Chapter 80 Suspicions abound
  The parents sat on the sofa without saying a word, but it was the grandmother who was lying on the recliner basking in the sun who spoke.

  "Humph, I knew it would be like this. A girl who doesn't stay at home honestly and runs around everywhere every day, how can she pass the exam like this? Oh, it's good enough that I didn't cause you any big trouble, and you still dream of going to college like the children of the Wen family, don't you see how much you weigh..."

  Ever since the grandmother came to their house, she has been sarcastic like this every day, and she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't use words to provoke Fang Qing and her daughter. Before, Fang Qing lived in the school dormitory, and Fang's mother found an easy job for herself. The two of them were away from home all day, and there was only a little nanny to serve them every day. Old Mrs. Fang never got the chance to show her strength, but today, after hearing the news brought back by her son, she finally got the chance.

  Grandma Fang raised her eyelids and saw her granddaughter standing dazed at the door. She was immediately furious. "Look at you, you're wearing a skirt every day, showing off your legs to everyone? Why don't you change your clothes? You didn't even get into college, and you still have the nerve to go out and play?"

  What? Failed?

  Fang Qing's luggage dropped to the ground with a thud. She hurried over to her father, her voice trembling. "Dad, my results are out? What do you mean by failed? Where did you hear that? Isn't it just a few days away?"

  Father Fang held his head in his hands for a long moment, speechless. After a long pause, he sighed. "Qingqing, tell me the truth. Was this exam difficult? Don't you always do well on your mock exams? Why are your scores so low this time?"

  As he spoke, Father Fang pulled out a piece of paper with Fang Qing's grades for each subject. Fang Qing snatched it away, looking at the numbers but unable to make sense of them. She read them over and over again before her mind finally grasped their meaning.

  "Math, 105, Chinese, 98, Foreign Language, 103..."

  Fang Qing read while shaking her head, "No, these are not my scores. The exam was not very difficult. Except for the last two big questions in math, which took up some time, the other questions were about the same difficulty as the usual mock exams. Even if I didn't do well in the exam, I couldn't have done this badly... Dad, believe me, I really wouldn't have done this badly..."

  Father Fang thought she was having trouble accepting the result and sighed, "It's okay, it's okay. It's an exam, and there will always be times when you don't perform well. Don't take it too seriously. No one blames you. It's not a big deal. Dad will continue to support your studies. Go to the school tomorrow to apply for repeating the grade. You will definitely be admitted next year... "

  Fang Qingteng stood up, "Dad, you have to believe me, no matter how badly I do in the exam, I will not do like this!"

  Fang's father frowned and pointed at the report card on the table, "Then explain to me, what's the matter with this grade? Could it be that someone swapped your test paper? It's just that you didn't pass the exam? The worst that can happen is that you can study for another year. Is this all you have? You get hysterical here when you encounter a little setback. This is a disgrace to my Fang family!"

  Fang's father stood up angrily, slammed the door and walked out of the room. Fang's mother sighed, picked up the report card on the ground and wiped her tears, "Qingqing, even if we don't believe it anymore, the results are out, we have to admit that this is your result."

  "Mom! Even you don't believe me? Don't you know what my results are? The difficulty of this test paper is not high. I can't answer it like this even if I close my eyes! There must be a problem here!"

  Fang's mother also got angry, "Then what do you want us to do? This is the unified result. Could it be that your result is wrong? There are so many candidates across the country, how could it be such a coincidence that your result was changed? Qingqing, our family has the conditions to support your study now. At worst, we can repeat the year and we will be able to pass the exam next year..."

  But Fang Qing couldn't hear anything in her mind. She recalled all the processes of the college entrance examination, even the original test questions. The more she thought about it, the more she believed that she would never get such a result. There was no problem with all the processes. How could the result be like this?
  This huge question made Fang Qing unable to sit still. She threw down her backpack and ran out the door, going straight to the residence of her class teacher, Teacher Zhang.

  Meanwhile, Teacher Zhang was perplexed as she looked over the student's report card.

  Fang Qing's grades had always been consistent; even if he'd performed poorly on the test, he shouldn't have scored this low. With a score barely above 500, he couldn't even get into a second-tier university, let alone the best university in the capital...

  "Teacher Zhang, Teacher Zhang, are you home? I'm Fang Qing, and I have something urgent to tell you!"

  Teacher Zhang opened the door and let Fang Qing in. "Why are you here so late? It's perfect! You've seen your grades, haven't you? What's wrong with them? Did you have a problem on the test, or were you just not in the right state?"

  Fang Qing gasped and shook his head. "Teacher Zhang, I swear nothing unexpected happened to me, and the test wasn't that difficult. I wouldn't have gotten this bad! This can't be my score!"

  Teacher Zhang frowned and sat down. She had heard from a senior student about a parent who bribed someone from the Education Bureau two years ago to try to falsify test scores and was arrested. At the time, she'd been astonished that someone so audacious could have happened to her student. Could the same thing happen to her now?
  Seeing Fang Qing's anxious look, Teacher Zhang took a deep breath, "I know about this matter. The teacher will find a way to help you check it as soon as possible. During this time, you just rest well at home and wait for my news."

  After saying goodbye to Teacher Zhang, Fang Qing walked back like a ghost and happened to meet Wen Ling. When Wen Ling saw her like this, she knew something big had happened, "Qingqing, what's wrong with you? The results are out today. How many points did you get?"

  But Fang Qing seemed to have heard nothing and walked forward on her own. Wen Ling was frightened to see her like this, so she pulled her away from the street and sent her home. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

  "Aunt Fang, what's wrong with Qingqing? Did something happen?"

  When Fang's mother mentioned Fang Qing's failure in the college entrance examination, Wen Ling immediately jumped up to refute, "Impossible! Only 500 points. The worst student in our class scored more than 540 points. With Qingqing's level, it's rare to get 600 points. How could she only get such a low score? There must be something wrong!"

  After hearing Wen Ling's words, Fang's mother began to doubt, "Could there really be something wrong?"

  Wen Ling nodded vigorously, "There must be something wrong. This can't be Qingqing's score. Auntie, please find someone to check the test paper! I heard that someone impersonated someone before. With Qingqing's good grades, she can easily get into Capital University. If someone replaced her..."

  Fang's mother was furious when she heard this. "How could such a thing happen? That won't do! I'll ask your uncle to ask someone to check your grades and find out what's going on! Thank you, Xiaoling. Auntie won't entertain you..."

  Fang's mother called her husband, and after discussing it, they went to the home of the director of the County Education Bureau that night...

  (End of this chapter)