The CEO's Wife Is a Medical Master-Chapter 93: A Dark Horse

"I mean it literally, of course!" the girl said with a smile. "There’s this girl in our class who’s so incredibly fake. She talks about how she wants to be good to her older sister, but behind her back, she’s always badmouthing her. When her sister bombed a test once, she said, ’It’s okay if you messed up this one time; you always do badly anyway.’ I think it’s time to give that line right back to her!"

It was the break between classes. By the time Vera Xavier followed Juliana Taylor to the teachers’ office, quite a few teachers were already there.

Because Vera Xavier was the dark horse who had emerged from the senior class this time, coupled with her previously abysmal grades, she was now the main topic of discussion among all the senior class teachers.

The moment she followed Juliana Taylor into the teachers’ office, she was immediately met with the unified gazes of every teacher present.

Juliana Taylor asked Vera Xavier, "Can you explain how you went from scoring zero in every subject to third in the entire school?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"It’s actually quite simple. To get a zero in every subject, you actually need the potential to get a perfect score in every subject. You can only pick the wrong answer every time if you know what all the right answers are," Vera explained.

Juliana Taylor froze on the spot. She recalled how on all of Vera’s past exams, she had managed to perfectly avoid the correct answer on every single multiple-choice question. Suddenly, she understood.

The multiple-choice sections on each exam were always worth a significant number of points. In essence, getting every single question wrong was, in its own way, a display of skill.

It was just that before, all the teachers had been blinded by the fact that Vera always scored zero, so they had never stopped to think about it in detail.

Juliana Taylor couldn’t help but ask, "Why did you do that before?"

"I was fooled by someone in the past. They said studying was useless, so I didn’t want to do it anymore," Vera replied.

"And have you come to your senses now?" Juliana Taylor asked.

Vera nodded. "Yes, I have. My life is in my own hands, and I want to change it."

Before Juliana Taylor could speak, Cooper, the English teacher, boomed, "Well said! You’d better remember what you said today and not do anything foolish again!"

Vera had gotten the only perfect score of 100 in English in the entire school this time, so Cooper was more pleased with her than ever before.

Vera smiled and agreed. "I’ve already been a fool once. How could I possibly keep making the same mistake?"

After she finished speaking, she said to Juliana Taylor, "I haven’t properly thanked you yet. Thank you for giving me one last chance."

Juliana Taylor actually felt somewhat fortunate now. At the time, she had also considered expelling Vera outright. But as a veteran teacher, she always believed in giving children one more chance. And now, Vera had used her grades to prove just how right that decision had been.

Juliana Taylor said calmly, "You don’t have to thank me. You earned this opportunity for yourself."

The math teacher handed Vera a workbook and said, "Finish this before the college entrance exams."

Vera was taken aback for a moment. The math teacher said with a stern face, "Although you scored a high ninety-nine in math this time, many of your problem-solving steps are too convoluted. It’s clear you aren’t proficient enough with some of the formulas. You still need a lot more practice."

Vera knew the math teacher was speaking an objective truth. ’After all, it’s been many years since I’ve touched this material. No matter how good my memory is, after so much time, I’m bound to be a little rusty when solving some of these problems.’

So, she said earnestly, "Thank you, Teacher."

The physics teacher also handed her a stack of tests. "These are the papers you didn’t do before. Starting today, you’ll make them up."