Information like who had reported the incident and framed them, the fewer people who knew about it, the better. Therefore, Shen Hanxing guessed that the person who reported it and the person who put the test papers in her bag were the same people.
In the crowd, a student’s face was pale, and he looked down in panic. He couldn’t be blamed and called stupid with this matter. It was only a cheating incident in school, who would have thought that Shen Hanxing would call the police without saying a word? They were all students of the school. If something happened, they would wait for the school to solve it. Who would immediately call the police?!
The eyes of the homeroom teacher moved slightly. After a long while, she gritted her teeth and shouted, “Sun Bo, come out!”
Sun Bo, who was silently praying that the homeroom teacher would not say his name, trembled when he heard his name. He stepped forward with a pale face. The students in the classroom looked at him in disbelief, making him feel as if his back was being stabbed.
Sun Bo braced himself and walked in front of the homeroom teacher. He lowered his head and said, “Teacher.”
Sun Bo was a tall and thin boy. He looked very ordinary and did not have much of existence in school. His academic results were also average. However, he was good at calligraphy. He was specially recruited by the school.
Shen Hanxing glanced at Sun Bo. She was very sure that she had never interacted with this person from the start until now, let alone had any enmity with him.
“Sun Bo is the one who reported it,” the homeroom teacher said, “Come, Student Sun Bo, tell Shen Hanxing about it.”
“I have nothing to say.” Sun Bo pursed his lips. With a pale face, he said, “I saw Shen Hanxing put the test paper in her bag, and then I went to report it to the teacher. I did it to ensure the fairness of the test. I don’t think I did anything wrong.”
“If that’s the case, then please come and have your fingerprint checked.” Shen Hanxing’s face was dark. “It’s just to check if it’s a match with the fingerprints on the test papers. That shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
“Why should I get my fingerprint checked?” Sun Bo’s face changed. He took a couple of steps back and forced himself to say, “I’m not willing to do that. It’s not like I did anything wrong. Why should I be suspected?”
“Because you lied.” Shen Hanxing’s expression turned cold, she did not back down. “You said that you saw me putting the test paper into my bag, but my fingerprint was not on those test papers. If you don’t have a guilty conscience, what are you afraid of? We’re just verifying your fingerprint. If you didn’t do it, then you’ve proven to be innocent. Why are you being so resistant?” Shen Hanxing slowly approached him. Then, she asked, “Or are you feeling guilty?”
“I… I…” Sun Bo’s eyes darted everywhere. He couldn’t find a reasonable excuse to refuse. However, he still insisted, “I’m not willing. No matter what you say, I’m not willing to do it. You have no right to force me!”
Sun Bo’s action was more proof that something was wrong with him.
“It’s just a fingerprint. If it really has nothing to do with you, then just go and verify it.” Bai Ling frowned. She sized up Sun Bo and asked, “Why are you reacting so strongly? You don’t have to be afraid of something that can prove your innocence, right? Or could it be that you really did something?”
“No, it’s not…” Sun Bo was completely flustered. He shouldn’t have used his hands to take the test paper back then. He was too careless. If it was really found out, he would be finished. He would be expelled by Si Cheng High School!
Sun Bo gritted his teeth and his eyes moved. Suddenly, he said, “I… I didn’t go because the fingerprint was indeed mine! I… I wanted to confirm what the paper was, so I opened it to take a look.” After finding a reasonable reason, Sun Bo spoke more smoothly, “I looked at the test paper and confirmed that it was our test paper. I only reported it after I confirmed that Shen Hanxing cheated in the exam. I didn’t want to check the fingerprints because I had tampered with Shen Hanxing’s things. I didn’t want others to know.”
Sun Bo’s words were reasonable. If he hadn’t been too flustered earlier, Shen Hanxing would have believed him.
“CEO Ji, the surveillance footage is out.” Chen Liang answered the phone, his face was filled with joy. He said, “The video that was released showed that the time was 8:10 a.m. before the exam on Monday. The surveillance footage from the school’s snack bar just happened to capture Mrs. Ji walking past the snack bar at 8:11 a.m.”
It took about seven minutes to get from the snack bar to the teacher’s office. Shen Hanxing could not be in two places at once, so how could she appear in front of the snack bar and then flirt with the dean in the office one minute later?
Discussions broke out in the classroom. “Then, could it be that Shen Hanxing and the dean are really innocent? Then who are the people in the video? Their voices sound too similar to Shen Hanxing’s and the dean’s voices.”
Although the matter had not been thoroughly investigated, they had at least cleared up the relationship between Shen Hanxing and the dean.
