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."

has been working hard lately. But Xenia's grades

humiliating. She batted her eyes and replied, "I... I just got distracted this time. I won't let

also felt a bit embarrassed. "What's the point of good grades? You could get more fame and money from playing games than

Xenia thought the same.

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

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

"I clearly heard Mr. Kramer say those things, but Noelle said nothing. As a guardian, you shouldn't be

and replied, "I'm not biased. Noelle has always been

turned to

thank me. You have the ability, and this is all well deserved. Return to your classroom now. I need to meet with the teachers and highlight some

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

York had me retake a test, and I did even better than my last

made her

voice steady as he

stunned and wondered if he was referring to Xenia and Lucas. She shook her head. "Only the scapegoats apologized. The people behind the scenes didn't, but I

lips curled into a slight smile. "Come find me after school." With that, he

she didn't

noisy

Noelle's grades were legitimate and that no cheating had been

interest. She had to find

...

straight to the infirmary. Cedric was sitting on a chair, looking at her as she entered. "Finished

were asked to review our mistakes,

didn't make many mistakes. The ones with mistakes

beside him. "Let's play. Do

I want to make a new

both play

using his main account

the game and casually set her username

Cedric. "What's your username? Let's

screen, she found that his name looked familiar. It was "Reverse Time". She

an eyebrow. "What are you looking at? Accept my friend