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.

on his feet and brimming with

Latham spoke, the crowd around Hanley burst out, “Hey Mr. Latham, did

234!”

modestly, “It’s not the top score.

wider, “That’s the spirit! Top ten in

some curious eyes turned to Cordelia, “Cordelia,

How many points?

hard and cursed, “Keen’s not human!”

and Keen’s still first? That was beyond belief! Did he get a perfect score or

led to some confusion. Some comforted Cordelia, while others, who didn’t like

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he waited half an hour and still got first place. Definitely not human, but a god!

the state! And if I’m not mistaken, she’ll be

sea of shock

“But, the forum

calls from several colleges‘ admissions offices wanting to offer you direct

slowly, “Is Superiority College on the list?”

head, “Superiority College and Top Crest Academy don’t make such offers based on

“Oh, then reject them

had always been set on

sparked fresh fodder for her critics, “The scores from the National League can only

as her phone buzzed. Lowering her gaze, she saw a message from Mathster, ‘Lia, how many

She replied, ‘298‘

at Superiority

“Lia plays it like a game as usual. That

had proven Batra’s Conjecture, Frankie had taken to calling

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

right away. Get them to reach out to Lia and

offer direct admissions based

exceptions are made

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