Chapter 65: The Director's Visit

  "Principal Chen, are we going to sacrifice a student's future for 500,000 yuan? Is this in line with our educational principles?" Lan Xing also got angry.

  "Teacher Lan Xiang, please mind your words. If you can bring me this 500,000, the school will not say a second word and leave Xie Fei Yu as a key seedling to cultivate, is that okay? But..." Just then, the phone on Chen Zongbang's office desk rang.

  "What? Director Lin from the Education Bureau has arrived? He's already entered the school grounds? Alright, alright, I'll get ready right away. You bring him to my office."

  "Teacher Lan Xiang, please go out first. This matter is settled like this, okay? Don't make any more emotional fuss." Chen Zongbang said as he stood up.

  "No, I'm not leaving. I want to talk to Director Lin about this!" Lan Xiang angrily tried to grab the test papers on the table, but Chen Zongbang was one step ahead and snatched them away, quickly shredding them into strips with a few loud "whirring" sounds from the paper shredder.

  Looking at the pile of torn paper, Lan Xing felt that her heart was also torn into such fine strips. Two glittering tears could no longer be controlled and rolled down from her pale face.

  "Hmm!" The slightly chubby middle-aged man let out a cold hum from his mouth, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

  "Teacher Lan Xiang, to be honest with you, Director Lin is here to discuss the science building project of our school. The situation with Xie Fei Yu has also been approved by him. If you know what's good for you, just go back and teach your class quietly. Leadership matters are not for you to interfere with." Chen Zong Bang sneered at Lan Xiang, his ugly expression making her feel particularly disgusted.

  "No, even if the test paper is gone, I must find the director and make it clear!" Lan Xing wiped away her tears and said firmly.

  "Don't know how to behave!" Chen Zongbang picked up the phone in his hand and dialed a number: "Hello, send two people over to my office to take Lan Xing away!"

  "Director Lin, this way, Principal Chen is waiting for you in the office." Suddenly, Director Xiao's voice came from downstairs. Chen Zongbang looked at Lan Xing who was still standing and not leaving. "Teacher Lan, if you dare to make trouble in front of Director Lin, you'll have to pack your bags and leave!"

  After finishing speaking, he then led the two middle-aged men out. Immediately afterwards, a warm and enthusiastic laughter echoed from the corridor.

  Chen Zongbang led a group of people into the office, including men and women, old and young. Those people took a glance at Lan Xing standing aside, thinking she was here to help prepare tea, so no one paid attention to her.

  "Little Chen, how's the thing with your school's science building going now?" Lin Ruobin asked seemingly casually.

  "Thanks to the leader's concern, you see, we are now in contact with Shi Jiaying, a well-known entrepreneur in the city, and he has agreed to help us solve the funding gap of 500,000 yuan. With this 500,000, our school will be able to start construction by the summer break this year." Chen Zongbang said humbly, his smile seemed to be bursting with joy.

  "Director Lin, this is conditional! Principal Chen wants to sell our school's students!" Lan Xing couldn't bear to look at Chen Zongbang's ugly face anymore and shouted loudly.

  Everyone stopped in their tracks and turned their faces towards Lan Xiang upon hearing this.

  "Lan Xing, what nonsense are you talking about? Director Xiao, take her out for me!" Chen Zongbang said to one side of Xiao Qingxiang.

  "Lan Xiang, let's go. With so many leaders here, what nonsense are you spouting?" Xiao Qingxiang walked over and dragged Lan Xiang out.

  The long-haired girl who had been following behind the crowd and hadn't said a word looked at Lan Xiang, whose face was pale with anxiety, and quickly moved closer to Director Lin. She whispered something in his ear. Director Lin nodded and gestured to Chen Zongbang: "Wait, let Teacher Lan come over and talk."

  Although Chen Zongbang was extremely reluctant when he heard this, he had no choice but to let Xiao Qingxiang take Lan Xiang back.

  "Is it Teacher Lan Xiang? Tell me, what's going on? What do you mean by selling students?" Lin Dao Ming pulled Lan Xiang to one side and even pulled over a chair for her to sit down.

  Lan Xing took a few deep breaths, calming her excited emotions, before speaking: "It's like this, our class has a student named Xie Feiyu, because he somehow offended Shi Zong, the condition Shi Zong set is that the school must expel him before he will give the school sponsorship fees. Can't you say that Principal Chen and the others are selling out the students?"

  "Xie Feiyu?" Nobody noticed that when the long-haired girl heard this name, her face suddenly changed color and she blurted out.

  As Lin Dao Ming's eyebrows gradually furrowed, Chen Zong Bang knew he had to step in and explain, although he had already reported the matter to Director Lin privately last night and Director Lin had agreed, but now in this public setting, he still had to take on the task of explaining.

  "Director Lin, it's not like that at all. Xie Feiyu is indeed on the list of people to be cleared out this time, but it's not some kind of transactional behavior. Rather, it was determined based on his past performance and achievements. Teacher Lan Xin, because she was rescued by Xie Feiyu during the Wang Bin database theft incident at school last week, personally didn't want to clear him out due to her feelings. Now, however, she's intentionally distorting this into some kind of buying and selling transaction - it's purely absurd talk!"

  "It's not like that, Director Lin. Xie Feiyu scored over 140 points in every subject this time, but Principal Chen still insists on expelling him, what's going on here?" Lan Xing's emotions became agitated again, she suddenly stood up and pointed at Chen Zongbang.

  "Little Chen, how's Xie Feiyu's score?" Lin Daoming also furrowed his brow, secretly resenting that he hadn't made himself clear last night, ending up in this passive situation.

  "No, Director. Xie Feiyu's grades have always been very poor. All the teachers in this grade can prove it. We can ask them at any time. Xie Feiyu's expulsion is completely in accordance with the regulations of our department." Chen Zongbang glared fiercely at Lan Xiang.

  "Chen Zongbang is lying, I just showed him the exam paper earlier." Lan Xing was thoroughly enraged.

  "Where's that test paper? Take it out and have a look!" Chen Zongbang looked at Lan Xing with a sly smile on his face. "Can't take it out, huh?"

  "The test paper was just destroyed by him." Lan Xing said angrily, grabbing the strips of paper in front of the shredder.

  "Hmph, do you think the director will believe such nonsense?" Chen Zongbang was quite pleased with his decisive action earlier. Otherwise, he would have been in a passive position by now. Now it's all good, no evidence to prove otherwise, as long as he insists that nothing happened, Xie Feiyu's resignation will become a natural outcome. As for Lan Xing, he had already thought of a plan, and soon he would tell her to pack up and get out!

  "Principal Chen, where is Lan Xiang?" Kang Mei Qin walked in with two other female teachers.

  "Director Lin, Director Kang, she has seen Xie Feiyu's exam paper this time, she can testify." Lan Xin was excited like a drowning person grabbing a straw when she saw Kang Meiqin.