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.

hearing the news. How could Lemira be number one in the

Evelina harder

"Ha! Remember who was offering to retake the year with our city's top scorer, as if they had the right to talk about retaking the year with her? Such a shame." "Don't make me laugh,

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they'd retake the year together. Where

turned sour as if she had bitten into a

into hysterics, "How could Lemira be the top-scorer? There must

felt the same way. How could Lemira possibly be the city's

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 what

no one came to comfort her. Everyone was too busy

followed by

Lemira with a