Chapter 127: Do You Still Dare to Settle This Score With Me?

Yan Baba turned directly to Gong Ran and snapped, "I see what's going on. You haven't been able to take first place yourself, and this time you were pushed down to third. You’re so jealous that you’re taking all your anger out on Sister Luo today, insisting on slandering her by saying she cheated!"

"I did not!" Gong Ran refused to concede. "She cheated! Why shouldn't I be allowed to say it?"

"Baba, you can't reason with her! With people like this, you have to speak with your fists!" Ye Wuqi stepped forward, ready to lash out at Gong Ran again.

"Ye Wuqi!" The principal intervened once more to stop him.

The principal even scolded him, "Calm down! Isn't there enough chaos already?"

Glancing at Ye Luo, who remained completely expressionless—the principal wondered if she was even capable of showing any other emotion—he turned his attention back to Gong Ran.

"Accusing someone of cheating requires evidence. What you’ve presented are merely your own conjectures, not proof."

In other words, you are making baseless accusations.

To everyone's surprise, Gong Ran laughed instead of getting angry. "If you want evidence, that's easy! Just have her take the exam again! But it can't be the same paper; it must be of the same or even higher difficulty. If she can still score full marks... no, even if she just scores seven hundred, I will believe she didn't cheat!"

"Why the hell don't you go take the exam again!" Ye Wuqi flared up again.

Fearing another outburst, the principal quickly held him back and turned to the stoic Ye Luo. "Student Ye Luo, do you agree to this proposal?"

Ye Luo did not answer immediately. Instead, she calmly retorted, "If I prove that I didn't cheat at all, how are we going to settle the score for her slandering me?"

Damn! That’s bold!

While everyone else was worked up, she was not only composed but already planning how to hold the other party accountable! The onlookers were nearly ready to applaud. The principal was also deeply shocked.

Not far away, under a tree, Gong Lu let out a low chuckle. She hadn't changed one bit; she remained as straightforward as ever, never wasting a single word.

"Damn, Sister Luo, you're so calm." Ye Wuqi and the others couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that today, their Sister Luo was finally going to teach Gong Ran a lesson.

Gong Ran was stunned for a moment, not expecting such a response, but then she laughed loudly. "Ye Luo, have you no shame? Do you think you can scare me with this? Do you think I'll believe you didn't cheat? Keep dreaming! I've seen it all; you think you can pull a little stunt like this past me?"

"Fine!" Gong Ran suddenly shifted her tone. "You want to settle the score? Then let's do it! With so many people watching, this matter has blown up and caused extremely negative repercussions. If I have wrongly accused you, according to school rules, I should receive a major disciplinary mark. Do you know what that means? Even if I'm the top scorer in next year's college entrance exam, no prestigious university will admit me!"

"But!" Gong Ran’s face was filled with arrogance and the certainty of victory. "If it's proven that you actually cheated, even if the school doesn't expel you, you will be slapped with a major disciplinary mark!"

At this point, Gong Ran looked triumphant, her chin held high. "Ye Luo, well? Do you still dare to settle this score with me?!"

Ye Luo didn't respond. She simply looked at the principal and asked, "Can the school proceed as she suggested?"

Principal Chen replied, "This is already stipulated by school policy, so of course, it can be done."

Ye Luo nodded to show she understood, then said calmly to Principal Chen, "Please prepare the papers, Principal. I will retake the exam."

It was clear that she intended to settle the score exactly like that.

The entire student body and faculty watching were instantly in an uproar.

"Damn! Did she cheat or not?" Someone muttered, confused but incredibly excited.