Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  "Grandpa, who is Tang Zhong?" Jiao Nan asked curiously.

  "I received students today." Jiao Yuheng said with a smile.

  "Wow, he answered Grandpa's question?" Jiao Nanxin's eyes lit up. "That proves he's still pretty impressive. Another Wang Jiqiu in the making."

  Jiao Yuheng waved his hand and said, "You're coming with me too? Anyway, you'll be classmates soon."

  "Never mind. I'll just hide for a bit. Maybe they came to show their respect to you? It's embarrassing for me to be sitting here, isn't it?" Jiao Nanxin picked up the large package that had been placed on her back with one hand. "I'll go wash my face in the inner room."

  The office of the dean is very large, with one room being a study, another being a reception room, and a small one being a rest room. The rest room is for leaders to take a nap at noon or sleep when they are on duty at night.

  After the door of the rest room was closed by Jiao Nanxin from inside, Tang Chong walked into Jiao Yuheng's office under Zhu Li's lead.

  Zhu Li closed the door and retreated, leaving Tang Chong alone inside.

  Jiao Yuheng sat back in his chair behind the large office desk, his eyes fixed intently on Tang Chong standing before him.

  Tang Chong lowered his head again.

  "Tang Zhong." Jiao Yuheng shouted. "What are you looking for me?"

  "Dean Jiao." Tang Chong finally lifted his head, then bowed to Jiao Yuhe at a ninety-degree angle and said: "Thank you, Dean Jiao, for being willing to take me on as your student. I will definitely work hard and not disappoint you."

  "Oh." Jiao Yuheng furrowed his brow as he looked at Tang Chong and said, "Since you won't let me down, then that proves I must have hope in you - what is my hope in you?"

  Tang Zhong's face turned green with rage.

  I was just casually saying that out of politeness. Everyone talks like this. Why are you being so serious, old man?

  What hope? How am I supposed to know what you're hoping for from me?

  If I say 'I hope I can be a useful person for the country', will this old man laugh at me?

  "Tang Zhong, don't spout nonsense in front of me from now on." Jiao Yuheng said sternly.

  "Yes, Dean." Tang Zhong replied. This old man was extremely majestic, with a kind of aura similar to that of the head of the household.

  "Alright, speak up, what brings you to find me?" Jiao Yuheng said.

  Tang Chong was thinking of visiting Jiao Yuhe all the way, so he didn't have to worry about being tongue-tied at this time.

  He looked up at Jiao Yuhe and said, "Director, it's like this. Tonight I went out to eat with three other roommates. One of my roommates had already taken a seat, but then another group of older students came over and snatched it away, and they even physically kicked him to the ground... afterwards both sides got into an argument, and my roommate accidentally hit one of the teachers on the head with a wine bottle."

  Tang Chong explained the situation in simple terms, without exaggerating or adding anything. There were many witnesses at the time, and the school would soon investigate to clarify the truth. Now, if he lied, it would only make Jiao Yu Heng look down on him.

  Jiao Yu Heng's thick and dense eyebrows furrowed.

  He wasn't worried about students fighting and brawling. Every year during the new student registration period and when senior students graduated, fights would break out from time to time. These young people were impulsive and had a lot of energy; if they didn't do something destructive, how could they vent their excess energy?

  As the head of the hospital, he had long been used to it.

  What troubled him was Tang Zhong's approach.

  He just accepted him as a student in class today, and he came to seek help that very day ----- Does he think that becoming the president's student makes him superior?

  If it's like that, then he'll be quite disappointed.

  As a dedicated educator, Jiao Yuheng did not want to lose a promising student.

  And having keen observational power, having deep feelings for some insignificant things around, this is a necessary quality to become a master of psychology.

  Tang Zhong was able to stand out among over a hundred people and become his student, which in itself proves his ability.

  But this mentality is not what Jiao Yuheng likes.

  Jiao Yuheng's eyes stared intently at Tang Zhong.

  This time, Tang Zhong's eyes did not dodge.

  Firm. Resolute. Gentle.

  "You should go find your counselor Li Qiang to deal with this matter," said Jiao Yuheng.

  "I understand. However, since this matter involves a teacher being injured, I'm worried that Teacher Li Qiang might encounter some obstacles." Tang Chong said frankly.

  "Do you distrust Teacher Li Qiang's ability?"

  "No. I distrust some constraints outside of ability. Teachers who can take charge of the school cafeteria, Teacher Li Qiang always has to consider some things." Tang Zhong said.

  Jiao Yu Heng's eyes lit up.

  Indeed, Zhang Haiyang, who contracted the campus cafeteria and supermarket, is Vice President Zhang's nephew. Zhang Haiyang was beaten by students, his face was damaged, he must have been furious. At that time, how dare Li Qiang provoke him?

  Li Qiang couldn't stop him, and Zhang Haiyang was determined to make an example of that student.

  This kid is really a clever one, he saw through to the essence of things in an instant.

  "Don't you understand, your behavior will make me have a bad impression of you?" Jiao Yu Heng said with a straight face and a stiff tone. "I would think that you are arrogant because of being favored, to the point where I would refuse to accept you as my student today, despite having no understanding or feelings for you."

  "I knew." Tang nodded his head. "I had mentally prepared for this before I came."

  Aren't you afraid?

  "I'm not afraid," Tang Zhong said.

  "What? Being my student is a trivial matter to you?" Jiao Yu Heng was indeed infuriated by this young man's response.

  How many people in the field of psychology want to be their own students? How many people want to take their own graduate studies every year?

  As long as you are your own student, you will never have to worry about the future.

  He's fine, saying 'don't be afraid'.

  Jiao Yuheng felt hurt and his self-esteem was damaged.

  "Dean, I'm not afraid." Tang Zhong adjusted the large glasses on his nose and said seriously again. "Because before I became a student of Dean's, my greatest ideal was to become a prison warden. After becoming a student of Dean's, my ideal after graduation is still to become a prison warden."

  "I don't have too much ambition, so I also don't need too many abilities and a wide range of connections - whether or not I am the president's student, I believe that relying on my own ability, I can achieve this."

  Jiao Yu Heng was so frustrated that he couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. He regretted taking this kid as his student, thinking that he had made a mistake. The other person didn't even appreciate it.

  "Your meaning is, isn't it - you are content, so you have no fear?"

  "I'm also afraid," said Tang Chong. "It's precisely because I know that whoever can take over the school cafeteria is not simple, so I'm worried. Worried that my roommates will be retaliated against, or even expelled from school."

  "Impossible." Jiao Yuhe said domineeringly. "Who dares to expel my student without my permission?"

  Tang Chong smiled.

  He bowed deeply to Jiao Yuheng and said, "Thank you, Dean."

  Jiao Yuheng knew he had lost control of his emotions and was being taken advantage of by this kid. He didn't even bother to explain anything else, saying: "You don't have to thank me either. If your roommate is indeed innocent, then no one can do anything to him. But if he's the one who provoked trouble and injured a teacher, I'll be the first to expel him without anyone else lifting a finger. A student like that, Jiao Yuheng won't tolerate."

  "There were many eyewitnesses at the scene of the restaurant. The results of the investigation will not disappoint the principal," said Tang Chong.

  "Alright, I know about this matter now. You can go back." Jiao Yuheng said with a wave of his hand.

  When Tang Zhong heard Jiao Yu Heng say this, a huge weight was lifted off his mind.

  He knew that Jiao Yuheng had already prepared to intervene.

  He is the head of a hospital. As long as he intervenes, things won't go too wrong.

  "Thank you, Dean." Tang Chong thanked him again and then turned around and walked out the door.

  "Wait." Jiao Yuheng shouted out loud.

  Tang Chong turned around.

  "Can you tell me, why do you want to be a prison warden?" Jiao Yu Heng asked. Although he felt that asking a student such a question was a bit too condescending, but he was really too curious.

  Moreover, he was also aware that the person in the rest room was probably more anxious than him. If he didn't ask, she would come out and insist on pulling all his hair out.

  The Psychology Department of Nanda is the most renowned psychology department in the country, and students who graduate from here do not have to worry about their future career. Some become teachers in the psychology department, some become authors of specialized books on psychology, others work in the human resources department of large companies, and still others start their own companies or studios.

  He has been a psychology teacher for many years and has also served as the dean of the department for over a decade. He has had millions of students, listening to their various strange ideals and future career plans.

  But no one said he wanted to be a prison warden like him.

  Tang Chong smiled.

  The face hidden behind those big glasses also looked extraordinary.

  "Because of my father," Tong Chong said. "I want to be a man like him."