Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 800

"Is it really that difficult?" Mamie asked, her brow furrowed in confusion. "I mean, reporting Edna shouldn't be that hard, right? If Carlson's got enough evidence, public opinion can punish her way faster than some drawn-out legal process."

Once the buzz gets going, the university would have no choice but to step in. Everyone's watching, after all.

Scales nodded, but his expression was skeptical. "Sure, from an efficiency standpoint, reporting is the quickest route. But did you really take a good look at that post?"

"I did," Mamie replied, puzzled. "I've read it several times. What's wrong with it?"

"Carlson used his real name to report."

"So what if it's a real-name report?" Mamie asked, genuinely baffled.

Scales let out a weary sigh, looking at Mamie's innocent face. "When a student reports a professor, there are only two outcomes: either the report is successful, and the professor gets punished, or it fails, and the professor continues as before. But either way, for the student, what's coming next is gonna be a nightmare."

Mamie frowned. "I get it if the report fails-the professor might retaliate, make life difficult. But why would it be bad if it succeeds?"

eyebrow. "If the report succeeds, then

professor gets fired, maybe even faces

student? Especially someone like Carlson, who's in

fired, Carlson might not graduate on time. Even if the school let him

work over the past

be for nothing.

is in a worse spot than an undergrad,

spoke, her voice hesitant. "He could just

and he could soar with his degree in

chimed in, having put her work aside, "he

head. "Given the current situation, winning... that's gonna

out there on the campus forum! Thirty pages of

a serious

waves; some louder than others. Right now, it's just