The raise of Maureen Smith and her Good Luck System-Chapter 37 - Exams preparation

Only later did she realize that each of them couldn’t help but steal a glance at her as they exited the study.

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“What happened?” Daniel couldn’t shake a feeling of dread growing within her.

The other employees avoided her.

Another part-time cleaning lady, who wasn’t particularly fond of Daniel’s mother, glanced at her with alienation, commenting,

“Good luck to you.”

Maureen only arrived two years ago.

Smith family’s explanation to them was simply that Maureen had poor health and hence, was raised in the countryside.

Now, at the age of fifteen, it was time for him to return.

Everyone did not think much more of it.

After all, they had only been working for the Smith family for a few years.

The familial disputes within the Smith family were none of their business.

However, Daniel’s mother stood out from them.

Having worked for the Smith family for over a decade, she often took advantage of having cared for Bianca for many years.

Since Maureen’s arrival, she sourly noticed that half of the attention once poured onto Bianca had shifted onto Maureen.

She often couldn’t help herself but to feel anguished on Bianca’s behalf.

She had never done anything particularly outrageous – only a few cold stares and sarcastic comments here and there.

On one occasion, Maureen had been tempted to voice out, but failed to find any evidence of Daniel’s mother’s ill-treatment towards her.

So, she had to let the matter drop.

The other employees thought that with the senior position of Daniel’s mother, there was no reason to cross paths with her, so it was impossible to blow the whistle to the Smith family about her.

And this went entirely unnoticed by the Smith family.

But unexpectedly Oliver, who had returned from the company especially for this, was questioning it today.

Daniel’s mother instantly understood what it was, but didn’t care, even saying to the housekeeper:

“It’s not a big deal.

Even if they knew about my bad attitude towards Miss Maureen, what can they do?

They won’t fire me for such a trivial thing, will they?

The most would be a verbal reprimand.”

The housekeeper went into the study with a disgruntled look on her face.

Although she found her annoying, she also found what she said to be true.

It was only a matter of attitude.

Daniel’s mother has been working in the Smith family for many years, and the Smith family has always respected her.

It was unlikely the family would do anything drastic over such a trivial thing.

However, before that thought even flashed in her mind, a magnified voice came from the study, it was Oliver:

“A minor matter?

You, a nanny, have crossed your boundaries, and you call this a minor matter?!

Do you know her—because of your minor matters, Maureen—”

Mrs.

Smith commented out of surprise in the study: “Maureen, what happened?!”

“Nothing.” Oliver responded, running his hands through his hair out of frustration.

Unable to tell them about Maureen’s decision to distance herself from them, he could only say: “Because of these things, Maureen has run away from home.”

Mrs.

Smith looked confused, “Maureen rarely runs away from home?

Didn’t she say that she would be back around her birthday banquet?

Why are you suddenly so angry today?”

Oliver was at a loss for words, glared at the horrified and trembling nanny, and simply said: “Alright, take your severance pay and leave.”

To get Maureen back, Oliver had no other good options at the moment.

Sending gifts seemed insincere.

But if he fired Daniel’s mother, Maureen might be back before the birthday banquet, which would keep the family stable.

Daniel’s mother’s mind was buzzing with disbelief, her face turned pale, and she opened her mouth wide.

Mrs.

Smith also got up in confusion: “Just have her apologize to Maureen, wouldn’t that be enough?

Why do you have to let her go?

She’s old enough also in her forties or fifties, where else can she work?”

The few people outside heard the commotion in the study and looked at each other in surprise.

What’s going on with Oliver today?

He’s usually a very gentle person, why would he suddenly want to dismiss someone?

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The standoff on Oliver’s side was still going on.

On the other hand, Maureen was being summoned out by the teacher in charge of the international class.

Maureen thought the teacher wanted to blame her for talking when class was about to start, but to her surprise, the teacher was concerned about her transition from a regular class, and whether the learning was too demanding, or whether she could catch up.

Teacher Logan, the head teacher, spoke kindly, “Maureen, midterm exams are coming up in the next two days in October.

If you’re finding it difficult to keep up, you could use that as a reason to apply for exemption from participating.”

Maureen was somewhat puzzled.

It seemed like the teacher was suggesting that she should not participate in the exam?

The teacher avoided her gaze, took a sip of tea, and said in a low, troubled voice, “Actually, it’s like this.

The average score of the international class is always much lower than the other two classes.

The larger the gap, the worse I look—so why don’t you start participating from the November exam?

When it comes to transferring classes, the school allows one to apply for exemption from the first exam.”

Maureen instantly understood.

At “A Middle School”, these three classes were separate from regular classes, and their academic progress outpaced the regular classes by more than just a few textbooks.

Not to mention the gold medal class that dominates the national competitions every year and the evergreen class with balanced academic performance, even the international class covers a wider range of knowledge than the regular classes.

One could say that the twenty or so regular classes were not on the same level as these three specialized classes.

None of the exam papers from each class were the same either.

However, Maureen was a perennial underachiever in the regular class.

The only time he performed incredibly well was when he mistakenly ended up in an ordinary class and ranked third in the entire grade.

But even the top student in an ordinary class might only rank last among the three special classes.

Essentially, Maureen wasn’t qualified enough.

With classmates like Liam, who occasionally topped the entire class when he was in a good mood, but would idly fill out the answer sheet when he didn’t feel like it, which routinely lowered the class’s average score.

Bringing in another student from an ordinary class would surely lower the average even further, wouldn’t it?

Their Classroom teacher had been very worried about this recently, although he didn’t show it.

Maureen didn’t know how to explain to him that her previous test results were due to a debuff, and that through absorbing Liam’s good luck, she now has 66 little seedlings which significantly reduced the effect on her exams.

She definitely couldn’t be the last in the international class based on her abilities!

But all she could do was pretend not to understand his concerns.

“But teacher, I want to take the test.

I’ve caught up with the curriculum, and I’d like to see which level I’m at now.”

The Classroom teacher was a little anxious.

“But our international class always ends up at the bottom …”

Maureen cut him off.

“How many students are there in the three classes?

One hundred and fifty, right?

What if I can make it to the top 20 this time?

That shouldn’t lower the average score then.”

The Classroom teacher gaped at her, thinking she was overly ambitious.

Such a dreamy little girl.

Who even were the top twenty?

There were people like Richard and his impressive team, who already held six spots.

The remaining spots were filled by students from the gold medal class and the evergreen class.

There was almost no one from their international class ever among the top twenty.

Seeing that his advice didn’t seem to sway Maureen, the Classroom teacher had no choice but to let her go.

But the Classroom teacher looked even more worried about the upcoming monthly exam.

Because of this, Maureen felt a sense of pressure, she must do well in this monthly exam, at least not to pull down the class average score.

She spent her lunch break in the classroom solving questions.

Liam knew that she took the exam very seriously, so he didn’t disturb her.