Chapter 338 Directly Let Isabella Go
When it comes to fighting, not every student gets expelled. Or rather, as long as no one gets killed, they won't be expelled.
But other people are other people, and Isabella is Isabella.
The academy shows no mercy to non-noble students like Isabella. If they break the rules, they get expelled immediately!
The basketball court wasn't far from the building where the dean's office was located.
Gabriella arrived quickly.
She had even run all the way there, arriving out of breath and very anxious.
Arabella's lips curled into a cold smile as she stepped forward. "Gabriella, you've come at just the right time..."
Gabriella said urgently, "What happened? Where's Isabella? Is Isabella okay?"
Arabella hadn't expected Gabriella to ask about this first. She paused, then frowned and said, "Gabriella, I think you've misunderstood. Isabella hit Orville, not the other way around."
Hearing this, Gabriella instinctively said, "That's good, that's good. As long as Isabella wasn't the one who got hit."
Arabella: "?"
Everyone else was also stunned.
Gabriella realized she'd said the wrong thing and quickly regained her composure, asking, "Arabella, what did you just say? Isabella hit Orville? Why would she hit Orville?"
"Apparently Orville's basketball almost hit Isabella, and they got into an argument..."
Since Orville had already been sent to the hospital, Arabella explained everything she knew about what happened.
Finally, she added, "Gabriella, Orville is seriously injured."
"Okay, I understand." Gabriella grasped what had happened and waved her hand. "Then let's just leave it at that."
Arabella's expression changed. "What?!"
"Leave it at that?"
She never expected Gabriella's way of handling this would be like this.
Orville was still in the hospital—how could they just leave it at that?
Arabella frowned. "Gabriella, when I arrived earlier, Orville was nearly beaten to death. If I hadn't intervened, Isabella probably wouldn't have stopped. Orville was taken to the hospital, and his condition is quite serious..."
Before she could finish, Gabriella cut her off, her voice somewhat cold. "Students getting into scuffles is normal, it's not a big deal. Isabella didn't intentionally seriously injure Orville—this was just an accident."
After saying this, Gabriella didn't look at Arabella again. Instead, she turned to pat Isabella on the shoulder and handed her a business card, saying warmly, "Isabella, here's what we'll do. Keep my contact information. If you run into problems like this again that you can't solve, just call me, okay?"
Isabella took Gabriella's card, nodded, and said, "Okay."
"I have a meeting in a bit, so I'll be going now."
With that, Gabriella left.
Arabella couldn't say a word.
Watching Gabriella's retreating figure, then glancing at Gabriella's business card in Isabella's hand, Arabella's expression was extremely unpleasant, and her heart felt like it was blocked by a huge stone.
What had gone wrong?
Normally in this kind of situation, disciplinary action would be unavoidable.
Even without disciplinary action, Isabella should at least be punished.
But Gabriella had done nothing and just let Isabella off.
Arabella clenched her fists, her expression somewhat gloomy.
On the way back to the student council.
"Arabella, what do you think is going on? Why did Gabriella have that attitude toward Isabella?"
"Exactly. Isabella caused such a big problem, and Gabriella just smoothed things over and wouldn't let us say more. That attitude clearly showed she was protecting Isabella."
"I just don't get it. Isabella is just an ordinary person with no special status. Why would Gabriella protect her?"
"Gabriella probably just didn't want to make a big deal out of it."
If this really went to the school's upper management, Gabriella, as dean of the physics school, would probably lose face too.
After all, Isabella was also from the physics school.
That was the only reason Arabella could think of.
She just hadn't expected that Gabriella, the new dean, would be so afraid of trouble.
Isabella was just lucky this time.
Arabella's expression darkened. "Someone like Isabella, if she doesn't change her attitude, will cause problems sooner or later."
"All of you keep a close eye on her from now on. I don't believe she can stay out of trouble!"
After today's incident, she truly had come to despise Isabella.
It was bad enough that Isabella had such a low status, but she even dared to be so arrogant in front of her.
After all, she was from the Howard family, ranked eighth among the thirty-six families, and she was the student council president. Isabella, a new student, somehow had the nerve not to take her seriously.
Such ignorant fearlessness.
——
Isabella returned to the dorm with Kennedy.
On the way, Kennedy glanced at Isabella. "Isabella, I'm sorry. Because of me, you got into trouble."
"It's fine." Isabella didn't care. "Orville is Garth's son?"
"That's right. Garth also has a daughter named Theodosia, who is now the eldest daughter of the Hope family. Orville and Theodosia are biological siblings."
Isabella fell silent for a moment.
Kennedy spoke seriously again. "You basically saved my life just now. Orville really wanted me dead, and he would absolutely dare to do it. So if you ever need anything from me in the future, just say so. I'll do whatever I can."
Isabella smiled. "You don't need to be so serious. I don't need you to do anything. I'm just a bit hungry right now and want to eat."
"Then let's hurry back and eat."
When Isabella and Kennedy returned to the dorm, Cecilia wasn't there.
After Kennedy sent Cecilia a message, she looked at Isabella and said, "Cecilia went next door. She said Jasmine is next door, so she'll hang out there for a bit before coming back."
Isabella wasn't interested in where Cecilia had gone. She nodded lightly and went to eat.
After eating, Isabella went back to her room.
It soon got dark.
At eleven at night, Isabella heard the sound of a door opening and closing next door—Cecilia had returned.
Isabella lay in bed, closed her eyes again, and fell asleep.
A dreamless night.
Isabella had heard from Kennedy that there were no classes for the first three days, giving students time to adjust.
And even after those three days, there weren't many classes. Most courses let students study on their own—completely open education.
So the next day Isabella didn't need to get up early. Sloane brought food directly to her room.
After eating, Isabella went back to sleep, thinking this school life was way too easy.
Living in a villa, having a butler take care of everything, and not even having to attend classes.
Though when exam time came, she probably wouldn't be laughing anymore.
At noon, Isabella didn't slack off and went downstairs to the dining room to eat.