Chapter 36

Laurinda hadn’t finished her sentence when Lorna, bubbling with excitement, leaped to her feet. Sanderson had

been peering over Lorna’s shoulder to check the score and collided with her accidentally.

“Ouch…” Sanderson rubbed his sore chin

Lorna asked with concern, “Oh dear, are you okay?”

Laurinda snorted, “Look at you, no poise sitting or standing What? Did she bomb the test?”

No sooner had she spoken than Lorna shouted, “288! My god, Lia is a genius!”

Sanderson was shocked. “What?”

Laurinda was stunned. “That high? No way. You must be seeing things!”

288

Sanderson grabbed the tablet, and his eyes went wide. “No joke, 2

Laurinda furrowed her brow, stepping forward in disbelief. But upon seeing the score, her jaw clenched tight. “How can this be? It’s impossible…”

The narrative flipped in the school forums and online chatter.

[Lord, I bow down to her!]

[Genius persona locked down! I’m on my knees!]

[I’ve witnessed a live academic beatdown these past few days.]

[Hey genius, you rock! Do you want a follower?]

Amidst the praise, a discordant voice appeared.

knows if these results are

had already won people over, so this

sour grapes comments, just a lapdog for Juliana and Hanley. I have no idea

two kids from Class Two and Three were caught in the act on the school’s field yesterday? They were hiding in a

results, was packing up to head to her

they agreed to engage their kids! Can you believe it? Lia,

took a beat. “Early romance isn’t good.”

Merry was speechless.

the crooked aisle, and was about to leave when she suddenly stopped before Merry. With

don’t know because I’ve never kissed anyone!”

Cordelia uttered and headed

13:14

competition class, people gathered around her. “Cordella, you scored 2887”

Cordelia nodded.

hand? I’ve got a physics quiz today, and your genius

them, leisurely raised her hand, and they gingerly shook it before

anger, and sat down before Cordella, smiling. “Cordelia, did you hear Greenmeadow

gave her a brief look.

“Probably because you didn’t compete in math contests in sophomore year and didn’t make an impression on the admissions office. Greenmeadow University doesn’t

scorer.”

procedural errors. She had missed several scoring formulas while solving them. Latham said the only way to overcome this was

Mr. Sawyer walked in with several sets of papers. “Cordelia’s performance in the Galaxy Math Whiz Competition has brought glory to

International School, apart from the two specialized classes, most students were prepping. for studying abroad, so competitions

math and science horse had emerged, and Latham was on

this year, a dark

lingered on Cordelia with a touch of disappointment. Even the most talented students had their limits, and Cordelia had been all about math these past weeks.

he distributed the tests.

to grade, so she marked them on the spot, allowing the remaining time for self–study or questions.

minutes, Sawyer finished

Sawyer, what did I score?” Juliana couldn’t wait.

responded, “158, quite

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