Ma Jiangbo spoke those words as if he was at ease, but Lin Tian noticed the slight twitch of his facial muscles, indicating an internal weight far heavier than his outward expression.
Moreover, Lin Tian was also aware that Ma Jiangbo’s resignation wasn’t voluntary, but rather a resignation as an admission of fault.
"May I ask why Principal Ma has resigned?" Lin Tian asked deliberately.
Ma Jiangbo’s face flushed with embarrassnt; he knew very well why he was dismissed. Enlisting those parents to confront this student was his gravest mistake. Ma Jiangbo mumbled indistinctly, eventually failing to provide a clear reason, and even less willing to voice it publicly.
During his awkward mont, a series of firecracker blasts suddenly erupted within the campus. Accompanied by the sounds, a banner unfurled from the roof of the teaching building. From the school gate, one could faintly see the words, "Farewell to Vice Principal Ma Jiangbo."
However, the word "farewell" was enclosed in quotation marks, making it clear that the students were not truly bidding farewell, but rather celebrating the departure of an unwelco presence.
Another twitch crossed Ma Jiangbo’s face as the firecrackers and the banner struck at his pride. In the past, when he held a high position, he could ignore the students’ gossip, but now, as a fallen man, such a "farewell" was nothing short of a disgrace.
Too ashad to remain, he left the school without so much as a goodbye, a vice-principal who never took the students’ futures seriously, who used them as human shields, got the end he deserved.
The resignation of the executive vice-principal might have been a big event for Xikou City High School, but in Lin Tian’s eyes, it was nothing more than a trivial matter. He rely watched Ma Jiangbo leave with an indifferent sneer, then left the school himself, heading to the Xiao Group Building.
This ti, Lin Tian didn’t require Secretary Xu’s guidance to navigate the Xiao Group Building, as he himself had presidential-level access privileges.
Upon reaching the front desk, Lin Tian presented his identification to the receptionist. She entered his information into the computer, and the access level displayed gave her quite the startle.
The receptionist couldn’t believe that this young, handso man before her had such a high administrative level, yet she didn’t recognize him.
"Miss, may I go now?" Lin Tian asked, noticing the receptionist had spaced out.
"Oh, yes... yes, this way." The receptionist personally led the way and took Lin Tian to the private elevator.
"Mr. Lin, this is the private elevator that goes directly to the president’s office," said the receptionist as she opened the elevator door for him.
"Thank you." Lin Tian nodded and expressed his gratitude before stepping into the elevator.
The receptionist watched the elevator doors close, Lin Tian’s image vanishing behind them. It was only after he disappeared that she ca out of her daze and rembered to say, "You’re welco."
Her cheeks flushed with embarrassnt, she felt a little awkward as she seed to recall sothing. She quickly returned to the front desk and then made a phone call.
"Girl, I have huge news. The company has a new president today, and he’s incredibly young and good-looking; honestly, he’s stunning," the excited receptionist said.
"How good-looking..."
"Let put it this way, those Korean idols that you like, they’re nothing compared to him. Especially his eyes, my heart was pounding so hard when we made eye contact..." she gushed on with her story.
"You’ve always been picky with guys, not even into heart-throb celebrities, and now there’s a man who makes you spring into action? I have to see who it is. Tell , which floor did he go to?"
"Looking at the elevator number, he must have gone up to the thirty-sixth floor," the receptionist beauty replied.
"The thirty-sixth floor? There’s a shareholders’ eting in the conference room on the thirty-sixth floor today. Could it be..." The sister’s voice trailed off in confusion.
Thanks to notifications from the front desk beauty, many of the won in the offices knew that a new president had arrived at the group, and he was young and handso.
Lin Tian indeed went up to the thirty-sixth floor. He had heard from Miss before that the group’s shareholders’ etings are usually held in the conference room on the sixteenth floor.
The elevator ca to a steady stop on the thirty-sixth floor. Just as the doors opened and Lin Tian was about to step out, a woman hurried into the elevator, nearly colliding with him. He quickly stepped aside to avoid her.
The woman tried to dodge as well, but in her rush—and still wearing high heels—she wasn’t able to avoid him. Instead, she beca unsteady and was about to fall to one side.
Letting a woman fall in front of him would be exceedingly ungentlemanly. Lin Tian stepped forward and swiftly extended his arm to encircle the woman’s slender waist, as she instinctively grabbed onto Lin Tian’s arm.
With a beauty in his embrace, Lin Tian slled a familiar, faint scent of perfu on her. This woman was an old acquaintance of his.
The woman also saw Lin Tian’s face and exclaid in surprise, "Lin Tian, it’s you..."
"Of course it’s . Secretary Xu has given such a surprise as soon as I arrive," Lin Tian said with a smile.
Indeed, the woman in a hurry was Secretary Xu. She was still dressed in a proper professional uniform, her long legs sheathed in thin black stockings, her face adorned with delicate makeup. Her hair near the temples was slightly disheveled from her hasty movents, but it added a ssy charm to her refined appearance.
Secretary Xu’s face turned red, and she quickly extricated herself from Lin Tian’s embrace. After steadying herself and fixing up her appearance, she said sowhat embarrassedly, "The shareholders’ eting has already started. President Xiao was worried you wouldn’t know the way and asked to co down to find you. I was in such a hurry that I almost ran into you. Sorry about that."
"No problem, I’d welco more interactions with a beauty like Secretary Xu," Lin Tian remarked, half in admiration, half teasingly.
Secretary Xu blushed even more and said softly, "We should hurry, the shareholders’ eting has already begun."
"Alright, please lead the way, Secretary Xu," Lin Tian requested. He understood in his heart that flirting with a beauty needed to be done in moderation. The right amount could bring two people closer, but too much and the beauty would start to dislike you because she would think you were too frivolous.
When Lin Tian said this, Secretary Xu felt sowhat uneasy since she had been the one who bumped into Lin Tian. Nevertheless, as the president’s secretary, she maintained her composure and politely led the way for Lin Tian.
As they walked, many people stopped to look at Lin Tian. The won in particular whispered among themselves. It seed that so had received the ssage from the front desk beauty and had co specifically to see Lin Tian.
"Is he the new president? He’s so young, looks about the sa age as my younger brother. But he’s really handso," one female employee comnted.
"Right? I feel like I’ve seen him sowhere before," her colleague said, puzzled.
"I rember now, I saw him once outside the library!" another female employee said excitedly.
The employees’ discussions reached Lin Tian’s ears, but he was already used to being the center of attention.
Curiously, he asked, "Secretary Xu, why does the Xiao Group seem to have mostly female employees?"
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