"I wasn’t telling you to look at your score. Look at mine."

’How can she be so happy when she didn’t even pass? She’s really something else!’

Qian Zhuye was puzzled, but seeing her expression, he couldn’t help but push his way through the crowd and start searching at the very bottom of the bulletin board.

’He remembered her sleeping through the entire monthly exam without even picking up her pen. How could she possibly have a score?’

When Ye Qianning saw him go straight to the bottom, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes. ’So in his eyes, I’m just a complete failure of a student.’

Qian Zhuye’s eyes started to ache as he scanned the list from the bottom all the way to the top. When he finally saw Ye Qianning’s name among the top ten, his eyes went wide with shock.

He rubbed his eyes. Seventh place... Ye Qianning?

’But I clearly remember her sleeping the whole time!’

"Seventh place! You got seventh place!" Qian Zhuye shouted at her, turning his head in disbelief.

Many students heard the shout and also looked toward the seventh name on the list. They hadn’t paid it any mind, but one look gave them a shock. Seventh place was actually the six-year-old kid, Ye Qianning?

’The same Ye Qianning who’s always late, who sleeps and eats in class?’

This wasn’t the rankings for the introductory schoolhouse. She was only in the intermediate class because she was Dean Chen’s personal disciple, and she got seventh place despite sleeping all day?

’Who would believe that if you told them?’

’It’s a fix! It’s definitely a fix!’

Many students were indignant, especially those in the same class as Ye Qianning. On the day of the monthly exam, she didn’t even write on her paper. How could she have gotten seventh place?

"You cheated!" a student suddenly shouted, pointing at Ye Qianning.

Ye Qianning met everyone’s gaze and shrugged nonchalantly.

"As the Dean’s personal disciple, you cheated in public! I won’t accept this!" the student said, infuriated.

"You just can’t stand to see someone do better than you after you failed your own exam, can you?" Although Qian Zhuye had his own doubts, the moment he saw someone shouting, he immediately rushed forward to argue.

"I’m telling the truth! She turned in a blank paper that day. I saw it with my own eyes!"

"During the monthly exam, why were you staring at someone else instead of doing your own test? Your seat is so far from Pangtuan’s, what could you possibly have seen? A blank paper? Hah! If there’s a problem with your eyes, you should get them checked."

"You... you... Everyone in this academy knows you two are thick as thieves! I wasn’t the only one who saw it that day. She cheated, and the teachers are showing favoritism!" The student was so angry he was on the verge of tears.

Many students knew of Ye Qianning, and those in her class knew her even better. They had long been resentful and jealous of her.

With the teachers and the Dean favoring her, they didn’t dare speak up. But to get a good score by brazenly cheating was just too disappointing.

"He’s right. I didn’t see Ye Qianning pick up her pen during the monthly exam either."

"Exactly! She slept from beginning to end and got seventh place. If that’s not cheating, what is?"

"If sleeping can get you scores like that, why are we even attending school? We might as well all just sleep."

"She relies on her status as a personal disciple to do whatever she wants in the academy. She breaks the student code of conduct over and over, and the teachers show favoritism. In my opinion, the punishment of copying lines is just for show."

"Isn’t that the truth? Has anyone ever seen her finish a single assignment? The teachers can punish her dozens of times a day, but have you ever seen her take it seriously? She just sleeps in class anyway."

Once the first person spoke up, a second followed, then a third...

The crowd grew increasingly chaotic, filled with taunts aimed at Ye Qianning, the academy, and even the teachers and the Dean.

"If you’re going to say I cheated, then show me the proof," Ye Qianning said, perfectly calm.

"The score itself is the proof!" the first student to question her yelled again.

"You little punk, are you asking for a beating?" Qian Zhuye grabbed him by the collar, ready to throw a punch.