The classroom was silent as everyone nervously worked on their test papers.
Whenever the homeroom teacher appeared behind a student like a vengeful wraith, that poor sap would become extremely anxious. Some of them who were prone to nervous fits would find their mind utterly blank.
The homeroom teacher eventually stood behind Lilly as she made her rounds around the classroom.
Lilly was completely focused on her paper, showing no signs of panic.
The homeroom teacher went from crossing her arms with narrow eyes to blinking at the test paper before her with wide eyes!
Lilly answered each question smoothly and accurately. What was even more surprising was that her answers were all correct!
She didn't cheat. She didn't even bother playing any pretenses by drawing lines, circles, and dots like some other students. There was no dawdling. Instead, this was a show of efficiency and intellect.
She was a genius!
The homeroom teacher's astonishment turned into excitement. Whatever lingering resentment she had dissipated as her heart filled with joy!
The papers were marked quickly as she designed the paper herself. After the physical education teacher 'fell ill' in the afternoon, the homeroom teacher came to distribute the papers.
"We have a student who performed exceptionally well this time. That is none other than Lilly Crawford!"
The teacher had delegated the stack of papers into a few groups, making the students pass it around. Then, she held Lilly's paper and happily announced, "She got full marks! A total of 100 over 100!"
A student pursed his lips as he thought disparagingly, Just say she got full marks!
"Wow, Lilly's truly a genius. She didn't attend two years of junior high. Yet, she still managed to score full marks," he said with a mocking lilt.
Lilly looked up to the source of the voice. Just as she expected, it was the same student who had tattled on her.
It wasn't as if there was something inherently wrong about telling on others. It was just that this particular student tended to take it far too seriously.
If students were joshing around in the corridor during break time, he would quickly dash to the office and inform the teachers.
When a student brought their phone to school… Yes, that was against the rules. However, she had switched it off and kept it in her bag. She only brought it along because her parents were busy with work and often couldn't pick her up on time. It would get tiresome waiting for her parents for hours by the school gate. So, she decided to bring it along. That way, her parents could just text her when they were about to arrive. Hence, she wouldn't have to wait under the scorching sun for hours on end.
Alas, that horrid little teacher's pet didn't care about her circumstances. He immediately told the homeroom teacher that someone brought a phone and played with it during the break.
The truth was that her phone accidentally fell out of her bag when she was rummaging for her book. That was how he saw it.
When a male student asked another female student who was good at academics for help with his paper, he would claim that they were in a relationship.
There were plenty of other incidents Lilly could name at the top of her hat. Frankly, it was getting rather ridiculous. She had only been in class for a week. Yet, she had caught him snitching on their fellow classmates about four to five times a day. Who knew how many times he actually tattled?
Naturally, the students in the class didn't like him. Unfortunately, the snoop was oddly resilient to their distaste.
She could already tell what was coming. Just as she expected, the tattletale started saying, "Miss, I think I saw her flipping through a book during the test this morning."
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