Ma’am You Have Been Uncovered

“Are you two going to the student recruitment drive two days later?” The short-haired roommate sitting next to Qin Yu thought of the school’s Student Union and was extremely enthusiastic.

The other roommate shook her head. “I want to go, but I’m not from the four major departments, nor am I good-looking. They might not want me. But Qin Yu can definitely go. Qin Yu, you might be our dormitory’s savior in the future!”

The university’s Student Union was equivalent to an organization independent of the school with considerable authority to speak.

“Yeah, Qin Yu. You’re so good-looking, you’ll definitely get in.” The short-haired roommate put her chin on her hand and stared at her.

The selection of students in the student union was solely based on a few requirements. Those who were good-looking, sociable, or were proficient in a particular skill could basically be selected.

Qin Yu paused and calmly asked, “Four major departments?”

Though she had already been in Beijing for a long time, she always thought she would leave for Continent M and hadn’t paid much attention to Beijing University’s affairs. Hence, she felt rather unfamiliar with what her roommate was saying.

“It’s in our school forum. Our school has more than 20 departments, big and small, and there are only four most powerful departments. Namely, the Politics and Law Department, the Physics Department, the Medicine Department, and the Mathematics Department. These four departments are extremely impressive. I wanted to enter the Politics and Law Department too, but unfortunately, I didn’t score enough, so I could only come to the Economics Department.” The short-haired girl leaned back on her chair and shook her head.

But she obviously didn’t know enough about the four departments.

Qin Yu looked away thoughtfully. When she saw the opened private message page, she reached out to close it—

But her hands suddenly paused when she saw its content.

Little Wood Fish’s message was very simple. She sent two sketches of comparative music scores and the video from the Beijing Association’s official website to Qin Yu—

[Senior Qin Yu, this person’s score is very similar to yours.]

Narrowing her eyes, Qin Yu picked up her earphones and clicked on the video. At a glance, she could tell it was Qin Ran’s video from the final exhibition competition.

She hadn’t listened seriously to her performance before. After all, listening to Qin Ran’s performance repertoire ate her heart out.

After listening to everything, Qin Yu’s heart pounded precipitously and almost jumped out of her chest.

Her hands holding the earphones trembled slightly.

She suddenly remembered the “plagiarism” that Master Wei had talked about a year ago…

She had picked up that sheet of music at the Lin family’s house, and it had fallen out of Chen Shulan’s luggage. It was too coincidental now that it collided with Qin Ran’s music sheet.

Qin Yu had already connected the dots…

An inconceivable idea jumped out in her heart… That sheet of music might have belonged to Qin Ran!

She turned off Little Wood Fish’s private message page and sat in a daze. She didn’t have the heart to pay attention to the Student Union and the four big departments.

No… Qin Yu leaned back and remembered something. The manuscript of the sheet music… was in her own hands.

**

At the same time.

In Chang Ning’s house.

Taking out a bottle of cold beer from the refrigerator, Slag Dragon chatted incessantly to Chang Ning and dialed a video call to Giant Crocodile.

It rang for a while before Giant Crocodile picked up and asked simply, “What?”

He was probably outside, as his background was dark, and his face couldn’t be seen clearly.

“Nothing much. I just wanted to know why you’re not in the least bit curious about Lone Wolf,” said Slag Dragon mysteriously as he took a sip of beer.

“Of course, I’m curious about my big brother.” Giant Crocodile put a cigarette in his mouth. He sounded calm, but his eyebrows were knitted in a frown. “I was busy these two days.”

“You bumped into some trouble?” Slag Dragon finished the beer, squeezed the can, and threw it directly into the trash can. “Tell me, what’s the trouble?”

Giant Crocodile was very moved at first and was about to reply when Slag Dragon said, “Telling me will make me happy.”

“Ignore him.” Chang Ning reached out for Slag Dragon’s phone. “The border’s not peaceful recently?”

“A little.” Giant Crocodile got into the car. With the lights turned on in the backseat, it illuminated his eyebrows, reflecting his 30-something-years-old exotic handsomeness. He paused for a while and frowned. “A force is indeed a little troublesome. I wanted to contact you to check it out for me.”

“Which force?” Chang Ning laughed.

Not many people could be feared by Giant Crocodile.

“He’s from Continent M, at the same level as the Underground Alliance. His name is Tu something, and there’s also someone from the Hacker Alliance.” Giant Crocodile pinched the cigarette and threw it out the window.

“You shouldn’t litter.” Chang Ning glanced at him and frowned. “Continent M? The same level as the Underground Alliance… This thing isn’t easy to investigate.”

“If it was easy, would I come to you?” Giant Crocodile gestured for his subordinate to drive.

Chang Ning returned the phone to Slag Dragon and poured a glass of tea. “Only Lone Wolf can investigate on Continent M. You want to place an order too? Are you in the queue?”

Besides just investigating that power, more importantly, Lone Wolf was also a hacker, and Giant Crocodile now lacked a hacker to help bare his fangs.

“My big brother will make me queue up?” Giant Crocodile lifted his chin, extremely confident.

Having held back for a long time, Slag Dragon finally couldn’t endure it anymore. “You call him big brother all day long, but who is your big brother?”

Giant Crocodile looked colder online than in real life.

Through the video, he glanced lightly at Slag Dragon. “You’re so talkative, does Lone Wolf particularly despise you?”

Slag Dragon was speechless.

At the thought of what happened two days ago, he suddenly felt stabbed in the heart.

**

At the same time.

Ting Lan, in the study room.

Cheng Jin handed a folder to Cheng Juan. “There was news from Cheng Tu.”

“He went to the border?” Cheng Juan flipped through it casually and then put it back on the table.

Cheng Jin nodded, then shook his head. “It’s not a big problem. He’s still discussing with Cheng Huo…”

Cheng Juan looked up and thought for a while.

They were talking when Cheng Mu called them to go down for dinner.

Cheng Jin stopped talking and followed behind Cheng Juan.

Cheng Mu used to think that Cheng Jin dealt with the Cheng family’s affairs, but he had already abandoned this naive idea when he returned to Beijing this time. He had faintly heard Cheng Jin mention Cheng Tu, so he asked curiously, “What’s Cheng Tu doing now?”

He already knew that out of all the five brothers, Cheng Shui and Cheng Huo were in Continent M’s manor.

His brother seemed to be in business.

Cheng Mu only ever saw Cheng Tu in the group chat, and given how both Cheng Shui and Cheng Huo’s lips were sealed about him, Cheng Mu still didn’t know his profession.

“Him?” Cheng Jin glanced at him and put his phone back into his pocket. “He’s stationed in Continent M all year round. You might as well ask him next time you meet.”

Downstairs.

Cheng Wenru was still talking to Qin Ran, asking her about the registration today.

“The Physics Department is good.” She picked up her chopsticks and smiled. “You should try your best to enter the Beijing University’s Student Union. It’ll be useful for when you go to the research institute. If…”

The thought that Qin Ran wouldn’t be able to enter the research institute didn’t occur to her at all. After all, Qin Ran was vied after by the Deans of the two departments.

“Forget it. You haven’t even entered yet. It’s too far away.” Cheng Wenru thought of something and sighed, taking back her words.

Glancing at her, Qin Ran felt like her words had a different meaning, but she didn’t ask further.

“I remember… Beijing University’s tradition is to stay for one semester, right?” Speaking of this, Cheng Wenru smiled at Cheng Juan while picking up a piece of greens.

Cheng Juan glanced indifferently at her, and asked just as indifferently, “Cheng Jin, have we been short of funds recently?”

Cheng Jin swallowed the words “Not lacking” and said with a straight face, “Very lacking.”

Cheng Wenru’s smile immediately disappeared. “Don’t! God of wealth, I was joking with you!”

Although Cheng Juan had already withdrawn from the company, whenever the company’s funds couldn’t be transferred, or when there were too many bank loan procedures and most of the funds had to be utilized, Cheng Wenru would borrow from him…

Cheng Juan looked very politely at her and said apologetically, “I’m not joking. I’m really lacking money.”

After finishing her meal, Qin Ran put down her chopsticks and picked up her phone. “I’m going upstairs to take a shower.”

Her phone happened to display a message from Chang Ning—

[There’s a new order.]

[From Giant Crocodile.]

Qin Ran massaged her temples.

It was surely not a simple matter if Giant Crocodile had to beg her. She just hoped she could finish it before school began.

**

Qin Ran was busy with Giant Crocodile’s affairs and naturally didn’t know that rumors about her were spreading wildly on Weibo.

Most people were following the Beijing Association’s Weibo.

Both Qin Ran and Qin Yu were relatively well-known students. Little Wood Fish’s comparison photo had spread among Qin Yu’s fans.

Several parts were almost identical. One was posted this year, while the other was from last year. Qin Yu’s fans couldn’t suppress their anger and posted on Weibo—

[@BeijingAssociation, what a joke. A future star in the violin industry? She plagiarized so obviously, can’t you tell? It has been almost a year since Qin Yu’s video, and she still dared to publish it? Does she think that us fans don’t have ears?!]