After The Honest Person Was Discovered For Simultaneously Pursuing Three People - Chapter 76.2

Chapter 76.2: The Genius Transfer Student

The atmosphere instantly froze because Tao Ning didn’t say anything. Someone shouted, “How can you even show your face here? Don’t you know cheating is shameful?” “It looks like he definitely memorized the answers.” “Those exams were so difficult. How could anyone do them without any scratch work? It must be cheating!”

“He thinks he’s a genius. Is he going to say he did it all by mental math? What a joke…”

“Yes, it was all mental math.”

At these four calm words, everyone present was speechless and stared at Tao Ning in the center of the crowd. His back was very straight, and there was no emotional fluctuation on his face. When he said this, it was as casual as talking about the weather.

“How is that possible—?!” Liu Yuliang said excitedly, wanting to rush up to Tao Ning and question him, but a foot suddenly came out and kicked him to the ground. Song Yucong stood with his arms crossed and looked down at him. “Dare to touch him? Try me.”

“You… you’re a bunch of scoundrels conspiring together!” Liu Yuliang was kicked to the ground. The humiliation of being bullied by the rich and powerful was palpable. Surrounded by so many teachers and students, he felt a deep sense of shame and embarrassment, which made him even more convinced that Song Yucong was helping Tao Ning behind the scenes.

The director wiped a bead of sweat and personally helped Liu Yuliang up, saying sheepishly, “Yucong, this is a school. Don’t be reckless.”

Liu Yuliang shook off the director’s hand, his eyes bloodshot, and pointed at Tao Ning. “Don’t talk big! Those exams are publicly known to be very difficult, and the pass rate is very low. How could you do them without any calculations? I think you got the answers from Song Yucong!”

Song Yucong’s temper flared. He was about to kick him again, but Tao Ning stopped him. The young man walked in front of him and said, “I remember you. You wanted to check answers with me in the exam room, and I told you. Why are you now turning around and accusing me of cheating? Also, if you think you can’t do it without calculations, that doesn’t mean I can’t. That’s a matter of personal ability.”

As soon as he said this, not to mention the fact that Liu Yuliang wanted to check answers with Tao Ning, the crowd was shocked by the boy’s almost arrogant tone. They never dreamed that a person who seemed so frail, even timid and sickly, could speak so boastfully without even blushing.

Liu Yuliang wanted to jump up and argue: “You’re talking nonsense! When did I ever want to check answers with you? I was showing you sympathy, seeing you couldn’t do it and wanted you to copy!”

Tao Ning was confused. “But I knew how to do everything, I didn’t need to copy you.”

“You, you…” Liu Yuliang was so angry he couldn’t speak. He felt he had never met such a shameless person as Tao Ning. “Then why did I see you spacing out every time I looked up?!”

Tao Ning thought for a moment and replied, “Because I had already finished.”

“…”

All of the boy’s words made sense of his abnormal behavior in other people’s eyes. In the end, Liu Yuliang couldn’t even say “you, you, you” anymore. The people who were helping him saw his face turn red and pale with anger, as if he was about to faint, and said, “Then what evidence do you have to prove what you’re saying?”

Teacher Zhang said, “The surveillance shows that Tao Ning did indeed finish almost every exam in about half an hour. But this doesn’t prove that Tao Ning wrote down the memorized answers in advance, nor does it prove he cheated.”

The young man’s face showed a visible hint of helplessness. “Does anyone have a test paper? Any test paper will do.”

Someone handed him a physics paper from their bag. The young man said “thank you” and then gave the paper to Liu Yuliang, saying seriously, “Since you don’t believe me, I’ll prove it to you.” He pointed at the paper and continued, “I have at least two methods for every problem on this paper. You can pick any one you want. I can explain it to you right now without any scratch paper.”

Tao Ning said calmly, “But whether you can understand it, I don’t know.”

Song Yucong watched the sharp-edged young man in the center of the crowd with interest. This was the first time he had seen such a fierce side of Tao Ning. Although he had also thrown tantrums at him, at those times, he was more like a little squirrel trying to run to the forest, his cheeks puffed up, looking quite cute.

He didn’t expect this bumpkin to be so effective in a real debate. He seemed gentle and slow, but the words he spoke could anger a person to death.

Sure enough, Liu Yuliang’s face turned ashen. He deliberately pointed at the last, most difficult question. “I don’t believe you can do that by mental math.” Even if he had memorized the answers, they wouldn’t be exactly the same. Liu Yuliang was very confident in his judgment.

At this point, someone who loved to watch the drama unfold brought the head of the physics department over.

Tao Ning took the test paper, quickly scanned the questions, recalled the process of solving the problem at the time, and after a moment of thought, said unhurriedly, “This problem is a typical combination of electromagnetic induction and dynamics. It needs to be broken down into three steps. The first step is the force calculation. Before the metal rod enters the magnetic field, it and the conductor frame slide down at a constant acceleration. The formula is gsin…”

Tao Ning stood in place, his expression almost indifferent. He spoke in a simple and clear manner, and his logical thinking was very clear. But as the young man’s speaking speed went from slow to fast, many people couldn’t keep up with him and had to take out pens to take notes.

Liu Yuliang’s face became paler and paler, until it was a ghastly white.

As if that wasn’t enough, Tao Ning also explained another little-known solution. Someone exclaimed, “Damn! I’ve seen that solution in a physics competition before.”

The crowd instantly buzzed. Someone else said, “I told you he was on the roster for our math Olympiad class. There’s only one reason he didn’t join our training—he has enough ability and self-discipline to study on his own. You guys just didn’t know…”

The physics teacher’s eyes were shining as he looked at Tao Ning. He hadn’t expected this student, who was in the math Olympiad program, to have also studied for physics competitions. He quickly said, “He’s a great talent. Are you interested in joining our physics competition class?”

Tao Ning paused. “I’m sorry, teacher. I’m a little more interested in math.”

The physics teacher sighed regretfully. Seeing that the most respected teacher in the physics department wanted Tao Ning to join his competition class, and that the young man had truly been able to provide the answers without any scratch paper, in simple and clear steps, it became obvious that the rumor was a joke. Some people, just as he had said, couldn’t even understand the explanation.

Would a person like this cheat? That was the real joke! The rumor about Tao Ning cheating immediately fell apart.

Some of the people who had just been spreading rumors wanted to slip away but were grabbed by Wang Peng and a few others. Liu Yuliang stood in the center of the crowd, trembling uncontrollably. Tao Ning could really solve problems with mental math?! Why hadn’t anyone told him sooner? If someone had told him earlier, this wouldn’t have happened!

It must have been on purpose. They must look down on me and wanted to intentionally make me look bad!

Liu Yuliang felt as if he had been slapped in the face multiple times. His face was burning, and the way the crowd looked at him changed instantly. The people who had just been vocally supporting him now changed their tune. Their lips moved, cursing him for being a clown and a despicable rumor-monger.

Liu Yuliang’s body trembled, and his face was pale as he backed away. “N-no, it’s impossible. You’re all just looking down on me and trying to harm me…”

Song Yucong said coldly, “Apologize now.”

“Yeah! Apologize now!”

“Apologize! Liu Yuliang, are you a man or not?”

“Damn it, I skipped class today to support him, and it turns out I hurt an innocent person.” The person speaking was one of those who had said they would have Liu Yuliang’s back. He was a distant relative of one of the four great families. Even as a side branch, he wasn’t afraid of ordinary rich kids.

But he stepped forward and said to Tao Ning, “I’m sorry, brother. I misunderstood you. I formally apologize.” He even bowed deeply.

And the young man, who had just been so cold and serious, instantly lost all his momentum and returned to his usual呆呆(silly/dazed) look. He quickly waved his hands. “No… there’s no need to do that.”

When the others saw this, they also apologized one after another.

“Tao Ning, I’m sorry. We misunderstood you.”

“Yeah, yeah, it’s all Liu Yuliang’s fault. He sounded so righteous that we believed him.”

“Tao Ning, I’m sorry.”

…

Surprisingly, almost everyone apologized. Tao Ning’s dazed look also disappeared. Instead, he said very seriously, “I forgive everyone, but if this happens again, I won’t forgive you.”

He just didn’t like to talk. It didn’t mean he was a pushover. Today, at least a hundred people were围着 (surrounding) him in this small space. When Tao Ning arrived, he heard that more than two-thirds of the people were slandering and spreading rumors about him. It made him feel very uncomfortable, and it took a lot of mental preparation to walk out calmly from all those malicious stares and prove his innocence.

Song Yucong simply pushed Liu Yuliang. The latter had been muttering to himself. Suddenly being pushed snapped him out of his daze. His face was pale. He lowered his head and his voice was as quiet as a mosquito’s. “Tao, Tao Ning, I’m sorry.”

Facing the mastermind of this rumor, Tao Ning was silent for a moment before saying, “At that time, you thought I couldn’t do it, so you wanted to show me the paper. I was very grateful for that, but later, you said I cheated without any proof. That kind of behavior is very hateful.”

Liu Yuliang’s already pale face lost all its color with these words. He buried his head even lower.

“I forgive you.” With that, Tao Ning turned and left.

Since the person involved had left, the people at the scene didn’t linger and dispersed.

Liu Yuliang suddenly raised his eyes, staring blankly at the young man’s lean back. The emotions in his eyes were unusually complex, but in the end, intense hatred and inferiority flashed through them.

Song Yucong happened to see the hatred that flashed in his eyes. He frowned slightly and warned, “Don’t forget, there’s a court summons waiting for you. You better behave, or else—” He lowered his voice. “I’ll have someone kill you.”

Liu Yuliang’s body went stiff, and he was instantly scared stiff. He lowered his head and quickened his pace to leave.

After this incident, the Oksonte forum immediately exploded. Someone posted videos and pictures of the scene online. The people who weren’t there were shocked and then disgusted by Liu Yuliang’s character.

Eventually, Tao Ning was given the title of “The Genius Transfer Student,” and people even started to follow Liu Yuliang’s whereabouts.

But Tao Ning knew none of this, as he had never used the internet. His phone was only for calls and text messages. His only source of frustration was that after classes, he didn’t see Xu Jun at all, and when he got to the school gate, there was no sign of Zhao Jingqun either.

At that moment, the roar of a black Revuelto’s exhaust thundered through the campus like a peacock spreading its tail. It drove right up to Tao Ning and let out a low honk. The window slowly came down, revealing Song Yucong’s face behind sunglasses. He rested one hand casually on the car door, and the other door automatically opened. “Get in. Let’s go back.”

Tao Ning stood still. As the corners of Song Yucong’s mouth turned down, his phone in his pocket rang. Tao Ning turned his back and answered the phone. “Why aren’t you here yet? School’s out.”

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then he coaxed him softly: “I’m sorry, baby. Something came up. Why don’t you go back to the Song family for a few days, and I’ll come pick you up in a few days, okay?”

“…Oh.”

No wonder Zhao Jingqun had said “in the future” this morning. Tao Ning kicked a small stone on the ground, his voice muffled. Before he could ask more questions, Song Yucong said impatiently from the car, “Are you done or not? Hurry up and get over here.” There was an indescribable jealousy and anger in his tone.

Having no other choice, Tao Ning hung up the phone and reluctantly got into the car.

The moment the call ended, there was a loud “bang!” The solid wood chair in an office dozens of miles away was instantly kicked apart. Zhao Jingqun clenched his fists, his eyes icy cold.

Sun Old Second wiped a bead of sweat on the side. He also hadn’t expected Second Young Master Song, that dissolute playboy, to propose another condition for their deal: to have them send Tao Ning back to the Song family.

If they didn’t send him back, all previous conditions would be void. This was like a poisonous needle stabbing directly into their Young Master Zhao’s heart and lungs.

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