Chapter 327: Three Years
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“I’m not leaving.” Fifth Sister was a stubborn person. Since she had already decided on a course of action, she would not relent. No matter what her form teacher said, she would remain, refusing to leave.
Fifth Sister’s form teacher grew furious. Having taught Fifth Sister for three years, the form teacher knew how bull-headed Fifth Sister could be when she had set her mind on something. Faved with Fifth Sister’s stalwart resistance, the form teacher compromised and said, “Fine. Fine. We’ll discuss this again, but only after finishing your exams.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Go on. The exams are about to start. Even if you were to stand here waiting, I wouldn’t be able to get all the paperwork sorted in time. Did you think you could just sit for the exams at the drop of a hat?” Fifth Sister’s homeroom teacher may have been beside herself in anger, but she was still a teacher at heart.
Moreover, Fifth Sister was one of the students he was most proud of. Among the students he could count on to see if the village school could do well in the exams this year, Fifth Sister was one of them.
“Teacher, does that mean you promise to help me afterward?”
“Yes, yes. Hurry up and go back to the examination hall. If you don’t go now, you’ll be late.”
“Alright. Thank you, Teacher.” Fifth Sister bowed, doing as instructed.
The hushed whispers broke into heated opinions as soon as Fifth Sister left. “Fifth Sister is stubborn. I thought she was timid, but it seems not.”
“You’re not well acquainted with her; it’s no surprise you don’t know much about people like her. Mulish people have no fear – they do whatever they want and steamroll any obstacles they face.”
“I suppose that makes sense…”
The invigilator arranged by the Clear Water County’s Bureau of Education suddenly asked, “What are her grades like?”
“Fifth Sister’s grades were superb. She and Su Xue have always been tied for first place in every exam since the first day they stepped into school,” someone answered.
“She’s our star pupil and the hope of our school’s future.”
“She’s always maintained first place? How is that possible? And to always tie with her sister? Unless her answers are always the same as her sister’s, it’s statistically impossible for there to be no deviation all this time.”
Someone asked uncertainly, “Could it be that the two of them cheated?”
“Impossible.” Fifth Sister’s form teacher was the first to refute the possibility. “I invigilated all the exams, and there is no way they could have shared their answers under my nose. It would have been hard for them to do so anyway. The two of them are always seated apart. Su Xue and Fifth Sister are good, hardworking students, focused on improving themselves.”
“You’re right. Su Xue and Fifth Sister are both good students. All the teachers in the school know their character!”
A ripple spread across the room, with teachers nodding and murmuring in agreement. Su Xue and Fifth Sister only ever received praise, and no one had anything bad to say about either of them.
“If that is so, there’s only one other possibility.” The invigilator seemed to have thought of an explanation, his expression contorted. “The better student must be holding herself back for the sake of the weaker one, answering only what she is sure the other will know. It is the most logical explanation for tieing for first place three years in a row.”
“How is that possible? They’ve always tied for first place…” Fifth Sister’s homeroom teacher trailed off, suddenly hit by a bout of dizziness. It was worse than when Fifth Sister had gone crazy, demanding to take the college entrance exams.
It was simply unbelievable..