I really just want to be a scholar

The atmosphere in Room 528 of the female dormitory building of the School of Physics at Qingmu University was a bit weird.

  There are now only three girls living in the original four-person dormitory. The quilt on the empty bed is messy and not at all as neat and clean as before.

A round-faced girl with shoulder-length hair looked up from her book and glanced at the empty bed. Her expression became a little unnatural. After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke: "Um, Jiayi...is this a bit too much for that person?"

In the past, when talking about Ji Xiaoyu, girls with round faces would call her "Xiao Yu" affectionately, but now they can't call her that, and even feel a little guilty when mentioning that name, so they use "that person" to refer to her.

Bu Jiayi was flipping through a thick volume of University Physics With Modern Physics at her seat. Hearing this, she said nonchalantly, "There are only so many places for guaranteed admission to graduate school in our college. If the man surnamed Ji takes one, one of the three of us will almost certainly fail. As for the others, they all have connections and backgrounds. Apart from this idiot surnamed Ji, who else can we target?"

The round-faced girl said anxiously, "Her family seems to be well off financially. Will she be able to find some connections to smooth things over?"

"Oh, didn't I ask before? Her mother is a high school teacher, and her father is the principal of a private middle school, so she has a little money. But can such a relationship penetrate into Qingmu University? If she really has such connections, why is the whole university so cautious that they only dare to use a 500W hair dryer? Even we dare to use an 800W hair dryer in violation of the school's regulations! Besides, she cried all night last night. If she could find a connection to settle this matter, would she cry so miserably?"

She said it coldly, but her tone could not hide the glee in other people's misfortune.

The round-faced girl thought so too and felt relieved.

  Of course Bu Jiayi didn't tell the real reason. The real reason was just two words - jealousy. She had always disliked Ji Xiaoyu, thinking that he was obsessed with becoming a student of Academician Ning, and that his life had no fun except studying. He was a complete nerd, but this nerd had excellent academic performance and always suppressed her!

In fact, Ji Xiaoyu was not born a nerd, but she had no choice but to work hard. Who in Qingmu University was not a gifted child who fought through the cruel college entrance examination? Even a smart girl like Ji Xiaoyu felt a huge pressure after being admitted to Qingmu University, so she had a clear goal since her freshman year. All her study exams, participation in various competitions, and elections for class committees were all for the purpose of guaranteeing a place in graduate school. She invested countless energy in this, and naturally had less time to interact with classmates.

As girls in the same dormitory, Bu Jiayi and others were also influenced by her. They did not dare to slack off and could only study hard.

Therefore, the academic performance of their dormitory is among the best among the girls in the School of Physics.

But not everyone can endure loneliness and concentrate on studying like Ji Xiaoyu. When the other three girls asked her to go shopping together, she basically said she had to study and didn't go. This caused Bu Jiayi and the other three to feel uncomfortable even when they went out to relax or go shopping, because they thought that while they were having fun, Ji Xiaoyu was studying in the library.

The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt, and even going out for entertainment became boring.

Under this invisible competition and oppression for a long time, Bu Jiayi and the other three girls naturally felt resentment and jealousy towards Ji Xiaoyu, especially because Ji Xiaoyu's grades had always been the best among the four. Even in the entire School of Physics, except for two or three super genius boys, Ji Xiaoyu was not inferior to anyone, and her GPA every semester was always in the top three.

It’s just that Ji Xiaoyu usually gives gifts to people. Every time she goes home for the holidays or returns to school, she brings back a lot of snacks. Sometimes she also gives the girls some cosmetics, scarves and other things. These gifts are a little expensive, but within the students’ spending power, so the three girls have complicated feelings towards her.

However, Bu Jiayi, who has always been so competitive that she is a little psychologically twisted, dislikes Ji Xiaoyu the most. She is inferior to Ji Xiaoyu in terms of appearance and academic performance, and even the awards she won in competitions are not as good as Ji Xiaoyu.

How could Bu Jiayi, who was so arrogant, endure this?

She was even mentally twisted to the point of becoming evil. When she went to the temple to burn incense, the wish she made was not for herself to be admitted to graduate school, but for Ji Xiaoyu to meet with misfortune.

Unfortunately, Ji Xiaoyu was safe and sound, and even made great progress until the first semester of his senior year.

As the battle for admission to graduate school was coming to an end, Bu Jiayi could no longer maintain her usual pretended tenderness.

Whenever Bu Jiayi thought about Ji Xiaojue's success in getting admitted to graduate school, and even the possibility of him becoming a student of Academician Ning, the poisonous snake of jealousy would keep gnawing at her heart, making her face look a little hideous, and even making her come up with a vicious plan to frame Ji Xiaojue.

The other two girls in the dormitory were still a little hesitant at first, but after being persuaded by Bu Jiayi for a while, they finally agreed after thinking about the "frustrating life" they had experienced in college and the precious place in graduate school.

So that's what happened last night.

This morning, whenever Bu Jiayi thought of Ji Xiaojue crying all night and leaving the school in a daze, she felt so happy. She was even happier than when she had successfully been admitted to graduate school. Even the English version of the physics textbook in her hand, which she had hated before, looked so handsome, gentle and amiable.

Just then, the third girl in the dormitory, Yin Liya, came back. She went downstairs to get takeout.

Bu Jiayi smiled: "Liya, did you get the takeaway back? You've worked hard. Today is my treat, everyone enjoy your meal!"

The girl named Yin Liya looked a little unnatural: "I just went to check the college's bulletin board. The penalty notice from last night hasn't been posted yet. It's usually posted around noon..." In order to "celebrate" that an extra place was freed up for postgraduate study, the probability of the three people being successfully admitted to postgraduate study was almost 100%. Bu Jiayi spent a lot of money today and ordered a takeaway worth several hundred yuan for lunch. She paid for it, and Yin Liya volunteered to run errands and check the bulletin board...

Bu Jiayi was startled when she heard this, and then comforted him, "It just hasn't been posted yet. Maybe the staff was busy and posted it late. Let's go check it out after dinner."

Although she said this, Bu Jiayi felt a little uneasy in her heart. She would not be able to feel at ease unless she saw Ji Xiaojue's name appear in the penalty notice with her own eyes. Although this matter was 90% certain, no matter how hard Ji Xiaojue tried, he could not escape the fate of being reported for a demerit.

However, all three girls felt a little uneasy. They finished their sumptuous lunch chatting and laughing, and then went together to check the college bulletin board.

But I still haven’t seen any penalty notice posted.

Throughout the afternoon, the three of them took turns running more than ten times, but they still didn't see the penalty notice they were looking forward to.

By the evening, Bu Jiayi could no longer bear it, so she went to find a friend she knew in the student union and asked him in a roundabout way. She learned that the college leader in charge of reviewing rewards and punishments had been in a meeting outside and had no time to deal with the matter, and it would probably not be posted until tomorrow morning.

Bu Jiayi and the other three finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yin Liya said angrily, "Then someone is a little lucky."

Bu Jiayi sneered: "She can't escape her fate."

But to the three's surprise, several documents were posted on the college's notice board throughout the morning of the next day, but there was no notice of punishment for Ji Xiaojue.

This made the three of them feel depressed. They couldn't enjoy their meals, couldn't take naps well, and couldn't even concentrate on reading.

The only thing that made them feel that there was no possibility of a reversal was that Ji Xiaojue never came back - it was obvious that Ji Xiaojue did not want to see the penalty notice, so he did not dare to come back - the three of them firmly believed this.

Unexpectedly, on the afternoon of the next day, the counselor suddenly called the three people to the office for a talk, separately, and asked about the "hair dryer incident" from the night before.

Although the three of them insisted that the illegal hair dryer belonged to Ji Xiaojue, they were still frightened by the reminder of the past. Before they could gather together to discuss countermeasures, the counselor took them to a meeting room.

"Come in, the leaders want to ask you a few more questions."

Bu Jiayi and the other two looked at each other, feeling nervous, but at the urging of the counselor, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into the meeting room.

Seeing the lineup inside, the three girls suddenly felt weak in the knees and almost couldn't stand.

Because in this small conference room, not only were there "big shots" such as the college's president, vice president, and director of studies, but even the principal Gu Bojun and a group of vice presidents, who usually only met at conferences, were here.

  Among the many important figures, there were two young and handsome boys and girls sitting. They were the school’s most famous chief scientists, Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun!

The atmosphere in the conference room was so depressing that it was hard to breathe, especially since these bigwigs all looked so serious. Even Academician Qin, who was always humorous and gentle as sunshine in undergraduate classes, looked at them with an icy gaze.

The three girls had never seen such a scene before and were so scared that they stood at the door and dared not move.

Qin Ke pointed to the three seats in front and said, "Sit down first."

His voice was not loud, but it seemed to have an invisible force, making the three girls walk over obediently and sit in the designated seats. However, even Bu Jiayi, who was arrogant and thought he was brave, couldn't help but tremble in his legs.

Qin Ke looked at them and said calmly, "I'm Qin Ke. I recognize you. You are Bu Jiayi, Yin Liya and Xi Ping, right? You all come to the 'You ask me, I answer' class that Qingjun and I have every Monday, together with Ji Xiaojue, and you always sit in the front row."

If they had heard that Qin Ke actually had an impression of them under normal circumstances, Bu Jiayi and the other two would probably have been ecstatic, but Qin Ke's expression at this moment made them dare not feel the slightest joy.

"I guess you don't know that Ji Xiaojue is Qingyun's cousin, otherwise you wouldn't dare to do such a shameful thing to frame your classmate. But it's good that she can see your character clearly, and let the school leaders know that what the students lack is cultural knowledge education or the cultivation of their conscience and morality! Cultivating students' integrity and conscience should not be just empty talk!"

Qin Ke said the last sentence while looking at Principal Gu Bojun. (End of this chapter)