Teacher's office.
The brown-black Arctic Clam rushed over right after seeing Wen Nan and Jun Beibei return to the classroom for self-study.
It was already close to ten in the evening, and only a few homeroom teachers were sitting scattered, waiting to check the dormitory after the late self-study session before heading home.
Seeing the Arctic Clam peeping at the door, Sweet Shrimp Lady stood up and asked, "Are you a parent? Who are you looking for? What's the matter?"
"Mr. Liu from Class Two."
"Mr. Liu went to the principal's office. He might be a bit late coming back. Would you like to sit down and wait?"
Jun Beibei's mother thanked her, didn't stay in the office, and went directly to the principal's office.
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"Withdrawal?"
Emperor Crab Principal, whose massive body almost occupied half the office space, lifted his eyes from his shell upon hearing Jun Beibei's mother's request, "Miss Jun, are you sure?"
Jun Beibei's mother nodded earnestly.
Next to him, Mr. Ban Shrimp couldn't help but advise, "With Jun Beibei's academic performance, she could choose from the top universities domestically if she continues and completes the courses. Withdrawing now would be a pity."
Jun Beibei's mother firmly shook her head, "Beibei has already completed the entire high school curriculum. Keeping her in school is just because I'm afraid she'll be disconnected from society for too long, which might affect her growth."
At this point, Jun Beibei's mother paused, recalling the recent conversation with her child about the "end of the world," spoken so seriously under the deserted worker dormitory next to the playground, she couldn't help but sigh.
To avoid the school's students and teachers looking at Jun Beibei with colored glasses, Jun Beibei's mother had been concealing her situation, and Jun Beibei herself also tried hard to hide it.
However, Jun Beibei's mother didn't expect her once obedient daughter to suddenly enter a rebellious phase, starting to defy her control, stopping medication on her own, and uttering such absurd words...
This situation forced Jun Beibei's mother to quickly cut through the tangle and isolate Jun Beibei from the current unhealthy environment.
"I hope the teachers and leaders can understand my painstaking efforts," Jun Beibei's mother said, pushing an application across Emperor Crab Principal's desk, "Academic achievement is important, but as a mother, I hope even more for my child to grow up healthy."
Mr. Ban Shrimp shook his head in remorse, "Jun, I can understand your feelings, but I think this kind of decision at least needs to ask the child's opinion first, don't you think?"
Yet, Jun Beibei's mother remained firm in her decision.
Emperor Crab Principal, seeing that he couldn't persuade the other party, simply reached out a claw to pull the application toward him and said:
"I'll keep this application, Miss Jun. I still hope you can go back and reconsider. Three days, okay? Come back to me after three days, and if you haven't changed your mind, we'll discuss handling Jun Beibei's withdrawal?"
Jun Beibei's mother thought for a moment, knowing this matter couldn't be rushed. Though she had decided to withdraw Jun Beibei from school, she agreed to Emperor Crab Principal's suggestion and left.
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Girls' dormitory.
Sea Gourd recklessly spoke those words aloud, making Jun Beibei wish she could dismantle its battery right there.
"Illegitimate child?" Yu Xiaoluo heard and smiled with a mischievous grin, "Didn't you say you were an asexual offspring through budding reproduction from Beibei? Then how come you have a father?"
As she spoke, Yu Xiaoluo went to the balcony, extending her Fibonacci Spiral-shaped pointed head out, quickly spotting a peculiar figure below the all-girls dormitory.
"There's really a boy there, very handsome. So handsome, I didn't hear the fangirls next door mention him during their school hunk selection. Could he be a recent transfer?"
"I think I heard about a somewhat odd boy transferring from the transitional class, is that him?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, if the boy isn't quirky, the girl wouldn't love him."
"But isn't he in the transitional class? How did you—"
Yu Xiaoluo gossiped on her own, glanced inside, seeing Jun Beibei's actions, swallowed the question she was about to ask.
She noticed Jun Beibei placing the metal box she was holding on the ground, hugging the Sea Gourd, and stuffing it inside.
"Are you taking this little rascal away?"
Yu Xiaoluo was a bit stunned, she remembered Jun Beibei saying that this mechanical Sea Gourd was very important to her, as long as Jun Beibei was here, she couldn't be separated from this mechanical Sea Gourd.
Because of this, several times when the dorm keeper came to check the dorm, saying this Sea Gourd was an electronic pet and couldn't be kept in the dormitory, Jun Beibei had argued with the dorm keeper many times, and it was Mr. Ban Shrimp who reconciled the conflict each time.
Now Jun Beibei was rushing back, stuffing Sea Gourd into the box, looking like she was about to take the little thing to roam around, thinking about the withdrawal mention earlier and the boy downstairs claiming to be Sea Gourd's father.
Suddenly, Yu Xiaoluo felt like she conjured up an emotional drama —
"Jun Beibei, is that handsome guy downstairs actually some hidden dominator boss who found you, setting up a pursue-wife-at-funeral-scene, and you plan to elope overnight?!"