Chapter 42 Scholarship
How can a person who has never been heard of, seen, or had no interaction with him before be deducted merit points?
"I'm sorry, it seems that I made a wrong judgment based on the wrong information." Pea took the initiative to admit his mistake. It was also he who took the initiative to report the deduction of merits to Rong Yuan. Otherwise, a mere 800 or 900 points would be a trivial score for Rong Yuan now, and no matter whether it was added or deducted, it would not attract his attention.
"Don't be too busy admitting your mistakes. Tell me what happened first." Rong Yuan leaned back in his chair, crossed his fingers on his abdomen, in a leisurely posture.
Pea began to talk about the cause and effect.
During this period, its search for wanted criminals has expanded to the seven surrounding provinces, but the number of wanted criminals has not increased proportionally, and remains at around 30 per day. This is partly due to considerations of the police force and influence in various places, and partly because Wandou has to re-check the information of each wanted criminal.
When Rong Yuan started this work, he considered that the information provided by the police might not be completely accurate. If he sent an innocent person to prison, wouldn't this fault be deducted from his merit points? Therefore, after finding the wanted criminal who had escaped, Wandou would also compare and verify the evidence, confessions, video footage before and after the case, and related information circulating on the Internet, etc. held by the police, and would only report it to the police after confirming that it was correct.
And when reporting, it is not arbitrary to choose who to contact. What if the person who is related to the wanted criminal or the police who is corrupt and accepts bribes does not arrest the suspect but lets the suspect go? What if the person is a coward and does nothing with the mentality of less trouble is better than more trouble? What if the impulsive and brainless guy goes to catch the suspect and gets injured or even killed?
Therefore, every time, Wandou will verify the information of the informant, and choose those who are brave and resourceful, who can make up for the lack of force, and who must have an overwhelming advantage over the wanted criminal. Sometimes, if an arrest is unsuccessful, it will even formulate a capture plan and send it to the other party along with the text message.
In short, all the wanted criminals targeted by Pea have solid evidence of guilt, and none of them has been caught.
Jin Ling was originally such a person.
Jin Ling is a 16-year-old high school girl from No. 9 Middle School in S City. She was charged with beating her mistress, causing her six-month-old fetus to miscarry. At 16, she is old enough to bear criminal responsibility. According to the laws of Country Z, if the fetus is more than five months old, it can be considered intentional homicide; if it is less than five months old, it will be treated as intentional injury with serious circumstances.
After the incident, Jin Ling fled to her grandfather's house, and was driven by her grandfather to her distant relative's house in W City overnight. Jin Ling hid in W City for nearly three months in fear, and was discovered by Wandou a week ago. She has now been arrested and brought back to S City for trial.
During Wandou's investigation, Jin Ling's motive for beating the mistress and causing her miscarriage was clear, and the evidence was clear - she had always had conflicts with the other party, and had once told her classmates that she wanted to "kill that bastard." They had an argument on the day of the incident. A video on a street corner recorded the fight between Jin Ling and the mistress, and her shoes were stained with blood from the other party's lower body.
However, the Book of Merits and Virtues concluded that Jin Ling was innocently imprisoned.
"S City, is this the place for training for the Chemistry Olympiad this year?" After listening, Rong Yuan asked an irrelevant question.
"Yes." said Pea.
"From the clues you found, this girl deserves it the most no matter how you look at it." Rong Yuan said, "So, after the final exam, let's go over and see what's going on."
Wandou hesitated for a moment and said, "I think the decision you made is not cost-effective. This matter will definitely take a lot of time and energy, and it will be difficult to overturn the case even if the evidence is solid. The final result may be more trouble than gain."
"Eight hundred and seventy points is nothing," Rong Yuan said calmly, "but since this is my fault, I have the responsibility to make amends. Isn't this a matter of course?"
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After two more winter rains, the final exams arrived as scheduled.
Rong Yuan had a blank expression on his face, but he exuded a joyful atmosphere. Compared to the various review exercises before the exam, and the drowsy atmosphere created by the teachers of various subjects constantly explaining the exercises, exams were more enjoyable. He had never told anyone that he actually liked exams very much, because during this time, there were no homework, no boring classes, and no need to sit in the classroom at a fixed time and place to waste his life. As long as he filled in the answers on the answer sheet, he could leave school and do other things as he pleased. It was just like a holiday. Moreover, observing the demeanor of the invigilators and candidates during the exam was also one of the pleasures, especially the regretful and grief-stricken expressions of many people after the exam, which was particularly interesting.
The three-day exam time passed in a flash. During this period, Rong Yuan finished reading several more books, gained nearly 50,000 merit points, and once again won the first place in the grade.
Six courses, total score 750 points, Rong Yuan scored 749 points, only Chinese was deducted one point because of "lack of emotional description", all the teachers and students in the school were almost scared. Because this year's test paper was very difficult, the second place Zhou Jing only scored 609 points, a full 140 points behind him, and she was also the second in the city. In the end, the principal personally asked for the test papers to review them one by one, and then posted them all in the school window, which stopped everyone from talking.
Afterwards, not only the teachers and students of the school, but also the parents of the students and students from other schools came to "admire" this great achievement.
Rong Yuan then realized somewhat slowly that although the accumulated intelligence value he had redeemed during this period was only 0.5 points, the effect of his change was very significant. Apart from anything else, if it was the old him, he would probably make some small mistakes or miss some knowledge points in the paper he had only done once, and he would never have the keen observation and analytical calculation ability he has now.
At the semester summary meeting, the principal gave Rong Yuan high praise and evaluation, and the exaggerated language he used could make even the thickest-skinned people blush. However, Rong Yuan was calm because he did not listen to what the principal said at all. Instead, he was silently adjusting his breathing rhythm and practicing a set of fighting skills he had recently learned in his mind countless times.
The final stage of the conference is the scholarship distribution process, which makes the top students excited and the poor students envious. This year is particularly special. In addition to the regular scholarships issued by the school, a company also sponsored. However, this company is a little special. The scholarship they issued is a check, and it is placed in an envelope. No one knows how much money others have received unless they open it.
Starting with the third prize, the school leaders called the students to the stage one by one, handed out certificates and envelopes, shook hands with them one by one, and asked them to line up and take photos with the leaders before the next batch of students came. Finally, it was the turn of the special prize, which was only available this year. When Rong Yuan went on stage to receive the award, the school leaders' voices rose several degrees, and the head teacher laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. It took a long time before they let him go.
"Special Prize... How much is the scholarship?" Jin Yang, who was standing next to Rong Yuan, asked curiously after he came down. The students who had received the scholarships before had already spread the word that in addition to the school's 1,000, 500, and 200, the first, second, and third prizes received scholarships of 1,500, 1,000, and 600, respectively. For an ordinary high school student, this was a small fortune. The students around were all curious about how high the special prize was.
Rong Yuan directly handed the two envelopes to Jin Yang and said, "I haven't read them yet, open them yourself."
The envelope issued by the school contained cash, and it was bulging. Jin Yang knew it by just pinching it, and said with a smile: "This is two thousand." Then he opened another envelope, took out a check and took a look, was slightly stunned, and then said: "Also two thousand... I thought it would be higher than the school's!"
The students around him all thought so , and they all felt miraculously relieved when they saw this. Soon, the news that Rong Yuan had received a scholarship of 4,000 yuan spread.
Jin Yang stuffed the check into the envelope, handed it to Rong Yuan, and said cautiously but jokingly, "Keep it safe for yourself, don't lose it."
When their eyes met, Rong Yuan saw something different. He took it, pulled out the check and glanced at it.
After the 2 and before the decimal point, there are five zeros.
