Studying Makes Me Rich - Chapter 10

Zhou Xiu was assigned to Classroom 25 for the exam. Du Fei Yang and Tan Ming were also assigned to the same exam room. Du Fei Yang folded his hands and chanted, "Basking in the glory of the study god Zhou Xiu." Zhou Xiu put down her backpack and looked around. She noticed that Xi ShaoYuan and Lu Ling Shan were also in this exam room. Zhou Xiu couldn't help but marvel at the coincidence that both of them were assigned to the same exam room.

Zhou Xiu put away her backpack and took out a black water-based pen to start answering the questions seriously. The Chinese exam in the morning was somewhat difficult, and the recitation of ancient poems exceeded the syllabus. Zhou Xiu had memorized all the required texts for this semester in advance to earn money. She didn't waste much time and wrote smoothly until the composition section.

After finishing the paper, Zhou Xiu had some extra time and checked it again. Two hours passed, and after the exam, Du Fei Yang looked like a fish that wanted to die. "It's over, it depends on Chinese and English to save my grades. What kind of terrible questions were those? Ming Ming, lend me some pocket money next month."

Tan Ming pushed Du Fei Yang away and said, "Get lost, get lost, get lost." Tan Ming was in a bad mood. He could see his love rival's back of the head when he lifted his head, and he imagined him holding the goddess's hand, dating her, and his whole being was in a mess. He had no intention of writing the Chinese exam.

During the exam, Lu Ling Shan looked at Xi Shao Yuan a few more times after she finished writing her paper. Tan Ming felt as if he had eaten a lemon, and his heart was in chaos. After the exam, the candidates gradually dispersed. Zhou Xiu went to a self-study table in the corridor and habitually took out the math paper to do some questions. When she wrote the last multiple-choice question, the pen in her hand hesitated for a moment.

At this moment, a voice drifted over from behind. "Classmate, you should choose option C for this question." Zhou Xiu had written option B. She put away the paper and glanced at it from the corner of her eye, but didn't recognize the voice. Zhou Xiu often wrote exams in public places and occasionally encountered students who talked to her halfway through. But she was in a hurry to go eat and ignored the student.

The afternoon exam was math. Mr. Huang walked into Classroom 25 with a thick stack of papers and slowly wrote the exam rules on the blackboard, "Closed-book exam, 120 minutes, no reference materials allowed." Mr. Huang said solemnly:

"Take the exam with integrity and be an honest person. Since I am the invigilator, don't let me catch any cheating behavior." He scanned the room and unexpectedly noticed Zhou Xiu. Mr. Huang frowned and disappointingly shifted his gaze away. His impression of Zhou Xiu was extremely bad.

In his decades of teaching, no student dared to disobey his discipline. Class 24 students were already difficult to manage and wild, and Zhou Xiu's defiance further encouraged the class. She led the entire class to make a mess, and Mr. Huang got a headache whenever he saw her.

Mr. Huang stared at Zhou Xiu as she put her backpack on the podium. He suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Zhou Xiu, show me your backpack." Zhou Xiu stopped her steps and calmly handed over her backpack. She looked at the math teacher with a cold gaze.

Mr. Huang searched through Zhou Xiu's books and suddenly found a blank test paper inside. He picked up the paper from the ground, glanced at it with a solemn expression, and gradually turned black. He threw the test paper at Zhou Xiu and angrily asked, "Zhou Xiu, explain why there is a test paper in your backpack?"

Zhou Xiu was stunned. She looked at the test paper that Mr. Huang had taken out of her backpack, and then looked at the math test paper that was about to be distributed, with the same questions. Her mind buzzed, feeling a bit surprised. She couldn't understand how the math test paper could be in her backpack.

Mr. Huang finally caught Zhou Xiu's little tail and coldly said, "You're so good, you dare to cheat under my nose!" He stared at Zhou Xiu, and with a trash-like gaze, looked her over. "You don't have to take the test, and your math exam score will be recorded as zero."

The other students in the exam room were completely stunned, not expecting to see this scene. Zhou Xiu was also stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "Wait a minute, Mr. Huang, I have reason to suspect that you are framing me."

"Am I wrong? Teacher, you never wanted me to get good grades. You didn't even let me take the weekly tests and you broke the promise to apologize to me." This exam was very important to Zhou Xiu, she wanted to take the top 5% of the class, and she couldn't afford to miss the math test.

The other students watching on the sidelines had different expressions. "What is she saying?" Did they hear it correctly? Mr. Huang personally caught Zhou Xiu cheating under his nose, challenging the teacher's authority, and now she was even arguing back.

If Mr. Huang could still physically punish students like he used to, he would have kicked Zhou Xiu out of the exam room with one foot. Zhou Xiu remained calm and said with a clear voice, "You don't check other students' backpacks, but you singled me out for inspection."

"You are holding so many test papers in your hands, you can easily put one in my backpack and accuse me of cheating. Anyway, you are the teacher, and whatever you say is right." What does "accuse me of cheating" mean?

Mr. Huang's chest was heaving, and he almost had a heart attack. Zhou Xiu concluded with a slow tone, "The monitoring cameras in the classroom only monitor students, the podium cannot be monitored, who knows what you did to my backpack just now."

Mr. Huang roared, "Get out, Zhou Xiu!" Zhou Xiu spread out her hands and continued speaking, "You can frame and accuse me randomly. If it wasn't you, it could be someone else. For example, if Luling Shan put the test paper in my bag before..."

The students in the exam room had different expressions, especially the students from the Rocket class. "What's going on with Luling Shan? Why is she relevant?" The students from Class 24 were already laughing hysterically. Xia Shaoyuan was below the podium and unexpectedly gave Zhou Xiu a glance. She seemed to have changed somehow.

Mr. Huang was so angry that he threw Zhou Xiu's bag in her face. "Zhou Xiu, shut up!!!!" He had never seen such a shameless person before! Zhou Xiu blinked and picked up her bag from the ground.

Mr. Huang covered his heart and turned to the other students. "Check your bags, I want to see who dares to cheat today. Anyone caught cheating will be punished!" After the commotion, Mr. Huang gradually caught several students who had cheat sheets with them, three of whom were from Class 24. The girl who was caught cheating glared at Zhou Xiu with hatred.

Mr. Huang sneered, "I wasn't wrong. Your class is really rubbish. One after another, they're all cheating." Zhou Xiu coldly said, "I don't accept your accusations. I haven't seen the test paper. I refuse to accept a zero score for the math exam." She paused and continued, "If you think I cheated, give me another test paper. If I fail, I will drop out immediately. If I pass, will you apologize to me, Mr. Huang?"

There was silence in the room. Zhou Xiu repeated firmly, "Will you dare to apologize?" Mr. Huang felt that heart attack feeling again. Why do students who cheat in exams these days have the nerve to be so righteous?

At this moment, the head of the math department, who was on patrol, noticed that there was something strange in the atmosphere of the exam room for Class 25. He walked in and asked about the situation. He looked at Zhou Xiu and Mr. Huang, and like a peacemaker, said, "I'm here for something. You're Zhou Xiu, right? Come here, I have plenty of test papers. This is the backup paper, you can use it for the exam later."

"For the other students, do you want to write or not? I'll give you a fair chance."

The students in the exam room had strange expressions. This was... Old Wang, who loved to give difficult questions! The students who had cheat sheets with them wanted to take the test paper, but also didn't dare to.

Old Wang looked at the students with cheat sheets and said gently, "Since you've decided to write, be brave like Zhou Xiu. If you fail, you'll drop out, okay?"

Zhou Xiu gladly took the test paper and returned to her seat as the exam preparation bell rang. The weaker students shook their heads in frustration and left the exam room with their bags. Mr. Huang, in his rage, called Zhou Xiu to the podium and demanded, "Zhou Xiu, come up here and write the exam. I'll watch you." Zhou Xiu neatly packed her pens, pencils, and eraser and walked up to the podium to take the exam. Every time she finished a question, a sound of "hmm" would come from beside her, which made her a little uncomfortable, but after writing for a while, she became immersed in the sea of questions.

...

After the math exam was over, Du Feiyang walked up to Zhou Xiu and asked worriedly, "Xiu Xiu, are you okay?" "Do you feel confident about the math exam you just wrote?" If she failed this time, she would have to drop out. Du Feiyang was wondering how Zhou Xiu could be so brave as to say that she would drop out if she failed. Zhou Xiu packed her bag and remained silent.

Tan Ming saw Zhou Xiu and asked with an annoyed tone, "Zhou Xiu, what were you talking about with Luling Shan just now? She doesn't even know you, how could she frame you for cheating?" Zhou Xiu wiped her sweaty palms and shrugged, "I was just using her as an example to illustrate my point." "But why use her as an example? Did she do something to you?" Du Feiyang punched Tan Ming and said, "Can't you tell that Xiu Xiu was just joking? Why are you so aggressive in your speech?" Tan Ming didn't say anything and just gave Zhou Xiu a cold glance.

Zhou Xiu and her group returned to their own class, and the incident that had happened in the exam room for Class 25 had already spread to Class 24.

Hua Xu exclaimed, applauding, "I heard all about it, Zhou Xiu, you are amazing. You've clashed with Old Huang again!"

"Daring to write the exam paper on the podium, you are the first in Yu High School. So impressive!" she continued.

Hua Xu asked, "What happened? Why are people saying you cheated?"

Zhou Xiu returned to her seat and told Hua Xu, "I didn't cheat, it's all been resolved."

After Zhou Xiu finished speaking, she took out her paper for Integrated Science and began to work on it.

The girl who was caught with cheat sheets in Class 24 suddenly spoke, "What kind of good student are you pretending to be now, Zhou Xiu? You're so stupid, you dragged others down with you."

Hua Xu retorted, "I wasn't talking about you dragging others down, Yuan Ruoyi. I was wondering how some people suddenly improved their grades so much... turns out they were cheating."

Yuan Ruoyi kicked the desk and replied, "Who are you calling stupid? It was Zhou Xiu who brought backup paper and got us in trouble."

"You're foolish and unaware, if you can't do it, you can't do it. Why cheat? At Zhou Xiu's shining moment, you brought her down," Hua Xu continued.

The students in Class 24 were at a loss, watching the two girls argue. They didn't know whom to support.

Although they had enjoyed watching the drama earlier, they now realized that if Zhou Xiu really failed the exam, she would probably have to drop out. Old Huang was not easy to deal with. For a moment, they didn't know whether to feel sorry for her or to say that she was too bold.

In the end, Zhou Xiu focused on completing the multiple-choice questions for Integrated Science amidst the strange glances of her classmates.

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