Rebirth of a Village Girl

Among all things, only reading is noble.

To these students, they disdained sole proprietors even more.

Zhou Xuemei continued, “Ni Yang, if you really don’t want to apologize, forget it. Actually, I can understand if you don’t perform well in the exam. After all, being a sole proprietor means you’re up early and working late. How could you possibly focus on studying?”

Zhou Xuemei was extremely smug, looking at Ni Yang with the eyes of someone pitying a wretched creature.

Seemingly, this was a transfer student’s examination.

In reality, it was a fork in the road of life.

One path led to the upper class, the other to the lower class.

She had already stepped foot into the upper class while Ni Yang was destined to live in the lower class all his life.

Zhou Xuemei foresaw her bright future. Just when she was about to ridicule Ni Yang some more, she saw the principal coming their way with a teacher.

She achieved an outstanding result, placing eighth. Could it be that the principal came to personally congratulate her?

Upon this thought, Zhou Xuemei’s smugness intensified. She cast a sidelong glance at Ni Yang, gave a refined smile, and turned to greet the principal, “Hello Principal Zhao, I am Zhou Xuemei.”

Principal Zhao was not in the mood to deal with Zhou Xuemei for the moment. He just gave a cursory nod and went straight to Ni Yang saying,

“Ni Yang, congratulations on achieving first place in this transfer student examination. This is your homeroom teacher, Mr. Xu Yang.”

Upon hearing this, the smile on Zhou Xuemei’s face froze.

She had just mocked Ni Yang for possibly sharing the same name with a top student. Unexpectedly, reality just delivered her a resounding slap in the face.

How could this be possible?

How could Ni Yang be the top student?

She took the exam so seriously and still only came in eighth, while Ni Yang had been sleeping during the exam…

Did Principal Zhao mistake someone else for Ni Yang?

Or did Ni Yang cheat?

“Principal Zhao, you must have mistaken someone else for Ni Yang. It’s impossible that Ni Yang could be top!”

Principal Zhao was quite happy now, and didn’t notice the malice in Zhou Xuemei’s assertion. He smiled and said, “No mistake, the first place is indeed this Ni Yang!”

Zhou Xuemei retorted, “Principal Zhao, then Ni Yang must have cheated!”

What did she mean by cheating?

Principal Zhao didn’t like this remark!

The transfer students’ exam papers were personally printed by him, the grade leader, and three other excellent teachers. The questions were selected by them personally, and definitely nobody else knew about it.

During the exam, each class was supervised by six teachers, with an additional few patrolling outside. There was no chance for the students to cheat!

Before Zhao could say anything, Teacher Xu indignantly reprimanded, “Zhou Xuemei, this is a character insult to Ni Yang and to all the teachers at our school! Ni Yang did indeed rank first, so I wonder, whose work could she have copied? Apologize to Ni Yang immediately!”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuemei’s face turned pale instantly.

She had indeed spoken out of turn.

Ni Yang was first, who else’s work could she possibly have copied?

Moreover, her words questioned not only Ni Yang but also offended all the teachers at Third Middle School.

After all, the fact that cheating exists in an exam indicates negligence from teachers…

If the exam questions were leaked, that would indicate a lack of professional ethics!

The teachers at Third Middle School are notoriously strict. How could they possibly commit such acts that betray the public’s trust?

The gazes of those around subtly shifted. They, too, had initially questioned if Ni Yang cheated. But after hearing Teacher Xu’s words, they instantly came to a sudden realization.

Zhou Xuemei bit her lip, seemingly incapable of uttering the three words ‘I’m sorry.’

She didn’t want to apologize to Ni Yang.

She especially didn’t want to apologize to a sole proprietor.

Why should a sole proprietor earn the first place in a transfer student exam?

This was utterly unbearable!

Ni Yang slightly smiled and said to Zhou Xuemei, “If you really don’t want to apologize, then I won’t force it. After all, you’ve been busy being jealous and accusing others. Slandering people has become your habit, how could I possibly try to correct it?”

Ni Yang’s retorted Zhou Xuemei’s mockery, tactfully giving it back to her.

Though not a single harsh word was uttered, each and every one sliced to the quick.

Zhou Xuemei’s face turned exceedingly unsightly.

In front of the principal and so many students, she lost face completely!