"Good morning, Teacher Zhang. You look really smart in this outfit today-----"
"Teacher Li, are you having tea? Teacher Qin, I knew the newspaper must be in your hand----"
When Fang Yan walked into the office, he smiled and greeted every teacher he met. Because Lu Chaoge acquired Suzaku, and Fang Yan was Lu Chaoge's spokesperson in the school, he had very little experience in the school but a very high status, so no one would come to attack or expel him. That would be self-humiliating.
However, Fang Yan is a good man who is neither arrogant when he wins nor complacent when he loses. Although he has now made a comeback from a grassroots level, he does not act superior. No matter which teacher he meets, he will greet them warmly and proactively. He also does some small chores such as changing water and mopping the floor in the office, and even often shares the good tea he got from his grandfather and Lu Chaoge with everyone to taste - he truly respects his elders, unites his colleagues, treats people with sincerity and attracts people with courtesy.
Because Fang Yan is humble in life and high in work, his colleagues treat him differently. Everyone smiles when they see him, and he is often invited to dinner parties. Of course, most of those dinner parties were turned down by Fang Yan. Because he really has more important things to do.
"Teacher Fang. I heard that students in your class had a fight with students from the Ivy League? They even beat the students from the Ivy League school so hard that they had to be hospitalized?" Teacher Zhang, who was wearing a red woolen coat and holding a teacup in his hand, asked Fang Yan.
"Teacher Zhang has also heard about it?" Fang Yan asked with a smile.
"I heard about it, too." Teacher Li said. "I heard that Chang Qingteng was making a scene and said that we would not have an easy life. One of my college classmates is a teacher in the key Ivy League class."
"It's common for students to have some friction with each other. Why are they making such a fuss? Why are they saying that we can't have an easy life? Why didn't they react so strongly when Ivy League students bullied our students in the past?"
"That's right. Their students are treasures, but our students are weeds? That's too much."
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Seeing the office in a state of outrage and everyone standing on his side, Fang Yan felt warm in his heart. Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, this feeling was much happier than facing all the storms alone before.
Fang Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the matter has been resolved."
"Is it solved?" Teacher Zhang asked with a puzzled look on his face: "You apologized?"
"No."
"That's right. Your apology is useless. If they insist on it, it will probably be Director Li Mingqiang or Vice President Chen who will handle it. They have high standards."
"Director Li Mingqiang and Vice President Chen should have just learned about this matter-----"
"Is that Principal Zhang?"
Fang Yan waved his hand and said, "Principal Zhang is very busy with work, how can he have time to deal with such trivial matters?"
"No one showed up?" Teacher Li, who was thin but wise, looked at Fang Yan suspiciously and said, "Ivy is so easy to talk to this time? He was not like this before."
Fang Yan smiled and said, "Maybe they know they are in the wrong."
At this moment, Zheng Jing, deputy director of the principal's office, walked up.
Zheng Jing was the person Jiang Jian arranged to assist or monitor Lu Chaoge in the school. After Lu Chaoge left, Zheng Jing became a useless pawn. Jiang Zhuliu gave up on him, and Lu Chaoge would not take him away, so he became a dispensable little person in the office, and his life was very miserable.
After not seeing each other for many days, Zheng Jing's fat face had become thinner. He looked at Fang Yan with a smile on his face and said in a flattering way, "Good morning, Teacher Fang. When I came, I thought you were not in the office. I was just about to go to your home. I didn't expect that Teacher Fang would come to the office so early."
"Teacher Fang never comes late or leaves early." Teacher Zhang said.
"That's right. We can come, but Teacher Fang is too young to come?" someone added.
"You talk as if Teacher Fang is often not in the office-----" This blow was even more ruthless.
There was nothing wrong with what Zheng Jing said. If he still had the prestige of the former deputy director of the office, everyone would pretend not to notice the problem even if there was something wrong with the statement.
However, Zheng Jing, who is now hated by everyone in the school, offended a large group of people just because of a word he said to please Fang Yan.
That loophole was magnified infinitely. If Zheng Jing was allowed to continue talking like this, he would become an unforgivable criminal and would be thrown into the frying pan and sent to hell.
Zheng Jing's chubby face showed no anger or embarrassment. He just kept bowing to the teachers and said, "I said something wrong, I said something wrong, I deserve to be punished. I will treat everyone to a meal before the holiday to make amends. Everyone in this office must give me a chance to apologize."
Zheng Jing's attitude was so humble that it was difficult for everyone to attack him.
Fang Yan watched Zheng Jing's performance with a smile and asked, "Director Zheng, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"It's deputy director. Deputy." Zheng Jing corrected him seriously. With a big smile on his face, one could say that he was joking or that he was serious about the title. After this incident, Fang Yan finally discovered Zheng Jing's extraordinary qualities. "Teacher Fang, Principal Zhang asked me to invite you to his office-----"
"Principal Zhang Shaofeng? Do you know what's going on?" Fang Yan looked puzzled.
"Good news." Zheng Jing said with a smile. "I heard a few words when I went in. It was Principal Zhong Deyi from the Ivy League who came to apologize. Principal Zhang thought you should go over and show your face----"
Ivy League apology
And it was the Ivy League principal, Zhong Deyi, who came to apologize in person? That crazy principal? The Ivy League principal, Zhong Deyi, who said that as long as he was in the Ivy League, he would definitely surpass Huacheng High School
hiss-----
Everyone gasped.
The teachers present were all excited, feeling that this was something that made them feel proud and happy.
Fang Yan looked slightly puzzled, then relieved.
Over the years, Suzaku's academic performance has always been surpassed by Ivy League, and Ivy League was extremely proud and arrogant. In the many exchanges and discussions between the two schools, they showed no mercy and hurt Suzaku badly. The teachers who had worked at Suzaku for several years or even decades felt the humiliation too deeply.
What could be more painful than them hurting you and not taking you seriously
It’s not surprising to hear that the fanatic president of an Ivy League school came to the school in person to apologize.
"Fang Yan, what happened? Why did Zhong Deyi come here in person?"
"That's right. That's Zhong Deyi. Has he ever been to our Suzaku before?"
"I have been here. At that time, an official from the Ministry of Education asked him to evaluate his competitor Suzaku. He said Suzaku was not his competitor—"
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Fang Yan smiled and said, "It's a good thing that you're here. I'll go over and take a look."
"Go quickly. Don't make Principal Zhang wait anxiously." The teachers urged.
Originally, Zheng Jing was leading the way in front, leading Fang Yan to the administrative building where the principal was, but after going out, Zheng Jing habitually fell one step behind Fang Yan.
Fang Yan said without even turning his head: "No need, you know I don't care about this."
"That's because Teacher Fang is a man of high moral character. I can't let anyone say that I don't know etiquette." Zheng Jing replied with a smile.
"Zheng Jing, why didn't you leave?" Fang Yan asked.
Zheng Jing's face darkened, and he said in defeat, "I have to go. I have to go eventually. I knew this day would come sooner or later, but I just had a little fantasy in my heart. I am a dog that man threw in the school. I will go wherever he drives me, and I will bite whoever he tells me to bite. I understand the principle of a new emperor appoints new ministers. I offended you and betrayed Principal Lu. When the news that Principal Lu paid to buy Zhuque came out, I knew my fate."
Zheng Jing sighed softly and said, "But I can't bear to leave. I like school, and I like the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of school. I am really tired of those intrigues, but once you leave school, where else can you find intrigues? School has them too, after all, they are much simpler and more innocent."
"To be honest, everyone thinks that I've been in a very bad state recently, and my life has been very miserable. But they don't know that this period of time is the most comfortable and enjoyable life I have had since I entered Suzaku. I don't have to be caught between Principal Lu and that person, I don't have to worry about what Principal Lu's things I should throw out today to deal with the task, and I don't have to follow Principal Lu around all day like a thief. Under Principal Lu's gaze, I often feel like I can't breathe - I'm a spy, and everyone I'm undercover knows that I'm a spy. Do you think that kind of life is for human beings?"
"Now that Principal Lu is gone, that person also thought I was useless and kicked me out. What does it matter if I am laughed at by my colleagues? What does it matter if I hear a few sarcastic remarks? Compared with the torture in the past, it is like living in heaven now - so I have been waiting. I know that as long as you don't speak, no one will take the initiative to drive me out. I have been waiting for you to speak, and sometimes I pray, hoping that you have forgotten a small person like me, and let me live in Suzaku for the rest of my life -" Zheng Jing said with a miserable face: "Since you have spoken today, it seems that I can't escape - I will write my resignation report today."
Fang Yan had already stopped walking, looking at Zheng Jing's passionate performance with a strange look in his eyes, and said, "You must have practiced for a long time for this day, right?"
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Zheng Jing looked at Fang Yan with horror on his face.
Is this guy a goblin? How come he knows everything? (To be continued)