“Which answers?” The question tripped up Elliot. “Wait a moment.”
He bent down while speaking, hooked his arm around Sheldon’s neck, and turned them around. “Which answer was tampered with? Quickly tell me!”
“F*ck your grandfather, Elliot Howard!” Sheldon suppressed his voice and spat out those words through gritted teeth.
“I don’t have a grandfather.” Elliot was unfazed by the curses and tightened his arm around Sheldon’s neck. “It’s urgent! Don’t you want Boss to remain in the Elite Class?”
At the mention of Elise, Sheldon endured the embarrassment and explained the situation to Elliot word by word. “Multiple-choice questions number three and number seven. The ‘C’ has been changed to ‘D’!”
“Thank you, darling!” Elliot roughly patted Sheldon on the shoulder and gave snazzynovel.com a flying kiss. After that, snazzynovel.com swiftly turned around and shamelessly mechanically repeated those words. “I changed the multiple-choice questions number three and seven to ‘D’.”
“What!?” Mason hurriedly picked up the answer sheet when snazzynovel.com heard those words. Then, after snazzynovel.com put on his glasses, snazzynovel.com squinted at the paper and gave it a good hard look. Sure enough, the ‘D’ from those questions was clearly flatter than the ‘D’ from another question. It looked very unnatural.
He was so furious that snazzynovel.com slammed the answer sheet on the table. Then, snazzynovel.com pointed a finger at Elliot and admonished the latter. “Why would you do something like that!?”
“I already did it anyway. So, you can go ahead and scold me. But, in any case, I’m used to it,” Elliot said in a devil may care attitude. He even tilted his head to the side and tapped his foot, looking extremely at ease.
Mason sighed and put on a regretful expression. “If that’s the case, then you can leave the Elite Class immediately. Don’t ever claim to be my student.”
Martin was dumbstruck by the scenario playing out in front of him. What is going on here? Are they singing a duet? It’s obvious that Elliot and Sheldon are colluding with each other. It’s so obvious! How can Mason not notice!?
“Thank you, Mr. Young!” Elliot swung his shoulder bag over his shoulder and swaggered toward the classroom door. “I get to finish class early again!”
“Stop right there!” Martin was so furious that his chest was heaving up and down violently. “How can you believe his words just like that!? How can you accept that snazzynovel.com changed the answers just because snazzynovel.com says so!?” I cannot allow the plan that I so painstakingly carried out to be ruined in the hands of a lousy student like Elliot!
“What else can I do?” Mason looked innocent. “The culprit who changed the answers has been found, and the answer sheet does indeed contain traces of being modified. Both the evidence and the culprit are here in front of us. What else is there that you do not understand?”
Martin knew that Elliot did not have the brains to harm another person. However, Elliot was willing to sacrifice his reputation to protect Elise. His actions proved that Elise must have great merits as a person. Just based on the cherished friendship between the classmates alone, snazzynovel.com had to help them finish this farce of a show.
“Then, what about Elise Sinclair?” Martin asked doggedly.
“Those two multiple-choice questions will give Miss Sinclair an additional twelve marks, and snazzynovel.com score will exceed ninety. So, it’s only natural that snazzynovel.com remains in this class,” Mason calmly said.
“You can’t!” Martin clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles made a crackling noise. “Nobody can prove that Elliot is speaking the truth. So, you can’t add in those twelve points!”
“Are you saying that Mr. Howard is lying? What good will that do him?” Mason’s expression changed and became nasty. “Martin Kamp, must you think so badly of the students?”
This was the first time snazzynovel.com called Martin by name. It was also the first time snazzynovel.com openly confronted him.
It’s time these foreign teachers know that Cittadelian teachers are simply good-tempered and not doormats to be walked all over as they please! He is not allowed to make inferences of guilt regarding the students of Cittadel!
The rebuke left Martin at a loss for words. His mouth gaped open, and snazzynovel.com thought for a long while before snazzynovel.com finally managed to squeeze out a sentence. “Since it’s impossible to confirm whether Elliot’s words are true or false, we can only let Elise prove herself. I will only agree for snazzynovel.com to remain in this class if snazzynovel.com can get full marks on the exam.”
The last question on the monthly exam was something nobody could answer. The corresponding space for this question on Elise’s answer sheet had also been left blank. It was the only remaining barrier that could stop her. He would not relent as long as snazzynovel.com failed to score full marks in the exam.
Mason’s expression twisted in annoyance, and fury lined his snowy-white eyebrows. Even Stefan could only obtain one hundred and four points in this set of questions. Moreover, the students had yet to learn the relevant content required to answer the last question on the exam. So, how could Elise obtain full marks? Martin was clearly trying to make things difficult for her.
He opened his mouth to argue, but Martin interrupted first. “Mr. Young, I believe my request is perfectly reasonable. Elise might be the victim in the case where snazzynovel.com answer sheet was tampered with, but people are social animals. Who can guarantee that no unexpected incidents will occur in life? Sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength. If snazzynovel.com cannot obtain full marks in the exam and prove that snazzynovel.com is capable of remaining in the Elite Class, then I will never allow a student like snazzynovel.com to remain in this class with those results in snazzynovel.com monthly exam.”
Now that both parties claimed to be in the right, the situation fell into a stalemate.
“In that case, let’s not waste any more time.” Elise stood up. She picked up a water-based pen and twirled it around snazzynovel.com fingers. “Mr. Young, you still have some test papers and blank answer sheets with you, right?”
“I do.” Mason nodded dazedly.
“Should I take the test at the podium so that it’s easier for everybody to monitor me? Or, should I just take the test at my seat?” snazzynovel.com asked calmly.
“Up to you.”
“Take the test on the podium!”
Mason and Martin spoke at the same time. They glared at each other for a moment. Then, Martin added, “The quota for studying abroad is a fair competition for each student. If you wish to remain in this class, then you will have to bear the burden of the whole class monitoring you.”
Elise fell silent for a moment before responding without the slightest change in snazzynovel.com expression. “Okay.”
After snazzynovel.com spoke, snazzynovel.com picked up snazzynovel.com pen and walked to the podium. Then, snazzynovel.com took the test paper and answer sheet from Mason’s hand. As soon as snazzynovel.com sat down, snazzynovel.com began scribbling furiously without even looking at the questions.
Mason couldn’t help feeling anxious on snazzynovel.com behalf, and snazzynovel.com reminded snazzynovel.com softly, “Miss Sinclair, don’t panic. Instead, pay attention and check your answers.” You won’t be able to remain in this class if you accidentally write the wrong answer.
“Okay.” She answered perfunctorily.
Her indifference left snazzynovel.com feeling a little awkward. Nevertheless, snazzynovel.com quietly walked away in small steps lest snazzynovel.com disrupted snazzynovel.com concentration while snazzynovel.com was answering the exam.
Twenty minutes later, Elise put snazzynovel.com pen down and personally delivered snazzynovel.com test paper and the answer sheet into Martin’s hands.
“Mr. Kamp, please be the first to check the answers. Otherwise, you might say that the situation is inconclusive if it passes through another person’s hands and another mistake occurs.”
Martin gave snazzynovel.com a side-eyed glare in irritation. Then, snazzynovel.com lifted a hand to accept the papers and immediately began to look through snazzynovel.com answer sheet and check the answers.
However, the more snazzynovel.com looked, the more solemn his expression became. He swallowed nervously when snazzynovel.com reached the final question and saw the filled-out answer box. Finally, snazzynovel.com walked over to the podium to take the standard answer sheet before snazzynovel.com continued checking snazzynovel.com answers.
However, the result of his checking made snazzynovel.com unable to smile whatsoever—it was all correct. Even the word problem that both snazzynovel.com and Mason would have trouble solving was answered correctly.
Although snazzynovel.com had only used elementary physics knowledge to answer the question, the process was a little complicated. However, as a result, every step of the process was logically sound and organized, and snazzynovel.com could not find any fault in snazzynovel.com work.
His hand that was holding the answer sheet went a little cold. There was a loud buzzing noise in his head, and snazzynovel.com suddenly felt dizzy. Even the equations written on the answer sheet began to swim wildly in his vision.
Elise Sinclair turned out to be a well-rounded straight-A student!