The whole ride home, Rong Yue was on her laptop, as the calls got worse with every minute, she turned off her phone and used her laptop to log into the Fox Alliance account.
Since she already had a vague idea of what had happened with her results, she planned to discuss it with Qin Yichen.
She didn't have connections with people in the education sector and knew that even if somehow she was able to hack her way around it, the result and clarification it would provide would be different from knowing the relevant people.
Her intention was simple, rely on the big boss that was at home!
The car ride was very short with Butler Yang's skilled driving. As soon as the car parked in front of the mansion, Qin Yichen walked out to the front.
He was in the garden doing some studying and getting some air when he heard the sound of the car. As it wasn't a residential area that was open to others, sounds were easy to hear when they were outside and not in the soundproofed house.
Lu San didn't enter with them, and since Qin Heng had gone back to the main house to attend a party, only the both of them were at home.
"What's the matter?" Qin Yichen asked, his gaze not leaving her as she settled into a chair.
A month ago, she might have refused to talk and try to find a way out herself, it would have been hard and might even take some time, but now, she didn't mind him helping.
"Someone swapped out my results with theirs. My dashboard shows that I scored 510,"
Qin Yichen's eyes darkened as he heard her words. He sat up instinctively. "Hacking?"
Rong Yue shook her head. It had happened so smoothly in the past and now. She suspected this was an arrangement that was made long before she even went for the competition.
"The papers were most likely swapped out. It's a girl from City A, Tong Yang...."
She gave him some more details, including her usual performance in school and how Tong Yang had stolen her paintings in the past.
The things that Tong Yang had done at this point weren't too wicked, and Rong Yue also didn't say anything about the future to Qin Yichen.
She wasn't ready to share that much with him.
Qin Yichen pulled out his phone directly and called the Minister of Education. His call was picked on one ring, "President Qin," the minister greeted respectfully.
"Rong Yue took her college examination in City A. But it seems like you have been lax in monitoring cities that aren't the capital,"
With the threat hanging in the air, the Minister felt like he had once again returned to when he just started his career.
"W...What's the matter, President Qin?" He managed to ask.
"For all the papers, get your colleagues to bring out Rong Yue's papers, I need to see how they were marked with my own eyes," since he couldn't exactly tell the Minister that the papers had been swapped, the first thing he could do was demand to see them.
When they fetched the papers out, it would be easy to see what had happened to them.
"Where are you going? A lot of people already know that you scored full marks. If you go out now, there will be a lot of eyes on you,"
As her mother, she had already started plans that would make her congratulations party the best in the city. Since she was planning the party, she didn't think that Tong Yang needed to go out again.
At the very least, she had to seem like a serious student, right?
Tong Yang smiled in satisfaction as that was the exact reaction she wanted.
"Some of my friends are hanging out together tonight and invited me. The Sun's family princess and Mayor Bo's daughter would be there also,"
Mother Tong's eyes lit up as she heard that, "She's back in the city?"
"Wear a nicer dress, I heard that she's in one of the good schools in the capital if you can make her your friend now, by the time you pick the school you want, the both of you can help each other out,"
Tong Yang nodded, agreeing with her mother's thoughts. Usually, the best student would be competed for by all the good schools.
This time around, she even had full marks. She was certain that the schools would start vying for her from tomorrow!
"Okay, go. Your brother's flight will arrive soon. I'll tell him that you went out,"
Tong Yang nodded dismissively. She didn't care too much about her brother and his friends that were coming. After finishing up her makeup, she checked herself in the mirror one last time before leaving.
When she got downstairs, her mom was in a meeting with some of the party organisers.
"I didn't know Tong Yang was such a good student too. Seems like City A high school has been able to churn out so many great geniuses this year," one of the ladies said.
"That's true. The two world champions are from there also," another person added from the other side.
Upon hearing that, Mother Tong's body stiffened slightly.
"The teachers and principal all deserve to be praised for their efforts," she stood up with a flimsy excuse and rushed to meet Tong Yang that was just about to enter the car.
"Tong Yang!" She pulled her aside until she was sure that no one else was there.
Even though the whole family was sharing the glory, only both of them knew what they had done behind the scenes.
"Is that girl going to be there?" Mother Tong asked.
Tong guessed who she was talking about and rolled her eyes in dismissal.
"Even though she won something that big, she is, after all, still from a poor family. No one has seen her around for a while,"
Mother Tong sighed in relief, "There's no need to keep her around you anymore, with this your score. Your future is settled,"