Teacher Li was heading to the office, and while it wasn’t yet time to leave work, she had hoped to sneak out a bit early.
Little did she know that Wang Changshi would call her back with a phone call, telling her there had been a mix-up.
She thought it over and couldn’t figure out what she could have done wrong.
She had only dealt with one thing today, that new visiting student.
Could it be related to that?
Back in the office, as expected, she finally found out what went wrong, she had filled in the student’s department incorrectly.
But she breathed a sigh of relief.
That Bai Xiao was just a country bumpkin from Yun Province, and he didn’t seem to have any notable connections; if he had, someone would surely have tipped her off in advance, and he wouldn’t have had to haul his luggage to report by himself.
This was a conclusion she had drawn from her years of working experience—looking down on people as if she had ’dog eyes’ was something she had discerned herself.
Inside, she felt exceedingly confident.
These kinds of issues, when dealing with powerless common folk, were always handled routinely, right?
Was it really worth summoning her back so urgently?
"Old Wang, you’re not being fair. Was this matter really worth my coming all this way?"
She was indignant, as she was in the middle of grocery shopping.
Her whole family was waiting for her to cook dinner at home; one doesn’t realize how expensive household provisions are until they’re the one managing finances.
She could tell that Wang Changshi was one of those who were waited on hand and foot, oblivious to how things are different for women and men.
"Now you think you’re in the right? Bai Xiao went to see the principal."
Of course, Wang Changshi knew which direction Bai Xiao had gone.
"Let her look. Am I afraid of her?"
The principal was Teacher Li’s senior by schooling and she still had some clout with him.
So long as she didn’t make any major blunders, the principal wouldn’t come down on her too harshly.
"You’re causing a child to miss out on a great future," Wang Changshi said with deep concern and frustration.
Teacher Li slammed the door, "A busybody meddling in affairs that do not concern him."
And she left.
Wang Changshi was left speechless by the retort! This matter wasn’t within his remit, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Thinking of the student he had just seen, he sighed in pity.
But he was just a minor office teacher; it wasn’t his place to get involved in such matters.
Apart from sighing, there was nothing else he could do.
Director Liu Hongmin was on his way to his office, thinking about how to arrange the next day’s hospital internship for the students, as the tree-lined campus paths were dotted with groups of students. This batch of students was due for their practicum, and many people with connections were waiting for him back at the office.
Being a leader was not as comfortable as it seemed.
Then, all of a sudden, he was startled by the loud blast of a car horn, which caught him off guard and irritated him greatly; he thought, this is a campus, who allowed you to drive like this?
He looked up, displeased, prepared to scold the driver when his eyes caught sight of the license plate on the car: Magic A10000!
A chill immediately rose from the base of Liu Hongmin’s spine.
My goodness! Wasn’t that the Health Bureau’s official car? Which leader had come to the school, and he had just blocked their way?
At almost the same moment, Liu Hongmin deftly leaped aside, holding his breath and watching the direction of the car, trying to see who the driver and the passenger were!
Yu Shaoyan hadn’t noticed this detail at all, feeling delighted that his father had asked him to pick up Bai Xiao to bring her home for a visit. He had prepared himself for all kinds of rejection, but to his surprise, she agreed right away.
Suddenly, he felt his older brother had been exaggerating.
This girl was actually very considerate.
Driving off, leaving a cloud of dust behind, Liu Hongmin caught a glimpse of the driver—it was none other than the Director Yu of the Health Bureau, and it nearly made him fall over.
The Director of the Health Bureau driving personally, and the female student in the back looked unfamiliar; could she be a relative of the Yu Family?
But that wasn’t right.
He hadn’t received any reports about a new student with connections arriving.