Chapter 34 The Fall of Naomi
But no matter how many times she checked, Naomi couldn’t find Eliza’s test pa
“Eliza’s isn’t here? Why not?”
Naomi was starting to panic. The teachers would be back any moment.
paper.
If they got caught, there’d be no way for her and Eliza to pull off their usual paper swap.
“What are you doing?”
Suddenly, a cold voice rang out behind her.
Naomi jumped in fright and spun around–only to see Nolan standing there with an icy gaze.
“I–I’m just counting the papers,” she stammered, doing her best to hold back her fear.
This was Nolan, the guy with a reputation for violence. He’d even been in juvenile detention.
Done counting yet?” he asked flatly.
Naomi didn’t dare linger a second longer. She bolted out of the office.
What was Nolan doing there, anyway?
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She hurried down the hallway and whipped out her phone, dialing Eliza’s number.
No one picked up.
With no other choice, she ran to the entrance of Class Six, hoping Eliza could come up with a backup plan.
But inside, everyone was present–except Eliza.
“Hey, where’s my sister?” she asked a nearby student.
“You mean Eliza? She’s got a high fever. Took sick leave. Won’t be taking any of the exams these next few days.”
Naomi’s face darkened,
A fever?
Why hadn’t Eliza told her ahead of time?
What about her midterm results now?
Meanwhile, back in the dorms..
Eliza lay in bed, glancing down at her thermometer and hot water bottle.
How could she not have a fever?
If she didn’t, Naomi would just take her scores again.
Not that a midterm grade meant anything to her.
But for Naomi, it was everything
A sudden change in grades would definitely raise the teachers‘ suspicions.
She was genuinely curious to see how Naomi would spin her way out of this one.
When the scores came out, Naomi had dropped past the hundred mark.
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Chapter 34 The Fall of Naomi
Everyone was shocked.
Even the homeroom teacher was so displeased she called Naomi into the office.
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“Naomi, do you know what your score was? One hundred and twenty–first! You’re out of the top hundred! What’s going with you?”
“…”
Naomi bit her lip.
She had no idea how to explain it
“Your grades dropped so drastically–your math score barely passed. I’m really starting to question whether you’re even fit for the city’s math competition.”
The tutoring center had already informed the teacher that Naomi had stopped attending.
The teacher hadn’t made a fuss, since Eliza’s grades were strong enough to balance it out..
But in just a month, Naomi’s performance had tanked.
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“I’m sorry, Teacher… I didn’t do well this time. I promise it won’t happen again,” Naomi said anxiously.
If her parents found out about this, she was in for another interrogation.
“Teacher.”
At that moment, Eliza walked into the room
The teacher’s expression softened when she s
her. “Go prepare for your makeup exam,”
“Okay.”
Eliza headed to the back of the office.
The sight of her made Naomi’s blood boil.
If it weren’t for Eliza, she wouldn’t even be in this situation.
“I’ll be contacting your parents about this. They need to help supervise your studies at home,” the teacher said coldly. “You can go now.”
..Yes, Teacher
Naomi left the office, her expression stormy.
Inside, Eliza spent the entire morning calmly finishing her test papers, placing each one on the appropriate teachers‘ desks.
Since the exam was in the morning, the results came out in the afternoon.
Eliza’s name shot to the top–ranked within the top five of the entire grade.
When the rankings were posted, jaws dropped.
“No way. Eliza scored higher than Naomi?”
“Did they switch names or something”
“No way. That was a makeup exam! I saw her take it in the office. No way to cheat”
“Then how?!”
Whispers buzzed through the school.
Chapter 34 The Fall of Naomi
Naomi immediately found Eliza.
“Eliza! Stop right there!”
She stormed up to her. “Explain yourself! Why didn’t you help me this time?”
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“Naomi, I really was sick. I had no choice but to take the day off. I completely forgot the midterms were that day.” Eliza said. shaking her head with an apologetic look. “Still, your scores dropped way too much. You really need to buckle down and study. Didn’t you tell me before that you’d start reviewing properly?”
At first. Naomi had only asked for help swapping tests because she was scared of her parents‘ reaction to one bad score.
But once she got away with it once, she did it again.
Every time, she promised to work harder.
yout.
But in the end, she always chose the easy way out.
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