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Li Wei threw away Ding Anni's note and continued with her English test. Just as she was about to finish, a student from another class called out from the classroom door of Class 2, Grade 11: "Your teacher, Ms. Cao, wants Li Wei to go to her office." Then she left.
Li Wei was engrossed in her homework; English was one of her strongest subjects, and she loved it. Suddenly, she heard someone call her name. She looked up at Lin Xiao and asked, "Was that me?"
Lin Xiao nodded: "That's right, I want you to go to my class teacher's office."
Li Wei finished the last question, capped her pen, used the pen to hold down the paper, and instructed Lin Xiao, "Keep an eye on it for me. If I'm not back by the end of get out of class, put it in my desk and make sure the pen doesn't fall on the floor."
Lin Xiao rolled her eyes without even looking up: "Go ahead and relax, you don't need to tell me that!"
As Li Wei left the classroom, she ran into Gao Yue, who had returned from somewhere. Gao Yue asked why Gao Yue wasn't there when the test papers were handed out.
Li Wei was considering whether to speak when Gao Yue questioned her, "The teacher told you to go to the office, didn't anyone tell you?!"
Li Wei looked up at the sky: "What's it to you?"
The two brushed past each other, exchanging a snort.
Li Wei deliberately imitated her and Qin Ling's mannerisms, and suddenly realized that it was quite satisfying to act tough and arrogant. It seemed that she would have to be more assertive with everyone from now on; others would be frustrated, but she would feel good, hehe.
Li Wei hadn't thought anything of it at first, but now that Gao Yue had come to deliver the news, she suddenly had a bad feeling and unconsciously slowed down her pace. Could the note written by Ding Anni really be true?
If it's not true, then there's nothing to say. But what if it is true?
Li Wei stopped in her tracks. She pondered for a long time. No matter what, she had to go to the teacher's office. But what if she really had done something wrong…
Li Wei quickly went to the gatehouse on the first floor and made a phone call to Uncle Luo. She finally managed to reach him on her third call. Li Wei, with her back to the old man in the gatehouse (secretly hoping he was hard of hearing), whispered a few words to Uncle Luo. She then hung up the phone with a sigh of relief.
I took a deep breath before heading to the teacher's office.
As soon as Li Wei entered the teacher's office, she felt uneasy. Why? Because her husband, Luo Da, was also inside.
The homeroom teacher of Class One was sitting there talking to Teacher Cao. His words were stern and filled with righteous indignation.
"...Oh, Teacher Cao, tell me, why are kids these days so precocious? They're so young..."
After hearing just a few words, Li Wei knew that this time they had really gotten into trouble.
She glanced at Luo Da, who was standing calmly, and Luo Da also glanced at her, giving Li Wei a barely perceptible nod.
Li Wei felt a little relieved and calmly walked in: "Teacher, you wanted to see me?"
Teacher Cao looked up at Li Wei, but before he could speak, the class teacher spoke up: "I believe you both know why I called you here today. Here's the thing: you are both excellent students with great potential. I hope you can deeply recognize your mistakes and reflect on them. Each of you should write a self-criticism, promising to focus your energy on your studies from now on. Teacher Cao and I will pretend this never happened, and I believe you don't want to drop out of school because of this."
Li Wei feigned confusion: "Huh? Teacher, what did you say? What happened? Why do I have to write a self-criticism? What did I do wrong?"
Truly, CJ is both bewildered and innocent, like a little lamb.
Luo Da tried his best to keep his facial muscles calm to avoid laughing.
As soon as Li Wei finished speaking, the homeroom teacher of Class One became furious. A fierce glint flashed in her small eyes behind her glasses. She had seen many students like this before. She immediately said sternly, "I'm giving you a chance to reform. Do you think your little tricks can fool me? I want you to understand that, at least under the current circumstances, your behavior is not allowed by the school and is strictly prohibited. If you know what you should and shouldn't do, I hope you will reflect on yourselves. Otherwise, we will have to call your parents. I'm doing all this for your own good. I don't want you to ruin your future. You should be studying hard..."
After the homeroom teacher had been talking for a while, Teacher Cao finally seized the opportunity to interject: "Teacher Li is right, and that's exactly what I wanted to say to you. You are all students that I am proud of, and I hope that you will have a bright future. So the main reason I called you here today is to make you realize that your primary task at this stage is to study, and dating takes up the most time and energy. You should put all your time and energy into your studies..."
Li Wei couldn't stand it anymore and deliberately asked timidly, "Teacher, are you saying we're in a relationship? We're not in a relationship!"
Teacher Li was about to scold Li Wei, saying, "What kind of dishonest student dares to argue like this!"
Before Teacher Li could speak, Luo Da chimed in, "We're relatives; I'm her cousin."
Li Wei nodded vigorously in agreement: "Yes, yes, we are cousins, and we share the same maternal grandparents."
Teacher Li was still somewhat suspicious. She and Teacher Cao had received reliable intelligence that their relationship was not normal and that the two fights were because of Li Wei.
No one would believe that their relationship was normal, so Teacher Li became even more stern: "Let me tell you, I'm going to check with your parents. If you're lying, don't blame Teacher Cao and me for being rude to you!"
Li Wei readily agreed: "Sure, teacher, you can make the call. Who should you call first?"
Seeing that Li Wei was indeed very calm and composed, Teacher Li and Teacher Cao exchanged glances and wondered to themselves, could these two really be relatives?
Li Wei glanced at Luo Da, secretly pleased with herself. "See? That's what you call winning without bloodshed."
At this point, there was no turning back; Li Wei went over to stand with Luo Da and said honestly, "We're not lying. We've been neighbors since we were little, right? If you don't believe me, teacher, you can call and ask. It's absolutely true."
Finally, it was Luo Da's homeroom teacher, Ms. Li, who called Luo Da's family first. After all, Luo Da had indeed gotten into trouble these past two days, and if the two were really relatives, it seemed inappropriate for Li Wei's family to rashly hit someone. So, after discussing it, the two called Luo Da's family.
The phone call was answered by Auntie Luo, who had already received instructions from Uncle Luo. Although she couldn't see anyone on the phone, Auntie Luo's soft voice, full of kindness and gentleness, politely explained the situation of both families to Teacher Li. She expressed her deepest apologies as a parent for causing the teacher worry about the children at school, and warmly indicated that she would visit Teacher Li the next day.
In short, his speech was elegant, his words sincere, and his manner impeccable.
This gave Ms. Li, a middle-aged woman who originally had a fierce look on her face, a great deal of respect and satisfaction as a teacher.
After hanging up the phone, I exchanged a glance with Teacher Cao. This time it was Teacher Cao's turn to speak: "Alright, I did misunderstand you, but you should be mindful of your actions at school, after all, you're not children anymore..."
The two teachers gave the two a long and earnest lecture before finally sending them away. Li Wei and Luo Da walked out of the teachers' office building, and after checking that no one was around, Li Wei secretly approached Luo Da and whispered, "I just thought of something. It scared the crap out of me. Do you know what it is?"
Luo Da shook his head. He reached out and patted Li Wei's head, like petting a dog. He didn't say anything.
Li Wei brushed Luo Da's large hand away: "Let me tell you, if your class or mine finds out that Li Lianhui is my brother, and then calls Xiao Hui over to verify the situation, and I didn't tell Xiao Hui beforehand, that would be terrible! I'm so scared!"
Luo Da spoke up this time: "Xiao Hui is actually very clever. He's not as bad at reading the room as you think. Besides, none of the boys I dealt with this time are from Class 7. It seems that the boys in his class have a good relationship with Xiao Hui."
Li Wei was surprised: "I heard Ding Anni say that the last batch was from Class 7, isn't that right?"
Luo Da shook his head: "They're from Class 5."
Li Wei: "Damn it, how can that damn Ding Anni be so unreliable? Not a single piece of her information is true! I'm so angry! Just wait until I believe her again! What a piece of trash! She's such a jerk!"
Luo Da...
The matter with Li Wei has finally passed for the time being, and the clouds have dispersed for the day.
She was in a relaxed mood, but Aunt Luo was extremely depressed.
My aunt hung up the phone and sat there cursing, "This is unbelievable! Disaster strikes out of nowhere while I'm at home! This jerk actually found me parents! Even though my parents are deceased, I didn't want to marry into this family! I'm so angry! It must be that wretched girl Li Xiaoming's doing. My son is an upright man; he would never resort to such deceitful schemes. She's corrupted him..."
In Aunt Luo's mind, although her three sons were notorious for causing trouble, they were all innocent and naive, like newborn lambs, and would never come up with such a wicked trick to deceive their teachers. But Li Xiaoming, who had bullied her innocent lamb since childhood, was a different story—
Li Wei inadvertently became a wolf in sheep's clothing in the eyes of Luo San's aunt, while Luo Da transformed into a sheep in wolf's clothing.
When Li Wei returned to the classroom, it was already another self-study period. She was seething with anger and needed to vent. She immediately noticed Gao Yue and Qin Ling still working on their tests. Qin Ling had also returned to the classroom much later than Gao Yue. Li Wei strongly suspected that these two were the sly ones who were tipping off the teacher and stirring up trouble!
He walked up to the teacher's podium, banged the chalk eraser on it, and said, "Hand in your papers now. Hurry up! Don't bother with the ones you haven't finished yet. It's been so long. If you haven't finished by now, it's either a matter of character or ability. Either way, there's a problem. Pass the papers from the last student in each row to the first student in the row. Hurry up, Teacher Cao needs them."
Gao Yue was nervously working on her test paper and didn't pay attention to what Li Wei said, but Qin Ling heard it clearly and loudly questioned, "Who are you saying has a problem with their character?"
Li Wei said without hesitation, "Hey, what's wrong? You're not convinced? Then appeal now. Why didn't you finish the test? What were you doing just now?"
"Teacher Cao wanted to talk to me about something, why should I tell you? Mind your own business!" Qin Ling thought to herself, something was off about why Li Wei was released so quickly.
Li Wei laughed: "Oh, I just went to Teacher Cao's place too, but Teacher Cao didn't say you went there. Don't use the teacher as an excuse. It's a fact that you didn't finish the test paper. If you don't want to hand it in, fine. I'm only responsible for collecting the test papers. I can't manage anything else. You don't need to yell at me."
Li Wei suddenly found herself on the side of justice, and she couldn't be happier.
Scheming and scheming can make people live longer, no wonder evil deeds live on for thousands of years, hehe...
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