Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 505 Unbelievable! She has always been a liberal arts student [1 update]

Chapter 505: 505 Unbelievable! She has always been a liberal arts student [1 update]

A male student publicly accused, and proctors naturally believed that Ye Wanlan indeed had been cheating.

No one would joke about an examination so crucial in their life.

Hearing the proctor saying this, the male student started to get excited. Had he not been forbidden to leave his seat, he probably would have stood up in his agitation.

Yet Ye Wanlan remained utterly composed, her eyes calm and indifferent as she moved her hand away.

The draft paper was blank, without a single word!

The proctor checked again meticulously, confirming there was no cheating or any other suspicious items before he felt at ease.

However, the male student could hardly believe it.

How could the draft paper be blank?!

He quickly lowered his head, pretending to be seriously working on his answers.

Ye Wanlan, however, did not intend to gloss over the matter, "Teacher, maliciously disrupting the examination order and slandering me with accusations of cheating has affected my concentration. How should such behavior be dealt with according to the law?"

The proctor’s gaze turned sharp as he swept it towards the male student, "Continue with your test."

He went to the podium and, without the slightest semblance of mercy, recorded the male student’s misconduct.

Disrupting the order of an important exam could lead to a lighter punishment like a three-year examination ban and a fine or detention, or a severe sentence of imprisonment.

Ye Wanlan lowered her head, staring at the blank draft paper.

There was a technique that could make the words appear on a blank sheet of paper during a specific time frame.

Three hundred years ago, she had used it to convey messages.

But to use this technique, one must possess a certain level of inner strength and the necessary ingredients.

A slight miscalculation in timing the appearance could have dire consequences.

So...

It was either the Lin Family or the Su Family!

Upon noticing the writing on the paper, she had immediately concentrated her inner strength into her palm, erasing all the words.

This allowed her to deduce that the person employing this method had far less inner strength than hers.

Ye Wanlan kept this information in mind, her expression calm as she continued answering the questions without any disturbance.

Even though this was an unexpected event, she had faced far greater issues; such incidents could no longer shake her.

Meanwhile, the male student behind her was sweating profusely and had completely lost the ability to concentrate on the exam.

What on earth was going on?!

He was sure of the timing when he accused Ye Wanlan of cheating.

That draft paper was supposed to be filled with cheat notes!

How could it be blank?

Having failed in his accusation, he had indeed caused a significant disturbance in the examination hall.

The male student’s complexion turned pale as a sheet, and his clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

Could he be criminally charged for this?

What if he was banned from taking exams for three years? What would he do then?

The student sat on pins and needles, feeling as though time had stretched to eternity, his thoughts a tangled mess in his head.

"Ding Ling Ling!"

The end-of-exam bell rang, releasing the tension of all students.

The male student watched stiffly as his blank answer sheet was collected by the proctor, feeling as if he had lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground.

It was over. This was the end.

Only after all the exam papers, answer sheets, and draft papers were collected did the students return to the classroom to pack their belongings.

Ye Wanlan picked up her transparent pencil case and walked straight out of the exam room.

As the phrase "National College Entrance Examination Mathematics" hit the top of today’s news, someone also posted today’s incident at the Jiangcheng examination center online.

"I was in the same examination room as Ye Wanlan! Someone actually maligned her on the spot, accusing her of cheating during the exam!"]

"Good heavens, her mental state must have been greatly affected, right? If you don’t have a good mindset during a math test, you’ll definitely make big mistakes. Who could be so malicious?"]

"It’s not that I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I genuinely suspect someone targeted her. You know, doing something like that in a college entrance examination room could lead to prison time. I suggest we investigate the student who slandered her to see if someone put them up to it."]

"Then I’ll be a bit more conspiratorial—I’m saying it might have been staged by Ye Wanlan herself, because she wasn’t doing well to begin with. That way, she could not only garner sympathy from everyone but also cover up her poor results."]

The debate was noisy and unending.

Soon, the controversy started to gain heat and even made it to the trending searches list.

With these developments, even if Ye Wanlan hadn’t explicitly said anything, it would have been difficult for the people of the Lin Family not to be aware of the situation.

"Ah Lan, someone slandered you for cheating in the examination room. Why didn’t you say anything?" Lin Huaijin exclaimed in shock, "I only found out about it from the news."

"It’s a minor issue," Ye Wanlan replied with a light smile, "It doesn’t affect me, but I’m waiting for the final outcome."

She had even faced a situation with five thousand soldiers against an enemy fifty thousand strong. What was this in comparison?

Lin Huaijin clutched his chest: "Every time you take a college entrance exam, uncle feels like he’s losing ten years of his life."

He was almost scared to death.

Yan Tingfeng’s beautiful phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, his expression unfazed.

He would find out the truth.

The most important thing now was to ensure that Ye Wanlan could focus on her exams without worry.

"Uncle, I was planning to bring it up after dinner," Ye Wanlan gently shook her head, "The incident might seem minor when it happened to me, but if Wenli had been involved, it would have been terrible."

The reason why the Six Great Sects enacted the rule "Do not intervene with ordinary people" is because Inner Energy Practitioners could easily disrupt the lives of the ordinary.

Ye Wanlan recounted the specific details of the incident.

After hearing it, Lin Wenli’s nerves tensed up.

He couldn’t quite imagine how he would handle such a situation if it were to happen to him.

"Wenli, be extremely careful during tomorrow morning’s physics exam," Ye Wanlan turned her head, "If it’s the Lin Family, they’re targeting not just me but also you. And don’t try to predict their actions with the logic of normal people."

Lin Wenli nodded, slowly letting out a breath. He was already prepared for the possibility of someone going mad and tearing up his answer sheet, ridiculous as it seemed.

"No wonder grandma has always kept silent about the main family’s affairs," Lin Huaijin said angrily, "I see now; those people in the main family are all despicable and shameless, fishing for fame and unworthy of respect! They’re really shameless!"

Khor Peiqing was a bit worried: "I don’t know how Qinqin is doing in the main family..."

As they were talking, Lin Qin’s video call came through.

"Cousin!" She panted heavily, taking a while before managing to get out a full sentence, "It’s the Lin Family, there must have been Lin Zhushuang’s indication; she never wanted you or cousin brother to go to Yunjing."

"Alright, I understand," Ye Wanlan nodded, comforting her, "Focus on your exams, don’t worry about me, I have my ways of dealing with it."

After returning to the main house, besides practicing her guqin every day, Lin Qin hadn’t stopped studying and naturally also participated in the college entrance exam.

She only found out about the incident from the news.

"Cousin, I suspect that if their first plan fails, they might continue to stir up trouble," Lin Qin said through gritted teeth, "We absolutely can’t let them succeed!"

Ye Wanlan smiled faintly: "Alright."

If she really were an ordinary person without any Inner Strength, such a move by the Lin Family would indeed have destroyed her.

But what she liked most was to give them a taste of their own medicine.

**

The next morning, the physics and history exams took place concurrently.

Coming out of the examination room, Ye Wanlan and Lin Wenli met up.

"Sis, I’m so glad you warned me," Lin Wenli’s demeanor was icy, "Although there was no absurd occurrence of my answer sheet being torn, my answer sheet nearly got ruined by a cup of water."

He was certain that the student in front of him had done it on purpose, just like the boy from yesterday; they both had been bought off by the Lin Family.

"Hmm," Ye Wanlan’s voice was indifferent, "There are three more exams, be cautious with everything."

Because of yesterday’s cheating allegation, netizens were increasingly paying attention to Ye Wanlan. Even this year’s celebrity exam takers didn’t receive such scrutiny.

[Breaking—It is said that no one saw Ye Wanlan in today’s physics exam. Is it possible she missed the exam? Are there any students who were in the same room with her?]

[I guess she was too shocked yesterday and just didn’t show up today. I said before, it’s all staged by her, just so we wouldn’t know her real scores.]

[What are you talking about? I was in the same room as Ye Wanlan, who told you she was going to take physics? She’s always been an arts stream student, don’t you know?]