Chapter 129

Chapter 129

John brought Lily to the Students” Affairs office. All the other teachers were there too.

Corvina was just about to ask Lily for her version of events when Nancy demanded without preamble, “Lily Brooks, did you complete your exams on your

Lily lowered her head. “Yes.”

Her voice was cold.

“Did you cheat?” Nancy asked unkindly.

“No,” Lily answered curtly without any emotion in her voice. She said nothing else.

“You’re lying!” Nancy slammed Lily’s exam papers down on the table before her. “It you didn’t cheat, then explain how you got perfect scores in all of these subjects.

“You know better than we do how bad your previous results were, Lilly. Don’t tell me you just happen to know all of these questions. You can’t be that lucky.”

Lily smiled and looked up. “It wasn’t luck. I did know the answers to all of the questions.”

“You’re hopeless!” Nancy gave up on her. She then turned to Corvina. “Ms. Frias, you heard her. She definitely cheated during the exam. I hope you will punish her accordingly.”

Corvina felt a headache coming on. On one hand, she had Nancy insisting on justice. But on the other hand, Lily was protected by the principal himself. Damned if she did, damned if she didn’t

After a moment of thought, Corvina smiled at Lily.

“Ms. Brooks, as I’m sure you know, we are having a hard time believing in the integrity of your exam results given that you’ve always scored badly on previous tests. I hope you can understand that Is there any way you can prove that you didn’t cheat?!

Lily stuck her hands in her pocket and gave Corvina an inscrutable look. “How about I retake the exam?”

She’d been expecting a confrontation like this ever since she made up her mind to coach Class 18. Therefore, she wasn’t surprised by this turn of events. She’d just have to waste some time in redoing the exams.

“Yes! Retake the exam! She has to! Nancy said. She couldn’t wait to expose Lily for the frand that she was. “I’ll set the questions myself this time!”

The other teachers glanced around at each other and went out to set a new exam paper for their respective subjects.

To be honest, they did not believe Lily either. Retaking the exam was probably the best course of action.

This time, Nancy chose the most difficult questions for the paper. The questions were much harder than in the previous paper. She handed the new paper to Lily.

“You may begin when you’re ready.”

Lily gave her an impassive look. “I can begin now.”

The first part of the paper involved audio clips, so it took longer. The writing part of the paper was much easier.

Lily new through the exam so quickly that all the teachers saw was her writing furiously without stopping. Lily moved on from question to question before they could even register what was happening.

25 minutes later, she put down her pen and handed the paper back to Nancy. “I’m done.”

“What?” Nancy stared at her in disbelief.

Did she finish the entire paper in just 25 minutes? Nancy looked through the first page of the paper. All of Lily’s answers were correct. Her expression changed.

“I’ll mark this right away”

The other teachers waited patiently as she did so. After a while, Nancy straightened up. She stared at the paper in her hand, her expression cycling through several emotions at the

same time

Then, she shifted her gaze to Lily. “You got full marks”

Upon hearing this, Enid gave Lily another paper. “Do the physics exam now,”

Without saying anything, Lily sat d down and started on the paper. Just like before, she finished a little more than 20 minutes later. She’d even spent less time on this than the original mid–term papers.

Without any delay, Enid marked the paper on the spot as well. Again, her results were the same.

“Full marks!

John’s smile deepened as he watched Lily retake her exams. Of course, he knew that Lily wouldn’t cheat.

Lily looked around at the teachers gathered around her. “Do you need me to retake the Chemistry paper too?”