They Made Me a Scapegoat, I Fought to Clear My Name and Won

Halfway through the college entrance exam, I suddenly pulled a cheat sheet out of my pocket and held it high.

The invigilator immediately confiscated my paper and announced that my results were invalid.

But when they looked at my cheat sheet, they were shocked to find, it was full of standard answers for the next exam!

The inspection team immediately sent someone to take me away for investigation. I was escorted out of the exam hall by the police. If the cheating was confirmed, I would have to serve three years in prison.

No one understood why someone like me, a top student on track to be the top scorer, would cheat, let alone report myself.

But what puzzled them even more was, how could I predict future questions and have answers for subjects we hadn't even taken yet?

Only I knew, everything I did was to save myself.

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In the exam hall, everyone was writing furiously. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

I glanced at my blank answer sheet, sighed, then pulled out a thick cheat sheet from my pocket and held it high, loudly declaring so everyone could hear, "Sir, I have a cheat sheet in my pocket!"

Instantly, all eyes were on me. Several classmates were so shocked, they dropped their pens.

The invigilator on the podium quickly walked toward me, snatched the cheat sheet from my hand and said sternly, "Jessica, you have seriously violated exam discipline. You must stop answering immediately! I now declare your result for this subject invalid!" His words rang loud and clear, but I remained unusually calm.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the students around inhaled sharply, "Is she crazy? Cheating and then admitting it herself?"

Another girl also said, "Wait, isn't that Jessica Stockholm from No.1 High School? The top student who always gets first place in mock exams!"

A male student shouted, "A top student cheating in the college entrance exam, she's throwing her future away!"

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"Silence!" the invigilator roared. "Anyone speaking will be treated as cheating!"

The room went quiet again. The others hurried back to their papers, but my classmates stared at me wide-eyed in fear.

Just then, another invigilator noticed something odd. He waved frantically, "Come here! There's something wrong with this cheat sheet!"

The two invigilators huddled together. I could vaguely hear them whispering, "Look at this cheat sheet, it doesn't just have math answers, but also answers for science! But this is the English exam. Math and science aren't until tomorrow!"

One of them puzzled, "What's going on? Did Jessica bring the wrong cheat sheet?"

The other person answered, "No, it's not formulas, it's actual answers! Oh my god! Report this to the inspection team immediately!"

Soon, the inspection team arrived at our exam hall, with two police officers among them.

The team leader took me outside the classroom and said sternly, "Jessica, if your cheating is confirmed, not only will your results be voided, but according to the law, cheating in the college entrance exam is a criminal offense. You'll be facing three years in prison."

He asked again, "We'll be taking you in for investigation now. Do you have any objections?"

I turned back to look at my classmates still working on their papers. But at that moment, no one was focused on the questions. They were all staring at me anxiously.

Seeing the fear in their eyes, I exhaled, "You can take me away. But I have one request, take a good look at my cheat sheet."

Since nothing like this had ever happened in an exam before, I was escorted out by police and temporarily held in a separate classroom to await the outcome.