Chapter 16 The Tongue Is Not Steel, yet It Cuts!

Cheating!

Anyone who knew Li Muyang’s normal grades would have such a thought when they saw the paper.

In the past, Li Muyang would just fill in the simplest questions randomly, leaving the other parts blank. However, this time, not only did he finish most of the paper he handed over, but even more so, he actually made the right choices.

It should be noted that Zhao Mingzhu had said that the questions on this test were not difficult and they had all been done before. However, she knew very well that they were quite difficult. She even specially set a few traps that were commonly used in the Liberal Arts Exam.

Li Muyang even answered the trap questions perfectly. The answers he gave were even more perfect than the correct answers in her mind.

What else could it be besides cheating? Could Li Muyang, an ignorant student, be more knowledgeable than her, a teacher of 20 years?

It was the exam time now, so most of the students were concentrating on the paper. They just looked up at Li Muyang and made a disdainful sound when they saw Li Muyang hand in the paper. They did not even have time to laugh at him.

There were so many questions that were very difficult. Except for Li Muyang, who had given up on himself, it was not so easy for them to finish the exam in such a short time.

Even Cui Xiaoxin, the top student in the class, had just finished answering the last question. She put down the brush on the table and began to check the test paper.

After hearing Zhao Mingzhu’s roar, everyone looked up at the lectern in shock.

“Crash!”

Zhao Mingzhu pushed back the chair with her butt, grabbed Li Muyang’s test paper, and stood up. She stared at him fiercely and shouted, “Li Muyang, explain it to me! What the hell is going on?”

Hearing Zhao Mingzhu’s question, everyone turned their eyes to Li Muyang’s face.

They all gloated as they thought, “The whole class knows how your grades are— no, everyone in Fuxing High School knows. So what’s the point of cheating this time?”

Besides, what was the difference between 20 and 30 points?

Only Cui Xiaoxin was checking her test paper leisurely, ignoring the noise in front. She had already known the result.

Li Muyang had already sat back in his seat. He looked up at Zhao Mingzhu and said, “Ms. Zhao, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

“You don’t understand?” Zhao Mingzhu sneered. “How could you not understand? You’ve answered all the questions correctly. Give me an explanation. What’s going on?”

“My answers are all correct?” Li Muyang’s face showed a happy smile, and the big stone hanging in his heart fell down. He felt that he had seen most of the questions when answering them, but the memory was faint and vague. He was not sure if he was right or wrong, but Ms. Zhao Mingzhu said that he gave the right answers, which proved that he could get a very good mark this time.

“Li Muyang!” Zhao Mingzhu held the ruler and wanted to hit the table on the lectern again. But when she thought of the incident when she broke her ruler last time, she forcefully endured such barbaric behavior. She really didn’t want to associate her name with Li Muyang. “I am asking you to give me an explanation. Do you think I’ll let you go just like that?”

“Teacher…” the smile on Li Muyang’s face gradually disappeared as he said, “I just answered the questions correctly. Why do I need to explain it to you? What should I explain? Because I have worked hard, so I got it right?”

“Smack—”

Zhao Mingzhu slapped the table and shouted, “Li Muyang, do you think we are all idiots? This time, I chose the questions. I know the difficulty better than anyone else… You not only handed in the test paper an hour early, but also answered all 48 questions correctly.”

Zhao Mingzhu glanced at the whole class and asked sarcastically, “Do you believe him? Anyway, I don’t.”

“Swish!”

Everyone present burst into an uproar!

“No way! Li Muyang actually answered 48 questions correctly? I didn’t slack off for a moment, but I haven’t finished half of the questions yet.”

“Everything is correct? Is he kidding me? How could he possibly get such a high score?”

“He is so stupid. Even if he is cheating, he should make a few mistakes. He doesn’t have any experience at all.”

…

Cui Xiaoxin raised her head and looked up at the lectern finally. Her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed as if they were blown plicate by a breeze outside the window.

After sizing up Li Muyang’s expression, she lowered her head to work on her own paper again.

“Ms. Zhao.” Li Muyang sat in the chair. His body was thin and straight. At this moment, those students who had been ignoring his appearance or had a fixed understanding of his appearance found that Li Muyang seemed to be taller and stronger, and even his skin was not as black as before.

He had become a teenager with bronze skin. His eyes were like stars, his lips were like cherry blossoms, and his black, jade-like, long hair was tied up with a snow-white silk ribbon. His face was radiant and he was in high spirits. He was no longer the deformed monster who was humiliated by them before.

A withered sapling suddenly sprouted, giving people a wonderful surprise.

At this moment, Li Muyang looked extremely serious, as if he was talking about a big event. For a student, wasn’t it a big event to be accused of cheating on an exam by his teacher?

“Your student has answered the questions correctly. Compared with the past, he has made great progress. As his teacher, shouldn’t you be happy for him?”

“If he works hard and makes such progress step by step, I would naturally be happy for him. However, that student has made such progress and achievements by cheating. In addition to being disappointed by his learning attitude, I will also be disappointed by his personality—In my opinion, such a student is really hopeless. I am ashamed to have such a student.”

Zhao Mingzhu had already decided to drive him out. She didn’t want him to stay in the classroom anymore. She didn’t want him to disturb the studies of the other students. Now it was only one month before the Liberal Arts Exam. She and her students had to make full use of this short period of time, and they had no time to waste on him or be angry at him.

He should not be here!

After making such a decision, Zhao Mingzhu became calm. She waved her hand and said, “Li Muyang, you don’t need to say anything. Get your things and go to the school library. There will be a result later. It’s the exam time now. Don’t disturb the other students.”

“Ms. Zhao…” Li Muyang’s eyes were a little red, and even his voice became hoarse. That was anger, grievance, and unspeakable coldness.

Since childhood, no one had been close to him except for his parents and sister. No one cared for him. No one came up to him and said, “Brother, let’s play cuju together after school.”

He was always alone, like an isolated person in the world. The whole world stood opposite from him, standing in the distance and pointing at him, saying, “Look, that’s a monster.”

He was not a monster. He was just a child, a teenager.

He also longed for friends and was eager to be recognized. When he was in class, he wanted someone to pass him a note, and when school was over, he hoped someone would put a hand on his shoulder, inviting him to have a mung bean cake… Even those students who liked to pass notes deliberately avoided him, as if the handwriting on the notes would disappear after he touched it.

He did not do anything wrong. Why did everyone treat him so cruelly? It was unfair to him.

“Ms. Zhao…” Li Muyang looked up stubbornly because it would stop the tears that gathered in his eyes from falling down. Otherwise, those guys would say, “Look, Li Muyang is crying. Coal is crying…”

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Li Muyang had never cried before. Even when he was forced to be ridden on like sheep by those people, he had never cried.

This was the only thing he could do to maintain his dignity.

“Ms. Zhao, even if you suspect that I have cheated on the exam, shouldn’t that first be checked and confirmed before you come to this cruel conclusion?” Li Muyang looked at Zhao Mingzhu and said slowly, “Do you know what your words mean to me?”

Li Muyang’s voice was trembling. He was worried that he couldn’t continue, and he was afraid that he couldn’t hold on any longer. “Ms. Zhao, you are killing me.”