Shi Yiqing’s face turned deathly pale as the girl finished speaking.
"I, I don’t understand what you an..."
She stamred out her words.
"Not understanding is fine, as long as I know what happened."
Resentnt and venom filled the girl’s eyes as she spoke.
The girl’s family was modestly affluent back ho, not wealthy, but comfortable.
Before entering Ruihe High School, she had been a pampered little princess in her household.
All that changed when Shi Yiqing ca into the picture.
Ruihe High School was an elite institution, with a student body mostly consisting of nobility.
In such a gathering of nobles, her family background wasn’t noteworthy.
In this kind of school, she only had two choices.
Either to beco a vassal.
Or to fade into the crowd.
Yet, without fully understanding the rules, she bypassed those options.
She shone brightly in piano class.
In the beginning of her freshman year, everyone knew there was a girl who played the piano exceptionally well.
Perhaps it was then that Shi Yiqing’s jealousy was piqued; during that ti, Shi Yiqing deliberately got close to her.
The girl initially thought Shi Yiqing wanted to be friends.
Being new to the school and unfamiliar with everyone, she naturally let her guard down around Shi Yiqing.
The consequences of her lack of caution were...
She was viciously slandered by Shi Yiqing.
Shi Yiqing intentionally misled others, creating a false impression that she had been bullying Shi Yiqing.
Over ti, she beca known as the bad girl who, despite her inadequate background, was unprincipled and known for bullying others.
Supporters of Shi Yiqing, under the guise of "seeking revenge for her," would often corner her in blind spots out of view of the caras to bully and harass her.
They even stripped off her clothes and took photos to threaten her, all with Shi Yiqing’s tacit encouragent.
A year and a half had passed since then, and it was of no consequence to Shi Yiqing.
But for the victimized girl, it remained an inescapable nightmare.
"Shi Yiqing, you tell ... What if everyone knew your true nature? Gentle goddess? Hah."
Shi Yiqing’s face turned ashen as she listened to the girl’s mockery.
She rigidly tried to defend herself, "I’m, I’m sorry... I really didn’t know things would turn out like that."
"I never intended to target you..."
She bit her lip, her head bowed, looking utterly helpless.
The girl sneered coldly, "Never intended to target ? Oh, what a ’never intended to target .’"
"Do you think I would believe that?"
Shi Yiqing opened her mouth to say sothing, but the girl brutally cut her off, "You still don’t know, do you? There are many other victims who, like , were bullied by people at your behest."
"We both have each other’s contact information, we have been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity... to get back at you."
The girl candidly revealed her plan, not in the least worried about Shi Yiqing stopping her, "We have waited for this day for far too long."
"Finally, we can get justice for ourselves."
Shi Yiqing thought about the "unintentional" hints she had given, and suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
If these people were disorganized, they wouldn’t have much impact on her.
But...
If they were to unite, then their power would be significant.
While Shi Yiqing felt uneasy, her classmates around her were looking at her with strange gazes.
"The post can’t be true, can it? Shi Yiqing has always had good grades, how could she have stolen the exam?"
"Shi Yiqing’s grades are always good, but who knows how she really got them?"
"Hiss—upon closer thought, it’s terrifying. Do you rember? During the last diagnostic test, the papers were destroyed by soone on purpose."
"Do you think... could it be that Shi Yiqing secretly swapped her test paper with Shi Yaoguang’s and then intentionally had soone destroy the papers? That way, no one could verify whether the top score of 740 was really hers."
"Yeah, exactly. In front of Shi Yaoguang, Shi Yiqing admitted it herself; Shi Yaoguang scored 740 twice, which ans the first diagnostic test score of 740 wasn’t hers, but Shi Yaoguang’s."
"Logically deducing, Shi Yiqing’s grades have always been diocre; that score is probably real. As for why she swapped Shi Yaoguang’s diagnostic test score, that’s a different issue."
"However, whatever the reason may be, swapping the score is swapping the score, and that’s not the only thing she did."
"Didn’t Teacher Qin Hongbo post about it himself? He said he prepared two sets of tests just in case, and even intentionally set up surveillance in his office, just to prevent any theft."
"Although his thod seems like entrapnt no matter how you look at it... even if it is entrapnt, there still has to be a ’catch.’ Shi Yiqing went to steal the papers herself; Teacher Qin didn’t hold a knife to her throat."
"Tsk tsk tsk, and I used to like her so much. Now it seems she’s just a vain girl."
"Vain? I don’t think that quite covers it."
"Hmm."
"What she did can’t rely be explained by vanity."
"The identity of the Shi family’s heiress should have been Shi Yaoguang’s from the start; she just occupied soone else’s position. Even if the child switch wasn’t her intentional choice at the ti, there’s a saying that goes, ’so people are born bearing original sin.’ She may not have been born with original sin, but she definitely has it."
"If it were you, knowing you’ve been taking advantage of soone else for over a decade and the rightful owner cos back, wouldn’t you feel a bit of guilt and gratitude in your heart? But her?
She likely knew Shi Yaoguang’s diagnostic test scores beforehand and deliberately swapped hers with Shi Yaoguang’s."
"If I were the usurper and knew that because of , the rightful owner had suffered for over a decade, even if I didn’t feel guilty or self-reproaching, I wouldn’t be eagerly hoping for the rightful owner to fall into a pit."
"Shi Yiqing’s actions were clearly targeted at Shi Yaoguang, intending to fra her! Such a person is more than vain. She’s downright malicious!"
...
Shi Yiqing, listening to the endless stream of discussions around her, was pale and seed on the verge of collapse.
Just when she felt utterly hopeless, she suddenly heard a new question raised by soone near her.
"Why is everyone just talking about Shi Yiqing? Doesn’t Shi Yaoguang have any problems?"
As soon as these words ca out, they imdiately sparked the public’s enthusiasm.
Right.
Shi Yiqing indeed had issues, but was Shi Yaoguang completely blaless?
"Shi Yiqing took Shi Yaoguang’s score, that’s true, but Shi Yaoguang’s score might not represent her real ability, right?"
"If I’m not mistaken, Shi Yaoguang was still at the bottom of the class last sester, and Teacher Qin had conflicts with her because of her poor grades. Thinking about it, the two of them are really two of a kind!"
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