RPAGF Chapter 598 Who's the scum? I think you are!
Chapter 598 Who's the scum? I think you are!
Lin Jiayou focused intently on answering the questions, while Wang Hao was distracted, his eyes frequently glancing at Lin Jiayou's pen holder, waiting for his chance.
Master Li stood up, slowly walked down from the podium, and began to collect the exam papers in order.
Just as his hand was about to touch Lin Jiayou's test paper, Wang Hao suddenly jumped up from his seat, the sound echoing throughout the entire dormitory.
"Master, please wait! This student has come to expose Lin Jiayou for cheating on the exam!"
His words caused an uproar in the room.
All eyes, whether in astonishment, doubt, or schadenfreude, instantly focused on Lin Jiayou.
One of Wang Hao's henchmen, who had already received instructions, immediately put on an indignant look, rushed to Lin Jiayou's desk in a few steps, reached into the pen holder, and then held up a folded piece of paper.
"Master, please look, the evidence is here!"
Master Li's face instantly turned ashen. He strode over and snatched the note from the lackey's hand.
Upon unfolding it, one finds it densely covered with small characters, the handwriting bearing a striking resemblance to Lin Jiayou's usual homework. At Bailu Private School, cheating is a serious crime punishable by immediate expulsion.
"I did not cheat." Lin Jiayou slowly stood up, facing everyone's gaze, his voice calm yet extremely firm, "This note is not mine. Please investigate, Master."
"With witnesses and physical evidence, you still dare to deny it!" Wang Hao's face was filled with undisguised smugness and pleasure. "You always act so respectable, but I never expected you to be such a depraved scoundrel!"
Just as Wang Hao was shouting the loudest, the door of the dormitory was suddenly pushed open from the outside with a "bang".
"Who's the scumbag? I think you are!"
Gu Qingchen stood at the door with his hands on his hips, with Qian Zhenyun, who was panting heavily, beside him.
Her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she stormed in like a fierce mother tiger protecting her cubs.
Lin Jiayou looked at them with astonishment in his eyes.
Master Li's brows furrowed deeply: "Gu Qingchen? Qian Zhenyun? What brings you here? Weren't you sentenced to three months of confinement?"
"I..." Gu Qingchen scratched his head, his eyes darting around, and said matter-of-factly, "My mother asked me to bring you some snacks. When I got to the door, I heard a dog barking, so I came in to check!"
She couldn't very well say that she had run away secretly.
She strode up to Teacher Li, glanced at the note, snatched it away, pointed at Wang Hao, and sneered, "Teacher, Wang Hao is lying! He wrote this note himself to frame Jia You!"
Wang Hao's expression changed, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "You're talking nonsense! It's clearly Lin Jiayou's handwriting!"
"is it?"
Gu Qingchen turned the note over and pointed to a nearly overlooked corner in the lower right corner, where the words "Wang Hao" were written in tiny handwriting.
"Then how do you explain that your name is on this?"
She and Gun Gun had long anticipated that a scoundrel like Wang Hao would try to make things difficult for Lin Jiayou during the monthly exam, so they made preparations in advance.
Master Li took a closer look, and was so angry that he trembled all over and slammed his fist on the table.
"Wang Hao! How dare you! You actually frame your classmate in the examination room!"
Wang Hao's face turned ashen instantly, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Someone! Go to the Ministry of War's residence and bring Lady Wang here!" Master Li was furious.
Less than half an hour later, a woman dressed in flamboyant clothes with a mean face barged in. She was Wang Hao's mother, Madam Wang.
Without even glancing at her son on the ground, she first looked Lin Jiayou up and down with a sidelong glance, a hint of undisguised contempt on her lips.
"Master Li, you've disturbed me just because of some wild brat who's come from who-knows-where?"
She covered her nose with a handkerchief, as if the air here polluted her eyes. "Even if our Hao'er is a bit naughty, is it worth arguing with such ill-mannered lowlifes?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingchen's anger flared up instantly. Just as he was about to speak, a clear and gentle voice came from outside the schoolhouse.
"Oh? I'd like to hear what kind of inferior people Madam Wang thinks the people of my Yong Prince's Mansion are?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man dressed in brocade robes slowly walk in. He had a handsome face, a dignified demeanor, and an air of nobility between his brows.
Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Lin Jiayou stood up straight and respectfully greeted, "Uncle, what brings you here?"
The visitor was none other than Lin Jingchuan, the young prince of the Yongwang Mansion.
Lin Jingchuan ignored Madam Wang's drastically changed expression and went straight to Lin Jiayou's side. He reached out and touched his head, his voice filled with heartache: "Why didn't you tell me you were bullied?"
Lin Jiayou lowered his head: "I don't want to cause trouble for my uncle."
With Lin Jingchuan backing her up, Madam Wang's arrogance immediately diminished.
Seeing this, Gu Qingchen quietly tugged at Lin Jiayou's sleeve and whispered, "We snuck out, we need to hurry back, or my mother's ruler will come at me again."
"Your uncle must be a good person, right?"
Lin Jiayou nodded, seeing her nervous and anxious expression. He knew that his uncle had come because Gu Qingchen had sent a message.
He looked at her and said earnestly, "Thank you."
"Don't mention it!" Gu Qingchen waved his hand magnanimously. "Aren't we good friends?"
After saying that, she grabbed Qian Zhenyun, who was still in a daze, and shouted, "Gun Gun, run!"
The two of them, like two rabbits escaping from their cage, quickly disappeared through the doorway, leaving behind a room full of people and a reckoning that had just begun.
Madam Wang's legs went weak, and she almost couldn't stand up. She quickly curtsied.
"Your Highness, please forgive me! Yes, it was this lowly woman who was blind and ignorant of your greatness, and spoke nonsense. Please, Your Highness, be magnanimous and do not stoop to the level of a woman like me!"
Lin Jingchuan didn't tell her to get up. He simply walked slowly to Wang Hao, who was slumped on the ground, and looked down at him.
"You are the son of the Vice Minister of War?"
Wang Hao was already terrified out of his wits. He looked up at Lin Jingchuan, whose shadow completely enveloped him.
"Yes, yes, student...student Wang Hao..."
"Very good." Lin Jingchuan nodded, then turned to Master Li beside him and nodded slightly. "Master Li, let's seek justice for what happened today."
Master Li quickly cupped his hands in greeting: "Please speak, Your Highness."
“Framed a classmate, his conduct is corrupt. According to the rules of Bailu Private School, what should be done?” Lin Jingchuan asked.
Master Li's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "According to the rules, he should be dismissed immediately and never be employed again!"
"Expelled?" Madam Wang screamed, disregarding all etiquette, and lunged forward, grabbing Master Li's sleeve.
"Master, please don't! Our Hao'er was just confused for a moment. Please give him another chance! Our Vice Minister's Mansion will definitely reward you handsomely!"
Master Li disgustedly shook off her hand, his face turning even uglier.
"Madam Wang! This is a school for teaching and nurturing students, not a place for you to conduct business!"
Lin Jingchuan watched all this with a cold eye. He did not stop Madam Wang from crying and making a scene. Instead, he waited for her voice to subside before speaking slowly.
“I know you look down on Jiayou. It is because his father is a member of the Wei family, a criminal official whose family has been exterminated and whose property has been confiscated.”
His candid recounting of this shameful past stunned both Madam Wang and Wang Hao.
“However,” Lin Jingchuan’s tone shifted, his eyes suddenly sharpening, “you should all remember that his mother is my sister, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Yong’s family. He carries half the blood of the Prince of Yong’s family!”
"Even if the people of my Yongwang Mansion are in dire straits, it is not your place to bully them at will!"
The Prince Yong's Mansion may be quiet now, but that doesn't mean it's dead!
“Master,” Lin Jingchuan looked at Master Li again, “whether or not to expel him is the rule of the private school, and I cannot interfere.”
"But today, the mother and son must solemnly apologize to my nephew for their words and deeds."
Mrs. Wang pulled her son aside to apologize; she had truly brought trouble upon herself with her words!
Lin Jiayou stood there, expressionless, accepting the deep bow from the mother and son without saying whether he forgave them or not.
Lin Jingchuan watched this scene with satisfaction before saying to Master Li, "Master, I apologize for disturbing you today. Jiayou is injured and has been frightened. I will take him back to my residence to rest for a few days. I hope you will grant me permission."
“Of course, of course,” Master Li immediately agreed.
Lin Jingchuan took Lin Jiayou's hand and led him out of the school building.
As he passed by the Wang family mother and son, he paused, and said coldly in a voice only they could hear:
"If there is a next time, what I want will not be a simple apology."