Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Clash in the Student Council

Seeing the provocative smile on Katherine North’s face as she turned around, Cecilia Vaughn frowned even deeper.

Her intuition had always been sharp, and it seemed this girl truly harbored ill will towards her.

——It was really strange; they had only met for the first time, didn’t know each other before, so why was Katherine North targeting her?

...

And on the podium, Director Chambers’ eyes lit up upon hearing Katherine North’s suggestion.

"Not bad, changing seats around is indeed too troublesome. Is everyone satisfied with their current seats?"

"If there are no objections, we’ll fix the seating as it is now."

Sitting next to Cecilia, Bella Prescott looked frustrated, but was too embarrassed to raise her hand to ask for a seat change.

Director Chambers quickly announced with a smile.

"It seems no one is opposed, so we’ll stick to this arrangement."

...

Bella Prescott poked Cecilia Vaughn’s finger with a mournful face.

"Cecilia, what should we do? It’s already rare for classes to use loudspeakers in college, sitting in the last row means we might not hear the lectures clearly..."

Cecilia Vaughn remained indifferent.

"The last row is fine, many in our department who want to skip class or daydream choose the last row."

"..."

Bella was initially taken aback, but upon second thought, with so few students, the teachers would definitely recognize faces, so how could one skip class?

"Come on, don’t worry, only the first semester has assigned classes by the school. From next semester, we’ll have to choose courses ourselves, and the seating will definitely change."

"If you find anything in class hard to follow, you can ask me."

Upon hearing Cecilia Vaughn’s assurance, Bella Prescott finally felt a weight lifted off her chest.

...

On the podium, Director Chambers glanced over at the whispering pair and cleared his throat lightly.

"Classmate Vaughn, Classmate Prescott, have you two not yet joined a student organization?"

Hearing this, Cecilia Vaughn looked puzzled.

"Teacher, wasn’t it said that joining a club was enough?"

Director Chambers shook his head.

"No, this year both a club and a student organization are required to earn enough credits."

"How about this, the two of you can join the promotional department of the student union. Katherine is the exceptional head of the promotional department. You can ask her if you have any questions."

"..."

In university organizations, typically freshmen can only start as officers, sophomores become heads, juniors can run for president, and seniors retire.

Yet Katherine North, as a freshman, was already a head, truly formidable.

Cecilia Vaughn felt a subtle chill in her heart, and in the first row, Katherine North had already stood up gracefully, with a charming and captivating smile.

"Alright, teacher, it just so happens we’re having a meeting in the promotional department today, I’ll take the two of them along."

...

After class, Cecilia Vaughn and Bella Prescott were pulled into the student union’s WeChat group and then went to the student union’s office building.

After the usual round of self-introductions, Katherine North, as their head, started assigning tasks; Bella was to organize the new department members’ information.

When it was Cecilia Vaughn’s turn, Katherine North smiled brilliantly.

"Classmate Vaughn, except for you and Classmate Prescott, the others have all met during the summer camp. Everyone’s tired of introducing themselves, so why don’t you go buy some milk tea for our department to quench their thirst?"

"I like TeaYanYueSe’s iced orchid latte, the vice minister likes CoCo’s fresh passion fruit double bubble, Sinclair likes GongCha’s milk tea panda milk cap, Officer Lynch likes YiDianDian’s four seasons spring macchiato..."

"These milk tea shops are all at the entrance of the school’s first area dormitories, you can apply for reimbursement once you’ve bought them..."

...

Hearing Katherine North quickly recite various milk tea flavors as if reading a menu, Cecilia Vaughn’s thin lips pressed slightly, and a cold gleam suddenly emerged in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes.

"I’m sorry, I joined the student union to do my proper work, not to buy milk tea."

"Moreover, minister, you’ve named so many milk tea flavors, my memory isn’t that good."

Katherine North, upon hearing this, bit her lip tightly as if she was wronged, her pretty face showing bewilderment.

"Classmate Vaughn, how could you think like that? When I was at the summer camp, I always bought milk tea for my classmates."

"Is buying milk tea too much? I have good intentions seeing that everyone is thirsty..."

...

If she were so kind-hearted, why didn’t she go herself?

She likes doing such things, no one is forcing her, and now she’s trying to pass her duty onto someone else, how interesting.

Cecilia Vaughn found Katherine North’s words extremely grating, just then the vice minister stepped in to mediate.

"Ahem, minister, not everyone is as considerate as you, let’s not trouble Classmate Vaughn."

The vice minister adjusted his glasses, giving Cecilia Vaughn an out.

"How about this, buying milk tea according to everyone’s taste is too complicated. Classmate Vaughn, you can just go to the school gate and buy ten regular half-sugar pearl milk teas from YiDianDian."

"..."

Having been told this much, Cecilia Vaughn had no interest in continuing to argue with these people. After all, the school, like a small workplace, has been heard to exploit newcomers.

"Alright, I’ll go now."

Cecilia Vaughn nodded, soon disappearing from the promotional department’s office.

A few people saw her leave obediently, and knowingly smiled.

Who couldn’t see that Katherine North was at odds with the new officer!

...

Fifteen minutes later, Cecilia Vaughn returned to the promotional department carrying a large bag of medium-sized pearl milk teas. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

As soon as she entered, she heard a burst of laughter; she pretended not to see it, placed the milk tea on the conference table without saying a word.

Katherine North glanced at those ten cups of milk tea, somewhat surprised by Cecilia Vaughn’s composure, without a single complaint.

After all, ten cups of milk tea weren’t light.

...

The more composed Cecilia Vaughn was, the more it unsettled her inside.

Especially as before, Cecilia Vaughn seemed not to recognize her, and being ignored by an opponent was more frustrating than being despised!

Glancing at Cecilia Vaughn’s cool and ethereal demeanor, like a fairy from the moon palace, a hint of jealousy arose in Katherine North’s heart.

She smiled charmingly and spoke gently to Cecilia Vaughn.

"Mm, mm, thank you, Classmate Vaughn. I just remembered there are some promotional department materials I printed before and left in the storage room..."

"I don’t know what to assign you to now, could you help us bring those materials back?"

...

Does she think of her as a courier?

Cecilia Vaughn’s cold gaze swept over Katherine North. Just as Katherine North felt a twinge of unease, she suddenly heard Cecilia’s emotionless voice.

"Storage room? Okay, wait a moment."

Several officers immediately gathered around Katherine North, flattering her as soon as Cecilia left.

"Wow, Katherine, you’re amazing. Cecilia Vaughn doesn’t even dare to make a sound in front of you!"

"Exactly, a higher rank really crushes people, admirable!"

"She may have a pretty face, but she’s no match for you, Katherine..."

...

At this moment, in the storage room, Cecilia Vaughn looked at the two large boxes full of promotional department materials.

Her lips curled into a cold smile.