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.

the news. How could Lemira be number one in

harder than a freight

and snickered to her sidekick, "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, Jessica. This is the funniest joke

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bottom-ranker comforted the city's number one, saying they'd retake the year together. Where does she get the nerve to even

face turned sour as if she had bitten into

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

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

She outperformed herself and became the dark horse. Instead of being happy for her, as her classmates,

no one came to

approached, followed by the principal

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