bookcurios Chapter 25 Xi Hua's Anger
Chapter 25 Xi Hua's Anger
The principal's sudden appearance caused the usually composed Director Chen to show a look of panic.
"Principal, what brings you here..." Director Chen quickly went to greet him, trying to subtly lure the principal away.
The principal shoved him aside without any politeness, walked up to Xi Yu, and looked at the exam paper on the virtual projection that had not been graded at all.
"Director Chen, Teacher Zheng, aren't you going to explain this?"
The principal's angry voice made Director Chen's heart tremble. He kept thinking of reasons to exonerate himself, but before he could come up with any, the principal had already launched an attack.
"This isn't an explanation to me, it's an explanation to that group of reporters outside the school gate!!"
"A reporter!?" Director Chen was taken aback. What reporter?
"Look for yourself! All those reporters gathered outside the school gate are here because of this!" The principal, furious, pulled up a video on his personal terminal on his wrist and played it.
Looking at the projected virtual image, Teacher Zheng's face instantly lost all color.
The video was clearly taken from a hidden angle, but nobody seems to care. The important thing is that the video clearly shows Mr. Zheng's face and him hiding a cheating device in one of the desk drawers when the classroom was empty.
The video became a topic of debate among netizens across the empire within just a few hours.
How despicable it is that a teacher would frame his own student! If even teachers lack morality, what right do they have to teach children?
"This...this...I knew nothing about this!" Director Chen was only thinking about exonerating himself; he truly hated Teacher Zheng! He'd been dragged into this for no reason!
"You didn't know? If you didn't know, would you have secretly made the students retake the exam? And you kept it from me and the other teachers!?" The principal couldn't believe his lies, but now, for the sake of the school's reputation, someone had to take the blame!
The principal stared at the two of them, finally fixing his gaze on Teacher Zheng: "Teacher Zheng, your behavior was improper and you abused your power as a teacher. The school has decided to dismiss you immediately! And you, Director Chen! You acted unfairly, wrongly accusing a student before the matter was fully investigated. You are suspended for one month until further notice!"
Director Chen gritted his teeth. If he were suspended from his duties, his record would be stained, and he would have no chance of promotion in the future. He would probably even be demoted! But he had no other choice now.
Teacher Zheng slumped in her chair, her face ashen.
In an attempt to quell the dispute, the principal pushed forward Mr. Zheng, the culprit, but the reporters were clearly not going to let it go so easily, relentlessly pressing for details and information about the victimized student.
Xi Yu's name and identity were not made public online, so reporters did not know her.
She had just stood up when she heard Xi Hua's anxious voice. Turning her head, she saw Xi Hua running towards her.
"Mother?"
Xi Yu was held tightly in her arms, as if she were protecting her own offspring.
“It’s alright, it’s alright, Xiaoyu, don’t be afraid, Mommy is here…” Xi Hua, who came to comfort the child, was the first to have tears in her eyes and kept choking up.
Her beloved daughter was facing the predicament of being framed and wronged all by herself, without her knowing anything! She felt sorry for her daughter's suffering and wished she could take it all on for her.