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?"

100th in the

erupted into

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

efforts had been worthwhile. At this rate, if she continued to work hard,

I suspect that there's something wrong with Noelle's results. There's no way she

silent upon hearing this.

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

results. She even made a bet with her brother at home, so please don't doubt her. These

were quite convincing, but Noelle couldn't help but smile sarcastically. She found Xenia's "bitchy" act to be awe-inspiring.

Lionel suspected that Noelle might have cheated to win the

been preparing for their family's team competition. Since Xenia's results have dropped

saying, "Yeah, Mr. Kramer. For the sake of fairness, we think Noelle's

believe her 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." She

Xenia's, Xenia would find ways to create trouble for her, making her too fearful to surpass her again. At

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, but it

briefly, Lionel said, "Noelle's ranking will be temporarily nullified. I'll investigate

her leave, and the classroom

grades improved so much. It turns out

took out her phone and messaged Lucas, "Lucas, what should I do? Noelle cheated to win the bet with you, and now she's getting demerits. I'm so worried about her." Meanwhile,

influence Lionel, but she

uneasy. After all, she had also made a bet with Cedric that if she made it into the top

infirmary recently, and Cedric hadn't replied to her previous messages.