof processes.

Even the formatting seemed like it was copy-pasted.

All the students beneath the podium instantly began buzzing.

Indeed, no multitude of words mattered next to just laying out the paper to see.

If this wasn’t cheating and copying from the answers, who would believe it?

And when Lu Sheng saw the big screen for a split second, she took a deep breath, her mind racing rapidly—none of this was a coincidence.

It was true that someone wanted to frame her, to have her expelled from Shengjing for cheating by stealing answers, pinned forever on the pillar of shame, and thereby cut off from prestigious schools for life.

While everyone in the classroom was whisper-speak or indignant, Lu Sheng spoke up with a sentence that shocked everyone even more.

"Teacher—"

Lu Sheng’s expression was cool, her tone more serious than ever, "Someone switched my math paper; the one on the left is simply not mine."

What, what??

Someone switched Lu Sheng’s math paper??

The classroom erupted into an uproar.

Meanwhile, although Lu Sheng kept her eyes on Zhou Wu, she subtly pushed a note she had written to Huo Yu, her desk mate.

On it was written just a single sentence.