Chapter 353 This Little Matter Has Been Reported to Gabriella
Saskia was shocked after hearing Isolde's speculation. "Are you kidding me? This kind of thing is worth reporting?"
"Who knows?" Isolde said.
"Let her report it if she wants." Saskia bit her lip. "Even if they find out I did it, it'll just be a verbal warning at most. They can't possibly expel me, can they?"
Saskia went back to the dorm without a care.
But as soon as she returned to the villa dormitory, she received a phone call.
From an unknown number.
"Hello, who is this?"
"This is Gabriella."
Saskia's expression immediately changed, and her voice became respectful. "Gabriella, what can I do for you?"
Gabriella said coldly, "Saskia, you deleted the experimental data on Isabella's computer, didn't you? Come to my office."
——
Ten minutes later.
Saskia gently pushed open the door to Gabriella's office, her face pale.
She really couldn't understand.
Over such a small matter, Isabella actually told Gabriella?
Was she crazy?
"Gabriella."
Saskia spoke softly.
Gabriella looked at her with a very serious expression. "Saskia, you deliberately deleted files from another student's computer. What were you thinking? You're also a member of this experimental group. What good does deleting Isabella's data do you?"
Saskia lowered her head and clenched her fists, unable to speak.
Gabriella continued, "Given that your behavior violates school rules, the academy is giving you a disciplinary warning. If it happens again, we'll have no choice but to expel you. And this matter will be publicly announced throughout the school."
Upon hearing this, all color drained from Saskia's face.
On her way here, she had expected some punishment, but she thought it would just be a verbal warning. She never imagined it would involve both a disciplinary record and a public announcement.
After all, in her view, this wasn't really a big deal.
Saskia said with a pale face, "Gabriella, I know I was wrong. I don't want a disciplinary warning, and I don't want a public announcement..."
"Your punishment is strictly in accordance with school rules and regulations." Gabriella looked deeply at Saskia. "Besides, I'm doing this for your own good."
For her own good?
Was she joking?
Giving such a severe punishment—how could that be for her own good?
Saskia really couldn't understand.
"Gabriella, I really know I was wrong." Saskia pressed her lips together, looking very wronged, tears about to fall. "This is my fault. I shouldn't have deleted the data on Isabella's computer. Can you cancel the disciplinary warning? And the public announcement... isn't that too serious?"
All nobles cared about their reputation.
There weren't many students in this noble school to begin with, and nobles would run into each other all the time.
If the whole school knew what she'd done, how could she face anyone in the future?
Saskia clenched her fists, her face pale.
"This punishment is according to the school's rules and regulations. I won't change it." Gabriella didn't back down, her tone still firm, her expression serious.
"Since you did this, you need to bear the consequences. Isabella is in the same experimental group as you. You deleted her data—doesn't that affect you too? Why did you do this? Just to bully a classmate? If you really did this to bully Isabella, then your punishment isn't light at all!"
Gabriella's cold voice made Saskia's face turn white, and her body trembled.
Gabriella knew well that if she didn't punish Saskia, Gwyneth would find out about this sooner or later.
If Gwyneth found out and Saskia hadn't been punished, it would be a disaster for Saskia and even the entire Fuller family.
That's why she said it was for her own good.
Saskia really cried now, tears welling up in her eyes.
A public announcement...
She would be gossiped about by other nobles.
She looked at Gabriella pleadingly. "Gabriella..."
"Saskia, I have other matters to attend to. I've told you what I needed to tell you. You can go now."
In the end, Saskia left Gabriella's office in tears.
——
"What? The school is going to publicly announce this and give you a disciplinary warning?"
Saskia's mother, Sable Fuller, was so surprised on the phone that her voice changed pitch.
Saskia was still crying, sobbing.
She was truly terrified.
Both scared and wronged.
She didn't understand why just deleting Isabella's experimental data would result in being treated like this. "I... I never thought Isabella would be so petty, reporting such a small thing to Gabriella. She's really terrible..."
Sable was very angry, her voice becoming shrill. "Isabella is really something, and Gabriella too—has she lost her mind? Punishing you so harshly over someone from an ordinary family?"
Saskia's body was trembling. "Mom, what do I do? If there's a public announcement, my classmates will definitely gossip about me."
Sable frowned. "I'll find a way to handle this. I'll make sure the academy cancels your punishment."
The whole thing started because of Isabella. Sable's eyes narrowed, disgust flashing in them.
That bitch Isabella was so clueless?
Getting their Saskia criticized over such a small matter, and with a school-wide announcement no less—she really wasn't afraid of offending people.
After comforting Saskia for a bit, Sable hung up and called Gabriella.
"Hello, Gabriella, this is Sable Fuller, Saskia's mother."
"Sable, what can I do for you?"
Sable suppressed her anger, forced a smile, and said in a gentle tone, "I heard everything from our Saskia. She was wrong, and I've already criticized her."
"Gabriella, do you think you could lighten Saskia's punishment a bit? A disciplinary warning and a public announcement—isn't that a bit too serious?"
"No." Gabriella said directly. "Sable, if you're calling to plead for leniency, it's completely unnecessary."
With that, Gabriella was about to hang up.
"Gabriella, wait..."
Sable said urgently. She hadn't expected Gabriella to be so inflexible, though it made sense—anyone who could become dean of the physics department at a noble school naturally had some background. Gabriella probably didn't easily take ordinary nobles seriously.
"Sable, is there something else?"
Sable's eyes darted around.
She had no way to deal with Gabriella, but surely she could handle Isabella's parents?
"Gabriella, you're right. Our Saskia was wrong, and punishment is appropriate. Could you give me Isabella's parents' phone number? I'd like to apologize to them. After all, we're all nobles, and I don't want to be the subject of gossip. I didn't educate Saskia properly, so I should give the other family an explanation."
Sable sounded sincere, so Gabriella gave her Gwyneth's number.
After all, even if she didn't say anything, Gwyneth would find out about this sooner or later.
If Sable could sincerely apologize, maybe Gwyneth wouldn't get too angry.
Gabriella added, "Sable, when you apologize to the other parent, be sincere. I believe Isabella's mother won't hold too much of a grudge."
Sable frowned with some displeasure at this.
Isabella's mother wanted to hold a grudge?
In her dreams.
She'd show her soon enough!