Kong Lanying's words immediately shifted everyone's attention back to him.

Didn't they come to the dean's office to deal with Tang Xinyu's matter? Why was there another matter?

"If President Kong needs to work, then we'll take our leave first." The middle-aged man stood up immediately. He didn't want to stay any longer, as it would only embarrass himself.

"Mr. Tang, you don't have to leave in a hurry. You need to be present for this matter, because..." Kong Lanying turned her calm gaze to Tang Xinyu, "It is also directly related to classmate Tang Xinyu."

The middle-aged man thought Kong Lanying wanted to investigate Tang Xinyu's slander of Gao Han, so he waved his sleeves and said, "She is Penglai's student. You can do whatever you want with her. What does it have to do with me?"

He quickly distanced himself from the matter, causing Tang Xinyu's face to turn even paler, and her lips, which had been bitten red from time to time, to lose their color.

"Oh, Mr. Tang, if you hadn't mentioned it, I almost forgot. She should be punished for accusing a male classmate of raping her. I'll just give her a major demerit first, but..." Kong Lanying smiled and changed the subject: "What I'm going to say next is something else. Before I say it, we need to wait for two people. I've already notified them and asked them to bring them up. Just wait a moment."

The middle-aged man didn't take it seriously, but he still had to give Kong Lanying face, so he sat back.

"Student Gao, please sit and wait with us." Kong Lanying said to Gao Han again in a gentle tone.

Gao Han looked at him and said, "Thank you, Dean."

Kong Lanying smiled and nodded, then stopped talking.

Tang Minghao and Tang Xinyu, who were also standing, wished they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

After three minutes of agony, He Lan came up with two people instructed by the dean, and the awkward atmosphere was finally broken.

They both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but the next second when they saw the person coming, their hearts started beating rapidly again.

Director Guo, and Xu Zhiqiang, why are they here? ! !

"Dean, the person has been brought here." He Lan said and walked out.

Director Guo had a serious expression on his face. He suddenly grabbed his nephew Xu Zhiqiang's ear and kicked him on the knee. "You little bastard, kneel down and admit your mistake!"

"I was wrong, uncle. I won't do it again!" Xu Zhiqiang was panicked. He didn't dare to look at the dean and Professor Fan. He saw Tang Xinyu hiding in the corner and exclaimed, "It was her. It was Tang Xinyu who instigated me. I really didn't mean to target Gao. I don't even know him!"

"You agreed just because she instigated you? Is your brain filled with shit and piss?" Director Guo slapped him on the head.

When Dean Kong came to him personally and asked him why he rejected Gao Han's transfer application, he didn't remember rejecting it at all. Because there were relatively few applications for transfer this semester and the reasons were generally legitimate, he agreed to them all. As a result, he found the email in the recycle bin.

When Director Guo recalled that period, his nephew's unnatural behavior and his two trips to his study, he understood everything and was so angry that he almost choked himself to death.

When Director Guo thought of this, he hit her with a little more force.

Xu Zhiqiang held his head in pain, but he didn't dare to hide. He cried and explained, "She told me that she hated Gao Han and didn't want him to have the opportunity to be in the limelight in the future. I was soft-hearted and agreed."

"Xu Zhiqiang, don't talk nonsense. I have never told you about these things. Don't try to frame me for what you did." Tang Xinyu suddenly raised her head, stared at him with red eyes, and said sternly.

Xu Zhiqiang was stunned, as if he didn't expect that she would put all the blame on him. He suddenly thought of the post on the forum.

Now he finally understood that Tang Xinyu had been using him. She knew that he liked her and that he was Director Guo's nephew, so she approached him and instigated him to do that kind of thing.

"I was really blind," Xu Zhiqiang lowered his head and confessed, "Dean, professor, Gao Han, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been deceived by Tang Xinyu. I am willing to accept any punishment for doing this. Please don't blame my uncle. He has nothing to do with this matter."

His attitude of not making excuses and decisively admitting his mistakes was in stark contrast to Tang Xinyu's behavior of framing others in order to shirk responsibility.

Hearing his nephew's words, Director Guo felt distressed and helpless. He rubbed his brows and said, "Dean, if you want to blame someone, blame me. It was me who failed to teach him well. I am willing to take responsibility for Zhiqiang."

"Old Guo, you have responsibilities. Don't rush to take them on and handle them one by one." Kong Lanying said with a smile.

If it wasn't so inappropriate, Director Guo would probably be speechless.

"Now, let's deal with the first matter," Kong Lanying turned her gaze to the uneasy Tang Xinyu, "First, you framed and slandered Gao Han, and you were given a serious warning. Now you are instigating Xu Zhiqiang to violate the school's rules and regulations. This is a serious offense, and you are given another serious warning. According to the rules of the college, Professor Fan, how should we deal with him?"

"He should be expelled and never admitted again. At the same time, the whole school should be informed and this should serve as a warning." Professor Fan replied coldly.

Tang Xinyu's legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground. She was finished. Her life was over.

"Let's do it this way." Kong Lanying nodded and said to the gloomy middle-aged man, "Mr. Tang, Tang Xinyu's father is not in the capital. I'd like to trouble you to take her to handle the formalities."

"She committed the sin herself, let her deal with it herself. I have something else to do, so I won't keep you company." The middle-aged man suddenly stood up, said this and left in a hurry.

If he had known this would happen if he stayed, he wouldn't have stayed for a second.

I thought to myself that Tang Zhenping's daughter seemed to be useless. It would be fine if she did such a thing, but she didn't even clean up her mess and asked people to dig her out. She was really useless.

"Classmate Tang Minghao, you are her brother, so you can take her there." Kong Lanying didn't care about the middle-aged man's behavior of walking away.

Tang Minghao was silent for a while before he helped his sister up and comforted her in public, "Xinyu, even though you did these things, you are still my sister. I will not abandon you, don't cry."

Only a fool like Xu Zhiqiang could fail to see this kind of elementary school student-level acting.

How could Tang Minghao not be involved? He just used his sister as a shield. He might even be the mastermind behind both incidents.

Poor Tang Xinyu still hasn't realized that it was clearly something they did together, but in the end her brother was not in any trouble. Gao Han shook his head in his heart.

In view of Xu Zhiqiang's good attitude in admitting his mistakes, he was given a serious warning. If he makes the same mistake again, he will be directly expelled.

Director Guo was fined half a year's salary as a small punishment for his lax discipline, as well as for opening his work email to his family at home and being lax in his work, which led to the incident.

"Student Gao Han, your transfer application has been rejected due to human interference. The school has regulations, but this is an accident. If you want to transfer, you can still apply. No one will ever stop you."

After Director Guo left with his nephew, Kong Lanying felt that Professor Fan glanced at him, so he smiled and mentioned the transfer to Gao Han.

Gao Han had expected that they would keep him here probably because of the transfer to another hospital. "Thank you, Dean. I feel fine now."

"Gao Han, you have to know that there is a big difference between choosing a cultivation device and practicing a main cultivation device. For elective courses, the school will not arrange a tutor for students. What you lose is not just a small opportunity, but a tutor who can guide you in refining the device in the next few years." Professor Fan couldn't help but speak before Dean Kong could speak.

"Thank you, Professor Fan, but I still don't want to change." Gao Han looked calm, even unmoved.

Professor Fan thought he was too stubborn. Why didn't he want something that would benefit him?

Kong Lanying looked at him for a while before speaking, "I heard from Song Mingming that your weapon-making skills were taught by someone else. Is that why you don't want a mentor?"

Gao Han was stunned, "No."

If this was the reason, he would not have applied for transfer to another hospital in the first place. The reclusive master was just an excuse he used to evade the question.

"Why is that?" asked Professor Fan.

Gao Han didn't answer.

“其实……”孔兰英突然说，“他转不转院，确实没有太大的区别。”

这话是对范教授说的。

范教授皱起眉，“你也想他浪费自己的天赋吗？”

“不，我还没说完，指导导师虽然只有主修课有，但学校并没有明确规定，导师不能指点选修课的学生。”孔兰英脸上的笑容意有所指。

高寒和范教授齐齐一愣，后者眉头的川字就没松开过，“这样一来，岂不是名不正言不顺？有哪个导师会愿意？”

指导导师，相当于拜师，以后就是一门中人，那是有羁绊的关系。

“你不是很惜才吗，难道你不愿意？我记得你不是那种注重仪式的人吧。”孔兰英直指范教授自己。

范教授终于明白了，神情冷静下来，“他要是愿意，我无所谓。”

“我想高寒同学会很愿意，这样一来，事情就解决了，好了，回去上课吧。”孔兰英直接把两人赶了出去。

高寒其实无所谓谁来指导他，但是孔院长和范教授好像并没有经过他的同意，两人就做出决定，“范教授，我……”

“以后叫导师。”范教授又恢复那副冷漠毒舌的面孔，反正没有仪式，他也不管高寒愿不愿意。

“导师……”高寒仔细想了一下，好像是他占便宜了，就没再纠结这个问题。

他这一点让范教授很满意，他就喜欢聪明的学生，要是傻到还来跟他争执这个问题，这个学生不要也罢！

就在这时，高寒手腕上的通讯器响了。

声音比较特别，是特殊设置的，他只给一个人设置过。

那人就是钟离庭洲。

“那我先走了，导师。”高寒立刻与范教授告辞。

范教授没说什么，挥挥手，等他一走，他又走进院长办公室。

别以为他是那些傻学生，之前明明说好由他来教高寒，改变主意也不先跟他商量一下。

……

钟离庭洲发来的是短信，告诉他自己没有事，之所以一直没有回复，是因为遇到一拨野兽的袭击。

灾区里最危险的是深海怪物，其次是群居的变异野兽，战斗力极强。

他们这次进入灾区，运气不太好，先遇到一群变异野兽，被攻击后有部分人冲散了，因不方便视频，所以他只发信息告知。

高寒看他有时间回这么长的一段话，就放心了，叮嘱他小心些就准备不打扰他了，通讯器又传来消息。

——炼器学院的考试结果如何？

高寒挑眉，他居然还有精力关心他的成绩，回复道：“综合成绩第一名。”

——不错。

高寒没再回复。

白城灾区里，钟离庭洲站在一棵粗壮得需要五个成年人才能抱得住的巨大树冠下，身上的白衣沾染着血迹。

因为过了一段时间，部分已经凝结成黑色，这些血迹不是他的，而是被他杀死的变异野兽。

幽深的目光仿佛有一道黑色漩涡，瞳孔的颜色比平时更深，凝视着灾区深处，不知道在想些什么，嘴角慢慢地扯出一个极细微的弧度。

“钟离大哥，接下来我们要去找大部队会合吗？”

钟离庭洲回头，看向站在漫延着裂缝的大石旁边的唐羽希，他眼里闪烁着兴奋之色，不禁露出意味深长的笑容，后者瞬间看呆了。

什么伤患，什么大部队，什么灾区，统统都抛到脑后。

唐羽希现在才知道，原来钟离庭洲笑起来的时候是这个样子，比不笑的时候更让他心动了，眼中不由自升起一丝火热，还有志在必得的决心。

什么高寒，不过是路上一块随时可以踢走的拦路石罢了，他真要想动手，根本不需要用到唐铭皓兄妹。

“你刚刚在想什么？”钟离庭洲突然开口问道。

唐羽希眼睛一亮，“钟离大哥，你笑起来的样子，比不笑的时候好看很多，我觉得你平时也应该笑笑，司马烨的粉丝肯定统统跑到你这边。”

“粉丝？”钟离庭洲笑了，无用的东西，他又歪头看了唐羽希一眼，不到一秒又移开目光，他怕看太久，会抑制不住心理上的冲动，想了想，决定找点东西转移下自己的注意力，“唐家对高寒是什么看法？”

唐羽希神色凝住，这话是代替高寒问的吗？他看不出钟离庭洲心里所想，又不想让他觉得自己太无情，便斟酌了一下。

“他身上流着一半唐家人的血，如果他想回唐家，唐家自是欢迎。”

“这么说，你们早就知道他的存在，他不提回去，你们也不会接他回去是吗？就跟袁家一样？”钟离庭洲侧头，寒风从灾区深处吹来，几缕碎发在他额头晃动着。

唐羽希看得有点痴了，等他回神，钟离庭洲已经走了。