CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: YOUR PRINCIPAL BEGGED ME TO COME

"Serena Everett, are you scared now?"

Yara Shawnessy reveled in the fact that the entire class was on her side, feeling smug and arrogant.

"Oh." Serena blinked nonchalantly, not bothered to argue with an idiot. Her tone was lazy yet defiant, "I’m really scared."

"You..."

Yara was infuriated by her dismissive attitude. She was, after all, the princess of the Shawnessy Family, always admired and adored. Although the Shawnessys couldn’t compare to the Everett Family, the richest in Imperia, how dare this country bumpkin from nowhere look down on her like this?!

"What gives you the right to be so arrogant, Serena Everett? Every single one of us fought hard to get into the Imperia University School of Medicine, but you just got in through connections. Instead of feeling ashamed, you’re acting all superior..."

"Being able to use connections is my skill too."

As Yara ranted on, Serena found her incredibly annoying and interrupted her in a cold, glamorous voice.

"Besides, I didn’t use any connections."

Yara immediately sneered, filled with mockery, "You didn’t use connections to get in? Then how did you get into the Imperia University School of Medicine?"

"Your dean begged me to come."

Serena sat lazily, with her long, straight legs casually crossed, exuding the aura of a boss.

"The dean begged you, a country bumpkin, to come to Imperia University?!" Yara scoffed, pointing her finger at Serena’s nose, "I think you’ve lost your mind! You’re not even worthy to meet the dean, yet you dare to claim he begged you to come..."

As Yara’s finger was about to poke her face, Serena narrowed her eyes displeased, her voice colder than before.

"Didn’t your family teach you that pointing at someone is rude?"

Was this country bumpkin indirectly calling her uncultured?!

Yara’s face darkened even more. Instead of withdrawing her finger, she provocatively aimed it at Serena’s forehead, about to poke it.

The next second, there was a crisp "crack" sound, the sound of a bone breaking.

Serena broke her finger effortlessly before anyone could react.

"Ah... my hand..."

Yara screamed in pain, her eyes filled with hatred, and immediately turned to play the victim.

"I was just standing up for everyone. We worked hard to get into Imperia University School of Medicine, but she got in easily with her family’s connections and doesn’t even cherish this opportunity. She was late on the first day, and when I just spoke to her about it, she broke my finger..."

Seeing Yara’s extremely aggrieved expression, the whole class was instantly enraged, forming an even worse impression of Serena.

A backdoor-entry, ignorant pretty face, daring to act so arrogantly?!

"Serena Everett, you’ve gone too far. Apologize to the class president immediately!"

"That’s right! You were not only late but also hurt someone, you must apologize to the class president!"

Serena’s indifferent gaze fell on the smug Yara Shawnessy. No wonder she was Cassia Everett’s "good friend", their innocent act was just like Cassia’s.

"What’s all the noise? What’s going on?"

Dean King strode in, and recognizing his presence, the classroom instantly fell silent.

Yara no longer put on her tearful face. Everyone in Imperia knew that Dean King was the strictest, and tears meant nothing in front of him.

"Dean King, it’s nothing, just a small matter!" Yara’s lips curled into a sinister smile as she quickly began to slander Serena to Dean King, "The new student was late on her first day, disrupting Professor Langley’s class. As the class president, I wanted to talk to her, but she didn’t seem to appreciate it!"

Knowing Dean King’s strictness, he would surely despise Serena after hearing this!

Just as Yara gleefully anticipated Dean King scolding Serena, she watched in disbelief as Dean King looked at Serena with a kind, warm expression, full of uncontainable praise.

"I specifically came over to explain to Professor Langley that Serena Everett was late because she was helping our e-sports department with a big problem.

Today, students from other schools came to challenge us, and if it wasn’t for Serena Everett, our university would have been humiliated!"

So that was the reason for her tardiness; they had all misunderstood her...

Recalling their previous words, the classmates’ faces turned red with shame, as they hung their heads in guilt.

The smile on Yara’s face froze instantly, how could this be?!

Dean King looked even more amiable as he smiled at Serena, "Serena Everett, I’d like to have a word with you, could you please step out with me?"

Serena didn’t need to think to understand what he wanted, probably to persuade her to join the e-sports department. Nevertheless, out of politeness, she nodded and agreed, following him out of the classroom.

"Serena Everett, I sincerely ask you to reconsider joining our e-sports department. It would be a shame for someone with your talent not to join us! I’ll agree to any condition you have if you’re willing to join!"

Serena was a bit helpless, "No, Dean King, I’m not planning to change my major."

She had retired from the e-sports scene simply because—she couldn’t find any worthy opponents, and it became boring, so she retired.

Now, the e-sports scene still lacks a worthy opponent; she’s even less likely to return.

"Serena Everett, please think about it, I have all the time to wait for your response, don’t refuse so soon!"

Watching this scene outside the classroom, Yara Shawnessy was furious.

Dean King was known for his sternness, and it was rare to see any smile on his face, but in front of Serena, his smiles seemed overly generous.

"Looks like Serena isn’t as worthless as we thought..."

"Right, getting praise from Dean King is extremely rare!"

Hearing these murmurs, Yara’s expression changed immediately.

She had promised Cassia Everett that she would ensure Serena couldn’t last in the medical school. If they accepted Serena, how would she continue to target that country bumpkin?!

Yara’s eyes darted around before she spoke with a feigned caring tone, "Don’t forget, she’s just a backdoor-entry dragging our class down, and she just broke my finger. If you apologize to her, she’ll become even more arrogant and will surely turn our class into a mess!"