I, B University, Protect Our Own!

When Jiang Fang and B University were first swept into the controversy, the school had already been keeping a close eye on it.

Especially President Zhang Zhengqing, the white-bearded seventy-three-year-old honorary president of B University. Whether as a teacher or a president, he had always been diligent and conscientious. And now someone was actually claiming that B University had admitted a student who had cheated, falsified his grades, and slipped in under false pretenses?

President Zhang had zero tolerance for such matters and immediately had someone investigate.

The results were shocking!

Jiang Fang had changed his name. His former name was Jiang Zishu—and City B's top science student this year was also named Jiang Zishu! He had been admitted to B University's flagship computer science program with the top score!

Once Jiang Fang's records were pulled up, they indeed listed Jiang Zishu as his former name!

In the ID photo, the young boy looked spirited, clean-cut, and strikingly handsome—practically a younger version of Jiang Fang.

Only then did Zhang Zhengqing remember why the name Jiang Fang had sounded familiar.

Jiang Fang had changed his name after being admitted through the college entrance examination. The president had only glanced over it in the records, while the name Jiang Zishu had left a much deeper impression.

A perfectly good top science student had actually been accused of cheating and altering his grades to sneak into B University!

Jiang Fang had once been called Jiang Zishu. Setting everything else aside, those people who had jumped out to claim that Jiang Fang had cheated did not even know his former name. Everyone knew exactly what that meant.

They were dragging Jiang Fang's reputation through the mud, and they were also showing utter contempt for B University and no respect whatsoever for knowledge.

Fortunately, Jiang Fang was currently participating in a variety show and could not contact the outside world. Otherwise, seeing the internet filled with curses and vicious attacks at barely eighteen years old would have broken his heart.

Such a promising young talent could not be ruined by the entertainment industry.

So President Zhang convened a meeting to discuss how to resolve the matter perfectly without harming this promising student.

But who could have expected that before the solution was even put into action, a new wave of public opinion arrived.

This time, it was not only aimed at Jiang Fang. Yu Xingxing was dragged into it as well.

Who was Yu Xingxing? He was the sole final disciple of Professor Wang Wan, who was famous in the mathematics department for fiercely protecting her students. She treasured him so much that she practically held him in her palms for fear he might break.

They were done for.

That was the first reaction of B University's students and all its administrative staff.

Who was Wang Wan? Her temper was so explosive that she had once single-handedly argued down every professor at B University. Now her most beloved student was being doxxed and cyberbullied—what would happen once she found out?

President Zhang took several deep breaths. Things were getting increasingly absurd.

"Quick! Get the public opinion management department moving immediately! Call a meeting and come up with a plan!" If Wang Wan found out that her youngest disciple was being cursed online, she would probably log in and start tearing people apart herself.

Unfortunately, President Zhang was still a little too slow.

Ten minutes earlier.

Wang Wan had been teaching her students. It was during a break, and the noisy lecture hall suddenly rang out with a loud, "Holy shit!" The entire room instantly fell silent, followed shortly by a wave of laughter.

Wang Wan smiled and asked, "What news is shocking enough to cause that kind of reaction?"

Although she had a fiery temper, she was very principled and treated her students well. Mathematics students all thought highly of Wang Wan and often joked around with her.

But this time, the student who had shouted hesitated and said nothing.

"Wei Zi, the professor asked you a question," his roommate beside him reminded him quietly, thinking he had not heard. Then his gaze accidentally fell on Wei Zi's phone, and he saw the message on it.

"Holy shit!" Another cry rang out.

The surrounding students became curious. What on earth could be so shocking?

In an instant, a crowd gathered around the student called Wei Zi.

Wang Wan did not mind. She had only been teasing them at first, but now she was becoming curious about what had happened too.

Then the lecture hall was filled with one "holy shit" after another.

Wang Wan: ???

She was getting more and more curious.

"Professor! Xingxing is being bullied?!" someone suddenly shouted from the crowd.

The Xingxing he mentioned was Yu Xingxing.

Yu Xingxing had just entered his first year of graduate school when Wang Wan, who had always refused to take graduate students, accepted him. He immediately became one of B University's most talked-about figures. Later, by chance, Yu Xingxing taught a class for Wang Wan. The underclassmen begged him to go easy on them, and then discovered that the final exam questions had changed ever so slightly.

Compared to the previous hellish difficulty, they were easier!

They were still difficult, but at least the failure rate had dropped from 50% to 30%.

Thus, Yu Xingxing had become the mathematics department's lifeline.

And now they saw Yu Xingxing being cyberbullied. How could they let that slide?

Wang Wan had not expected the gossip to land on her own doorstep. She immediately stepped down from the podium and found the nearest student to ask what was going on. That was when she discovered that her disciple was being cyberbullied.

And the reason was that he had spoken up for a prospective junior from B University.

The smile vanished from Wang Wan's face in an instant.

Her fury surged sky-high.

"Use the last class period for self-study." She was already ahead of schedule with her lessons, so leaving one class for the students to digest the material would not affect anything.

Wang Wan suppressed her temper and got the full story. At first, she wondered whether there might have been some misunderstanding in the middle of it all, but—screw the misunderstanding! The more she read, the angrier she became!

They were picking on B University now? And cyberbullying her student?

Sitting on the podium, she took out her phone and began composing a Weibo post.

[Wang Wan V: I watched the video. Yu Xingxing raised perfectly normal questions based on the suspicious points. How did that hit a nerve with all of you? You want to sue? No problem. So can I. Those cyberbullies had better wait for me.

Since there are suspicious points in the video, that is fine. I will submit it to the police for handling. And those insulting Jiang Fang can wait for me too. Do you really think B University has no one and you can bully our students however you please? If you question B University's admissions fairness, report it to the education bureau. Just because you could not get in does not mean others could not either. Where did all these people online come from, acting like Jiang Fang's friends when they do not even know who he is?]

The students who had been following the news and followed their professor naturally spotted the post immediately.

"Holy shit! Professor, you're amazing! That was a great takedown!"

The lecture hall, which had supposedly been "quietly studying," suddenly erupted with a forceful exclamation, instantly igniting the anger of countless students.

Not to mention that those fans had called B University a cesspool of trash.

Did they really think B University students were easy to bully?

So they all stepped in. After all, universities contained every kind of person—gamers, top students, law majors, journalism and communications majors.

Before this, fandom circles ran whenever they encountered the esports circle, because they could not out-trash-talk them.

After this, the esports circle graciously surrendered its throne, and university students successfully claimed the top spot among the people fandom circles could not afford to provoke.

Wang Wan's Weibo post kept gaining popularity through likes from her own students, and it was soon seen by Bai Ziyu's fans.

Naturally, they immediately started attacking her.

[Who do you think you are? Sue us? Hand it over to the police? Heh, I'm waiting for you to sue. Don't tell me it's B University again? It really is a cesspool of trash.]

[Heh—wait, everyone, don't curse her yet. She seems to be a professor at B University...]

One fan clicked into her profile and found the glaring verification: Professor in B University's Mathematics Department.

There was also a long list of honors that nearly blinded them: specially appointed professor under B University's "Hundred Talents Program," executive council member of the Eighth Huaguo Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, executive council member of the Eighth and Ninth Huaguo Society for Computational Mathematics, current president of the City B Mathematical Society...

The fans: Fuck, they had provoked someone they could not afford to offend.

Run!

[This Weibo post has been deleted //: Who do you think you are...]

Some fans folded quickly, while others were determined to fight the entire world for their beloved idol.

Bai Ziyu: Thanks, but I do not want to be enemies with the whole world.

[So what if she's a professor? Does being a professor mean she can falsely accuse people without distinguishing right from wrong? Is this how B University uses power to oppress people?]

[Heh, life really is not worth living. I hate that I have no ability to seek justice for my brother. @B University So the school I once admired is this dark. Everyone who wants to apply to B University, take a look—do you still dare go there?]

After seeing that the professor had flown into a rage for her student, they studied all night until they practically wore out their books.

The students: Don't drag us into this. We want to attend B University even more now!

No one echoed them, and the situation was overwhelmingly tilting toward B University.

Yet they did not stop to think about why, even with so many Bai Ziyu fans stirring things up, the situation had turned so heavily in B University's favor. The main reason was that the video really did contain suspicious points, and Bai Ziyu's fans had no moral high ground.

They called B University a cesspool of trash, then would not even let B University answer back?

The stubborn Bai Ziyu fans grew even angrier and tagged B University overnight, hoping to force the university to respond through public pressure.

They had not expected B University to respond at all, but somehow, they really did summon the official B University account.

Unfortunately, it was not the response Bai Ziyu's fans had hoped for.

[B University Official Weibo V: Regarding the recent online claims of "altering grades to deceive everyone" and "cheating," our university has confirmed them to be fabricated false information. Our prospective freshman Jiang Fang (formerly known as Jiang Zishu) was admitted to our flagship computer science program as the top student of the 2038 graduating class from the college entrance examination (total score: 732). The false online information has seriously harmed the student's reputation.

Professors from our law school have now taken full responsibility for this matter and will select a course of action according to Jiang Fang's wishes. The internet is not beyond the reach of the law. We urge internet users to watch their words...

Our student Yu Xingxing did not wish to see his prospective junior trapped in difficulty and stepped forward out of kindness. Professor Wang Wan has submitted the video to the police, and everything will be handled by them. Please wait patiently for further updates...]

The gist was: What fabricated grades? Jiang Fang was the top science student. Our law professors cannot stand seeing people from our university bullied. Once we contact Jiang Fang, we can sue the rumor-mongers. Yu Xingxing was also acting for the truth and did not want to falsely accuse someone for no reason like certain internet users, and so on...

In short, it came down to just a few words—

I, B University! Protect our own!