201 201 Learn from Tan Rou
The teacher had given her full marks, but Tan Jing still refused to believe it. She grabbed Tan Rouâs test paper and looked at it over and over again, repeating, âI donât believe it. I donât believe it. Sheâs an ignorant and incompetent person! How could she get full marks?â
The corners of Tan Rouâs mouth rose. She shook her head and said, âTan Jing, donât be crazy here. Youâve said that I cheated and now youâre saying that Iâm ignorant and incompetent but, everyone was here watching. The principal and teachers were watching the entire time. Did I cheat? I didnât.â
âI donât believeâ¦â Tan Jing only knew how to repeat this same phrase over and over again. Hatred and anger filled her heart. Why! How did Tan Rou answer the test paper with full marks?
The principal couldnât bear to watch this farce anymore. He believed that Tan Rou didnât cheat. Was there a need for a genius who could easily find the lost surveillance video to cheat?
Moreover, he didnât like Tan Jing. Like Father, like daughter. Tan Song did have a good heart and his daughter also learned from him. Not only was she not a kind-hearted person, she had an evil personality. She was already filled with jealousy now at such a young age.
âEnough!â The principal had been in the military before, so his voice was righteous and loud. âThe exam is already over. Record the score as it is. The first place shall be given to whoever deserves it!â His Hawk-like eyes swept across the surroundings, scaring the inexperienced students into taking two steps back.
âGo back to your class.â
After the students heard the principalâs words, they pushed each other back to the classroom.
âOh my God, Tan Rou is amazing!â One of the students exclaimed.
âScoring full in twenty-eight minutes? I wouldnât even dare to dream of this.â
âIf I can finish a test paper with full marks in an hour, I would be worshipping the test paper for the rest of my lifeâ¦.â
The students walked further and further away, leaving only Li Li and Xu Yan.
Li Li looked at Tan Rou happily, then raised her head and said to Tan Jing, âSome people canât pass the exam themselves, so they accuse others of cheating. What a joke! What was this called? This is called going for wool and coming home shorn!â
Xu Yan didnât say anything, but he let out a sigh of relief after seeing Tan Rouâs full score. He believed in tan Rou. She wasnât the kind of student who would cheat. There might have been some misunderstandings in the past, but now everyoneâs misunderstandings should have been cleared up.
âGo back to your classroom, all of you,â The principal asked them to go back to class.
Li Li said to Tan Rou,âTan Rou, weâll be leaving first.â
Tan Rou smiled and nodded at them. âOkay, see you in class.â
After Li Li and Xu Yan left, only Tan Rou, Tan Jing, the principal, and the invigilating teacher were left in the office.
Seeing how she could no longer beat Tan Rou academically, Tan Jing put on a pitiful look on her face.
Tan Rou was right when she said that Tan Jing should go to the dream-chasing entertainment industry; even a Sichuan Opera master would be impressed with Tan Jingâs ability of changing the look on her face effortlessly.
âActually, I believed in Tan Rou. When she was abroad, she didnât even get a graduation certificate. Now that she suddenly got first place in the grade, I was thinking that the students in school would be unhappy. Thatâs why I suggested that she take the exam again to clear her of any suspicion of cheating.â Tan Jing was very sincere, and her eyes were filled with tears.
âNow that her grades are authentic, Iâm happy for her.â
âDonât be happy for me.â Tan Rou didnât want to accept her so-called âgood intentionsâ. âYou were the one who said it was impossible and was the loudest when you said that you didnât believe me. Those who donât know would think that you thought that I had cheated.â
Tan Jing clenched her teeth so hard that they were about to break, but she still had to put on a facade in front of the principal. âIâve always believed that you didnât cheat. Itâs just that what youâve done in the past really makes it hard for people to believe that the results are real.â
âSome people would say that the grapes are sour when they canât have them. They work so hard, reading books and asking questions all day and night, but they still canât get first place. What a pity!â Tan Rou hit the nail on the head. She had already heard from her mother about how Tan Jing got her good grades. How could she not take advantage of such favorable conditions here?
âSpeaking of which,â The invigilator next to her spoke. âIt seems that Tan Jing didnât do well this time?â
There were only so many students here who came from wealthy families and the teachers would pay extra attention to these students. Lu Qing and Tan Jing were amongst them, and their results would be something that the teachers would always pay attention to.
Speaking of this, the fire in Tan Jingâs heart was about to burst out. She could only learn one or two things every day, and she memorized them until she turned nauseous. What did she get in the end?
In the end, she never came first place. She could accept that Lu Qing was first before, but now this little b*tch, Tan Rou, was first. How could she tolerate this?