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.

was dumbfounded upon hearing the news. How

harder than

scorer, as if they had the right to talk about retaking the year with her? Such a shame." "Don't make me laugh, Jessica. This is the

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saying they'd retake the year together. Where does she get

sour as if she had bitten

the top-scorer? There must be a

felt the same way. How could

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 her family, you doubt her achievements. Is this

to comfort her. Everyone was too busy discussing

reporters approached, followed by the principal

a kindly old man, looked at Lemira with a proud smile,