Shengying Academy, Board of Directors meeting room.

Outside the entire floor-to-ceiling window was a neatly trimmed lawn, and the fountain water columns gleamed in the sunlight. Both sides of the long table were filled with members of the Board of Directors and heads of various departments, dressed in suits and ties with solemn expressions.

This meeting was not only a project report for the Student Council, but also the allocation of several resources for the next semester.

Shen Huaian sat on the right side of the long table, his posture casual, with his fingertips pressing against a document.

Yu Wantang sat beside him, with a computer in front of her, and the screen displayed the project proposal she had compiled last night.

As the meeting progressed to the Student Council project reporting session, the Student Council officer originally responsible for the presentation bit the bullet and stood up, only to get stuck right after opening her mouth.

She stood up and casually took the remote clicker.

"Good morning, teachers and members of the Board of Directors. I will supplement the rest of the content."

As soon as the words fell, the door of the meeting room was suddenly pushed open forcefully.

"I report!"

Everyone's gaze looked toward the door at the same time.

Chu Zhaozhao stood there, clutching a few photos in her hand, her chest heaving violently.

The atmosphere in the meeting room froze on the spot, and everyone's expression changed.

The principal's face sank.

"Student Chu? Who let you in? A meeting is currently in progress, get out quickly."

Chu Zhaozhao bit her lip, a look of desperate stubbornness in her eyes.

"Principal, I know this is very presumptuous, but I cannot sit by and watch the school be deceived by others."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people in the meeting room changed.

The members of the Board of Directors looked at each other.

"What do you mean?"

Yu Wantang leaned back, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.

Here it comes, here it comes.

The classic segment of a short drama heroine.

Regardless of occasion or time, as long as she wants, the whole world has to stop and accompany her to uphold justice.

Chu Zhaozhao took a few steps forward and slapped the photos onto the meeting table.

"Principal, Yu Wantang has bad character! She is not worthy of representing the Student Council to participate in the meeting at all, let alone taking the school's funding!"

The photos scattered.

In the night, an understated black luxury car stopped outside the side gate of Shengying Academy.

Yu Wantang got out of the car, still carrying her school bag, and a middle-aged driver got out from the driver's seat, pulling open the car door for her.

The angle of the photos was very tricky, just capturing the car logo and Yu Wantang's profile.

At first glance, it was indeed very easy for people to think crookedly.

Chu Zhaozhao straightened her back, her voice rising.

"You have all seen it. Yu Wantang is a funded student, everyone knows what her family conditions are like, how could she take this kind of car back to school?"

She turned to look at Yu Wantang, her eyes full of heartbreak.

"I reminded you before, not to lose yourself for money. You didn't listen. Yesterday you accepted money from Shen Huaian in the classroom, and today you took a luxury car again. The evidence is right here, what else do you have to say?"

Yu Wantang looked at those photos on the table and almost laughed out loud.

She thought Chu Zhaozhao had held it in all night and could come up with some ultimate move.

Just this?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chu Zhaozhao thought she was stumped by the question, and her speaking speed became even faster.

"Shengying is a top prestigious school, how many people are watching it. A student who entered through funding is entangled with rich people behind the scenes. If this spreads, how will others view Shengying? Principal, I am not targeting her, but the school cannot shield a student with moral problems just for the sake of grades."

Unfortunately, the people in the meeting room did not become angry as she imagined; instead, their expressions became increasingly subtle.

The principal's face was as gloomy as water.

Shengying Academy valued rules the most.

Regardless of whether what Chu Zhaozhao said was true or false, today she barged into the Board of Directors meeting without knocking and publicly slapped the label of "disorganized management" on the school, which in itself was very lacking in discretion.

What's more, the person she accused was an outstanding student heavily funded by the school, yet she made a fuss in front of the Board of Directors without even verifying it.

This was making it embarrassing for everyone.

The director spoke first: "Chu Zhaozhao, you said Yu Wantang has bad character, and the evidence is just these few photos?"

Chu Zhaozhao nodded immediately.

"Is this not enough? She is an ordinary student, yet she rode back in this kind of car, and the driver even opened the door for her."

Wen Yining had originally leaned against the back of the chair to watch the show, and rolled her eyes upon hearing this.

"Riding in a luxury car means bad character? Then with so many luxury cars parked at the school gate every day, according to your logic, half of the students in Shengying would have to be expelled."

Chu Zhaozhao's face stiffened.

"You are different, you are rich to begin with."

"So what?" Wen Yining crossed her arms. "It's normal for rich people to ride in cars, but for poor people to ride in cars it's called bad character. Chu Zhaozhao, you can just say it straight if you hate the rich."

Someone in the meeting room let out a low chuckle.

Chu Zhaozhao panicked.

"I didn't mean that! I mean her family conditions are not good, yet she takes this kind of car, which in itself is abnormal."

Yu Wantang finally raised her eyes.

"What is abnormal about it?"

Chu Zhaozhao looked at her.

"Are you still pretending?"

Yu Wantang picked up a photo, held it up to the light and looked at it twice.

"Photos can only prove that I got out of a car. They cannot prove that I did anything illegal or violated discipline."

She put the photo back on the table.

"You take a photo of getting out of a car and imagine a whole set of dirty plots. Chu Zhaozhao, you don't study hard, what on earth is packed in your head all day long?"

An elderly member of the Board of Directors next to her picked up the photos to look at them and frowned.

"Indeed, this alone cannot explain the problem."

Chu Zhaozhao refused to accept it.

"But she can't explain whose car it is!"

Yu Wantang: "Why should I explain?"

"He who asserts must prove. If you say I am kept, produce evidence. Transfer records, chat records, recordings, witnesses, anything is fine. If you can't produce it, it is rumor and defamation."

She was definitely not the kind of brain-damaged supporting role in short dramas who would cry and weep and beg people to believe her once wronged.

"Rumors and defamation are illegal."

The meeting room went quiet for a moment.

The way many members of the Board of Directors looked at Yu Wantang changed. This young girl was not old, but her mind was very clear. If it were anyone else encountering such a thing, their first reaction would be panic and being in a rush to prove their innocence.

But as for her, she directly kicked the ball back.

Chu Zhaozhao bit her lip.

"Yu Wantang, don't substitute concepts. If you are innocent, you should state clearly whose car it is."

"Look, here it comes again."

Yu Wantang spread her hands.

"You slandered me first, and then asked me to prove my innocence. If you still don't believe it after I prove my innocence, do you still want me to continue proving? Prove who the driver is, prove who the car owner is, prove what time I got on and off the car last night."

She paused for a moment.

"Do you want me to prove by the way that when I breathe, I don't pollute the air of Shengying?"

Wen Yining laughed out loud directly.

"Yu Wantang, it's a pity your mouth isn't in the debate team."

Yu Wantang glanced at her: "Does the debate team pay money?"

Wen Yining was choked up.

Even at a time like this, she still cared about money, she really had a way.

"Student Chu, Student Yu is right. Since you made an accusation, you should produce complete evidence. Based solely on a photo, it cannot prove that her character has problems."

Chu Zhaozhao was so anxious that tears were almost coming out.

"Principal, you cannot favor her just because her grades are good!"

The principal's brow furrowed completely.

"Student Chu, watch your phrasing."

Chu Zhaozhao didn't understand.

Clearly she was maintaining the school's reputation, why was everyone blaming her?

Yu Wantang had watched enough of the show and leisurely took out her mobile phone.

"All right then, since you want to know so much, I'll satisfy you."

She dialed a number and pressed the speakerphone.

It rang twice, the other side answered, and a gentle female voice came out.