Chapter 18: Send Him Home to Reflect
"Lin Tian, that’s enough, don’t affect Li Qiang’s study just because you don’t want to study!"
"Lin Tian, do you not want Li Qiang to get into a good university because you can’t?"
"Even if you give your notebook to Li Qiang for free, he might look at it more than once!"
Faced with the gossip, Lin Tian sneered and shrugged it off with a laugh.
Is there really such a big difference between good and bad students?
Does being good at studies mean having a good character?
Won’t they use underhanded tactics?
Does being bad at studies mean having a bad character?
Will they use underhanded tactics?
"Haha!" Lin Tian smiled slightly at Li Qiang, whose chest was heaving with anger: "Finished? Now it’s my turn!"
"Firstly, let me explain to everyone that the notebook and test papers I lost aren’t mine; they’re from Liou Qingcheng, the top student!"
"And as everyone understands, study notes personally made by Liou Qingcheng are very helpful in improving one’s grades. Usually, bad students aren’t interested in this kind of notebook!"
"Look at Wu Yong, he’s been playing ’Honour of Kings’ on his phone the whole time and doesn’t care about this matter at all!"
"So, I’ve concluded that the notebook was definitely stolen by a good student from our class!"
"From your words, it seems like you’re suspecting all the good students in the class!" Li Qiang deliberately amplified Lin Tian’s words, hoping to get more people on his side.
After these words, the good students in the class were all angry at Lin Tian, wanting to tear him apart alive.
"Everyone, calm down, I didn’t say I’m suspecting everyone, I’m just suspecting Li Qiang!" Lin Tian shifted his focus: "Actually, it’s quite simple, I suspect Li Qiang took it, he says he didn’t!"
"It’s actually quite simple, just search his desk pocket, and everything will be clear!"
Upon hearing this, many people in the class nodded in agreement, thinking it was indeed a good way to resolve the issue.
"Why do you get to decide a search? What if you plant evidence to frame me?" Upon hearing Lin Tian’s words, Li Qiang’s face changed dramatically, and his voice became flustered.
"Why are you worried? I didn’t say I’d search, let’s find someone we both trust to search, how about that?" Lin Tian looked at Li Qiang with a playful expression, knowing this guy was about to lose his nerve.
"No way, I didn’t take it, just didn’t take it!" Li Qiang plopped down into his seat: "Don’t bother me anymore, I want to study. If you keep causing trouble, I’ll tell the teacher!"
"Then let’s get the teacher to search your desk pocket?" Lin Tian said with a faint smile on his lips.
Li Qiang sat there in silence, with his legs under the desk slightly trembling.
"Li Qiang, if you didn’t take it, just let them search!" Seeing the situation stalemate, a troublemaking student, eager for excitement, suddenly shouted.
"Yeah, just let them search!"
"A search won’t get you pregnant; it would solve the issue nicely!"
Faced with the gossip, Li Qiang’s face turned red, but he refused to budge, absolutely refusing the search.
"Are you refusing the search because you’re feeling guilty as a thief?" Lin Tian asked boldly to make things more interesting.
"What thief? Why would I feel guilty? I didn’t steal, and I won’t let you search, so what?"
"Does not letting you search mean I stole it? Your twisted logic is just bullying!"
Li Qiang shouted at Lin Tian with his neck stretched, raising his head to argue loudly.
"Alright then!" Facing Li Qiang’s stubbornness, Lin Tian felt utterly helpless.
"I’m tired of arguing with you!" Lin Tian raised two fingers.
"One, find someone we both trust to search your desk pocket!"
"Two, I’ll go to the teacher to have them search, your choice!"
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you something!"
𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
Lin Tian flashed a bright smile at Li Qiang: "Do you know why I’m so sure it’s you who took it? Because only you and Wu Yong in the entire class know I borrowed Liou Qingcheng’s notebook!"
"Now the notebook is missing, even using my toes to think, I can guess who took it!"
"I didn’t take it, and I won’t let you search!" Li Qiang insisted, face red and stubbornly sticking to his stance.
"Alright then, I’ll get the teacher!" Lin Tian shouted at Wu Yong who was still playing ’Honour of Kings’: "Stop playing and go get Mr. Gao!"
Wu Yong tossed his phone to a boy next to him: "Play for me!"
Then he quickly dashed out of the classroom, and soon Wu Yong came back with Mr. Gao.
"What’s going on?" As soon as Mr. Gao entered the room and saw Lin Tian standing next to Li Qiang, who looked aggrieved and about to cry, he immediately shouted at Lin Tian.
Lin Tian explained the situation to Mr. Gao and waited for his solution.
"Teacher, I’m being wronged, Lin Tian is deliberately causing me trouble and disrupting my studies. He doesn’t study well and can’t get into a good university, and he doesn’t want me to get into one either!" Li Qiang complained to Mr. Gao like a wronged woman.
"Lin Tian, is a notebook and test paper even worth this fuss?" Mr. Gao’s expression turned sour upon hearing this, and he immediately switched to a scolding tone.
In Mr. Gao’s mind, if it came down to Li Qiang versus Lin Tian, undoubtedly, Li Qiang held more value!
The top of the class versus the bottom, a mere two-character difference, but worlds apart in status.
"Maybe it’s not that big for Mr. Gao, but it’s something I borrowed, to me it’s very important!" Lin Tian didn’t care how Mr. Gao viewed him or favored Li Qiang.
Faced with absolute facts, any words are weak and powerless.
Now, Lin Tian was determined to see the truth come to light.
"Li Qiang, did you take it?" Mr. Gao asked Li Qiang kindly.
This question from Mr. Gao was actually him trying to hint to Li Qiang that if he truly hadn’t taken it, Mr. Gao would turn to blame Lin Tian; if he had taken it, Mr. Gao would find a way to help Li Qiang out of it.
To put it simply, to minimize the issue!
"I really didn’t take it!" However, Li Qiang failed to understand Mr. Gao’s implicit meaning and continued to thickly lie.
Mr. Gao turned to Lin Tian with a scolding tone: "He says he didn’t take it, now will you return to your seat?"
"That’s ridiculous, just because he says he didn’t, doesn’t make it true! Which thief, when caught, would admit to stealing?" Lin Tian retorted with a sneer: "Wow, he says he didn’t steal, so you just believe him? Are you kidding?"
"What did you just say!" Mr. Gao, facing Lin Tian’s bluntness in front of the entire class, couldn’t maintain his composure.
"A slip of the tongue! Panic resulted in a slip of the tongue!" Lin Tian pointed at Li Qiang’s desk: "Please search, Mr. Gao. If there really isn’t anything in Li Qiang’s desk, I’ll apologize immediately!"
"And if there is, Mr. Gao, what will you do?"
Mr. Gao hesitated for a moment, thinking, given Li Qiang’s personality, he wouldn’t do such a deceitful thing, then said: "Have him reflect at home!"