Chapter 46
Both the dean and the principal, Mr. Augustine Augustine, were present.
Mr. Augustine appeared to be humble and friendly, while Mr. Herbs hal a dark expression on his face.
vagore recalled that when the university was selecting outstanding students, it had come down to two candidates. The first was me, while the second was Mr. Herbs‘ daughter. I was chosen in the end, but after that, Mr. Herbs seemed to hold a grudge against me.
After exchanging greetings, Mr. Augustine smiled and gestured for me to sit down. “Have a seat
I nodded and sat down
Mr. Augustine maintained his smile and said, “Serena, here’s the thing you’ve probably already seen what’s happening too. We called you here today because we wanted to listen to your side of things.”
s online
He seemed to be quite reasonable, so I slowly said, “I’m so sorry for causing so much trouble for the university. Regarding Julian’s incident, it didn’t happen like the posts are claiming.”
Mr. Augustine nodded slightly. Then please tell us the real story.”
I recounted what happened, and Mr. Augustine frowned. “Julian has always seemed Hee such a reasonable young man. How could he do something like this?”
1 spread my hands in exasperation. “I don’t know either. I was so shocked when it happened”
Mr. Augustine continued, “In that case, do you have any idea who edited and posted the video?
Islowly shook my head. “I don’t. It took less than two hours from the time the incident happened to the video being posted. I don’t know who could act so quickly. Could it be? I had hints
it suspicion in my mind.
But Elena seemed to care about julian alot. How could she do something like that?
“Do you have any plans to resolve this?” Mr. Augustine asked thoughtfully.
Isaid, “I was planning on checking to see if the restaurant had any surveillance footage. If can’t clear
“You can’t contact the police,” Mr. Herbs cut me off.
I frowned and booked at him
me myself, I’ll report it to the police because
Mr. Herbs stepped forward in a self–righteous manner. “Are you planning on embarrassing us even more? The news has already spread outside. If you report this to the police, then wouldn’t the whole of Grand find out? Do you realize how much negative press this will bring to the university?
He started to sound angrier. “Are you going to tarnish the university’s reputation for the sake of your own personal interests? How are we supposed to recruit new students next
I met his gaze and said, “Mr. Herbs, what do you suggest I do, then? Should I just let myself be subjected to online harassment?”
Mr. Herbs weed dismissively. “Fagure it out yourself. If you can’telur your name, then I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do for you.
“Mr. Herla“” A frantic voice could be heard outside. I turned around to see there
Lila burned on and stood in front of me, “Mr. Herbs, you can’t treat Serena like this. Serena is about to graduate. Are you trying to rules her future?”
Lila was so anxious that she was about to burst into tears, but Mr. Herbs didn’t seem to care. “What else can I do? I’m the dean, and I have to think about the university’s reputation. Dean’t let our reputation be tarnished for the sake of one person,”
I glanced sideways at Mr. Augustine. Ever since Mr. Herbs Harted giving me hard the, he seemed to shrink into the background. It seemed like he wasn’t going to intervene
Lila questioned coldly. “The university’s reputatio? This isn’t the only scandal the university has faced. Haven’t all the scandals before this been forgotten over time? Has the imhautyeen had trouide prcmiiting new students because of themhi
