Cutting In and Crashing – Is This Your Driving School Instructor? 117

Chapter 117: Principal, Where Are You Going?

2025-01-21

Chapter 117: Principal, Where Are You Going?

The next day.

Morning.

Chuanda Driving School was bustling with activity.

Four older women and one older man, five people in total, formed a small team, each bringing along family members. Two of the women even had their sons with them.

Early that morning, the group surrounded the principal’s office.

“That guy, Ma Jixiang, what a jerk, where is he?”

“Why isn’t he coming over?”

“What time is it? Other instructors are at work, why isn’t he?”

“Looks like Coach Gu was right, this guy is taking advantage of being a relative of the principal, acting like he’s the boss, no rules, right?”

“Damn it, what kind of person does this?!”

A sizable crowd gathered at the entrance of the principal’s office. The driving instructors and office staff arriving for work all noticed. Because the principal’s office was near the electric vehicle shed, even the students who came to practice driving on bikes noticed the commotion…

“What’s going on over there?”

Two women who had come to practice driving together saw people watching and went over to find out.

One of the women, wearing a thick, long black down jacket, held a handful of melon seeds, cracking them while whispering:

“I heard, there’s an instructor who took money from students but didn’t teach them, letting others teach in his place. Someone practiced for a month, only learning how to reverse park, and he dared to let them take the Driver’s License Test Level 2…”

“Now they all failed, and they’ve come with their families to demand an explanation.”

The other woman grabbed some melon seeds, saying:

“I heard that instructor is a relative of the principal, and he often bullies people because of that connection.”

“Is it that young instructor from the field next to us? I often see a bunch of young, pretty girls in his car…”

“Hey, a friend of mine said she enrolled with a young girl, but after enrolling, she was assigned to a different instructor, and the girl practiced with that instructor.”

“Really? That’s so unscrupulous…”

…

The women chatted amongst themselves.

These women were like the chief intelligence officers of their village. There were already many onlookers, many of whom didn’t know what was happening. But as these women cracked their melon seeds and gossiped, soon everyone knew!

It wasn’t just the students discussing this; the driving instructors were also talking. Several instructors who were off yesterday or were at the Level 3 testing area, unaware of the situation, asked around…

Hearing that Ma Jixiang had been dealt with by Gu Yin, those who came looking for Gu Yin were excited!

“Hell yeah! Good job!”

A young instructor clenched his fist, unable to contain himself:

“Someone should have dealt with that jerk Ma Jixiang a long time ago, he didn’t know his place!”

Someone else praised:

“It still takes Gu Yin…”

“Seriously, going to the principal ourselves is less effective than the students going to the principal.”

“Yeah, right…”

Compared to the instructor who went directly to the principal before, Gu Yin was much smarter…

That instructor felt bullied, teaching students for others, letting others take the commission, and he couldn’t swallow this anger, so he went to the principal…

But he overlooked one point, which is the employer-employee relationship between himself and the principal.

If the principal was unhappy, he had plenty of reasons to fire him.

Ma Jixiang was his family; of course, the principal would protect his family. Who are you?

Gu Yin was much smarter in this aspect…

Gu Yin didn’t go to the principal himself.

Instead, he let the students get angry and go to the principal to reason with him!

What was the relationship between the students and the principal?

Strictly speaking, the relationship between students and the principal is that of a consumer and a business.

Students pay tuition to the driving school, and the driving school is responsible for the students’ driving instruction and passing the exam… etc.

Since they paid, since they are consumers, they have the rights of consumers.

The saying goes: “The customer is king!”

They paid, you deceived them, treated them like fools, and now they’re coming to you, how can you not take them seriously?

If the instructor went, the principal could easily fire him.

If the students went, the principal couldn’t fire the students, could he?

To put it bluntly, if the students got desperate, they could directly ask for a refund!

Whether it’s calling the police or the consumer hotline, it’s enough for your driving school to drink a barrel!

What’s more…

Gu Yin directly maxed out the anger of several students!

After returning last night, he added those four older women and Zhou Ge, five people in total, to a group chat…

After a round of complaining, not only did he clear himself, he also clearly told them that it was Ma Jixiang, taking advantage of being the principal’s nephew, acting domineering and deceitful.

At first, one of the older women was kind and unwilling to go to the driving school to cause a scene…

Locals care about face, no one wants to make a big fuss.

But when her son heard about it, he immediately got angry!

The older generation may always hold the belief of “it’s good to suffer losses,” enduring things when possible. But today’s young people don’t put up with it…

You bully anyone, but don’t bully me!

Otherwise, let’s see who’s unlucky!

The older woman’s son directly used his mother’s phone to add himself to the group, asking for Ma Jixiang’s phone number and contacting the woman who knew Ma Jixiang’s family, demanding their contact information…

It is said that the call went directly to the principal of the driving school that night.

Early this morning, he drove his family over to demand an explanation.

Some things have a chain reaction…

One older woman’s son came forward, and the other older women’s children and husbands felt that, oh, other families are here, if they didn’t go, it would be like their families didn’t have family…

So they all came along.

Five people, they represent not just five people, but five families!

Originally, five people were wronged, but it turned into over ten people!

The principal’s office of Chuanda Driving School had not been this lively in a long time…

“Don’t get excited, everyone, calm down…”

A slender young woman in the office poured water for everyone, saying:

“Coach Ma is off today, and the principal is out. Let’s not get excited, let’s talk things over.”

This young woman was the secretary in the principal’s office, usually handling paperwork and entering files; she had never handled such a situation. She could only try to smooth things over…

“How can we not be excited?”

The older woman’s son shouted:

“Your mother went to enroll and was let off the hook for a month and didn’t learn anything, how can you not be excited?”

“Did we pay less or something?!”

“That’s right!” Everyone echoed.

In short, the office was still chaotic…

“Don’t waste time, get your principal here!”

“Okay, okay, I’ll call the principal again…”

The young woman looked helpless, ran to the back, called the principal again, and said:

“Principal, I can’t handle this, why don’t you come over?”

“…How am I supposed to come over?”

A middle-aged man’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

The principal, Ma Tao, was a man in his fifties, completely bald. It was winter, the weather was cold, and people found it hard to get up. Principal Ma, who didn’t need to punch in on time, naturally didn’t come in early…

He arrived around nine o’clock, driving over and seeing people causing a commotion in the office from afar. This old fox was cunning; he didn’t go directly over but called the secretary to ask about the situation…

After confirming the situation, he told the secretary to handle it, to suppress it if possible.

Many students were watching; if it went wrong, where would his principal’s face be?

“But if you don’t come, they’ll call the police!”

The secretary also looked distressed and said.

“…Can’t you persuade them? What’s your use?” The principal directly questioned.

“I…” The secretary was speechless.

Yes, the secretary has work to do when there’s work, no work when there’s no work, and handling this kind of trouble was indeed her job, wasn’t it?

“Okay, that’s it.” The principal nodded.

He hung up the phone.

“Principal, should we ask Coach Jixiang to come over?” The driver asked.

This instructor was from the same place as Principal Ma and was an older, experienced instructor. The principal came to school every day, and because it was convenient, this instructor would drive the principal.

The benefit was that since the principal didn’t come in early, he didn’t have to punch in on time like other instructors.

“Why should he come? To be publicly criticized?” The principal, who was rubbing his temples, looking distressed, asked irritably.

Ma Jixiang was the principal’s nephew. He had two daughters but no sons. His younger brother only had Ma Jixiang as his only son. Naturally, this nephew became the only descendant capable of carrying on the family line and was spoiled since childhood.

Principal Ma knew about Ma Jixiang’s actions and occasionally advised him, but there was nothing he could do; after all, he was the only seedling of their Ma family.

So even if something happened, he could only protect Ma Jixiang as much as possible…

He had just sent Ma Jixiang a message, telling him not to come to the driving school today.

With those people’s attitude, they’d tear Ma Jixiang apart if he dared to show up!

“…I knew this Gu Yin wasn’t an easy character, and he really caused trouble for me.” Principal Ma said regretfully, thinking he shouldn’t have agreed to let Gu Yin work here.

This kid, usually looked honest, but when he caused trouble, he caused such a big fuss…

Five students, bringing their families to the driving school to make a scene and even threatening to call the police, how on earth was he going to deal with this?!

“Then…where are we going?” The driver asked.

“Let’s go.” Principal Ma waved his hand, saying: “Let’s go, as long as no one sees us, we’re fine.”

Anyway, those troublemakers had already entered the driving school; even if the instructors outside saw him, no one would dare to expose him…

This kind of thing was really bad luck. There was nothing he could do but hide.

“Okay.”

The driver nodded, steering and accelerating to leave…

“Sigh…”

The principal sighed in the back seat, thinking he’d have to teach Gu Yin a lesson later.

But just then…

As his car reached the school gate, about to leave…

“Screech!!!”

The car suddenly braked sharply!

The sound of tires and ground friction was deafening. The principal was pushed from the back seat to the passenger seat, his glasses askew. Already in a bad mood, he couldn’t help but shout:

“Zhou Qiang, how are you driving?! An instructor who can’t drive, huh?!”

But when he looked up, he found that Zhou Qiang, his driver, was pointing ahead at the car blocking the school gate, looking innocent and helpless:

“Principal, there’s a car blocking the entrance.”

“What???”

Principal Ma was stunned…

Who dared to block the school gate?

Crazy!

Turning his head, through the windshield, he clearly saw a gray BYD Qin blocking the entrance, stopping all vehicles from entering and leaving the driving school.

“Whose car?!”

Lowering the window, the principal shouted to the security guard:

“Get him to move it!”

He was in a hurry to leave, and a car blocking the gate was unacceptable?!

Their school gate was quite large, normally allowing three ordinary cars to pass simultaneously…

Even if one car was parked to the side, there was still enough space for another car to pass…

But this gray BYD Qin was parked right in the middle!

Right in the middle!

How could Principal Ma not be angry?!

The two security guards were shouting at the BYD Qin, their attitudes far from polite…

However, no matter how much they shouted, the driver of the BYD Qin didn’t get out and ignored them.

“What’s going on…”

Principal Ma retracted into the car, frowning. For some reason, he found the gray BYD Qin familiar.

Not only him, but the driver also felt the same.

“Principal, this car is…” Zhou Qiang hesitated.

“You know this car?” Principal Ma didn’t think much, frowning and saying: “Whose is it? Get him to move it…”

He thought it was one of the school’s instructors’ cars, and if Zhou Qiang knew the owner, it would be easy to move…

But Zhou Qiang made a complex expression, saying:

“It seems…it’s Gu Yin’s.”

“What?!”

Principal Ma’s mouth twitched wildly…

He looked incredible, never expecting Gu Yin to dare to block the school gate…

This kid…is he deliberately blocking him?

No, not like!

He is!

Just then…

The driver’s side door of the BYD Qin at the school gate opened, and under the angry scolding of the two security guards, Gu Yin calmly adjusted his pants…

Then, with a smile, he walked towards the principal’s car.

“Principal!”

Reaching the back seat, Gu Yin knocked a few times, smiling:

“Oh, what a coincidence to see you here!”

“Where are you going?”

Principal Ma: “(╬￣皿￣)”

A loaded question!

Gu Yin knew he was trying to escape the troublemakers, and he still asked!

He was doing it on purpose!

“…I’ll settle the score with you later…”

The middle-aged man’s temples throbbed, suppressing the urge to punch Gu Yin’s teeth out, Principal Ma gritted his teeth:

“Get your car out of the way, clear the road!”

He didn’t threaten Gu Yin, but his attitude clearly conveyed “threat”.

After all, he was the principal, Gu Yin’s superior, Gu Yin shouldn’t disrespect him like this!

However…

Gu Yin was not afraid at all.

He remained smiling, saying helplessly:

“Oh dear…”

“Sorry, Principal…”

“My car broke down!”

“It stalled at the gate and won’t start.”

“I’m really sorry…”

His excuse was…

“Pfft…”

The driver almost couldn’t help but laugh.

“You!”

Principal Ma was so angry he almost couldn’t breathe!

Nonsense!

This kid is talking nonsense?!

Damn it, your car didn’t break down along the way, but it conveniently broke down at the school gate?!

And, even if it broke down, it broke down right in the middle of the gate?!

What are you doing?!

Aren’t you just making excuses?!

Gu Yin deliberately blocked his way, preventing him from leaving, forcing him to stay and deal with this matter!

How despicable!

“Hee hee hee…”

Outside the car, Gu Yin had an innocent smile on his face.

Gu Yin thought to himself, you old fox Ma, I knew you’d run away, so I’ve been waiting for you!

Working at Chuanda Driving School for these years, Gu Yin knew what kind of person Principal Ma was.

A rotten tree cannot grow good branches; this guy is the same as Ma Jixiang. When faced with trouble, he would dodge it, and if he could leave it to others, he would…

He knew Principal Ma would run away today, so he came early to wait.

As soon as the principal’s car entered, he blocked the entrance with his car!

Old man…

You want to leave?

You have to be able to leave!

As for the principal’s threat…

Gu Yin no longer cared.

Daring to make such a big scene, he was prepared to be fired.

Since he didn’t plan to work here anymore, since he was going to make a fuss, he would make a thorough one!

He’d give the Ma family a taste of their own medicine!

…

(End of Chapter)

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