Yao Mingyue told Bai Xin all the information she had just extracted.
Bai Xin's brows furrowed as she pieced together all the events of the day into clues in her mind.
"So it was him..." Bai Xin said, with a trace of self-reproach in her eyes.
She had not expected Luo Hao to be so narrow-minded.
He had always been suppressed by the school's leaders.
Although Luo Hao was currently just a university counselor, his father had been the previous vice-president of Hu Hai University.
Many of the school leaders had been promoted by Luo Hao's father, which was why Luo Hao had remained unscathed despite the many issues he had caused at the school.
"Xiaosen, this is my fault. Don't say much when you see the leaders later; I'll handle it."
Bai Xin spoke, aware that this incident had blown up, and other schools were now aware.
The pressure from the school authorities was immense.
As an elder, and since the incident had started because of her, she could not allow Xu Musen, a young man, to bear the pressure alone.
"Auntie Bai, you can't blame yourself. These things are inevitable; if not today, they would happen sometime in the future,"
Xu Musen said with a light chuckle, shaking his head: "Besides, you have already taken good care of me, Auntie Bai. With such poor character, I cannot allow him to get close to you. Let me be Auntie Bai's 'knight in shining armor' just this once."
Xu Musen said with a smile, trying to lighten the mood.
Sure enough, Auntie Bai's cheeks couldn't help but heat up slightly as she gently patted his head.
"At a time , you're still joking..."
Yao Mingyue pressed her lips together slightly, her gaze unintentionally glancing over Bai Xin's figure.
Indeed, some advantages of mature women could never be surpassed by young girls.
Xu Musen turned his head to look at Yao Mingyue: "You've also worked hard. Go back and rest early; I'll go with Auntie Bai."
This was the first time Xu Musen had taken the initiative to "report" to her since his rebirth.
Yao Mingyue nodded: "Let me know when it's resolved."
Xu Musen left with Bai Xin.
"Tsk, tsk. Do I sense some kind of 'great fortune charm' on our brother Sen? He's turned such a huge crisis into an opportunity; this wave of free advertising has paid off hugely."
"Alas... The childhood sweetheart turned rich lady directly smashes the shop, Nuannuan the lady boss went to summon help, and the beautiful counselor protects him too... wuwuwu, why don't I have such good luck."
Zhou Hangyu and Li Rundong sighed. With so many wealthy ladies chasing after him to feed him, it was hard for him not to be successful.
In the school leaders' office.
Huang Teng, who should have been taken away, was now in the office.
The school had intervened, hoping to minimize the impact and resolve the issue internally as much as possible without leaving any stain.
Moreover, Luo Hao, dressed in a suit, was also present, with Huang Teng trembling beside him.
He was not here to rescue his student, but to put pressure on him not to say anything that would be unfavorable to him.
Several balding leaders sat with stern expressions.
An incident involving food safety had occurred at the school, not to mention the mutual mud-slinging and vandalism of public property.
If such news spread, it could lead to a "decrease in enrollment."
It also could affect some corporate investments.
Xu Musen and Bai Xin arrived at the office.
The gazes in the office suddenly all turned towards Xu Musen.
Bai Xin instinctively placed Xu Musen behind her.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the board, this incident..."
"That's enough, discussing this now is useless. What's important is how we handle it now,"
A balding leader interrupted her.
"With all the uproar outside and forum posts we can't even delete fast enough, we must put a full stop to this. My suggestion is you both close your stores for a month to show the public we're handling this,"
"Why do we have to close our shop when we haven't done anything wrong?"
Bai Xin immediately protested upon hearing this.
This "punish both sides" approach was unacceptable.
After all, they were the victims, and choosing to close the store now would be tantamount to admitting wrongdoing.
All of today's efforts would be in vain.
In a month's time, public opinion would ferment, and they would go from victims to perpetrators.
Several leaders in the room frowned in silence, knowing the student's grievance, but clearly, the school's reputation was paramount.
"We're not telling you to close the store, just to give an explanation to public opinion. You need to think more about the big picture. Besides, you allowed external personnel to publicly smash the school's warehouse, and the impact of that event is also very negative. Teacher Bai, don't be biased just because it's your student,"
the balding leader's words were towering, speaking of the big picture, but clearly biased towards Luo Hao, and finally, he even tried to turn the tables.
"But that was to gather evidence, and indeed it was someone else's fault,"
"You still should have considered the school first. The warehouse was smashed, and with so much exposure, now every university in Hu Hai is discussing this. Do you realize the impact this will have? Or does Teacher Bai also support such actions?"
The school leadership clung to this issue.
Regardless of bias, this "punishing both sides" approach was indeed the fastest way to quell public opinion.
After all, it wasn't their benefits that were being compromised.
This accusation aimed to drag Bai Xin into the fray as well.
Xu Musen stepped forward, his gaze level with the several leaders, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, I did all this myself. It has nothing to do with Teacher Bai."