Chapter 102 Truly Miserable
[Announcement Regarding Disciplinary Actions Against Samuel and 102 Other Students]
[The following students made false statements on the school forum that not only caused significant harm to the students involved but also violated school rules and regulations. The following decisions are hereby made:
Samuel, Computer Science Class of 2019, receives a serious demerit.
Gregory, Computer Science Class of 2020, receives a demerit.
Ivan, Civil Engineering Class of 2019, receives a severe warning.
Cara, Foreign Languages Class of 2019, receives a warning.
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Empire University Student Affairs Office]
The entire campus was in an uproar.
[Oh my god! This is like a once-in-a-lifetime thing, right? First time I've ever seen such a massive disciplinary announcement!]
[The school was quiet for a few days, and I thought it was just small stuff that the administration didn't care about, but turns out... they were investigating and gathering evidence, right? This is huge, totally freaking out!]
[But wait, those photos in that post were all real! How can this be reversed?]
[The photos are real, sure, but did you personally see that girl asking to sleep with someone? Too much dirty stuff in your head. You're not one of the ones who got away, are you?]
[I was wrong, I shouldn't have run my mouth. I've deeply realized my mistake! I'm reflecting on it!]
Some people regretted running their mouths.
Others were extremely grateful they hadn't said anything and thus dodged a bullet.
The already lively campus forum instantly exploded because of this official announcement.
When someone revealed that an outstanding graduate in their class had their internship contract with the Windsor Group revoked, everyone realized how serious this was.
Whether it was a warning or a serious demerit, it would all go on their permanent record.
That was bad enough already.
Some of these outstanding graduates not only lost their scholarship eligibility because of this disciplinary action but also had their resumes, which had already been accepted by the Windsor Group, returned.
December was almost over, and final exams were coming up.
After school started again in March, the graduating seniors would begin their long internship journey and start preparing their graduation theses.
Not to mention others, those who had their resumes accepted through internal applications to the Windsor Group were the top students of each year and major.
They were supposed to intern at the Windsor Group in their final semester, calling it an internship, but it was basically a real position, because the salary and benefits were the same as newly hired employees at the Windsor Group.
They just had to wait until graduation to become full-time employees.
Who would have thought that one recklessly speculative hot post, one impulsive moment of trash talk, would cost them an excellent job opportunity?
Truly tragic!
Just as everyone's sympathy was building, a newly registered account posted two new threads in succession.
[That guy at the top of the announcement list was just taken away by the police! Saw it with my own eyes!]
[Rose's account has been deleted!]
The first piece of news still needed verification, but the second one was easy enough to check.
Everyone typed "Rose" into the forum's search bar.
Previously, like being locked in a dark room, the page showed: "Rose has been banned for 7 days for violating forum rules."
Seven days later, Rose's simple "I'm back" in just a few words would stir up excitement on the forum.
Whenever Rose posted some explosive confessions or some well-organized timeline of juicy gossip, new excitement would follow.
But now, the page showed: [This account does not exist.]
Everyone fell silent.
At the go-kart track in the southern part of the city, Rebecca, who had come full of excitement, was now holding her waist, feeling like she might throw up her bile.
She waved her hand to indicate she was fine and told Frederick to stay away.
Rebecca hadn't even caught her breath when Isabella, beside her, made a shocking statement, "Becca, you're not pregnant, are you?"
Frederick's muffled laughter came from behind. Rebecca covered her face.