Chapter 68


    Gary looked at Nicole coldly as his eyes burned with disgust and confusion. If one looked closely, one


    could see a hint of disappointment in Gary’s eyes as well. Nicole did not bother about the way


    everyone looked at her. She just rested her chin on her handzily as she yed with her pen.


    The ss started, and Ms. Emerson walked in with a sour expression. She did not look at Nicole


    throughout the entire ss.


    When the ss ended, she called Nicole and Gary over to the office. Firstly, she told Gary to work


    hard and prepare himself for thepetition to bring an award back to school. Then, she turned to


    Nicole and sighed before speaking.


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    “Nicole, I asked you to join thepetition because I trusted your ability. But Mr. Louis told me that


    you actually scored a zero on a mock assessment. Can you exin yourself?”


    Nicole figured that Ms. Emerson looked for both her and Gary because she wanted to talk to them


    about this issue. Nicole looked up at Ms. Emerson, but a peculiar voice rang behind her when she


    was just about to speak.


    “Oh, Ms. Emerson. Isn’t this the genius who scored a zero for the Math Olympiad assessment from


    your ss? What’s wrong? Are you trying to talk to her?”


    It was Mr. Kennedy. He was walking toward them with his thermos cup as he gloated.


    “Is there no one else in ss B? One of your candidates is the third-lowest scoring student in the


    ss. The other one is even worse; she actually scored a zero. This has really enlightened me! Why


    aren’t you pulling your students out from thepetition when their levels are this


    low?”


    The two candidates from Mr. Kennedy’s ss were top students in the school: one was the first ce


    and the other second. Mr. Kennedy thought, ‘The Math Olympiadpetition award will go to my


    students!’ He looked at Ms. Emerson even more disdainfully upon having this thought. Ms. Emerson


    was really angered by him. “I’ve seen how good Nicole and Gary are in Mathematics. Don’t look


    down on people based on their grades!”


    Me. Kennedy could not help but scoff when he saw Ms. Emerson, who used to always swallow her


    anger, talking back to him. “You’ve got to be clear about this, Ms. Emerson. If you send both of these


    students to participate in thepetition and they get bad results, they will bring down the name of


    our school. So it isn’t your personal matter!”


    Ms. Emerson did not want to give in and wanted to p back. But when Nicole heard what Mr.


    Kennedy said, she turned to tell Ms. Emerson, “Ms. Emerson, I want to drop out of thepetition.”


    Mr. Kennedy heard Nicole and smiled until his small eyes behind his sses were squinted.” Look at


    how wise Nicole is. She knows her ce. She did not want to trouble the school, so she asked to be


    pulled out of thepetition!”


    Ms. Emerson felt an indescribable sense of grievance when she heard Nicole’s fast decision to drop


    out of thepetition. However, when she thought about Nicole getting a zero for the assessment,


    she perceived that Nicole might not be able to catch up, so she did not want to force Nicole.


    Ms. Emerson calmed herself down and said, “Nicole, if it’s too challenging, it’s okay to withdraw


    yourself from thepetition.” Nicole looked at her and smiled faintly, “No, Ms. Emerson. I want to


    withdraw from thepetition because the questions are just too simple. I want to challenge


    something harder.” After she said that, not only Ms. Emerson and Mr. Kennedy were shocked, but


    Gary was also stunned.


    Subsequently, an unexinable fit of anger rose within Gary. ‘Nicole is bluffing again! She said the


    assessment was too easyst time, yet she got a zero in the end!’


    Mr. Kennedy sneered, “Don’t make meugh. Are you really saying that the questions are simple?


    with your standards?” Ms. Emerson looked at Nicole too. She also felt that Nicole was too much


    when she said the questions were easy. But after listening to Mr. Kennedy’s words, Ms. Emerson


    said, “I believe Nicole could do it!”


    Nicole arched her brows as she did not expect Ms. Emerson to have so much trust in her. She then


    turned to Mr. Kennedy and said tly, “Mr. Kennedy, do you want a bet?”


    Mr. Kennedy looked at her with disdain. “What are we betting on?”


    Nicole tapped on the desk lightly with her finger. “We’ll bet that Ms. Emerson’s ss will get the first


    ce in thispetition instead of your ss, Mr. Kennedy!”


    Mr. Kennedy almostughed out loud. He looked at the uppity Nicole and agreed immediately.


    “Sure, let’s bet on this. What are the stakes?”


    Nicole said coldly, “If I lose, I won’t join the Math Olympiadpetition ever again. If you lose, Mr.


    Kennedy, you’ll have to admit in front of the whole school that Ms. Emerson is the best teacher for the


    junior year in Royal Creek Institute during our break time!” Although Mr. Kennedy was a little upset by


    Nicole’s words, he was certain that Nicole had no chance of winning the bet after some consideration.


    So, he simply agreed to her suggestion. “Alright, Nicole. I admire your courage!”


    Then, Mr. Kennedy howled as he left, looking like he had secured his victory. After Mr. Kennedy left,


    Ms. Emerson looked at Nicole worriedly as if she wanted to say something


    But Nicole acted like nothing had happened and said, “Ms. Emerson, why did you call me here just


    now?”


    Ms. Emerson remembered that she wanted to ask why Nicole got zero for the assessment, but it was


    no longer important. Ms. Emerson asked hurriedly, “Nicole, are you confident about thispetition?”


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    Ms. Emerson did not know why she imagined things. Nicole had already gotten zero for the


    assessment, let alone the actualpetition? How could she get the first ce?


    “Forget it, don’t tell me. Go back to ss, the two of you. Study some Maths Olympiad questions


    together when you have some free time.”


    Nicole knew what Ms. Emerson was thinking just by looking at her expression, but there was no need


    for her to exin herself.


    Both Nicole and Gary left the office, and Gary immediately exploded.


    He looked at Nicole coldly and asked, “You’re such a liar. Why did you say that the questions are


    easy? If they were, why did you get a zero? Besides, why did you make that bet with Mr. Kennedy?


    Do you know you’vepletely ruined my n? Great, now I have no choice but to get the first


    ce!”