Chapter 22: Born A Bad Seed! Should’ve Been Strangled At Birth!

“Qin Jiang, stop slandering others! Director… I didn’t…!”

Li Hao’s expression changed drastically. His father, Li Gang, was the vice-principal, and he did use that to bully others.

But Director Xu’s son worked in the disciplinary committee, so people usually avoided him when they saw him.

Qin Jiang actually dared to openly report him.

But given Qin Jiang’s status, how would he know what really happened?

“You didn’t steal confidential school files, or is Li Gang not your dad?”

Qin Jiang raised an eyebrow and spoke nastily.

“I… I… none of your damn business!”

Li Hao flew into a rage. Qin Jiang was clearly trying to trap him with his words.

But with Director Xu present, he could only hold back his anger.

He decided there and then that once Qin Jiang was expelled, he’d find someone to drag him into an alley and beat him up.

“Li Hao, if this is true, I’ll personally give you a demerit and a warning — even if your father were the Jade Emperor, it wouldn’t help.”

“Qin Jiang, don’t be so quick to laugh!”

“You’re the biggest tumor of the school. In all my years teaching at Huajing University, you’re the worst, most shameless bad student I’ve ever had!“

Director Xu showed no favoritism. Li Hao thought he was doomed — his dad would surely make him suffer for this.

All because of Qin Jiang.

Then Director Xu cut off Qin Jiang’s gloating.

He couldn’t help but have a headache: Qin Jiang was the student council president and often won awards in competitions, so he had a good impression of him.

But when it turned out that someone had falsely claimed the top prize, he had to check if any of the awards Qin Jiang received previously were problematic.

This case was serious. If true, Qin Jiang must be expelled.

“Come, follow me to the school committee immediately.”

“I’ll call your parents right now. I don’t believe we can’t straighten you out, you tumor!”

Qin Jiang raised an eyebrow; beneath his refined air there was a streak of roguishness as he drawled, “Director, don’t do that.”

“I have no parents, no family. My household register has only me — as long as I’m fed, that’s good enough.”

Qin Jiang, Qin Yun, and Qin Qianyun were from the same family, and the fact that Qin Jiang was a son that the Qin family had lost and found again was not a secret on campus.

Everyone involuntarily looked at Qin Qianyun.

The Qin family’s own son was brought back years ago and they still hadn’t transferred his name into the family’s household registration?

Surrounded by probing, questioning gazes, Qin Qianyun couldn’t openly ask Qin Jiang to donate blood anymore.

Besides, Qin Jiang clearly misunderstood her.

Hearing Qin Jiang speak as if he’d severed ties with the Qin family, she couldn’t help but frown, “Qin Jiang, stop making trouble!”

“The destruction of the experiment samples was truly a misunderstanding. Yun said he’d go explain to the professor, but his health has always been poor, so he was probably unintentionally delayed.”

“That you took the blame, suffered injustice, and now face expulsion—it’s my fault. I’ll go with you to the school committee to explain everything clearly.”

Qin Qianyun knew she was in the wrong. She looked pale, bit her lower lip, and softened her tone awkwardly.

Qin Jiang’s expression was cold as he snorted, “As the instigator, you SHOULD clear things up for me.”

“Stop acting like you’ve been wronged and try and shirk responsibility. I can’t believe you’re so good at pretending.”

“Have you not made me take the blame enough? I was the one who was caught stealing the professor’s files and punished to clean the entire lab for you. Skipping class, cheating, climbing the wall, pranking security guards, and more. Every single thing I was punished for on your behalf — running thirty laps in the rain, being forced to clean garbage trucks, going to each department in turn to read apologies and be humiliated…”

“Qin Qianyun, I’ve had enough of this life.”

“And your disgusting face makes me sick!”

Qin Jiang’s cold, harsh attitude left Qin Qianyun too ashamed to speak.

She felt a stabbing pain in her chest like needles, continuous and dense, making it hard for her to breathe.

It turned out she had unknowingly had Qin Jiang take so many blows for her, suffer so many punishments on her behalf.

She was indeed unruly and rebellious, and hated studying, but she hadn’t cheated or pranked security guards…

Qin Qianyun wanted to explain further, but faced with Qin Jiang’s ice-cold gaze, her feet felt glued to the ground and she couldn’t even lift them.

She had truly gone too far with Qin Jiang.

At that moment, a phone rang.

It was a voice message from her mother.

Qin Qianyun pressed play:

[Number Five, why haven’t you brought Qin Jiang to the hospital yet?

Yun is weakened and sickly because of him. I heard Qin Jiang took Yun’s research and claimed the gold prize for himself. This wild brat steals small things at home and is morally corrupt outside — he’s a disgrace to the Qin family.

If I’d known, I should have strangled him to death when he was born!

Luckily, he can still give Yun blood. That’s probably his only use to our family…

By the way, since you’re at school, go straight to the committee and report Qin Jiang for stealing the honor, seek justice for Yun!

As for Qin Jiang, expulsion would force him to pick through trash to survive. After suffering out there and having his backbone bent by society, he’ll naturally beg to come back to the Qin family.]

The voice wasn’t loud, but Qin Jiang, who was closest, heard every word clearly.

In the past, he would have been heartbroken.

A child who doesn’t receive love spends their life craving familial affection.

Even if it means kneeling to beg for a bit of warmth, they’d be willing.

But his painstaking sacrifices had only turned him into a tool for his relatives to gouge flesh and suck blood from.

How laughable.

Qin Qianyun snapped back to reality and looked at Qin Jiang’s expressionless face, feeling a bit troubled.

But her mother was right: Qin Jiang had learned to be bad long ago. Even if he took the blame for her, so what?

That didn’t mean Qin Jiang wouldn’t commit those crimes — he just hadn’t been caught.

Moreover, even if the destruction of Li Hao’s research item was a misunderstanding, the fact that Qin Jiang swapped and claimed Qin Yun’s research as his own was absolutely true.

She shouldn’t feel sorry for Qin Jiang.

This younger brother was a born a bad seed! He was wicked in his core!

Qin Qianyun couldn’t help clenching her fists. She lifted her eyes and stared hard at Qin Jiang, her voice hoarse as she asked, “Qin Jiang, I’m sorry I made you take the blame, but Yun’s research was completed after he worked for a week while ill — how can you be so vicious as to take even a sick person’s results?”

“Qin Jiang, you’ve disappointed me so much!”

Qin Jiang laughed, but his smile was crueler and colder than ever.

“I didn’t!”

“Qin Yun is the one who lied. I won the gold prize by my own strength, and I can prove it.”

“But if I prove I didn’t steal his honor and didn’t destroy Li Hao’s things, then what should be done about the classmates who slandered me?”

At this moment, all eyes were on him, all in contempt.

Yet Qin Jiang seemed like a solitary sail standing apart, his proud, cold features giving him an air of aloof nobility.

For a moment, people couldn’t look away.

People rubbed their eyes and tried to snap themselves back to reality. Qin Jiang was like a rat everyone wanted to kill. Though he and Qin Yun were siblings by the same mother, he’s worlds apart from that gentle, genius, noble youth.

No matter how he struggled, there was absolutely no chance of turning things around.

Director Xu’s face grew darker as he listened. Huajing University actually had so many disciplinary loopholes.

And they’d all converged on one person…

“Qin Jiang, if we’ve all truly misunderstood you, I’ll personally apologize and lead the effort to give demerits to those who framed and slandered you, how about that?”

Director Xu felt a little guilty. After all, slander and framing alone weren’t severe enough to deserve expulsion.

“Not enough.”

“I want the black mark of Huajing University stamped all over their files.”

A black mark was the harshest punishment for a student.

Academic records follow a person for life.

A black mark signified a stain of ‘campus criminal activity’. International companies would never hire such a person, and even if they tried to use connections, they’d be kicked out.

This punishment… was far too severe!

The onlookers were stunned.

They exclaimed that Qin Jiang was crazy!

“Qin Jiang, where do you get the nerve to demand to clear your name?

“Qin Yun’s research sketches and the detailed diagrams of experimental procedures are all kept with our Chuchu, and you have nothing — how can you prove you’re the designer?“

“Stealing is stealing! That’s a stain that can never be washed clean in a lifetime!”

“Admit your mistakes quickly! Huajing University doesn’t welcome a gutter rat like you!”

Yu Qian, seeing that Qin Jiang wasn’t the wealthy young master driving a top sports car yesterday, felt that his show-off had cost her a great opportunity to catch a rich guy.

Now she wanted nothing more than to stomp on him.

“Qianqian, you… how could you?”

“Yun already said Qin Jiang is his brother — we must keep this secret…”

Bai Chuchu frowned and looked at Yu Qian with reproach, her expression full of anxiety.

Qin Jiang, oh Qin Jiang, you deliberately humiliated me yesterday.

So don’t blame me for using the plans you gave me to strike back at you.

Everyone immediately felt that the school belle was simply too kind.

Where did Qin Jiang find the courage to say something so risky?

He was going to lose everything now!

Being expelled from Huajing University — that was definitely his fate.