I really just want to be a scholar

The old lady's voice, which had always been steady and gentle, suddenly became serious at this moment, as if she had regained the splendor she had when she was the vice president of a key university in the province.

Ji Xiuyu hurriedly asked: "Mom, what's going on?"

Old lady Qiao Runlian suppressed her anger and told the whole story.

Ji Xiaoyu focused on studying in college and worked hard to get into graduate school. He didn't have many friends with different surnames, but he had a good relationship with the three girls in the same dormitory.

Ji Xiaoyu comes from a wealthy family. Although she is an introvert, she has excellent family education and is able to maintain necessary interpersonal relationships well through the influence of her family. Every time she goes home on vacation, she brings back a lot of snacks to share with the three girls, and she silently pays the bill when she goes out to dinner. Whenever her classmates and friends have difficulties, they just find her, no matter if it's to borrow a few hundred yuan or study notes, she never says a word and never urges others to pay back the money.

In general, she got along well with the people around her, at least much better than Ning Qingjun, who was known as the "flower of the high mountain" and had few friends before she met Qin Ke. The three girls in the same dormitory were very intimate with her and praised her highly, both in front of others and behind their backs.

But it was these three girls who, when Ji Xiaoyu had put in countless efforts and finally fought her way out and was about to obtain the qualification for postgraduate study, insidiously stabbed her in the back...

The girls' dormitory clearly stipulates that high-power hair dryers exceeding 800w are not allowed, but many girls have long hair. How long does it take to dry their hair with a low-power hair dryer? In order not to waste time, many girls in the dormitory secretly use high-power hair dryers, anyway, they just cover for each other.

However, Ji Xiaoyu knew that details determine success or failure, so she was very cautious and only brought a small 500W hair dryer with her. She also cut her hair short to save time on blowing her hair.

Last night, she came back from the library, took a shower and dried her hair, and was about to go back to her bunk bed to put on headphones and memorize English words. A girl in the same dormitory named Bu Jiayi stopped her and said that her hair dryer was broken and asked her to borrow it. Ji Xiaoyu naturally would not refuse such a small thing, so she took out the hair dryer from the cabinet and lent it to Bu Jiayi.

Before lights out at night, the dormitory manager came to check the dormitories on each floor. This was a common occurrence. Someone well-informed had informed everyone in advance, and the girls had already hidden the prohibited electrical appliances. Such dormitory checks had greater deterrent and symbolic significance. Ji Xiaoyu didn't care and continued to lie on the bed listening to the English words in the headphones and silently spelling them out in her mind.

Suddenly, I heard the dorm auntie sternly say, "Whose hair dryer is this? 2000W!? And it's openly placed on the table. Are you challenging the school rules?"

The sound was a bit loud. Ji Xiaoyu could hear it even with her headphones on. She was startled. The sound was right next to her bed. Did the dormitory manager come in to check on their dormitory? But they only used low-power hair dryers in their dormitory...

Thinking that his roommate might be involved, Ji Xiaoyu took off his headphones and was about to stand up to see what was going on and whether to help cover up for him, when he felt someone slap the bunk bed hard: "Come down! Is hiding going to help? Is this your hair dryer?"

It was obvious that these words were directed at her. Ji Xiaoyu was surprised and incredulous. She hurried downstairs and saw that the dormitory manager and two student union members who were checking were indeed standing in front of her seat. The dormitory manager was holding a large hair dryer in her hand, and her three roommates were standing a few steps away with strange expressions.

Seeing the dormitory manager staring at him unkindly, Ji Xiaoyu panicked and said quickly, "Teacher, this is not my hair dryer. I use a very low-power hair dryer, only 500W..."

"If it's not yours, then it must be theirs? Everyone in this dormitory, take out your hair dryers!"

The other three girls looked at each other and took out their hair dryers. Ji Xiaoyu hurriedly said to Bu Jiayi, "Jiayi, where is my hair dryer?"

Bu Jiayi pointed at the big hair dryer in the dormitory aunt's hand and whispered, "Isn't your hair dryer right there? We can't afford such an expensive Dyson. I reminded you before that you can't use such a high-power hair dryer, but you didn't listen. Now you've been found out..."

Just a few words sounded like thunder in Ji Xiaoyu's ears. She even suspected that she had heard it wrongly. Not to mention that this was definitely not her hair dryer. Even if it was really hers, after all, they were good sisters. How could she report her in public like that?

Just when Ji Xiaoyu was doubting her life, the other two roommates also echoed: "That's right, Xiaoyu, this is your hair dryer, you are not trying to frame us, are you?"

"The three of us have advised you before, but you didn't listen. Don't blame us now."

"What are you talking about!" Ji Xiaoyu was shocked and angry: "This is not my hair dryer at all! Don't make such a bad joke!"

The dormitory aunt stared at her fiercely: "Where's your hair dryer?"

Ji Xiaoyu pointed at Bu Jiayi and said, "I lent her mine! Teacher, this is definitely not my hair dryer. I always use a very low-power hair dryer, only 500W!"

Bu Jiayi looked innocent. She plugged in the hair dryer in her hand and turned it on to show that it could be used normally. "I didn't borrow it from you. I can use my own. Why would I borrow yours? Besides, yours is a high-power appliance. It is illegal to use it. We dare not use it."

The other two girls also said that they did not see Ji Xiaoyu lending the hair dryer to Bu Jiayi. Ji Xiaoyu never dreamed that three of her best roommates would collude to frame her. She was so angry that she burst into tears, but she was not good at speaking, so she just kept explaining to the teacher that this was definitely not her hair dryer.

However, three people testified and reported that Ji Xiaoyu could not produce her own hair dryer, and the banned hair dryer was found on her desk. The evidence was "conclusive", so the dormitory manager determined that it belonged to Ji Xiaoyu, confiscated the high-power hair dryer directly, and wrote her name down in the disciplinary book.

Ji Xiaoyu's face was ashen and he looked like he had lost his soul.

She knew very well that although it was just a minor violation, as long as the college announced it, it would be an indelible stain and her qualification for continued study would definitely be ruined.

Thinking about how she had worked hard for nearly four years, but in the end she failed to be admitted to graduate school because of betrayal and false accusations by her best friends, and also lost the chance to become her cousin's student forever, Ji Xiaoyu was sad and angry. She cried all night and returned home in tears the next morning. Old lady Qiao Runlian was frightened to see her granddaughter in disarray and with red and swollen eyes from crying. After asking her the reason, she flew into a rage.

As an educator of the older generation, she rose from an ordinary associate professor at a key university to a dean and vice president. She had seen students fighting for the chance to study abroad at public expense. However, no matter how students of that era fought overtly or covertly, they still followed the bottom line of being a human being. But this time, her beloved granddaughter was framed and backstabbed by her closest friend...

She made more than a dozen phone calls to find out about the matter.

The old lady was also the vice president of a key provincial university. With her connections, she was able to get into a top prestigious university like Qingmu University. It only took her half an hour to confirm her granddaughter's experience.

She knew her granddaughter very well. This girl was cautious and law-abiding. She had never violated school rules since she was a child. How could she suddenly lose her mind and do such an obvious violation at the critical moment of her admission to graduate school, and even carelessly fall on her seat when someone warned her in advance that they would come to check the dormitory?
So she chose to believe her granddaughter. With her and the Ji family's status in the education sector, plus their relationships with Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun, there were few things that could not be dealt with in Xia Country's education sector. Unfortunately, this matter happened to be related to Qingmu University's postgraduate qualification, and the old lady was worried that her rash actions would affect Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun's reputation.

The future of a granddaughter is important, but the reputation of her granddaughter-in-law and her husband cannot be ignored either.

So after much deliberation, the old lady finally called her daughter Ji Xiuyu.

"Xiu Yu, this is the situation. As for how to deal with this matter, I won't ask you. You can decide it yourself. Even if Xiao Yu still fails to keep her qualification for postgraduate study, I won't blame you. I only have one request, that you must not encourage such unhealthy trends. If Xiao Yu's three roommates succeed in postgraduate study because they squeezed out Xiao Yu's place, it would be the greatest tragedy for Xia Country's education sector."

"I got it, Mom. Don't worry. Now that the college hasn't officially imposed a penalty, there's still a chance to resolve this matter." Ji Xiu Yu's mind remained clear. She knew that time was indeed running out. Once Qingmu University officially determined the penalty and announced it to the college, it would be difficult to resolve the issue.

After ending the call with the old lady, Ji Xiu Yu calmly thought about how to deal with the matter.

In fact, Ji Xiuyu was not as angry as the old lady after hearing this story. It was not because she was cold-blooded, but because she understood human nature better. In most cases, none of the so-called "good friends" around girls would really want to see you live much better than them, especially when you are in competition with each other.

The truth about human nature is so terrible that the relationship between female roommates is often caused by jealousy - "the person you are most familiar with becomes your most terrible enemy."

But the old lady was right. If the perpetrators did something that harmed others and benefited themselves, and if they made a profit, it would only encourage such evil trends. She could even easily speculate that Ji Xiaoyu's case was probably not an isolated case... In order to compete for the qualification to be admitted to graduate school, similar things might happen everywhere. If this continues, the education sector will face a very terrible change in the trend.

College students are the future pillars of the country. Once the trust among college students finally collapses and they become wary of each other, not even daring to post on WeChat Moments or speak their true feelings, and college becomes a palace farce ahead of time... then the future of this country can be imagined.

Ji Xiuyu thought about it for nearly two minutes. She and Ning Zongxun's status and connections were naturally far superior to those of old lady Qiao Runlian, who had been retired for many years. If she wanted to eliminate the crisis facing her niece Ji Xiaoyu, she could resolve it with just one phone call.

But what she was considering was not only how to resolve the matter perfectly while avoiding affecting the reputation of her beloved daughter and son-in-law, but also how to make an example of them and put an end to the unhealthy trend of college students reporting on each other and harming others for their own benefit.

This cannot be achieved by relying solely on connections.

After thinking it over again and again, Ji Xiuyu finally called Qin Ke. No matter what, she had to tell Qin Ke about this.

When it comes to the "spiritual idol of the academic world", who can compare to Qin Ke? Moreover, Qin Ke has extremely high emotional intelligence and means, and is best at handling such complex matters.

Before making a decision, Ji Xiuyu thought it necessary to ask Qin Ke's opinion. (End of this chapter)