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Chapter 296: Chapter 296: Big Twist! Fu Chen Actually Loves Shengsheng but Can’t Have Her
Identical title.
Identical opening.
If it wasn’t for Fu Chen having obtained the answers to this exam in advance and copying them verbatim—
How could his Chinese composition be exactly the same as the one Director Liu deleted from the files a week ago?
If even the compositions are the same, there’s no need to mention the answers for the other subjects; they must definitely be the same as those in the files.
The moment the glaring title appeared on the big screen, the entire classroom exploded, boiling with excitement.
Everyone had already made their judgments.
Whether Lu Sheng cheated by getting the answers in advance doesn’t matter, as it’s certain that Fu Chen did.
What’s more outrageous is that the answers he got were from the director in charge of special admissions, something so absurd it’d be hard to believe if told.
And Lu Sheng, the series of screen projections done by Huo Yu just now had proven that her paper, which was claimed to be identical to the answer key, had been tampered with.
She was clearly framed today.
Just as the whole classroom fell into turmoil, at the same time, Fu Chen, as if he had gone mad, picked up a chair and charged recklessly towards the podium.
Was Fu Chen actually trying to smash the big screen?
On the podium, Lu Sheng’s expression hardened, and for a moment, she thought Fu Chen was a total idiot.
Would smashing the screen cover up his guilt?
It would only add a charge of damaging public property on top of his cheating in the exam.
However, Lu Sheng didn’t let Fu Chen actually smash the screen.
Right when Fu Chen was about to rush to the podium, Lu Sheng expressionlessly stretched out her foot, tripping Fu Chen on the spot in the next second.
"Ah—"
Everyone only heard Fu Chen’s agonizing scream as they saw him tumble forward beneath the podium, falling face-first onto the floor.
It couldn’t have been more embarrassing.
The chair in his hand flew far away, almost hitting a classmate near the door, causing a stir among the crowd.
As Fu Chen lay on the ground, his face twisted in pain, discussions from other classmates reached his ears.
"Damn, has Fu Chen lost his mind, charging forward to smash the screen??"
"Can’t face the truth after being exposed, or in other words, completely infuriated."
"Holy shit, I really didn’t expect that the person caught cheating wasn’t Lu Sheng, but Fu Chen, who kept accusing Lu Sheng of cheating."
"How can there be such pretentious people in this world! Doing such disgusting acts and still pretending to be morally upright, standing on a moral high ground to condemn others? Indeed, there’s nothing more invincible than shamelessness."
"I felt it was ridiculous when I saw the scores, how could Fu Chen outperform Lu Youming, even if he performed beyond his usual? Turns out he was copying from answers he got in advance, no wonder."
"Truly worthy of being the young master of the Fu Family. Wants to enter a prestigious school through special admissions, having someone prepare answers for him is already outrageous, but having them prepared by the admissions director himself is just beyond comparison."
The podium below buzzed with discussions.
There were those who scolded Fu Chen for cheating disgracefully, those who scolded him for stepping on Lu Sheng while cheating himself shamelessly, and those who sarcastically found his despicable methods of competing for special admissions spot disgusting.
When everyone saw that Fu Chen’s exam answers were exactly the same as the answers in the files Director Liu deleted a week ago, Fu Chen was finished.
No matter how he explained, it would only be seen as sophistry.
The phrase he said earlier, "I don’t know Director Liu," now seems a complete joke, literally a slap in his own face.
"..."
Fu Chen lay on the ground, his head and ears buzzing.
His face turned pale, losing all color.
He had always been revered from a young age, always surrounded and adored by people wherever he went.
When had he ever been as embarrassed as he was now, falling flat on his face in such a humiliating way, or been scolded so shamelessly by everyone?
Ignoring the pain in his body, Fu Chen gritted his teeth and climbed up from the ground the next second.
Old grudges and new hatred piling up, he seemed completely insane, charging directly at Lu Sheng on the podium, who had deliberately tripped him.
"Lu Sheng!! How dare you trip me!! You dare trip me!"
Fu Chen, originally decent-looking, now had a fierce expression, charging forward as if intending to strike Lu Sheng.
"Fu Chen, classmate!!! What are you doing!!"
Zhou Wu on the side was shocked, hurriedly trying to intervene.
With Fu Chen’s movement, nearly half the classroom immediately stood up.
In the back of the classroom, Lu Youming, Huo Yu, and Lan Yu, seeing this scene, didn’t care whether it was still class time, directly rushing towards the podium.
"Before they could even approach, Lu Sheng had already grabbed Fu Chen by the neck with a speed too fast for anyone to see clearly.
She slammed him against the blackboard with a loud thud, his head and back hitting it with a bang, and then she raised her hand and fiercely slapped him across the face.
Slap—!
That slap resonated loudly.
The sound echoed in the suddenly quiet classroom, making everyone else feel the pain on their face.
Fu Chen was also stunned by the slap.
His left cheek swelled visibly fast, and he raised his head, almost in disbelief, and said, ’Lu Sheng, you hit me?’
’Shouldn’t I hit you?’
Lu Sheng’s voice was icy cold. While speaking, she raised her hand again and harshly slapped Fu Chen’s right cheek.
Her movements were swift, precise, and fierce.
A slender girl barely over 1.6 meters tall, much shorter than Fu Chen in front of her, yet she pinned him down effortlessly.
Each time Fu Chen slightly moved, Lu Sheng would tighten her grip on his neck, looking expressionless as if intending to choke him to death.
’Lu Sheng, student!!’
’Lu Sheng, don’t be impulsive!! Let’s talk this out calmly!’
Lu Sheng’s actions scared Zhou Wu silly.
He originally came to stop Fu Chen from hitting Lu Sheng, but in a blink of an eye, the situation had completely reversed.
Both sides of Fu Chen’s face had been slapped, his entire face swelled up like a pig’s head, and Zhou Wu ended up needing to stop Lu Sheng instead.
’Fu Chen, was I too considerate of Grandpa Fu’s feelings before, and too lenient towards you, that it led you to provoke me time and again?’
Lu Sheng eyed the sorry figure of Fu Chen and spoke coldly.
’The one who had Director Liu swap my math paper and frame me for cheating, that was you, right?’
’If Huo Yu hadn’t helped prove my innocence today, I would have been confirmed guilty of stealing answers and cheating.’
’Next, I would have been expelled from Shengjing, and I could forget about getting into any decent university for the rest of my life.’
’Fu Chen, have I ever wronged you? Have I done something to make you hate me so much, to the extent of wanting to ruin my life?’
Lu Sheng’s gaze was cold, void of any emotion.
Perhaps because Lu Sheng had choked him, Fu Chen’s voice was weak and hoarse as he looked up and gritted his teeth, ’...Yes.’
’What?’ Lu Sheng couldn’t hear what Fu Chen said, she frowned, and slightly loosened her grip.
’...I said yes!’
Seeing Lu Sheng loosen her grip, Fu Chen gasped, his chest heaving violently, suddenly glaring at Lu Sheng with reddening eyes.
’Yes, it was me who asked Director Liu to prepare the answers in advance for me, because I knew I couldn’t score higher than Lu Youming and Huo Yu on my own.’
’I just wanted to score higher than everyone else, to step on both of them!’
’You’re right, it was also me who had Director Liu swap your paper, then alerted Shengjing about it.’
’I wanted you to not be able to clear your name, and then I would tell you I could fix this problem for you.’
’I wanted you to beg me, I wanted you, who always looked down on me, to come to me voluntarily asking for help!’
Gasping for air, Fu Chen was even crying out of anger, his voice nearly breaking.
’You ask what have you done to make me hate you... Lu Sheng, what I hate most is that you look down on me.’
’Where am I lacking, is it because I’m short, fat, and ugly, or because my family is poor, what makes you despise me so much?’
’Why can you be friendly to everyone else, but always so cold to me, looking at me like I’m a dog!’
’When you first came to Jiang City, weren’t we almost engaged? We were nearly set to become fiancés!’
’Why... why do you treat me this way...’
’I am the only heir of the Fu Family, other girls chase after me and I couldn’t care less, why is it that you treat me with such disregard, even speaking to me is a bother!’
While saying this, Fu Chen actually started sobbing with his swollen face, his speech discontinuous.
If someone didn’t know better, they might think that it was Lu Sheng who had bullied him.
Lu Sheng really hadn’t expected Fu Chen to suddenly say these things to her.
Her mind echoed with four characters—utterly nonsensical.
Thus, she furrowed her brows and took a half step back, looking at Fu Chen as if he were crazy.
She calmly said, looking up, ’I really don’t want to use foul language, but Fu Chen, do you want to listen to what you are saying?’"
