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Jiang Chi's expression darkened instantly, his gaze cold as he looked at Meng Yao. "Teacher, we were just—"
"Enough! No more explanations!" First Teacher waved his hand impatiently. "This is a verbal warning. If any violations are found again, you will be treated as cheaters and disqualified from the competition!"
Jiang Chi and I exchanged glances, both seeing suppressed anger and deep helplessness in each other's eyes. Meng Yao's move was too insidious, too malicious! She had calculated that we were at a critical moment in solving the problem and deliberately interfered!
This sudden interruption completely disrupted my rhythm, and that damned formula was nowhere to be found. With only ten minutes left, I felt frantic, my palms sweating. Should I give up? Absolutely not!
Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Jiang Chi's draft paper moving slightly towards me. Instinctively, I glanced over—next to his densely packed calculations, in a very inconspicuous corner, there was a faintly written line of formula!
It was the very one I had been racking my brain to remember!
My heart skipped a beat as I looked at him in shock. He, however, kept his gaze straight ahead, fingers flying over his draft paper as he continued calculating other parts, his profile tense as if everything that had just happened was nonexistent.
In an instant, everything clicked into place for me. He was using this nearly undetectable method to… remind me! This… this was already dangerously close to violating the rules! If discovered…
A wave of shock and an indescribable emotion hit me. He actually… took such a huge risk for me?
The hesitation lasted only a fraction of a second. I quickly noted down the formula and swiftly completed all the remaining deductions and calculations. Almost as soon as I wrote down the last digit, the bell signaling the end of the competition rang throughout the exam hall.
I put down my pen, feeling utterly drained as I leaned back in my chair, gasping for breath. My hands trembled violently.
Stepping out of the exam hall, the sunlight outside was blinding. My emotions were a tangled mess—relief from finishing the competition mixed with anxiety over the earlier close call and… immense shock at Jiang Chi's selfless act.
"Thank you for earlier… but…" I caught up with him, wanting to express my gratitude while also cautioning him about how risky it had been.
"Forget it," he interrupted me directly, his tone returning to its usual indifference, even colder than before, as if the person who had just taken that risk to signal me wasn't him at all. "Wait for the results."
With that, he walked straight ahead, leaving me with a tall yet distant figure. I watched him go, feeling as if a stone had lodged in my chest, suffocating me.
However, the trouble was clearly beyond what I had imagined.
That afternoon, before the final results were announced, an anonymous post on the school's forum exploded like a virus—"Shocking Scandal! Evidence of Cheating in Physics Competition? The Iceberg Academic Genius Goes to Any Lengths for His 'Rumored Girlfriend,' With Photos to Prove It!"
The post was filled with sensationalism and insinuation; although it didn’t name names directly, keywords like "Iceberg Academic Genius," "rumored girlfriend," "physics competition," and "actions during the exam" pointed unmistakably at Jiang Chi and me! The most damning part was that it included an extremely blurry photo taken from an awkward angle—showing Jiang Chi's draft paper tilted towards me while my head was lowered, making it look like I was peeking at his answers!
I knew this photo had to be Meng Yao's doing! She not only sabotaged us during the exam but also shot this underhanded arrow behind our backs!
In an instant, the entire campus erupted! Rumors swirled around us like a tsunami. Jiang Chi and I were thrust into the spotlight, facing an unprecedented crisis of trust.
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