Dr. Johnson walked into the office on his front foot, and before the heavy wooden door could close, it was pushed open again, followed by Mia, who perhaps more appropriately rushed in.

When she walked in the door, her first words were: "I was framed!" ”

She pressed her hands on the large desk, her chest hunched with a rapid gasp, and she looked at Dr. Johnson with a look of certainty.

"I'm willing to believe what you're saying is the truth, but what I need is evidence." Dr. Johnson's tone was still very stern, with a stern expression of envy and hatred.

Mia said without hesitation: "I have been in the school for more than a year, and I have never had any bad records, even if it is the dormitory rules, I have never violated a ......"

She kept wiping the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand, and her voice became a little muffled by crying: "...... My GPA is 3.8, and my grades in all subjects are pretty good, so there's no need to take risks and cheat on exams! ”

Dr. Johnson recalls Mia's performance in and out of class on weekdays: she listens carefully in class, takes notes hard, and her homework and exams are not the best, but she is also above average, and occasionally asks one or two thought-provoking questions.

His tone softened a little, and said, "I can completely understand your feelings, but cheating is a very serious matter, our school has a good reputation for more than 200 years, no matter under any circumstances, we will never tolerate such behavior on campus!" ”

After a pause, she continued: "I know that you are usually of good character, but that doesn't prove that you didn't break the school rules this time, the note was found in your pencil case, how do you explain this?" ”

The wrinkles on Dr. Johnson's face seemed to have deepened all at once, and he was heartbroken by the fact that such a problem had occurred in the course he taught.

Mia wiped away her tears, trying to calm her mind, and reason returned to her mind, like a cool spring cooling her burning skull. I told me how I was tricked out of the classroom before the exam.

Dr. Johnson shook his head again and again, saying, "It's hard to see any logical connection between these two things. ”

Mia lowered her head and thought about it, then raised her head again, her eyes lit up, and her voice became much clearer: "In this way, you can judge this test paper of mine, if it is much higher than my usual score, then I am suspected of lying, if it is even, what is the point of me cheating?" Mia looked at Dr. Johnson with pleading eyes.

Dr. Johnson nodded, and spent about ten minutes judging the test paper that Mia had just done, and the score was 85 points, which was obviously in the normal range compared to Mia's daily score range of 78-88 points, and it was not ridiculously high.

Dr. Johnson pinched the corner of his forehead with his fingers, which he thought was quite intriguing, and perhaps there might have been some kind of misunderstanding.

However, with Bai Xinrui's real-name report and the small note in Mia's pencil bag, this is basically a real hammer, and it is rash to deny her cheating based on a single score, and Dr. Johnson fell into deep thought.

There was silence in the office, Mia's black eyeliner and smoky makeup had long since faded, and her small face was pale and there was no blood on her lips.

Without the help of heavy makeup, the inferiority and arrogance that she had worked so hard to create on weekdays no longer existed, and like the girl next door, she kept picking at the metal buttons on her leather jacket with her nails, waiting for Dr. Johnson to give a fair account of the matter.

The doctor sighed and said, "It is true that there is no big problem with the score of your test paper, but someone has come forward and said that he has seen you cheating, and this score alone is not enough to deny this accusation." You'll face at least a zero score for the semester's final grade, and you'll ......"

Mia gritted her teeth and said, "Dr. Johnson, I vouch for my personality, reputation, and life, I really didn't cheat. You did find small notes in my pencil case, however, I didn't put them in, and I don't know when or how they got into my pencil case......"

Her eyes were red and swollen, she swallowed and spat, and continued, "...... If I am hastily judged to be cheating just because of these little notes, I am not convinced! Take a step back and say that even if I found the notes in my pencil case, there was no evidence that I had seen them during the exam. ”

Looking at the test paper on Dr. Johnson's large desk, which was placed alone on the right, Mia felt ridiculous that she had been designed by someone else so easily.

She looked up at Dr. Johnson's flat plaid shirt and said, word for word, "Stella had a holiday with me, I'm sure they're framing me!" ”

Dr. Johnson also felt that something was wrong, staring intently at every change in Mia's expression, thinking about what she said, how could a cheating person be so determined to argue for himself? However, everything must be based on evidence, not just feelings, and his voice returned to its old old calmness: "You speculate that someone has framed you, and I can't verify this for a while, I will discuss it with Mr. Thomas......"

Mia looked at Dr. Johnson with pleading eyes and interrupted him, "If you are gullible about them, it would be unfair to me to give me a zero on this final exam. Can you ask me to do another paper of similar difficulty, and I will do it right in front of you, using the grade of this paper as my final grade? ”

Perhaps it was Mia's persistence and sincerity that impressed Dr. Johnson, who nodded and said, "Okay, for the sake of fairness, I'm going to get a set of exam papers from the end of last semester's first semester." ”

Mia wiped the tear-stained face twice with the back of her hand, regrouped her spirits, and spent another two hours finishing a set of test papers seriously, Dr. Johnson sat behind the work, watched Mia answer the questions, and patiently helped her evaluate the score, this time it was actually two points higher than the one that was exposed as "cheating".

The final grade is not a zero score, Mia also breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the clock on the wall, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and couldn't help but feel guilty: "It's so bad that you didn't hint at eating at noon." ”

Dr. Johnson handed down a few small white pills with coffee, and his face, which had been blue a moment ago, softened.

Mia rearranged her thoughts and took the opportunity to defend herself again and clarified: "Dr. Johnson, think about it, even if I get a perfect score this time, it won't have much impact on this semester's GPA, if I really care about GPA extremely, I can get a higher GPA by improving my usual performance in this class, and there is no need to cheat at the end of the semester for the sake of such a few points of improvement, this is illogical." ”

One sentence reminded Dr. Johnson that although the final grade is heavily weighted in the GPA, there will be no decisive change to the GPA for an entire semester, because daily assignments, quizzes, class discussions, and essays are all involved in the calculation of the GPA. As Mia said, even if her final grade is a perfect grade, it may be the second decimal place for her GPA.

Dr. Johnson nodded, and said, "This matter is beyond my reach, but when I consult with Mr. Thomas, I will explain to him your usual results and performance, and try to minimize the damage caused by this matter." ”

Mia could hear the helplessness in Dr. Johnson's tone, and silently lowered her head.

Dr. Johnson also admonished Mia: "If a small paper roll appears in your pencil case, you will be responsible, just like being sentenced to jail if a drug dealer puts drugs in your luggage at the airport, and if you are found out, it is a reason." Today's event, the school will give you at least one notice. I would like to give you a good piece of advice: take good care of your things in the future. ”