Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 361: Reporting Cheating

Chapter 361: Chapter 361: Reporting Cheating

The elderly couple might ask each other, coming and going with small talks.

But with something so precious, they didn’t know how to bring it up.

Grandma Hu called everyone to eat, and she could tell at a glance whether the dishes were good or not.

Yet it had been brought over by Little Nuan as a gift for them.

What was there to hesitate about?

It would be best to accept it happily.

"Let’s eat first, after the meal you two can continue to admire the gifts. Little Nuan was so thoughtful, she got you both exactly the same, so nobody will feel that theirs is better than the other’s,"

Song Yunuan nodded, "Third Grandma, you’re absolutely right, that’s exactly what I thought."

She carefully placed the cherished Hainan Huanghuali tea set back into the box, then set the box on the study’s desk.

Only then did the two of them come over to wash their hands and eat.

They asked about Song Yunuan’s math competition results.

Knowing that there were no issues with her advancing to the finals in Beidu.

The competition was divided into preliminary and final rounds as well.

In the preliminary round’s examination hall, she saw Qin Siqi sitting next to her.

After many days apart, no trace of Qin Siqi’s rural upbringing was noticeable at that moment.

When she saw Song Yunuan, she froze for a moment before turning away.

The questions in the preliminary round were difficult.

Most students were frowning, including Qin Siqi.

She turned to look at Song Yunuan

and found her looking relaxed, answering the questions at an unhurried pace.

Was she faking it, or did she know all the answers?

Qin Siqi didn’t dare to watch for too long, lest she attract the proctor’s attention.

Qin Siqi clenched her pen tightly, gritted her teeth, and turned back to the exam paper.

She had been taking remedial classes all the time, so why were there still so many problems she couldn’t solve?

Qin Siqi was on the verge of going crazy.

It was so annoying; people in the compound rarely mentioned Song Yunuan anymore.

But if she made it into the finals this time, everyone in the compound would remember her again.

Right, she’d also heard that Song Yunuan had made quite a splash at the trade fair in Nan City.

Qin Siqi hurriedly closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously.

Song Yunuan was her nemesis.

Whenever she encountered her, she felt irritable and never had a good mood.

It was truly unfortunate.

Song Yunuan finished her exam, reviewed it once, and felt very satisfied.

Glancing sideways at Qin Siqi and seeing her pained expression, Song Yunuan decided not to hand in her paper early.

To wait until the end, to make her presence fully felt.

But she didn’t want to affect the other students either, so she didn’t look at Qin Siqi, lest Qin accuse her of distracting her and affecting her performance.

Song Yunuan sat quietly at her seat.

She began to review her answers again slowly, and some teachers noticed the only student in the room who was calm and composed.

Either she knew nothing or had answered everything.

A teacher walked over to Song Yunuan, hands behind his back. He bent down for a closer look, and wow, the script was clean and neat, both numbers, and characters were beautifully written.

And the answers?

The teacher looked at Song Yunuan several times, feeling a suppressed excitement in his heart.

The national mathematics competition for first-year high school students, held in Beidu, was in its third year.

Yet, no student from Beiquan had ever made it to the finals.

Could there be hope this time?

When the results were announced, Song Yunuan was once again the top of the province.

Next week, she would go to Beidu to compete in the national competition.

Many people in the courtyard were aware of this news.

To be honest, it would be a lie to say I wasn’t surprised.

Qin Zhong and Xue Min had heard too, although they no longer thought of Song Yunuan, forgetting her was impossible.

Was Little Nuan’s math really that good?

Lu Feng’s mother, Cai Jie, also asked Xue Min.

Xue Min replied irritably, "You know how she performed at school, why bother asking me?"

"But her improvement was too quick, so quick it seems fake. She couldn’t have cheated or known the math questions in advance, could she? By the way, I heard from Old Lu that she has an unusual relationship with Old Mr. Hu. Do you think there could be something fishy about that?"

Xue Min was taken aback, but it also seemed illogical—the girl hated studying, math was her worst subject. She barely managed in elementary school, but once junior high came, she didn’t pass a single science subject.

Months passed, and from a poor student to a top one—how could anyone believe that?

Thinking of this, Xue Min reminded Cai Jie, "Let others say what they like, I’m not getting involved. The girl has her own parents, what does it have to do with me?"

Cai Jie pursed her lips, having not brought up Song Yunuan for a long time since it seemed like she lost face the last time.

Old Mr. Hu, she didn’t want to offend him either.

Yet even so, doubts persisted.

There were rumors that someone from the education sector had leaked the test questions.

It was about a girl named Song Yunuan, from Nanshan County Town.

Even her former homeroom teacher found it unbelievable.

Then the grades from her junior high science subjects were dug up.

Pitiful to behold.

The sum of the three subjects wasn’t even ninety points.

Old Mr. Hu, unable to decide whether to laugh or cry, pointed at the scores and asked Song Yunuan, "How did you manage these grades?"

Song Yunuan then asked Old Mr. Hu, "Everyone says you leaked the questions to me, Third Grandpa, aren’t you worried?"

Old Mr. Hu said indifferently, "There’s nothing to worry about. Don’t change the subject, what happened with your previous grades?"

Song Yunuan scratched her head and told the truth, "Back then, I didn’t like studying, I really didn’t. To be honest with you, I wouldn’t listen during classes or do homework afterward. When they scolded me, I would cry, and eventually, they just stopped bothering with me..."

Such was her reason.

Old Mr. Hu and Old Mr. Lin exchanged looks, their expression resigned as they said, "You shouldn’t act this way in the future."

The so-called test leak was anything but calm.

An anonymous letter had been sent to Beidu by someone unknown.

The clerk who handled this matter felt it was impossible after reading the letter.

Because she knew Old Mr. Hu.

The old gentleman had no reason to do such a thing.

Moreover, to distrust Old Mr. Hu’s character would be too much.

She reported the matter to Ye Hui, who was also Old Mr. Ye’s son.

At that time, Ye Wenzhi was in the laboratory, feeling much better after a month on medication prepared by Old Mr. Ji.

It had been a psychosomatic issue.

When Ye Hui saw the report accusing Song Yunuan of cheating, he knew it was Little Nuan.

It was utterly ridiculous.

So he called Beiquan, and after clarifying the situation, sent back the anonymous letter written with the left hand to Beiquan, instructing them to investigate properly.

Then Song Yunuan’s scores were validated, allowing her to continue participating in the next round of the competition.

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Gu Huai’an received the task of setting questions for the national mathematics competition, but he flatly declined.

He told the person who called him that he recognized one of the students, and she was a great performer. If she won first place, wouldn’t there be accusations again?

Therefore, he wouldn’t be setting the questions.

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In the editor in chief’s office of the newspaper, Qian Xue pointed at Jin Ju, fuming, "You’ve gone too far. Your piece, cursed by thousands, can be published at will, but why not mine?"

She sneered, "You’re a deputy editor, and now so am I. Without the approval of the leadership, you arbitrarily pull my article. Jin Ju, you are too audacious. Do you think you can cover the sky with one hand in this newspaper?"

Jin Ju was unmoved, her voice calm, "Qian Xue, that article may have received criticism, but no one said it was baseless or made up. And yours? What about ’The results of the top female student with the surname Song from a certain northern province’s mathematics competition are suspected of cheating?’"