488: Chapter 488 Severe Punishment, District Chief Apologizes

Seeing someone nearby dare to question them and point out their wrongdoing, the lead Urban Management Officers glared and pointed at the male student, threatening him.

"Kid, believe it or not, I'll arrest you."

Seeing this scene, Qin Chuan was completely speechless. With such a level of conduct, they were actually out enforcing the law? How could they speak like that?

The boy wasn't afraid at all; at an age of hot-blooded passion, he said directly, "Fine, if you have the guts, then arrest me."

The lead Urban Management Officers stepped forward immediately to seize him.

Qin Chuan squeezed through the crowd and scolded the officer with a serious face, "Who gave you the authority to arrest people!"

Interestingly, these Urban Management Officers didn't recognize Qin Chuan. Seeing another person sticking their head out, it was as if a powder keg had been lit.

"Brothers, arrest him too!"

Several Urban Management Officers immediately surrounded him, not even stepping on the balloons anymore, intending to arrest Qin Chuan and the boy first.

The girl selling balloons pleaded in fear, "No, no, please don't arrest anyone. I really won't sell them anymore. I'll give all the balloons to you."

Seeing the girl's appearance, Qin Chuan felt a strange pang of heartache.

As the Party Committee Secretary, he had a responsibility. The student was poor and had no money; selling balloons on the street during the weekend was one thing, but to be bullied like this was another.

A surge of anger rose in his heart.

"I'll see which of you dares!"

The lead Urban Management Officers was startled because the aura erupting from Qin Chuan was too powerful, scaring him so much he didn't dare move.

Some students recognized Secretary Qin Chuan, their eyes widening. Isn't this our Secretary Qin Chuan?

"Secretary Qin Chuan!"

"This is our Secretary Qin Chuan!"

"It really is Secretary Qin Chuan!"

The surroundings gradually began to boil over. With these shouts, more and more students recognized him as Secretary Qin Chuan.

Secretary Qin Chuan looked majestic and said to the Urban Management Officers, "Violent law enforcement, bullying the weak. Tell your leader to come to my office tomorrow morning!"

The Urban Management Officers showed fear, knowing they had kicked a steel plate.

Damn it, they didn't check the almanac before leaving today; they actually ran into Qin Chuan, and he saw everything just now. It's over, it's over.

Qin Chuan glared at the Urban Management Officers and ignored them, walking over to the girl's side. He picked up several balloons that hadn't been popped yet and asked with concern, "Student, what's your name? Which college are you from?"

Xia Ziqing was stunned.

She naturally recognized the handsome man in front of her. After a moment of daze, she said excitedly, "Thank you, Secretary Qin. I'm a sophomore in the Computer Science Department. My name is Xia Ziqing."

Qin Chuan said softly, "A sword's edge comes from sharpening; hardships are only temporary. Sunshine always follows the storm. Study hard, and your future life will be very beautiful. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come directly to me."

"Thank you, thank you, Secretary!" Xia Ziqing began to cry.

It was too moving, too warm.

The surroundings completely boiled over. Someone led the cry of "Long live Secretary Qin," and such shouts rose and fell.

Qin Chuan smiled and waved to everyone. He had originally wanted to stroll around nearby, but it seemed that wouldn't work. He took Zhu Qingxi's hand and quickly left.

The next day.

The first thing at work, Qin Chuan called Director Xiao Xueli over.

"Leader, you were looking for me."

Qin Chuan said, "Go and get me a copy of the information on our school's impoverished students. I want to take a look."

About a few minutes later, Director Xiao Xueli brought over a thick stack of documents. Qin Chuan sat there and began to flip through them seriously.

Jiangnan University has tens of thousands of students, and there are quite a few impoverished ones. There were hundreds registered in the files. Qin Chuan flipped through them carefully, and after a while, he found Xia Ziqing's name.

Both parents deceased, a girl from the countryside. She has an older brother, but to support her education, he dropped out after finishing his first year of high school to work.

So that was it. No wonder she was selling balloons at the school gate on the weekend; her conditions were indeed too difficult.

After browsing through the documents for a while, Qin Chuan thought about how to give these impoverished students some help.

"Let's start by solving their food problem." Qin Chuan made a phone call and summoned the Logistics Department head, Deputy Minister Xie Dongsheng.

He directly instructed him to deposit five hundred yuan into each impoverished student's meal card. Why deposit the money quietly into the meal cards instead of having the class instructors distribute it or notifying them to collect it from their respective colleges? It was mainly out of consideration for their self-esteem.

Whether it was distributing cash or notifying them to collect it, there was a sense of charity about it. Depositing money into meal cards was different.

Deputy Minister Xie Dongsheng went to execute the order immediately, guaranteeing that the money would be in the students' meal cards by noon today.

After seeing Deputy Minister Xie Dongsheng leave, Qin Chuan was still thinking about the issue of impoverished students, considering increasing support, such as tuition waivers, increasing scholarships, and so on.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door.

Secretary Yuan Hua came in and asked for instructions, "Secretary, District Mayor Du of Hexi District wants to see you. He is waiting outside now."

"Let him in."

Qin Chuan knew the purpose of his visit; it was definitely about those Urban Management Officers from yesterday afternoon.

District Mayor Du Kangning is the District Mayor of Hexi District, and the Urban Management Bureau is under his jurisdiction. He was now a bit apprehensive and nervous, bowing slightly with the look of someone who had done something wrong.

Although Qin Chuan was not his direct supervisor, he was at the vice-ministerial level, while Du was only at the division head level. The gap in their ranks was quite large.

"Secretary Qin, hello. I have come specifically to apologize to you."

"I am extremely sorry about yesterday afternoon's incident. I have already ordered those Urban Management Officers team members to apologize to the girl involved and compensate her for the economic losses..."

Fearful and trembling, he apologized first.

Then he spoke about the punishment decision for those Urban Management Officers.

After listening, Qin Chuan said, "District Mayor Du, this punishment is too light. Those people must be dismissed from the Urban Management Officers force. All Urban Management Officers members in the district must undergo study to prevent similar incidents from happening again. Additionally, the Director of the Urban Management Bureau has managed poorly; I suggest giving him a warning sanction."

This punishment was very heavy.

Similar things had happened before, and at most, a few temporary workers would be pushed out to take the blame. There was never a precedent for dismissing permanent staff, and even the Director of the Urban Management Bureau was to receive a warning sanction.

But District Mayor Du Kangning didn't dare to have any objections. He said very sincerely, "Secretary Qin, your opinion is very correct. We will resolutely implement it."

"Go now. Don't let similar things happen again. Otherwise, I will report it to your Municipal Party Committee."

"Yes, yes, I guarantee such a thing will not happen again."

After leaving Qin Chuan's office, District Mayor Du Kangning realized his back was almost wet. The pressure of facing Qin Chuan just now was too great, even greater than facing the Municipal Party Secretary.