Juniper held her chin high, her makeup-free face exquisitely beautiful. The slight downward tilt of her eyes conveyed an unexpected and powerful sense of authority.


    "What did you say?" Farrell hadn''t expected Juniper to talk back, and his gaze instantly turned cold.


    "I said..." Juniper pursed her lips, a hint of an impatient smirk ying on them. She cleared her throat and enunciated each word clearly, "If you think getting a perfect score is so easy, then why don''t you get one for us all to see?"


    A collective gasp went through the crowd. The students were stunned by Juniper''s confident rebuttal. Everyone could see that this Farrell guy was bad news. The training had just started, and he already had them all red-faced and gasping for air. The smart thing to do was keep your head down.


    But the legendary Juniper was so bold she was openly challenging him. Wasn''t she afraid he''d hold a grudge and make her life hell?


    Farrell was left speechless by hereback. Hearing the snickers from the other students, he felt his face flush with humiliation.


    "You—" He stared daggers at Juniper, his voice seething.


    "Me?" Juniper met his gaze without flinching, her expression unchanging. "If you didn''t hear me clearly, Instructor, I don''t mind saying it a third time."


    Someone in the front row couldn''t help but let out a snort ofughter.


    "Fine," Farrell hissed, clenching his fists as he leaned in close to Juniper. "You better not make a single mistake, or you''ll regret it."


    "Ohh," Juniper drawled, raising an eyebrow. Her nonchnt tone made his threat feel like punching a pillow. Fuming and helpless, he turned and stormed off. Unable to take his anger out on Juniper, he decided to torment the rest of thepany instead.


    When the morning training session ended, Juniper, Queenie, and J made a beeline for the cafeteria.


    It was too hot, so Juniper had taken off her cap and tied her long hair into a bun, revealing her delicate features. The gazes of those around her were irresistibly drawn to her. their breathing hitching.


    "Hey, Juniper, over here!" a boy from her ss called out, waving her over. "Cut in front of us. You go first."


    "I''m fine waiting in the back," Juniper replied politely. "Thanks, though."


    The boy had been hoping to act like a gentleman, but her cool demeanor left him feeling strangely intimidated.


    Meanwhile, in a nearby line, Ynda was chatting with some boys from her ss.


    "I feel bad about cutting in line," Ynda said, holding her tray with a coy smile.


    "It''s no problem," a boy immediately stepped out of the line to let her go first.


    "Well... thank you," Ynda said with a bashful look, then guiltlessly took the spot at the front of the line.


    Ten minutester, Juniper sat down


    at a table with J and Queenie.


    The three of them dug into their food in perfect unison. J didn''t eat chicken legs, so Juniper took hers Queenie didn''t eat fatty meat so she gave it all to Juniper.


    "Juniper, are you getting used to the food here?" J asked worriedly, fiddling with her fork. After all, Dana''s cooking was exceptional, while the cafeteria food was just average.


    "It''s fine." Juniper was not a picky eater. She popped thest grain of rice into her mouth.


    "Good." J nodded, passing her a bowl of soup. "Have some of this pumpkin soup. It''ll help cleanse your pte."


    "Mm." Juniper took the bowl and


    ?


    drank it all in one go. As she was wiping her mouth, a male student from the broadcasting program spoke up from a nearby table heard you might be chosen as the freshman representative this year.