Xie Junping drew the focus of the conflict back onto himself. In his view, though, he might have just saved Lawyer Zhu's life. The thought gave him a rather condescending sense of superiority:
"Lawyer Zhu, if you're saying that the Order Club continuing to operate and recruit new members is a waste of resources, then I can't agree with that. Are we in the Student Union all just here to eat pig slop? Hu San, the Order Club's eligibility to recruit new members was only restored at the start of the new semester, right?"
Hu Huaying was still a little dazed by the suddenly escalating conflict when Xie Junping dragged him into it. Fortunately, their years-long alliance had not been for nothing. He immediately nodded.
"It was restored on September 1."
Xie Junping knew perfectly well that this was merely a delay in carrying out procedures, yet he treated it as evidence and flung it in Lawyer Zhu's face.
"Perhaps Lawyer Zhu doesn't understand the school's internal situation, so let me explain. The Order Club really has been courting disaster these past few years. Besides last year's financial problems, there was also an Experimental Accident in '93, and its right to recruit members was revoked.
"But that right was officially restored on September 1 this year. What does that mean? It means the school still hopes to give the Order Club a chance, to let this old club, which has existed since the school was founded, retain at least some trace of itself. Even if it ultimately cannot escape being merged into another club, it will not vanish completely. At least its legacy will remain..."
Though they had begun as absurd words that even he himself did not believe, Xie Junping grew more animated the longer he spoke, until he