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Josephine started to panic a little. “A… A retest?”
Corinne nodded. “Yeah. We should do a retest since this one ended up in a draw. I’m sure everyone was hoping
there will be a clear winner in today’s competition. Don’t you think so?”
Josephine’s gaze started to dart around. “Umm… I…”
At that moment, Josephine’s mother ran up to the stage. “Don’t be a sore loser, Corinne!”
Corinne smiled. “But I didn’t lose. We both got perfect scores.”
“Even so, everyone seems to think my daughter is the clear winner. You say you want to do a retest again? How? It
takes time for the teacher to come up with the test paper, so it’s not like you and Josephine can take another test
immediately.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCorinne smiled. “I didn’t say we need the teacher to come up with another set of questions. We can just use the
ones who did before.”
Josephine’s mother was caught off guard by her answer. She had no idea where Corinne was going with this. “Then
what’s the point of doing the retest? The two of you will just get perfect scores again. Or do you want to compete to
see who hands in the test paper the fastest?”
The reporters and camera people were confused by Corinne’s suggestion, too.
“Yeah, what’s the point of doing a retest with the same questions?”
“I bet she’s just doing this to buy herself some time. Is she going to ask for another retest if this second test ends
up in a draw too? When will it ever end?”
“Why can’t she just be honest and admit her wrongdoing? Everyone will probably forgive her if she makes a sincere
apology.”
Corinne turned to face the audience and shouted to get heard over the noise, “There’s no need to come up with
new questions since we only need to replace the numbers in the question with new numbers!”
This confused everyone even more.
“That’s even more pointless!”
“Corinne Carew, why can’t you just accept the fact that Josephine is smarter than you?”
“What’s the point of changing the numbers since you can just get to the new answer using the same formula as
before?”
Corinne picked up her pen and started twirling it. “Oh, but there is a point. A person who has a solid and real
understanding of the theory behind the formula would be able to get to the new answer even when the numbers
had changed. And I promise you all, I’ll admit defeat if we both get perfect scores in the retest.”
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Everyone exchanged glances.
“Miss Josephine, do the retest! You have nothing to fear since you’re smarter than her! Make her eat her words!”
“Yeah! You should do it! We’re all rooting for you!”
“You have nothing to lose since Miss Corinne said she’ll admit defeat if you both get perfect scores!”
Josephine could not get out of the retest anymore, not when everyone was cheering her on.
Corinne, still twirling her pen, looked at her quietly. “Miss Josephine, are you perhaps scared of competing against
me again?”
Josephine did not say anything. ‘Oh no, what should I do?! I have no idea how to calculate the answer at all… It was
only through memorization of the answer that I managed to get a perfect score!’
Seeing this, Josephine’s mother immediately said with annoyance, “My daughter is tired. She doesn’t have the
energy to do a retest.”
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