My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 275 The situation continues to ferment!!

"I heard she was an officer at Jinzhou’s number one cotton textile factory’s Broadcasting Station. Despite her young age, her career has taken off, and she’s been featured in several newspapers already."

"Impressive! No wonder she managed to achieve that score."

"It’s such a shame for the young girl."

"Yes, if she had made it into university, she might have become our junior..."

Jing City, with its numerous institutions of higher education, attracts brilliant talents from all over the country.

Among them are many from less fortunate family backgrounds.

Hearing this news, it was hard not to feel like a victim of power abuse.

Instantly, these people banded together.

In their hearts, they felt an unusual closeness and sympathy for the legendary Lin Tang.

Some students, whose sense of justice was through the roof—

Some wrote letters to newspapers.

Others to Xia Ru’s school.

And some even went as far as to pull out small banners.

They requested the school to issue a new admission notice for Lin Tang.

Even those who usually did nothing but watch from the sidelines felt an indescribable fondness for her after hearing her story.

They admired the young girl for her diligence and intelligence, truly an exemplar of the new era’s women, with a spirit of never giving up that deserved everyone’s learning.

Jing City’s top university saw the situation getting worse, and its reputation, once the best in the nation, plummeted to rock bottom in an instant.

Every day, they received letters like a relentless barrage of arrows.

Even the newspapers began publishing articles that negatively impacted the school.

Upon seeing this, the school authorities realized this wouldn’t do.

If this continued, their school’s reputation would be dragged through the mud.

The leadership convened an overnight meeting.

They all scrambled for solutions!

The balding Principal, because of this incident, had two more wrinkles on his face.

Seeing everyone present, he got straight to the point,

"What are your thoughts? Let’s hear them!"

Unanimously, eyes turned to the newly-appointed admissions officer, whose temples had turned much grayer recently.

As for the former one, he had been sent where he was supposed to go.

The new admissions officer: "..."

"Let’s listen to the voice of the masses! Issue an official document to urge Comrade Xia Ru to withdraw, record the incident in her file, and then have it sent back to her registered place of residence."

"Lastly, based on Lin Tang’s wishes, standardize the required materials for admission to prevent such incidents from happening again..."

He combined several points from Lin Tang’s published article along with the letters received during this period to make a few suggestions.

The Principal thought it was very reasonable and nodded.

Looking at the others,

"Does anyone else have suggestions?"

Asked by the superiors, even those with nothing particular to say had to come up with a few words.

"Director Kou’s summary was very thorough! However, I have a question, what about Lin Tang?"

Pretending nothing happened was unrealistic.

Letting her return to school to continue her studies didn’t comply with the rules.

This was a difficult matter!

Another person said, "Indeed, this is a problem. A slight mishandling of it could send our school’s reputation into the abyss."

The seated Principal continued to inquire, "What are all your thoughts?"

The medical Professor Chu Yue, who should have recruited the intelligent Lin Tang but instead mistakenly brought in Xia Ru, the pig-brained student, suddenly spoke up.

"In this matter of mistaken identity, our school certainly bears half the responsibility."

"In my opinion, we should compensate, sincerely publish an apology, and inform Lin Tang of the school’s decision."

"I advise that we send someone personally, to show a little more sincerity."

Immediately, a different head of a department raised an objection.

"I agree with compensation and informing her of the decision, but is publishing an apology really necessary?"

No sooner had his opposing view been voiced than another person spoke up.

"I also think publishing an apology is overdoing it. It could affect the school’s reputation and be detrimental to future admissions."

The new admissions officer furrowed his brow, disagreeing, "If we’ve done something wrong, why shouldn’t we apologize? How does apologizing affect the school’s reputation?"

"It’s refusal to mend one’s ways that does. Education is about nurturing people, transmitting attitudes to life and social interaction. For the school to teach the students a lesson directly, from a different perspective, isn’t that a positive thing?"

The entire meeting room fell silent.

After a long while.

The Principal decisively announced, "Let’s proceed as Professor Chu suggests. Professor Chu, this matter is in your hands now. Everyone else, provide support as needed. The meeting is over; go on with your work."

Having said that, he stood up and left the office.

Chu Yue, "?!"

This turn of events was quite unexpected.

The meeting room was silent for half a minute before others stood up one by one, patting him reassuringly on the shoulder.

"This is going to be tough for you, Director Chu!"

"Seems like a good chance to meet the Lin Tang you’ve been wanting to see."

"If you need help with anything, just say the word."

Before long, only Chu Yue was left in the office.

Then, a deep sigh echoed in the empty meeting room.

"One more cunning than the next!"

Grumbling to himself, he rubbed his face and left the meeting room.

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At the Red Star commune in Anping County.

Zhang Qingqing, who spread the malicious rumors, was at home eagerly waiting for Lin Tang’s bad luck.

She held out for two days, not apologizing.

Rather than hearing about Lin Tang’s misfortune, she learned about the downfall of the Xia Family.

After hearing about this from her family, it took Zhang Qingqing a while to come to terms with it.

Finally snapping back to reality, she blurted out,

"Mom, is what you just said true? The Xia Family has fallen? That’s impossible."

Zhang’s mother had long been dissatisfied with her staying at home and not going to work for the past two days.

At these words, she retorted irritably, "Would I lie to you? Xia Zhihao was arrested two days ago and hasn’t returned yet. Everyone’s saying that the Xia Family is finished..."

Life’s fortunes truly are unpredictable!

Zhang Qingqing was dumbstruck.

In her eyes, the Xia Family was like an untouchable giant tree.

Impossible to fall.

How could it be?

With that thought, Zhang Qingqing hurriedly ran towards the Xia Household.

"You brat, where are you going?" Zhang’s mother followed her to the door, scolding.

"You skip work, you don’t do chores at home, what use are you? I never should’ve let you quit your job!!"

The woman’s chest heaved with anger.

Just thinking about the time when she tried to pry a few dollars of pocket money from Zhang Qingqing’s hands, only to be outsmarted and lose her job in the process, made her feel like spitting blood.

Zhang Qingqing ignored the insults reaching her ears and soon arrived at the Xia Household.

Today, the Xia Family looked particularly desolate.

The room that used to bustle with visitors was now pitifully quiet.

Even those passing by the door seemed eager to take a detour.

When the door was knocked, Xia Ru was sitting in the quiet living room with a gloomy expression; Dong Xiaolian was nowhere to be seen.

At the sound, Xia Ru stood up from the floor and opened the door.

Seeing Zhang Qingqing at the door, she seemed taken aback.

Zhang Qingqing, her former lackey.

"Why are you here?" Xia Ru’s voice was hoarse, as if she hadn’t spoken in days.

"...I came to see you," Zhang Qingqing replied hesitantly, moving her lips.

She could hardly believe that this disheveled person before her was once the proud figure who looked down on everything.

Xia Ru’s eyes were filled with darkness as she replied sarcastically, "To see me? To laugh at me, right?"

She had not expected that in just a few days, she would find herself in such a humiliating position.