After hearing Wang Bingxia's words, Ling Tian nodded.
"Since that's the case, you can wait here!" Ling Tian herded the few people together and made them squat.
Wang Bingxia ran off to make a phone call, while Gou Sheng and the others squatted obediently on the ground, not daring to resist.
Ling Tian's earlier display of force had terrified them, and they knew that if they dared to resist, they would likely be beaten again.
While Wang Bingxia was on the phone, Ling Tian noticed that Zhao Shuai also secretly took out his phone and made a call.
However, Ling Tian didn't stop him. He wanted to see what other trump cards Zhao Shuai had up his sleeve!
About ten minutes later, a middle-aged man in his forties rushed over, followed by two young men.
Zhao Shuai, lying on the ground, immediately perked up upon seeing the man. He endured the pain, propped himself up, and began to shout loudly.
"Director Xu, I'm here! Uncle Xu, save me!"
The man who arrived was Xu Lianke, the deputy director of the school's academic affairs office. He held considerable power within the school and was responsible for student affairs.
Moreover, he had a close relationship with Zhao Shuai's family and had benefited from them, even helping Zhao Shuai secure his position as student union president.
Just moments ago, he had suddenly received a distress call from Zhao Shuai, which had completely bewildered him. He hadn't expected Zhao Shuai to be beaten up at school.
Thus, he quickly brought two subordinates to resolve the situation.
Seeing Zhao Shuai in such a sorry state, Director Xu was greatly surprised.
"Young Master Zhao, what happened? What's going on!"
Zhao Shuai's face was filled with grief. "Director Xu, this person actually injured someone on campus! Yesterday, he publicly beat me. Today, I went to the school security department to complain, but he beat up the security personnel as well and then beat me like this!"
"Outrageous! Outrageous! What about the school rules and discipline! Young Master Zhao, don't worry, I will definitely uphold justice for you and severely punish the person responsible!"
Wang Bingxia frowned and stepped forward. "Teacher, how can you believe only one side of the story? We are the victims!"
"Which class are you from?"
"I am a third-year student from the School of Management. My name is Wang Bingxia! Yesterday, Zhao Shuai harassed me in public. After I refused him, he attacked my boyfriend! My boyfriend was merely acting in self-defense! Today, he colluded with these people to attack us, and even instructed them to break my boyfriend's legs!"
"Uncle Xu, don't listen to this woman's nonsense! None of that is true!" Zhao Shuai shouted from the side.
"Teacher, we have evidence. Zhao Shuai incited these people to harm my boyfriend. I recorded it with my phone!"
Upon hearing this, Director Xu cursed inwardly, thinking Zhao Shuai was too careless. How could he discuss such matters openly and allow himself to be recorded? It was practically handing over evidence.
"Let me see the video!"
Wang Bingxia nodded and handed her phone to Director Xu.
Director Xu took the phone, but instead of playing the video, he tapped on it and deleted it! He even fiddled with it for a moment to ensure there were no other backups before saying, "Your phone doesn't have anything on it. Where is this video you're talking about?"
Wang Bingxia then realized what had happened. She hadn't expected Xu Lianke to be so despicable.
"You... How can you, as a teacher, do this?"
"What did I do! Didn't you ask me to watch a video? There's no video? I think you're the one lying. It's clearly you who are causing trouble, beating up students on campus, and even assaulting school security personnel!" Deputy Director Xu said unreasonably.
Suddenly, Deputy Director Xu felt a blur of movement before his eyes, as if a gust of wind had passed. Immediately after, the phone in his hand disappeared.
He turned his head and found that the phone had already fallen into Ling Tian's hands.
When Ling Tian was on the mountain, he had heard his masters talk about how complicated the world was. The current situation was truly eye-opening for him. He had never encountered such a shameless person.
Ling Tian smiled, a brilliant smile. He shook the phone in his hand.
"Teacher, what you're doing is futile. Do you think deleting these videos will solve everything? You're too naive. Don't you know there's something called cloud storage in this world?"
Deputy Director Xu's heart skipped a beat. He realized he had forgotten about that.
Just then, footsteps could be heard from a distance. Another man, also in his forties, arrived with a few people. This man was tall and carried an air of scholarly refinement.
This was Bai Yalin, the vice principal of Jiangzhou University. Vice Principal Bai was an old hand at the university. The current principal was nearing retirement, and it was highly likely that Vice Principal Bai would succeed him.
The Wang family had donated a significant amount of funds to the university. While not many people knew about this, Vice Principal Bai was one of them. When Wang Bingxia was admitted to Jiangzhou University at a young age, her family had specifically invited Vice Principal Bai to dinner and asked him to look after their kin. At that time, Wang Bingxia had obtained Vice Principal Bai's contact information.
Now, Wang Bingxia was in her third year, and she had never troubled Vice Principal Bai for any reason. Vice Principal Bai had also learned through various channels that Wang Bingxia did not exhibit the airs of a wealthy young lady at school and was academically excellent. Naturally, he had a very good impression of her.
He had been in a meeting today, but upon hearing Wang Bingxia's plea for help, he had rushed over immediately.
"Uncle Bai, please help me uphold justice!"
"Don't worry, student Wang Bingxia. With me here, you won't be wronged. Tell me, what happened!"
So, Wang Bingxia recounted everything that had happened over the past two days to Vice Principal Bai. Upon hearing it, Vice Principal Bai's eyes widened.
"Xu Lianke, give me an explanation!"
When Deputy Director Xu heard the principal call his name, he was momentarily stunned.
"Principal, I came to investigate after hearing student Zhao Shuai's plea for help. The matter hasn't been fully investigated yet. I am the deputy director of the academic affairs office, and these matters on campus fall under my jurisdiction. Student Zhao Shuai is the president of our student union, and what he says should be true!"
Gou Sheng from the security department saw this and quickly ran over.
"Principal Bai, I can testify. Deputy Director Xu is correct!"
Vice Principal Bai instinctively felt that this matter was not simple. Although as a principal he was busy with many affairs, he had heard some rumors about certain individuals in the school. Vice Principal Bai did not believe that Wang Bingxia and her boyfriend had assaulted school staff!