"Oh," Hu Xin sneered sarcastically as if she had just heard some big news. "So Principal Shen is the one supporting you. No wonder you dared to plagiarize someone else's work in a national competition."
The staff member frowned and stuffed Si Yu's copybook back into her hands in disdain. "This student... Our competition must be fair and just. Since this copybook isn't yours, please leave as soon as possible."
Chu Yuan looked at her smugly and pushed her outside. "Go back quickly. There are too many people here. Don't embarrass the school."
"What do you mean by embarrassing the school? I've already recorded a video as evidence." Among the onlooking contestants, a man raised his mobile phone and arrogantly shouted with his hands on his waist, "I didn't expect a student of the dignified Dragon City University would do such a thing. I'll post it on the internet now!"
"Look at you, it's all your fault for bringing shame to the school!" Chu Yuan urged her unhappily. "Hurry up and leave. Don't affect the competition for others."
"Take your hand off." Si Yu looked at her coldly. Her eyes were so cold that there wasn't a trace of light in them.
Chu Yuan subconsciously let go of her hand before she came back to her senses and glared at her in humiliation.
When she was facing Si Yu just now, she actually had a moment of stage fright! What was there to be afraid of?
Let's see how she would still have the face to attend classes at Dragon City University after today's incident got exposed!
Si Yu looked at the staff indifferently, her voice cold, yet charming. "Let me ask you. Do the contestants who are selected to be in the top three have to follow the rules and write their characters in public?"
"Yes." The staff member nodded in confusion. This rule had been in place for many years, and everyone understood it clearly. Why was she asking this?
There was a moment of panic in Chu Yuan's heart, but when she saw Si Yu's right hand, she completely suppressed her panic.
"Since that's the case, what are you afraid of?" Si Yu's lips curled up into a smile. "I'll be displaying my copybook in front of everyone anyway."
"You're so shameless! Do you think you're worthy of entering the top three?" The man recording the video was indignant and wanted to snatch the copybook from her hands. However, Si Yu dodged it easily and placed it in the hands of the staff.
"Then please take a look and see if my copybook has any chance of entering the top three."
The staff lowered his head and took a look at the words in the copybook. He subconsciously held his breath and couldn't believe it.
Even if he had studied calligraphy for many years, he could not imitate even a fraction of it.
Without a doubt, if he submitted this piece of calligraphy, he would win the championship by default.
"Sure." He nodded his head deeply, his eyes filled with deep admiration.
"Then that's fine." Si Yu raised her brows. "As long as you hand it in, I'll naturally expose myself if I really took someone else's. What are you afraid of?"
"No!" Chu Yuan yelled.
She stared at the copybook in the staff member's hand as her breathing quickened. She finally realized that Si Yu had come prepared.
Although she didn't know what method she would use to avoid writing on the spot, even if there was only a one-in-a-million chance, she couldn't let her hand the copybook to the judges smoothly.
Hu Xin noticed Chu Yuan's strange expression and patted her shoulder to comfort her. "Just let her hand it in. I'd like to see if she can write the exact same handwriting."
"You can't!" Chu Yuan was practically screaming as she said this.
"What's wrong?" Hu Xin asked in astonishment.
She looked at Si Yu in confusion, then said in understanding, "You're afraid that she'll affect Dragon City University's reputation and implicate you, right? Don't worry, it won't happen. The heavens will punish the slut."
She had said the last sentence to Si Yu through gritted teeth, but Si Yu wasn't as flustered as she had imagined. Instead, Chu Yuan gave a very thought-provoking reaction.
"Why haven't you brought the copybooks over?" The host in front of the stage waited for a long time, but the backstage staff hadn't yet handed in the copybook, so he had to come over to take a look himself.
The staff member awkwardly explained the situation backstage. The emcee picked up Si Yu's copybook and looked at it carefully. The corners of his mouth curled up imperceptibly before he returned the copybook to the staff member and instructed, "Bring it over. If it's fake, it must be a master copy."
The boy who was recording the video laughed sarcastically. "That's right. Woman, I've already posted your video on the internet. Why don't you take a look at how everyone is scolding you now?"