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?”

Cordelia’s phone screen and her eyes stuck to it, unable to look away. 298 points? And yet, it wasn’t first place?

Merry was still in shock, Latham strolled in, light on his feet and brimming with

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

234!”

just smiled modestly, “It’s not the top score. What’s there to

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

and congratulations for Hanley. Amidst this, some curious eyes turned to Cordelia, “Cordelia,

How many points?

hard and cursed, “Keen’s not

first? That was beyond belief! Did he get a perfect

Cordelia, while others, who didn’t like seeing

7/2

11:18

got first place. Definitely not

“What? Cordelia got first in the state! And

a sea

“But, the forum says Keen is

continuing, “I got calls from several colleges‘ admissions offices

Superiority College on the list?”

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

“Oh, then reject them all.”

sights had always been set on one

for her critics, “The scores from the National League can only get

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

She replied, ‘298‘

Ontoky City, at Superiority College.

the Math Department, Frankie, chuckled at the score, “Lia plays it like a game as usual. That score’s got to be the national top,

proven Batra’s Conjecture, Frankie had taken to calling her like that.

old man, a renowned math expert. Calling a young girl “Boss

graduate student helping with the paper looked up, “Professor, you should call admissions right away. Get them to reach out to Lia and recruit this gem

Top–Crest Academy don’t offer direct admissions based on

are made for

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255