Chapter 39 The dust has settled
Chapter 39 The dust has settled
"Failed to contact the dean?"
Professor Liu looked extremely confused, and subconsciously looked at the vice president, hoping to get a firm negative answer from him so that he could calm down.
The vice president remained silent.
Then, Professor Liu saw the colleague who came to deliver the news, and his face turned pale in an instant, so he knew that what Gu Zhuo said was true.
"Such a lie."
Gu Zhuo looked at the vice president, shook his head and said, "It has no meaning in front of me."
Even if Chen Chi didn't tell him the truth, as long as the vice president said this in front of him, he could still come to this conclusion directly.
When people lie, there are more or less some very subtle changes. These hard-to-find details are so obvious to Gu Zhuo - because those voices that come from all things are lingering on the lake of his heart almost every moment, constantly nagging him about their discoveries in order to take credit for them.
"So you were lying just now~"
Lin Wanyi looked surprised and said worriedly, "Then the dean probably won't be able to use this Tongsheng Pill. Who else can the academy sell it to? I have to think about it carefully and find a way to stop it in advance."
When she said this, she deliberately added the word "nei" in many places and emphasized the pronunciation of the words, as if she had picked up a hammer and used the word "nei" as nails, hammering it into the vice president's chest over and over again to make the old man's heart bleed.
Gu Zhuo said, "Don't worry, no one will buy it."
Lin Wanyi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, patted his chest with some fear, and said, "Then I feel relieved."
After hearing these words, the other two people from Changzhou Academy were fine, but the vice-president's face became even more gloomy, which was even uglier than being forced to eat horse manure in public.
Just as the old man forced himself to calm down and was ready to throw away his face and continue the previous negotiation that had ended, he suddenly heard three words.
"See you off."
Lin Wanyi's voice was very gentle and extremely polite.
As the words fell, the servant of the Lin residence who had been standing aside immediately came to the deputy dean and gestured for him to leave.
The vice president ignored him and looked at Gu Zhuo. After a moment of silence, he asked in a deep voice, "What do you think?"
Gu Zhuo looked at the old man for a moment and said calmly, "Be more respectful."
The vice president understood, turned around and left, saying, "I... understand."
For some reason, the old man, who had always paid great attention to his appearance and made himself look energetic, suddenly became much older the moment he said this. There was cloudiness in his eyes and his body was hunched, and his aura and spirit plummeted.
The side hall was quiet.
Everyone understood that the destination of the Tongsheng Pill from Changzhou Academy had been completely determined at this moment.
Night has come.
Lin Wanyi turned and left.
Gu Zhuo followed him.
On the way to the library, the two remained silent until the end when they started talking.
Gu Zhuo turned his head, looked at Lin Wanyi's profile, and said seriously: "Thank you."
"what?"
Lin Wanyi was slightly startled, then she smiled happily, her smile was like the melting ice in spring and the blooming summer flowers.
The girl waved her sleeves lightly, and said in a clear and crisp voice: "You're welcome!"
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At noon the next day, a shocking news spread throughout Wangjing at an extremely fast speed. Led by the vice president, 16 highly respected professors of Changzhou Academy decided to resign on their own initiative. In the resignation letters written by the elders themselves, there was a common reason.
——That is, he felt that he had made a serious mistake in handling the matter of Gu Zhuo's expulsion from school, and that his decisions on many related issues were unethical as a teacher. Therefore, he no longer had the face to stay in Changzhou Academy.
Generally speaking, in a letter of resignation, the person resigning will usually be vague about his or her actions for the sake of respectability, and the person receiving the letter will often accept this ambiguity, which is considered a tacit understanding between each other.
After all, the matter has been settled and there is no need to pursue it further.
When Cheung Chau Academy was facing a crisis, this group of old people who had spent half their lives in the academy finally gave up on escaping and chose to take up their responsibilities head on, without deceiving themselves any more.
The local official in Wangjing who had dinner with Gu Zhuo yesterday couldn't help but have a very strange expression after learning about this. He thought to himself, I just told you yesterday that we should put pressure on Changzhou Academy, but before I could do anything, you've already solved it all?
Not only this official had the same mood, but also Chen Chi, who got up after noon.
The powerful man from the Sky Patrol Department was very confused. He thought that Gu Zhuo should have finished the matter. Then, should he continue to conceal it for Changzhou Academy?
With such doubts, he quickly washed up and rushed to Baicao Garden to ask about the confusion in his heart.
"Continue to hide it?"
Chen Chi once again thought he had misheard and frowned as he asked, "Did those old men make a deal with you? In exchange for my resignation, you help to conceal this news?"
"No."
Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "This is my own decision."
Chen Chi was puzzled and asked, "Why do you do this?"
Gu Zhuo said: "It's not suitable yet."
It was still the same reason as before - if the news leaked out at this time, it would definitely cause panic among the students preparing for the summer festival.
Chen Chi understood his thoughts and said, "So we'll let the news spread after the summer festival?"
Gu Zhuo said: "Yeah."
Nowadays, the imperial court has explicitly stipulated that the time for academies to recruit students is after the summer festival, which is early autumn and late summer.
By that time, making the current situation of Changzhou Academy known to the public would not only serve as a reminder to later generations, but also give room to the gentlemen who have just come to power in the academy to clean up the mess.
——It is said that the professor who will take charge of the academy next is the one who signed Gu Zhuo’s application for withdrawal.
Chen Chi thought that this consideration was a bit too detailed.
At this point, he lost interest in Changzhou Academy. He glanced around the room casually and suddenly discovered a problem.
"Are you planning to move out of Baicao Garden?"
"Ah."
"Tsk tsk, you're not going to move back to the Lin family, are you?"
"You think too much."
Gu Zhuo shook his head slightly, pretending not to hear the teasing implication in the words.
After only knowing each other for half a month, his relationship with Lin Wanyi had indeed made great progress. From allies with common interests at the beginning, they became true friends who could talk to each other all the time.
At this time, as long as he was willing to ask, Lin Wanyi would probably be willing to let him stay for a long time to save some money.
But he is not that short of money now, so the reason for making this decision is simple and pure.
"I plan to leave Wangjing early."
Gu Zhuo looked at Chen Chi and said calmly, "Let's go to the capital."
(End of this chapter)