Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl
Chapter 431 - 417: Why isn’t it marked?

Chapter 431: Chapter 417: Why isn’t it marked?

Ding Yi to the side blurted out, "Damn! It really is so! Jiang Zhe’s afternoon test paper was not only different from the others, but it also hasn’t been graded. This isn’t a single mistake, this is clearly multiple mistakes! What kind of employee is so irresponsible? Tsk, the exams on Beicheng Continent are no big deal after all, huh? Just a few hundred people taking the exam and so many problems occur. What if there were more people? Wouldn’t that be completely chaotic? Imagine dealing with our national exam with millions of applicants, wouldn’t that be a total mess? Tch tch tch, and that’s supposed to be the Beicheng Continent!"

Professor Tan said, "Ding Yi, please hold back a little. This is clearly the person in charge’s problem—how can you blame the employees? Do you think that temporary workers are responsible every time something goes wrong?"

"You’re right, Professor Tan, I originally thought that it was only very low-level people who passed the blame to temporary workers. I didn’t expect that on Beicheng Continent, they would also make temporary workers the scapegoat. What did the temporary workers do wrong?"

Zhuo Jinman felt flustered and agitated upon hearing these words, cursing the assistant Xu in her heart to no end.

She could only maintain a smile on her face, her tone serious, "Whoever is responsible will be held accountable, we will definitely not condone it. Being able to discover the problem this time also helps prevent a lot of trouble in the future."

"So why wasn’t the test paper graded?" Jiang Zhe asked.

Before Zhuo Jinman could answer, Jiang Zhe continued, "Why did I lose my chance to advance to Beicheng Continent for further study when my test paper wasn’t graded? How was the selection made? Were the decisions based on the scores? Or did you choose based on whose name sounds nicer? Or was it by alphabetical order, picking whoever’s name came first?"

"Is this directed at me alone, or at everyone?"

"Is this the usual style of Beicheng Continent, or is it specifically targeted at me, or our style?"

Zhuo Jinman had a massive headache.

But Jiang Zhe was very polite with her questions, yet beneath all that courtesy were aggressively demanding inquiries.

Zhuo Jinman was not prepared for this situation, and she couldn’t come up with a perfect explanation at the moment.

Ding Yi chimed in supportively, "Yeah, please explain that to us, Miss Zhuo. No rush, we have time; you can take your time explaining, and we’ll listen patiently. Start with the first question, how about that? If you don’t remember, Miss Zhuo, I can help by repeating it for you."

Beicheng Continent had always had an excellent reputation, like an old-fashioned noble family, elegant, free-spirited, honorable, and admired by all.

For decades, it maintained a mysterious and noble stature, just waiting for others to look up to it.

Yet today, Jiang Zhe alone put it on the back foot, tearing a deep gash through all its fine qualities and its style.

Like a gentleman in custom-made suit falling into a muddy puddle, landing with his bottom in the muck, the posture of his downfall extremely unsightly.

Jiang Zhe continued, "Since it is your side’s error, I won’t retake the exam; I demand an apology, as well as a reevaluation of my afternoon test paper—in front of me."

"Yes, a reevaluation in front of us!" Ding Yi shouted along with the rallying cry.

Professor Tan nodded, "A reevaluation in front of us! I can supervise on the spot and help ensure everything is fair!"

Zhuo Jinman had no choice but to let another grader come to reevaluate, after all, given the situation, she had to fulfill Jiang Zhe’s demands.

Upon arrival, the grader found that the test paper couldn’t be graded because... he didn’t understand the questions.

Zhuo Jinman, standing to the side, pinched her brow, pressing down hard, "Get someone else."

After the replacement grader came, he still couldn’t understand the questions.

Another swap, still no good.

Ding Yi exclaimed in surprise, "So what exactly are the questions you gave to Jiang Zhe? Couldn’t be that you just carelessly created them, right? That would be a bit too much, wouldn’t it? Why is it like this? Is it because Jiang Zhe is too excellent, and you deliberately tested her with different questions?"

"Would you please shut up right now!" Zhuo Jinman snapped, increasingly losing her composure.

Ding Yi was even more astonished, "You make a mistake, refuse to explain, and demand that I shut up! Are you planning not to solve the problem, but to get rid of the person who brings up the problem?"

Zhuo Jinman fiercely grabbed the test paper, declaring, "I’ll grade it myself."

She had glanced over the morning paper earlier and estimated that she could complete it in a little over half an hour.

The afternoon exam papers were a bit tougher, and she could probably finish marking them in just over forty minutes, while reviewing the questions.

Now, she started reviewing Jiang Zhe’s paper; it should be done within an hour.

Completing the review would, at least, allow her to save a bit of face.

She began the marking process, but was stumped by the first question.

Ding Yi asked Professor Tan, "Professor Tan, I don’t understand the first question. Could you explain it to me?"

Professor Tan stood up and said, "Well... I’ll go get a glass of water first."

Then, Zhuo Jinman finally continued reviewing the questions.

Jiang Zhe reached out to Ding Yi, "Lend me your phone to play with."

Ding Yi spoke in a lowered voice, "Use Professor Tan’s. My phone is live-streaming. Look, there are already several million viewers. Everyone is very interested in your results."

Indeed, ever since Jiang Zhe had started making the phone call, Ding Yi had been live streaming.

Initially, the number of viewers wasn’t large, but as Jiang Zhe pressed on, challenging the situation step by step, more and more people swarmed into the live stream.

To publicly see someone challenge the aloof citizens of Beicheng Continent was a first for the whole world.

To see Zhuo Jinman be put in a tight spot was an unprecedented event.

Seeing Jiang Zhe’s nonchalant demeanor throughout while Zhuo Jinman had to perk up to cope, the excitement level in the live stream kept soaring.

Jiang Zhe was somewhat speechless and reached out to Professor Tan.

Professor Tan handed over his phone for her to play with.

In the end, Zhuo Jinman took two hours to personally mark Jiang Zhe’s exam paper.

One hundred percent, perfect score.

In reality, she only managed to complete questions worth ninety-seven points, grading Jiang Zhe’s paper for ninety-seven points.

There were three points worth of questions that she was totally uncertain about; she didn’t know if her answers were correct or if her problem-solving ideas were valid.

Not wanting to complicate things further, she had no choice but to award those three points directly to Jiang Zhe, rounding it up to a whole number.

When she saw the time that had passed, two hours, Zhuo Jinman’s elegant and dignified visage cracked with lines of despair.

"Jiang Zhe, I declare that your place is restored," Zhuo Jinman said through clenched teeth.

"And my apology?" Jiang Zhe asked.

Zhuo Jinman took a deep breath.

Ding Yi said, "Miss Zhuo, please wait a moment. Let me adjust the live stream angle so that all the netizens can see you, then you can apologize! Let’s do it with formality, make it official!"

Zhuo Jinman: "..."

When on earth had they started live streaming!

"Miss Zhuo, now you are facing all the viewers in the live stream! Alright, you can start apologizing now! Everyone, let’s give Miss Zhuo a bit of encouragement!" Ding Yi shouted into the live stream.

Zhuo Jinman: "..."