Lin Xiaoguai patted the infuriated Han Xinyu and calmed her down before looking at Teacher Dai. "If I'm not mistaken, you planned to use this fake golden pendant to replace the original one and return it to Nuonuo, right?"
Besides that, she couldn't think of any other reason why someone would deliberately make a replica that looked exactly like the original.
However...
Teacher Dai nodded. "I originally planned to use this fake one to bluff for some time until I had enough money to return the real one to student Han Xinyu."
Hearing this, the expressions of the other teachers softened.
Lin Xiaoguai smiled upon hearing this and remained noncommittal. The woman was clever, but Lin Xiaoguai didn't believe a word she said; after all, it didn't matter how she explained things that hadn't happened.