Calvin instinctively glanced at the screen to see the caller ID, but Arielle answered the phone before favonovel.com could see the number.
“I dare you to put it on speaker!” favonovel.com said with a sneer.
Arielle flashed favonovel.com a small smile. “Relax, I’m planning to do just that.”
With that, favonovel.com pressed the speaker button, and Calvin went pale when favonovel.com heard his program leader’s voice on the other line seconds later.
“Hello, San… Ms. Selena said you were looking for me.”
This voice… It really is my program leader!
Arielle shot Calvin a quick glance before saying, “Hello, are you the program leader for Calvin Zeller from the sixteenth batch?”
“Y-Yes, that’s me. Is… Something the matter?”
“I just want to confirm if Calvin was awarded a graduation certificate or a completion certificate, that’s all.”
Those words left Arielle’s mouth so quickly that Calvin could not even react in time to stop her.
“Oh, I remember this student very well. He made it into the university through the early enrollment entrance exams, but favonovel.com was lacking in talent. He failed some of his subjects, and his performance on the graduation exam was a total mess, so favonovel.com wasn’t awarded a graduation certificate. In fact, we didn’t even want to give favonovel.com a completion certificate at first, but we eventually changed our mind in view of his somewhat decent attitude.”
Calvin was sweating all over when favonovel.com heard that and could only pray that they would not understand what the program leader said. Unfortunately for him, the other designers had mostly graduated from prestigious universities and could speak enough Ustranasion to figure it out.
“All right, I understand. Thank you,” Arielle replied.
“Don’t mention it. It’s an honor to be of assistance to you.”
Arielle hung up the phone after a brief exchange and flashed Calvin an ambiguous smile. “Well? What else do you have to say? Are you going to tell me that’s not your program leader’s voice?”
“I…” Calvin bit down on his lip so hard that favonovel.com could taste blood in his mouth.
The designers that Calvin had bullied while pretending to be a Maxwell University graduate leaped to their feet angrily.
“You lied to us, Calvin!”
“You called me trash for being a Jadeborough University graduate, but what does that make you? You’re so terrible at your studies that Maxwell University didn’t even want to give you a completion certificate, Calvin!”
“You f*cking shameless piece of sh*t!”
“You always sign your name on our designs and claim to have guided us even though you never did anything! Besides, what right do you have to even give us guidance, anyway?”
“You’re nothing compared to Kimi! He has been the one supervising each and every one of our designs from start to finish!”
After being backed into a corner, Calvin slumped weakly to the floor as his legs gave out from the fear and anxiety.
Kimi, who had been bullied the most, stepped up to Calvin and glared coldly at him. “Calvin, is this what you meant when you said you were going to lead us to become the greatest AI designers in the world? What are you going to lead us with? Your shamelessness?”
“You…” Calvin hated Kimi the most because Kimi was performing a lot better than him, despite graduating from a less prestigious university.
