Chapter 100: Circumstances created by an enemy
The affair involving Guo Mingrui had caused quite a stir for a time. Students across the South Campus, including those in Dormitories 17, 16, and 13, had heard about it, and there were whispered discussions among them. "Did Su Can from Dormitory 17 really get into a fight with Guo Mingrui from the Film and Art Institute? It must be true. Apparently, the Academic Affairs Office is going to investigate thoroughly. They say Guo Mingrui even called the campus police that day and wanted to have the student detained..."
What worried people was simply that this was a clash between a student and a member of the teaching staff. To students, the university administration was always an authority far above them, one that could not be questioned. Almost everyone's first profound encounter with that authority came through the many difficulties of gaining admission through the National Unified Admissions Examination. Students who had tried every possible means or struggled to enter one of China's top universities would certainly not destroy their own futures.
In fact, in conflicts with the university administration, ordinary students' rights and interests were almost invariably squeezed down to nothing.
What was more, those involved had made quite a fuss over this incident with Guo Mingrui. First, Su Can had repeatedly been absent from his dormitory during nighttime inspections. Then came his confrontation with Guo Mingrui in the Academic Affairs Room, which further inflamed the affair. Besides, Su Can's name was hardly unfamiliar among either the students or the faculty and staff.
Many people did not actually understand why Guo Mingrui still had not learned to keep a low profile at this point. Insisting on making an example of Su Can and deliberately drawing attention to himself was, in fact, rather