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The moment that sentence dropped, it was like a stone thrown into a still lake–ripples immediately spread through the classroom.

The other students wasted no time following suit, openly mocking and eering at Jean-

“Scaredy cat finally crawled out of her hole? After hiding at home for so many days?”

“Don’t think the worst is over. The principal’s personally investigating this. You’re not getting off easy.”

“God, how embarrassing. You should just drop out. I’m ashamed to even be in the same class as you.”

“You guys…” Sofia couldn’t take it anymore. Her fists clenched tightly. She wanted to speak up, but every word got caught in her throat. The sheer flood of hostility made it impossible to even know where to begin.

Jean quietly patted her on the hand, telling her not to get worked up.

Jean herself was still calm.

She stepped forward, tilted her head slightly, and smiled like the breeze, light and composed. “Since you’re all so eager to come at me, I do have one question—”

“Even if I did leak the exam questions, you all saw them, didn’t you? Pretty sure some of you memorized them and found the answers ahead of time… Doesn’t that make you complicit too? You benefited. You’re accessories. So why am I the only one getting dragged through the mud?”

Instantly, the noise in the room died out. Silence fell like a blanket.

all stared

she said… wasn’t

had seen the

of them actually used them?

Only they knew.

no one would

the questions, there was no way they’d confess–not when that would mean getting branded

exactly why they’d been so desperate

to go down for this. She was the source of the

the point of all this?” The same boy spoke again, voice harsh and cutting. “You’ve already been investigated by the

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Chapter 235 Someone Else

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moment of hesitation, he forced out a reply, “He came to investigate

meaningful smile. “Because as

in

Someone else?

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