What is this? A medal?

"Select!"

Xu Yi was excited and quickly browsed.

No need to look at the ones above; even with a 90% discount, they still cost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

He decisively scrolled to the bottom, chose the most suitable background, and started editing.

"Father Xu Fan, border defense soldier, rank Lieutenant, position Company Commander. Awarded Third-Class Merit five times, Second-Class Merit twice. Died heroically in a border defense battle, posthumously awarded First-Class Merit."

"Mother Lin Li, Angel Against the Current, sacrificed during the fight against a plague."

"Eldest brother Xu Zhou, anti-drug police officer, sacrificed during an operation in the Golden Triangle, posthumously awarded First-Class Merit. His police badge number is permanently retired."

"Grandfather unknown, Grandmother unknown."

Since Xu Yi was an orphan, according to the system's causal rules, he definitely couldn't choose living people, plus his emotional points were limited.

After much deliberation, this was the most suitable option.

Soon, a large chunk of memories appeared in Xu Yi's mind. At the same time, his pocket felt heavy.

[All of Xu Fan's medals of honor have been issued to the host.]

[All of Xu Zhou's medals of honor have been issued to the host.]

At this moment, the Principal's nervous voice reached Xu Yi's ears, "Principal, it's not like that, please let me explain."

"Explain what? Explain how you misused student aid for your cronies? And turned a blind eye to students who are genuinely in need?"

[Tension +60]

The Principal frantically shook his head, "I admit my supervision was inadequate. I was unaware of this matter; the instructor was entirely responsible. I didn't know he would dare to act like this. I'll talk to him later."

--[The Principal is so clever, he completely shifted the blame with one sentence.]

--[Why is everyone so surprised? Isn't the misuse of student aid common?]

--[My family is a five-guarantee household, but I didn't see a single cent of the university's student aid. The instructor gave it all to students he was close with.]

--[Tsk, this instructor is in trouble.]

--[Trouble my foot, that instructor will at most get yelled at. Xu Yi doesn't have any background connections. The Principal won't fire the instructor for him.]

The Director's expression softened slightly after hearing the Principal's explanation.

"Hurry up and help this student apply for financial aid. Do not allow similar situations to occur again.

Otherwise, your tenure as Principal will be over."

"Yes, yes. I guarantee it won't happen again."

Xu Yi was still too young; he was dumbfounded. It was over just like that?!

Then what was the point of all his hard acting?

He refused! He wanted emotional points, lots and lots of emotional points.

The Principal took out his phone at this moment and put it on speakerphone in front of the Director.

"Instructor Li, what's going on with you? Can you even be an instructor? Student Xu Yi is facing such hardship, why didn't you give him financial aid?

Are you trying to end your career as an instructor? Get to the cafeteria immediately and process Xu Yi's financial aid."

"Principal, I..."

As soon as a voice came from the phone, the Principal, being quite cunning, hung up.

The Director merely glanced at him and said nothing more.

A moment later, Li Yi rushed over, full of resentment.

"Xu Yi, you're so troublesome! I already told you there are so many students in need this year, you should have been patient.

Make a selfless contribution, and I'll process your financial aid next year. Why are you so selfish?

Is it necessary to bring such a small matter to the Principal?"

--[This instructor is also a shrewd one, as soon as he speaks, Xu Yi becomes the biggest villain in the room.]

--[Classic moral blackmail. I was cyberbullied for days for not giving up my seat to an old lady last time.]

At this moment, all eyes in the room turned to Xu Yi. The previous sympathy was gone, replaced by a hint of disdain.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yi shrunk his neck and said innocently, "But Instructor, you said the same thing four years ago, and we're graduating next year."

"..."

Li Yi was instantly silenced, standing frozen.

[Anger +60]

[Tension +60]

[Sympathy +20]

The Director glanced at the live broadcast camera, then at Li Yi.

"Instructor Li, you're doing great. Truly a responsible instructor. I should give you an award. Next year, I'll promote you to Director, so you can have more power to allocate resources."

"Who do you think you are?"

[Tension +20]

The Principal quickly coughed a few times. "Li Yi! How are you speaking? Apologize to the Director immediately."

"Director… Director?!"

Li Yi's face turned pale. "Director, I'm sorry."

"Director Li, you should be apologizing to him. Hurry up and help this student apply for financial aid."

Li Yi shot Xu Yi a resentful look. So he had to bring the Director into this and deliberately embarrass me.

Just you wait… once the Director leaves, I'll make sure you regret it.

"What are you standing around for? Hurry up and process it," Yu Shu urged impatiently.

Li Yi put on a troubled expression. "Director, I came in a hurry and forgot to bring the relevant documents."

"Go back and get them now."

"It will take a long time, at least half an hour. That would be wasting your valuable time. How about I go back and help him apply after you leave?"

The Director hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Bing Bing quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"The main focus of this episode is accompanying the Director on an inspection of the cafeteria. We encountered a small hiccup along the way, but the Director responsibly resolved it."

The viewers in the live stream were both angry and powerless.

--[Six, calling something this big a "hiccup." Poor student.]

--[Resolved it, my ass. Look at the way that advisor is staring at the student, like he wants to eat him. Once the Director leaves, the advisor is definitely going to make his life difficult.]

--[Once the Director leaves, there's no hope for the financial aid. They might even retaliate together. This student is so pitiful, I sympathize with him.]

As expected, the moment the Director turned to leave, Li Yi pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket.

They were all leave request forms from students.

He stared coldly at Xu Yi, his tone surprisingly gentle. "Student Xu Yi, there's a volunteer event the day after tomorrow. I hope you'll participate enthusiastically. We'll talk about your leave request later."

With that, he immediately tore up the leave form.

But to his surprise, Xu Yi didn't show any anger or fear.

Instead, a playful smile appeared on his face, giving Li Yi a bad premonition.

"Advisor! I actually have something important to do the day after tomorrow. Please approve my leave request," Xu Yi suddenly shouted.

Advisor: "???"

Dude, what are you doing? You're not playing by the rules. Why are you suddenly shouting?

The Director and the others immediately stopped and turned back.

[Tension +40] [Surprise +50]

However, the Director didn't say much. It was just a small matter of requesting leave, after all. He couldn't possibly manage that too, could he?

Seeing the Director turn back, the Principal immediately asked nervously, "Does Student Xu Yi have something important to attend to?"

"The day after tomorrow... is my father's memorial day."

How pitiful... his father passed away.

The Director shook his head, a hint of pity on his face, and turned to leave again.

But Xu Yi suddenly ran in front of him. "Director, you've been so kind to me. Let me treat you to a meal. Longevity noodles, I'll share half with you."

Everyone present couldn't help but scoff. "Trying to curry favor with the Director of the Education Bureau? Who do you think you are? Are you worthy?"

As expected, the Director politely refused. "No need, young student. I appreciate the thought. Happy birthday."

"It's okay, I have money. I have money," Xu Yi said, fumbling in his pockets.

Suddenly, a heavy metallic clinking sound was heard.

Medals, shimmering with golden light, fell out of Xu Yi's pockets.

Everyone looked at the ground. The Director was stunned.

"What is this?"

"Medals."