Chapter 26: Whoever Lies Is a Puppy
"You found out too?" Lin Tian gave a bitter smile.
Anyone else would be overjoyed to be first in their grade, but he just couldn’t feel happy about it.
"I know, and I also know that your class teacher and Mr. Fu are trying to get you to return to school!" Liou Qingcheng said with excitement in her voice.
At first, Liou Qingcheng was stunned when she heard that she wasn’t the first in the grade.
She wondered who else in the school could have a better score than her?
Second in the grade?
No way, she had never been surpassed in the three years of high school.
Could it be...
When she heard the teacher announce the name of the first in the grade, Liou Qingcheng’s shock turned into surprise.
She never thought Lin Tian could get first in the grade.
Even that bet was just a joke, something said offhandedly.
Unexpectedly...
He actually did it!
Strangely, Liou Qingcheng felt a sense of happiness for Lin Tian.
So, ignoring that it was still during class time, she boldly claimed she needed to go to the bathroom and ran out to call Lin Tian.
"They want me back, but I don’t want to go!" Lin Tian took a deep drag of his cigarette, "He was the one who expelled me, and now he wants me back, who does he think I am?"
"So, you’re not planning on going back to school?" Liou Qingcheng’s heart skipped a beat when she heard that.
She particularly felt it was a pity for Lin Tian, as with such a high mock test score, he could pick any prestigious university.
Actually, or more accurately, prestigious universities would compete to enroll him.
What a waste of such a smart mind.
"I’ve been expelled from the school, how can I go back?" Lin Tian’s intention was never to skip school but that he had no school to go to.
"Hey~!" Liou Qingcheng breathed a sigh of relief, finally understanding what Lin Tian meant.
"As long as you want to go to school, you won’t have a problem finding one," Liou Qingcheng laughed, "With your mock test scores, you can choose any high school in Kanyue City!"
"The final exams are coming up, you have a real chance to become the top scorer in Kanyue City, what school wouldn’t want a student like you? Otherwise, why would Mr. Fu and your class teacher want you back so badly?"
"But where can I choose from? I don’t know any schools," Lin Tian said hesitantly.
"My dad has a friend who is the principal of the Kanyue City First Middle School. Although their teaching isn’t the best, with the finals coming up, you won’t need to attend classes with your scores; just borrow their student quota to take the finals!" Liou Qingcheng suggested to Lin Tian.
"Is that possible?"
"Of course it is!"
Liou Qingcheng said excitedly, "I’ll call my dad right now!"
"Hey~ wait!" Lin Tian suddenly shouted to stop her.
Liou Qingcheng’s puzzled voice came through, "What’s up?"
"I have one condition: I won’t attend school; I’ll just take the finals directly. Can you ask if your uncle is okay with me using their student quota?" Lin Tian said seriously.
"No problem!"
Listening to the call being hung up, Lin Tian put away his phone and took another drag of his cigarette.
The reason he didn’t want to go to school was that some things couldn’t be handled there, like money and connections; these things must be dealt with outside of school.
If he wanted to teach Liu Chan a memorable lesson, he would need a certain amount of influence and financial resources.
Taking advantage of the time before the finals and the summer vacation after, Lin Tian decided to find a way to earn some money first.
As the saying goes, money isn’t everything, but having no money is definitely a problem.
So, he set a small goal for himself: earn a hundred million first!!!
Ring, ring.
The phone rang again.
Lin Tian answered, and before he could say anything, Liou Qingcheng started speaking in a rush: "That uncle initially said no, but after I told him your mock test scores, he immediately agreed. He’ll be at First Middle School early tomorrow to get your files!"
"What about my condition?"
"He agreed to that too, but he also specifically told me to tell you, even though you don’t have to attend classes, you should still study a lot!"
"Don’t worry, I’m not aiming to be the top scorer in the city, but securing a prestigious university spot for First Middle School is no problem!" Lin Tian said confidently.
No surprise there, after taking the mock test, Lin Tian didn’t take exams seriously anymore.
Just skim through the books, answer the questions, and the top grade is easily his.
Too easy!
"Then you better keep it up!" Liou Qingcheng encouraged Lin Tian at first, then hesitantly said, "And... I have one more thing to tell you!"
"Say it!"
"Didn’t we say before that if you got first place, I’d give you a reward? What do you want for that reward?" As Liou Qingcheng said this, her face flushed all the way to her cheeks.
With this reminder, Lin Tian remembered that there was such a thing.
"A reward?"
"I haven’t really thought about it yet!"
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Let’s talk about it when I figure it out!"
Liou Qingcheng felt a bit disappointed but still nodded, "Let’s settle it then. But since I helped you so much today, shouldn’t you do something for me?"
"How about this, when you have some free time, give me a call, and I’ll take you out for dinner?" Lin Tian laughed.
"You better not be lying!"
"If I’m lying, I’m a puppy!"
"Alright, you get busy then. I used the excuse of going to the bathroom to call you; if I don’t go back, the teacher might get suspicious!"
After they hung up, Lin Tian put away his phone, and suddenly his stomach started growling.
After drinking the night before, he hadn’t eaten anything since getting up today, no wonder he was hungry.
"I better find somewhere to eat," Lin Tian stood up and walked towards a noodle shop nearby.
In a small noodle shop, Lin Tian ordered a big bowl of noodles as soon as he walked in. Since it wasn’t lunchtime yet, the shop only had one occupied table.
But it was this one table of guests that Lin Tian couldn’t take his eyes off.
At the table sat a man and a woman. The man was dressed in a suit, while the woman, with her back to Lin Tian, could only be seen with her neat short hair.
She was wearing a sleeveless black chiffon blouse and a tight black skirt, and even sitting down, she looked perfectly curvaceous.
Of course, the most captivating part was the woman’s long legs. The skirt reached slightly above the knees, and the sheer stockings tightly wrapped around her legs looked smooth and fair.
Her left leg was crossed over her right, dangling a black high-heeled shoe from her toes, swinging in mid-air, mesmerizing onlookers.
"What a temptress!" Lin Tian thought to himself.
As the noodles had not arrived yet, Lin Tian took out his phone to play a game, while overhearing the two at the next table having an intense discussion.
"Xiaogang, did you find the person I asked you to look for?" the woman questioned.
"Miss Bai, I’m still looking for the person you want, but it’s really hard to find!"
"Is it that difficult to find?" the woman sounded skeptical.