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Chapter 300: Chapter 300: Fu Chen Gets Fired, Much to Everyone’s Delight
Originally, everyone’s attention was on Huo Yu who had just returned from the police station.
The classmates were all curious as to why Huo Yu was taken away publicly by the police and released so quickly without any apparent issue.
If it were someone with a family background, and with connections to the public security, they might be able to understand.
But isn’t Huo Yu just an honor student? How could he have such great influence?
Everyone else wanted to know what was going on, but unfortunately, Huo Yu and Lu Sheng were actually communicating by exchanging notes.
This left them scratching their heads, unable to guess the contents of the notes, inevitably feeling frustrated.
However, as soon as the class teacher entered the room, all the attention was drawn to him.
After the farce that happened in the morning, Zhou Wu took Fu Chen back to the office immediately.
The class teacher should have already clarified the situation and reported it to the school by now. He was back in the classroom, surely to announce the results of the handling of the incident.
"Ahem," Zhou Wu stood on the platform, his voice transmitted through the microphone pinned to his collar and out through the speakers around the classroom, "Students, regarding the incident this morning, we have now investigated and clarified it."
"Fu Chen has admitted that he indeed paid Director Liu from the admissions office to prepare an almost perfect set of answers for him a week in advance. He followed those answers in the exam, which is why he scored a high mark of 739."
"Fu Chen also admitted that he had Director Liu secretly switch Lu Sheng’s math test paper, and had him call this morning to report the incident to Shengjing."
"Fu Chen’s behavior is of a very vile nature. Not only did he cheat during the exam, but he also deliberately framed Lu Sheng, almost causing Lu Sheng to suffer unwarranted disaster, with very serious consequences."
"After deliberation by the school committee and in accordance with Shengjing’s school regulations, the school has decided to expel Fu Chen."
"The process and outcome of this incident will be reported back to Beijing University and Qing University. Even if Fu Chen takes the national college entrance examination and achieves good results, he will no longer have the opportunity to attend these two universities."
"Furthermore, regarding Director Liu’s initiative in helping Fu Chen cheat and his unauthorized replacement of Lu Sheng’s test paper, we have also reported the matter to the joint admissions office, and they will conduct their own investigation and dispose of the matter accordingly."
Upon hearing this, the students below the stage couldn’t help but sigh.
This is the most severe penalty—direct expulsion.
After today, this incident will probably spread through the high society circles in Jiang City.
Fu Chen has truly brought this upon himself; it’s just pitiful for Old Mr. Fu, who has lived a life of virtue and high reputation, to see his only grandson so disgraceful, doing nothing but tarnishing the Fu Family’s name and bringing shame upon his grandfather.
As the murmurs spread among the students below, Zhou Wu waved his hand for everyone to be quiet and continued, "Besides the matter of Fu Chen, there is also the matter of Lu Sheng."
"Director Liu has already sent back Lu Sheng’s original math test, and just like Lu Sheng said, she completed the paper on her own, and indeed used the substitution method for trigonometric functions on the last major question."
"All the teachers of our class have re-examined Lu Sheng’s test papers for all subjects and have confirmed that Lu Sheng truly scored a perfect 750 points, ranking first in this special admission exam."
"Considering that Fu Chen’s qualification has been cancelled, the first place in this exam is still Lu Sheng. However, the rankings of the other students in the class can all move up one place."
"That is to say, the second place in this exam has now become Lu Youming."
Zhou Wu paused for a moment and took a deep breath, "If Lu Sheng had registered for the special admission exam at the time, then this special admission spot would undoubtedly belong to her."
"But, Lu Sheng did not register for the special admission. Although it was our school’s mistake to mistakenly report the test information, we cannot infringe on the rights and interests of Lu Youming."
"Therefore, the school has decided that this special admission spot will still go to the original first place under normal circumstances, which is Lu Youming. If Lu Sheng has any objections, the school will try to compensate you..."
"—I have no objection."
Before Zhou Wu could finish saying "The school will try to compensate you," Lu Sheng, who was in the back of the classroom, spoke up.
"I never intended to participate in this special admission in the first place, the spot was never meant to be mine."
"Whether the spot should go to my brother or another student, I will not contend for it."
The girl’s voice was cool and indifferent, and although her restraint had an undeniable charm, one couldn’t look away.
Hearing Lu Sheng say this, Zhou Wu was first surprised, and then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
What surprised him was that the special recruitment spot is something others only dream of. Even though Lu Sheng didn’t sign up, she still got the first place in the exam. He didn’t expect that she still had no interest in the spot.
What relieved him was that, after all, the school had made a mistake. If Lu Sheng really insisted on claiming the spot because the school was at fault, it would be quite tricky to handle.
Zhou Wu relaxed and turned to look at the delicate-faced youth sitting in the back of the classroom, looking like a manga character, and said, "Then, Lu Youming, this spot will be..."
Before Zhou Wu could finish speaking, he was interrupted again.
Lu Youming looked up, his tone as indifferent as Lu Sheng’s.
"Teacher, I voluntarily give up the spot. It can be passed on to the next person in line."
Huh???
This time Zhou Wu wasn’t the only one stunned; everyone in the classroom widened their eyes and turned to look at Lu Youming at the back of the room.
Wait, what’s going on with these two siblings!
Lu Sheng didn’t even want to participate in the special recruitment and letting the spot go was one thing, but Lu Youming took the exam.
Why is he giving up the spot now that it’s already in his hands?
However, the others in the classroom then reconsidered, thinking about who was ranked after Lu Youming, and they suddenly understood.
The one ranked after Lu Youming, that is, the third place in this exam after excluding Fu Chen, was Huo Yu.
The reason Lu Sheng was able to prove her innocence and was not successfully framed by Fu Chen was largely thanks to Huo Yu, who risked being arrested for hacking into the admissions office’s system and Liu Changfeng’s computer to find the strongest evidence for her.
Although Lu Youming was always aloof, he hadn’t shown much reaction to Huo Yu’s return from the police station just now. But now, by offering his spot to Huo Yu proactively, he showed his gratitude towards Huo Yu.
But thinking deeper, the gratitude towards Huo Yu was because he cared about Lu Sheng.
As long as his sister was okay, everything else was unimportant to him.
Realizing this, the classmates couldn’t help but be moved—first, by the remarkable sibling bond, and second, by the frustrating comparisons with others.
The genius siblings, placing first and second, were casually passing around the spot, while the rest could only watch longingly.
Now the holder of the spot became Huo Yu, and just as Huo Yu was about to speak, Zhou Wu, afraid that he would also pass it on, quickly said, "Alright, alright, then it’s decided. This spot belongs to Huo Yu. Let’s give him a round of applause to congratulate him!"
Huo Yu had always been low-key in class, but after what happened this morning, he garnered many admiring glances from the girls.
After all, a good-looking guy with excellent grades and a formidable hacker—possibly with an impressive background—what girl wouldn’t be moved?
However, Huo Yu didn’t care about the gazes from others at all, only glancing at Lu Sheng beside him.
Seeing her eyes clearly hoping he would accept the spot, he said indifferently, "Hmm, thank you, teacher."
Fu Chen received his deserved punishment, and the allocation for the spot had been settled, putting an end to the cheating accusation against Lu Sheng.
But just then, someone unexpected appeared at the classroom door.
It was the principal, who rarely showed himself at school.
Good grief, they had already been shocked earlier when the director came to the classroom with the police to look for Huo Yu, but now the principal was here too.
Who are they here for, and what’s the matter now??
Zhou Wu also seemed surprised by the principal’s sudden visit and quickly went up to him to ask, "Principal, why have you come in person? Is there something important?"
The principal first looked around the classroom, then spoke to Zhou Wu, "Zhou, there’s a student called Lu Sheng in your class, right? Bring her to my office with you; there is something important we need to discuss."
