To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Lin Qingping and her second sister stood on the outermost edge, tiptoeing to look inside.

Gu Youlian and Du Gen were also helping to keep an eye on things. Du Gen was worried that the three girls would be squeezed, so he used his arm to separate them from others.

Ma Wenwu's mother tried desperately to squeeze in but failed. Instead, she was pushed out by the young and strong examinees. When she came out, she saw Lin Qingping and her second sister also standing on tiptoe to look.

Ma Wenwu's mother immediately rushed in front of them, shoving them aside, her face full of arrogance, "Young people, you have no manners at all, you don't know how to respect your elders, people like you deserve not to get into university!"

Lin Qingping and her second sister exchanged a glance and remained silent.

Ma Wenwu's mother tried her best to squeeze in, while cursing people for disrespecting the elderly and not letting her pass, and at the same time bragging about how well her son had done on the exam.

"I've already made reservations at a restaurant in the county town. Everyone here looking at the list today, go and eat!" She smiled and approached the list, starting with the first one.

The first name is not...

Then they searched one by one until they found the last one, but still couldn't find Ma Wenwu's name.

"What happened? This shouldn't be! Did I miss it?" She started looking again, but after the second search, she still couldn't find it.

Lin Qingping and her second sister had already chosen their names and were happily preparing to go back with Gu Youlian and Du Gen when they heard Ma Wenwu's mother shouting from the crowd, "Impossible! How could my son's name not be there! He should have been first! Who is first? Lin Qingping? Lin Qingping! How could it be Lin Qingping? There must be a mistake! Second and third, Lin Qingyun? Who is Lin Qingyun? There's no such person!"

Gu Youlian could no longer contain her joy. She grabbed Lin Qingping's hand and shook it excitedly, "Pingzi, you're really something!"

"And second sister, you really changed your name well! Doesn't that mean you're destined for great things?" Gu Youlian said to her second sister.

Ma Wenwu's mother rushed over, standing angrily in front of Lin Qingping, demanding, "Why were you able to get first place?"

Lin Qingping thought the question was too strange. What did her ranking have to do with the Ma family?

"Tell me, did you buy the exam questions?" Ma Wenwu's mother asked, hands on her hips, her tone aggressive.

Some of the test takers also heard the commotion and their attention was immediately drawn to it.

"Buying exam questions? Is that even possible?"

"No wonder they got first and third place; there were questions involved..."

Lin Qingping was instantly enraged. Rumors have always been harmful, especially rumors about buying exam questions, which is such an important matter! If this rumor is not debunked today, it will spread like wildfire, and in this small county town, it will be known to everyone by tomorrow. Even if she is innocent, it will plant a seed of doubt in other people's hearts.

She was furious, but Gu Youlian was even angrier. She jumped up and slapped Ma Wenwu's mother across the face, cursing, "Did you eat shit this morning? Your mouth is full of filth!"

Ma Wenwu's mother was stunned by the beating and rushed forward to grab her second sister, shouting, "Are you Lin Qingyun? You can get third place? What makes you think you can get third place? You're just a country bumpkin who eats dirt, how can you get third place? What else could it be but a question?"

Gu Youlian slapped Ma Wenwu's mother again, this time on the head, and grabbed her hair. Ma's mother screamed in pain, "Ma Wenwu! You saw your mother being beaten and you didn't even try to help!"

Ma Wenwu was later a key target in the crackdown on organized crime!

Fearing that Gu Youlian would be taken advantage of, Lin Qingping immediately grabbed Ma's mother's arm and preemptively asked, "What do you mean? You know so much about buying exam questions? Did you buy them?"

Lin Qingping already had this guess; otherwise, where would Ma's mother get the confidence that her son would become the top scholar?

But how could you possibly buy college entrance exam questions? I'm afraid I've been scammed.

Ma's mother was immediately stumped, speechless. Even Ma Wenwu didn't lose his temper this time; instead, he seemed preoccupied. "Mother, stop making a scene. Let's go back! If you're not leaving, I'm leaving!"

Lin Qingping became even more certain. Under the questioning gazes of the other candidates, she grabbed Ma's mother's arm and wouldn't let go. "Since you said you bought the questions, then we'll go to the police station to prove our innocence. I can tell the police openly and honestly that I didn't buy the questions, and I can accept any investigation. What about you? Do you dare?"

Ma's mother's face turned pale instantly, and she stammered, unable to say anything.

Lin Qingping sneered and repeated in front of all the students, "I'll say it again, I'm willing to accept any investigation by the police to prove that I didn't buy the questions. What about you? Do you dare?"

"I...I...I need to go back and cook..." Mother Ma struggled violently, extremely flustered.

Lin Qingping looked at the examinees and said loudly, "Now, everyone knows who has a guilty conscience, right? I still maintain that true gold fears no fire! Those with a clear conscience can withstand any investigation and test!"

Lin Qingping loosened her grip, and Ma's mother, her face flushed, hurriedly left.

Before leaving with his mother, Ma Wenwu glanced back at Lin Qingping, making her feel inexplicably uneasy, wondering what that glance meant...

"Let's go." Lin Qingping took her sister's arm and left the place.

As I left, I could still hear the other test-takers behind me discussing, "So it was that guy who bought the exam questions to throw a banquet?"

"She bought the practice questions, so why hasn't her son passed the exam yet?"

"Who knows! Everyone says the college entrance exam is top secret, how could it possibly be bought? It's probably just bragging!"

The candidates' chatter gradually faded away, and Lin Qingping and the other three headed straight for the station, intending to leave the county that day and return to the factory.

On the way, joy still overwhelmed them.

The second sister, holding Lin Qingping's arm, asked with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, "Sister, do you think our scores are good enough for the schools we applied to?"

That year's college entrance examination required students to fill out their application forms before taking the exam.

Her second sister once asked her what kind of school she wanted to attend.

More than one person suggested that she apply to schools in the capital.

She was worried about her own abilities and hesitated for a time, but then she thought that she had been reborn, so what was there that she wouldn't dare to think or do?

The worst that can happen is that I don't pass the exam!

So, she applied to Capital University.

My second sister really wanted to be with her, so she mustered up the courage to fill in the same application as her, but in a different major.

Both of them are quite bold!

When her sister asked her that question, Lin Qingping really wasn't sure. She could only pat her sister's hand and say, "Anyway, just wait for the notification. If all else fails, we can come back next year. We'll have more experience then."

"Yes!" The second sister wasn't nervous at all, she just nodded happily.

Gu Youlian asked curiously, "What school did you apply to?"

Lin Qingping was unusually timid, mainly because she had made a fool of herself by being so arrogant as to aim for the best school in the country.

So she kept it a secret, "Sis! It's a secret for now!"

Gu Youlian didn't take it to heart at all; instead, she superstitiously supported her, saying, "You're right! Don't say anything you're not sure about beforehand, lest it not work!"

Dugen laughed at her, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about!"

"Mind your own business?" Gu Youlian and Du Gen had already made up, but she would still retort to him from time to time. Du Gen would just smile indulgently and not say anything more.

Lin Qingping and the others thought that Ma Wenwu's matter was over, but to their surprise, a few days later, the police came looking for them.