Early in the morning, the admissions officers from various prestigious universities received a message and hurriedly rushed to their destination without even stopping for a drink of water.
They expressed their thanks to Lu Zhenhai for the invitation and were about to enter the house.
"Yao Yao, why are you just standing there? Quickly lead the way for the teachers," Xu Aiqin said with a beaming smile, brimming with enthusiasm.
When they heard the name "Yao Yao," everyone's footsteps came to a halt, and they looked at Xu Aiqin with suspicion.
"Madam, if I may ask, is Yao Yao your daughter's nickname?"
"Yes, her full name is Lu Muyao, but we usually call her Yao Yao..."
Upon hearing the three words "Lu Muyao," everyone suddenly realized that they had found the wrong person! It was all because the teachers who came with them were too eager to compete and hadn't properly confirmed the identity of the candidate!
They had almost stepped into the wrong person's home for tea!
"I'm sorry, but is this not Qing Yan's house?" one of the professors suddenly asked.
Upon hearing the name "Qing Yan," Lu Zhenhai and Xu Aiqin's expressions froze.
"We are looking for Qing Yan. I checked the student information, and she filled in this address, right?" Another admissions officer took out Qing Yan's personal information registered at the school and compared the house number outside. It was indeed the correct address!
"Could it be that the student Qing Yan was careless and filled in the wrong house number?"
"Excuse me, do any of your neighbors have a child named Qing Yan?"
"It's likely that the child was careless and wrote down the wrong house number!"
There were many villas here, and Qing Yan probably lived in one of them!
"You, you, are you looking for Qing Yan...?" Lu Zhenhai was thunderstruck and utterly dumbfounded!
Xu Aiqin asked instinctively, "Is she, is her academic performance excellent?"
"Yes, she is this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination!"
The four words "top scorer in the college entrance examination" struck like lightning, leaving the Lu family, including the servants, completely dumbfounded!
Qing Yan was the top scorer in the college entrance examination?
Wasn't her previous academic performance mediocre?
Could these teachers have mistaken the name???
How could Qing Yan possibly be the top scorer in the college entrance examination?!
"It seems like we got the wrong person, we apologize." The teachers saw the expressions on the faces of the Lu family and quickly apologized before preparing to leave.
Xu Aiqin hurriedly stopped one of the professors and asked, "I'm sorry, but can you tell me if Yao Yao's score this year is good enough to enter your university?"
The professor from a prestigious university was the one whose memory was triggered by Lu Muyao's name; he finally remembered who she was!
He casually withdrew his hand from Xu Aiqin's grasp and became completely different from the warm and enthusiastic person just moments ago.
He looked at Lu Muyao and confirmed once again, "Your name is Lu Muyao?" "Yes," Lu Muyao replied politely, though her confidence was shaken by Qing Yan's impressive score, "I scored 601 points in this year's exam." "It's not enough." The old professor was about to leave, but Lu Muyao hurriedly asked, "Did the admission score for Peking University increase?" The old professor's gaze returned to Lu Muyao, with a touch of displeasure, "I heard that you obtained a ranking in a grand piano competition through plagiarism? Such behavior is unacceptable, even if you scored full marks, our university will not admit a student with such conduct!" Upon hearing this, other university professors were taken aback. They saw her as gentle and polite, how could she have achieved her ranking through plagiarism?
This was not acceptable!
Lu Muyao's face turned pale in an instant.
Another admissions officer from a different university spoke up, "Although our admission score this year is 600 points, we also do not accept students with questionable conduct."
"Our Aviation University won't accept her either."
"Don't apply to our Transport University; even if you do, we won't admit you. Our principal values students' conduct more than their scores!"
"Our principal does too."
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As they heard these rejections from renowned university professors, one after another, Lu Muyao's face turned increasingly pale, and she felt almost unsteady on her feet.
Lu Zhenhai was also thunderstruck, only realizing what had happened after they left.
Meanwhile, Xu Aiqin noticed the maid was still recording the scene and angrily rebuked her, "What are you recording? Isn't this embarrassing enough?"
Neighbours from several nearby villas were also watching the situation, especially Mrs. Wang, who had previously approached them for a contract. She now had a disdainful and gloating expression.
With her face burning, as if slapped repeatedly, Xu Aiqin pulled Lu Muyao and sternly scolded the other servants in a low voice, "Get inside!"
Everyone quickly entered the house, closed the door, and even locked it.
"How could Qing Yan possibly be this year's top scorer in the college entrance exam? How is that possible?" Xu Aiqin was on the verge of going crazy, pacing around the living room, "She must have cheated! I will report her! What qualifications does she have to become the top scorer in the college entrance exam this time?"
Before others could speak, Xu Aiqin continued angrily, "It must be her; she must have leaked the information from the awards ceremony; otherwise, how would those professors from prestigious universities know what happened that day! Don't forget that the award ceremony was not made public!"
Xu Aiqin couldn't help but wish to strangle Qing Yan when she mentioned it. "There are no secrets in this world! I don't think it was Yan Yan who leaked the information," said Lu Zhenhai as he sat on the sofa. His earlier enthusiasm was gone, replaced by embarrassment and dejection.
Lu Muyao also felt upset. Her father still believed that cunning woman. If it wasn't her who leaked the information, then who else could it be?
"How do you know it wasn't her?" Xu Aiqin fumed, "You're biased towards her! You and your mother are just the same, both fooled by that little brat Qing Yan!"
"If Qing Yan really leaked this information to the professor at Jing University, it means they know each other. But the professor clearly didn't recognize Qing Yan and mistook Yao Yao for this year's top scorer!" The others nodded, seeing the reasoning in this.
"Could it be that she made a phone call to leak the information? So the professor never saw her face?" Xu Aiqin speculated.
"Right now, who leaked the information is not important!" Lu Zhenhai corrected angrily, "What matters is that Yao Yao is being rejected by those prestigious universities. What will the neighbors say? When it's time for her to apply to colleges, will she still be able to apply to those schools in Gaoyang University City? And if she can't, and Gaoyang is far away, what if other girls catch the attention of Gaoyang's universities? What will happen to Yao Yao then?"
"You're right," Xu Aiqin fell silent, thinking of a solution.
"Don't blame everything on Qing Yan. If you hadn't acted so ruthlessly back then, we could have also taken some credit for Qing Yan becoming the top scorer in the college entrance examination!"
"And earlier, if our relations weren't so strained, even if Yao Yao copied Yan Yan's music, Yan Yan wouldn't have been so ruthless in seeking revenge. She demanded money from us and distanced herself from us!"
"And before that, she knew that Wu You. Maybe she could have helped us establish a good relationship with Ou Yan!"
"You've ruined such great connections!"