Chapter 356 To Expel Fang Qiu!
Fang Qiu returned from Chengwu City and came back to campus.
He went back to his dormitory and had a good rest.
The next day was a Monday, the start of a new week.
8 AM, at the vice principal’s office.
“Cascade the orders written in these documents down!” Li Xiucai said as he casually flung the notices that had been prepared several days ago to his secretary, who stood in front of his desk. “How dare he go against me? I might only be the interim vice principal, but it wouldn’t be long before the word interim is removed. How could these measly directors attempt to threaten me? I’d like to see their reaction after they’ve read the content of these notifications!”
Li Xiucai was livid.
He was still hopping mad after his heated conversation with Su Mudong and Qi Kaiwen, and he had yet to calm down.
Thus, he had been thinking of ways he could exact retribution!
Obviously, it was impossible for him to exact retribution at this stage since he was merely the interim vice principal. He didn’t have the authority to do so; neither did he have the guts to target them.
However, he didn’t think it would be long before he was officially appointed as the vice principal.
Then, he would seize this golden opportunity to exact revenge on Qi Kaiwen and Su Mudong.
Since he had nowhere to vent his anger, Li Xiucai took it all out on Fang Qiu.
This was what led to these notices.
The main point of the notice was that every student must attend class, and whenever a student missed more than three classes, he would be barred from taking the examination and would have to re-enroll in the module.
If a student skipped more than ten classes in a single semester, he would be expelled!
His secretary took the notices from Li Xiucai, glanced at them, and smiled menacingly.
He had been transferred to the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine with Li Xiucai in order to take down Fang Qiu.
Thus, he had been looking into Fang Qiu’s activities within the university the moment his transfer was completed.
He discovered that Fang Qiu had left even before class ended and even applied for a semester-long leave of absence.
Liu Xiucai and himself had been surprised when they discovered this interesting fact about Fang Qiu.
However, this was something they could now use against Fang Qiu.
If Fang Qiu didn’t like attending classes, they would force him to go to class.
They would force him to do everything he hated!
This was the only way Li Xiucai could went his anger.
Soon, the notices were cascaded down from the management office.
It was posted on the university’s official website almost immediately, and it was also communicated via texts to the directors and teachers-in-charge. Several copies of the notices were also posted on the school’s noticeboard.
The moment the notices were posted, Qi Kaiwen, Liu Feifei, and those who had some inside knowledge of this matter knew that it was targeted at Fang Qiu.
When Liu Feifei received the notice via text, she immediately forwarded the text to Fang Qiu and reminded him to attend his classes from that day onwards. He could continue to take his leave of absence after the interim vice principal left.
Meanwhile, Fang Qiu, who had headed to the hospital bright and early in the morning, did not go to class even after he received the text message. Instead, he continued to treat patients at the acupuncture department.
After the past few days, he sensed that he had almost mastered his acupuncture skills. And after he reinforced his acupuncture skills with his internal Qi and his Qigong, it was far more effective than he anticipated.
The only way he could continue to progress was by strengthening his mental power.
Naturally, he had been practicing his mental power over the past few days.
However, it was much harder to achieve a breakthrough in this aspect than he initially imagined. After his series of breakthroughs earlier, his mental power was now stuck at a narrow bottleneck, and he couldn’t get it to progress beyond that point.
Nonetheless, he wasn’t worried.
He knew that he couldn’t afford to be anxious and that the only way was to continue practicing to let things take progress naturally. He would be able to progress if the timing was right.
…
At the vice principal’s office at the university.
“Have you sent out the notices?” Li Xiucai asked his secretary as he sipped at his tea. “How did the directors from the various faculties react?”
“There was no reaction from them,” the secretary said with a shake of his head.
He knew that although Li Xiucai was asking about the directors from the various faculties, he was actually referring to Qi Kaiwan, the director of the Chinese Medicine faculty.
“Haha,” Liu Xiucai said with a cold laugh after he heard his secretary’s report.
“None of the directors might have reacted, but I’ve received a piece of good news,” the secretary said with a laugh.
“Go ahead,” Li Xiucai said.
“Fang Qiu did not attend his classes,” the secretary said. “I’ve asked someone to keep an eye on him.”
“Great!” Li Xiucai said with a chuckle. “How many classes was he supposed to attend today?”
“Three,” the secretary said. Then, he thought for a moment before he added, “He has nine classes scheduled a week.”
“Does he only have nine classes a week?” Li Xiucai said as he arched his brow. He thought for a moment before he clenched his fists and said, “Tell the management office to amend the ten classes stated on the notice posted on the official website to ten hours’ worth of classes. We’ll expel Fang Qiu after he has missed five classes!”
Each class was two hours long, so five classes were the equivalent of ten hours’ worth of classes.
“Do I have to inform the directors of the various faculties of this change as well?” the secretary asked.
“No!” Li Xiucai said as the corners of his lips curled into a sinister smile. “The notice on the official website shall take precedence. You should also tear up the notices posted on the noticeboard as well.”
“Wouldn’t this be going a little too far?” the secretary said hesitantly.
“I haven’t gone too far but they have!” Li Xiucai said as he scoffed.
The secretary nodded before he turned to leave.
“Wait a minute,” Li Xiucai suddenly stopped his secretary as a thought occurred to him. “We should also announce the assessment procedures for the Young Physician of Huaxia Competition since the assessment will be held the day after tomorrow. This is a competition organized by the Central Television, and Chen Yinsheng had already finished making preparations for this earlier.”
“Sure,” his secretary said with a nod.
“We should get Fang Qiu expelled from the university before the Young Physician of Huaxia Competition. I don’t need such a rebellious student in this school,” Li Xiucai couldn’t help but grow annoyed at the thought of Fang Qiu. “He should behave himself if he wants to continue being a student at this university. Instead, he had created such a huge commotion and even landed me into trouble. I’ll make sure he won’t be able to continue studying here!”
His secretary turned to leave after he took note of his words.
One day passed, and Fang Qiu spent the entire day in the hospital treating patients. He only knocked off in the afternoon.
He skipped three classes—six hours’ worth of class.
According to the notice that Li Xiucai had asked the university staff to post on the official website, Fang Qiu would be expelled from the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine if he missed another four hours’ worth of class, which was the equivalent of two classes.
In the teacher-in-charge office located within the faculty building.
Liu Feifei was verifying her students’ information and uploading her students’ information on the official website when she noticed that the time stamp on the notice posted on the official website had been updated.
“Hmm?”
“Why was there a second notice?”
She clicked on the notice.
“Ten hours’ worth of class?”
Liu Feifei thought that she had read wrongly when she noticed the subtle change of the notice’s wording. She rubbed at her eyes before she took a second look. Then, she realized that it indeed stated ten hours’ worth of class!
She was shocked after she realized what it meant.
“That was six hours’ worth of class he missed today,” she thought.
She hastily set aside her work and dialed Fang Qiu’s number.
“Senior?” Fang Qiu said after he accepted her call.
“Uh, Fang Qiu… I’m really sorry about this, but I seemed to have made a mistake when I sent you the text message earlier. The new rule imposed by the university was not ten classes but ten hours’ worth of class. You have already missed six hours’ worth of class today, so you have to attend classes tomorrow no matter what, do you understand?” Liu Feifei said solemnly.
“I’ve read the notice as well,” Fang Qiu said with a smile. “You did not make a mistake in your understanding nor your communication of the notice. When I saw the notice posted on the official website earlier, it indeed stated ten classes, but now, it has been amended to ten hours’ worth of class.”
“I see,” Liu Feifei said as realization dawned. She frowned before she added, “That is extremely underhanded of the new interim vice principal. How could he use this against you in such an underhanded manner? As the saying goes, a visible spear is easily withstood, but an unseen arrow is hard to guard against. What do you plan to do next?”
“I’ll wait,” Fang Qiu said.
“That’s true. This will blow away once Mr. Chen resumes his position as the vice principal,” Liu Feifei said as she nodded. “However, you should try to be a well-behaved student even when he’s away. After all, this is a place of learning and you are a student enrolled in this university.”
“Thank you. I know what I should do,” Fang Qiu said as he thanked her.
Then, he ended the call.
He made his way back to his dormitory after he wrapped up his work at the hospital.
Fang Qiu ignored the notice posted on the official website, and instead, he carefully read through the preliminary assessment rules and regulations of the Young Physician of Huaxia Competition.
The day after tomorrow.
It was a Wednesday and also the day of the theoretical assessment.
One hundred candidates would be able to qualify for the next round if they passed the theoretical assessment.
Friday was when the medicine identification assessment would be held.
Thirty candidates would be able to progress to the next round from the hundred candidates who made the first cut.
Sunday was when the symptom identification assessment would be held.
Ten candidates from the thirty candidates would be able to progress to the next round.
Fang Qiu didn’t find the process too difficult since the assessments were spread across different days.
He couldn’t hold back a chuckle after he read through the regulations of the assessment.
He didn’t laugh because the process was easy, but because he spotted a trap that had been laid out for him.
According to the notice posted today, he would immediately be expelled if he missed two classes tomorrow.
Then, he would no longer be eligible to participate in the Young Physician of Huaxia Competition.
This was clearly a trap that had been neatly laid out for him.
However, the new interim vice principal seemed a little too naive.
Why would Fang Qiu fall into such an obvious trap?
“If I’m not wrong, my paper will be published on the official website of ‘Medicine and Humans’ tomorrow,” Fang Qiu thought to himself.
“Based on the time difference, my tenth hour of class will be tomorrow at 11 AM, which means it would be 4 AM over there. No one would be working at that hour, so I’ll have to wait until the office opens in the United Kingdom at 8 AM, which would be 3 PM here!”
He couldn’t help but frown at the thought.
Time seemed to be running short for him.
He thought for a moment before he shook his head and turned in for bed.
The next morning, Fang Qiu rose at 3 AM and headed into the thick of the forest beside Central Lake to cultivate for two hours when no one was watching.
Then, he returned to the field next to Central Lake at 5 AM and continued practicing Qi.
Meanwhile, Chen Tianyang woke up at 5 AM on the dot and snuck over to the Yaowang Mountain, moving as furtively as a thief, and immediately snapped and uploaded a photograph of Fang Qiu practicing Qigong when he spotted Fang Qiu practicing by the Central Lake.