Chapter 35: You say I cheated? Where's the evidence?!

  Knock knock knock...

  Su Lin came to the door of the teaching office and knocked on it.

  "Please come in!"

  The voice was Li Jianxing's familiar quacking tone, but after all, the other party was the head of the teaching department, so Su Lin still said in a programmed manner: "Teacher Li, are you looking for me?"

  Su Lin finished speaking and looked inside again, only to find that Wu Laoshi, the grade leader, and Lin Qingxue, the class teacher, were also there.

  "Hum! Su Lin, come in. We were just discussing your problem. Now that you're here, confess honestly, did you cheat on this exam?"

  Very rudely, Li Jianxing's face turned stern as soon as he saw Su Lin, his expression extremely displeased. Especially after recalling how Su Lin had ruined things for him yesterday, Liu Yuanfeng had already spread the word that he would severely deal with Su Lin, and as the head teacher, he naturally also had to constantly find fault with Su Lin in school.

  "Teacher Li, you say I cheated? What's the evidence?"

  Su Lin was not polite at all, and didn't say much more. She directly threw out the words, "Catching thieves and recovering stolen goods, Teacher Li, you said I cheated on the exam. Was there any evidence caught on the spot? No, right?! That's okay, our classroom seems to have surveillance cameras, doesn't it?! You can go to the security office and ask for the monitoring video of my exams in these subjects. If it really proves that I cheated, then I'll have nothing to say."

  "Su Lin! This is the Dean's office, not a place for you to be arrogant. What kind of tone is this? You keep talking about evidence, and your grades have dropped from top in class to tenth place overnight, which is unbelievable in itself. Except for cheating, I can't think of any other possibility. A few days ago, I already gave you a major demerit, and with this one, two major demerits are enough to expel you from school. Get your parents ready to come over!"

  Li Jianxing slammed his hand on the table and stood up in a rage, pointing at Su Lin to scold him.

  But when Li Jianxing said this, Lin Qingxue on the side couldn't help but intervene and defend Su Lin: "Director Li, weren't we just discussing Su Lin's exam results? According to what Su Lin just said, whether or not he cheated, we can check the surveillance video. How can you so hastily determine that Su Lin cheated and give him a major demerit? Moreover, wasn't the last major demerit you gave also a bit rash? The college entrance exams are about to start, if you really deal with Su Lin like this and expel him, isn't that extremely irresponsible towards the students?"

  "Teacher Lin, how can you talk like that? Am I extremely irresponsible to the students? For a person like Su Lin who is not making progress and is causing trouble by fighting, the only way to create a better learning environment is to expel him from our school. This is being responsible for all the students of Jian'an No. 1 Middle School, it's the responsibility and duty of the teaching office, we can't let you, Teacher Lin, interfere."

  Li Jianxing was also somewhat depressed in his heart. Yesterday, he didn't know what evil spirit he had encountered. Everything had been arranged properly, and it seemed that Liu Yuanfeng was about to succeed with Lin Qingxue. But then Su Lin suddenly appeared out of nowhere, not only beating up Liu Yuanfeng but also getting Li Jianxing beaten by Liu's subordinates.

  Later, Liu Yuanfeng even spoke out and wanted Li Jianxing to think of a way to expel Su Lin from school, so that he couldn't even take the college entrance exam. Of course, Liu Yuanfeng had already spoken out, and those little rascals who wanted to fawn on him would probably come to find trouble with Su Lin soon.

  Having offended the Municipal Party Secretary's son, can Su Lin still live a peaceful life in Jian'an City?

  "Director Li, Su Lin is a student in my class and I have to take responsibility for him. If you insist on thinking that Su Lin cheated, then I can only go find the principal to reason with them."

  Lin Qingxue puffed out her chest and argued with all her might. Su Lin saw Lin Qingxue defending herself like this, and his heart also felt a warmth, he was very moved.

  My grades have always been poor, and I used to often cause trouble for Teacher Lin, but Teacher Lin was able to maintain her dignity like this, even going so far as to argue with Old Dog Li.

  As for Lin Qingxue, she had already figured out what happened yesterday. Li Jianxing must have been in cahoots with Liu Yuanfeng, tricking her into going to the Jiaxing Hotel and even drugging her. If Su Lin hadn't arrived just in time, Lin Qingxue knew she would have fallen prey to the drug's effects and willingly become Liu Yuanfeng's plaything.

  Unfortunately, there was no evidence of what happened last night, and Liu Yuanfeng is still the son of the municipal party secretary. Lin Qingshuang knew that even if she reported it to the police, nothing would come of it, so she could only swallow her anger. But now Li Jianxing is making things difficult for Su Lin, definitely because of what happened last night.

  Lin Qingxue would not allow Su Lin to be expelled from school and lose his chance at the college entrance exam just because he had saved her, so no matter what, even if it meant making a scene in the principal's office, she was determined to help Su Lin keep his student status and qualification for the exam.

  "Still looking for the principal? Lin teacher, it seems you have a lot of opinions about my work."

  "This is not my problem, Director Li. You should look for the problem within yourself. And about last night's incident, I don't want it to happen again. Otherwise, even if I can't provide accurate evidence, I will definitely go to the Public Security Bureau to report you."

  Lin Qingxue bluntly pointed out the events of last night, and only then did Li Jianxing feel a bit guilty. Although Liu Yuanfeng was involved, he wasn't afraid of the matter being taken to the public security bureau, but once it got out, it wouldn't have a good impact on him either.

  "Alright, alright. Director Li, Teacher Lin. In my opinion, there's no need for you to argue about it. Whether Su Lin cheated or not, we can just check the surveillance video and that will settle it."

  Seeing the two people arguing louder and louder, Wu Hua Yan, the grade director who had been silent all along, hurriedly came to mediate and proposed.

  "Alright, I'll do as Teacher Wu said. I'll call the security department to send over a copy of the surveillance video from Su Lin's exam room two days ago. With ironclad evidence, he won't be able to deny it."

  Li Jianxing readily agreed, because in his view, the only explanation for Su Lin's rise from the bottom of the class to tenth place was cheating. And if she had cheated, even if the invigilating teacher hadn't noticed at the time, wouldn't it still be discovered by reviewing the surveillance footage?

  "Sulin, what...what do you think?"

  Li Jianxing seemed confident, as if he would catch Su Lin's cheating evidence at any moment. Lin Qingxue, on the other hand, asked Su Lin a question with some unease in her heart.

  Although Lin Qingxue's heart tended to believe that Su Lin did not cheat, and after the English test that day, she also tested Su Lin, who indeed did well on this paper. However, after all, Su Lin's grades had improved a bit too quickly! This made Lin Qingxue still have a little worry in her heart, what if Su Lin had made some small movements in the exam room and hid some small pieces of paper? Wouldn't replaying the video really catch Li Jianxing in the act?

  "No problem. Teacher Lin, a just cause is not afraid of the shadow being crooked. Since Director Li has determined that I cheated, then let him thoroughly check the surveillance video to see if I really cheated or not. However, if the facts prove that I didn't cheat, then I think Director Li should at least apologize to me in person for wronging me."

  Su Lin crossed her arms over her chest, not worried in the slightest, and stood on tiptoes, staring at Li Jianxing as she said with a playful tone.

  "You want me to apologize to you? You must be dreaming, I'm the teacher and you're just a student. Don't get too cocky, Su Lin, I've already had the security department send over the surveillance footage. Once the evidence is clear, let's see what you have to say for yourself."

  Seeing Su Lin's fearless appearance, Li Jianxing was even more furious.

  "Director Li, didn't you just insist that I must have cheated? Why are you backing down now?"

  Su Lin further provoked the law, and as expected, Li Jianxing was deceived again. He slapped the table and said angrily: "Good! If the surveillance video proves that you didn't cheat, I'll apologize to you. But if you really cheated... Su Lin, you'd better be prepared to be expelled!"

  "Su Lin, you..."

  Although Su Lin was so confident, Lin Qingxue still worried about him in her heart. The college entrance examination is only five or six days away, and if he is expelled at this time, he will lose his qualification for the exam. Especially now that Su Lin's grades are good, if they are true, he will definitely be able to attend the best university.

  "Don't worry, Teacher Lin."

  Su Lin smiled to himself, thinking, "Right, I cheated, completely copied Qin Yanran's paper. But can you, Li old dog, find out? Wait until the surveillance video comes out, and then you'll be apologizing to me!"

  Before long, the surveillance video arrived.

  Li Jianxing opened the computer in the teaching office and played back the video files one by one.

  Fast forward, slow motion, the camera focuses on Su Lin's body, no matter how fast or slow it is, Su Lin is always very honest in his seat doing questions or staring blankly, without any cheating action and signs.

  "How is it possible?"

  Li Jianxing was not convinced, so he replayed several videos in fast forward again, but the fact remained the same. Su Lin did not make any irregular movements and did not even turn his head to look at the front or back of the table.

  "Hum! Director Li, how is it? Do you still think I cheated?"

  There is video surveillance, Li Jianxing can no longer arbitrarily give Su Lin a cheating penalty based on his own speculation. Moreover, with Lin Qingxue speaking for Su Lin and the grade director Wu Hua Yan present, Li Jianxing has nothing to say.

  "Alright, Director Li, it's clear now. It seems that Su Lin has achieved her remarkable progress through her own efforts and not by cheating."

  Grade leader Wu Hua Yan broke in to mediate, saying "Now that things are clear and it's almost time for school to let out, Director Li, why don't we just disperse?"

  "Hmph! Fine then."

  Li Jianxing had no excuse to make things difficult for Su Lin anymore, so he let out a grunt and stepped down from the podium given by Wu Huayan.

  "No way, Director Li, you just said that. If it's proven that I didn't cheat, you'll have to apologize to me."

  Su Lin narrowed her eyes and smiled at him.

  "I'm the teacher and you're the student, don't even think about asking me to apologize."

  He slapped the table again, Li Jianxing's eyes widened, and the voice of the public duck was almost grinding out.

  "Just now, Teacher Wu and Teacher Lin were present to prove it. Director Li, this is what you said yourself, if there's no evidence, you should apologize to me."

  "You..."

  Li Jianxing pointed at Su Lin, but found that Lin Qingxue and Wu Hua were staring at him. They had both heard what he had just said, so Li Jianxing could only swallow his anger and apologize to Su Lin: "Fine, this time you win. Su Lin, I apologize for wronging you. Sorry. Is that enough?"

  "Alright, Teacher Li knows his mistake and is willing to change, he's still a good kid. There's nothing more for me to do here, Teachers Wu and Lin, I'll take my leave now."

  Su Lin glanced at Lin Qingxue, smiled, and then walked out of the teaching office. Li Laogou was so difficult with him, still wanting to secretly harm Teacher Lin, Su Lin would not let him off so easily, he must find an opportunity to take revenge on him, this kind of person, just had to make him know pain.

  When Su Lin walked out of the teaching building, Li Jianxing felt indignant in his heart, and he had lost face again to Su Lin. But thinking that Liu Yuanfeng had arranged some social hooligans at the school gate waiting for Su Lin, Li Jianxing's heart balanced a bit.

  "Little rabbit, look at this, you're not going to be beaten half to death. Those hoodlums in society have been dealt with by Liu Shao, just wait for your punishment! Daring to ruin Liu Shao's good deeds, you'll have to pay the price."

  Li Jianxing left and glanced at Lin Qingxue again. This woman, Liu Yuanfeng was bound to get her, and she would eventually fall into his hands anyway.

  As he walked out of the school gate, Su Lin was thinking about how to explain to his parents why he didn't go home last night. Although Lin Qingxue had called his parents yesterday and told them, Su Lin knew that his suspicious mother would definitely ask him again when he got home.

  At the school gate, Su Lin had just walked out with his backpack when a small punk with yellow hair immediately became alert, picked up a photo to confirm, and then ran off to call someone.

  But Su Lin, who was thinking seriously about how to deal with his parents, didn't notice at all that from the moment he left the school gate, five or six ruffians had been following him.