Chapter 144: 140 Earth-shattering Applause! Swollen Face【3 Updates】_2

Verdant holds severe punishments for cheating on examinations, with direct expulsion, regardless of one’s connections.

But this was a situation Ying Zijin had brought upon herself, she could blame no one else.

He Xun closed the notification and started to formulate questions.

**

The following day.

The students were all in no mood to attend their morning classes, simply waiting for the afternoon Q&A session in the Great Hall.

This was the first time in Verdant’s history to rigorously investigate cheating in such a manner.

With no answers provided, how could Ying Zijin possibly cheat?

The students of Class 19 also found it taxing. Having endured through lunch with just a hamburger, they rushed to the Great Hall to secure the best seats.

“Could there be trouble?” Jiang Ran was in the front row, frowning, “I heard that He something from the International Class came up with a bunch of college-level science questions.”

“Enough about college, even if you brought in graduate-level questions, it would be useless.” Xiu Yu shrugged, “Do you know what book Daddy Ying was looking at last time? Quantum Mechanics, something scientists are still researching.”

Jiang Ran: “…”

Just not being a human anymore.

“In the end, it will be those teachers and students who reported her who will be humiliated.” Xiu Yu said eagerly, “We’ll just enjoy the show.”

Before two o’clock, the Great Hall was already full.

The Head of the Physics Group reserved a seat in the front row for the young professor from Imperial Capital University to have a good view.

“What’s wrong with these teachers at your school?” The young professor pointed at the row of seats in the center of the Great Hall, “That girl’s answers were even more concise than the standard answers I provided. How could she copy that?”

The Head of the Physics Group was at a loss for words: “Professor Zuo, I don’t know either. I told them, but they wouldn’t believe me.”

The young professor kept shaking his head: “Shallow.”

“Why hasn’t Ying Zijin arrived yet?” Sitting in her seat, Bai Shaoshi was touching up her makeup, sneering, “Could it be she doesn’t dare to come?”

She had prepared many difficult questions, some of which even she couldn’t answer.

“If she doesn’t come, she’ll be directly expelled,” said He Xun, his expression cold, “The outcome is the same, and it has nothing to do with us.”

“That’s true,” Bai Shaoshi sneered again, “She really has the guts, daring to accept a public Q&A.”

If this wasn’t seeking her own doom, what was?

“Zhiwan, Ying Zijin definitely just talked big; she won’t dare to come.” Lu Fang fawned, “Just wait, if she doesn’t show up by two o’clock, she’ll be standing everybody up, and you’ll still be the top of our grade.”

Zhong Zhiwan responded mechanically, unable to suppress the excitement in her heart.

Whether Ying Zijin came or not, the result would be the same.

At two o’clock, the girl arrived as expected.

Ying Zijin glanced over the Great Hall, then took her specially prepared seat.

Across from her were He Xun, Bai Shaoshi, and seven or eight other teachers.

It was quite a lineup.

Ying Zijin couldn’t be bothered to look at He Xun, instead gazing at the distant greenery: “Ask your questions.”

“Your solution to the last physics question required a deep knowledge of Special Relativity Theory,” said He Xun with a cold gaze and a mocking tone, “Do you even know what Special Relativity is? What was your approach to solving this problem?”

Elective Physics 3-4 only mentioned relativity briefly; it was superficial, and most students didn’t know how to use it.

“It’s a theory concerning time and gravity,” Ying Zijin looked sideways, “I didn’t just use relativity; I also employed Quantum Mechanics. What you saw wasn’t just relativity.”

Hearing this, He Xun’s expression turned rigid, feeling as though he had been slapped in the face in public.

He really hadn’t seen it coming.

The girl spoke evenly: “As for the solving approach for this problem, it starts with integrating several variables…”

Jiang Ran only felt like he was listening to an alien scripture, his head swelling and buzzing.

On the other side, Zhong Zhiwan’s smile gradually faded to a shade of green, and she couldn’t even sit still.

She hadn’t understood a word of what Ying Zijin was talking about.

She certainly had studied more advanced Special Relativity, but Quantum Mechanics?

Bai Shaoshi saw He Xun being choked up and her face turned cold; she immediately asked, “For the biology elective question, you wrote about the Cre-loxP recombinase system. As far as I know, this system is toxic and has poor tissue penetration with blue light. The question asked for ‘efficient,’ what made you choose to write about that system?”

“Not long ago, a university in our country developed a Cre-loxP recombinase system that has low toxicity, high spatio-temporal specificity, and strong tissue penetration. Please do your homework next time.”

Bai Shaoshi was so stunned she couldn’t catch her breath, her face turning both white and red.

Following that, the other teachers didn’t fare much better.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Especially one of them, who pointed out that some words in Ying Zijin’s English composition were not purely English and seemed to show off her skills.

Ying Zijin took a sip of water and then said, “Many English words today still use Latin roots. Not having seen them doesn’t mean they don’t exist; you might want to brush up on that.”

The English teacher’s face turned red with anger, “But this is a midterm exam. How can you use Latin words? What if the teacher grading the paper doesn’t understand them?”

“Hmm,” Ying Zijin nodded her head, “The roots I used are quite common. If you don’t understand them, that’s because you’re not educated enough. It’s enough that Teacher Deng understands them.”

Teacher Deng was sitting below; hearing her words, he nodded, “Indeed, they’re very common and can be used. Locals speak like that too.”

“…”

The people below were going crazy.

“Sister Yu!” Her little brother clung tightly to her shoulder, “I suddenly really want to marry Daddy Ying. He’s just too cool.”

Jiang Ran kicked him and sneered, “You want to be higher ranked than me?”

The little brother wilted.

This was the true meaning of “wielding a sharp tongue in a crowd of scholars”—everyone saw it in action today.

“Professor Zuo, stay calm, just stay calm,” the Head of the Physics Group pressed down on the young professor, “You can’t rush up at this moment, wouldn’t that be disturbing the student?”

The young professor reluctantly agreed.

A Chinese teacher who was forced to make up numbers asked with resignation, “So why didn’t you write the essay? From your classical Chinese reading, I can tell that your foundation in literature is very solid. It shouldn’t be difficult for you, right?”

Ying Zijin fell silent for a moment before answering, “Too many words, too lazy.”

Chinese teacher: “…”

The students below burst into laughter.

Not writing an essay and still ranking first, if that’s not insane, what is?

He Xun pursed his lips tightly, his Adam’s apple bobbing, clearly shocked and mostly in disbelief.

Ying Zijin put the bottled water down and asked politely, “Is that all?”

“…”

A unison of silence followed.

What else could they ask?

Asking more would only lead to losing face for themselves.

Especially the students who had reported her, they hadn’t even understood the answers.

Ying Zijin shifted to a more comfortable position to lean on but did not lapse in grace or politeness.

The professors from Imperial Capital University were sitting below, and aside from He Xun, the other teachers were very restrained.

None of them were as relaxed as her.

“Well then,” Ying Zijin looked up, slowly, “It’s my turn to ask.”