Judging by the lineup at this three-court hearing alone, it was even more formidable than last time.
Apart from Dean Song, who wasn't present, both Vice Dean Yang and Vice Dean Zhang, who had attended the previous hearing, were here.
Besides them, there were thirteen council members and seventy or eighty staff officers.
When Xu Yi arrived, he paid his respects, then asked outright what they had summoned him for.
Vice Dean Yang coughed and said gravely, "Xu Yi, let's speak plainly. We've gathered for one reason: to ask you to leave the Staff Department. If you agree, I can personally write a recommendation for you. And everyone in the department, from top to bottom, is willing to add their names to it."
Xu Yi gaped. On his way here, he'd already guessed at some of the reasons.
In the end, those fifteen colleagues from the Staff Department had been dragged into the fight by Xi Mengfan because of Xu Yi.
More than half of them had fallen in a single battle. It was hard to imagine a bloodier outcome.
Xu Yi did feel some guilt about it, but the situation hadn't been his to control. He, too, had been swept along by the tide of events, struggling just to survive and unable to look after everyone.
After something like that, it was only natural that the Staff Department wanted nothing to do with him.
He'd assumed the department had called him in to hold him accountable. He hadn't expected them to go straight to asking him to leave.
Seeing the hesitation on Xu Yi's face, Vice Dean Yang glared at him. "What, you can't bear to leave the Staff Department? This isn't up for discussion. If you insist on refusing, we can all sign a petition and submit it