493: Chapter 493 Putting aside the facts, is he entirely without fault?

"Hello, Secretary."

Qin Chuan nodded slightly. "Director Han, what is the matter?"

Director Han Jinhua reported, "There is a matter that requires your final decision."

"Go ahead, what is it?"

If even a Director of Academic Affairs couldn't make the call, it seemed the matter was not small.

"Secretary, it concerns over a dozen international students. Their grades are very poor, they skip classes frequently, and they failed the organized make-up exams..."

He gave a brief report on the situation and handed over the files of these dozen or so international students.

Taking the files and skimming through them, Qin Chuan thought to himself, 'Motherf*cker, these are just academic trash. Why are we even keeping people like this?'

According to the regulations, these people could be expelled, but because it involved international students, Director Han Jinhua didn't dare to do it and had come specifically to ask for instructions.

Qin Chuan said firmly, "What is there to consider? Since they meet the criteria for expulsion, expel them all, revoke their student status, and kick them out of the school. We aren't a waste collection center."

Hearing this, Director Han Jinhua felt relieved.

With the leader's final word, he could go ahead and do it. "Alright, then we will notify these people immediately and issue a formal announcement."

That same day, the formal announcement was issued. It appeared not only on multiple bulletin boards at Jiangnan University but also on the official website and the WeChat public account.

It was like throwing a giant boulder into calm waters.

"Oh my god, even international students are being expelled? Is the school being this fierce!"

"Unbelievable, expelling sixteen in one go! This is the first time I've seen this!"

This move acted as a massive deterrent to those international students. A few Black international students even thought about coming to Qin Chuan to protest, but they were sent away.

Protesting was useless. Qin Chuan was even starting to consider lowering the subsidies for these people; two to three hundred thousand a year was simply too high.

Not long after this incident passed and things had only calmed down for a few days, another major event occurred.

This was on Line 3 of the subway in the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province.

Liu Wei, a female PhD student from the Economics Department, boarded the subway wearing a mask. She found a good spot, but before she could even get settled, she noticed a man staring at her.

Liu Wei frowned and thought unhappily, 'Creep. Haven't you ever seen a woman before? What the f*ck are you looking at?'

What made her even more upset was that this young man was actually pointing his phone at her as if he were filming. This was more than Liu Wei could take.

'He looks like a poor loser and a creep. What right do you have to film me?' Liu Wei was beyond furious and exploded immediately. The commotion became so large that even the police were alerted.

After an investigation, the police found that the young man hadn't been filming at all. He was just scrolling through his phone to pass the time, and it just so happened that the camera was pointed in Liu Wei's direction.

Liu Wei made a scene and refused to believe the outcome. The police, left with no choice, showed Liu Wei the man's phone. There were indeed no surreptitious photos inside; the phone was clean, with very few photos at all.

The matter could have ended there, but the more Liu Wei thought about it, the more upset she became. She posted the incident to social media and even included a photo of the young man.

The video quickly garnered widespread attention from netizens, sparking intense controversy and public debate. The impact of the incident continued to grow.

By the time Qin Chuan heard the report from Secretary Yuan Hua, the heat surrounding the matter was already very high.

To be honest, Qin Chuan was a bit speechless.

What was going on this month? Jiangnan University was constantly trending, and basically for negative reasons.

This Liu Wei was clearly a 'Little Fairy' type. She had snatched the man's phone on the subway and called him a smelly loser and a creep. Even after the police cleared it up, not only did she not apologize, she actually had the gall to post the matter online.

Qin Chuan asked, "Little Yuan, this Liu Wei is Professor Liu Dongfu's student, right?"

"Yes, she was Professor Liu Dongfu's PhD student. She has now transferred to another doctoral supervisor to continue her degree."

"However..." Yuan Hua looked like he was hesitating to speak.

Qin Chuan said, "If there's something to say, just say it. Don't be so hesitant."

Seeing the leader say this, Yuan Hua stopped holding back. "Secretary, as far as I know, Liu Wei's reputation is not good. I heard she has had several boyfriends, two of whom were Black international students. Recently, she has been getting quite close to Vice President Wang's son."

"Oh? There's such a thing?" Qin Chuan was slightly surprised.

Vice Principal Wang Xiongwei had a son named Wang Kuan, who was thirty-one or thirty-two and still unmarried. Qin Chuan knew this.

He hadn't expected Liu Wei and Wang Kuan to get together.

"Little Yuan, go handle this. Tell Liu Wei to delete what she posted immediately and apologize as she should."

"Alright, I'll handle it right away."

Except...

Liu Wei refused to apologize even if it killed her.

Yuan Hua had approached her in his capacity as the Secretary of the University Party Committee's secretary, ordering her to delete the video and demanding she admit her mistake and apologize. Instead of apologizing, Liu Wei posted another 'little essay' on social media.

"Family, do I not need to protect my rights just because they weren't actually violated? Setting aside the facts, is the other party not at fault at all? Why did he have his camera pointed in my direction? Was I wrong to grab his phone..."

This was entirely the rhetoric of a 'Little Fairy,' yet she actually gained support from many similar 'Little Fairies.'

However, people with a sense of justice still made up the majority. Many girls also had very upright values; after all, 'Little Fairies' were only a minority.

Many people cursed at Liu Wei one after another, demanding she apologize.

Liu Wei, for her part, started arguing back with these netizens.

"I'm a PhD student, do I need you to teach me? Come back and teach me when you've earned a doctorate. If you don't have the ability, don't speak up. You guys probably haven't even graduated from elementary school, haha..."

After publicly posting the scolding video on social media, Liu Wei received widespread and intense online criticism and condemnation.

Not only did Liu Wei use many vicious words to attack netizens after the video was posted, but she also discriminated against and looked down on them, even engaging in heated shouting matches with them.

Qin Chuan soon learned of the situation and was extremely angry. A 'Little Fairy' like this had to be dealt with severely.

Soon, Jiangnan University issued a notice. The general content was that they had noticed the situation online and, after investigation, Liu Wei was at fault. The student had seriously violated the code of conduct for university students and the school's teaching management regulations. A decision regarding the student's punishment would be announced subsequently.

When this announcement came out, Liu Wei was dumbfounded. She never imagined the school would take such a stance. 'I'm a PhD student, and I'm Vice President Wang's future daughter-in-law!'

It was precisely because she relied on this, combined with her innate 'Little Fairy' nature, that she dared to refuse to apologize and argue with netizens online.

The result...

The school didn't stand on her side at all. It looked like the hammer would fall heavily upon her.