No longer a pushover

Chapter 13

After hearing Bruce speak, Noelle was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected him to bring her condition to retake the exam.

She looked across at Lucas and Xenia, her expression calm.

However, Lucas' face became quite unnatural. Noelle used to follow him around, never doing anything that made him uncomfortable. As an older brother, he was used to being high and mighty. Asking him to apologize now was like asking him to choose death-it was pure torment.

Xenia quickly said, "Noelle, when did you get so good? We didn't know that you had been studying secretly at home. You worked hard to get such good grades, but others suspected you of cheating. Lucas was the first to come to school to help you. He's really good to you."

After she made the excuse for him, Lucas spoke coldly. "Xenia, stop talking. Some people will never understand." He looked at her with satisfaction, thinking that this was the behavior a sister should have.

Noelle gave him a half-smile and said, "Yeah, he came to school immediately. So what? He told Mr. Kramer that I cheated. He was going to force me to write a letter of repentance and make me apologize in front of the whole school. Would you want this kind of treatment?"

Xenia immediately fell silent.

Furious and embarrassed, Lucas shouted, "Noelle, you secretly worked hard without telling us, making me think you were cheating. Sure, your grades have improved, but what's the point of pulling a stunt like this? Do you think it's funny?"

Bruce spoke again while looking at Lionel. "Who was the first to accuse Noelle of cheating? Call them over to apologize."

Lionel quickly summoned Gwen and Betty.

Gwen and Betty still didn't know what had happened, thinking that Noelle had indeed cheated. They smugly said, "Mr. Kramer, we've been saying that Noelle cheated to get those grades. Is the investigation over now?"

Lionel nodded. "Yes, it's clear that Noelle didn't cheat. You two should apologize to her now."

The duo were stunned. Noelle didn't cheat? How could that be?

Xenia quickly pretended to play the good cop. "Noelle didn't cheat. I told you not to spread rumors. You should apologize to her now." With that, she distanced herself from the situation.

Gwen and Betty reluctantly apologized to Noelle. "Sorry, we were wrong. We shouldn't have said those things."

Lionel looked at Noelle and asked, "Do you have any other requests?"

Noelle shook her head. "No."

nodded in satisfaction. "Noelle has been working hard lately. But Xenia's grades have dropped

Noelle's good results. She found it humiliating. She batted her eyes and replied, "I... I just got

good grades? You could

Xenia thought the same.

address it. Turning to Xenia, he said firmly, "You should learn from Noelle instead." Xenia bit

Do you think you can show off just because you beat Xenia? The team is keeping her busy, so her grades dropped. You've done nothing to earn your results, so you don't have the

say those things, but Noelle said nothing. As a guardian, you

replied, "I'm not biased. Noelle has always been like this." He then left to catch up with

to Bruce.

You have the ability, and this is all well deserved. Return to your classroom now. I need to

office as instructed. She walked a few steps to the corridor, where she saw Cedric in a white lab coat. He was leaning against the wall, seemingly waiting for someone. She met his gaze, and her heart involuntarily skipped a beat. Cedric stood upright,

retake a test, and I did even better than my

moment, seeing him made her feel like her victory had

steady as he asked, "Did

stunned and wondered if he was referring to Xenia and Lucas. She shook her head. "Only the scapegoats apologized. The

smile. "Come find me after school." With that, he walked

didn't ask further. She turned and

noisy classroom

were legitimate and that no cheating had

the cake had failed to spark her interest. She had to find a

...

in the afternoon, Noelle went straight to the infirmary. Cedric was sitting

asked to review our mistakes, but I've

with mistakes were topics she hadn't

on the computer beside him. "Let's play. Do

but I want to make a

both play on

plan on using his main account to

casually set her username to

she entered the game, she looked at Cedric. "What's

name looked familiar. It was "Reverse Time". She instantly remembered something. In her past

are you looking at?