1639 Had To Spend The Money
The assistant assumed that it was about Lu Xia, so he simply nodded. He took out his phone. “I’ll call the teacher in charge to find out.”
Qiao En rubbed his temple. As his mind cleared up, he thought about the events that had transpired during the day.
Over 50 pieces of equipment were ruined and the surveillance footage was irrecoverable. Also, the perpetrator openly provoked them. Even now, they were not able to find any clues. It was obvious that the attack was not committed by any of the university teachers.
The teachers were unable to pull this stunt without leaving any tracks.
Out of all the equipment in the laboratory, his laboratory suffered the worst damage. The culprit was probably targeting him.
Qiao En thought about it, but he had no clue if he had offended anyone recently.
After hanging up the phone, the assistant said, “Prof Qiao, the students have already left.”
Qiao En snapped out of his thoughts. The moment he heard the outcome, he could sense his temples throbbing even harder. He wanted to run tests on the girl. From the looks of it, he was on a real streak of bad luck today.
Once the girl had left the campus, he would lose his chance to test her. After all, she probably had close ties to the Huo family.
As he thought about the Huo family, a notion emerged in his mind. In an instant, Qiao En connected the dots and found the answer which had been eluding him.
Someone knocked on the door from outside.
“I’ll get the door.” The assistant walked over to open the door. When he saw the man outside, he quickly nodded. “Hello, Chancellor.”
The chancellor waved his hand and entered the office.
Qiao En was interrupted, so he stopped thinking about this for now. He simply stood up and nodded politely. “Hello, Chancellor.”
The chancellor gestured for him to take a seat to talk. “Prof Qiao, do you feel better now?”
He was referring to Qiao En passing out from getting over agitated earlier today.
Qiao En acknowledged awkwardly. “I’m fine. Thanks for asking.”
“Good. I’m glad that you’re fine.” The chancellor sighed in relief before he continued. “Oh yes. Have you calculated the total damages we have incurred due to this incident?”
“Yes, I have. I will write a report and submit it to you later,” said Qiao En’s assistant hurriedly.
The chancellor nodded. He was equally upset about the attack on the laboratory block. The damage done to the equipment was considered minor in comparison to the data they had lost.
Even though backups were available for a lot of the files, the core data could not be replicated. It was terrible that they had lost it.
The chancellor sighed. He produced a cheque from his briefcase and placed it on the coffee table. “These funds were intended for a new lab block, but I’m giving it to you first to repair the equipment.”
The chancellor kept looking at the cheque. When he produced it, he could feel a stab in his heart.
In the morning, he happily received sponsorship from a tycoon and had the chance to make the university facilities even better. Unexpectedly, someone destroyed a big chunk of laboratory equipment in just an afternoon!
He had just gotten his hand on this funding, but he had to use it on the damaged laboratory block. It felt awful just thinking about it.
Qiao En glanced at the chancellor and picked up the cheque. The moment he saw the string of numbers on the check, he was astounded. “Chancellor, where did you get such a huge sum of money?”
“I don’t know whether to consider it good luck or not to get my hands on the money. In the morning, a rich businessman came over. He agreed to sponsor us, and gave us this cheque. I was planning to spend it on a new lab block, but now that an attack has happened on our old one, those plans will have to wait.” The chancellor sighed sadly.
