When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind novel Chapter 235

The moment that sentence dropped, it was like a stone thrown into a still lake–ripples immediately spread through the classroom.

The other students wasted no time following suit, openly mocking and eering at Jean-

“Scaredy cat finally crawled out of her hole? After hiding at home for so many days?”

“Don’t think the worst is over. The principal’s personally investigating this. You’re not getting off easy.”

“God, how embarrassing. You should just drop out. I’m ashamed to even be in the same class as you.”

“You guys…” Sofia couldn’t take it anymore. Her fists clenched tightly. She wanted to speak up, but every word got caught in her throat. The sheer flood of hostility made it impossible to even know where to begin.

Jean quietly patted her on the hand, telling her not to get worked up.

Jean herself was still calm.

She stepped forward, tilted her head slightly, and smiled like the breeze, light and composed. “Since you’re all so eager to come at me, I do have one question—”

“Even if I did leak the exam questions, you all saw them, didn’t you? Pretty sure some of you memorized them and found the answers ahead of time… Doesn’t that make you complicit too? You benefited. You’re accessories. So why am I the only one getting dragged through the mud?”

Instantly, the noise in the room died out. Silence fell like a blanket.

The students all stared at her, stunned.

What she said… wasn’t exactly wrong.

They had seen the questions.

But which of them actually used them? Which of them ignored them completely?

Only they knew.

But no one would admit it.

Even if they had memorized the questions, there was no way they’d confess–not when that would mean getting branded as cheaters too.

Which was exactly why they’d been so desperate to pin this all on Jean.

She had to go down for this. She was the source of the leak, right?

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“No one’s curious!” someone cut in quickly. “Stop trying to change the subject. You’re the one who leaked the test. You’re the cheater. Don’t give us this ‘someone else‘ crap-”

Just then-

Footsteps echoed from the doorway.

Everyone turned to look.

The principal stood in the entrance.

“P–Principal?” one of the students stammered, stunned. “What are you doing here?”

This wasn’t his usual time or place to show up.

The principal ignored everyone else. His eyes went straight to the girl in the middle of the classroom.

He let out a silent breath.

He had rushed here. Almost at a run.