When Principal Xu heard Teacher Ma admit that she had changed the college application, he became furious, slammed his hand on the table, and yelled at Teacher Ma.

"It's not a question of whether it was recorded or not!"

"Who gave you permission to tamper with Ye Linchen's college application choices without authorization?"

"Who gave you that authority?"

"She passed the exam now, but what if she hadn't?"

"Can you shoulder this responsibility?"

Upon hearing that Ye Linchen had passed the exam, Teacher Ma realized that the matter was not serious, and the anxiety she had been feeling immediately subsided.

He spoke much more casually, and a smile appeared on his face.

"You passed the exam? That's great!"

"Jiangcheng University's Finance Department is notoriously difficult to get into, and Ye Linchen has been accepted—that's something to celebrate!"

"The universities she applied to before can't compare to Jiangcheng University at all!"

"Besides, I didn't change it on my own. I discussed it with her mother. Her mother was just trying to help her. She was worried that she, as a girl, would suffer if she lived too far from home."

"Jiangcheng University is a good school, and it's close to home. If anything happens in the future, my family can take care of me immediately. It's much better than those schools in other places!"

The more Teacher Ma talked, the more convinced she became of her point, as if she had done something incredibly good.

Ye Linchen was almost laughing with anger when he saw that Teacher Ma didn't think she had done anything wrong at all, and even spoke up for Meng Xueyun.

She sneered and retorted, "My mother is doing this for my own good? What makes you think that?"

Seeing Ye Linchen's attitude, Teacher Ma frowned and looked at her disapprovingly.

"Ye Linchen, how many times have I told you? You misunderstand your family! They're all doing this for your own good! Why can't you listen?"

"You were unfilial before, and now, at this crucial moment, you secretly went to such a faraway place without telling your parents. Do you think you did the right thing?"

"Your mother was forced into a corner, so she came to me for help and asked me to make some changes."

Teacher Ma sighed, her tone conveying, "I'm doing this for your own good, but you don't understand."

"Your teacher knows you might resent me now, feeling that I shouldn't have changed your college application. But once you get to university and gain more experience, you'll understand the good intentions behind your teacher's and parents' decision!"

Seeing that Teacher Ma was getting more and more outrageous, Shen Yanlin couldn't stand it anymore. He rolled his eyes and interrupted her.

"Teacher Ma, let's not get off topic. Let's talk about changing college application choices now."

"The law clearly stipulates that no one may tamper with a candidate's application choices. Those who violate the law and commit serious offenses will be held criminally liable!"

"As the homeroom teacher, you couldn't possibly not know that, could you?"

Teacher Ma was stunned for a moment, and her expression changed instantly.

"Pursue criminal charges?"

"What...what criminal liability? Don't talk nonsense and scare people! I'm just doing this for the students' sake, it's all out of good intentions!"

How could she not know? She had studied all those documents.

But she never took it to heart.

This is clearly a good thing, so why would any student blame her?

Teacher Ma turned to Ye Linchen and said in a threatening tone, "Ye Linchen, you can't repay kindness with enmity! I'm doing this for your own good!"

Seeing that Teacher Ma had no awareness of her mistake and was still trying to argue her way out of it, and now even wanted to turn the tables on her, Ye Linchen could no longer suppress her anger.

She frowned, her eyes cold.

"Regardless of whether you meant well or not, the school that admitted me is not the one I wanted! Your and Meng Xueyun's actions went against my wishes and showed no consideration for my feelings whatsoever!"

"Since you believe you're innocent, then let the law decide! I'm going to sue both of you! I'll make you pay the legal price!"

After saying that, without waiting for Teacher Ma to say anything more, Ye Linchen suddenly stood up and rushed out of the principal's office.

Upon seeing this, Feng Linlin and Shen Yanlin also hurriedly got up and chased after them.

The two chased Ye Linchen all the way to the school gate before catching up with him.

"Xiao Chen, calm down!" Feng Linlin held Ye Linchen's hand and comforted him, "Jiangcheng University isn't bad either! If you're willing to study there, we can still be classmates!"

"But if you really don't want to and insist on repeating a year, I support you! If you have any problems, you can come to me anytime, and I will definitely help you!"

Ye Linchen shook his head, trying to calm himself down.

"I won't repeat a year, but this matter can't just be left like this!"

Ye Linchen had thought it over carefully. Even if she repeated a year, she would still have to stay in Jiangcheng and couldn't escape Meng Xueyun's control.

Rather than that, I'd rather accept the offer and go to Jiangcheng University.

Jiangcheng University is a prestigious university. After graduation, if I want to develop my career in another city, I will have more opportunities.

However, she absolutely could not let it go. She had to teach Meng Xueyun a lesson so that she would never dare to bother her again!

Just then, they heard someone greet them. "Xiao Chen, Linlin..."

They looked up and saw that it was Lin Xiaojuan.

She had originally planned to come to school with Feng Linlin, but something came up at home this morning and she was a little late.

Because of the heat and her hurried pace, her face was flushed, and she kept fanning herself with her hand.

There was another person with her, Gu Yifei.

Upon seeing Gu Yifei, Feng Linlin curled her lip in disdain, pulled Lin Xiaojuan aside, and whispered, "Why did you call him here?"

Lin Xiaojuan shrugged, looking helpless.

“I didn’t call him! We bumped into each other on the road. I didn’t even acknowledge him, but he insisted on following me and said he wanted to come to school together.”

Since becoming familiar with Ye Linchen, the two girls' attitude towards Gu Yifei has gotten worse and worse. They feel disgusted whenever they see him, as if he were a fly.

Lin Xiaojuan regretted that she was blind to have liked such a fool.

She looked at the admission notice in Feng Linlin's hand and was about to take it.

"How's it going? Did you get your acceptance letters? You were accepted into your first-choice university, right?"

Feng Linlin sighed, looked at Ye Linchen, and shook her head.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Lin Xiaojuan also looked over.

On Ye Linchen's side, Gu Yifei walked up to her and took the initiative to greet her.

"Ye Linchen, have you received your acceptance letter? Which school did you get into?"

Ye Linchen ignored him and walked straight ahead.

Gu Yifei didn't care about her attitude and chased after her, saying, "Ye Linchen, I've heard my older brother mention you. He said that my opinion of you has always been wrong. I saw the whole argument between you and Zihan in the bookstore. I may have really misunderstood your relationship with Zihan."

Ye Linchen rolled her eyes at him.

Who cares if you misunderstand or not!

Gu Yifei continued, "I know you hate the Ye family, but now that such a big thing has happened to the Ye family, as their daughter, you should go back and see them."

Ye Linchen stopped and asked in confusion, "Has something serious happened to the Ye family?"