Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

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 legit? It could be a

consistently high scores had already won people over, so this comment got immediately blasted. Five minutes later, the post quietly

these sour grapes comments, just a lapdog for Juliana and

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

was packing up to head to her physics competition prep but played along with an inquiry. “What happened?”

to

“Early romance

Merry was speechless.

the crooked aisle, and was about to leave when she suddenly stopped before Merry. With a deadpan expression and misty eyes,

“Uh? Um, I don’t know because I’ve

and headed toward the

13:14

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

Cordelia nodded.

them extended a hand. “Genius queen, can I shake your hand? I’ve got a physics quiz today, and your genius will rub

them, leisurely raised her hand, and they gingerly shook

smiling. “Cordelia, did you hear Greenmeadow University called Hanley, offering to drop twenty points for his

her a brief look.

sophomore year and didn’t make an impression on the admissions office. Greenmeadow University

scorer.”

attention returning to math problems. Latham had reviewed her paper and found all 12 deducted points were for procedural errors. She had missed several scoring formulas while solving them. Latham said the only way to overcome this was

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

classes, most students were prepping. for studying abroad, so competitions weren’t a

always dominated the math and science horse had emerged,

year,

lingered on Cordelia with a touch of disappointment. Even the most talented students had their limits, and

he

papers. There were only seven to grade, so

minutes, Sawyer finished grading.

what did I score?” Juliana couldn’t

“158, quite impressive!”