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The atmosphere in the office was quite strange. My father's gaze was probing, while my roommate's mother looked accusatory. The three college leaders, however, were all looking down, seemingly lost in their thoughts.
It was my father who spoke first. "So, you all think that my daughter defamed a teacher and are planning to expel her?"
"Not quite that serious," the counselor finally replied. "It's just that her actions have indeed caused me a lot of trouble and have had a negative impact on the school."
"You caused me trouble?" My father didn't respond to the counselor but turned to my roommate's mother. "Auntie, what do you think?"
"I..." My roommate's mother hesitated for a moment. "I think..."
"Auntie, please feel free to speak your mind," my father smiled. "Our Xiao Ning won't blame you."
"Sigh," my roommate's mother sighed. "I also find it quite troubling."
"You see," the counselor quickly interjected, "the eyes of the public are sharp."
"So how do you plan to handle my daughter?" my father continued to ask.
"Well..." The counselor looked at the dean again.
"It's not that serious," the dean hurriedly said. "We just hope she can delete the content and apologize, and then everything will be fine."
"Delete and apologize?" My father laughed. "If my daughter defamed you, doesn't that mean you also defamed her?"
"What do you mean?" The counselor was taken aback.
"You accepted money, didn't you?" My father said calmly.
"I..." The counselor's expression changed.
In the office, the counselor, dean, and Secretary were all stunned. They thought bringing in parents would intimidate us. They didn't expect our parents to be uncooperative.
"This parent, you see, we also have our difficulties," the dean said. "The school is currently evaluating us, and if this matter escalates, it won't be good for any of us."
"That's right," the Secretary quickly agreed. "So it's best if we resolve this internally and not let it escalate outside."
"And how do you plan to resolve it?" my father asked.
"Actually, it's quite simple," the dean said. "As long as Xiao Ning deletes the video and writes an apology letter, we won't pursue it further."
"Not pursue it?" My father laughed. "What do you plan to do? Expel her?"
"It's not that serious," the dean replied. "We just hope she won't make a fuss."
"What if she doesn't apologize?" my dad asked.
"Then..." the counselor couldn't hold back any longer.
"Then what?" my dad stared at the counselor.
The counselor fell silent.
"Nothing," the dean interjected, trying to ease the tension. "We will also provide Xiao Ning with some appropriate compensation."
"What kind of compensation?" my dad inquired.
"For example, a recommendation for graduate school," the dean replied.
"Dad, don't listen to them," I urged, feeling anxious. "They're lying."
"Yes, Uncle," my roommate quickly added, "they're deceiving Xiao Ning."
"I know," my dad nodded. "Don't worry, I have it under control."
"What do you think?" the dean smiled. "Is this condition acceptable?"
"Um..." my dad seemed to be pondering.
"What do you think?" the counselor began to feel smug. "We're being reasonable, right?"
"Reasonable?" my dad scoffed. "My daughter has defamed you; doesn't that mean you've defamed my daughter as well?"
"What do you mean?" the counselor was taken aback.
"You accepted money, didn't you?" my dad said calmly.
"I..." the counselor's expression changed dramatically.
"Accepting it means you accepted it; not accepting it means you didn't," my dad chuckled. "Honestly, I'm not that concerned."
"Then how does her accepting money relate to Xiao Ning?" my dad asked.
"How could it not relate?" the counselor grew anxious. "They are roommates."
"Well, you're colleagues too," my dad laughed. "So are you all in cahoots?"
"You..." the counselor was about to start cursing again.
"I'm recording this," my dad waved his phone, "watch your tone."
"Calm down, parent," the dean quickly intervened.
"Yes," Secretary also hurriedly said, "let's all speak nicely."
"What have you done to my daughter?" my roommate's mother finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"Auntie, please don't rush," my dad said. "I'll handle this."
My roommate's mother nodded and fell silent.
"Xiao Ning, turn off the video," my dad said.
I obediently turned off the video.
"You all go out for a bit," my dad looked at Brother Ma and Chen Qiang, "I want to talk to them alone."
Brother Ma and Chen Qiang glanced at me before leaving.
"Auntie, you should step out too," my dad said.
"Okay," my roommate's mother nodded and also went out.
Now, only my dad, the dean, the Secretary, and the counselor remained in the office.
I didn't know what they were discussing, but I vaguely sensed that my dad seemed to know about the dean's and the Secretary's family situations.
"Think it over yourselves," my dad said, "If you can't treat Xiao Ning and these kids fairly, then I can only turn a blind eye to your unfairness."
"You..." The dean's expression changed.
"Think it over," my dad opened the door and walked out.
"How did it go?" I hurriedly approached him.
"Don't worry," my dad smiled, patting my shoulder, "It's all fine now."
"Dad, thank you!" I hugged him tightly.
He patted my back: "Silly child."
A week later, our school's official Weibo account posted a notice regarding teachers violating professional ethics.
The notice stated that Counselor Qi from the School of Journalism, Dean So-and-so, and Secretary So-and-so had serious issues with their professional conduct, which had a negative impact. After discussion, it was decided to dismiss Qi and give reprimands to So-and-so and So-and-so.
The matter finally came to a close.
Although discussions about it continued online, the school seemed unwilling to pursue it further.
And we finally returned to our normal lives.
However, Brother Ma intentionally skipped the writing class exam and failed one subject.
"How's it going?" Brother Ma looked at us smugly, "I have to fail one subject so that Xiao Ning can tutor me, right?"
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