No longer a pushover

Chapter 11

Lucas was troubled about the upcoming competition.

Frank patted Lucas on the shoulder. "I'll talk to her once the results are out. After all, the repechage is important."

However, Lucas still wasn't happy. "Noelle begged me for a long time before I taught her how to play the game, and now she's using that against me. When did she become so manipulative? "If it really comes to it, we'll get Donovan to step in. She can't just ignore his authority!"

Xenia, who was listening nearby, felt very upset. She was reluctant to give up her spot to Noelle because she felt that it was her earned position.

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When Noelle arrived at school, she heard everyone discussing the exam results.

Gwen's lackeys glanced at Noelle and deliberately said at volume, "Someone has been working so hard lately. I wonder how well she did!"

Although nervous, Noelle pretended to be calm, pulling out her textbook to review.

Soon, Lionel entered with the results, and everyone grew excited.

He tapped on the desk. "Quiet, everyone. The overall results aren't great. Now is not the time to slack off. I want to specifically call out Xenia, who has dropped over 200 places in the rankings."

Xenia's face immediately turned pale. She knew her performance hadn't been outstanding lately, but she hadn't expected it to be that bad.

Lionel then looked at Noelle and paused, clearly holding something back. "But Noelle has made a significant improvement. Keep it up!" Gwen eagerly asked, "Mr. Kramer, what's Noelle's ranking?"

now ranked 100th in

erupted

herself. She had done it! She was thrilled that she could report her results

rate, if she continued to work hard, she could make it into Yole

that there's something wrong with Noelle's results. There's no way she could improve this

hearing this. Almost

at Noelle's rank and also felt slightly doubtful. However, he

softly, saying, "Mr. Kramer, Noelle really wanted to prove herself with these good results. She even made a bet with

act to be awe-inspiring. It was no wonder that Noelle

this, Lionel suspected that Noelle might have cheated to win the

please don't protect someone who might have cheated. Recently, both Xenia and Noelle have been preparing for their family's team competition. Since Xenia's results have dropped significantly, there's no way Noelle could

For the sake of fairness, we think

words. She knew she had won again. She thought, "Noelle, how dare you work hard and surpass me again! You'll soon face

"I didn't cheat."

ways to create trouble for her, making her too fearful to surpass her again.

immediately said, "Mr. Kramer, I told you that she wouldn't cheat. Please don't doubt her. It may seem fair if her results are nullified,

briefly, Lionel said, "Noelle's ranking will be temporarily nullified. I'll investigate this further. If cheating is confirmed, she will

leave, and

No wonder someone's grades improved so much.

and now she's getting demerits. I'm so worried about her." Meanwhile, Noelle opened her book and began to

able to influence Lionel, but she certainly couldn't influence the

bet with Cedric that if she made it

she hadn't been to the infirmary recently, and Cedric hadn't replied to her previous messages. She felt a bit down, realizing she