Boom!
Wei Xiang felt as if he had been struck by lightning, sitting on the ground with a look of despair.
The girls, even more resentful, glared at Ji Afei.
It was too much! He had already knelt and apologized, yet Ji Afei refused to let it go!
"These students are becoming more and more unruly. It seems we need to organize an activity to improve student quality. Let's use Wei Xiang as a typical example and report him to the whole school!"
Ji Afei said indifferently.
This statement was like a fatal blow to Wei Xiang.
They were already trying to expel him, and now they wanted to ruin his reputation.
Even Chen Jie couldn't stand it.
Ji Afei, you're not their teacher. He's already knelt and begged for mercy, so why be so ruthless?
It was enough to expel him from school, but they had to use him as a negative example.
"Director Ji, you can't do this!"
Just as Chen Jie was about to speak, Li Ziling, who had been silent, suddenly said with wide eyes.
"Do you want to be made an example of too?" Ji Afei's face turned cold, and he glanced at Li Ziling.
Li Ziling panicked internally, but still said, "Wei Xiang didn't do anything wrong! We don't blame him!"
The implication was that although Wei Xiang had private belongings of theirs, as long as they didn't pursue the matter, Wei Xiang wasn't at fault.
Ji Afei said with a cold face, "If you don't blame him, others will! As the victim, I don't think Teacher Chen will let such trash off lightly. Teacher Chen, am I right?"
Before Chen Jie could speak, Li Ziling quickly said to him, "Teacher Chen, you, you can't blame Wei Xiang!"
Li Ziling was extremely anxious.
She quickly ran to Chen Jie and whispered, "Don't let Director Ji expel Wei Xiang. If you promise me, I, I will..."
Chen Jie's heart stirred, and he asked, "You will what?"
"I, I'll give you a chance!" Li Ziling said with difficulty.
"Oh? So you won't avoid me anymore?" Chen Jie asked.
He happened to need a reason to stay close to Li Ziling.
"Mhm! But, but you can't force me to do things I don't like," Li Ziling said quickly.
Chen Jie nodded and turned to Ji Afei, "Deputy Director Ji, this is between me and the student. Please don't interfere further."
"What did you say?"
Ji Afei's expression changed slightly. He was trying to establish his authority with Wei Xiang, but Chen Jie actually defended someone who had framed him.
Wasn't this going against him directly?
A glimmer of hope appeared in Wei Xiang's eyes.
The other girls looked at Chen Jie with less aversion.
Chen Jie said, "I said, you can leave. The conflict between me and Wei Xiang is something we can resolve ourselves; we don't need your intervention."
Ji Afei's face alternated between anger and uncertainty.
"Chen Jie, don't forget, this guy wanted to frame you. If he succeeded, you would not only be expelled from school but also break the law!" Ji Afei said.
"I know. But it's my first day here, and Wei Xiang was just playing a joke on me in his own way, right, Wei Xiang?" Chen Jie asked Wei Xiang.
Wei Xiang was stunned and quickly nodded, "Yes! Teacher Chen and I were just joking!"
"Chen Jie, are you really going to oppose me?" Ji Afei asked with a dark expression.
Chen Jie said, "I never said that. It's all your wishful thinking."
"You..."
Ji Afei suddenly laughed, "Teacher Chen, I'm afraid I can't just let this go, because Wei Xiang's behavior is indeed egregious. Although you think it was just a joke between you, I don't agree. Don't forget that Wei Xiang has already admitted his actions!"
Chen Jie frowned.
Initially, he didn't need to pay attention to Ji Afei.
But now, to keep Wei Xiang, he felt it was a bit difficult.
After all, Ji Afei couldn't do anything to him, but that didn't mean he couldn't do anything to others.
Thinking this, Chen Jie had to say, "Director Ji, I'm only staying at this school for one month. You don't need to make things difficult for me at every turn."
Ji Afei said triumphantly, "But I don't want you to stay here for even a day! How about this, Teacher Chen, you resign right now? As long as you leave, I'll let Wei Xiang off the hook."
Chen Jie's face darkened.
"Since you feel the need to investigate thoroughly, it seems I need to have a chat with the principal." Chen Jie said calmly.
"You..."
Damn it...
Ji Afei thought that Cai Ni, that old shrew, would surely side with Chen Jie.
If Chen Jie really did that, he might not be able to do anything to Wei Xiang.
But if he just let it go, it would be a slap in his own face.
Thinking this, Ji Afei's mind stirred, and he said to Chen Jie, "It's not impossible for you to protect Wei Xiang, but I have a condition."
Chen Jie frowned, "What condition?"
"Recently, our school lost an entertainment investor. You know, our dance school is a comprehensive performing arts training center. We also offer training for martial arts actors, singing, and so on."
"The investor we lost was Mingliu Entertainment Company. Originally, they were supposed to recruit hundreds of students from our school every year for training and signing contracts. However, they recently terminated their contract with us."
"Now, our quota for guaranteed placements has become much tighter due to Mingliu's termination. Some less outstanding students have had their futures cut off."
Chen Jie nodded. Such commercial training schools relied on upstream resources. Without upstream resources, it would be difficult to attract actors to enroll, leading to their decline.
"You mean?" Chen Jie asked.
"As long as you can bring in an entertainment investor to cooperate with us, I won't pursue Wei Xiang anymore," Ji Afei said with a sinister smile.
As soon as this was said, Li Ziling and the others' faces turned grim.
Wei Xiang looked even more despairing.
This was simply asking for the impossible.
If any of them truly had such abilities, why would they be studying art here?
They would have signed with entertainment companies and become celebrities long ago.
And where could Chen Jie, a mere teacher, find investors?
"Okay, I promise you." To everyone's surprise, Chen Jie readily agreed.
This left everyone in disbelief.
Ji Afei was stunned.
He had originally intended to propose an impossible task to make Chen Jie give up, but he didn't expect Chen Jie to agree so readily.
It seemed like such a matter was a piece of cake to him.
"If I can help the school find a cooperative investor, then you won't make things difficult for Wei Xiang anymore."
Chen Jie agreed so readily because he felt that his Shengtian Company also needed to establish an entertainment company, which would be good for advertising his products.
And this dance training center was the largest training institution in the provincial capital. Cooperating with them wouldn't be a bad thing for his company.