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Campus Free Labor Turned Head Judge

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By:  Vera ClaireCompleted
Language: English
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Teacher

Middle-Aged

Bias

Campus

Feel-Good Story

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When I see someone asking for help in an assignment related to the entrepreneur course on the college forum, I join the group chat using a student account. I even help refine several financial models and market strategies because of my job's nature. Everyone in the group chat is excited, to say the least. Every day, they keep calling me a genius while urging me to improve the details of the whole assignment. Two months later, the assignment's quality is very close to perfection. But the group chat suddenly goes silent. I scroll through the chat history out of curiosity, only to find out that the students have already created another group chat. "That senior isn't an official teammate of ours. Let's not tell her about us using this assignment for an upcoming competition." "Precisely! Our names are the only ones on the list! She'd better not steal the credit during tomorrow's finals!" "With one less person involved, we each get an additional tens of thousands of dollars' worth of rewards!" As I look at the screen, I just let out a soft chuckle. It appears that this isn't an assignment at all. But unfortunately for these students, I happen to be one of the judges sitting at the judging station tomorrow.

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
The students I'd been guiding had created a new forum group chat, but they had forgotten that one of the accounts they were using was a shared account with me.The moment I logged in, messages in the new group started popping up nonstop."We were just being nice to her. She doesn't know anything.""Exactly. All she did was flap her mouth and tweak a few lines of data. We were the ones pulling all-nighters, writing reports, making the slides, and running errands. Why the hell should she get any money?""I know, right? We'll insist this was just a final project. No one's allowed to talk in that group. We won't say anything in it for a few days. Then, we'll shut it."A final project?That was exactly how I had been tricked into joining in the first place. So they still planned to lie all the way through.I felt a surge of irritation. I opened the old group chat and sent a message from my own account, "I've been guiding you guys for a long time. So, I need to remind you that some
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Chapter 2
Sylvester went on, "Now that we've made it into the finals, you suddenly say something so ominous in the group. Isn't it obvious? You just want a cut of the prize money."Zander sent an eyeroll emoji and added, "You didn't even have the ability to form a team and compete yourself. You just randomly joined a group and gave a few half-assed comments. Now, you want a share of the spoils. The nerve!"Their accusations grew uglier by the second.I frowned and replied bluntly, "I joined the group because you were asking for help with coursework on the forum. It had nothing to do with the competition, and I never joined for the prize money."My message had barely gone through when Zander sent a middle-finger sticker.He wrote, "Still lying, huh? If it wasn't for the money, why would you take the initiative to guide us? Don't tell me you saw some handsome guy in our team photo and your heart started fluttering?"A female student named Charlotte Unwin jumped in and texted, "The most hands
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Chapter 3
My head buzzed as I read what they posted.The ordinary conversations we had shared over the past two months had been maliciously cropped, spliced together, and pasted alongside sinister black captions. More than a dozen screenshots painted me as a habitual plagiarist, claiming that I had rudely demanded "guidance fees" and a share of the prize money. They even accused me of saying disgusting, suggestive things to Sylvester. They made it look like I was hinting covertly that I wanted to sleep with him.What enraged me even more was that even the transfer records had been mirrored and photoshopped. The 5,000 dollars I had once transferred to him had somehow turned into money he had sent me as payment to get me to leave him alone.I immediately tried to explain myself. But when I clicked "Send", I realized the administrators had restricted my account. Every function was disabled. Forget replying, I couldn't do anything at all.Then, I remembered Sylvester mentioning before that
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Chapter 4
Only Taylor spoke up timidly, her voice barely above a whisper, "But an invitation is required to get into the finals. She's not on our team. How did she get in?"They finally sensed something was off and turned to glance at the ticket checker in the distance.The competition was about to start, and I didn't have time to keep tangling with them.Just as I was about to tell the truth, Sylvester suddenly seemed to realize something. The smile on his face grew even more lecherous.He jeered, "Don't tell me you slept with one of the judges or some angel investor? Look at that body with the curves in all the right places. It's exactly the type those old men like."I frowned with displeasure. "Watch your mouth! That's slander. I can call the police for that."They burst out laughing."Then go ahead and call them. We've got evidence anyway." As Zander spoke, he pulled out his phone and handed it to me with his chin raised smugly.The moment I saw the screen, the blood in my body froze
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Chapter 5
The male student reminded everyone, "Hurry up, the competition's about to start. We're going first. Don't waste your time on her.""Exactly. We've got a real shot at winning today. Once we get that 1.5 million dollars, we'll be set!""Sylvester, you won't have to worry about your mom's medical bills anymore. Didn't you borrow ten thousand dollars from your relative? You can pay it all back."When someone mentioned the money, Sylvester's gaze darkened as he looked at me. So he'd never told anyone that the money had come from me.He said, "You guys go in and sign in first. I'll find a place to lock her up so she doesn't come out and cause trouble.""What? You can't—"Before I could finish, Sylvester suddenly clamped a hand over my mouth and forcibly dragged me into the men's restroom. I struggled desperately, trying to call for help. But when people passed by and saw it was me, they pointed with morbid interest instead."Did you see the group chat? She's the senior named Jolene wh
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Chapter 6
When my name was announced, it wasn't just Sylvester and his gang waiting backstage who were stunned. The students seated behind them all froze in shock as well.Even from far away, whispers could be heard."Which Jolene? Is it the Jolene Sylvester talked about on the forum?""Wasn't she supposed to be a senior? How did she turn into an economics professor and the head judge?""Shh! Keep your voices down. There are cameras everywhere…"My phone was still in Zander's pocket. He was shaking just as badly. In a panic, he fumbled it out. The moment he saw the lock screen, his wrist went slack, and the phone clattered to the floor.When the others lowered their heads to look, they were terrified by the photo displayed on the screen. It was my master's graduation photo taken in front of Centura University."W-What do we do, Sylvester? She really is a judge…"Charlotte's legs went weak. Taylor bit her finger with tears streaming down her face.Only Sylvester seemed unable to hear any
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Chapter 7
My voice boomed in the hall through the speakers. "I made it very clear that it could be used for ordinary coursework, but it absolutely could not be used in a competition. Not only did you ignore that, but you struck first by fabricating malicious rumors to ruin my reputation. "You even locked me in a restroom before the opening and attempted to assault me!"The moment I finished speaking, an uproar erupted both on and off the stage.Sylvester's legs shook so badly that he nearly toppled backward in front of everyone. The other five members of his team recoiled just as quickly.But the stage wasn't that big. There was nowhere for them to run.The college president, Donald Gardner, hurried over with a very grave expression. "Sylvester, is what Professor Zimmerman said true? Did you really do that?"Sylvester swallowed hard. He turned and tried to look to Zander for help, but every one of them had their heads lowered. No one dared to speak up.Left with no other choice, he clenc
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Chapter 8
I stopped the police and said, "There's one more piece of evidence, which is the hallway surveillance footage. Before the competition, Sylvester locked me in the men's restroom with improper intentions."In addition to the malicious slander and defamation, I will also be pressing charges for attempted sexual assault."Sylvester broke out in a cold sweat and nearly fainted on the spot. Slander and spreading rumors were verbal offenses, and he could still claim it had been a momentary lapse of judgment.But attempted sexual assault was a very real criminal charge.He stammered, "I… I didn't mean to! It was… It was Zander and Charlotte who said Jolene liked me, and that she joined the group because of me. That's why I—"Zander lost his temper and threw a punch at him. "What the hell are you talking about? You were the one who got horny first! You said Jolene had a great body, and she was better than any girlfriend you'd ever had. You said you wanted to get a feel of her!"And did yo
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Chapter 9
Because of this incident, I became infamous on campus.Once my student account was unbanned, people dug through my past posts. They discovered that every single comment I had made was sincere guidance, including the messages I'd left for Sylvester's team before I ever joined them.Students flooded the forum, cursing Sylvester and the others for being heartless and for wasting such an opportunity. At the same time, I received countless private messages from people asking me about coursework and sharing their startup ideas.But that account had accumulated too much negativity. I deleted it and kept only my account as a faculty member. I made a new post on the forum, saying that if anyone had questions, they could leave them there, and I would reply whenever I saw them.Seven days later, everyone except Sylvester was released from detention.I didn't withdraw the lawsuit. I hired a lawyer and had formal legal notices sent to all of them. As the AI-generated pornographic images they
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Chapter 10
Helen gasped, and her eyes widened in shock. "That money was from you? That's impossible! Sylvester said it was his scholarship!"I let out a cold laugh. "A scholarship? Do you think he has the ability to land one? Seriously, if he and his team had taken the entrepreneurship competition seriously, they might have won something. "Of course, it would be unrealistic for them to win the 1.5 million dollars. But they could have won a prize of ten thousand dollars for the team."Helen's lips trembled, and her face turned even paler.My neighbors finally understood what had happened and shot her looks of disgust."This isn't a minor offense at all. Professor Zimmerman is right. She and her son are ingrates.""You've already taken advantage of Professor Zimmerman, and you're still asking for more. No wonder your son went to jail. He deserved it."Everyone dispersed. My housemate and I stepped past Helen and continued on our way.As Sylvester had attempted assault but didn't commit the
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