Chapter 80 - 80: I Have To Talk To Her

She just told Sophia to prepare for the Mathematical Olympiad. But then there would be another test waiting for her.

Sophia would be angry about that, wouldn't she?

Ms. Schultz was there, noticed her sulk, and asked her. 

"This is too much! They just think we're not top classes. This Mrs. Lee is really…" she stood up angrily, "I have to talk to her!"

Ms. Acheson hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Please don't. You teach English. Do you think Director Bull will talk about it with you?"

Ms. Schultz was still aggrieved, and Ms. Acheson just had to comfort her.

In the afternoon, Ms. Acheson hesitated for a long time and called Sophia to her office. "The selection rules this year are different from previous ones. There will be two rounds of competition, so... You have to take another exam," euphemistically, she said.

She didn't tell her much. Sophia would definitely be angry if she knew things happened before. It might affect her later exam mood.

"Well… fine. When?" Sophia nodded.

Ms. Acheson didn't expect her to answer so simply. She was startled, "The first class this evening… It's still in the Examination Center."

"Okay. I'll be there on time."

Sophia didn't think much about it. It was much easier for her to do questions than to think about those things.

To her, there was one important thing.

When she got to school at noon, Delgado handed her a bag of jerky and said it was made for Ever, especially. She mentioned to Delgado before that she had kept a dog for her friend, but she didn't expect him to remember it.

Sophia was happy and accepted it at once. She planned to take it to Ever after school.

For the sake of Ever's health, she imposed strict requirements on his diet and stipulated that he should not eat after seven-thirty in the evening. So, she had to feed him as soon as she got home from school. She couldn't make it too late.

After that, she went out for a walk with Ever and came back at exactly eight o 'clock. Then she could take a bath and go to bed.

Sophia went to the Examination Center with a bag before the night class started. She intended to go home right after the exam instead of going to the class.

The exam time was relatively long. A normal class lasted forty-five minutes, while exams are usually an hour and a half.

Sophia came to the examination room and saw Ms. Acheson, Director Bull, and a teacher she didn't know were there.

The other two students had arrived and were sitting in their seats waiting. She recognized one of them. She had met him at the pet store. But she didn't know another one.

"This is the teacher of Class 49, Mrs. Lee," Director Bull introduced Mrs. Lee to her, "You sit in the front. We three invigilate and grade test papers here. Then we'll decide the one to compete."

"Yeah," Sophia replied. She thought it was too much. Three invigilators invigilated three students! Even the college entrance examination wasn't so strict!

After she sat down, Director Bull took out the test paper and gave it to them.

Sophia Green picked up the test paper, wrote her name on it, and began to write.

Mrs. Lee took a chair, sat next to Sophia, and stared at her.

Ms. Acheson frowned slightly. She also took a chair and sat beside Weller.

Director Bull was stunned.

Should he take a chair and sit down next to the third student?

This form of one-on-one invigilation had probably not been experienced by many people.

The third student was a little confused. He didn't know why they had to take an exam again, and the exam was so weird.

When the teacher informed him to come and told him the form of the exam, he just wanted to give up.

The average of the two exams… Oh! He scored ninety-first points on the last test, nine points behind Sophia. That was to say, if he wanted to counterattack, he had to get at least ten more points than Sophia this time. With her one hundred points last time, what mistake would she make to give him a chance to counterattack?

He really wanted to give up.

Weller was quite nervous. Even though he asked Mrs. Lee to help him fight for the opportunity, but… Whether Sophia had the ability or not, he wasn't sure.

And… Would Sophia beat him if she failed the exam?

He would rather be beaten up. He really wanted to take part in the Mathematical Olympiad. 

Sophia was nervous, too.

She was worried that she would delay the feeding time. There were lots of questions on the test paper, and she couldn't finish it in one class. In this way, she could not have gone back by seven-thirty, as usual. 

No. Hurry up! I couldn't get fat anymore! That was very bad for a grandpa Golden Retriever!

She quickened her pace.

Mrs. Lee stared at Sophia's pen, which hadn't stopped for a moment. Her eyes couldn't even keep up with its pace.

Didn't she��� need to think?

She looked carefully at the answers written by Sophia. She had never seen this test paper. Director Bull kept it a secret from both of them. So, she didn't know the answer either.

The Mathematical Olympiad test is very difficult. Mrs. Lee couldn't figure out the answer without calculating. So, for a moment, she couldn't tell whether Sophia's answer was right.

The bell of the first night class rang, Sophia wrote down the last number and handed the test paper to Mrs. Lee who was still staring at her, "Here is my paper, Mrs. Lee!"

Mrs. Lee was completely stunned. Director Bull and Ms. Acheson were also quite surprised.

Time was only half over, and she just handed it in?

"Can I leave now?" Sophia asked.

"Not yet. You have to wait for the test result to come out!" Director Bull took the test paper, "I'll mark your paper first. If you can get more than ninety-five points, we're sure you can go to the competition. Otherwise, the decision can be made when the other two students finish their papers."

Ms. Acheson was worried. Sophia handed in the paper too early. Could she do it, right?

However, she had heard from other students that Sophia handed in her paper in advance in the first exam and still got full marks, so she still had something to look forward to.

Director Bull took out the reference answer and corrected Sophia's paper according to it.