Li Yu noticed that the documents indicated Hao Xiaoxiao was expelled from the university for organizing cheating, not just cheating. Although the two sound similar, the severity of the offenses was clearly different.
In reality, getting caught cheating in college usually resulted in a warning or severe warning. More serious cases could lead to demerits or probation, but expulsions were rare.
"What happened in your junior year?"
"I hacked into the academic system and changed the scores of the final exams," Hao Xiaoxiao said. "Since you agreed to interview me, you must be interested in my skills in this area."
Li Yu was noncommittal, "Changing just your own grades shouldn't amount to organizing cheating."
"I changed the grades of other people in my class too."
"Why? Did someone pay you to do that?"
"No, the professor always used course papers for the final assessment, but he never actually read those papers himself; he left it to his graduate students to mark.