Chapter 269: Chapter 268: It’s Just for Show

Even if the principal pointed out these issues later, as long as she wrote down all the answers, others would only think that Lu Zhaozhao lacked mastery in her studies.

Her image as a top student would become even more solid!

The principal didn’t pay attention to Xia Wenjin but looked towards Lu Zhaozhao instead, “What do you think?”

Lu Zhaozhao nodded, “Since Student Xia wants to do this, let’s go according to her proposal. Better than using old test papers and having her accuse others of cheating.”

Xia Wenjin knew Lu Zhaozhao was alluding to her, but she didn’t care at all.

She snorted coldly, her mind only filled with the three questions she had memorized earlier.

She was determined to slap Lu Zhaozhao in the face, hard.

So, after the principal handed them each an A4 paper, she immediately began writing down the questions.

Lu Zhaozhao, on the other hand, wasn’t in such a hurry. She glanced at the questions Xia Wenjin had posed before she began writing on her A4 paper.

[Yuhe Media Communication Co., Ltd.: Only starts writing after looking at someone else’s questions, is she even copying the questions? Does Lu Zhaozhao have no shame?]

[Yuhe Media Communication Co., Ltd.: Stop pretending, Lu Zhaozhao! Struggling is useless!]

[Yuhe Media Communication Co., Ltd.: As expected, our Jin is the best!]

[Bo Datou: Hahahaha… I’m dying of laughter. Has the water army company upstairs not realized their accounts are compromised yet?]

[Jing Jiu Yao Yan: By the time they realize, their employer has already overturned half an hour ago, haha…]

[Gugugu: I’m really worried about my sister, Xia Wenjin obviously set up the whole thing waiting for my sister to fall into the trap, so insidious!]

…

By now, most of the people who had joined the live stream had understood the twists and turns, even before all of Xia Wenyan’s fans had come charging in.

The direction of the live stream commentary was starting to turn.

Naturally, Xia Wenjin had no idea what the netizens were saying; all her focus was on the questions she had just created.

She waited arrogantly for Lu Zhaozhao to stop writing, then shook her A4 paper and said, “I’ll give you one last chance to regret and admit your poor performance while it’s still possible, to save yourself from embarrassment when you can’t solve these problems later.”

Xia Wenjin knew Lu Zhaozhao wasn’t the type to back down easily.

The more she said this, the more Lu Zhaozhao would be infuriated and certainly wouldn’t agree.

True to form, no sooner had she spoken than Lu Zhaozhao chuckled, “The questions are all written, isn’t it a bit late to say these things now?”

Lu Zhaozhao’s words hit her bullseye – she wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity.

Xia Wenjin pursed her lips, “Since you say so, then take care of yourself.”

Saying this, she placed the questions in front of Lu Zhaozhao.

The other party glanced at her before focusing intently on the problems in her hand.

Soon, she picked up her pen and began writing feverishly.

Xia Wenjin glanced at the answers Lu Zhaozhao was writing and couldn’t help but smirk; clearly, this woman was pretending to understand.

The answers she wrote were nothing like what Xia had seen before.

And sure, it was a postgraduate level problem; how could she possibly understand?

She was just putting on a show.

The better she pretended now, the more embarrassed she would be later when called out.

Xia Wenjin was smug beyond measure, and only then did she look at the questions Lu Zhaozhao had set for her. But when she saw them, she was stunned.

What were these?

Why is it that she understands every single word, yet when they’re strung together, she can’t make heads or tails of it?

And these three problems vaguely exude a familiar feeling, as if she’s seen them before, yet it feels like she hasn’t…

Noticing something amiss with Xia Wenjin, Lu Zhaozhao suddenly smiled, “What’s the matter? You can’t do it?”

Xia Wenjin’s face flushed red in an instant, “Who says I can’t do them? I, I’m just reviewing the problems!”

Lu Zhaozhao pouted, “Then you better hurry up.”

As she spoke, her pen had already stopped.

Xia Wenjin was taken aback, only then realizing Lu Zhaozhao had finished all three problems!

But she glanced over them briefly and they were still different from the answers she remembered, just like the first problem.

Xia Wenjin then breathed a sigh of relief.

She snorted, “Not knowing how to do it is one thing, but writing nonsense is pointless.”

After saying this, Xia Wenjin lowered her head to continue pondering over the three problems Lu Zhaozhao posed.

The principal had been watching the problems posed by the two from the beginning, his brows first raising, then furrowing.

But after reviewing Lu Zhaozhao’s problems, his entire demeanor relaxed.

[One of Xia Wenjin’s problems looks like it’s from last year’s recommendation for research positions, my goodness, a freshman coming up with such questions, Xia Wenjin is ruthless!]

[She’s clearly setting a trap, waiting for her little sister to fall into it. Tsk! Shameless!]

[I was recommended for research at Yuqing University last year too, and the little sister’s answers are correct. Her approach is much more streamlined than mine!]

[If I’m not mistaken, the problem in the middle is the recommendation question from the year before last, right? The last one is from the year before that…]

[Wow, are they setting such a high bar for the little sister? If the little sister gets them all right, will the university give her a recommendation?]

[Good question from above. But let me tell you, the little sister got them all right! What’s even more outrageous is… did you all notice the problems she posed to Xia Wenjin just now?]

[What? What?! Someone spill the truth already!!!]

[Continuing from above, the problems the little sister gave to Xia Wenjin are also recommendation questions, and they’re actually the follow-up questions to the ones she was tasked with… which means the little sister wasn’t just reviewing earlier, she was “searching”!]

[666!]

[666!]

[666!]

In an instant, the live stream screen was filled with 666s, and the previously aggressive trolls were suddenly silent. The entire live stream was anticipating the upcoming turnaround.

“Student Xia Wenjin, how much longer do you need?” The principal asked, seeing her scratching her head in frustration and knowing she couldn’t solve the problems she had in hand.

As the principal of a university, how could he not tell the level of the problems posed by Lu Zhaozhao and Xia Wenjin?

Xia Wenjin was obviously doing it on purpose, but she hadn’t expected Lu Zhaozhao to take advantage and use the situation to her own advantage, hanging her out to dry.

Xia Wenjin truly brought it upon herself.

“I…” Xia Wenjin’s forehead had already broken out in beads of sweat. Frowning, she muttered, “It’s not that I can’t do it, it’s that the problems Lu Zhaozhao gave me are flawed.”

Saying this, she pushed the A4 paper forward, placing it on the table, “Who knows what kind of nonsense problems she came up with; it’s natural that I can’t solve them. Moreover, the three problems she just solved were all wrong, it’s her scribbling indifferently, that’s why she was so fast.”

Principal: “…”

Lu Zhaozhao: “…”

Netizens: “…”

Lu Zhaozhao thought that since Xia Wenjin had intended to establish herself as a top student and even chose specific problems from previous years’ recommendation tests, she would try to solve them somehow. Never had she anticipated that Xia might just have memorized an answer…