The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 145: Framed for Cheating

Chapter 145: Chapter 145: Framed for Cheating

Shen Mingzhu’s heart nearly melted into a puddle, "Alright, alright, I’ll take you."

Pei Ziheng shook his little head, "No need, I don’t want to be a bother or a burden to Mom."

"Not an option, you must go. Without you there cheering me on, I won’t even know how to answer the questions."

"Alright then, I’ll go with you."

Looking at her son’s reluctantly agreeable expression, Shen Mingzhu lightly snorted and ruffled his little head, "Eat your meal, you little green tea."

Pei Ziheng’s little face was puzzled, and he candidly asked, "Mom, what does green tea mean?"

"It means adorable."

Pei Ziheng had a sudden realization, "Then you’re a big green tea, Mom."

"..."

Well said, but don’t say it again next time.

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At the entrance to the examination venue, Sun Feifei was chatting with two female classmates she had met in the study group beforehand.

She was dressed in a new, waist-cinching dress that made her legs look longer, and sandals with a slight heel, an outfit that cleverly concealed the flaws in her figure.

The two female classmates took turns complimenting her on her great figure when suddenly one of them looked past her.

"Isn’t that Shen Mingzhu?"

"Impossible, she’s still in..."

As Sun Feifei spoke, she turned her head and saw a beautiful woman in a grass-green, sleeveless dress, leading an equally beautiful and delicate little boy, sauntering towards the exam venue. If it wasn’t Shen Mingzhu, who else could it be?!

The words "police station" got stuck in Sun Feifei’s throat.

"How come you’re here?"

Seeing Sun Feifei’s face, Shen Mingzhu felt a physiological repulsion and retorted, "None of your damn business," before walking around her.

Sun Feifei stared at her slim and slender back, her expression full of doubt and bewilderment.

Could it be that Shen Mingzhu’s in-laws had pulled some strings to get her out of the police station?

Harboring this suspicion, Sun Feifei couldn’t settle her mind during the exam, and as soon as it was over, she went straight to the Tiangong Company.

She had to find out how Shen Mingzhu got out of the police station; otherwise, it would keep bothering her.

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Sun Feifei’s uninvited visit was, to Chen Jianqiang, no different from a plump little lamb willingly entering a wolf’s den.

"Feifei, I was just thinking of you, and here you are. We really are telepathically connected," he said.

Oozing with lust, Chen Jianqiang began pulling Sun Feifei towards the sofa, intending to get down to business, when Sun Feifei, suppressing her revulsion, struggled and pushed him away, "President Chen, I’m not in a good condition today."

Chen Jianqiang stopped, gave her a once-over, and although he didn’t force anything more upon her, he let go.

Sun Feifei breathed a sigh of relief.

Using work as a pretext, Sun Feifei had a sit-down chat with Chen Jianqiang. After the chat, she subtly steered the conversation toward Shen Mingzhu.

"President Chen, I ran into that woman who hit you the other day. It’s unbelievable that she’s perfectly fine. It was her good fortune that you took a fancy to her, and yet she was ungrateful enough to hit you until you bled. How could you let her off so easily?"

Chen Jianqiang maintained his composure, grinning like a sly fox, "I’ve always been lenient with beautiful women. Isn’t there a saying that goes, ’If flowers are to bloom beneath the peony, even ghosts swoon in their presence’? It was just a superficial wound; why stoop to a woman’s level and diminish my own status for nothing?"

Sun Feifei’s heart was suffocating with annoyance, but she had to force a smile and agree, "President Chen, you really are magnanimous. No wonder you manage the company so well."

Chen Jianqiang replied with a sleazy smile, "Not only am I magnanimous, but other parts are big too. When would you like another demonstration?"

Sun Feifei turned pale with disgust and made an excuse to leave hastily.

Whether it was being grossed out by Chen Jianqiang’s words or morning sickness, once outside the Tiangong Company, Sun Feifei bent over on the side of the road and threw up for quite some time.

After she was done, she rose with a sullen face and headed home, but she still felt a knot of frustration stuck in her chest, neither sinking nor dispersing.

Like the others, Shen Mingzhu had registered for two subjects in the self-study exam.

Both of them were scheduled for the morning.

The next day, when Shen Mingzhu reached the entrance of the examination hall, she encountered Sun Feifei just like the day before.

It seemed as if the other party was specifically waiting for her, and approached her actively as soon as she saw her.

"Good dogs don’t block the way."

Shen Mingzhu rebutted without any politeness.

Breaking from her usual demeanor, Sun Feifei didn’t get angry but instead showed a remorseful and self-reproaching expression.

"Shen Mingzhu, I owe you an apology—"

"Are you out of your mind? Or did you get your head caught in a door?"

Even with Sun Feifei’s usually good temperament, she couldn’t help but show a cold expression, "Shen Mingzhu, can you be a little polite? Listen to me..."

"No, I don’t want to listen, scram!"

After her three-hit tirade, Shen Mingzhu was ready to pull her son away, ahem, take her son and leave, but Pei Ziheng refused to go.

With his lovely snow-white face tilted up, his voice tender, "Mommy, this auntie looks so pitiful, she’s about to cry. Why don’t we listen to what she has to say?"

Sun Feifei immediately seized the chance, "Shen Mingzhu, I really do want to sincerely apologize to you."

Shen Mingzhu glanced at her son, then back at Sun Feifei, and nodded, "Okay, go ahead."

"Let’s go over there, it’s not good to block the way here with people coming and going."

Then she reached out to link her arm through Shen Mingzhu’s.

Just as Shen Mingzhu was about to push her hand away, she felt Pei Ziheng pinch the palm of her hand.

How strange.

Shen Mingzhu thought to herself and let Sun Feifei lead her to a corner.

"Shen Mingzhu, I was in a bad mood that day at the reception and said some excessive things. Don’t take it to heart. No matter what, we’re from the same period..."

Sun Feifei rambled on about this and that until the preparatory bell for the examination rang, and only then did she and Shen Mingzhu head inside the exam hall.

"Mommy, don’t be anxious, take your time with the questions. I’ll wait patiently for you outside, I won’t go anywhere..."

Sun Feifei turned back to glance at the mother and son, disbelieving.

"Achoo!"

Shen Mingzhu was sitting right under the ceiling fan and inevitably felt cold after a while.

She put down her pen, intending to reach for a handkerchief to wipe her nose, but instead, she pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket.

Before she could react, a voice rang out in the classroom—

"Teacher, Shen Mingzhu in the third row, fourth column is cheating!"

Suddenly, dozens of eyes in the examination room turned towards Shen Mingzhu like arrows.

"What’s that in your hand? Hand it over!"

The proctor rushed to Shen Mingzhu, his gaze sharp as he eyed the piece of paper in her hand.

"Teacher, it’s just a blank piece of paper."

As Shen Mingzhu reluctantly handed over the piece of paper to the proctor, a look of schadenfreude spread across Sun Feifei’s face.

Being caught cheating in a self-study exam not only meant a record in the archives but also a three-year suspension from the exams.

Shen Mingzhu, I’ll see how you get out of this!

Just when Sun Feifei was eagerly awaiting the proctor to take Shen Mingzhu’s admission ticket and answer sheet, she saw the proctor return the paper to Shen Mingzhu.

"Alright, everyone continue your exam, there are still forty-five minutes left to hand in your papers."

Sun Feifei simply couldn’t believe it.

Why did this happen?

The paper clearly had all the key points she had painstakingly copied, and some of them were even on today’s exam paper, yet the proctor had just let her off like

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