Chapter 144: School invites you to give a speech?
Chapter 144: School invites you to give a speech?
Not good!
The principal actually wants to invite Ding Chengwang, this hypocritical liar, to return to the school to give a speech!
Not long after Lu An returned to the guesthouse in the evening, he received a call from Xia Shulan, and then heard this explosive news.
Lu An immediately understood what was going on: "After all, he is a cadre in the government, a senior official who can deliver documents to the county magistrate's desk at any time. Of course, the principal should make good arrangements."
Xia Shulan was very unhappy: "But he is obviously a liar, things are not what he said, can't any of these teachers see that?"
No! We must not let that liar be so proud of himself. He cheated the teachers and now he wants to cheat the students.
"Lu An, please come to school tomorrow. On behalf of Pingjiang Middle School, I also invite you to give a speech!" Xia Shulan said.
Lu An smiled: "Shulan, I understand your mood now. I am also very angry and think that Ding Chengwang is not a joke, but I think you should calm down first."
After all, Ding Chengwang was invited by the school principal himself, so it was legitimate. What about my side?
Doing this privately will not prove anything.
"If you really want to expose Ding Chengwang, I think you should think of a better way. Going there without any preparation will only give him more momentum," said Lu An.
Xia Shulan calmed down at this time and thought carefully that she was indeed too anxious.
So they could only hang up the phone indignantly and everyone would think about it later.
Just after he hung up the phone with Xia Shulan, another call came in. It was from his class teacher Zeng Lilian, who also invited Lu An to return to his alma mater.
"After all, in the college entrance examination, Lu An, you had the best performance in that class. You can also come back and explain the methods and approaches to your younger classmates!" Zeng Lilian said.
Lu An was silent for a moment: "Teacher Zeng, I respect you very much, so can you tell me the truth, is this really the reason?"
This time, it was Zeng Lilian who was silent. After a while, she said, "Lu An, you were my proudest student back then, so it's okay for you to come back to your alma mater, give a speech, and encourage the younger students who are about to take the college entrance examination."
Since the teacher has said this, Lu An can only agree.
……
The next day, Lu An got up early, changed into more decent clothes and went to school.
When leaving, Lu An specifically told Zhao Hu: "If anyone wants to see me, come to Pingjiang Middle School!"
Just as Lu An went out and reached the school gate, he saw Xia Shulan running towards him and pulling him aside from afar.
"Why are you here? You shouldn't have come today!" Xia Shulan said anxiously.
She then became very upset: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have given your phone number to Teacher Zeng yesterday. I thought she was your former head teacher after all..."
Lu An could feel that she was really worried and concerned: "Shulan, don't worry. Isn't this part of our plan? We were planning to come to the school to expose Ding Chengwang."
This is different!
Xia Shulan emphasized: "If I had prepared a plan, I could have come, but now they are the ones who invited me!"
Xia Shulan also secretly told Lu An: "It is said that this invitation was proposed by Ding Chengwang. He said he wanted to prove to everyone that studying hard is not the only way out!"
Lu An nodded: "It's pretty much what I thought."
In fact, when Lu An received a call from Zeng Lilian last night, he already realized something was wrong.
After all, they had such an unpleasant argument in the hotel box at noon, and then they called me in the evening to invite me back to the school to give a speech?
No matter how you look at it, this reveals a sense of weirdness!
The only possibility is that someone wanted me to go there intentionally so that they could show off something by stepping on my identity as a college student.
Only Ding Chengwang is left.
That's why Lu An specifically asked Zeng Lilian on the phone about her wish for her to tell the truth.
Lu An couldn't help but sigh: "The school invited Ding Chengwang to give a speech and asked him to promote the theory that studying is useless. This is really ridiculous!"
All we can say is that power and interests still overwhelm ideals and beliefs.
For the principal, he needs to firmly grasp Ding Chengwang's relationship, which allows him to deliver documents to the county governor's desk, so as to pave the way for further advancement in the future.
For people like Teacher Dong and Teacher Zeng, Ding Chengwang has such strong connections that he can help them solve the staffing problem, and it is impossible for them to go against Ding Chengwang at this critical juncture.
It was these reasons that ultimately led to this ridiculous scene.
Xia Shulan shook a little, and it seemed that for the first time she was shaken by the ideals and beliefs she held on to.
But then she looked at Lu An: "Since you have guessed it and know that he is likely to take the opportunity to belittle you, why did you come?"
Lu An spread his hands and said, "If I don't come, wouldn't it seem like I'm afraid of him? Wouldn't he be able to plot against me even more unscrupulously? I can't do this kind of thing where I get scolded unilaterally and treated like a coward!"
Just kidding, I can't do anything if you grumble behind my back, but you made such a big fuss about it and even invited myself.
If you were to just give in and avoid this kind of face-to-face confrontation, your rebirth would be in vain!
Lu An smiled and reassured Xia Shulan: "Since I'm here, I must be well prepared. You have to believe that the six-eared macaque is fake after all and can't be the Monkey King."
Xia Shulan looked up in confusion, as if she was still trying to understand the meaning of these words.
But at this time, Zeng Lilian, who was also at the gate, saw the situation here and came over: "Lu An, you are here, why don't you go into the school?"
Lu An first greeted the teacher, then said that he was here to talk to Teacher Xia and went in.
Lu An also said: "Teacher, I respect you as my former head teacher. I cherish this rare teacher-student relationship, so I hope you can cherish it too."
Zeng Lilian lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look Lu An in the eye.
But not far away, Ding Chengwang, who had been waiting here for a long time, walked over with a proud look on his face: "Oh my! You sound so real. You really think your identity as a college student is something great."
"Teacher Zeng, don't be afraid. I'll protect you from now on. I can help you with everything from the establishment to the evaluation of professional titles!"
Zeng Lilian thanked Ding Chengwang repeatedly.
Ding Chengwang raised his head proudly and said yes.
He then said to Lu An: "See, the times are different now. Your study is useless. You won't even be assigned a job now."
He clenched his fist even harder: "These days, being an official and holding on to power are the most important things, and I happen to be such a person!"
Snapped!
There was a crisp sound of flesh snapping.
Everyone stared in amazement as Lu An slapped Ding Chengwang hard on the fat face...
met free