Chapter 43 - Who Did the Heavens Favour?

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“Dad, how is this happening?” In the Vice-Principal’s office, a panicked Huo YeRui was looking at his father. “Now people are talking…they’re saying that I got the test answers in advance.”

Huo YeRui’s voice became smaller and smaller, and he couldn’t help but look out the window in fear of getting heard. In the end, he couldn’t help but feel a little guilty for his actions.

There had been a printing error in the last extra question in the math test this month, making the question unsolvable. Everyone was talking about this piece of news.

This extra question was what determined first and second place in this month’s ranking. The question was so difficult that only one person in the entire grade managed to solve it. All the math teachers even praised Huo YeRui in front of all their students. So all these students were excited when they heard the news that contradicted what the teachers said.

The story that Huo YeRui wrote the correct answer despite there being a typo in the question was intriguing all of a sudden. Coupled with the fact that Huo YeRui got the school recommendation because of this test, students who were more familiar with the world could already guess what had happened.

Most of these ‘hardened’ students were from Class 7 and Class 8. They were originally a bunch of little hooligans after all. But this piece of news made them especially mad. This treachery involved their new boss!

So now, Guo DangLi and Li Gao hung around by the stairwell, blocking everyone’s way like some sort of gatekeepers. Usually, this was how they extorted students for cigarette money. This time though, they were trying to find Huo YeRui and interrogate him on just how he managed to pull off the miracle that was getting the right answer out of an inaccurate question.

Thanks to the two, this matter spread throughout the school in the speed of light. And not only that, their vulgar words and flying accusations were circulated along with it.

Huo YeRui, who just hours ago was the luckiest and smartest person in the entire year for solving this problem, was now in a very awkward and embarrassing position.

But Guo DangLi and his gang were notorious for being fierce and violent, so no matter how much Huo YeRui wanted to shut them up, he didn’t dare refute any of Guo DangLi’s theories.

Sitting behind his desk was Huo PingChuan, who sighed heavily. He then calmly replied: “It’s Zheng PingQing, that dog.”

After the incident in the teachers’ office, Huo PingChuan’s first reaction was to block the news. All the staff members would’ve listened to him if he told them to keep quiet, but Zheng PingQing, that migraine-inducing student, had righteously said: “The teachers taught us that good students don’t lie.”

Huo PingChuan had been so angry he almost fainted on the spot. Later, he managed to privately stop Zheng PingQing by using his authority as the Vice-Principal. With such great pressure thrust upon him, Zheng PingQing behaved, trepidation all over his face. In the end, Zheng PingQing finally whispered that he understood.

Huo PingChuan never expected that he would instead turn around and immediately spread the news.

Huo PingChuan didn’t know if it was just him imagining things, but he felt that the students were being especially difficult this year.

Huo YeRui’s eyes were red with anxiety, and his voice was full of hate. “Zheng PingQing and Lin Qian are in cahoots! Zheng PingQing must’ve done it intentionally.”

Huo PingChuan’s eyes squinted, his face full of sinister intentions. “Those two…I’m not just going to watch in the sidelines as they try and ruin all our hard work.”

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