Chapter 80

In the hallowed halls of academia news hadn’t yet rippled out to the frenetic world of social media.

The hashtag of Superiority College’s making an exception was blowing up, causing quite a stir in the media. The filming crew had a meeting to discuss it. Meanwhile, at the admissions office of Greenmeadow International School, the dean’s office was in a flurry.

The dean summoned Latham to his office. Without skipping a beat, Latham declared, “I’ll make it simple. Consider this my resignation if you expel Cordelia!”

The dean’s brow furrowed in annoyance. “Do you think this institution can’t function without you, Latham?”

As the standoff continued, the office phone pierced the tension with its shrill ring.

Caught off guard, the dean instinctively answered. The voice on the other end spoke in crisp English. “Hello, is this Greenmeadow International School? I’m calling from Top Crest Academy’s admissions office.”

Confused, the dean responded, “Well, can I help you?”

“Yes, we’re wondering if a student named Cordelia is at your school. We’re interested in offering her a place at our academy with her choice of major!”

The dean was dumbfounded. “What?”

At that moment, a teacher, glued to the online chatter, burst into the office exclaiming, “Sir, Superiority College just responded on their Twitter! And, and…”

“And what?” The dean asked, his heart racing.

“No… it’s…” Feeling like he had entered a fantasy, the teacher handed his smartphone to the dean.

Superiority College’s tweet was bold, featuring an image from a prestigious math journal and a single line of

text.

Superiority College posted. [Want to know why we scouted her? Here’s the reason!]

The tweet set off a domino effect. Official accounts from Top Crest Academy, Ontoky City Institute of Technology, Ontoky City Aeronautical University, and others all cut in with similar messages, tagging Superiority College to inquire about joint training programs or late scouting opportunities.

Superiority College was aloof, ignoring the

journal’s significance and was still puzzled. “What’s all this

were all these top schools suddenly clamoring

seeing the academic journal, Latham was thunderstruck. He looked at the dean and, despite his professional demeanor, swore. “Damn,

dean asked, intrigued.

is a genius!”

dean was ecstatic. “So that’s it! I’ll confront those. reporters camping outside. I’ll give

seems the school can

saying in a delighted tone, ‘The real question for

the tide had

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a group of clueless people were roaring.

exception for her

some papers, and the college will make an exception for me, right?]

publishing in such a revered math journal and solving a conjecture that had stumped

with

Lia’s the

[Can’t agree more!]

the bomb, indeed!]

fanfare were apologies from previously uninformed onlookers while

School, the school

extras, and others were just there for the spectacle since Hayley had declared there would be a cast change today.

denial, huh? Need

ignored her and quickened her pace.

assistant director greeted them with a grin. Hayley pointed at Cordelia and said, “Assistant director, perfect timing. She insisted on getting this role. Please tell her you’ve had her replaced.”

director’s brow furrowed in confusion as he said, “Replaced? We’re not replacing

was baffled. “But, she’s all over the scandalous news!

seemed even more surprised. “Haven’t you

class and had not yet caught up on social media. Prompted by the assistant director, they eagerly pulled out their phones,

and awe spread through the room as

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