In Bayside University, the school administrators, who were supposed to have gone off from work, were called back for an emergency meeting. The purpose was to come out with a countermeasure against the sudden scandal.
Sophia was Miss Misty of Bayside University, and she was also the leading female character of the university promotional video. The university was extremely attentive now that something like that had happened to her. They had to take the matter seriously.
Not only was the main character of the news the golden star of the university, but she was also the campus belle. The news was very eye-catching, and it was only in a blink of an eye that it had taken over the internet. Bayside University had to quickly and properly deal with it.
Someone in the meeting demanded, “We need to release a statement to explain that this person is not our student. We can then deal with Sophia Edwards later. The university’s reputation should be our top priority.”
“The smaller the impact, the better it would be. If we were to spread the news out, it would do no good for both the university and the students. We need to deny the relationship of the university with the news immediately!”
The crowd was arguing endlessly, and no conclusion was drawn. However, the vice-chancellor had not spoken; he was only looking at the crowd with a gloomy expression.
All of a sudden, a bunch of students broke in from outside. They were led by the president of the student union and some of the student leaders—Natasha was among them.
In all righteousness, the president of the student union came in and demanded, “Sophia’s news has had too much impact on the students. We can no longer raise our heads whenever we go outside. We ask the university to issue a statement as soon as possible to clear the relationship between the university and Sophia. We hope that the university can expel her promptly!”
Many students had broken into a discussion with the school administrators. Everyone was trying to make their own point, demanding the university to deny any connection with Sophia.
Even Natasha had put on a mask of pretense and said, “I think the top priority now is for the university to deny its relationship with Sophia. The girls from our university are being criticized whenever we leave the campus.”
The school administrators discussed the matter over and over again, and they finally came out with the safest conclusion they could think of. The university would release a statement to clarify the relationship and they would privately restrict Sophia’s activities. When necessary, they would expel her in order to preserve the reputation of Bayside University.
Listening to the decision, Natasha was secretly glad.
Let’s see how Sophia can turn over this time!
I heard that she ran away when she heard the news!
Where is she now?
Perhaps she’s committed suicide! How can she still live in this world after experiencing such a thing?
The school administrators had begun to distribute the work. Seeing that the vice-chancellor had not spoken, someone asked, “Benedict, why aren’t you saying something? Tell us your opinion!”
The vice-chancellor remained cold, and there was a cold smile hanging at the corners of his mouth. As he rose to his feet, his firm voice spread across the conference room. “Everyone…”
His sharp eyes swept over the crowd. As someone who had once served as a soldier, his aura was different from everyone present at the scene. In just a moment, the crowd was suppressed by his strong aura, and they were whispering under their breath.
Firmly, the vice-chancellor said, “I have a question for you. Did Bayside University do something to disrupt the order of things?” No one answered his question.
He went on, “Or, did any of you do something that was against reason and nature?”
There was still no answer. The crowd could sense the wrath that was emanating from the vice-chancellor. They knew that he was very furious at the moment.
The vice chancellor’s sharp eyes swept across the crowd again. Coldly, he said, “Since every one of you and the university isn’t guilty, why should we be worried about the university’s reputation? Does the century-old reputation of Bayside University rely on expelling students that are victimized in order to maintain its glory?”
“Is the reputation of our Bayside University—the most prestigious university in Cethos—so vulnerable and pretentious?”
Even if Sophia is not expelled, she wouldn’t dare to come back to campus anymore!
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