Chapter 3 — Direct Admission Was Robbed, I Made My Daughter World Champion

“Who used dirty tricks to take away what belonged to her?”

Every word I said was like a resounding slap to her face. The other end of the line was silent for a moment. A few seconds later, only suppressed sobbing remained. From questioning... She started to turn to begging.

“Tham Thanh… I was wrong… I really know I was wrong…”

"You're so generous, don't accept us anymore..."

“Can Chu Niem come back?”

“As long as she comes back, any conditions can be negotiated…”

“Ton Nhue cannot do without it!”

These words... made me more nauseous than the curse words just now.

“You're wrong about something.”

I coldly said:

“My daughter is not your daughter's walking stick.”

"It's not even a stepping stone for her whole family to climb to a life that we can't reach."

“She is an independent person.”

“Have your own thoughts.”

“Have your own sky.”

“A sky much larger than you can imagine.”

“Please, Tham Thanh… I really beg you!”

Luu Van's voice completely collapsed.

“If this continues, Ton Nhue's direct admission will be canceled!”

“My family put in so much effort to win that spot…”

“That's your problem.”

I coldly interrupted.

“What goes around comes around.”

“Whatever you sow, you will reap the consequences.”

“And Chu Niem…”

“She will never go back to that dump again.”

I hung up. Then drag the other phone number straight to the block list. The world is finally quiet. At this time, the twelfth grade office of Experimental High School was still lit up all night. Vuong Duc Phat sat there smoking one cigarette after another. The ashtray was full. On the computer screen in front of him was a comparison table of the top one hundred achievements in the entire grade. Red represents downgrade. Green symbolizes progress. But the whole screen was almost red. Not just Ton Nhue. The students who had been consistently in the top ten also dropped to varying degrees this time around. Second place dropped five places. Third place dropped eight places. The top fifty points of the entire grade compared to the previous semester decreased by thirty points. That's an extremely scary signal. That means the number of students capable of competing at the top universities this year... is likely to plummet miserably. And this directly affects his bonus, competition evaluation, and even his position as homeroom leader.

“How did it turn out like this…”

“How is this possible…”

Vuong Duc Phat muttered like a gambler about to go crazy. He thought for a long time and didn't understand. Just one Chu Niem... How could it create such a big impact? Could it be that she helped the whole class cheat in exams before? No way! He angrily ruffled his hair and called Ly Hao - the second-ranked student in the entire grade.

“Hello, Ly Hao, it's teacher Vuong.”

"What happened to you in this month's exam? Your performance dropped so much."

On the other end of the line, a tired male student's voice rang out.

“Teacher… I tried my best.”

"Try your best? You weren't like that before! Tell me, what's the reason?"

Ly Hao was silent for a long time. It took so long that Vuong Duc Phat almost lost patience. Only later did he softly say, his voice as soft as sleepwalking:

“We lost a reference.”

“What reference?” Vuong Duc Phat don't understand at all.

“Chu Niem.”

In Ly Hao's voice was a feeling of respect mixed with disappointment that was hard to put into words.

“Before, every time I took the exam…”

“We all know there is a ‘god’ ahead.”

“She is always the first to submit her work.”

“And the scores are always close to perfect.”

“It's like a race.”

“We all risked our lives chasing her.”

“Thanks to her, we know where the true limit lies.”

“I just realized how far the distance is between myself and the peak.”

“She can solve difficult problems…”

“The next day it will be spread throughout the class via scrap paper.”

“Just one new solution from her is enough to keep the whole study group talking all day.”

“Chu Niem is like a giant star.”

“And us…”

“It's the planets that revolve around her.”

“Thanks to that gravitational force, everything operates at full speed.”

Vuong Duc Phat was completely stunned. He had never seen Chu Niem's existence that way.

“She's gone.”

Ly Hao's voice was like a heavy hammer blow straight to his heart.

“The star is gone.”

“We lost our attraction.”

“I lost all direction.”

“We don't know where we should fly anymore.”

“Even…”

“I don't even know how slow I'm flying.”

The call ended. Vuong Duc Phat sat down on the chair. Cold sweat soaked the back of my shirt. He finally understood. Chu Niem's departure... Takes away more than just a student. It's the soul of the whole class that chooses. Is the "legend" of the entire block. The person whose future was ruined from beginning to end... was never Chu Niem. It's him.