Chapter 141: Remember To Close The Door On Your Way Out
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Our students are just stating the truth." Qian Wenrui frowned. "Why can't the Li Family just mind its own business?"
"Mind its own business?" The vice-principal nodded as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "So you're saying that the Li Family is just being a bunch of busybodies?"
"No.1 High School is a public school, so we're run by the government. If the Li Family got caught meddling with our school's affairs, it wouldn't end well for them either, right?" Qian Wenrui said seriously.
"It wouldn't end well for the Li Family? Very good, Ms. Qian, very good! If you have the chance, please go and ask around what would happen to the Li Family if the world stopped spinning!" The vice-principal rose to his feet and ordered the rest of the teachers to take care of the students in their class. After doing that, he turned to Qian Wenrui, who still refused to accept this outcome. "If you really think you can protect the so-called freedom of speech of your students, go ahead. Quit giving me that look!"
Qian Wenrui froze.
The vice-principal did not look at her again after he finished speaking. He turned his head to face Fu Zhi and said, "As for you, I'll delete all the posts on the forum. You stay here and consider the option I proposed just now. If I don't receive a satisfactory answer from you, you will not be allowed to go back to your class, you hear me?!"
The vice-principal had been under a lot of stress lately due to this matter, and the call from the principal was the last straw that had broken the camel's back. The fire inside of him had finally exploded, and he had scolded and snarled at anyone he had come across.
Before he stepped out of the office, Fu Zhi called out to him.
Putting his hands in his pockets, he turned around and harrumphed coldly. "What? Have you made up your mind?"
The expression on his face gave Fu Zhi the impression that if she had said yes to his proposal earlier, then they would not have had to go through this.
Fu Zhi said, "Remember to close the door on your way out."
The vice-principal fell silent.
'I'm the vice-principal appointed by the government. What am I? Your servant? You're not the one who pays me, so how dare you shepherd me around?'
If Fu Zhi had known what was going on inside the vice-principal's head, she would certainly have replied, "Yes, I'm the one who pays you."
However, Fu Zhi did not know.
The vice-principal felt like he would explode if he did not get out of there soon.
Bam!
He slammed the door hard.
*
Qian Wenrui was walking behind the mathematics teacher of Class 2 with a mixed expression on her face. Suddenly, she asked, "What's going on with the Li Family? How is there any possibility that they have anything to do with our school?"
"Even though No.1 High School is a public school, we still need financial support from prestigious families, and the Li Family is the major shareholder of our school. You can search on Weibo or the state website, and the China Television Network reported on them two years ago. Like the Fu Corporation, the Li Family is one of the most prestigious families in our country. If they really wanted to, they could just destroy No.1 High School in a second. All they'd have to do is open their mouths."
The mathematics teacher then took a glance at the post in the forum. His intuition told him that Fu Zhi was not that kind of student, so he added, "Oh yeah, Ms. Qian... In my opinion, there's no right or wrong decision. Fu Zhi will decide if she wants to give up the slot for Lu Chuwan or not. She got the slot with her own effort, so you shouldn't force her."
Qian Wenrui was about to say something, but the mathematics teacher was already gone.
She could not believe the things the mathematics teacher had told her. Therefore, she took out her phone and searched for "Li Nanli" on the web.
By the time she went through everything there was about him, she could only think of two words to describe him—"wealth" and "power".
*
Inside the office, Fu Zhi threw herself on the couch. She pulled out her phone and realized she had received a voice message.
It was from her nephew.
A 20,000-yuan transaction notification had also come before the message.
Fu Zhi did not accept the money this time. She knew her nephew had tried to help her, so she said, "Good job, Xiao Li. You finally removed your wisdom teeth! Now you know how to help your aunt!"
Even though Fu Zhi was able to solve this issue herself, she figured that all kids loved to be complimented by their parents.
Chapter 142: Giving Money
Li Nanli ignored Fu Zhi's message and urged her to take the money.
After all, money was the only thing in this world that could make Fu Zhi happy. However, things were slightly different this time. Instead of taking the money, she unprecedentedly transferred 5 cents back to her nephew.
After doing that, she said, "This money is for you to buy yourself a lollipop!"
It was 7:30 in the morning.
Li Nanji, who had just emerged from the bathroom, fell into a trance as he stared at his phone. His damp hair hung over his eyes, and rivulets of water streamed down his hard jawline before disappearing into his collarbone.
Zhizhi had given him money.
The water droplets that dangled from the tips of his hair fell on the black velvet carpet on the floor as he shot up from the couch. He continued to stare at his phone, the tips of his ears slowly turning red.
'Zhizhi gave me money. Does this mean that she wants to be my sugar mommy? Does it mean that she loves me too? Does it mean that...'
His fingertips were turning red as his mind began to run wild.
He did not reply to Fu Zhi for a long while.
It was only when Fu Zhi was about to send the message "I've been tight on money recently" that Li Nanli snapped out of his trance. He accepted the money and then sent a voice message to Fu Zhi, his voice deep and husky with emotion. "Thank you, Zhizhi. I really appreciate it."
Fu Zhi did not know what to say. It was just a tiny lollipop, so she did not understand why her nephew would be so happy about it.
That being said, she had just adopted a penguin for Xu Wei and given money bonuses to her staff in the research institute not long ago. She was really tight on money at the moment, and 5 cents was all she could afford now. Therefore, she was pretty happy to see that her nephew was satisfied with the lollipop.
'He's really a good person,' she thought.
*
The incident with Fu Zhi had caused quite a commotion at school.
Studies had shown that humans were a kind of creature that loved to challenge the rules. The more the school prevented the students from doing something, the more they were itching to test this limit.
"Is Fu Zhi really a double-dealer?"
"Why didn't Professor He come forward to shed some light on the entire incident for us?"
"Is he really working on his research? Why couldn't he wait until he met Fu Zhi?"
"Why did the school have to forbid us to discuss this matter? Is Fu Zhi or the Lu Family behind this order too?"
It had only been half a day, and nearly all the students in the school were discussing this matter.
Right after Ma Mingquan's announcement, Zhou Tingting registered an alternate account and joined the crusade against Fu Zhi.
Even though she did not like Lu Chuwan either, she despised Fu Zhi even more. After all, Fu Zhi was the one that had caused her to lose everything in one night.
At the same time, Lu Chuwan went to see Qian Wenrui.
She walked into the office and said, "Are we really not allowed to post anything on the forum? I want to apologize on behalf of Zhizhi. Seeing so many people insulting her makes me feel really bad."
Qian Wenrui did not feel good about this either. However, since the Li Family had made its stance very clear, there was nothing she could do about it. She shook her head and said, "No, the school doesn't allow any discussions on this matter right now. You better stay out of this."
Lu Chuwan nodded. Then, she asked, "Is the school trying to cover this up for Fu Zhi?"
"No, the school will certainly do something about it. However, there are too many strings involved, and the higher-ups have made it very clear that no discussions are allowed on this matter."
"The higher-ups? Who are they?"
Qian Wenrui paused for a moment. Then, she pitched her voice low and whispered into Lu Chuwan's ear, "The Li Family from the capital."
'The Li Family? How is that possible?'
Lu Chuwan found it hard to believe. After all, why would a large company like the Li Corporation meddle in the affairs of a school that they sponsored?
"The order was given directly by the president of this branch of the Li Corporation?" Lu Chuwan remembered that her second uncle had struck a deal with the Li Corporation's branch before.
"I'm not really sure about it, but..." Qian Wenrui said, "This matter is now being handled personally by our principal."
She paused for a while and then asked, "Is there any chance that your cousin knows Li Nanli?"
"That is impossible," Lu Chuwan scoffed. "Even our family cannot cooperate with the Li Family. You've overestimated her."
Chapter 143: You Are Fired – 1
The argument in Laboratory 927 in the capital was becoming more and more intense.
"It has been two days. How come the post is still there?
"What the hell is the IT department doing? How dare they ignore my orders? My daughter doesn't need any backdoor connections. Besides, what could No.1 High School possibly have to offer her?
"Higher-ups? Who the hell are they? Ask them to come and find me!
"Stop the antisocial personality bullsh*t. She's the nicest girl I've ever met! It was the worst decision ever to let her out of here! I want you to get her back here right now!"
The head of the relevant department on the other side of the line was trembling in fear.
The false accusations against Fu Zhi on the internet were caused by a psychological phenomenon known as the bandwagon effect. People would not bother to look into the truth of the matter before they joined in the crusade against Fu Zhi because everybody else was doing it.
Most importantly, there was smoking-gun evidence of Fu Zhi getting into No.1 High School because of her father's donation, not to mention that people loved to gossip about topics related to prestigious families.
Therefore, there was more than one reason that had led to this situation.
However, Fu Zhao did not care about any of this.
He just knew that people were slandering his daughter on the internet. He did not understand what was so great about He Ming. Why was everyone making such a big fuss about meeting up with him? He was really slow with his research, and did they not know that Fu Zhi was his mentor?
Fu Zhao bought himself a ticket the same day. He wanted to take his daughter back to the laboratory, away from the stupid people out there.
Were it not for Fu Zhi's five other fathers, he would have done it already.
"The more we want to cover it up, the greater the rebound is. You have to believe that Zhizhi can handle this kind of situation herself. Even if she's pushed to a corner, the government will step forward to protect her as well. The reason we sent her out is that we want her to interact with the outside world and have a normal life. Besides, she and Xu Wei..."
He paused for a while before adding, "Anyway, the second and the third test products have been labeled as dangerous. As soon as they show even the slightest sign of antisocial personality, they will be put down. You don't want this to happen to Zhizhi as well, right?"
*
On Monday, the school was notified that Li Nanli was coming to No.1 High School for an inspection. Therefore, every teacher and student in the school was mobilized to conduct a mass cleaning.
Fu Zhi's tailbone did not hurt anymore, so she went back to school early.
There were only seven students in her class.
The moment she entered her classroom, she saw her textbooks, reference books, and homework all scattered on the floor. She even saw footprints on her books.
It was quiet in Class 21. Everyone present in the classroom was looking at Fu Zhi meaningfully.
"Who did this?" Fu Zhi asked, her voice low and cold. Her jaw was set, and her eyes shone with a dangerous light.
Tian Nuo stood up. "I did it. So what?"
Then, she marched toward Fu Zhi and pointed at her, "Everything you have now was acquired with dirty tricks. So long as you don't get out of No.1 High School, I'll do it again!"
Several internet celebrities had reposted the news about Fu Zhi, and because of this, many people were signing a petition on the internet to rip No.1 High School of its status as the key high school in Yu City. Many students and teachers of the school were not happy with the effect Fu Zhi had had on their school either.
As the "victim" of the incident, as well as one of the people who despised Fu Zhi the most, Tian Nuo had done this because she felt that Fu Zhi would not dare do anything at the moment.
Suddenly, Fu Zhi stretched her arm forward, grabbed her finger, and pulled it backward.
Crack.
No sooner had Tian Nuo let out a pained scream than she had grabbed her collar and flung her into the classroom.
Tian Nuo closed her eyes in fear, and by the time she opened them, she realized she was merely five centimeters away from the corner of Fu Zhi's desk.
Standing beside her, Fu Zhi ordered her with an emotionless face. "Pick up my textbooks and apologize to me."
"Fu Zhi!" Tian Nuo shouted, but Fu Zhi paid her no mind. She could feel the hand around her neck tightening while she got closer to the corner of the table.
For a moment, cold sweat pebbled down her back as she was enveloped in a chrysalis of fear and pain.
Chapter 144: You Are Fired – 2
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Everyone in the class was stunned, as none of them had expected that Fu Zhi would do something like this at that moment.
The fingers that were wrapped around Tian Nuo were cold. Painstakingly, she tilted her head slightly. When her eyes met Fu Zhi's cold, emotionless eyes, she could not hold herself back anymore and cried out loud, "I'll pick them up for you! You let go of me first. Let me go! I'm sorry! Help! Somebody help me!"
Fu Zhi did not let her go. "Just do it like this."
"Wuu..."
Perhaps Tian Nuo was shouting too loudly, as the vice-principal, who was checking the cleanliness of the first floor, heard the commotion and rushed upstairs. He pushed the door open and shouted, "Fu Zhi, what are you doing? Let go of her!"
Fu Zhi was stunned for a while. Then, she said, "She threw all my books on the floor."
Tian Nuo hastily seized this chance and wriggled free from Fu Zhi's grasp. Her body was wracked with sobs, and she could not say anything.
The vice-principal did not believe Fu Zhi at all. He had only seen Fu Zhi bullying another student. He thus shouted, "You guys tell me what the hell is going on here!"
A few girls who usually hung out with Tian Nuo swallowed hard.
"It was an accident. Tian Nuo didn't mean to do it."
"The moment Fu Zhi came in, she just started beating her. She didn't even listen to what we were saying."
"Not only is she a double-dealer, but she also has a violent disposition. I'm really scared of staying in the same room with her!"
"She broke Tian Nuo's finger, vice-principal! Are you sure you want to keep this kind of student in our school?"
The vice-principal was heaving with rage, and the vein on his forehead was bulging. He stared angrily at Fu Zhi and snarled, "Fu Zhi! No matter what happens, you should never act impudently or beat someone up. I'm so disappointed in you!"
'Act impudently?'
Fu Zhi said, "There are cameras in the classroom. You should..."
"Enough of that! I don't want to listen to another word from you!" The vice-principal shouted, causing the rest of the students in the room to quiver in shock.
"Why is it that when something happens, it's always you? Do you know how many times I've had to clean up your mess? I know what I'm doing, so who do you think you are to teach me what I should or shouldn't do?
"I've already forgiven you for what happened on Weibo, so why can't you just behave yourself now that President Li is coming to our school? That's it. I've had enough of your bullsh*t. I'm going to call your mom and expel you from the school!"
*
By the time Xu Wei rushed to the school, the vice-principal was already waiting for her in his office. There was no expression on his face, and his jaw was set tight.
Xu Wei pushed the door open and said, "You don't know my daughter. She wouldn't beat somebody up for no reason."
"I don't want to know her," the vice-principal replied coldly.
Fu Zhi had caused him and the school far too much trouble. Xu Wei was just a woman, so she could not understand the predicament they were facing.
"President Li is coming to our school, and he despises double-dealers the most. An A-list school would never accept Fu Zhi, but perhaps you guys can try your luck at a third-rate school."
Xu Wei's face went pale. Just as she was about to say something, she felt a tug on her arm. She turned her head and realized Fu Zhi was shaking her head.
After Fu Zhi calmed her mother down, she turned to face the vice-principal and looked straight into his eyes. Just as the vice-principal thought she was not going to say anything, she gathered up the school termination letters and said, "There are a lot of schools in Yu City, so don't worry so much. However, my parents will remember to take back every cent they donated for the building."
The vice-principal was stunned, but he soon came back to his senses. "Once construction starts, it cannot be stopped. Even though you're leaving the school, your eldest brother is still here."
In other words, there was no way they were going to return the money.
Right after he finished speaking, the door to his office opened. Then, Mr. Xia, the discipline teacher, came in. He shot a glance at Fu Zhi before saying, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "Vice-principal, I've already thrown Fu Zhi's desk in the field as you ordered. As for the textbooks, since Fu Zhi is not going to study at our school anymore, I gave them to other students who had lost their textbooks."
"How can you give my daughter's things to other people without our permission?"
However, nobody replied to Xu Wei. Then, the vice-principal's phone rang.
It was a call from the principal. He was calling the vice-principal to inform him that Li Nanli had arrived.
The vice-principal rushed out of his office, leaving Xu Wei and Fu Zhi behind.
Chapter 145: Vice-Principal, You Are Fired
Nine Land Rovers from the Li Family stopped before the staircase outside No.1 High School.
All the reporters were blocked by the bodyguards.
Li Nanli took a look at the messages sent to him by the government personnel. Somebody had told him about the things that had happened to Fu Zhi that day, which was why he had been able to come before the stipulated time.
The vice-principal rushed to the entrance of the school and welcomed him.
He wanted to show Li Nanli the hall of their school, but the secretary standing beside Li Nanli did not give him the chance to do so. He stepped forward and demanded, "Mr. Li wants to have a look at the sports field first. Oh yeah, which one of you is Mr. Xia?"
"I am." Mr. Xia stepped forward. The Li Family was the most prestigious family in the capital. They rarely interacted with people outside of their own social circle, so Mr. Xia was quite surprised that Secretary Liu would suddenly ask about him.
"You are the one who threw away Fu Zhi's textbooks and desk?"
Mr. Xia was stunned for a while. He did not know how Secretary Liu knew about it, so he said, "No, I didn't throw away her desk. I just moved it out. I did so because Fu Zhi beat her classmate up and she has violent tendencies..."
Liu Mi sneered, "Forget about what Fu Zhi did. Who gave you permission or power to move, throw, or take a student's textbooks and desk away without getting his or her consent? Is this how the teachers in No.1 High School do things? Do you take students' belongings away without authorization? Have you not familiarized yourself with the teacher's code of ethics? It seems to me that there's a serious problem with your teaching methods, Mr. Xia!"
Cold sweat began to ooze out of Mr. Xia's forehead. It was very apparent that Secretary Liu was not pleased with how he had treated Fu Zhi.
However, he did not understand. He had thought Li Nanli was there to expel Fu Zhi and warn the Lu Family not to do the same thing they had done for Fu Zhi again. Therefore, why was he not satisfied with the way he had handled Fu Zhi's behavior?
He sent an eye signal to the vice-principal, asking him for help. The vice-principal cleared his throat and then said, "About this... Secretary Liu, it's Fu Zhi's fault for..."
"So are you telling me that the Lu Family forced you to accept their money?" Li Nanli interrupted him. There was a dark expression looming over his face, and his skin, which was exposed to the air, looked even fairer in his black suit.
The vice-principal was stumped. It took him several minutes to compose himself and stammer, "Well, all the teachers in the school are pretty busy, so we might have made a mistake."
Li Nanli did not say anything. He stared at the desk on the sports field, and his eyes slowly turned cold.
The vice-principal was very nervous right now. He ran his eyes from the man's sleeve to his flawless face and said, "President Li, you..."
"Fu Zhi made a mistake, so you expelled her from the school," Li Nanli said as he squatted down to pick up Fu Zhi's textbooks from the ground. He stopped for a short while before adding, "Since you said you guys made a mistake, I think you and Mr. Xia won't have an issue if I dismiss you guys from your duties, right?"
The vice-principal's eyes bulged in astonishment, as he could not believe what he had heard.
"President Li, even though you're the major shareholder, I've been appointed by the government as the vice-principal of No.1 High School!"
Secretary Liu then pulled the duty termination letter issued by the State Education Bureau from his arms and said, "You don't have the right virtues to become a teacher, so from this second onward, you're dismissed from your post as the vice-principal of No.1 High School. Here is the duty termination letter issued by the State Education Bureau."
The vice-principal knew there was nothing he could do when he saw the letter. After firing the vice-principal, Li Nanli made quick work of Mr. Ma and asked Liu Mi to send someone to move Fu Zhi's desk back to Class 21.
However, the vice-principal was dissatisfied with the outcome. He looked at Li Nanli and snarled, "No matter how rich you are, there is nothing you can do about public opinion. You will only make the school's reputation worse if you really fire me because of Fu Zhi!"
"Well, I appreciate your concern, but that isn't something you should worry about," Liu Mi said, offering the vice-principal a faint smile.
Then, he turned to Fu Zhi and continued speaking. "President Li despises people without ethics the most, but he isn't someone who can't differentiate right from wrong. We brought Old Master Sun with us today, so to prove your innocence, we're going to have a live-stream. Old Master Sun will ask you a question, and you'll have to answer it on the spot. If you're unable to answer the question, you'll have to leave the school with your vice-principal. Are you okay with that?"
Fu Zhi looked at her nephew and nodded while Xu Wei stared at her nervously.
Chapter 146: It Is Time To Fight Back – 1
The official Weibo account of the Li Corporation announced that they would be having a live stream on the Twitch App soon.
The live stream would start at 4.00 p.m. on the dot, and there was a sudden influx of Li Corporation fans and netizens in the live stream room.
Everyone knew about the stuff going on Weibo recently. All of them were indignant at Fu Zhi's outrageous behavior and reckoned that she was an ugly wretch with an evil heart before watching the live stream.
Therefore, all of them began to shower Fu Zhi with all sorts of harsh language before the live stream started.
"Why bother having a live stream, huh? You should've just expelled her from the school for good!"
"Just because her family is rich, you guys are helping an ugly b*tch like her whitewash everything she has done?!"
"You're basically destroying yourselves!"
"It takes one wrong move to bring down a nation, and the Li Corporation is definitely going downhill!"
"Expel Fu Zhi from No.1 High School! Give me a thumbs-up if you agree with me!"
Suddenly, the camera flickered, and the first thing to appear on the live stream was a hand.
Li Nanli took a seat in Fu Zhi's place. To emphasize that they were being impartial, other than Fu Zhi, the top 37 students of the school also joined the live stream.
Bullet comments continued to fill the screen. Liu Mi then announced, "Today, we have here with us the vice-president of the Chinese Physical Society, Old Master Sun. He was once..."
Liu Mi briefly introduced Old Master Sun and his achievements. He was an influential figure who had made plenty of contributions to the country, so he had every right to oversee this trial. Besides, this was also the best and easiest way to crush those rumors.
Old Master Sun came up with four questions. He took a look at his watch before looking at Fu Zhi. Then, he said, "I'll give you one hour. I think that's enough for you to answer the questions."
"Okay."
Everybody said yes, and the examination started.
Li Nanli browsed through his phone, looking bored, before something inside the desk captured his attention. Inside Fu Zhi's desk, other than her textbooks, were many pink envelopes.
He glanced through those envelopes and his expression turned dark.
Those envelopes contained love letters, but fortunately, Fu Zhi had not opened them up.
'How dare they give love letters to Zhizhi? This is such a bad influence!'
With that thought in mind, he turned to Liu Mi and ordered him, "Keep these love letters. We're going to show them to the parents of these students during the next parent meeting."
Liu Mi was speechless.
*
When the camera moved to zoom in on the students, it captured Old Master Sun's questions. A swarm of bullet comments instantly filled the screen.
[Jeez, these questions are tough. I'm a college student and I can't understand anything!]
[Fu Zhi must be thinking: Even though I'm the worst person alive, you're even worse than me, Old Master Sun.]
[Woah, I wonder how Fu Zhi is going to answer these questions. If you ask me, considering her outrageous behavior, she really deserves to be bullied online...]
[I heard that the family that took Fu Zhi in is a prestigious family in Yu City. Even if she's expelled from the school, she'll remain the daughter of a rich family. It doesn't really matter to them whether she continues her studies or not. They can just send her overseas. After all, they're rich.]
...
For a second, the comments section descended into chaos, as everyone began to share their thoughts and opinions. This chaotic situation continued until the camera zeroed in on Fu Zhi.
Everyone fell silent when the delicate-looking young girl appeared on their screens. The young girl was wearing a plain blue school uniform. Her body was slender, and because she was sitting with her legs crossed, everyone could see a short section of her ankle.
She was holding a pencil, and her beautiful eyes were half-closed. Her skin was fair as a baby's, and her features were so impeccable that she looked more beautiful than other women, even though she was not wearing any makeup. When they zoomed in on the screen, they could faintly see the hair on her ears.
Everyone was stunned. They had not expected Fu Zhi to be this good-looking at all.
She looked as harmless as a lamb, so how was there any chance she would do something so evil?
They did not believe it! There had to be some kind of misunderstanding!
Chapter 147: It Is Time To Fight Back – 2
The live streaming market in China was flourishing rapidly, and there were plenty of beauties in the industry.
The live streaming platforms never lacked pretty women. Even though there were more than 1,000 ways to change one's physical appearance, one's nature was a different case. A beauty like Fu Zhi, who not only had a pretty face but also great charisma, was something one could not see every day.
After seeing Fu Zhi's true appearance, most netizens began to change sides. That said, there was also a small group of people who remained firm on their stance.
They bombarded the screen with many hate-filled comments.
[Hey dude, how much did they pay you to say that? Give me their contact number and let's make money together.]
[She doesn't look that beautiful to me at all. I'm sure she must have done a lot to her face. No matter what you guys say, she will never be forgiven for what she did!]
[Has she answered the questions? How can you guys forgive her so soon? Are you all idiots???]
...
Fu Zhi could not see the comments on the internet. She scanned through the questions and found out that they were pretty easy to answer. She picked up her pencil and symbolically wrote down two solving steps.
To prevent cheating and to also remove the luck element, Old Master Sun had made the questions very straightforward.
It took Fu Zhi no more than 10 minutes to finish all the questions, and Old Master Sun was shocked.
He approached Fu Zhi and was even more shocked when he saw that she had answered all the questions correctly. After all, Li Nanli had told him beforehand to go all out on these students, so all the questions he had set were close to the level of the national Physics competition. It was not an easy task to finish the entire paper, especially to answer the last question. It required more than thinking to come up with a solution, yet Fu Zhi had gotten everything right?!
"Hey girl, can you explain to me how you answered the last question? The way you answered this question is different from the example given in the textbook, and you skipped plenty of steps. I don't quite understand, especially this part... How did you get the square root of 13?" Old Master Sun grabbed Fu Zhi's hand and asked her questions excitedly, confusing the rest of the students and netizens.
"What?"
"What did you just say?"
"Why are you asking her how she answered the question, huh? You're the professor here!"
It took quite a long while for them to come back to their senses. The netizens began typing away on their keyboards, and several bullet comments flitted across the screen.
[I don't know what you guys think, but the way Old Master Sun reacted seems fake to me.]
[The other students haven't even answered one question yet, so how is there any chance Fu Zhi could have finished the paper so fast?]
[This is fake, right? Has she paid Old Master Sun to put on a show in front of us as well?]
Fu Zhao had just calmed down. Just as he was savoring the beauty of his daughter through the live stream, he saw the bullet comments and his expression turned dark.
'Put on a show? Given my daughter's IQ, would she need to do that?'
Then, Fu Zhao replied, "Don't just hide behind your computer. Be a man and let's meet up in real life. I'm going to kick your *ss!"
Another bullet comment came. [Wow, what a bossy president. By the way, if you don't mind me asking, are you Fu Zhao? The ex-president of the Fu Corporation?]
[Oh my goodness. I'm laughing so hard that I can't keep a straight face. Seriously? Do you really think someone like Fu Zhao would come here to support Fu Zhi? Just who do you think she is?]
However, these two bullet comments were soon drowned by other comments.
Fu Zhi cocked her head slightly and took a look at the bullet comments.
'Why are they all so hard to please?'
Then, she asked, "What do you guys want?"
[What do we want? Hah, I don't believe you can finish four questions in under 10 minutes.]
[How about this? We'll set the questions, and you'll have to answer them on the spot. If you answer our questions, we'll believe you!]
"Okay."
'They want me to answer their questions? Very well then.'
Fu Zhi then pointed at the "top-up" button on the bottom right corner and said, "One rocket per question. Whoever gives me a rocket, I'll answer his or her question."
The netizens were stumped.
[What the hell? Are you sure this is the right attitude? Do you really want money so much?]
[Hmph! There's no way we will fall for your materialistic trap!]
As they scolded her, they opened the top-up portal.
'You want a rocket? Very well then, a rocket it is! As long as we can pull you off your glory seat, we will give you as many as you want!'
Chapter 148: Case Solved
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As soon as they topped up, they began to shower Fu Zhi with gifts. A stream of rockets appeared in the live streaming room, causing the netizens that came late to enter a trance.
"Erm, guys? We're here to give this little b*tch a lesson, remember? Why the hell are you guys giving her gifts instead?!"
Then, they clicked on the comments section and saw the comment that had been pinned at the top: "Ms. Fu's Live Q&A Session: One rocket per question. Minimum: 6 questions at a time. This is a small business, and integrity is my top priority. I'll answer your questions based on my mood, and no refunds will be granted. There will be a 3,000-yuan charge for each urgent request, and my prices are non-negotiable."
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[Small business, my *ss! Do you know how much a rocket costs? 1,200 yuan! You're even worse than those game streamers!]
[You're so full of yourself. Do you want me to show you who's the boss here?]
Fu Zhi took a look at the bullet comments and then smiled at the camera to show her appreciation.
The netizens were speechless.
[What the hell was that for? Is she challenging us?]
[Wipe that smug grin off your face, you double-dealer!]
Right now, most of the netizens had a new understanding of Fu Zhi: She was pretty and greedy!
Fu Zhi was nothing like the other b*tchy coquettes out there. She had a style of her own.
[Very well, she's playing with fire. She has no idea who she's dealing with, but she's managed to catch my attention!]
[I'll see all of you at the Hillbillies Leaderboard!]
However, amongst this rain of gifts, most of the netizens noticed that Fu Zhi was pretty quick at answering the questions that they hurled at her. She did not even need to think, and it seemed as if she already knew the answer the moment she saw the question. What's more, she would propose a few quick and clean solving steps when she was in a good mood.
It had merely been 10 minutes since the Q&A session had started, and she had answered more than 50 questions.
Liu Mi took a look at the amount of gifts, turned his head around, offered Fu Zhi a smile, and then said, "Ms. Fu Zhi, you've earned more than 600,000 yuan."
The corners of Fu Zhi's mouth curled up a little, and it was very apparent that she was feeling very good right now. "I guess that's enough to buy my brother a diamond drawing board."
Li Nanli, who had felt delighted the whole day after receiving five cents from Fu Zhi, fell in a downward spiral of self-doubt.
On the other side, all the netizens thought their ears had failed them when they heard Fu Zhi's words.
[What the f*ck? Brother? Which brother? I'm the one who showered her with plenty of gifts, so why doesn't she say thank you to me?]
[Another 'the country owes me a sister' series? Alright, I'm getting out of here!]
[What a great sister she is! Cameraman, zoom in on her! Don't pay attention to other people! We must let everyone see our beautiful sister! I'll order a drumstick for you for dinner tonight!]
[A 600,000-yuan drawing board? The life of the rich is really hard to understand.]
Fu Zhi answered a few more questions and then looked at Xu Wei, who was sitting not far away with her head held low.
As she was wondering what her mother was doing, a few notifications that made one's eyes bulge in shock flashed across the live streaming room.
Weiwei123 has contributed x100 rockets, Qing has contributed x500 rockets, Shen has contributed x1,000 rockets, and "Kill the Sun" has contributed x2 rockets.
Fu Zhi knew they were her family when she saw their IDs.
She had earned enough money and she was hungry. She took another glance at the questions the netizens were throwing at her and sighed earnestly. "Is this all you've got?"
The group of netizens, who had gone all out to come up with questions for Fu Zhi, was left speechless. Just like Li Nanli, all of them were drowning in a downward spiral of self-doubt.
'Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?'
Their brains were filled with these philosophical questions, and the live streaming room suddenly fell silent.
Fu Zhi felt like she was wasting her time.
For some netizens, this misunderstanding had basically been resolved.
God was never fair. Not only had he given Fu Zhi a good-looking face, but he had also given her a good family and a smart brain.
All the netizens were crying.
Before they could come back to their senses, someone issued an urgent request. Then, a strong, rather husky male voice rang out. "You're saying that you can answer any question?"
Chapter 149: The Ending Of A Giant – 1
The man connected to Fu Zhi's live streaming room, and a square face appeared on the screen. He was wearing coarse linen clothes, and there were several blackboards covered with a mass of figures behind his back.
This man was Han Wei. He was a professor of Tsinghua University's Mathematics Department, and there was a letter "V" on the bottom right corner of his account.
The moment everyone realized who he was, the entire live streaming room descended into chaos and a barrage of bullet comments filled the screen.
[Han Wei? Isn't he the freak who refused to admit his mistake during a media interview after causing all the students in the department to fail the examination because the questions he had set were too tough?]
"I have two questions right now. They are not Physics questions but Mathematics questions. I discussed them with other professors, but none of us could make heads or tails of them. Do you think you can answer them? If possible, please show all the steps in detail."
[???? No, no, no, there's no way she could answer these questions!]
[You're a grown man. How can you come here and bully a little girl? Let's go, Zhizhi. There's no need to pay attention to what he said!]
[People always say that birds of a feather flock together. The quality of Fu Zhi's supporters has really opened my eyes. Is that how you talk to someone much older than you? That's it, I've had enough of this stunt. I'm getting out of here.]
[If she can't answer Mr. Han's questions, that will mean she's a double-dealer! Disgusting! Fu Zhi is such a b*tch!]
[Well, I just came back from Baidu. Let me tell you guys what I found. Han Wei, who is 48 years old, was admitted into Tsinghua University at the age of 12 and is an internationally-renowned mathematician. If he doesn't know how to answer those two questions, then how can you expect Fu Zhi to know? Can you all be a little sensible?]
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The argument turned the comments section into chaos.
The staff handed Liu Mi the phone, and Liu Mi was genuinely distressed by what was happening right now. Just as he started wondering how he could reject Han Wei's suggestion in style, a voice wafted over from behind his back. "Yes, I can do it."
Liu Mi was shocked. 'No, you can't do it!'
On the other side of the screen, Han Wei frowned. Old Master Sun was the main reason he had come to the live streaming room. However, upon seeing how arrogant Fu Zhi was after answering a few Physics questions correctly, he'd felt the need to come in and take the edge off her spirit.
After he established a connection with Fu Zhi, his fans began to swarm into the live streaming room.
[Is she mad or something? I don't know where she gets the confidence to make such a bold promise. Is she not afraid of embarrassing herself in front of everyone?]
Han Wei took a look at Old Master Sun, but the latter paid him no mind, as he was busy looking at Fu Zhi's solving steps.
Han Wei pulled a blackboard from behind his back and said flatly, "These two questions were extracted from the national mathematics competition last month. I've discussed them with other professors, and we're on the verge of answering them. You better..."
"Alright. Enough talking." Fu Zhi interrupted him. "If you don't know how to answer the questions, just admit it. You don't have to talk so much."
Han Wei was stumped.
'Well, but I... Alright, I don't know how to answer the questions.'
Embarrassed, Han Wei threw himself on a chair beside him. He did not want to say anything else, and he wanted to see how Fu Zhi was going to answer the questions.
After all, she was really young and she needed to be taught a lesson.
On the other side, Xu Wei felt nervous when she saw the comments about Han Wei. She clutched her hand tightly and pulled out a piece of paper as she thought, 'No, I must not let my daughter shoulder this alone! I have to help her!'
However, five minutes later, Fu Zhi had already answered half of the questions, yet Xu Wei was still staring blankly at her paper.
'Hmm? Why can't I understand a thing?'
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The questions were from the national mathematics competition, so they were without a doubt on a different level than the questions made up by the netizens on the spot.
As a result, when Fu Zhi finished both questions within 10 minutes, agitation began to spread among the netizens.