C1983

1983

For Xu Taiping, Jiang Yuan University was his starting point.

Here, he had broken away from his identity as an assassin. Here, he had become an ordinary person. Here, his path to the peak of power had been opened.

Xu Taiping could only feel gratitude towards this school, because it was this school that allowed him to gradually break away from the state of being a killer. Without this school, it would take a long time for Xu Taiping to truly integrate into society.

If he wanted to leave his original identity and life, the most important thing was to have a new identity and life. The identity of a security guard was undoubtedly the best choice for Xu Taiping at the time.

Xu Taiping walked to the platform from the entrance of the sports field.

At this moment, quite a number of Jiangyuan city's leaders and teachers had arrived at the group stage.

None of these people were strangers to Xu Taiping because of Xu Taiping's current status. There might be some who wanted to curry favor with Xu Taiping, but the vast majority of people truly saw Xu Taiping as their friend.

Many people were very curious about the World's Strongest Martial Arts Competition that he was about to attend, and asked a lot of questions about it. However, to be honest, Xu Taiping did not know much about the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament, so he could not answer much.

As the group chatted, Lian Tianhuo and Xu Youdao soon arrived at the sports field.

"Taiping, sit over here!" Xu Youdao warmly greeted him.

"Alright!" Xu Taiping nodded, and then sat down with Xu Youdao at the very center of the platform, along with Lian Tianhuo.

As Xu Taiping and the others took their seats, the opening ceremony for the new term of Jiangyuan University officially began.

Xu Taiping had already participated in the opening ceremony, so he still knew the basic procedures. After the dean finished, it was definitely the principal speaking, followed by the student representatives speaking. After this process, the opening ceremony was basically over.

The managing director lectured for about five minutes before the principal, Xu Youdao, gave a speech.

Xu Youdao did not talk much about it, because it was just a new semester, not a new academic year. The first year students had also spent a year in school, so they knew what the situation was at school.

After Xu Youdao finished speaking, the student representative also took the stage and made a statement. Afterwards, under normal circumstances, the opening ceremony would have ended, but because today there was an additional segment in which Xu Taiping was appointed Honorary Director, after the student representative finished speaking, Xu Youdao once again walked onto the stage.

"Students." Our school has become much safer, our students have become more energetic, and all of this is inseparable from a single person. This person is the director of our school's defense department, Mr Xu Pingping, and everyone might already know that Chairman Xu is about to step down as the head of the defense department. As for why, it's actually very simple, Dean Xu is already the richest man in Asia, and he's also the president of the Huaxia Martial Arts Association now. Next month, he'll be representing us as the strongest martial artists in the Asian world. He will also become the first honorary director of our Jiangyuan University's defense department. The spirit of Director Xu will forever coexist with us! "Now, let's have Director Xu speak for us!"

With these words, Xu Youdao smiled and pointed a finger at Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping scratched his head awkwardly. What mental coexistence? That made him seem as if he was dead.

Xu Taiping did not think that he would need to speak. He had not made any preparations before, but being a leader for so long, he knew how to say a few words, so he was not afraid in the slightest as he walked up the stage, passing the microphone in Xu Youdao's hand.

"Cough, cough!" Xu Taiping cleared his throat, revealed a smile, and said, "Good new semester, students."

"Hello, Director Xu!"

On the field, all the students shouted in unison.

This shout gave Xu Taiping a fright. He touched his chest and said, "Did you guys promise to scare me?"

Laughter rang out from the field.

In these two years, many things have happened, and I have also gained a lot of benefits. There might be people who would say that in these two years, I have created many legends, such as I became the richest man in Asia, for example, I have become a Heaven Stage master, and I am also one of the top ten young men of Jiangyuan City. In fact, I have even purchased Jiang Yuan University and became the chairman of Jiangyuan University... Actually, to me, all of this isn't important. What I truly value and treasure is the teachers and leaders of this school … I have encountered too many things in this school. You all said what I gave to the school, what I gave to you all; in fact, similarly, you all gave me many things. When I needed help the most, you all supported me; when I was depressed, you all gave me warmth … "You have given me too much, so much that I still haven't gotten over it in my entire life. However, just like Principal Xu had said, I have had too many things to do outside of school, and I have spent less and less time outside, while the school still needs to operate as usual, I can't just sit in the latrine and not shit out of it. The school needs a new head of the security department to maintain order, and this director should be my right assistant, Chen Wen.

After Xu Taiping finished speaking, he put the microphone to the side and bowed to the students on the field.

As Xu Taiping bowed, the students on the field also did the same.

Xu Taiping stood up straight. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a voice suddenly came from the field.

"Thank you, Director Xu."

This voice was extremely loud, it was the voice of all the students that shouted in unison.

Xu Taiping was a little surprised, but at the same time, in the crowd of students, someone raised their hand above their head.

The students picked up the pictures one by one and placed them on top of their heads.

In the blink of an eye, a photo of Xu Taiping appeared on the field.

Seeing this, Xu Taiping was shocked!

The next moment, these people put the photos down, and some of them raised their hands again.

This time, the words appeared on the field.

"Director Xu, thank you for your hard work!"

Xu Taiping looked at the words, his mouth hanging open, unable to put his words into words.

Just then, the words on the field changed yet again. After a few moments of hard work, Director Xu instantly expressed his thanks. A few more seconds later, the words abruptly changed and morphed into a rather long row of words.

"Director Xu, no matter where you are, please always remember that we love you!"

This line of words extended from one end of the sports field to the other. The words were very large and were formed by a lot of people who were holding films in their hands.

Xu Taiping held his hands tightly on the stage as tears welled up in his eyes.

"You bastards …"

Xu Taiping turned around with his back facing the school students. He waved his hand, and then he walked away, leaving everyone to gaze at his back.

The opening ceremony was over.

Xu Taiping had finally resigned from his position as Director of Protection, and had become the honorary director of Jiangyuan University. This reputation would accompany him in the days to come.

Xu Taiping left the field ahead of time. He didn't like to part ways, and he didn't like it when people said their goodbyes. After all, he wasn't dead, so there was no need to be so sad.

Xu Taiping left the playground, but he didn't leave the school. He went to the defense department.

Many of Jiangyuan University's security guards were gathered here.

Xu Taiping took a bag and walked into the security office.

A wave of cheers and applause came from the security department.

"Don't be in such a hurry to clap." Xu Taiping raised his hand and pressed it down. The applause and cheers instantly disappeared.

I don't like to make things so sad. I'm out of office, but I'm not dead, I'll come back in the future, and in addition, today is the fifteenth day of the first month, so it's a good day. I've prepared a red packet for each of you. Xu Taiping said with a smile.

"Thank you, Director Xu!"

"Director Xu, thank you!"

Everyone said.

"Don't call me Director Xu. In the future, you must call me Director Chen Wen!" Xu Taiping laughed.

"Director Xu, it doesn't matter if you're our Director or not. In our hearts, you'll always be Director Xu of the Defense Department!" Chen Wen said seriously.

"That's right; you'll always be our Director Xu!" The surrounding security guards said one after another.

Xu Taiping smiled, and distributed the red packets to everyone. After that, he bid farewell to everyone, and just as he was about to leave, Chu Tian hurriedly walked over to the defense center.

"Taiping, don't be in such a hurry to leave." Chu Tian said.

"What's wrong?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Duanmu Huazhe, I didn't report this!" Chu Tian said.

"What?"