Chapter 1443: Wise Principal Gu 3

The gossip about her on campus wasn't spread by the counselor; it was spread by her roommate, Xiao Qian!

After the matter blew up, although Young Master Qiao cleverly extricated himself, he was still affected by the fallout.

Young Master Qiao vented all his anger on Xiao Qian, blaming her for introducing a troublemaker to him.

Xiao Qian was scolded for no reason, so she spread rumors among the students; coupled with Lu Feifei threatening to jump off a building in the teacher's office, the counselor also had a poor opinion of her, which led to the current situation.

She walked quickly with her head down.

"Bang!"

She bumped into someone.

Damn it, and she bumped into an old man at that.

The old man staggered, nearly falling over.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Young lady, is your name Lu Feifei?" The old man smiled kindly; he didn't look like a bad person.

"I... am not!"

She was currently at the center of a storm, and out of an instinct to protect herself, she denied it.

"Oh, then I must have recognized the wrong person. Young lady, I'm sorry. Just now I was only focused on looking for someone and didn't watch where I was going. I'm the one who bumped into you. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

Lu Feifei hurried away.

The students passing by curled their lips and exposed her: "That is Lu Feifei. She's a celebrity in our university now, yet she still won't admit it."

"Exactly. It's a disgrace to be a classmate with someone like that. She threatened to jump off a building and wasn't expelled? Then no one needs to be afraid of making mistakes anymore. Even committing a crime is fine, as long as the crime isn't punishable by death, just threaten to jump. It works every time."

"Hee hee..."

Whether Lu Feifei heard these words or not is unknown.

But the old man heard them. The old man frowned slightly and quickened his pace toward his old friend's office building.

"Principal Gu? My god! Why did you come here yourself?"

The old man was recognized as the Principal of Jiangzhou University, and a crowd of people immediately swarmed around him.

Now, even if he wanted to keep a low profile, it was impossible, so he went to his old friend's office surrounded by everyone.

"Alright, you all go out. Don't stand here and hinder us two old brothers from chatting."

The irrelevant people were all shooed away by the Normal University Principal. He personally poured tea, brought fruit, and offered a cigarette... but halfway through offering the cigarette, he took it back: "I forgot you don't smoke."

"If you offer favors for no reason, you're either a traitor or a thief."

Principal Gu teased: "You must have done something you're sorry to me for to be this attentive."

"Stop pretending. The two schools are so close, yet you wouldn't take the initiative to come here once in a hundred years. Don't think I don't know why you came this time..."

The two had known each other since they were young and had decades of friendship, so they spoke casually.

Principal Gu said with a smile: "Don't say that. Let me guess, you must think I came to settle scores with you, right? You guessed wrong, I didn't."

"Stop fooling me. If you aren't here to settle scores, what could you be here for? Sigh!"

The Normal University Principal sighed and then began to pour out his grievances.

He said that such a terrible thing had happened, and he felt too ashamed to see his old friend. Originally, this matter should have been handled strictly for both public and private reasons, but that girl's actions were too terrifying.

She had pushed open the window and was about to jump; if it weren't for the teacher by the window reacting quickly, she would have jumped.

Both had been university principals for decades, so the stakes involved went without saying. Principal Gu also knew that good news doesn't leave the house, but bad news travels a thousand miles; it would spread until no one knew what it had turned into.

His old friend indicated that this matter could not just end like this and that he would definitely give him and his granddaughter an explanation...

Principal Gu had been smiling the whole time, but now he frowned and suddenly asked: "If my granddaughter weren't the party involved in this matter, but instead it were a girl from an ordinary family, would you still do this?"

Old friend:...

"I would, of course I would. This matter is indeed the fault of our school's Lu Feifei. I cannot protect my own people. No matter who the person involved was, the method of handling it would be the same."

"However..."

The Normal University Principal changed the subject and threw the difficult problem back: "I haven't been able to eat or sleep for the past few days because of this. Handling it strictly won't work, and handling it lightly isn't fair to Yuxin. You came at the right time today; give me an idea and tell me what I should do?"

The hot potato was tossed over, and Principal Gu caught it.

"It's easy. Cancel the disciplinary action against Lu Feifei as well, and just say it was a misunderstanding, and the misunderstanding has now been resolved."

Old friend:...

"Are you speaking in reverse, or are you joking with me?"

Principal Gu said: "Do you think I look like I'm joking with you about this kind of thing?"

He didn't look like it.

But why?

Even though the two were old friends and he had seen countless people, the Normal University Principal couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

"Leave a way out for others when dealing with people, so that you can meet again in the future."

Principal Gu said to his old friend: "You are too dogmatic. Being black and white isn't necessarily a good thing sometimes. Just do as I say."

The victim's family had already stated their position, so how could he not follow suit?

But it couldn't just pass by in a muddle; he had to let Lu Feifei know that the other party was magnanimous and was letting her off the hook.

The Principal instructed his secretary to find Lu Feifei and have her apologize and express her gratitude on the spot!

Upon learning that the Principal's secretary was looking for Lu Feifei, the roommates' eyes were filled with naked contempt.

Just as she walked out of the dormitory, the sound of her roommates gloating could be heard from behind.

"How about that? What did I say? Threatening people by jumping off a building doesn't work, does it? What's coming will come sooner or later..."

"A small arm wants to twist against a thigh? She doesn't know her own weight, trying to fight with the School Beauty of Jiang University, and turning herself into a joke!"

"Keep your voices down, don't let her hear you."

"So what if I heard it? What can they do? It's so embarrassing to be in the same dorm as someone like that; we get pointed at whenever we go out. I'm going to ask the teacher to have her moved..."

The Secretary counseled her, "Don't listen to what those people are spouting. Principal Gu is a very mild-mannered person; he isn't here to make things difficult for you."

"Thank you."

She thanked him sincerely.

In truth, Lu Feifei had become numb to these words from her roommates.

She had heard many insults even worse than this, and she had endured them all.

As long as she wasn't expelled, she could endure it!

With a university degree, she could have a decent job in the future; there would be hope, there would be everything.

At worst, she would just endure it for a few more years; it was no big deal.

But when she heard it was Principal Gu looking for her, she felt very anxious and uneasy.

Heaven is her witness, she truly didn't know Gu Yuxin's identity at the start; if she had known from the beginning, even if she were given several times the courage, she wouldn't have dared to do that.

Her intestines were green with regret, but there was nowhere to buy medicine for regret, so she could only bite the bullet and move forward.

The Secretary pushed open the door to the Principal's office: "Principal, Lu Feifei is here."

The Principal smoked, so the windows were open for ventilation.

The Secretary came in, closed all the windows, and then stood by the window in a posture of being ready for anything.

The damage was minimal, but the humiliation was extreme.

Principal Gu said to the Secretary, "We are just chatting about daily life, it's nothing. You go out; you have so many things to do, go get busy."