Jinian ultimately obtained Qiao Yumo’s permission to remain at Saint Yi.

Additionally, Jinian made one more requestshe would continue living alone.

Thus, even though Qiao Yumo now knew she was at Saint Yi, she could still do whatever she pleased aside from driving.

The next day, when Jinian arrived at school and entered her classroom, countless gazes immediately focused on her.

Jinian slightly raised an eyebrow and walked to her seat without saying a word.

On the desk lay a golden badge. Jinian glanced at it and sat down.

Come to think of it, wasn’t this the same badge the Student Union president had shown her yesterday when inviting her to join?

Placing the badge on her desk nowdid that mean he hadn’t given up?

“Classmate, lend me a book.”

The student in front had been staring at her, and upon hearing her smiling request, his face flushed slightly as he silently handed her one of his books.

Using the book to pick up the badge, Jinian glanced at the scenery outside the window, extended the book outside, and let the badge slide off, falling downward.

Witnessing her action, the entire class fell into deathly silence as they stared at her.

After a long while, someone finally spoke up, full of concern: “Jinian, that’s the Student Union badge Nan Shao had placed here. You can’t throw it away.”

“Oh, really?” Jinian feigned surprise. “But why is the Student Union badge on my desk? I thought it was trash.”

“It’s true, Jinian. Nan Shao left it there. When Nan Shao leaves a badge, it means he’s inviting you to join the Student Union. You can’t refuse, or else…” another student chimed in.

“Or else what?”

“No one outside really knows the consequences. But Jinian, why won’t you accept the badge? If you do, you’ll be part of the Student Union. Nan Shao is an incredible president.”

Jinian propped her head on one hand, her gaze lazy as she looked at the girl who spoke. “If Nan Shao is so impressive, why is it that Nost Institute wins every competition, no matter what, every year?”

“Because… because…” The girl hesitated for a long moment before finally saying, “Because Su Mu is really formidable.”

“So, who’s truly more impressiveSu Mu or Nan Shao?”

No one answered. Su Mu was impressive, and Nan Shao was impressive too. Besides, they were all Saint Yi studentsthey couldn’t exactly side with the opponent, could they?

“We’re in high school; university affairs don’t concern us. So, you don’t need to be too fixated on being Saint Yi students. After all, there’s no guarantee we won’t end up at Nost Institute for university, right?”

“Junior, you’re encouraging them to defect.” A stern, slightly annoyed voice came from outside. Everyone turned to lookthe speaker was none other than Nan Shao, one of the main subjects of their discussion.

“Senior, that’s an overstatement. University matters have nothing to do with us. We’re just here to study hard and get into college,” Jinian shrugged, disagreeing with Nan Shao’s implication.

“Where’s the badge?” Not seeing the badge on her desk or in her hand, he couldn’t help but ask.

Jinian smiled even more innocently. “It died a heroic death.”

Nan Shao shot her a glance, realizing she had no intention of explaining, and turned to a girl nearby. “You tell mewhere did the badge go?”

“Huh, it, it fell out the window.”

How could a badge that was properly placed on the desk fall out the window? No need to question who did it!

“Junior, it seems we need to have a serious talk!”