489: Chapter 489 The Refined Scoundrel

Xia Ziqing was in a pretty good mood today.

Yesterday evening, those few urban management officers had come to apologize to her in person and said they would compensate her two hundred yuan for her losses.

She couldn't stand those officers, so she didn't accept their apology, nor did she take their two hundred yuan, even though she was very short on money.

After finishing her classes this morning, she went to the cafeteria with her roommates for lunch. On the way, she was still calculating that after selling all the remaining balloons, she had made back over a hundred yuan. She would have to be very frugal with this hundred-plus yuan.

She was very thrifty with her daily meals. While others usually spent eight, ten, or even over a dozen yuan per meal, she generally kept her spending around four or five yuan.

When she swiped her meal card, she was stunned by the balance shown.

How could it be 567.4 yuan?

She remembered very clearly that there was only 67.4 yuan left on the card, and she had been wondering how she would make it to the end of the month.

What was going on?

Noticing Xia Ziqing's strange reaction, her roommate asked, "Ziqing, what's wrong?"

Xia Ziqing said, "My meal card somehow has an extra five hundred yuan in it. What's going on?"

If it were someone else, they would likely be secretly happy about a sudden five hundred yuan in their meal card, but Xia Ziqing didn't feel that way; instead, she was worried and nervous.

Her roommate smiled and said, "Suddenly having more money is a good thing!"

Xia Ziqing wasn't at ease and didn't even dare to order food. She hurried to the card recharging window to ask. It turned out the school had deposited five hundred yuan into the meal cards of every registered impoverished student.

So that was it.

In an instant, Xia Ziqing felt a warmth in her heart. This feeling of being cared for was truly wonderful.

Soon, the news spread among the students. A portion of the students had an extra 500 yuan in their meal cards, all of whom were the relatively impoverished ones.

"This is great! With 500 yuan, I can eat in the cafeteria for over a month!"

"The school's approach is truly heart-warming!"

"Yeah, it saves the impoverished students' dignity while providing real help!"

"I heard Qin Chuan did all of this. Having a secretary like him is really great!"

"..."

For a while, many people were heatedly discussing the matter. Qin Chuan also heard some of it and smiled slightly, feeling pretty good.

Today, while walking on campus, a student even took the initiative to walk up to Qin Chuan and said very gratefully, "Secretary Qin, thank you!"

Secretary Qin Chuan had some impression of her because she had a sister who seemed to be a PhD student at the school. Two sisters, one a PhD candidate and one a junior—that was why he remembered.

"Your name is Zhou Yali, and your sister is PhD Student Zhou Yafang."

Besides being grateful, Zhou Yali was a bit excited. She hadn't expected Qin Chuan to actually be able to call out her name.

"Secretary Qin, you know me!"

"Yes." Qin Chuan nodded slightly. "Five hundred yuan is just a small bit of help. Study hard and become a talent useful to society in the future, just like your sister. It would be best to go to graduate school and pursue a doctoral degree later on."

"Thank you, Secretary Qin. I will work hard."

Zhou Yali really wanted to tell Qin Chuan about her sister's situation, but she was a bit hesitant. Would Secretary Qin believe me? Would he help my sister?

Qin Chuan's perception was very keen, and he asked with concern, "Student Zhou Yali, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

After hesitating again, Zhou Yali ultimately didn't say it. She had too many concerns. "No... it's nothing."

Qin Chuan sensed that she probably did have something on her mind, but since she was unwilling to speak, there was nothing he could do. He simply said, "If there's anything, you can come directly to my office to find me."

"Okay." Zhou Yali nodded.

Watching Qin Chuan's receding figure, Zhou Yali felt a slight pang of regret, her heart very conflicted.

She knew all too well what was happening with her sister, and she even felt grief and indignation for her. She wished she could take a knife and kill that beast in human clothing.

He was simply a scumbag of the academic world. That such a person was actually a doctoral supervisor was simply the biggest joke.

Just now, she had really wanted to tell Secretary Qin Chuan about her sister, but she had misgivings. What if Secretary Qin Chuan couldn't uphold justice and instead favored that scumbag professor?

On one side was a doctoral supervisor and well-known economics professor; on the other side was just an ordinary student, powerless and without any background.

Zhou Yali returned to her dormitory full of worry, the matter constantly playing on her mind, leaving her deeply conflicted.

What she didn't expect was that her sister eventually took an unexpected step. Holding her ID card and student ID, she posted a real-name report on the internet against Professor Liu Dongfu, a doctoral supervisor and economics expert at Jiangnan University.

"I am Zhou Yafang, an economics PhD student at Jiangnan University. I am reporting my supervisor, Professor Liu Dongfu, under my real name. During my doctoral studies, he has harassed me multiple times and threatened to prevent me from graduating smoothly..."

"Additionally, I am reporting him for academic fraud. Several of his papers contain plagiarism..."

Facing the camera, PhD Student Zhou Yafang not only reported Professor Liu Dongfu for harassing her and trying to force her to submit but also for academic fraud and other issues.

She even displayed chat logs. Although parts were blurred out, the content was still very shocking.

Zhou Yali soon learned of the situation and hurriedly found her sister.

"Sister, you're crazy! If you do this, not only will you be unable to graduate with your PhD, but your entire future will be ruined."

PhD Student Zhou Yafang gave a very bitter smile. "Yali, I was truly forced into a corner. Just this morning, Professor Liu Dongfu tried to grope me in his office. If I hadn't run fast, he probably would have succeeded."

"After I ran out, he even called me and threatened that if I didn't behave, there would be consequences."

Zhou Yali was extremely worried. "Sister, by doing this, there's no turning back."

PhD Student Zhou Yafang said with a resolute face, "I know there's no turning back. This time, it's either him or me."

Zhou Yali said, "But how can we fight Professor Liu Dongfu? He has so much influence; he can make black seem white. I'm worried he'll counter-accuse you and say you're slandering him."

"Sister, why don't we go to Secretary Qin Chuan and ask him for help?"

"It's no use." PhD Student Zhou Yafang shook her head. "Little sister, you're still too young. When you reach my age, you'll know that officials protect each other, and all crows under heaven are black. Exposing it online and using the power of public opinion is our only way."

As the two sisters were talking worriedly, PhD Student Zhou Yafang's phone rang. She picked it up to look, and her expression changed slightly.

It was a call from Professor Liu Dongfu.