[Chapter 187]
"Mr. Crawford, it's a misunderstanding! It's nothing but a misunderstanding!"
Jacob was deeply anxious.
"What is the misunderstanding? I couldn't even survive now in Mayberry. Faster let me leave college!"
Gerald wanted to sign the form.
"Mr. Crawford, I was wrong. I was indeed wrong. Actually, I could just give you a light punishment for it. But I listened to the others and wanted to expel you from the college."
If the chancellor knew that he wanted to expel that Mr. Crawford of Mayberry from the college, he would certainly be ruined.
Even if the chancellor knew nothing about that, he would certainly be ruined and punished severely given that he wanted to expel Mr. Crawford.
"Fine. Then what to do next regarding this incident? Cassandra asked a student to do such a thing in public. It certainly hurt that student's self-esteem greatly!"
Gerald did not even know when he started to have some slight changes.
When he was dealing with things now, he was not the shy and cowardly man he was before.
Now, he would say what he wanted to say directly.
"Don't worry, Mr. Crawford. I'll deal with it justly."
"Besides, donate seventy thousand dollars to Layla under the name of 'Ordinary Man'. I'll give you the money later. Thank you!"
"You're being too courteous!"
Jacob smiled happily.
Gerald then nodded slightly.
He then got up and left.
Outside of the office.
Somebody sighed. "Gerald will certainly be expelled from school. He's been having a pathetic life here for three years since.
Now, he's unable to graduate too."
Cassandra crossed her arms in front of her in resignation and smiled bitterly.
"It's good that he's been expelled. It would be much better if he couldn't leave Mayberry intact. How bold of him to beat Victor up!"
They were still angry at Gerald.
At that moment, the door was opened.
All of them wanted to rush toward Gerald and sneered at him vigorously again, including Cassandra.
"Gerald, please be careful. There's a small staircase here after the refurbishment."
That scene before them shocked them greatly. They widened their eyes.
They soon saw Jacob helping Gerald down the staircase, supporting him gently.
That staircase was just one or two centimeters high. It was not even a staircase. Why did Jacob appear like he was afraid that it might hurt Gerald?
'Oh, God! What is happening?'
Cassandra gaped.
"Mr. Reeds, Gerald, he…"
"What about him? I know what happened now. I've been meaning to ask you, Cassandra. If Gerald didn't tell me about it, I wouldn't even know that you asked a female student to stand in public, holding up a sign. You even took group photographs there, didn't you?"
"Ah? I clearly told you about it just now…"
"I don't know about it. By the way, the thing you did was outrageous, humiliating a student like that. At first, our department wanted to award you since you're the best teacher. But let's forget about it now!"
"What? Mr. Reeds, I've worked so hard for that award for these past three years, earning all the honors for the department."
Cassandra was completely stunned.
"It's still a problem we need to discuss with the college whether we want to keep you as a teacher here with us given the kind of teacher you are. How dare you talk about that award still?" Jacob sneered.
After that, he turned and looked at Whitney who appeared shocked as well.
"About you, you've been the president of the student union for three years now, but you didn't manage to do anything. If anything bad happened, you would always look for help from the department. What else could you do other than this? Just retain the post as the president of the student union first. If there's a better candidate, we'll ask you to resign!"
"Ah?"
"What's wrong?"
Jacob shouted at Whitney before he returned to his office with his hands behind his back.
Whitney thought, 'D*mn it! I didn't even say a single word!
'Why?!'
'Why is that so?'
As Whitney and Cassandra were thinking about that, they turned to look at Gerald coldly.
Gerald only smiled bitterly. Then, he turned and left. Soon, he would hear some news regarding Victor.
They always condemned him and looked down on him. Now it was time for him to take his revenge on them.
Gerald returned to the classroom, and he realized that Harper and the others had left.
He also returned to his dorm and lied down in bed. He told Harper and the others that it was fine now. He looked at the time and realized that it was six o'clock in the evening. He decided to play with his phone for a while before he turned in.