Chapter 1000 - 1001: Vile Behavior

Chapter 1000: Chapter 1001: Vile Behavior

"Ah, Dean Liu." The few girls immediately shrank back and whispered under their breaths. For a dean like him, they naturally felt a sense of fear.

Song Xiaodong usually didn’t rest on social status or ignore the dean of the college, but Liu Chunan’s behavior today made Song Xiaodong quite displeased. Especially within the school, such bureaucratic types were people Song Xiaodong disdained.

So, without even looking at him, Song Xiaodong led a few people directly inside.

"Teacher Song, Dean Liu is here. Aren’t you going to greet him?" Lu Yaobing quietly reminded Song Xiaodong.

Song Xiaodong said lightly, "No need."

Lu Yaobing quickly said, "Isn’t that a bit inappropriate? You made him lose face today, and now you don’t even greet him. He’s so petty, he will surely hold a grudge against you."

"Right, right!" The other three girls nodded repeatedly.

Song Xiaodong smiled and said, "I’m neither looking for a promotion nor trying to get rich through him, so why should I fear him? A doctor who only thinks about cozying up to leaders later on surely won’t focus enough on medical research."

The girls couldn’t help but be impressed by Song Xiaodong’s demeanor, and Lu Yaobing gazed at Song Xiaodong with strong admiration. Having such an upright mentor made her feel extremely proud as a student.

Watching Song Xiaodong lead the four girls past him without acknowledgment, Liu Chunan felt furious. This was an insult to him—a professor of his own college dared to slight him like this. It made him feel particularly embarrassed as the dean.

"Stop!" Frustrated, Liu Chunan took two steps forward and shouted.

Song Xiaodong and the others stopped in their tracks, turned back, and looked at Liu Chunan. Seeing his sullen face made the girls feel a little anxious inside.

"Song Xiaodong, what are you doing here?" Liu Chunan asked coldly, glaring at Song Xiaodong.

"Eating, of course." Song Xiaodong answered casually.

Liu Chunan widened his eyes, "Eating? Late at night, you’re taking female students out to eat? Do you think that’s appropriate?"

Song Xiaodong replied lightly, "I’m taking my students out for a meal, what’s inappropriate about that?"

Liu Chunan, more aggressive, said, "Inappropriate? Are you playing dumb? This is a high-end venue, and as a teacher, bringing female students here to dine; what are you trying to do really?"

Song Xiaodong furrowed his brow and said, "Dean Liu, regardless of whether it’s high-end or not, I feel my students did well, so I want to reward them. I’m using my own money to treat them, not needing the college to reimburse. How does this concern you?"

"Concern me? It affects our college’s reputation. If word gets out that teachers from our college take female students to high-end places at night, what does that imply?"

Song Xiaodong suddenly chuckled and said slowly, "How much influence can a mere teacher have? I fear that if you, a dean, came here to dine, it would indeed be more impactful. Now with bans on alcohol and such, if you as a leader dine outside, especially in a high-end venue like this... Dean Liu, you’d better be cautious."

"You... you..." Liu Chunan’s eyes nervously scanned around, feeling relieved as there was no one nearby nor anyone in the distance paying them any attention or taking pictures with a phone, and he angrily said, "Are you threatening me?"

"I can’t be bothered to threaten you. Let’s just each have our meal without ruining each other’s dining mood." Finishing his sentence, Song Xiaodong turned and walked away.

Lu Yaobing immediately followed, while Wang Xiaoling and the other two hesitated slightly but then followed as well.

In his anger, Liu Chunan’s face turned green, pointing at Song Xiaodong’s back, and his finger shook as he said, "You... you... you simply have no respect for leaders. You just wait."

"Old Liu, what’s up with you? Who got you so mad?" A voice came from behind Liu Chunan.

Liu Chunan immediately turned around and saw three people, with the man speaking to him appearing to be in his forties, and the other two were middle-aged as well.

Seeing the three, Liu Chunan quickly went up and said, "Director Wang, it’s quite embarrassing."

"What happened? Who could anger you, the grand dean, like this?"

The person named Wang Liancheng was a director in the Health Bureau. Ningjian Medical University was co-administered by the Ningjian Health Bureau and the Ministry of Health, with the Health Bureau holding a leading role over Ningjian University.

Liu Chunan, full of resentment, said, "Don’t bring it up. Didn’t you ask me to recommend a good Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner for your father last time? Just in time, our school has a new teacher teaching acupuncture. He’s quite decent, so I wanted him to take a look, and he outright refused today."

"Oh?" Wang Liancheng furrowed his brow slightly, "Is his level really that high?"

"His skills should be fine. I wasn’t thinking about your old man’s leg issue—the best Traditional Chinese Medicine method should be acupuncture. So I thought of letting him try, but who knew he would have this attitude? When I saw him just now, I mentioned it again, and he still refused. This is simply not giving you, the Health Bureau leader, any face. Can I not be angry?"

The more Liu Chunan spoke, the more indignant he seemed, looking thoroughly righteous.

Wang Liancheng’s face turned quite unpleasant, saying, "Dean Liu, it seems your authority as dean is lacking. Such a small matter, and you can’t even arrange it."

Liu Chunan immediately replied, "Don’t mention it. This guy is specially hired by the school, not one of our regular teachers. Otherwise, do you think I wouldn’t deal with him immediately? To handle him, it would take the principal."

Wang Liancheng snorted, saying, "Hmph, I’ll go see this guy for myself. I want to see how he dares not to treat my father. Hmph, if he doesn’t show me respect either, I’ll call your principal."

Liu Chunan immediately said, "Indeed, only Director Wang could handle this matter."

Inwardly, he thought to himself, at that time, give Song Xiaodong a good warning. How dare he not respect him, the dean? Let’s see if he can continue his career.

Whether in school or as a doctor, offending people from the Health Bureau means one can’t continue being a doctor. He secretly hoped Song Xiaodong would offend Wang Liancheng so much that he would be expelled from the school and even lose his doctor credentials.

Thinking of this, Liu Chunan couldn’t help but laugh inwardly.

It must be said, this Liu Chunan was truly a petty person who bore grudges easily. For such a small matter, he could think of ruining someone’s future over it.