Ch 51 (Part 2): Rebirth of the Tool Man in a Pampered Protagonist Novel

“I am indeed studying the Collatz conjecture. Although my progress is not significant, I am making efforts in that direction. I believe my calculation drafts and materials can prove what I said.”

“So, Yan Tong, isn’t it time for you to explain your solution process?”

Silence fell.

Yan Tong’s face turned pale.

He looked at Fang Ziyang, then at the equally pale Fang Qianhao, and the skeptical and disdainful gazes around him.

He couldn’t help shaking his head and murmuring, “I, I don’t know either. This question looks unfamiliar to me too. I, I don’t know what’s going on…”

After saying that, Yan Tong directly fainted, whether it was real or fake fainting was unclear.

Fang Qianhao hurriedly ran up to the stage.

Fang Ziyang, with a cold face, ignored him and turned to the reporters in the front row. He picked up the microphone again and made a statement.

“I don’t know why Yan Tong’s exam process is exactly the same as mine. In fact, I have some doubts about my own college entrance exam results as well. The announced results differ significantly from my estimated scores.”

“To dispel my doubts and ensure the interests of all high school seniors, I will choose to report this incident to the police. I hope the school can forgive my impulsive actions. After all, the college entrance exam results are something that changes the destiny of every senior… Thank you.”

After finishing his statement, Fang Ziyang put down the microphone and walked away.

The conference hall erupted in an uproar.

[“Liu Jia,” the top scorer of H City No.1 High School, was actually a result substitution?]

Less than an hour after leaving the school conference hall, “Liu Jia” quickly climbed to the top of the trending topics on Weibo with this sensational headline.

It was indeed sensational!

With the increasingly strong and prosperous development of the country, the control and regulation of the college entrance exam, which had the potential to change the fate of ordinary families, had become stricter.

Result substitution had not been heard of for a long time.

Perhaps it still happened secretly, but there hadn’t been any publicly exposed cases for a long time. Even if someone manipulated results, no one had the courage to tamper with the score of the top scorer in the college entrance exam. It would be like seeking death.

But today, they witnessed such a foolish act.

Although the police hadn’t come up with a conclusion immediately, the angry questioning from Fang Ziyang and his proficient demonstration of problem-solving during the speech at H City No.1 High School made it highly probable that there was an issue with the results!

Internet users were exploding with rage.

“Damn it, with such strict government control, there are still people daring to tamper with scores, and they even substituted the score of the college entrance exam’s top scorer? Who is so arrogant?”

“Isn’t this ‘Liu Jia’ the same person who was involved in the bullying incident with Fang Ziyang before? Oh my God, are these two really destined to be together? How did they end up in the same situation again…”

“Is this Yan Tong’s brain malfunctioning? It’s not good to substitute anyone’s score, let alone Fang Ziyang’s. Does he think this is the legendary ‘lamp under the cover’?”

“Maybe it’s not a malfunction, but he simply wanted to substitute Fang Ziyang’s score. Taking advantage of a familiar person, but unexpectedly… Fang Ziyang ended up scoring first in the national college entrance exam. He dug his own grave, hahaha.”

“But come to think of it, I didn’t expect Fang Ziyang to be so capable! I saw a video before where he said he deliberately didn’t want to score well, and I thought he was showing off. But now it seems that what he said was true!”

“Yeah, he’s already studying the Collatz conjecture, although it’s only preliminary research, it still shocked me… My goodness, why is there such a huge gap between two eighteen-year-olds that I can’t even imagine?”

“It’s not surprising. Fang Ziyang’s older brother is Tang Xun, and I’m sure everyone has heard of Tang Xun, right? And Fang Ziyang’s grandfather is rumored to come from a scientific research family, with several generations of research talents working for the country. With such a background and genetics… Fang Ziyang’s intelligence should be exceptionally high.”

“Oh my, I suddenly realized that Fang Ziyang is a treasure boy. He always surprises me…”

Online discussions were free, and netizens expressed their views, opinions, and amazement. Some were angry and directly cursed, some couldn’t believe how dumb Yan Tong was, and others were amazed by Fang Ziyang’s demonstrated abilities…

Of course, most of the comments were condemning and abusive.

Cheating in the college entrance exam, result substitution, leaking exam questions… These were things that the general public absolutely couldn’t tolerate.

Under such tremendous social attention, the police received the report and didn’t dare to slack off. They immediately formed a special investigation team to start the investigation.

The first person they arrested was, of course, Sun Zhi.

As the director of the Education Bureau in H Province, he naturally became the primary person to be held accountable when the college entrance exam results were in question.

To everyone’s surprise, when they thought this case would take a lot of time and effort to investigate for several days, Sun Zhi couldn’t bear the pressure. The night he was invited to the police station for a cup of tea, he trembled and confessed his crime.

The truth that came out in the end shocked everyone.

“…I… I didn’t want to do it. I’m going to retire and live a peaceful life next year. It doesn’t make sense for me to risk my reputation in such a situation. But someone caught me with a handle. If I didn’t agree to help, my affair and illegitimate child would be exposed to my wife.”

“It was all Fang Qianhao who coerced and lured me. My wife has a strong personality. If she finds out I have an affair and an illegitimate child, she will kick me out. Fang Qianhao caught such a big handle on me, and he offered me thirty million yuan. I couldn’t resist the temptation, so I was swayed.”

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“Our original plan was perfect and secure. Fang Qianhao told me that we would only switch exam numbers. After all, the two regular scores wouldn’t attract attention or be discovered. Even if something happened, we could find excuses to evade responsibility. We could say there was a mistake in the exam number and then switch the scores back. At most, we would face some disciplinary action…”

“For this, Fang Qianhao even changed Yan Tong’s name for the sake of convenience in substitution.”

“Originally, we chose the student Liu Jia from Qinghai High School, but there was an error during the operation, and it ended up being Fang Ziyang. And Fang Ziyang’s score turned out to be unexpectedly impressive!”

“…I was scared at that time, but it was too late to back out. In order to cover up and conceal the situation, I had no choice but to tamper with the papers of a few other students, robbing Peter to pay Paul, and also adjusted Fang Ziyang’s score to 712. I hoped to pass it off…”

“It was all Fang Qianhao who forced me to do this. I was just an accomplice, and I’m willing to confess.”

“I have evidence for everything I said, and I request leniency from the police…”

After Sun Zhi was taken to the police station, he didn’t need much time during the interrogation before he confessed.

Perhaps knowing that there was no way to defend himself, he actively cooperated with the investigation and had a very good attitude of admitting guilt.

However.

The person implicated by his confession, Fang Qianhao, was in a bad situation.

“What? Director Sun said I was the mastermind? That I coerced and lured him to switch the scores? That’s a lie! I didn’t do it, it wasn’t me, I don’t know anything, Sun Zhi is simply talking nonsense…”

Fang Qianhao was infuriated by Sun Zhi’s confession, but facing the police questioning, he knew he had to remain calm and not admit guilt.

Switching college entrance exam scores, especially the score of the national top scorer, carried a severe charge, and he was well aware of that.

Moreover, while he was aware of the situation, he didn’t actually carry out the act himself. It was all orchestrated by his father. He was essentially “innocent.”

“I didn’t do such a thing. I want to see my father, and I want to hire a lawyer.”

Fang Qianhao’s denial was resolute.

He was still hoping that Fang Yandong would come to his rescue.

However, he had no idea that Fang Yandong had long abandoned him. Being brought to the police station for questioning was entirely Fang Yandong’s doing.

The police looked at him with disdain, shattering his illusions without mercy.

“Fang Qianhao, we have already questioned your father, and based on his testimony, it has been confirmed that you indeed used his bank card without authorization.”

“He feels anger and shame for your actions and has explicitly stated that he won’t hire a lawyer for you. The evidence of your bribery to the Director of the H Province Education Bureau to help Yan Tong switch scores is quite solid.”

“If you don’t want to worsen your charges, we advise you to confess and cooperate actively with the investigation…”

The police’s words were like the heavy hammer of a thunder god, brutally hitting Fang Qianhao’s head.

It left him dizzy and blank.

Fang Qianhao stood up from his chair in excitement. “What are you saying? Are you telling me that my father testified against me?”

“Yes. We have already interrogated Mr. Fang, and based on his testimony, the case against you is essentially proven. So if you continue with this passive attitude, we will certainly apply for increased sentencing…”

The police coldly stated the cruel reality.

Fang Qianhao couldn’t believe what he was hearing, and he felt his whole world crumbling.

If what the police said was true, what did it mean?

…His idolized father had thrown him under the bus and made him the scapegoat?

Fang Qianhao was in a daze, unable to believe the reality.

Meanwhile, the police quickly uncovered the entire incident under the enormous public attention and officially announced it on their official microblog.

When everyone saw the truth of the matter, there was another uproar.

“So, in reality… the person who should have been substituted was Liu Jia from Qinghai High School? But due to an operational error, Fang Ziyang ended up as the unlucky one?”

“Damn, and they even went so far as to change the name. Can this premeditated plan still be called a coincidence?”

“This is outrageous! Besides, a few other students’ papers were also tampered with! According to Sun Zhi’s confession, it was because Fang Ziyang scored too well, and they couldn’t use the excuse of ‘having a bad state during the exam’ to fool others. They had to bring in a few more unlucky ones to cover it up… It means the actual scores of those students are definitely higher than the ones currently announced.”

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