When They Beg, I Rise!

The teacher said purposefully, keeping them dangling, "So, who wants to take a wild guess at who our class top-scorer might be?" Evelina chimed in, "It's gotta be our No.1 class rep, right?"

"Absolutely, if we're talking top scorer, it has to be our class rep. His grades have been top three in our grade for years. No doubt it's him." Just then, the class rep stood up and said, "Not me."

"How is that possible? If it's not him, then who else could possibly be the top scorer? Maybe the runner-up?"

When the teacher saw reporters also joining in, she quickly announced, "It's Lemira."

The classroom went dead silent.

Then Jessica let out a squeal, "Oh my god, it's you! You're the top of the city? Wow, you're incredible!"

The rest of the students were stunned. They had guessed many names, but Lemira as the top scorer was beyond their wildest thoughts.

upon hearing the news. How could Lemira be number

news hit Evelina harder

year with our city's top scorer, as if they had the

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comforted the city's number one, saying they'd retake the

turned sour as if she had

the top-scorer? There must be a mistake in the grades, or

down, Evelina felt the same way. How could

gave Evelina a cold look, "What's going on with you two? Lemira's improvement is clear to everyonez She outperformed herself and became the dark horse. Instead of being happy for her, as her classmates, as

to

approached, followed by the principal and the vice

principal, a kindly old man, looked at Lemira with a proud smile, "I never expected you