Corinne looked at Josephine from head to toe. “I’m sure taking a test is no more tiring than working on the farm the
whole,” she said sarcastically.
“She’s mentally tired, not physically tired,” retorted Josephine’s mother.
“It won’t take up much of her brain power since only the numbers have changed. The retest should be easy-peasy
for her,” said Corinne.
Josephine’s mother wanted to argue back again, but the reporters and camera people kept encouraging Josephine
to do a retest. Even the commenters were in support of the retest. They wanted to see Corinne admit defeat.
Thus, Josephine and her mother were at a loss for what to do.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe response from the audience was so enthusiastic that the host knew it would be impossible to get out of a
retest. “Since everyone agrees to the retest, let’s ask the teacher to come up to the stage once more to change
the numbers on the test paper. Then, we’ll print out the new copy for Miss Corinne and Miss Josephine!”
Josephine’s mother tensed up when she heard the host announce the retest while Josephine was close to having a
meltdown. “Mom, what should we do? I don’t know how to answer those questions at all…” she whispered hurriedly.
Her mother glared at her. “Didn’t you memorize all the answers already? You just have to use the same formula to
get the answer. You’re more stupid than I thought if you can’t answer the questions just because the numbers have
changed!”
“Mom, I can’t do it.” Josephine was not the smartest cookie in the first place. It took her a lot of effort to simply
memorize the test answer to the point where there was no time left to memorize the formula at all.
Her mother was about to talk strategy with her when the host rushed over to them. “I’m sorry, Missus Clark, but
you’ll need to get off the stage because Josephine needs to get ready for the retest.”
Thus, she had no choice but to get off the stage, praying Josephine would work hard to get another perfect score.
As the reporters, camera people, and the live broadcast audience watched keenly, the teacher changed the
numbers on the test paper. After that, he printed two new copies and handed them to the host.
Thus, the retest began.
Josephine started to feel dizzy when she saw the unfamiliar numbers dancing on the test paper. She tried to
calculate the answer based on the answer she memorized for the first test. Corinne, however, twirled her pen for a
while before she started doing her test.
The reporters and camera people could not help but think the way Josephine approached her test was so much
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmbetter than Corinne’s nonchalant attitude. The same was true for the commenters; they felt like Corinne was not
taking this seriously.
However, they did not expect Corinne to be the first one to hand in her test paper this time. It took her only 20
minutes to complete all the questions since only the numbers had changed. It was a piece of cake for her.
Everyone thought Josephine was about to finish too, she was nowhere near finishing. In fact, she was sweating and
counting on her fingers.
Some of the commenters found this very strange.
[What’s the matter with Josephine? Why hasn’t she handed in her test yet? Even Corinne handed in hers already.]
[She’s sweating bullets. Don’t tell me she doesn’t know how to answer just because the numbers have changed?]
[Don’t talk nonsense. That can’t be possible. It’s more likely she’s not feeling well or is getting a heatstroke.]
[But she looks like she’s stumped by the questions.]