Chapter 746: Losing Face
"Yes, our Vice Principal Zhao is so approachable, always keen to understand the actual living conditions of the students. If you have any difficulties, seeking Vice Principal Zhao’s help can’t be wrong." Liu Hongmin served tea to Bai Xiao and Vice Principal Zhao.
Bai Xiao leaned back onto the sofa, smiling faintly without a word, waiting to see how Vice Principal Zhao would handle the matter.
Vice Principal Zhao also understood that he was being waited on for his stance.
"Director Li, do you realize how grave a mistake you’ve committed? As a director of the Office of Political Education and Counseling, you should hold yourself to an even stricter standard. How much harm can even a small mistake cause to a student? For such an outstanding student as Bai Xiao, if she were delayed in her learning progress due to your oversight, could you be responsible for the consequences?
You are being derelict in your duty to our education department. Having made a mistake, you must correct it. Starting now, go immediately to the education bureau and rectify Bai Xiao’s record.
Also, you are to return here, suspend your duties, and undergo investigation. Seriously reflect on your mistakes, until you recognize what you’ve done wrong."
This was a severe punishment; Director Li had essentially been sidelined.
What was nicely termed a suspension pending investigation could lead to an indefinite absence from work.
As long as Bai Xiao remained at the school, Vice Principal Zhao would never allow Director Li to come near her again to find trouble. Bai Xiao was now the one he desperately needed to curry favor with, his very own Goddess of Wealth.
It was just Director Li, after all, merely a student of his own teacher.
By then, Vice Principal Zhao had already decided that he couldn’t let Director Li interfere with his own ascension.