Chapter 64: Chapter 64: What are you guys doing to me!

Lin Yi’s video quickly went viral on the internet, and people’s opinions on the matter were successfully misguided by those self-media accounts seeking clicks.

For a while, Lin Yi became what parents referred to as ‘someone else’s child.’

In countless Huaxia families, adults looking at reports about Lin Yi on their phones couldn’t help but tell their children:

‘See? If you don’t study hard, this will be your fate. Not even able to sit for two and a half hours in the college entrance exam.’

‘Sigh, study hard, son. Otherwise, when you take the college entrance exam, you’ll end up like that failure Lin Yi, kicked out of the exam hall halfway by the invigilator.’

‘You little brat, if you turn out like that failure Lin, your mom and I won’t be able to show our faces outside.’

…

However, Lin Yi was unaware of all this and never imagined things would escalate so much.

After reading two articles on Weibo, Lin Yi just smiled and shook his head.

Although this incident is trending now, Lin Yi wasn’t too worried.

There are so many major events happening daily in Huaxia; people don’t have the time to focus on an ordinary student like him.

So, he figured, by the time the college entrance exam is over, this issue would blow over.

He tossed the phone back onto the passenger seat and then continued driving home, steering the car in that direction.

The music drifting out from the car window indicated that this matter hadn’t affected Lin Yi’s mood much.

While Lin Yi wasn’t fazed, his friends couldn’t sit still.

After seeing the news online, Li Huiqun was the first to borrow a phone from his parents to call Lin Yi.

However, Lin Yi wasn’t using his previous number, so it was impossible to reach him.

Li Huiqun’s parents, though strict with him, knew he was close with Lin Yi and were familiar with Lin Jianguo and Ye Xiaoer as well.

When they learned about the situation, they were quite worried and immediately sent their son to check on Lin Yi at his home and advised him to encourage Lin Yi not to let this incident affect his exam the next day.

Several other students who were on good terms with Lin Yi did the same; unable to contact him, they headed to his house.

…

Inside the principal’s exclusive courtyard at the faculty housing of School Three.

The old principal, who had been busy all day, had just finished dinner and was about to sit on the sofa to enjoy a cup of tea, when his granddaughter Yao Yao, holding a mobile phone, suddenly exclaimed in confusion:

“Huh? This big brother looks so familiar! Grandpa, look quickly, isn’t this someone from your school? I feel like I’ve seen him in the courtyard.”

After taking a light sip from his teacup, he casually took the phone handed by his granddaughter, seizing the moment to educate her:

“Hmm? Let me see, Yao Yao, it’s not that Grandpa wants to lecture you, but you’re already in ninth grade now, with the entrance exams coming up. You should minimize phone use, it affects your studies–uh? Lin Yi??”

Yet, he stopped mid-sentence after suddenly seeing Lin Yi on the screen.

Not only that, but as he scrolled through the screen with his fingers, his brows furrowed deeply.

A moment later, the old principal slammed his teacup heavily on the coffee table with a clunk, and couldn’t help but exclaim sternly:

“Nonsense! Who is spreading these rumors? Useless failure Lin? Absolute rubbish!”

After reading the entire article, the old principal’s beard bristled with rage, wishing he could call the police and arrest the person spreading the rumors.

This is pure defamation! Slander!

No one more than him understands Lin Yi’s capabilities. Calling him useless? A failure? Not even a bit of exaggeration, but if Lin Yi is a failure, then Huaxia truly has no top students!

This statement may seem grandiose, but it’s factual. There is no one else in all of Huaxia who can finish an entire test paper in five minutes perfectly!

These past few days, he had been thrilled by the emergence of this super dark horse, Lin Yi, even communicating with the city about the possibility of a top scorer from School Three this year!

The city had paid great attention to this, promising to double the educational resources if School Three produces a provincial top scorer.

But now what’s happening? Someone is intentionally smearing Lin Yi? Isn’t this intentional defamation against School Three too? Can this be tolerated?

Ring ring ring~

Just as the old principal was planning to report this matter to higher-ups for severe punishment of the rumor spreaders, the phone on the coffee table suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw it was the person he was intending to contact, so the old principal answered the call immediately.

But before he could speak, a stern middle-aged man’s voice came from the other side:

“Lao Qian, what on earth are you all doing there!”

The questioning tone made the old principal pause clearly, not understanding the implication, since nothing seemed to be happening at his school?

Yet now he had no mood for other issues; his precious potential national top scorer was being slandered! How could he care about anything else?

So, ignoring the other side’s remarks, he directly diverged the topic:

“Director Li, I actually have something to report to you. Here’s the thing, we…”

But before he could finish, a sound of a table slap came from the other side:

“Lao Qian, don’t change the subject, tell me later if you have something! I’m asking you, what’s happening over there! Huh? What’s up with Lin Yi! You better give me a reasonable explanation!”

The old principal was taken aback upon hearing this. Director Li was also calling because of Lin Yi?

Could it be that the city already knows that the one I hinted might be the top scorer is Lin Yi?

Who told them? Teacher Wang?

A series of question marks flashed through Principal Qian’s mind.

Previously, when the old principal reported to the city about a potential top scorer, he didn’t mention Lin Yi’s name.

Who knows, mentioning it might lead to other schools poaching Lin Yi in these few days before the college entrance exams. If that happened, the top scorer would still belong to Xiaodao, but not School Three.

However, since the higher-ups are aware now, there’s no need to explain anymore.

“Director Li, I was going to report about Lin Yi; this is indeed a severe issue, having greatly affected our reputation. Do you think we should call the police?”

[To be continued…]