The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 146: Turning the Tables, Reaping What One Sows

Chapter 146: Chapter 146: Turning the Tables, Reaping What One Sows

Just as Sun Feifei was at her wits’ end, unable to figure things out, she suddenly saw Shen Mingzhu turning her head to look at her, her face bearing a strange smirk that Feifei couldn’t understand.

"Teacher, I suspect that Sun Feifei cheated."

Whoosh.

The previously quiet examination room suddenly stirred again, all eyes shooting toward Sun Feifei like arrows.

Sun Feifei was first stunned, then, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, exploded—

"Shen Mingzhu, just because I just reported you for cheating, you now turn around and slander me too? This is the behavior of a scoundrel!"

Shen Mingzhu’s smile was ambiguous, "Who is actually behaving like a scoundrel, heaven knows, the earth knows, you know, and I know."

Feeling guilty, Sun Feifei didn’t really want to argue with Shen Mingzhu. She just wanted to nail Shen Mingzhu on the shameful cross of cheating, so she turned her spearhead to the invigilating teacher, "Teacher, bringing in cheat notes constitutes cheating. I’d like to ask why you didn’t deal with it according to the rules but let Shen Mingzhu continue the exam?"

The invigilating teacher looked at her, "You say she brought cheat notes? Where are the cheat notes?"

Sun Feifei was incredulous, "The paper note just now, didn’t you see it?"

The invigilating teacher didn’t waste any more words and directly handed the paper note from Shen Mingzhu’s hand to Sun Feifei.

"I might be old with poor eyesight, unable to see any cheat notes on it; however, you seem to have good vision, able to see the cheat notes on the paper from so far away. Show me, where are the cheat notes written?"

Sun Feifei stared at the blank paper note, completely dumbfounded.

Where had the words gone? Where had they disappeared to?

"You’re asking me, but I want to ask you how you could be so certain that Shen Mingzhu brought cheat notes?"

Hearing the teacher’s questioning, Sun Feifei suddenly realized that she had unwittingly voiced her inner suspicions.

Facing the scrutinizing gaze of the invigilating teacher, Sun Feifei’s heart inexplicably panicked, feeling that something was beyond her control.

"I saw Shen Mingzhu take a piece of paper from her body; I guessed she wanted to cheat."

Upon hearing this, the invigilating teacher preferred not to investigate further to avoid disturbing the other students’ exams, but Shen Mingzhu was not about to let it go.

If Sun Feifei played the first trick, she shouldn’t blame Mingzhu for returning the favor tenfold.

"Teacher, I also suspect that Sun Feifei cheated—I’m also guessing."

With these words, murmurs of laughter erupted in the exam hall.

Sun Feifei’s face turned red with anger, "Shen Mingzhu, can you please stop making unwarranted trouble? I misunderstood you, I can apologize to you..."

"If apologies worked, what would we need police for? Teacher, for fairness’ sake, why don’t you also check Sun Feifei’s bag."

Confident of her innocence, Sun Feifei didn’t wait for the invigilator to speak and immediately emptied her bag onto the table.

A wallet, a small mirror, a compact powder case, a handkerchief, and a set of keys were strewn across the table, and among these items, a crumpled piece of paper, neither eye-catching nor oddly standing out.

"What is this?"

Sun Feifei stared at the paper ball picked up by the invigilating teacher, her face a picture of bewilderment.

"I don’t know, this isn’t my stuff..."

As the paper note was unfolded, the invigilating teacher’s expression chilled instantly.

Without a word, she collected Sun Feifei’s examination paper and admission ticket, "You don’t need to continue the exam; go wait in the office for news."

Sun Feifei was bewildered, "Why? There’s still half an hour left before I can submit my paper; why can’t I continue working on it?"

"On what basis, you ask? Do I need to recite the exam rules to you again? Bringing cheat notes into the exam room is considered cheating!"

The paper note in the teacher’s hand almost hit Sun Feifei’s face.

But Sun Feifei, seeing the content on the paper note, turned as white as if she had been painted with a layer of lacquer.

This note was clearly stuffed into Shen Mingzhu’s pocket, so how did it end up in her bag?

In a flash of insight, she realized she had been counter-schemed by Shen Mingzhu!

"It was Shen Mingzhu, she deliberately framed me! From the time of the exam till now, I haven’t even touched my bag, let alone known about such a note inside, how did Shen Mingzhu know about it?"

In an instant, all the questions and doubts fell back on Shen Mingzhu.

Far from panicking, Shen Mingzhu even felt like laughing, "This is very simple, isn’t it? Just compare the handwriting and the truth will come to light."

Seeing Sun Feifei’s complexion visibly deteriorate, Shen Mingzhu was overjoyed.

"If this note was something I prepared in advance to frame you, then presumably, the handwriting on it would be mine. On the other hand, if it’s your own handwriting, then you’ll just have to take your time explaining to the academic affairs office."

The invigilator thought it made sense and immediately compared the note with both of their exam papers.

The result spoke for itself.

Sun Feifei was expelled from the exam room like a dog that had lost its home.

"Alright, continue with the exam."

Only then did the candidates, satiated with the drama, realize they had only twenty minutes left to hand in their papers, and they hastily resumed writing.

Shen Mingzhu was relatively more relaxed; she had only two questions left to answer, and twenty minutes was more than enough time.

Stepping out of the exam room, Shen Mingzhu immediately spotted Pei Ziheng sitting on the flower bed and reading a book.

In the center of the flower bed grew an old banyan tree of several decades, its canopy spreading like a vast green umbrella, enveloping the entire flower bed in verdure and coolness.

Shen Mingzhu walked over with a smile.

As if connected by some sort of intuition, Pei Ziheng looked up from his book at the same moment she approached, his dark eyes lighting up the instant he saw her.

Mother and son left the Adult Education Center hand in hand.

"Mom, did the exam go smoothly today?"

The "smoothly" that Pei Ziheng spoke of clearly wasn’t meant literally.

Shen Mingzhu understood implicitly, playfully pinching his tender cheek, "It went very smoothly, my clever little devil."

As a calculating and scheming little boy, Pei Ziheng had spotted Sun Feifei’s malicious intentions from the moment she approached Shen Mingzhu to make amends.

Indeed, Sun Feifei took the opportunity to apologize and stealthily slipped a note into Shen Mingzhu’s pocket.

Pei Ziheng, using his height to his advantage, promptly slipped it back into Sun Feifei’s possession.

Later, Shen Mingzhu learned of Sun Feifei’s trickery from Pei Ziheng and deliberately carried a blank piece of paper in her pocket, all to lure Sun Feifei into making a move.

"Son, what do you want to eat for lunch? Mom will make it for you."

Upon hearing this, Pei Ziheng didn’t show excitement; instead, he looked up with his beautiful face and said seriously, "Mom, just wait a bit longer, wait until I grow up a little more and I can cook for you. That way, you won’t have to work so hard after an exam to cook."

Shen Mingzhu was moved to bits by her son’s thoughtfulness and understanding, and couldn’t help but bend down to kiss his face.

"My good son, let’s not cook lunch today; Mom will take you out for a big meal."

Pei Ziheng’s cheeks blushed from the kiss, shy and joyful, his heart as sweet as if he had eaten sugar.

Across the street in a café, Yan Yi sat by the window, watching the affectionate scene between the mother and son on the sidewalk across the street, a subtle smile crossing his eyes.

Zhong Qing, sitting opposite him, noticed his distraction but did not speak out. Instead, she followed his gaze with her own.

"Shen Mingzhu!"

Watching Sun Feifei come storming up, Shen Mingzhu grinned.

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