RAD Chapter 81

“Ke Zheng, Yan Liben, Qiu Lu, Luo Xiao, you four come out with me for a moment.” After the class, Wei Guolin picked up the textbooks and nodded at them, then walked out of the classroom first.

Luo Xiao and the others looked at each other. Yan Liben immediately said with a raised eyebrow, “No need to guess, Old Wei is definitely calling us because of yesterday’s matter. Hmm, to give us a hero-rescuing-the-beauty award? Impossible! That bastard villain must have reported us first, and we are being summoned to drink tea!”

“Alright, let’s go.” Ke Zheng waved his big hand and patted his chest, “Don’t worry, even if there’s really something, I will take full responsibility!”

Yan Liben glared at him, “Boss, do you think we are what kind of people? It was the four of us who acted together yesterday. If there’s anything to stand against, we’ll do it together!”

“Hmm, that’s right.” Luo Xiao and Qiu Lu also looked at Ke Zheng disapprovingly. Since they regarded each other as brothers, the last thing they would do is to betray their brothers.

The four of them walked out of the classroom and quietly followed behind Wei Guolin towards his office. As the director of the entire Directing Department, Wei Guolin had a private office. He closed the door and looked at the four of them, “Tell me, what happened with the fight with the Photography Department yesterday?”

As the dorm leader and dorm monitor, Ke Zheng immediately and concisely told Wei Guolin the ins and outs of the fight incident yesterday. After listening, Wei Guolin stroked his chin and smacked his lips before saying, “I knew it, under my wise leadership, how could my students go and start trouble on their own! It seems that it must be that Old Yang who’s been talking nonsense to the Dean! Hmph, wanting to get me in trouble with the Dean, no way. By the way, do you guys still remember that I once told you in class that not only are women made of water, but men are too.”

The four of Luo Xiao nodded, puzzled and not quite following Wei Guolin’s train of thought. After all, it was really hard to keep up with their own teacher’s way of thinking. But wait, does this sentence have any special meaning?

After seeing them nod, Wei Guolin directly made the decision, “Come on, let’s go to the Dean’s office, we’ll go argue it out properly.”

“Okay.” Luo Xiao and the other three obediently followed behind him. On the way, the four of them exchanged glances. No matter how they looked at it, they felt that the upcoming developments would probably have some unexpected occurrences.

“Dean, we’re here.” Wei Guolin knocked on the Dean’s office door, and after getting a response, he led the four of them in. Lo and behold, Old Yang and the bruised young man were also in there.

“Yo, Old Yang, you’re here too?” Wei Guolin smiled slightly and nodded in greeting, “That’s great, I’ve also brought my students over, so we can take this opportunity to clear up the matter, right?”

Old Yang bared his teeth in a forced smile and replied, “Right, it’s time to clear things up. Otherwise, some people not only protect criminals, but even more take the opportunity to blame others!”

“Hmm, exactly, exactly.” Wei Guolin looked at him meaningfully. At the same time, he nodded and pointed to the four people behind him, saying to the Dean, “Dean, the people are here. You can ask them whatever you want, they will tell you the truth.”

“Alright.” The Dean nodded. In fact, before they arrived, Old Yang had already taken Jian Dong and told the whole story of yesterday’s incident from beginning to end. But for the sake of fairness, the Dean still decided to hear the narration of the other party.

After the narration, the Dean’s inner scale actually tilted slightly towards Luo Xiao’s group. The reason was very simple. The person brought by Old Yang, named Jian Dong, added a lot of personal emotions into his narration, while Luo Xiao’s side presented an impartial and unemotional account. Such a stark contrast would inevitably incline anyone listening towards the objective narration.

Moreover, the Dean discreetly glanced at Jian Dong. He still had some impression of this boy. Originally, Jian Dong’s entrance exam score was just barely above their admission standard. They were not planning to accept him. However, due to Old Yang’s various connections, they still enrolled this student, solely because Old Yang repeatedly guaranteed that this student had good grades normally. It’s just that he happened to had bad score in the college entrance examination this time,  but he would double his efforts after entering.

But the current situation was that Jian Dong ranked last in the class, being habitually late and leaving early every day, and his main focus was on getting girlfriends. In less than a month since the start of the semester, he had already gone through three or four girlfriends. Clearly he was not here to study, but to just obtain a diploma!

For the Dean, he was usually not very strict in managing the people under him and occasionally accepting some gifts was fine. However, he would not allow anyone to use the school’s diploma as bargaining chip to seek personal gain. Doing so would simply be an embarrassment to the school!

Thinking about this, the Dean’s eyes darkened. There was a trace of coldness in his eyes when he looked at Old Yang: It would be best if things did not turn out as he imagined, otherwise he would definitely go to the Principal and request the dismissal of Old Yang.

“Dean, you heard it too. They attacked my student first, so they must apologize to my student and be given a school-wide warning.” Old Yang glared angrily at Luo Xiao’s group. His heart was burning with fury! He glanced at Jian Dong standing beside him at this moment and his heart was bleeding. The money he cherished so much would have to say goodbye to him because of Jian Dong’s injury. It was supposed to be in his hands tomorrow, but now the duck in the mouth had flown away! That was a whole 10,000 yuan! 10,000 yuan!

It turned out that Jian Dong was the son of a friend of Old Yang’s friend. In that family, Jian Dong was the only son after three generations. He was greatly spoiled to the point where they would not give the moon even if they could get the stars. For this college entrance exam, the family actually bribed someone to take the exam for him. Originally, this score would have been enough to get in. But because of the general improvement in exam scores this year, the admission threshold was raised. It caused Jian Dong’s score to be put in a tricky position.

Jian Dong really wanted to study here. In order to fulfill his wish, his parents used various connections. They eventually reached out to Old Yang. As the head of the Photography Department, Old Yang naturally had some tricks up his sleeve. Not to mention that he had always been blinded by money. After agreeing on a price with Jian Dong’s parents, he used money to smooth the relationship and successfully got Jian Dong admitted, though only to his own department. After all, it was not easy to get him into other departments. Fortunately, Jian Dong had originally planned to choose the Photography Department, which was perfect for Old Yang.

Since Jian Dong lived on campus, his family entrusted Old Yang to take care of him at school. They would give old Yang 10,000 yuan per month as a reward for his efforts. However, after learning that Jian Dong had gotten injured, the family was furious and decided not to give Old Yang the money this month, unless the people who beat Jian Dong were appropriately punished.

This led to the current scenario of framing others. In reality, Old Yang also knew the truth. But for the sake of that monthly 10,000 yuan extra income, he still decided to give it a try. Even if the result was a failure, he could still smoothly pass the buck while attempting to secure the money.

“Yes, that’s right.” Wei Guolin nodded directly, “Based on the previous statement, it was indeed my student who made the first move, which is not right. However, as you have also heard, the reason why my students resorted to violence is because your student did something wrong. They couldn’t stand it anymore, so they acted.”

“Hmph! These are all excuses!” Old Yang snorted coldly, “What evidence do you have to prove that it was my student who were wrong? Those two female students are the direct participants in this incident, so what they said can’t prove anything. You know, they may have been just making things up.”

“Yes, these are indeed just excuses.” Yan Liben suddenly spoke.

Luo Xiao and the others turned their heads in surprise. Their eyes were full of confusion, but what they saw in front of them made them widen their eyes even more: He, was he crying? Crying! No way?

Yan Liben’s originally androgynous and exquisite face, coupled with his tearful expression at the moment, immediately dazed the crowd, especially Jian Dong who was usually flirtatious.

“Dean, actually, there’s actually one more thing I haven’t told you.” Yan Liben lightly bit his lower lip, closed his eyes and opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind. “The reason why the people in our dormitory resorted to violence is also because of me.”

“Oh? Because of you?” The dean cooperated responded deliberately. He had just seen the eye contact between Wei Guolin and this little guy. “What’s going on?”

“Principal, you’ve seen it too.” Yan Liben glanced at Jian Dong, letting everyone follow his gesture to clearly see the lecherous expression on Jian Dong’s face and then continued, “He made improper remarks to me at the time, so, so they acted to hit him.”

After hearing this, Luo Xiao and the others immediately reacted. Expressions of suppressed emotion on their faces one by one. Ke Zheng even showed an expression of self-blame on his face. “Liben, don’t say anymore. Why do you have to reveal this?”

“That’s right, Second Brother.” Luo Xiao stepped forward, taking a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiping the tears from his face. “Why bother? You know we don’t want you to say this.”

“But if I don’t say it, won’t you not be able to explain it clearly?” Yan Liben said through his sobs, “I don’t want you to get in trouble because of taking the blame or anything like that.”

“Second Brother.” Qiu Lu came over and patted his shoulder and then glared menacingly at Jian Dong, wishing he could rush forward and give him a good beating.

Wei Guolin was inwardly satisfied and nodded his head: Well, it seems that they understand what he meant. However, he never expected this little guy named Yan Liben to be so good at crying. Well, his tearful appearance is quite adorable. No wonder he’s known as the ‘class flower’ of their directing department!

Jian Dong was suddenly stared at everyone with disdain, disgust, and accusation, and he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. Old Yang saw that the situation was not right, especially the dean’s gloomy expression. He knew that they would not get any good results in this matter today. So he pulled Jian Dong’s clothes with a grim expression and said to the dean, “Dean, I think both sides are wrong in this matter, so let’s just stop here. If we continue to dwell on it, the matter will become uncontrollable, and that won’t be good for anyone.”

“Okay, let’s leave it at that.” The dean nodded indifferently.

Old Yang directly pulled the unwilling Jian Dong and quickly left. Everyone could still faintly hear Jian Dong’s constant complaints to Old Yang.

“You! You’ve come up with a bad idea again!” The dean said with a wry smile as he pointed to Wei Guolin, then looked at Yan Liben with a look of praise, “Well, your name is Yan Liben, right? Your acting skills are not bad. However, there’s still room for improvement.”

“Yes, Dean.” Yan Liben had already stopped crying by the time Old Yang and Jian Dong left the dean’s office, which left Luo Xiao greatly surprised. How did this Second Brother manage to control his emotions so easily?

Wei Guolin waved to Luo Xiao and the others. “Alright, you guys can go, I still have something to discuss with the dean.”

“Goodbye, Dean. Goodbye, teacher.” Luo Xiao and the others greeted and then left.

What they didn’t know was that because of this incident today, Jian Dong completely hated the four of them in his heart, especially the Second Brother Yan Liben.