It never crossed Seoyoo's mind that she would set foot in the principal's office for the first time in the last year she studied at the university. She was a bit surprised why the principal called her suddenly but she chose to comply with the instructions and waited for the arrival of the principal himself who was on his way returning from the meeting room.
While the girl was busy eyeing at the decorations in the office, she was disturbed by the sound of the door creaked open causing her to snap her head at the person who just entered the office as well. The middle age man entered the office and closed the door behind him before he looked at Seoyoo curiously.
"Oh, so I assumed you must be Han Seoyoo right? You may take a seat because I have something to talk about with you"
He said while leading the girl to his work table
Seoyoo hesitantly took a seat opposite the principal. She still does not understand why she was called to the principal's office without being told the purpose.
She could not help but to think whether the headmaster of the university had seen the video recorded by her and maybe they wanted to ask her about the video further so she had a chance to clear her name. Seoyoo could feel a ray of hope in her favor at that moment.
She just saw the principal settled down on his seat before he cleared his throat to start the conversation. This situation is enough to make Seoyoo feel nervous and at the same time excited to rectify the situation.
"I do not want to accuse so let me ask you if you are Han Seoyoo who has posted a video about a student named Jung Daewon on your social media?"
The man began his question.
"Yes, I am"
Seoyoo said and nodded her head in a sign of certainty.
The principal hummed in response as he began to think of something to say to the girl. Seoyoo secretly played with her fingers under the table without the man knowing because she used to do it when she felt nervous or scared. She could not wait to step out of the office later happily. After this, no students will bother her anymore.
"It's hard for me to say but your actions almost made you suspended from this university"
The principal said making Seoyoo's breath hitched
"What do you mean sir? I just meant to remind other students to be wary of that Jung Daewon"
She tried to defend herself
"I think you still do not understand Han Seoyoo. If you still do not know, Jung Daewon's father is the biggest entrepreneur in Asia and he has contributed huge funds to raise this university so your actions to tarnish the image of his son are very much taken care of by the superiors"
He explained to Seoyoo but the girl just flashed him a confused look on her face.
"Well I understand about Jung Daewon's father giving funds to this university and more but what has that got to do with the video I uploaded for security purposes? I did not ask for a single penny from everyone!"
Seoyoo said sternly.
"Han Seoyoo your actions in uploading the video could cause Jung Daewon's name and this university to be tarnished! Only with the useless video that you recorded is not able to witness anything because the quality of the video is not good and the faces of the students themselves are not clear to see"
He explained once again causing the girl to take a deep breath.
"Alright I got it, just because he is from a wealthy family everyone is in his favor and they do not want to hear my explanation at all, no one is on my side"
Seoyoo said then got up from her seat and stepped to the door.
"You should feel lucky because Jung Daewon chose to spare you to graduate from this university"
The principal said softly but just hearing the name he mentioned was enough to make her blood boil.
Seoyoo released her tight grip on the poor doorknob before turning to look at the principal who was still sitting on his chair as earlier.
"I would rather die than receive mercy from that jerk named Jung Daewon!"
Seoyoo said before she stormed out of the office feeling suffocated in her chest.
Seoyoo stepped out of the office while biting her bottom lip all the way down the hallway, completely ignoring the students who looked at her cynically. She finally released her tight grip on her sleeves and covered her head with the hoodie she was wearing.
Her steps were unstable due to many things playing on her mind so she decided to sit on one of the benches near her to take time for her to calm down. She barely saw the student passing in front of her through the hoodie she was wearing until she noticed a few students standing not far from her.
"Is she crying?"
One of them asked while peeking at the girl sitting on the bench alone.
"I bet she is, didn't she have been called by the lecturer to go to the principal's office earlier? Looked like she had been badly scolded by the old man for the stupid video she had spread"
Her friend said giggling.
"Oh my, she must be sad and maybe when she returns home later she will run to her mama to report that the principal has scolded her"
A male voice said causing the whole group of students to burst into laughter.
"But I heard the girl is an orphan, both her parents are dead and she has no other siblings"
"Unfortunately for her, if her parents are still alive they must be burdened because they have to raise her or they will not care what she does so do not be surprised if one day we meet her at a nightclub and work as a stripper-"
"Shut up!!"
The trembling girl yelled causing the group of students to startle by her sudden outburst.
Seoyoo felt like she was hallucinating and her killing headache did not help her at all. The girl began to find it difficult to breathe but she was able to shoot a glare at the group of students. They can curse her every time but they can never say bad things about her parents that she loves so much or they need to accept the consequences.