As the saying goes, having many skills is never a burden; you never know when you might need them.
"Xiaoning, really, your appearance isn't bad, so why is it just an appearance?"
"Elder Shi, I think..."
"Stupid! Foolish! Inconceivably foolish! You 'think,' do you? Does calcium carbonate really react with water to form calcium hydroxide and carbonic acid? Can those two substances react? You're just over there reacting for the sake of reacting!"
"Why can't they react? Water is composed of hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions, hydroxide ions combine with calcium ions, and hydrogen ions combine with carbonate ions, it's fine! Oh, oh, oh, I get it, Elder Shi, you were testing my confidence in the answer!"
"Confidence in what?! Who taught you chemistry in high school? I'll immediately report to the higher-ups to have them fired for misleading students, absolutely misleading!"
Alright then!
Isn't this roundabout way just scolding me?
