Chapter 19: High Intelligence, Low Ability
"Fine!" With Mr. Gao’s words, Lin Tian stood quietly to the side, waiting.
"Li Qiang, let me check your desk pocket!" Mr. Gao said with a stern face as he approached Li Qiang.
"Mr. Gao, I..." Li Qiang hesitated.
Initially, Mr. Gao trusted Li Qiang’s words, but seeing Li Qiang’s hesitation and the panic on his face, Mr. Gao’s years of experience told him that Lin Tian might be telling the truth.
A fly doesn’t land on an unbroken egg; why was Lin Tian chasing Li Qiang? It seemed there was a reason.
"Move aside!" Mr. Gao no longer spoke softly to Li Qiang as he had before.
Startled by Mr. Gao’s raised voice, Li Qiang trembled and reluctantly left his seat.
Mr. Gao squatted in front of the desk, carefully searching through Li Qiang’s desk.
Upon thoroughly searching through the desk pocket, Mr. Gao didn’t find what Lin Tian claimed.
"I’ve searched, there’s nothing!" Mr. Gao said to Lin Tian, although he was still somewhat biased in favor of Li Qiang and did not search Li Qiang’s backpack.
One should know that backpacks are also kept in the desk pocket.
"The backpack!" Lin Tian pointed at the black backpack on the ground.
Helpless, Mr. Gao unzipped the backpack, and soon several assignments and two notebooks appeared on Li Qiang’s desk.
"Mr. Gao, look at the name on the notebook. It clearly says Liou Qingcheng!" Lin Tian picked up a notebook and handed it to Mr. Gao.
Mr. Gao wasn’t foolish; he immediately noticed the name on the notebook.
To be honest, Mr. Gao was very angry, feeling frustrated that such an excellent student like Li Qiang would do something like this, and at the same time, he regretted suggesting Li Qiang reflect at home.
At such a critical moment, asking the top student in the class to go home and reflect would undoubtedly harm Li Qiang’s psyche, possibly affecting his academic performance.
This was not the outcome Mr. Gao wanted since he hoped Li Qiang would add achievements to his career as a homeroom teacher.
"Li Qiang~ what happened?" Mr. Gao questioned, looking at Li Qiang.
Not only Mr. Gao, but the entire class also watched Li Qiang intently.
No one expected that such a well-rounded, virtuous student would commit such a despicable act.
It truly shocked everyone’s worldview!!!
"What a wolf in sheep’s clothing!" Wu Yong, seeing the truth revealed, held Li Qiang in great contempt.
No matter how good a student, with such character, such a person was destined not to achieve much in the future.
Wu Yong considered himself a genuine bad student, but even though he didn’t study, his character had no issues; he didn’t steal, didn’t rob, didn’t scheme.
Sometimes, good and bad aren’t as straightforward as they appear on the surface.
"Do you have anything else to explain?" Mr. Gao shook his head, very disappointed in Li Qiang.
"Mr. Gao, these notebooks and assignments were lent to me by Liou Qingcheng!" Li Qiang blurted out in his fluster.
Upon hearing this, Lin Tian burst out laughing, almost squatting to the ground.
"What are you laughing at, I’m telling the truth!" Li Qiang said seriously.
Caught red-handed, and still acting, Lin Tian could only express his disbelief at Li Qiang’s gall.
"Are you sure?" Mr. Gao looked at Li Qiang with a doubtful gaze, now unable to believe Li Qiang’s words.
"Sure..."
Before Li Qiang could finish, Lin Tian interrupted directly: "Isn’t this shameful enough? Do I have to call Liou Qingcheng here?"
Li Qiang’s face turned red as he glared at Lin Tian and defiantly said, "Go ahead, call her!"
"Ha~!" Lin Tian shook his head; someone like Li Qiang was simply unreasonable.
"Since when did stealing become so confident? Do you know Liou Qingcheng? Does Liou Qingcheng know you? Yet you still brazenly claim she lent them to you. Who do you think you are?"
"And you say go ahead and call her. If she comes and it proves you stole, what excuse will you have?"
"Stealing is stealing. Can’t a real man even admit to a theft?"
Lin Tian’s barrage of words hit Li Qiang like a machine gun, leaving him unsteady.
"Li Qiang, tell the truth!" Mr. Gao knew this might truly be Li Qiang’s fault.
"I stole it!" Li Qiang said with his head down.
But then his tone shifted, and he loudly declared, "But Mr. Gao, I did it to improve my grades, striving for the first in the year to bring glory to the class. Lin Tian couldn’t understand Liou Qingcheng’s notes, so I took them to study!"
"I think I did nothing wrong!" Li Qiang still spoke confidently.
"Mr. Gao, the rest is up to you; I can’t be bothered dealing with someone who’s got a problem in the head!" Lin Tian, angry, picked up his things from the desk and left.
Damn it, you wouldn’t lend me your exercises, fine, but mocking me is too much.
I borrowed someone else’s, and you took it without a word, now shamelessly claiming it’s for the class’s glory.
The whole world’s right only when you do something; everyone else is wrong!
When it comes to people with a mental issue, Lin Tian doesn’t want to argue.
Truly, it’s better to fight with a smart person than talk to a fool, which isn’t wrong at all!
"Mr. Gao, it’s Lin Tian who’s affecting my studies, you should..." Li Qiang pointed at Lin Tian’s back. It was Lin Tian who embarrassed him, so he decided to bad-mouth Lin Tian in front of Mr. Gao to get back at him.
"Enough! Shut your mouth!" Mr. Gao was utterly disappointed in Li Qiang; the more he spoke, the more disappointed Mr. Gao became.
"Isn’t it shameful enough?" Mr. Gao looked coldly at Li Qiang: "Li Qiang, you must understand, a person mustn’t only have good grades but also good character and morals!"
"Someone like you, in society, would commit unforgivable mistakes, resulting in legal punishment!"
"Mr. Gao, it won’t go that far, I just took his notebook to have a look!" Li Qiang still wasn’t concerned.
Listening to Li Qiang’s unrepentant words, Lin Tian, originally not wanting to speak, couldn’t hold his anger any longer: "Mr. Gao, don’t forget what you said!"
Mr. Gao thought there was something seriously wrong with Li Qiang, a problem so serious that he needed to reflect at home for his good.
"Li Qiang, pack your things!" Mr. Gao’s simple sentence shocked everyone in the class.
Asking the top student, Li Qiang, to go home and reflect truly surprised everyone.
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"But Mr. Gao, if I go home, my grades will drop..." Li Qiang panicked. If he went home to reflect, his parents would undoubtedly ask why; could he say he stole something?
"Sometimes, just having good grades is the scariest thing; this time, go home and reflect deeply on why. This is all for your own good!" Mr. Gao sighed; high intelligence and low emotional intelligence were what he least wanted to see in Li Qiang.
"Understood!" Li Qiang gritted out, not feeling a bit of repentance but instead harboring a deep hatred for Lin Tian!