Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 63 - 060 Reluctance (Part 1)

Chapter 63 -060 Reluctance (Part 1)

Chapter 63 -060 Reluctance (Part 1)

The mock exam for the whole city was the next day.

It was more formal than the monthly exams; the venue was no longer your own classroom. Everyone’s seats were mixed up and arranged according to the results of the most recent monthly exam.

Song Jiawen, without exception, sat in the very first seat on the left in the front row. Right behind her was Zhu Zhen, and so on—a classroom of thirty people made up the top thirty of the grade.

Luckily, Jiang Yan was assigned to the same exam room as her.

He even felt a bit smug about it!

However, his joy was quickly interrupted by someone else’s gaze. Jiang Yan’s sharp eyes swept towards Deng Tao, who had been staring at Song Jiawen for quite some time. What was she up to?

After she controlled public opinion last time, it had led to her being absent from school for a long time. Now, just two days after returning, she was plotting something again?

No good, he needed to beat up Lu Jinglong one of these days and tell him to keep a watch on his woman.

The exam started quickly, and everyone focused their thoughts on the test papers.

The first subject was Chinese, proctored by Teacher Fang and the PE teacher who was always “on sick leave.”

After circling around twice, they started to whisper gossip in the corner—

“Did you see? Song Jiawen, her handwriting is really good.”

“What’s that got to do with you? She’s not studying fine arts.”

“Neither are Jiang Yan and Yu Hang studying PE, yet you play ball with them all the time, don’t you?”

“Playing ball is our way of communicating, you wouldn’t understand.”

“Yeah, you understand.”

Teacher Fang gave the PE teacher a sideways glance, then suddenly remembered something and, even more quietly, said, “I heard the vice principal’s wife was spotted coming out of a hotel with a young man by you? Hey, was that guy good-looking?”

“Fuck, who told you that? Are you trying to get me killed?” the PE teacher asked in horror.

“Look at how pathetic you are. What difference would it make if you just admit you couldn’t resist gossiping about it? Could he possibly eat you?”

“How could he not? That’s the vice principal.”

After speaking, the PE teacher quickly looked around, worrying that the vice principal might be making his rounds at that very moment.

“Is it that scary? You’re frightened to this extent.”

Teacher Fang disdainfully snorted.

“What do you know? If the vice principal was divorcing, it might be okay, but the thing is, that couple still plans to stay together. Isn’t that awkward? From now on, I’ll have to avoid his wife.”

Teacher Fang clicked his tongue in wonder, “The vice principal is such a good man.”

PE Teacher: ….

I dare you to say that to the vice principal’s face.

Soon, two and a half hours passed, and the exam ended.

Teacher Fang collected the test papers and walked out with the PE teacher.

“Teacher Fang.”

When she heard someone calling her, Teacher Fang turned around and saw it was Deng Tao. Her expression turned cold immediately.

She didn’t think she had anything nice to say to this student and couldn’t understand why Deng Tao was calling her over.

“What is it?”

“Teacher Fang, may I have a private word with you?”

Seeing the situation, the PE teacher took over the papers from her and said he would deliver them, then left earlier than planned.

But Teacher Fang really didn’t think they had anything to discuss. It was just that, as a teacher, it wasn’t proper to have a confrontation with a student in public, which was why she brought her back to the art department office very reluctantly.

The results of the provincial competition had already come out, and both Deng Tao and Xu Yan had unimpressive ranks—one fifty-eighth and the other sixty-second.

It wasn’t the best, but making it into the top one hundred wasn’t too shabby, right?

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It’s just… if Song Jiawen had participated, she might have made it into the top three.

While Teacher Fang felt regretful, he grew even colder towards Deng Tao.

“What do you want?”

“Teacher Fang, don’t you ever ask about Song Jiawen?”

Deng Tao was still not satisfied because, over the past couple of days, everyone still looked at her with strange eyes, which made her feel uncomfortable and even more irritated.

So she wanted everyone to know that the painting she had ripped up was nothing but a plagiarized piece. What was the big deal?

“Are you not done yet?”

Teacher Fang was both angry and amused, looking at Deng Tao as if she were looking at a lunatic.

“I’ll say it again, those two paintings only looked strikingly similar, but in fact, they were not the same at all. Song Jiawen did not plagiarize.”

“If she didn’t plagiarize, would you dare to bring out that half of the painting you’ve saved?”

Deng Tao remembered very clearly, the high school boy had patched up her torn painting piecemeal, and in the end, it barely came together as half a painting, which Teacher Fang treasured and kept.

Why? Why was her traditional painting hung in Shanshui Gallery, and her sketch collected by a teacher…

“Whether I bring it out or not, she did not plagiarize. Deng Tao, if you keep being unreasonable, I will ask the school to reconsider your punishment.”

Teacher Fang’s expression was stern, and the look in his eyes was so cold it could forge ice.

Remembering her father’s instructions, Deng Tao left the art office resentfully.

As soon as she came out, she saw Lu Jinglong pacing outside. Deng Tao’s eyes shifted, and she quickly lowered her head and started wiping her eyes.

“Deng Tao, what’s wrong?”

Lu Jinglong had been waiting for her, and upon seeing her crying as she left the art office, he immediately approached her anxiously and asked, “What’s wrong? Did Teacher Fang criticize you?”

Wasn’t the matter from last time over? Why the criticism still?

Isn’t it over?

“I… I just wanted to ask why Song Jiawen’s work from the last competition was identical to Master Mu’s, but Teacher Fang insists that I have malicious intentions and am slandering Song Jiawen for plagiarism… I didn’t, I was just really curious as to why her painting is exactly the same as Master Mu’s, after all, competition works should be original and not copied…”

She spoke haltingly and with a look of aggrievement, yet she managed to explain the situation clearly, which was quite a feat.

Lu Jinglong was furious. “What? Plagiarism? How shameless can you get? A plagiarized painting is worth your apology? What is Teacher Fang thinking, not discerning right from wrong.”

He felt a strong sense of injustice for Deng Tao, and seeing her cry so sadly, he comforted her, “Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer this grievance for nothing. After the exams are over, I will definitely seek justice for you.”

Why must they wait until the exams are over?

Deng Tao was dissatisfied. Biting her lip, she thought for a moment and then asked Lu Jinglong, “If I go to the cafeteria now to ask Song Jiawen, will you help me?”

What’s there to help with just asking a question?

Lu Jinglong didn’t quite understand.

But since Deng Tao said so, he had to nod in agreement.

By this time, most of the students had gone to the cafeteria to eat, including Song Jiawen and a few others.

The monthly test was actually not much different from a quiz, and no one felt too nervous about it. After all, with so many exams, students had become immune to the pressure.

When Deng Tao and Lu Jinglong arrived at the cafeteria, Song Jiawen’s group was almost finished eating. Zhu Jin was still eating while discussing a math problem with her, saying she would work it out for her back in the classroom.

“Song Jiawen.”

Deng Tao walked over and stood in front of her dining table. She didn’t sit down, but rather stood there, looking down at her from above.

Speaking of which, Song Jiawen had been at the school for quite some time, elected as the new school beauty in private discussions, always compared with her, yet this was the first time the two faced each other directly.