PNB Chapter 306 He really did have something to do.
Chapter 306 He really did have something to do.
For a moment, all the students turned their anger towards Chen Zhao.
Chen Zhao's face flushed red with anger, and his cheeks puffed up. He rolled up his sleeves, put his hands on his hips, and said, "You're allowed to petition, but I'm not allowed to clear the name of innocent students, is that it?"
"So what if I'm going to speak up for them today?"
"You're covering for someone!"
"Those who cover up fraudulent activities should be punished the same way."
"We petition to expel Chen Zhao, along with Li Xun and Gu Ziyan, from Yunhai Academy!"
"We petition to..."
The overwhelming sound came again, and Lin Chang'er frowned and covered her ears.
Damn, it's so noisy. Luckily, I didn't call all the kids over.
However, Chen Zhao is a good guy; he'll really step up when something's wrong.
Upon seeing this, Li Xun and Gu Ziyan both bowed deeply towards the mountain.
"We have never stolen exam papers or cheated. Please investigate, Headmaster. Brother Chen helped us out of righteousness and should not be condemned!"
Chen Zhao wasn't actually that concerned about whether he could study at Yunhai Academy.
But being wronged by these old men and inexplicably kicked out is unacceptable. Now that Li Xun and Gu Ziyan have spoken up for him, he is happy.
He waved his hand dismissively, "I don't care! If I don't want to come to the academy, I don't want to come to the academy..." Why bother with this godforsaken place? Wouldn't it be better to be the leader of the children at Sister Chang'er's elementary school?
Anyway, as far as his father was concerned, if he could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, it would be a stroke of good luck; if he didn't pass, as long as he didn't cause trouble, that would be fine.
Wouldn't Sister Chang'er be just the right person to satisfy that need?
However, "I can leave if I want, but I can't leave without a clear explanation!"
"You only know that Yang Cheng is not on the duty roster, but you don't know that there was an emergency at Xiao Shitou's home, and the day before yesterday, Yang Cheng helped Xiao Shitou with his duty."
"When I got home, I ran into Little Stone at the entrance of the academy. Little Stone told me this himself. I even gave Little Stone one tael of silver to buy tonics for his sick grandfather!"
Chen Zhao's gaze searched the crowd and found Yang Lei's figure. "Little Stone, come out and tell everyone, is this true?"
His shout drew everyone's attention back to Yang Lei.
Yang Lei was originally hiding among a group of students, watching the drama unfold, when inexplicably he found himself caught in the crossfire.
He was still completely bewildered. "Wh-what?"
Chen Zhao rolled up his sleeves and ran over, pulling Yang Lei out of the crowd. "You tell me, were you in such a hurry to go home to see your grandfather the other day that you didn't have time to do the cleaning?"
Yang Lei scratched his head, "Yeah!"
"Who took your place?"
Yang Lei tilted his head and looked at Yang Cheng.
Chen Zhaodao: "It's Yang Cheng, isn't it?"
Yang Lei nodded, "It's him!"
“No, I was the one who did the cleaning that day,” Hu Guang retorted.
Lin Chang'er narrowed her eyes and slowly shifted her gaze from Yang Cheng to Hu Guang.
Hu Guang continued, "Yang Cheng did agree to help Xiao Shitou with his shift that day, but he suddenly got an upset stomach, so I ended up going in his place."
"I knew Yang Cheng wouldn't do such a thing!"
"Exactly, they're crying 'stop thief' like a thief themselves. They're incredibly audacious."
"That's right, let's see what they have to say this time."
Chen Zhao: "..." How could this be? Isn't this too much of a coincidence!
The students turned their attention back to Lin Chang'er.
Lin Chang'er closed her eyes briefly, then raised an eyebrow. "I see. So, this exam paper wasn't stolen by Yang Cheng, but by you, Hu Guang, who then handed it over to Yang Cheng."
"Finally, Yang Cheng will take them to the school dormitory as evidence of my brother and his gang's theft and cheating."
"By dividing the crime into two parts, you and Yang Cheng can corroborate each other's statements."
"Brilliant!" Lin Chang'er clapped her hands. "I thought you'd been tricked by him, but it turns out you were accomplices!"
Hu Guang's face turned pale, and he retorted, "You're talking nonsense!"
Turning to the other students, she said, "She's wronged me!"
A group of students spoke out in his defense.
"Hey, is this how you present your evidence? It's all made up!"
"Exactly! If you can't produce any concrete evidence and just keep making baseless accusations, then stop wasting your time!"
“They should have been driven out in the first place, so that she wouldn’t have had the opportunity to spout nonsense here.”
"What are you saying! Who are you going to throw out?" At this point, He Fei couldn't pretend to be blind anymore. Pointing at the indignant group, he said, "Try touching our girl!"
Seeing this, the little goldfish also frowned, staring intently at the people in front of it, its eyes gleaming with a cold, eerie light, like a wolf cub lurking in the shadows on the grassland, waiting for its chance to strike.
Ultimately, the arm can't twist the thigh. They can talk big, but when it comes to real fighting, none of these students can beat He Fei and his group.
They didn't even dare to look the little goldfish in the eye, and each of them quietly took a few steps back.
Lin Chang'er ignored them and instead turned to Yang Li, "So what about you? Are you an accomplice too?"
Yang Li retorted, "Don't spout nonsense and spread alarmist rumors. We are just helping the academy weed out the bad apples!"
Seeing his stubbornness, Lin Chang'er sighed softly and waved to Chen Zhao.
Chen Zhao immediately ran to her like a puppy that hadn't eaten for three days and saw food, wagging his tail and puffing as he called out, "Sister Chang'er!"
Lin Chang'er pointed at Hu Guang and said, "Wasn't this person one of your followers before?"
Chen Zhao nodded, "Yes, he was there when Sister Chang'er beat me up last time."
Lin Chang'er nodded. She had actually recognized him just now, but because her attention was focused on Chen Zhao and his number one henchman Yang Cheng that day, she didn't have a deep impression of this Hu Guang, who was hiding in the back at the time.
In addition, Hu Guang's clothes that day could almost be described as shabby, but today, from the hairpin in his hair to the shoes on his feet, everything was brand new and looked quite valuable, which was something he could not afford back then.
Unless he was a scion of a prominent family who came here to experience life, or he made a fortune.
Between the two, Lin Chang'er preferred the latter, because Hu Guang's name was also on the list of students on duty at the Master's table.
Lin Chang'er's gaze fell on the smooth, warm hairpin in Hu Guang's hair bun.
Hu Guang felt a sudden pang of unease when he noticed her staring at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lin Chang'er blinked, but didn't reply to him. Instead, she turned to Headmaster Chen and the teacher in charge of the exam papers, "I have a question. I wonder if Headmaster Chen and the teacher could answer it for me?"
Both Chen Shanzhang and the Master raised their hands.
Lin Chang'er said, "Previously, the teacher said that in order to alleviate the academic pressure on poor students, the academy assigned the cleaning and sweeping duties to them. So, how did the academy determine the family circumstances of these students? Could there be any misjudgment?"
Before Headmaster Chen could speak, the Master said, "No, I have personally visited every student on the duty roster."
Lin Chang'er nodded and pointed to the hairpin in Hu Guang's hair, "Then, Master, do you think Hu Guang is capable of affording a jade hairpin of this quality?"
The teacher looked in the direction Lin Chang'er was pointing, and saw that under the sunlight, the jade hairpin in Hu Guang's hair was completely translucent, gleaming with a warm light. Even someone who wasn't an expert in this field could tell it was a good item...