[Chapter 185]
Gerald did not bother about their sneers and sarcastic remarks.
He only took out his phone and sent Zack a message, telling him what happened with Victor and his family affairs.
Then, he dragged Layla back to the classroom.
Harper knew that Gerald was now facing great trouble.
The Wrights were indeed a wealthy family.
Victor's father was involved in international business, and they were indeed rich.
Besides, his father was a local in Mayberry, so he could be considered a powerful and influential person there.
But Harper and the others still stayed with Gerald, disregarding those things.
"Gerald, are you hiding in the classroom? The department director wants to meet you!"
At that moment, Whitney opened the door of the classroom where Gerald was. She then crossed her arms in front of her and said lightly.
"By the way, you're Harper, aren't you? Go and help to pack up his things. If not, he has to do it himself after he returns to the classroom later."
She did that just because of the sake that Gerald had bought branded clothes for her before.
So Whitney reminded him.
Then, she left directly.
Gerald then followed behind Whitney and reached the door of the department director's office.
Cassandra and a few women who were close to Victor were also waiting at the door.
They sneered. "How dare you do such a thing! Go into the office now! The department director wants to meet you alone!"
Cassandra smiled coldly."Don't think that you'll get away with punishment as light as being expelled from the college. Let me tell you. Your whole life is ruined now that you have beaten Victor up!"
The other women said angrily.
Gerald smiled casually. He opened the door and entered the office directly.
Mr. Reeds was the department director.
He was called Jacob Reeds.
He was a middle-aged man who wore glasses.
At that moment, he was drinking tea and reading the newspapers.
The moment Gerald entered the office, he put the teacup down harshly on the table.
"Gerald, it surprised me to see you beating people up. Your results are exceptional, and you have such good manners. Besides, you're an honest man too. It never occurs to me that you would be so impulsive. You're indeed a fool!"
Jacob scolded him sternly.
"Mr. Reeds, he started it!"
Gerald said calmly.
Jacob sneered. "I don't care who started it. The fact is you beat Victor up. You're wrong for doing such a thing! Let me tell you, you've created such trouble this time around. Besides, how could your family background be compared to Victor's? How about this? I have an application form here, applying to leave the college. Just sign it and leave this instant!"
Jacob stared at Gerald in contempt.
So what Jacob said just now in his favor was nothing but just mere civilities.
But Gerald never thought that it would be as serious as that until he was expelled from college.
Now he realized that Jacob had made up his mind to expel him from the college.
It was because Victor came from a wealthy family, and Gerald was poor.
If Victor beat him up that day, all Victor needed to do was just to apologize to him and pay for the medical fees.
But if it was the other way around, he would then be expelled from college.
He could not help it.
Since he was forced into such a state, he had no choice but to sign the form.
Gerald put his phone on the table, took the pen, and got ready to fill in the form, including the reason to leave the college.
Jacob smiled disdainfully.
Surprisingly, Gerald's phone rang all of a sudden.
The caller ID showed that it was a call from Mr. Raine.
It was a call from the minister of the Ministry of Education—Mr. Raine.
During the previous week, his sister—Jessica asked Gerald to contact Mr. Raine a few times because of the affair of investing in Scothow Elementary School.
But Gerald did not get to answer the phone. He was filling up the form quickly.
However, that call attracted Jacob's attention beside him.
"Is this… Mr. Raine? Why do you have his phone number?"
Certainly, Jacob was not in a position to be acquainted with Mr. Raine. But he remembered Mr. Raine's contact number distinctly.
'Why did Mr. Raine call Gerald up? Why did he contact Gerald?'
"You… Why are you still in a daze? Faster pick up the phone!"
Jacob's facial expression worsened. He stood up directly and asked Gerald to answer the call.
'Oh gosh! Even the chancellor dares not neglect an important person like Mr. Raine!'