Xia Pengpeng wasn't worried at all; her antics might even affect the malicious downgrading of her work.
She had learned from Li Qiong that, after the competition ended, all the manuscripts would be sealed. They would be scanned into electronic files, identified only by number, without names, and screened for the second round.
In the interest of fairness and justice, their manuscripts were not handled by anyone from the school.
After finishing the exam, Xia Pengpeng walked out of the examination room and saw Li Qiong standing not far away, chatting with several guests.
A few minutes later, the guests left, leaving only Li Qiong alone.
Xia Pengpeng approached her and said very sincerely, "Teacher Li, I'm sorry for causing you trouble today."
"Pengpeng, you don't need to apologize. It was my oversight too. If you couldn't have taken the preliminaries today, I wouldn't know how to explain it to Ji Sen."
