When Wu Youwei was riding his bicycle into the school gate, the gatekeeper, Uncle Lan, stopped him.
"Director Wu, Principal Xiao wants to see you about something. Please go to his office after work." Uncle Lan saw Wu Youwei and quickly conveyed Principal Xiao's words.
Principal Xiao is looking for him? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Wu Youwei's face turned pale, and he said to Grandpa Lan awkwardly, "Okay, okay, thank you, Grandpa."
Uncle Lan had a smiling face, but after watching Wu Youwei's back going away, he said "Pooh" in hatred.
Because of the school uniform issue, many faculty members at Chaoyang Middle School also began to dislike Wu Youwei. Who doesn't have a child in middle school? Many faculty members believed that if Wu Youwei hadn't been trying to curry favor with the newly appointed Secretary Wen, the uniform purchase wouldn't have been pushed through. Hadn't Principal Xiao been here for over a decade and never mentioned the uniform issue?
Wu Youwei didn't realize that even the gatekeeper hated him. Because his bicycle kept breaking down, Wu Youwei had no choice but to stuff it into the tightly packed pile of bicycles, carefully placing them before slowly walking towards the teaching building.
While walking to the principal's office, Wu Youwei had to think carefully about whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for Principal Xiao to come to see him.
Ever since Wu Youwei issued Secretary Wen's regulation that every student must buy school uniforms without consulting Principal Xiao, Principal Xiao has not spoken to Wu Youwei for many days. Even Principal Xiao has not arranged for Wu Youwei to do any work in the past few days.
Principal Xiao's visit to Wu Youwei today couldn't have been a gesture of submission. Principal Xiao was known for his strong personality, and it was most likely due to the phone call Wu Youwei had made yesterday. After all, the person who answered the phone was someone Principal Xiao couldn't afford to offend, yet Wu Youwei had lashed out at them.
But he was really wronged in that matter! Who knew that the new Secretary Wen would be so unkind? He even tricked Wu Youwei by making a phone call. Wu Youwei felt very wronged.
Principal Xiao hasn't assigned Wu Youwei any work these days, but Secretary Wen has given him a lot of work to do. Following the "school uniform incident" and the "morning exercise incident," Secretary Wen went to Wu Youwei's office yesterday morning and issued another order to launch a school-wide "rectification of school spirit and discipline" within the near future.
Wu Youwei has no objection to rectifying the school's atmosphere and discipline! Being a little stricter with the children, and having fewer children late for school every day, is also a way to support the teachers' work!
This was Wu Youwei's first thought when he heard Secretary Wen's order.
But what happened next seemed to be beyond Wu Youwei's expectations.
Wen Yulong said he's been at Chaoyang Middle School for almost two months and has discovered that some students, relying on their family backgrounds, don't even attend school. Are students still students if they don't attend? Such "bad apples" will sooner or later corrupt their classmates and should be expelled from Chaoyang Middle School as soon as possible.
Wu Youwei was confused.
Wu Youwei knew that the student Wen Yulong was talking about was actually Zhou Yuanyuan.
Zhou Yuanyuan is the most special person in Chaoyang Middle School.
When Zhou Yuanyuan was preparing for the entrance exam to middle school, she had scored first in Chaoyang District. With her grades, she should have gone to Qingdao University High School, Chaoyang Middle School's longtime rival. Compared to Qingdao University High School, even if Wu Youwei had the audacity to say Chaoyang Middle School was superior, he couldn't.
Fortunately, Zhou Yuanyuan's home was near Chaoyang Middle School, so she chose Chaoyang Middle School.
Zhou Yuanyuan attended Chaoyang Middle School for three years. She would only visit the school for a few days each semester, but was absent from school the rest of the time.
By the time of last year's high school entrance examination, Zhou Yuanyuan ranked first in Chaoyang District again.
Such students are truly special. Even Wu Youwei believed that whether Zhou Yuanyuan attended school or not had nothing to do with the school's ethos or discipline. As long as Zhou Yuanyuan maintained consistent grades and was willing to stay at Chaoyang Middle School to take the Gaokao, Chaoyang Middle School would have secured a significant advantage.
With Zhou Yuanyuan's academic performance, maybe Chaoyang Middle School can produce another top scorer in the college entrance examination in Kyoto! The first top scorer in the college entrance examination in Chaoyang Middle School was Zhou Yuanyuan's brother Zhou Jiasheng, a genius.
Wu Youwei remembered that Principal Xiao had said personally that as long as Zhou Yuanyuan attended the school exams on time, she could arrange the rest of her time by herself, and she could either come to school or stay at home to study.
Over the years, Chaoyang Middle School has only produced one "free" student, Zhou Yuanyuan. The reason is simple: excellence.
No matter how difficult the subject, in Zhou Yuanyuan's hands, it was as easy as pie. If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't disagreed with skipping a grade, this child would have probably graduated from college at a young age, just like her brother.
Several leaders of Chaoyang Middle School also knew Zhou Yuanyuan's identity.
The great-granddaughter of General Zhou, daughter of Zhou Zhixin, currently China's youngest major general, and renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist Zhao Yunxiang, and the future granddaughter-in-law of Energy Minister Wen Yiran. Zhou Yuanyuan only needs to claim any one of these identities to be admired, not to mention her multiple roles. She's truly a "favored daughter of heaven"!
Moreover, if Wu Youwei remembered correctly, Secretary Wen was Wen Yiran's son and Zhou Yuanyuan's future father-in-law.
What does Secretary Wen mean by expelling Zhou Yuanyuan? Does he mean he's impartial and won't favor his future daughter-in-law? Or does he mean the first step in rectifying school ethics and discipline starts with his own family members?
Before Wu Youwei could figure out Wen Yulong's thoughts, Wen Yulong supervised Wu Youwei to call Zhao Yunxiang.
The call had barely connected, and Wu Youwei had barely time to explain himself before Wen Yulong snatched the phone away. He then heard Wen Yulong lashing out at the phone, saying things like, "If you don't discipline your child properly, he'll grow up to be a Kyoto dandy." Finally, Wen Yulong issued an ultimatum: If Zhou Yuanyuan didn't return to school, she would be given a serious warning and expelled.
Such a Wen Yulong refreshed Wu Youwei's cognition.
In all his years as an educator, this was the first time he'd encountered someone as ruthless as Secretary Wen. Couldn't Wen Yulong have called Zhou Yuanyuan's parents himself? Why did he have to use Wu Youwei's name, the Dean of Education?
Secretary Wen must be dissatisfied with his future daughter-in-law, so he used the power in his hands to "retaliate" against her.
When Wu Youwei thought of this, he found himself standing at the door of Principal Xiao's office.
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