Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 365 - 362: This is the Taste

The so-called "bottom line" is something that should not be touched and can be used to warn people.

"Disputes between parents over educational philosophies for their children can be understood; but if it results in violence, or even divorce and tearing apart a family, the price is too high."

This is family ethics.

"Sacrificing sleep to study, sleeping only five or six hours a day is a necessary sacrifice for the future; but if you ignore your actual physical condition, leading to fainting, shock, or even sudden death, then you have completely sacrificed the future."

This is personal life safety.

"And when students compete for grades, there’s no so-called camaraderie, which is still okay; but if they maliciously cheat to interfere with other students’ exam performance for the sake of grades, more seriously—"

Nan Zhubin spread his palms: "Using grades as a standard to form a so-called ’food chain’ is what we’re discussing now as bullying. From the current results, it has already crossed the boundaries of moral and personal safety, touching the line of the law..."

Vice Principal Ma took a deep breath. He realized he had let Nan Zhubin speak too much.

What Nan Zhubin said was indeed very reasonable.

But did Vice Principal Ma not understand these principles?

Vice Principal Ma didn’t come today to discuss principles.

If he let Nan Zhubin continue speaking, the conversation would get out of control.

He had to interrupt Nan Zhubin’s rhythm now.

"Mr. Nan, saying words like ’bullying’ is too unpleasant." Vice Principal Ma said, "Although the methods were a bit excessive, it was indeed just children’s pranks and mutual encouragement to study; maybe the approach wasn’t right since the students are young and don’t understand much. Besides, taking a step back, doesn’t being bullied train the student’s endurance? It’s just that we don’t want to see this result now, but the original intention was good..."

"Bullshit."

Vice Principal Ma suddenly stopped, staring blankly at Nan Zhubin.

It seemed like he wanted to confirm if indeed such foul language was uttered by this decent-looking young man during this decent conversation about the significance of education.

Nan Zhubin looked at Vice Principal Ma too.

The timing of this person’s opening was quite clever, but what he said was lacking in substance.

It seemed he was at the end of his rope.

Nan Zhubin’s shoulders trembled slightly, as though he wanted to make a move, but he forgot he was injured.

The pain caused his facial muscles to twitch. This was the biggest expression he had made so far in this dialogue.

Vice Principal Ma was even a little curious about what move Nan Zhubin would make if he weren’t injured.

He quickly found out.

"Thud."

Vice Principal Ma only felt a sharp pain in his calf. Looking down, he saw Nan Zhubin slowly retracting his foot.

Watching the middle-aged man in front of him bend over in pain, Nan Zhubin smirked: "I interrupted you with foul language just now, and this kick I gave you, in essence, is to train your endurance."

"After all, you’re the vice principal. Patience is a very important quality in this job—would you feel better if I put it that way?"

Even this explanation carried an undertone of aggression.

As expected, Vice Principal Ma painfully raised his head, opening his mouth ready to curse.

The shame of having his righteous facade broken, the anger washed over by the young man, the real pain from being kicked... along with other complex emotions, were all mixed on Vice Principal Ma’s face.

Nan Zhubin felt even his eyes were bothered.

"You see, you can’t accept my ’reason,’ just as others definitely cannot accept your reasoning. So it’s better not to say such nonsensical things again, it makes you seem particularly immature."

"And then bringing the topic back—you just mentioned that seriously dealing with this under the name of ’bullying’ would ruin quite a few students."

Nan Zhubin slowly shook his head, looking at Vice Principal Ma with an expression of seeing a childish child.

"You might have misunderstood something, did you think I was doing all this just to protect Li Mingchen, or to seek justice for Xu Pengcheng?"

Indeed, these two students are the ones Nan Zhubin is currently working on projects for.

"But... when did I say I was only doing it for Li Mingchen and Xu Pengcheng?"

"To me, all the students on the sports team are ’victims’ of bullying, and I intend to seek justice for all of them." Nan Zhubin looked at Vice Principal Ma, "’Perpetrators’ are Wang Rui, who incited students to bully, you, and any other teacher who may be aware of this matter."

"And the ones who will be dealt with will only be you all."

...

This was the first time Nan Zhubin clearly expressed his thoughts to Vice Principal Ma.

Indeed, even though Vice Principal Ma sensed something was off about Nan Zhubin, his perception of Nan Zhubin was merely "this young man is too earnest in dealing with Li Mingchen and Xu Pengcheng’s situation."

Before truly securing victory, Nan Zhubin would never easily reveal his plans.

At this moment.

Nan Zhubin slightly bent down, aligning his gaze with Vice Principal Ma.

"Now your facial expression is consistent."

Nan Zhubin furrowed his brow, but still forced his elbow to move and used his finger to draw a circle in front of Vice Principal Ma’s face.

"On your face—that’s [Fear]."

"As far as I know, the main person responsible for inciting is Wang Rui, right? But you’ve shown such intense fear, could it be that you are actually the primary figure?"

"—No, wrong."

"Then you must be at some critical juncture and unable to bear even such minor individual-level responsibilities. So, you’re trying to shift the blame, even attempting to link it to the [depression] issue, throwing the responsibility back onto the students themselves and the school? Very well—I’ve guessed right."

"So is this year critical for you? Preparing to be transferred to another school as the principal—good, guessed right again."

On the side, Chonghui showed a satisfied expression, this was it!

Nan Zhubin snorted: "Don’t tell me your intention was just to temporarily suppress the matter, wait until you’ve successfully transferred before dealing with the consequences—guessed right again?"

...

Vice Principal Ma’s whole body began to tremble.

Still the [Fear], but compared to the rational fear of a potentially ruined career, this fear was deeper.

This was the chill of having a secret entirely exposed, a feeling of being seen as if you were unclothed, capable of inciting pure physiological horror in anyone.

"So, the phone call earlier made you anxious? The leaders from the Health Committee heard, and you couldn’t cover it up, so tonight you’re opting for the lesser evil?"

"—Yes."

"You didn’t try to fool me on impulse, did you? You actually came tonight intending to warn Teacher Xiao Zhao and the students, but seeing me, you decided to talk to me first?"

"—Very well, guessed right again."

It’s not only the secret that lies within but now a whole series of behavioral logic has been laid bare.

"So, you really have connections inside the Health Committee—yes."

"But I already knew that. It’s quite normal; otherwise, you wouldn’t know every time someone from the Health Committee comes down."

Nan Zhubin knowingly nodded: "So you have other connections inside the Health Committee. As long as your recommendations go up, then surely it will be me who conducts the psychological assessment for Xu Pengcheng?"

"—Yes."

At that moment, Vice Principal Ma even hoped a little that Nan Zhubin would dig deeper, to uncover who exactly these so-called "connections" were.

But Nan Zhubin wisely stopped there.

Vice Principal Ma, clutching his calf, shivered violently.

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