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The Most Important Lesson I Taught Them

The Most Important Lesson I Taught Them

Short Story · Emotional Realism
By:  Evil SILCompleted
Language: English
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Feel-Good Story

Plot Twists

Bias

Hypocrisy

Face Slapping

I dropped by to help my younger sister revise her thesis, and while I was at it, I joined her research group for dinner. The moment I walked into the private dining room, a few girls blushed and called out to me. “Hey, handsome, are you single? Give us a shot!” My sister’s boyfriend, Eric Pensworth, looked at me with a faint smile. “Man, you look kind of familiar. You remind me of that pretty boy everyone’s been talking about on the forum. “They say you slept with Professor Alva Jackson and stole my direct-entry PhD spot.” I froze. The Alva Jackson he was talking about was the newly hired professor at Adams University, fresh back from overseas. Just as I was about to explain, he cut me off with an innocent look. “Maybe I got the wrong guy. You look way too respectable to be the kind of guy who lives off women. “But Professor Jackson’s nearly fifty. How could you even do it with her?” I stared at him, completely dumbfounded. Since when had I become a fifty-year-old woman? Was there another Alva Jackson at Adams University besides me?

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
The atmosphere instantly turned tense.The girls who had been asking for my number froze mid-gesture, their hands still hanging in the air as their expressions shifted.My face darkened.I had heard about this guy, Eric Pensworth. My sister Lucy had mentioned him before. She said he was the most popular guy in their department. Handsome, but with a bit of a temper.Now it was obvious that “a bit of a temper” was putting it lightly. The guy clearly had no sense.When Eric saw that I wasn’t responding, he feigned surprise.“Hey, did I make you mad? Sorry, sorry. Maybe I really got the wrong guy.”He said the words, but the provocation in his eyes was obvious.“It’s just that you look exactly like that pretty boy everyone’s been talking about on the forum.“I heard he got all those first-author papers in top journals by sleeping with Professor Jackson.“So tell me, man. You wouldn’t happen to know Professor Jackson too, right?”I looked at him calmly. “I do know Alva Jackson.”
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Chapter 2
I took a deep breath and spoke slowly. “I was reviewing her thesis. Nothing like what you’re implying.”Eric let out a mocking laugh.“Lucy’s not even here, so of course you can say whatever you want.“Lucy is ranked first in our Life Sciences department. Why would she need you to explain her thesis to her?”I almost laughed out of anger.Where on earth had Lucy found a guy like this?I looked at Eric coldly.“You said I stole your direct-entry PhD spot. But as far as I know, Adams University decides those based on GPA and research output. You don’t even have a decent SCI paper. Who exactly could steal that spot from you?”Eric’s face turned pale, and his neck flushed red.“I know you look down on me. Fine. I’m not as good as you at working connections or flattering female professors.“I’m just an honest student doing real academic work. How could I possibly compete with someone like you, who sleeps with a professor to get ahead?”He put on a wounded expression, as if he had
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Chapter 3
Lucy finally showed up.She came in drenched in sweat, clutching a thick stack of freshly printed documents.“Sorry! Sorry! There were way too many people at the print shop!”I sat in the corner, glaring at my clueless little sister, my irritation rising by the second.I had only asked her to print a few documents for me, and she had taken this long.In that short time, I had already been turned into the villain of the story. The professor’s boy toy. A homewrecker. Public enemy number one.The moment Lucy noticed the tension in the room, she froze.“W... what’s going on?”The second Eric saw her, his whole expression changed.He frowned, strode over, and demanded, “Lucy, what took you so long?”Startled, Lucy hurried to explain. “Eric, there were a lot of materials, and...”Eric let out a cold laugh and pointed straight at me.“Stop making excuses. Was it because of this guy who keeps harassing you?”“He refused to leave, and I knew it. He clearly hasn’t given up. He wants
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Chapter 4
Eric froze when Lucy shouted at him. Then he let out a cold laugh.“Your brother? Yeah, right. Who are you trying to fool? He’s probably just some random ‘big brother’ you picked up somewhere.”He glanced at me with a mocking smile. “Didn’t expect you to be into that kind of thing.”“Engaging in role-play in public now? What, is that your thing?”With that, he grabbed Lucy’s arm and tried to sound authoritative.“Lucy, I know you’re being threatened! Did he get some kind of leverage on you? Is that why you’re letting him control you?”Lucy stared at Eric as if he were an alien.Then she turned to me, her eyes clearly asking for help.I looked away and ignored her.At the end of the day, Eric giving me trouble had something to do with her too.When we got home, I was definitely reporting this to our parents.Seeing that I wouldn’t help her, Lucy grew anxious and tried to pull my hand, hoping I would say something.But Eric misunderstood again.“Oh, I see how it is,” he snap
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Chapter 5
The dean’s attitude was almost reverent.“Oh dear, we got held up by a last-minute meeting at the school. I’m terribly sorry!”“We’ve kept you waiting in a place like this. That’s our fault. Please forgive us, Professor Jackson.”I didn’t react much. I simply gave a small nod.To be fair, it wasn’t surprising that the dean was so nervous.To recruit me to the School of Life Sciences at Adams University, he had practically come to see me three separate times and offered me the best possible terms, a full professorship from day one.All I had wanted was to quietly focus on my research. I had no interest in spending extra time mentoring students.It was only after my grandfather and Lucy took turns persuading me, saying I should step out and start teaching the next generation, that I finally gave in.The moment I signed the contract, the school’s doctoral program application, which had been stalled for three years, was approved almost overnight.So in the dean’s eyes, I wasn’t ju
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Chapter 6
I looked back at Eric and spoke coldly. “Mr. Pensworth.“I’m thirty-two years old this year, not some fifty-year-old woman.“Academic work requires rigor and evidence. Not wild accusations about someone’s private life based on nothing more than a name and a single photo.”I paused, a faint trace of sarcasm curling at the corner of my mouth.“You may still be a graduate student who hasn’t even gotten started in this field. I haven’t seen much academic ability from you.“But your talent for spreading rumors is truly impressive.”I walked up to him and looked down at him.“And you said you were already my chosen top student?”Eric was trembling now, sweat dripping down his face.He tried to explain, but his throat seemed completely locked.“I read your email.”I said it calmly, in front of everyone.“The logic was a mess. The data looked fabricated. Even the formatting was wrong.“And you thought something like that would get you into my lab?“You must think very little of m
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Chapter 7
After saying that, she turned to the others and scratched her head awkwardly.“Professor Jackson really is my brother.“My actual brother. Same parents and everything.“That night in the library, I was just being stupid. I couldn’t get the data to run, and my brother spent the whole night scolding me.”Then she looked at Eric, and the last bit of light in her eyes faded.“Eric, you started spreading rumors without even knowing the full story.“That’s nothing like the person I thought you were. I was blind. I misjudged you.“My brother is the person I admire most in this world.“He once lived in the lab for three months straight for a single project. Every paper he’s published was earned the hard way.“You can insult me if you want, but you do not get to insult his academic work.”The truth was finally out.There had been no sugar arrangement. No seduction.Just jealousy from a weak student toward a brilliant one, and the ugly suspicions of a petty man aimed at someone far b
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Chapter 8
But I hadn’t expected Eric to keep pushing things.The dean called me in a panic and told me that Adams University’s campus forum had completely blown up.Eric had posted a thread titled:‘Breaking: A certain female student (L.J.) has a brother who stole the department heartthrob’s PhD spot by sleeping his way to the top!’In the post, Eric painted himself as a poor student who had been bullied by powerful connections and robbed of his rightful opportunity.And I had been turned into a kept man who climbed the ladder by trading on my looks.Some people had even dug up my name, Alva Jackson.“Alva Jackson? That sounds like a woman’s name. Why is it a man?”“You don’t get it. That’s the contrast. Rich older women love that kind of thing.”“Wait, isn’t the new professor who just returned from overseas also named Alva Jackson? What a coincidence.”“Mystery solved! This guy must’ve changed his name just to flatter the rich professor. He might’ve even started calling her godmother!
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Chapter 9
In the video, under dim lighting, Lucy looked completely out of it. Her clothes were messy as she clutched at his shirt, mumbling nonsense.Eric attached a dramatic caption to the video:“I wanted to stay silent, but I really can’t take this anymore!“Because I exposed her brother’s academic fraud, Lucy held a grudge against me. She tricked me into going to a rental apartment, tried to play the victim, and even sexually harassed me!“Afterward, Alva Jackson not only refused to apologize, he even threatened to ruin my reputation! This is what they call a doctoral advisor? This is what they call an honorable academic family?“I’m calling the police! I’m going to make this brother and sister pay!”The video exploded across the internet like a bomb.The moment sexual harassment was mentioned, people went wild. Lucy and I were instantly flooded with insults and accusations.What shocked me even more was that several of the master’s students in my own research group had written a joi
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Chapter 10
Police quickly formed a special task force.To avoid tipping anyone off, they asked me to cooperate in staging a little performance.Three days later, Adams University held a press conference.Eric appeared in front of the reporters looking pale and weak.He was still acting his part.“I don’t want compensation,” he said hoarsely. “I just want justice. I want to see Lucy Jackson go to prison!“And Alva Jackson too. He needs to get out of academia! A professor abusing his power to cover up his sister’s sexual harassment of a student. It’s outrageous!”Just as he was crying and putting on his show, I walked onto the stage.Behind me was a squad of fully armed tactical officers.“Eric Pensworth,” I said coldly, looking straight at him. “Your justice has arrived.”A police officer stepped forward and held up a warrant.“Eric Pensworth, you are suspected of extortion, defamation, and involvement in the trafficking of illegal drugs. You are under arrest.”The room exploded.The
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