"Huh?"


    The reporters and online viewers were stunned, unable to believe their ears. What was the name the professor from Era University had just said? Juniper? Wasn''t the perfect-score top scorer Ynda?


    Hearing the collective confusion from Ynda and the reporters, the Era University professor tilted his head, studying Ynda carefully.


    "You''re not Juniper?" he asked tentatively.


    Ynda froze, a roaring sound filling her ears. The Era University admissions team wasn''t here for her, but for Juniper? And the perfect-score top scorer was..... Juniper? But she hadn''t even finished high school properly! How could she possibly get a perfect score?!


    "Juniper?" the reporter from Timespan Weekly blurted out, shocked. "The perfect- score top scorer you''re talking about is Juniper Payne?"


    “That''s right,” the Era professor nodded. “We''re here to find Juniper. We spoke on the phone and arranged to meet here."


    "We just spoke with Juniper too," a professor from Sundale University chimed in, not wanting to be left behind. He looked utterly baffled. "So, we got the wrong person? You''re not Juniper?"


    "No..." Ynda''s face was as white as a sheet. She could barely force the words out. "I''m not!"


    "You''re not?" The professors from both universities eximed in unison. "Oh, our mistake! The top scorer isn''t you, it''s Juniper."


    The reporters were equally dumbfounded. They had already pushed the news of Ynda being the perfect-score top scorer, set to be admitted into the Genius Program, to the top of the charts. The story had already garnered tens of millions of views. And now they were being told that the real top scorer was Juniper, the very person they had been looking down on? As journalists, publishing such erroneous news was a professional disgrace.


    The intemunity went into a full-blown meltdown.


    [Wait, what''s going on? The perfect-score top scorer isn''t Ynda, it''s Juniper?]


    [Oh crap, I just trashed her. Quick, delete!]


    [AHHHH, a perfect score on everything! My girl is a genius! Upvote if you never bad- mouthed her!]


    [Ynda is so pathetic! How dare she market herself as the top scorer? Her name was all over the news!]


    [Both Era''s Genius Program and Sundale''s admissions team are here... I wonder which one she''ll choose?]


    [Oh no, my secondhand embarrassment is kicking in again. First, I felt awkward for Juniper, and now I feel it for Ynda.]


    [I always knew it! How could the amazing Jimmie Tate have a loser for a sister!]


    Soon, the name "Juniper" reced "Ynda, and with the added boost of her identity as a famous actor''s sister she shot to the top o of the


    news trending lists, content belongs fo


    Shortly after, Shanley and Juniper''s names appeared in the same trending topic, as they were the only two people to ever achieve a perfect score on the entrance examin Ectara City.


    ...


    At Schwartz Group headquarters, Felton was scrolling through his phone when a


    trending topic made him jump: #Shanley & Juniper#


    His heart skipped a beat. Holy crap. Did the paparazzi catch the boss and Ms. Payne together? If their rtionship was exposed, the entire capital would probably shake.


    Felton nced at Shanley, who was in the middle of an international conference call, and clicked on the hashtag. He froze.


    Huh? Two perfect-score top scorers? He never imagined the boss and Ms. Payne would appear on the same trending list this way. The next time they trended together, if would either be for the


    rtionship or their wedding, right?!


    Flint immediately took a screenshot of the hashtag. When the boss sees this, he''s going to be thrilled. My year-end bonus is definitely going up, he thought with augh.