She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 171

Two hours later, lan trudged back to the dorm, slumping in his chair with a defeated expression that showed he had taken a heavy blow. The room was packed with young men eagerly waiting for his news.

Seeing his demeanor, they sensed something was off. "What happened, lan? Did you find nothing on Joy?"

"Is she really all style and no substance, hiding a scandalous past?

"Did you hear some shocking rumors about her that left you in shock?"

If that were the c it wouldn't be surprising. After all, no one was perfect.

lan stared up at tiling, sighing deeply. "She's out of our reach."

The guys shook his shoulders excitedly. "Come on, lan! You have to tell us. We can't understand if you don't share."

With a a defeated tone, I

lan replied, "Her file is with the international student office and hasn't been transferred yet.

"I saw she was born in Aeloria, her mother is from Osceiton, but she attended high school in Uroterin and received acceptance letters from two top universities months ago, scoring perfect on the SAT and earning full scholarships. Just imagine how exceptional she is. How can we ever catch up to her?" The lively dorm fell silent.

The young men were stunned into speechlessness.

Getting into Kitmore University was already an achievement, and while they could potentially aim for the top schools with enough effort, they couldn't even imagine a perfect score. But lan wasn't finished. "That's not all. She has multiple patents for her inventions that are being commercially produced. "Her oil paintings, photography, and piano performances have all won international awards. novel: she

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wrote was selected as one of the top ten books of the year by the news, hit the bestseller list, and was nominated for a prestigious literary award." The boys listened in disbelief, feeling like they were hearing a fantasy tale.

"The scariest part is she just turned eighteen last month." lan, lacking his usual pride and confidence, looked reflective. "That means she achieved all this before reaching adulthood. "Do you thin think someone like her could ever be accessible to us?"

Hearing this, the

young men felt deflated. All their excitement evaporated.

only look at her

even on the floor, unsure how to continue the

surpass us in every way. I think

least they're from our school. We get to see them every day and even have the chance to be their classmates and friends. That's

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"Exactly. Anyway, if we can't have them, neither can the other guys, so it's a fair

had sharp minds, so they didn't

up straight and rubbing his hands. "If we can't reach the excellent ladies, no one else will either. Let's all resign ourselves

boys applauded.

of the campus network administrators, lan

Joy? A high school classmate revealed that she got perfect scores and

were at the same school but different classes. He said Joy is very low-key but excels academically. She applied to one of

details of Joy's

soon as the post went live, it blew up and became a top

Students flooded the comments.

seems even

"H

but what's the benefit for her to study history here?" Her beauty vis on par with

second I most popular post was the one titled [Who's

By nightfall,

Of course,

votes

Meanwhile, Zoe

is Joy as beautiful as Athena, but she's even more accomplished

yet she had never once outshone Athena, and now there was someone even better. This was pushing her over

shaking off her earlier gloom and revealing a

now constantly be overshadowed by Joy. How can she not feel upset?

the bitter reality of always being second, grappling with self-doubt and

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