Chapter 63

At 10 am sharp, Hanley checked his score. 234 pointer

“Wow, you rock!”

“That’s a killer score! Definitely top ten in the stater

Hanley breathed a sigh of relief.

Lately, he had been burning the midnight oil to catch up with Cordelia, hitting the books every night until half–past twelve, and getting up at the crack of dawn at 5:30 am. His hard work had paid off, and the score was pretty darn good!

Yet, a tinge of regret lingered.

He had wanted to go head–to–head with Cordelia to show her he was every bit her equal. But Cordelia had lost half an hour. Even if her score was lower, his victory felt somewhat hollow.

“If only I had done like Keen and waited for her half an hour,” he thought.

With that on his mind, Hanley opened the Math Forum, where speculation about everyone’s scores was already going wild.

“OMG, Keen got first place!”

“Does that mean Cordelia isn’t number one?”

“How did this happen? I was waiting for our study queen to crush it, but it turns out even prodigies are

normal…”

“Missing half an hour and not getting first is pretty normal, I’d say.”

“Keen waited half an hour too, to be fair! But Keen’s a legend, so first place is no big surprise!”

“I wanted to see Cordelia snag that top spot.”

“I hope so.”

Merry saw the comments in the thread. Looking at Cordelia full of frustration and defiance, she asked, “Lia, people on the forum are saying that the state math committee called Lakeshore High. Keen took the top spot! How many points did you get?”

her eyes stuck to it, unable to look away. 298

on his feet and brimming with

soon as Latham spoke, the crowd around Hanley burst out,

234!”

the top score. What’s there

grew wider, “That’s the spirit! Top ten in the state,

erupted into applause and congratulations for Hanley. Amidst this, some curious eyes turned to Cordelia, “Cordelia, how many points did you

How many points?

hard and cursed,

Keen’s still first? That was beyond belief! Did he

confusion. Some comforted Cordelia, while

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with Juliana, mocked, “Yeah, he waited half an hour and still got first place. Definitely not human, but a god! Unlike some people… seems like the facade is crumbling, huh?”

Latham’s voice thundered with excitement, “What? Cordelia got first in the state! And if I’m not mistaken, she’ll be first in

sea

the forum

calls from several colleges‘ admissions offices wanting to offer you direct admission agreements. I wrote down their names. Want to consider

Superiority College on the

College and Top Crest Academy don’t make such offers based on National League results. The best they could

“Oh,

on one goal, that was, Superiority College!

scores from the National League can only

buzzed. Lowering her gaze, she saw a message

She replied, ‘298‘

at

like a game as usual. That score’s got

Conjecture, Frankie had taken

a renowned math expert. Calling a young girl “Boss Cordelia” didn’t seem appropriate.

looked up, “Professor, you should call admissions right away. Get them to reach out

offer direct admissions based on National League results.

made for

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