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.

...

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

classroom erupted

She had done it! She was thrilled that she could report

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

something wrong with Noelle's results. There's no way she could improve this much in such

silent upon hearing this. Almost everyone turned to look at Noelle with

doubtful. However, he couldn't deny that he had seen how hard Noelle had worked

Xenia spoke up softly, saying, "Mr. Kramer, Noelle really wanted to prove herself with these good results. She even made a bet with her brother at home, so please don't doubt her. These results mean so much to her. Please,

found Xenia's "bitchy" act to be awe-inspiring. It was no wonder that Noelle had

Lionel suspected that Noelle might have cheated to win

cheated. Recently, both Xenia and Noelle have been preparing for

Kramer. For the sake of fairness,

clearly starting to believe her words. She knew she had won again. She thought, "Noelle, how dare you work hard

feel Lionel's doubtful gaze. She coldly replied, "I didn't

for her, making her too fearful to

told you that she wouldn't cheat. Please don't doubt her. It may

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

and

someone's grades

win the bet with you, and now she's getting demerits. I'm so worried about her." Meanwhile, Noelle opened her book and began to study again. She

to influence Lionel, but she certainly couldn't

a bet with Cedric that if she made it into the top

Cedric hadn't replied to her previous messages. She felt a bit down, realizing she might have overthought their