The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1074: Chapter 1074: Masterful Clarification

Office of Academic Affairs, Lanyue Star Military Academy.

Five minutes earlier. At that time, there were three people sitting in the office and one standing.

Principal Hong, shaking his leg, with nothing to do.

Director Wang, sipping tea and enjoying some dessert.

Mu Jianling, staring intently at the Light Computer.

And Ji You, holding the Sparrow Yellow, bracing herself to stand beside Mu Jianling, making faces, going all out to flatter, trying to persuade Teacher Mu Jianling to repair his mecha for free, but being ignored... wishing she could transform into a character from the show just to get Teacher Mu Jianling to glance at her.

The situation was rather tense.

Ji You was in a tough spot.

At this moment, Director Wang suddenly slammed the table fiercely: ”Damn it! Those old crooks from the First Military Academy!”

Huh?

Ji You immediately turned her head, curious, and took a look.

With freshman enrollment happening, it’s also the crucial recruitment season. Director Wang is responsible for recruiting for the school. During this time, whether eating or drinking tea, he’s always paying attention to matters concerning the school on the Star Network. When he saw their school being slandered online, Director Wang, who is in charge of recruitment, immediately lost his temper. No need to guess, one can figure out with their toes who’s behind it. It always comes down to the First, Second, or Third... Military Academy helping others, but... this year’s situation is a bit special. Ji You from the 131st class is an accident, not really the school stirring things up behind the scenes.

And the comments from freshmen on the United University intranet were not instigated by the school. Director Wang sighed while drinking his tea: ”Our Lanyue Star Military Academy is clearly an untainted white lotus emerging unstained from the mud...”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You muttered softly, ”That description isn’t quite right.”

Director Wang glared at Ji You and continued his lament: ”Just because we are weak, pitiful, and helpless... they think they can stain our innocence with baseless rumors, splash us with dirt, and ruin our reputation...”

Mu Jianling continued watching TV dramas, Principal Hong kept shaking his leg, unmoved. Director Wang glanced over, heavily sighed: ”Ah!”

Ji You moved closer, naturally picked up a cup of tea from the coffee table, Director Wang immediately glanced sideways at Ji You. Ji You awkwardly put down the teacup and asked, ”After all, these are just rumors, conspiracy theories. Is there no way to clarify them?”

”When slanderous accusations are deliberately thrown at us, one, ten, a hundred, ten thousand mouths... throw them at us... how to clean up?” Director Wang sighed again and said, ”Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!”

”Hey—” Ji You clapped her hands angrily: ”There are always more solutions than problems, I don’t believe we can’t clear this up!”

After speaking, Ji You picked up the teacup and drank it all in one go!

”Leave it to me!”

”I’ll do it!”

Ji You put down the teacup, naturally picked up the teapot, poured herself another cup, and drank it all in one gulp: ”I don’t believe what is red will turn white, or what is white will really turn black!”

The cup hit the table, Ji You’s hand was about to reach for the teapot again, suddenly—

”Pa!”

Director Wang slapped Ji You’s hand away: ”Two cups aren’t enough?”

”Cough cough...” Ji You chuckled dryly: ”Cloud Mist Tea, it’s just too delicious.”

Director Wang snorted lightly: ”Kid, go over to Teacher Mu and watch some TV drama, don’t leech off my food and drink here.”

After saying this, Director Wang glanced at Principal Hong, and found that Principal Hong didn’t react, immediately, he got anxious: ”Old Hong, you need to say something, quickly have a word with those people, tell them not to go too far, otherwise, if we don’t hit our recruitment targets next year, let’s see if you can still leisurely shake your leg.”

Principal Hong paused his shaking leg for a moment, then continued shaking it: ”If they can be so easily swayed into not applying to our school, it shows their will isn’t strong, and they aren’t really our target.”

Director Wang: ”...”

”You’re making it sound easy,” Director Wang was so upset he couldn’t drink his tea, he looked down and saw that his expensive Cloud Mist Tea had been drunk by Ji You again, not just that, the dessert on the table was also missing a piece. Director Wang’s mouth twitched, and he cursed: ”Go, go, go... go to the side.”

Ji You chuckled and retreated to the side:

——3 cups of Cloud Mist Tea, 1 piece of cake, worth it!

Then——

In the midst of Director Wang’s frowning, Principal Hong’s outward leisurely leg shaking but inward furrowed brow, and only Mu Jianling leisurely watching the scene, Ji You connected to the Star Network, entered the United University intranet, and amidst all the doubts and voices, wrote a passage.

She completed this passage in just one minute, but it came entirely from her heart, reflecting her true self—

Finished.

In an instant, the entire atmosphere of public opinion changed dramatically.

Throughout the intranet, after a brief silence, there erupted a massive roar!

”Good!”

”Good!”

”Good!”

After three loud shouts from the crowd, where Ji You was standing instantly became jam-packed, and in the virtually immersive network, Ji You looked at the surging crowd, their moved expressions, and the waves of praise coming like a tide—

Ji You smiled.

In front of everyone, Ji You raised her hand and said, ”Everyone, please quiet down and listen to me—”

Woosh~

The noisy crowd instantly quieted down.

With a serious face, Ji You said, ”Your criticism and accusations just now will not make me deny myself. Nor will the current praise and compliments make me lose myself. Because—I am me, plain and unremarkable, yet unique.”

Among the crowd, the juniors of the 132nd class had their eyes light up again!

”Wow!”

”Senior Ji You is so cool.”

”As expected of Senior Ji You.”

”Senior Ji You, I can!”

”I... Senior Ji You, I like you!”

”Ahhhh!!!”

After everyone’s emotions reached their peak, Ji Hou suddenly changed his tone and said: ”Logging off, see you—”

”Ah!”

Immediately, the crowd erupted in a huge outcry—

”Don’t go—”

”Where are you going—”

”Don’t leave!!!”

”Tell me where you’re going!!!”

As everyone was calling out and pleading, Ji You raised her hand with her back to the crowd: ”I haven’t finished feeding the pigs, going to feed them.”

Crowd: ”...”

In an instant, it was as if they were forcibly disconnected from the internet, everyone collectively stood with mouths open, staring wide-eyed—

A long time.

A long time.

A long time.

...

The crowd remained silent.

...

In the office of Academic Affairs.

Principal Hong stopped shaking his leg, Mu Jianling stopped watching soap operas, and Director Wang became generous, directly handing the teapot to Ji You, afraid she wouldn’t have enough to drink, added some water—

Cough cough...

It was just plain water.

Faced with the strange expressions of the three teachers, Ji You’s mouth twitched, but she held the teacup as naturally as possible and took a light sip: ”Director Wang... Principal... Teacher Mu... please don’t look at me like that, I’m scared...”

Director Wang smiled squintingly: ”This clarification method isn’t bad.”

Ji You raised her face, a bit smug: ”Of course. Doing the clarification myself is silly, breaking a leg won’t solve it. The highest level of resolution isn’t to clarify yourself, but to let others voluntarily help clarify.”