Top Student, Dirty Lies Chapter 2

"Lauren, explain yourself. What happened?" The advisor sat at the desk with a dark expression, his tone full of impatience.

"At such a young age, instead of studying properly, you do this kind of shameful thing in a classroom? You've made our entire department lose face."

The advisor showed no curiosity about the truth, only undisguised disgust.

I forced myself to stand up from the ground, dusted off my clothes, and picked up that lace bra from the desk.

"Shouldn't you know better than anyone what really happened here?"

I held the bra up toward Sarah, catching the flash of shock in her eyes, and sneered.

"Stop pretending. You think framing me will get you off the hook?"

Sarah hurriedly hid behind the advisor, tears welling in her eyes.

"Professor, I'm innocent."

Professor Julian patted Sarah's shoulder comfortingly, then turned and glared at me furiously.

"Lauren, I never thought you'd be this kind of person. Sarah has always been gentle and mild-mannered, and she's on the school's financial aid program for underprivileged students. How could she possibly do something like this? I think you're the shameless one, and now that you've been caught red-handed, you're trying to drag someone else down with you!"

He kept Sarah protectively behind him, his favoritism obvious.

I suddenly remembered that in my past life, if it weren't for him, my conviction wouldn't have been sealed so quickly.

It seemed he and Sarah had been colluding even back then.

"Julian, how can you prove this thing is mine?"

I raised an eyebrow and pulled out my phone, opening the chat history.

"She sent me a message just now saying she had something important to discuss. That's the only reason I came to the classroom. Otherwise, why would I be here?"

Julian didn't even look before swatting my hand away, his voice furious.

"You even forged chat records? Lauren, do you have any awareness of what it means to be a college student? Have all those years of education been completely wasted on you?"

Julian was livid. "And you call yourself an outstanding student. Looks like I need to have the school revoke all those honors. And forget about that graduate school recommendation."

I wasn't anxious at all. Instead, I smiled.

"Julian, the truth hasn't even been investigated yet. Is it necessary to jump to conclusions so quickly? Or do you already know the truth and are deliberately covering it up?"

I smiled without warmth, watching his face grow darker and darker.

Until Mark suddenly rushed forward with an angry shout.

"Lauren! You bitch! Last week you cornered me in the cafeteria saying you wanted to date me. After I rejected you, you held a grudge and set up this scheme to frame me. You're truly vicious!"

Watching his self-directed theatrical performance, I sneered.

"Really? Wasn't it actually you threatening me to give up my graduate school recommendation slot? And when I refused, you flew into a rage? How did it suddenly become me framing you?"

I opened another recording on my phone. "I happened to record it. Want to listen together?"

As soon as the recording started playing, Julian suddenly rushed over, trying to grab my phone.

"You're invading a student's privacy!"

I nimbly dodged to the side, deliberately turning the phone volume to maximum.

"This counts as a threat? Then what about him just now trying to rush over and tear me apart? Julian, you seem awfully anxious. Are you deliberately trying to cover for a student?"

Mark was a student council officer who loved sucking up to people and had won the favor of many teachers.

Julian protecting him was understandable.

"Lauren, you dare slander both students and teachers? Believe it or not, I'll put a disciplinary mark on your record right now?"

"All you ever talk about is disciplinary marks. Besides that, what else can you do? Anyway, I'm keeping all this evidence. If the school requires it, I'll cooperate with the investigation at any time."

I put my phone in my pocket.

Snickering laughter rose around us.

They seemed to find it satisfying that I'd talked back to the teacher.

"But if it turns out I'm not at fault, Julian, I'll need you to apologize to me publicly."

Julian snorted coldly. "If you really are innocent, I'll get down on my knees and apologize to you publicly. I've been a teacher for so many years, and I've never seen a student like you!"