"Mr. Dean, we've received a report from Student Ji, and we've dispatched the police according to usual procedure. This is police procedure, so please cooperate! Anyway, with all due respect, shouldn't you, as the dean, uphold justice for your students when they're in trouble? Are you just going to stand by and do nothing? If this gets out, your behavior will become the laughingstock of all the higher-ups in the university, and everyone will forget about Student Ji's trivial matter!"
The dean's face was red, but he ignored Qin Yong. As long as he was still the dean of the university, the police would not dare to do anything to him. Ji Ying had called the police over, which made him very mad.
"Ji Ying, don't think that I'll take back my decision just because you brought two police officers here! I'm telling you, from this moment onward, you're expelled. The City Planning University doesn't want a criminal student like you studying here!"
Ji Ying could tell that the dean was determined to expel her regardless of whatever reason he would have to use reason. How deep was his hatred for her?!
She could not imagine how such a person, who did not even care about his students receiving justice, could have become the dean.
She pursed her lips and stared at the dean. "Dean, I'm very curious. The truth is right in front of you, yet you're still choosing to expel me? I think there's more to this than meets the eye!"
The dean paid Ji Ying no more attention. He turned to look at Qin Yong.
"Officers, the video that has been circulated has had an extremely bad impact. I have to do this for the reputation of the school!"
"You're really full of yourself! You become the dean because of merit, yet you're so insistent on expelling Ji Ying and not investigating the authenticity of the video. Could it be that the circulation of this video is related to you?"
The dean's expression changed and his pupils contracted slightly at this. He quickly retorted, "How could you accuse me of that?!"
"So, what benefits did the person who spread the video offer you to get you to cover up for them and make you expel Ji Ying?"
The dean's face paled slightly, but he still denied it vehemently. "What nonsense are you spouting? I'm very busy right now, and I have to attend an important meeting soon. If you want to investigate, go ahead. I'll take my leave now!"
He did not want to stay a second longer and was about to leave.
"Stop right there!"
The dean shivered, and his body froze on the spot.
"Giving me lame excuses to try to get away? What could be more important than one of your students' future? Even if you want to use an excuse, you should find a more reliable one. How could you be so lazy?"
The dean forced himself to remain calm, but he was still stubborn. "Even if you investigate thoroughly, I'm telling you, as long as I'm still Dean, there's no place for Ji Ying here. There's no place for you in this university!"
A low voice came from the door at this point. "Oh, really? Then you can get lost!"
A figure appeared at the door. It was Zhao Weili.
The familiar voice and familiar figure made Ji Ying feel at ease the moment she saw him. However, she did not want to admit to this feeling herself, so she quickly looked away.
There were a few more people behind Zhao Weili. The leader of this group was the principal, and the group comprised of other leaders of the school. Each and every one of them had a bad expression on their face.
Ji Ying could not help but look at Zhao Weili's handsome yet cold face again. The moment he appeared, he had become the room's center of attention.
Everyone felt as if they had fallen into an icy cellar whenever his ice-cold gaze passed over them.
When Dean Qiao met Zhao Weili's cold gaze, his entire body trembled. When he saw the principal and the others coming into his office, a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.
"Mayor Zhao, Principal Li, you two... Why are you here?"
Zhao Weili glanced at him indifferently and ignored him. His gaze fell on Ji Ying's face.
Ji Ying did not know why Zhao Weili was here, but he was the mayor! Was it not a little inappropriate for him to be here just for her?
Principal Li broke the silence in the room. "Sean Qiao, we all heard what you said just now. It just so happened that Mayor Zhao was here for an inspection, so he came over to take a look after hearing you. I didn't expect you to deal with problems so shoddily! What did you just say? Is it between you and her now? Is that it?"