Chapter 123: Are You Still Going Back?

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【Hello, due to your excellent online shopping history, our flagship store invites you to work for us. 300 per day, mobile-based, easy to operate. Add QQ: 35****253】

Gu Ci raised an eyebrow, cleared the spam email, and casually blocked the sender’s account before putting her phone down.

However, after only a moment, her phone vibrated again.

It was another QQ email:
【Respected Madam, your Sesame Credit is excellent. Welcome to join our e-commerce project. Five-star reviews for designated products earn you 20~30 per order. Unlimited quantity, more work means more pay. Add QQ: 76****562】

Gu Ci’s temples throbbed.

She had run out of patience.

With a tap on her phone, she pulled up a pitch-black interface. She traced the email’s source, pinpointed the mastermind’s IP address, hacked into their computer data, compiled their history of fraudulent gains, and bundled it with the current residential addresses of every member of the scam ring. She sent the entire package anonymously to the authorities.

Recalling the email she had deleted earlier, Gu Ci tracked down the information for that ring as well and sent it to the local police station in their jurisdiction.

These were two separate scam rings, with fraudulent amounts totaling 500,000 and 670,000 respectively.

The data Gu Ci sent anonymously to the investigators was crystal clear, effectively nailing both rings shut.

To be helpful, Gu Ci also froze all bank accounts registered under the groups' names.

After a moment's thought, Gu Ci programmed an auto-tracing script for her QQ. Should anyone dare send her similar emails again, their information would be automatically tracked, locked, and forwarded to the authorities.

Having finished this, Gu Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

The world was finally quiet again.

While things were quiet for Gu Ci, the investigators in Songdu and Xiangdu were in an uproar over the anonymous tips.

In reality, investigators in various regions had been tracking these scam rings online for some time. However, the cost of solving online fraud was high, and they faced difficulties with cross-jurisdictional issues, tedious procedures, and the challenge of gathering evidence, leading to extremely low clearance rates across the state.

But now, with the anonymous data and evidence they had received, it was as if they had been handed the locations of the local scam rings on a silver platter!

All they had to do was report it and make the arrests!

Suddenly, all the investigators were busy and incredibly invigorated...

Back at school, after answering her classmates' questions, Gu Ci began to consider what other study materials she could share with them.

Chinese: Even though Gu Ci always felt her comprehension was fine, considering her own grades... never mind.

She would just hand out the Chinese materials and let them pick for themselves.

In any case, one book per person was the baseline.

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Mathematics: As long as they followed the current pace, Gu Ci had a plan in mind.

English would be put aside for later.

Finally, there was the comprehensive science curriculum.

During weekly tests, First High School didn't have time for students to take comprehensive science papers, but they were unavoidable during monthly exams.

Gu Ci tapped her desk rhythmically, the two large boxes of science materials surfacing in her mind.

Watching her classmates writing furiously, she felt they deserved even more study gift packages...

Jin Jiejiao noticed that the students' efficiency during this class was truly high.

She knew a large part of the reason was that they had chosen materials suited to their individual needs.

Observing the students working earnestly on their problems, a bold idea suddenly formed in her mind.

However, to implement this idea, she would need to discuss it thoroughly with the other teachers in the grade...

When the bell rang for the end of class, Yan Moyu looked at the problems she had completed and let out a slow sigh of relief.

Her gaze fell on the four watermarked characters, and she became lost in thought for a moment, her black pen bleeding ink onto the paper.

Throughout the entire math study session, she was one of the few in the class who had asked neither Jin Jiejiao nor Gu Ci for help.

Yet, if anyone looked closely, they would see that not a single problem on her paper was wrong...

She looked at the test paper, feeling her heartbeat still unable to stabilize, while her eyes carried a hint of inexplicable hesitation.

Just then, someone knocked on her desk.

Yan Moyu looked up and saw Lu Youming standing beside her.

The moment she saw him, Yan Moyu knew exactly why he had come.

"Talk outside?" Lu Youming’s face was unusually solemn.

Yan Moyu nodded slightly, smoothed her skirt, stood up, and followed Lu Youming out.

As they left quietly, five other students also showed a flicker of hesitation in their eyes, and then, they followed the two of them out.

Lu Youming went all the way to the rooftop.

The others followed behind him in silence.

Once on the rooftop, Lu Youming still wore a dazed expression. He looked at the people behind him and, after a moment of silence, asked abruptly, "Did you all recover too?"

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As soon as the words were spoken, all six people, including Yan Moyu, nodded, clearly understanding what Lu Youming was referring to.

One of them had an irrepressible excitement in their eyes. "Does this mean we’re all getting better?"

"I think so. It’s been a long time since I felt this clear-headed..."

"Me too..."

"Me too..."

"Young Master Lu, does this mean we are really better this time? After all, an entire class period has passed, and I still feel my thoughts are very clear."

Lu Youming took a deep breath. "Let's wait and see, let's wait and see... Everyone, observe your own condition afterward."

They all agreed in turn.

Yan Moyu’s eyes were filled with contemplation. "By the way, do you feel like the tiered test paper Gu Ci gave us today... is a bit familiar?"

"I remember. We did something similar when we enrolled there before."

"Yes, yes, yes. That’s exactly how we were sorted into teachers back then..."

Suddenly, someone asked, "Have you seen this kind of paper anywhere else besides there?"

Everyone looked at each other in silence.

Just then, someone spoke up weakly.

"If... I’m saying if we really have recovered, are you... going back?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Most students at First High School were locals, while a small portion came from all corners of the country, drawn by the school's renowned reputation.

However, these particular students were scattered sparsely across various classes.

Yet, they came from the same place, the same school, and even the same class...

In the end, no one answered the question. When the bell for the next class rang, they tacitly put the matter aside and headed back to the classroom as one...