Stanley’s mother was enraged as she said to the vice chancellor, “As I have just said, this kind of student is not suitable to continue studying in this university. I suggest that you expel her!”
With his mouth shut, Stanley hid behind his parents while looking at Sophia with a grin. He enjoyed watching her in trouble.
Joe, on the other hand, wasn’t concerned with whether Sophia would be expelled; all he cared was to find out who her husband was. Pretending to be sad, he exclaimed in a seemingly sorrowful manner, “I’m unworthy to be her father. She had been separated from me since young, and I found her only recently… Sigh… A child’s mistake is the parents’ fault, so it was all my fault… all my fault…”
Faye uttered in a surly manner, “Heh, that’s not necessarily the case. Perhaps it was Stanley who seduced my sister! This is something that we can’t say for sure!”
“What did you just say?!” Stanley’s father blew up on the spot while he hit the table hard and rose to his full height. Although they were intellectuals, deep within their bones, they still had the Fletchers’ passion and stubbornness. He, in fact, resembled Old Master Fletcher when he was furious.
Joe uttered, “Okay, okay, let’s cut to the chase. Vice chancellor, now that the matter has arisen, we have to figure out a way to solve this. Sophia, you should quickly ask your husband to come here. Everything will be resolved once he shows his face.”
Joe was only concerned about his rich son-in-law, so he had no intention at all to waste his time on other irrelevant matters.
Since the police failed to force him to show up, I bet the university can do so. If he refuses to turn up, she will definitely be expelled by the university!
If that old man refused to show up even under such circumstances, Joe would start to suspect whether Sophia was really married to a rich man.
Stanley’s mother was fuming. Raising her eyebrows in anger, she pointed at Sophia and reprimanded, “My son is only 20 years old, and there are rumors of him being someone else’s kept man, which would make him unable to find a girlfriend. This situation must be properly resolved. Otherwise, I won’t let you off!”
Sophia replied inwardly, Your son’s inability to find a girlfriend has nothing to do with me; it’s him who is destined to be single forever!
She had been quiet since she entered the room. Neither humbly or arrogantly, she looked at the vice chancellor, who was also looking at her with a surly expression amidst the quarrel of the two families.
From her expression, he failed to find any guilt nor remorse; all he could see was her frankness and fearlessness, which inadvertently reminded him of a similar expression she had when she was questioned about the rumors of her having gotten an abortion at the beginning of the semester.
In the end, she was proven to be innocent.
Could it be that there’s a hidden truth behind all these?
When the news broke out, he investigated the matter and discovered that it was really suspicious. For instance, there wasn’t anybody who looked 99% similar to Taylor Murray in Bayside University.
Besides, he was clear of Stanley’s background. It would be the greatest joke of the year that a member of the Fletcher Family was a kept man.
Nevertheless, he was certain that Sophia had something to do with this!
The vice chancellor threw a newly-released newspaper, which smelled of fresh ink, in front of her. “You’d better give me an explanation!”
In the newspaper, the three words, ‘Bayside University Scandal’, were very clear. When the news—a student of the reputable, high-class Bayside University became a kept man of another student from the same university—broke out, nobody could tell how many people would strike them when they were down, just like piranhas swarming toward blood.
This top educational institution was defamed due to this news; the netizens cursed and slandered them as they pleased. This was something that had never happened before to this educational institution, which was founded a century ago!
Sophia’s gaze turned away from the newspaper, and her clear eyes landed on the vice chancellor. “Vice chancellor, it’s true that I’m married, but I’ve never had any kept men who are students from this university. Though I have a couple of male friends, our relationship stays within the moderate distance between ordinary friends. As for the rumors that are circulating online, I will deal with them, and I will make sure that those rumors won’t ruin our university’s reputation.”
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