"Lin Tian, rest assured, the school will investigate thoroughly and make the fairest judgement, and we will never wrong excellent students like you." Principal Yan assured with a serious expression. After hesitating for a moment, he added, "However, since the complaint letter has been directly sent to me, I must make a gesture to prevent others from gossiping, which wouldn’t be good for you either, right?"
The words sounded grand and honorable. Students complaining about teachers, and even about school leaders, were not few, so why didn’t you make a gesture then? Lin Tian was quite skeptical internally.
"Hehe, Principal Yan, naturally you have your difficulties, but who exactly is complaining against us?" Lin Tian asked.
"This..." Principal Yan unconsciously glanced at his desk, hesitated for a long time, but didn’t reveal anything.
Seeing his expression, Lin Tian figured out that the complaint letter was not anonymous but a named complaint. Otherwise, as a principal, he could ignore an anonymous letter.
"Let me guess, could it be Sun Decai?" As Lin Tian said this name, he stared intently into Principal Yan’s eyes, wanting to know his genuine reaction.
Unfortunately, Principal Yan’s eyes showed no surprise but rather confusion. Could it not be Sun Decai? Lin Tian was also puzzled.
"Lin Tian, please don’t make it difficult for me," Principal Yan said.
Lin Tian just smiled and did not respond, but his probing gaze had already moved to the principal’s desk. There were many documents on the desk, but under a book rested a kraft paper envelope, the seal of which was already open, revealing half a sheet of white paper.
When Principal Yan unconsciously looked at the desk, it was very likely that this was the complaint letter. Lin Tian’s mind raced, and he peered into the contents of the letter through his perceptive gaze.
In his perceptive view, Lin Tian saw his and Xiao Manxue’s names. The content was indeed similar to what the principal had mentioned, but besides a few lines, the rest was filled with signatures, easily more than a dozen names at a glance.
Could so many people have grievances against me? That shouldn’t be right, Lin Tian was stunned seeing those names. But upon spotting the name "Guo Heng," Lin Tian understood everything.
Guo Heng was the captain of the basketball team, a person Lin Tian had almost forgotten existed. This simple-minded, physically adept guy was always just cannon fodder for people like Sun Decai, sold without even knowing it.
This so-called basketball team captain had surely gathered a bunch of teammates to sign a collective complaint, Lin Tian could guess as much with the mere reasoning of his toes. These people were mostly from wealthy families, though none as affluent as the Bai Family but all with substantial family assets.
Their families had connections and had d to Xikou City High School before. Just because of this, Principal Yan couldn’t possibly ignore them, after all, he was just a principal.
"Hehe..." Lin Tian chuckled meaningfully and shook his head slightly.
Principal Yan looked embarrassed. He didn’t know Lin Tian could see the complaint list through perspective vision, but judging by his expression, he thought this discerning student had likely guessed something.
"Lin Tian..." for the first time ever, Principal Yan didn’t use ’student’ but called him by his name, he said, "Judging from your expression, you’ve probably guessed that the people who complained are ones I couldn’t ignore. Do you look down on me as a principal, compromising with some students’ parents behind them?"
"Hehe, Principal Yan naturally has your difficulties, as a student, what else can I comment on?" Lin Tian laughed and spoke nonchalantly.
Possibly stimulated by the tone and expression of Lin Tian, Principal Yan’s face underwent an awkward phase, then he said somewhat excitedly: "You’re right, I have to compromise with these parents, and also with parents like Sun Hai and your Xiao Family, after all, I am merely a principal."
Lin Tian looked at Principal Yan somewhat surprised, not expecting him to dare to speak in front of a student, and judging from the tone, there was helplessness and even a hint of frustration.
"Our school, as the top-ranked high school in Xikou City, among all schools in the city, has the best teachers, the best facilities, and the highest progression rate, even nationally recognized as a premier high school, a model institution, do you think this is possible with just my passion alone?"
"Without the wealthy’s donations, we are just an ordinary school. That latest computer block, including the computers inside, was d by the Xiao Family, the multimedia classrooms, also funded, the modern library, also funded. With just the state’s funding, we couldn’t even establish half of this scale. Could I not compromise?" Principal Yan said looking at Lin Tian, speaking passionately.
In front of this young student, for some reason, Principal Yan didn’t regard him as just a student, and revealed everything. Lin Tian was also surprised he could be so passionate. Xiao Manxuan was well aware that many of the school’s facilities were d.
Principal Yan calmed down, stood up, walked to the side of the office, took out a folder, and returned.
"Lin Tian, take a look, this is the second reason why I asked you to come here," Principal Yan handed the folder to Lin Tian, and said.
Lin Tian, not understanding his intentions, took the folder and opened it, a document typed in black letters on white paper, titled: ’Notification of Xikou City High School regarding the direct admission list to prestigious universities,’ two pages long, with the latter page listing the students’ names.
Casually browsing, Lin Tian saw that the first name on the direct admission list was Xiao Manxuan, and the second was Lin Tian, followed by names like Sun Decai and Guo Heng.
Exempt from the college entrance exam, directly admitted to prestigious universities, Lin Tian of course knew the importance of this list. He glanced at Xiao Manxuan, the little girl didn’t seem surprised at all, seemingly aware of these matters.
"Principal Yan, some of these people have good academic performance, and I have no issue with that, but Sun Decai and Guo Heng, both of whose character and academic results are very poor, how are they qualified to be on this direct admission list?" Lin Tian frowned slightly as he spoke.
"This is the result of compromise," Principal Yan simply said.
"There must be reasons for them being on the direct admission list, otherwise, it won’t be me who is complained about, but you," Lin Tian questioned, puzzled.
"Reasons are made up by people, athletic specialties, outstanding contributions in sports competitions, etc., all these can become reasons," Principal Yan said, but he also knew how contrived his reasons sounded.
"Principal Yan, I don’t need the direct admission, please strike my name off it," Xiao Manxuan suddenly said, her tone indifferent to the direct admission but filled with strong confidence in her own abilities.
Seeing this list, Lin Tian had already anticipated this outcome. With this little girl’s pride, how could she possibly accept direct admission? He just laughed and said, "I also don’t need the direct admission, the name ’Lin Tian’ doesn’t need to appear on it."
Lin Tian and Xiao Manxuan looked at each other, both showing the same expression: I knew you would do that.
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