Chapter 67 - 67 67 Unable to Withstand the Pressure

67: Chapter 67: Unable to Withstand the Pressure 67: Chapter 67: Unable to Withstand the Pressure In the small conference room of Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School, Principal Zhou Min, Vice Principals Li Yingjie and Zhang Weiqi, Political Education Director Song An, Deputy Directors Li Wu and Zhou Liang, Academic Affairs Director Xie Deming, Deputy Director Lai Gang, Liu Guoqing, Home Class Teacher Li Molian, and other school leaders of Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School were gathered for a meeting. Now, Zhou Min was drinking tea, while the other leaders were either smoking or drinking tea. They were discussing whether or not to really expel Ye Qiu. Now that the school finally had an outstanding senior student, expelling him would certainly affect Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School’s college entrance rate and other aspects. Most importantly, these leaders were well aware that it was incredibly rare to have a student who might become the top scorer in the college entrance exam, so they naturally didn’t want to expel him. However, the district education bureau had called, pressuring them to expel him as soon as possible. “Home Class Teacher Li, what exactly happened? Please explain clearly.” Political Education Director Xie Deming said. “Director Xie, here’s what happened. According to Ye Qiu, that night, Zhang Wei and four other students called him to the restroom. There might have been some conflict between them. Zhang Wei and his group wanted to teach Ye Qiu a lesson, but unexpectedly, they got beaten back by Ye Qiu. Now, Zhang Wei is dissatisfied and informed his parents, who are now putting pressure on our school to expel Ye Qiu.” Li Molian explained. “So, does this mean that Zhang Wei was in the wrong first?” Xie Deming asked again. “Based on my investigation from other students, that’s correct.” “Is Ye Qiu’s joint exam score real?” The school leaders present all knew that if Ye Qiu were just an ordinary underperforming student, they wouldn’t be so conflicted and would have expelled him directly. But now, what troubled them was the possibility of expelling a student who might become the top scorer in the college entrance exam, which would be a significant loss for Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School. “Director Xie, I can assure you that it’s real because many other subject teachers reported that Ye Qiu could substitute for their classes.” Based on this, Li Molian believed Ye Qiu’s exam scores were genuine. After all, if he could substitute for teachers, how could he be faking it? As for why his grades were poor in the previous three years, Li Molian couldn’t figure it out. “So, what do you all think we should do about this?” Principal Zhou Min asked. He didn’t want to expel Ye Qiu because it would affect his performance record. On the other hand, the pressure from above was immense. “Principal Zhou, I suggest we let Ye Qiu go home and rest for now since the college entrance exam is still two months away. We should be able to resolve this issue in that time. Also, Home Class Teacher Li should counsel Zhang Wei, asking him to explain everything to his parents and to stop those officials from pressuring our school.” Xie Deming proposed. Zhou Min and the other school leaders thought this was a viable plan and agreed on it for the time being. Sёarᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. After leaving the conference room, Li Molian went to the classroom, glanced briefly at Ye Qiu and Zhang Wei, and then called Zhang Wei out. “Zhang Wei, come with me to the office.” Zhang Wei cast a sinister and triumphant look at Ye Qiu, then left the classroom and followed Li Molian to the office. Once inside, Li Molian asked, “Zhang Wei, as the class monitor, shouldn’t you consider the class’s well-being more?” “Home Class Teacher, I’ve always been considering the class.” “So, what happened between you and Ye Qiu? Why did you tell your parents, causing them to pressure the school to expel Ye Qiu?” Li Molian thought for a moment and asked. Zhang Wei didn’t expect it to reach this point, but it seemed almost certain that Ye Qiu would be expelled. However, he still appeared innocent and said, “Home Class Teacher, here’s what happened. That night, I saw Ye Qiu having a conflict with Su Luoluo, so I called him to the restroom, intending to talk things over while using the restroom myself. Unexpectedly, Ye Qiu beat me and Li Qiang and the other four, and also forced me to eat feces. You know, I felt very uncomfortable, so I took two days off and told my parents about it. My parents doted on me as their only child and called to discuss this with you, asking you to expel Ye Qiu. But now, I don’t know how the other leaders found out.” Li Molian knew this matter was not as simple as it seemed. Clearly, there were other underlying reasons. “Can you discuss with your parents and ask them not to press those education bureau leaders to pressure the school anymore? You know that Ye Qiu has been your classmate for three years and the college entrance exam can affect and change one’s destiny. This will not be good for Ye Qiu’s future.” Zhang Wei listened but only sneered inwardly with a sense of triumph. Ye Qiu’s fate was irrelevant to him, as was whether his future would be affected. As long as Ye Qiu got expelled and quickly driven away, Zhang Wei would feel avenged. Who cared about Ye Qiu’s grades? The better his grades, the happier Zhang Wei would be. “Home Class Teacher, I’ll do my best. I’ll talk to my parents.” Zhang Wei said. “Alright, you can go back now.” Li Molian said. After Zhang Wei left the office, he immediately called his mother, Liu Ying, and told her that the school leaders were close to succumbing to the pressure and that Ye Qiu needed only one more push to be expelled. Liu Ying talked to Zhang Wei’s father, Zhang Dongliang, who then made phone calls to his acquainted officials. Although it was just a simple phone call from Zhang Dongliang to those officials, when they in turn called Principal Zhou of Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School, Zhou Min felt overwhelmed and could only instruct the Political Education Office to give Ye Qiu a major demerit and then expel him. Of course, this was only a delay tactic because the pressure from above was unbearable. During the third class of the morning, Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School’s broadcast station announced that Ye Qiu had assaulted Zhang Wei and Li Qiang and other five students in the boys’ restroom, and forced Zhang Wei to eat feces. The Political Education Office of Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School had decided to give Ye Qiu a major demerit and expel him from the high school. As soon as this broadcast aired, Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School was in an uproar. Originally, Ye Qiu had always been a timid, cowardly, self-abasing underperforming student, but after saving school beauty Su Luoluo in a car accident, he seemed to have become a completely different person upon returning. When Ye Qiu had beaten Zhang Wei and his group in the boys’ restroom, word had already spread, but only a portion of the students had witnessed it and many others still found it hard to believe. Later, when Ye Qiu scored a perfect score in the city’s joint exams, achieving the top rank, it shocked the entire Jiangbei No. 3 Middle School. Unexpectedly, the school was now going to give Ye Qiu a major demerit and expel him. In Senior Three Class Three, the classmates turned their gazes towards Ye Qiu and Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei felt very triumphant and his eyes towards Ye Qiu were filled with malice. However, Ye Qiu, who was reading a novel, seemed oblivious. Liu Lingxiu nervously came over and said, “Ye Qiu, what should we do now? Should I go find my uncle and see what’s going on?”