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Sir, You Don’t Know Your Wife Chapter 61
Janet turned to Lee. “Get out of the car and slap his face.” She then smiled and walked to Benjamin. “Young Master Campbell, are you thinking of not coming down?”
He was still in a state of shock and puzzlement, but he exited the car after hearing her voice. “Who are you?” he asked angrily.
“She is Night Shadow,” Lee said. When people around her heard the words, they were all speechless. “S-She is Night Shadow?” The racers around her shook in fear.
The match in Barnsford three years ago was still unforgettable for them—she was the only female racer and eventually won the championship, but wore a mask at that time and no one knew how she looked. She never went onstage to receive her award or even shared her name before disappearing from the international stage until today. In other words, the more attention she received, the less she emerged from hiding to compete. Now that people had not spoken much about her, she had decided to make an appearance.
“Y-You’re saying Night Shadow is actually this little girl here? Oh, God, please forgive me for accidentally insulting this champ!”
As soon as she heard those words, she turned to Benjamin with a smile. “Remember, you’re treating us today.” Janet had won two million and made her fortune again after such a long time.
A sign of discomfort quickly flashed across Benjamin’s face before it disappeared just as fast. “I will pay for everyone’s food and drinks today!”
The racers cheered at once, while Janet stared at him, the corners of her lips twitching slightly. “Mind your words in the future.”
Upon hearing that, Benjamin was out of breath. How could he still remain in the racing industry in the future?
Later on, Janet returned to Jackson residence, only to learn that her curtains were open. She quickly went to her room and found a man in black shirt as soon as she entered. “Mason?” Her eyes slightly brightened. Why is this man constantly hovering around me?
Mason turned to face her, almost at the same time, and he narrowed his eyes before frowning.
“Why are you here again?”
“I miss you, so I’m here!”
Her eyes then fell on his hand, surprised to see that his hand was wrapped with a white gauze, though it was apparent that blood was oozing out of it—it seemed like the wound was open.
Without any hesitation, Janet stepped forward and held Mason’s hand. “How did this happen?”
Mason glanced at Janet and answered in a lower tone, “I accidentally injured myself when I went for my training today.” If I hadn’t gotten injured, I wouldn’t have a valid reason to see this girl here.
“Why didn’t you deal with it at your house and chose to come to mine instead?” She meant offense in her words, yet the guy seemed to be enjoying it instead as he listened. “Why don’t you head over to my house and help me to deal with this wound while visiting the old madam?”
Janet frowned as she felt creeped out when she heard the words ‘head over to my house’, considering that Emily and Megan were still downstairs. If she were to head down to retrieve the medical kit, it would surely attract their attention.
Later on, Janet was curled up while playing games on her cellphone, completely ignoring the existence of the man next to her. Earlier, as soon as she entered the car, she discovered that Mason had planned it for a long time. Although he said that he came to her for his wound to be treated, he was with his driver at that time. Why didn’t he return to Lowry Residence to deal with it then? I don’t believe that they don’t have their own physician. Hmph, what a liar!
Meanwhile, Sean felt awkward to have both Mason and Janet together in the vehicle. He gazed at them and turned on the music—it was a slow-paced piano song.
Her slender fingers unconsciously tapped the surface in marriage with the rhythm, but Mason was surprised. What an interesting young girl. “Did you learn the piano?” he asked. This young girl is not only good at medicine, but she has also performed during the Star High School celebration by singing and dancing. In fact, he wasn’t suspicious at all, but merely curious.
Janet laughed. “It’s just superficial knowledge.”
“Janet.” Mason stepped forward, pressing his thin lips into a line before speaking after a moment of silence, “What exactly have you experienced in the past?”
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However, there was no answer from her at the current moment. When he glanced at her, he realized that she had already fallen asleep while holding her phone; she looked gentle when she was asleep instead of the cold aura that she had while she was awake. Judging from her look, it seemed that she was in a deep sleep. As a result, he switched off the air conditioner in the car, fearing that the girl could catch a cold.
The car soon stopped at Lowry Residence while Mason thought, Should I carry her in or wake her up?
When he decided to reach over and carry her, Janet opened her eyes in time with a defensive look. “What are you doing?”
He was helpless.
She unfastened her seat belt and slowly exited the car while he watched her.
Upon seeing her, the Lowry Residence’s servant immediately greeted her respectfully, “Hello, Miss Jackson.”
Janet nodded and replied with the same amount of respect, “Hello.”
Mason handed the clothes to Sean and whispered, “Please inform Old Madam Lowry to come down while letting her know that Miss Jackson is here to see her.”
Janet frowned when she heard that. “No, I’ll head upstairs.”
After all, it would take Old Madam Lowry a lot of effort to come downstairs and she wouldn’t be able to fall asleep after that. When she was about to head to bed, she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside and answered in a low voice, “Come in.”
When she opened the door, she almost jumped out of the bed in excitement when she saw Janet. “Miss Jackson, you’re here!”
Janet nodded slightly and was very pleased to see that the old madam’s condition was improving. “Old Madam Lowry, how are you doing now?”
The old madam subconsciously held Janet’s hand. “Sweetheart, I am far better than before.”
Janet did not avoid the topic. “That’s good. Did you take the medicine that I gave you?”
The old madam made some child-like gestures. “Yes, I did. I’ll take the remaining when I’m abroad.”
“Are you going abroad?” Janet’s eyes contracted slightly.
The old madam sighed and said sadly, “I have lived for half a lifetime without knowing how long I can live for. There isn’t anything that I can’t get over. I’m going to look at the scenery abroad and travel! What do you think? How is my idea?” She innocently looked at Janet.
Janet looked at the old madam, feeling kind and amiable, and could only say a few words. “It’s good that you are happy.”
At the same time, the servant stepped forward and handed the old madam the medicine that Janet had been talking about. The old madam took a sip of it. “You have to help me to take care of Mason once I leave!” After she finished speaking, she winked at her.
“Cough!” Janet awkwardly cleared her throat. “Old Madam Lowry, I have nothing to do with him.”
“Young lady, I knew you would say that. Actually, I know that you are pretending to be a cold-hearted girl on the exterior… but I like you.” The old madam tapped on Janet’s nose.
Upon listening to her words, Janet felt rather awkward—no one had ever said those things to her from her childhood up until now. I think I like Old Madam Lowry too. To prevent herself from showing her dark side, she pushed the medicine in the old madam’s hand. “Drink it and head off to bed after that.”
The old madam gave a kind smile as she pushed Janet twice. “Go and deal with Mason since he must be restless.”
Her words left Janet puzzled. Why is she behaving in a strange manner?
After leaving the old madam’s room, Janet went straight to the first floor where she took Mason’s hand. “Do you have a medical kit?”
“Well, Sean has gone to get it.”
She changed the gauze once he had brought the kit over. As she removed the gauze, she saw the wound and could predict what caused it. Pointing a knife directly at Mason’s hand, she sneered, “Young Master Lowry, you are damn smart to have grabbed the knife with your bare hand!”
She guessed that the man had used a ruse and deliberately looked for a reason to approach her.
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Mason softly grinned at Janet. “It seems like you care for me a lot…”
She was stunned and deliberately averted his gaze by looking away before snorting coldly, “Then, please don’t look for me since my consultation fee is extremely high.”
“I will give you as much as you want.” The man’s sexy voice lingered in her ears.
Janet looked up in anger. “Be serious.”
As soon as her words fell, a grumble was heard. It is someone’s hungry stomach growling.
Mason was taken aback before he chuckled lightly. “Are you hungry?”
“I’m hungry!” she answered pitifully.
However, as his hand was injured, she couldn’t ask him to make braised eggplant. “Who cares? I’m cutting vegetables and you are cooking with your other hand!”
Mason smiled faintly. “I thought you would cook it for me.”
“Okay, I will cook them for you.”
Other than being able to prepare traditional medicine, Janet’s cooking fell into the definition of a dark cuisine. Since the Lowry Residence had a lot of fresh dishes and all of them happened to be what she wanted to eat, she washed the vegetables before Mason came to take over the realms.
“Master Mason…” The Lowry Residence’s servants returned.
“Take it to my study room,” he said.
“Yes!”
Janet wondered what important information it was and suddenly hissed, only to realize that she had accidentally cut her fingers while slicing the vegetables. Sigh, I really can’t do two things at one go!
She was trying to search for a bandage, but he gently held her hand, which caused her to be puzzled. She didn’t react for a while since he weirdly sucked her finger while she felt his tongue gently caressing her fingers before yanking it from him. Yuck!
The man raised his eyebrows slightly. “Okay.”
She barely wanted to curse him. “Why are you doing this?”
Mason pressed his lips as if he can’t control his laughter, but he chuckled, “Does it still hurt? Do you want to stop restraining?”
Janet coughed a bit and pushed him away. “Hurry and cook; the vegetables are burning.” She looked at her fingers, thinking about what had happened and gently embraced her fingers.
He saw the scene as soon as he turned. His dreary eyes were stunned and his Adam’s apple rolled down unconsciously…
She only felt awkward, feeling that she had been electrocuted and wanted to try to see if she could stop herself. Janet, stop feeling this way! You are such a disappointment!
He turned in the opposite direction as she angrily raised her eyebrow. “Alright! Are you done? I’m ravished.”
“Well, I’m almost done!”
Within five minutes, Mason had prepared the dishes.
Even though it was merely him serving the dishes, Janet saw that he was flushed and couldn’t help but ask, “Are you feeling hot?”
“Yeah.” The man’s voice was a little dry and the dryness overflowed from his throat.
“But, this room is air-conditioned, isn’t it?!”
Mason kept silent and continued to eat—he put his head down as if he was suppressing something. Janet also didn’t speak to Mason for some time since they were both engrossed with their food. It was, after all, her favorite braised eggplant.
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It was math class as usual on the second day at Star High School. Aaron entered class A, but did not immediately start the lessons. He caught sight of Janet and Emily. “Can I arrange both Jacksons in a group for this math competition?”
Janet was sleeping, waking up in panic by Aaron’s words. “No!”
The other classmates were surprised.
“Janet, why don’t you participate with Emily? Are you afraid that she will overwhelm you? I thought she wanted to be with you? I really overestimated what I saw!”
Emily was also angry at her in the beginning, but when she saw her classmates defending her by speaking up, she calmed down.
“I mean, I don’t need to practice,” Janet said in a lower tone.
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“Janet, are you joking?” Gordon was a little shocked. Even I’m not that confident entering the competition. How is she so confident with herself?
“Hahaha, don’t you think you are being overly confident, Janet? Please don’t return as someone in last place and embarrass our class.”
“I don’t think she even wants to go to the competition. She is so disgusting! Coward!”
“Let’s see what results she can get without any practice.”
Everyone in the class was not too optimistic about her ability because they thought she was arrogant.
In the meantime, Aaron was left in an awkward situation as he tried to take control of the situation. “In that case, Emily, you can choose to team up with either Mindy or Gordon.”
When Emily heard him, her eyes suddenly brightened. “Alright,” she happily agreed because she wanted to team up with Gordon.
However, as soon as class was over, she was instantly surrounded by everyone.
“Emily, please don’t take her words to heart. Some people just can’t think before they speak.”
“She is right. You just need to work hard and bring the championship back.”
The classmates continued to chatter in her midst.
However, Emily wasn’t too happy about it because she couldn’t find Gordon to team up with him when everyone was blocking her. All of them are so annoying. “Please return to your seats.” She then asked them to leave.
As soon as she saw him sitting on his seat, she took the opportunity to stand beside him. “Gordon, do you want to practice together after school?”
According to Emily and Gordon’s actual level, they didn’t need to practice much for the competition except to look at a few basic questions.
Therefore, he glanced at her before answering her calmly, “There’s no need for that. I don’t need any practice.”
Immediately, she was rendered speechless.
“Oh my, Emily has been rejected.”
“Young Master Yaleman says that he doesn’t need to practice at all.”
“He is so awesome! He really is living up to his name.”
Yet, Emily still refused to give up, so she asked again, “Are you sure? I’ve heard that the competition will be quite difficult this time.”
“I don’t need to,” Gordon answered her without any hesitation. If I team up with the hypocrite, I don’t think I’ll have the appetite to study any longer.
Her face turned green with anger as she quietly replied, “I know.”
The moment that school was over, Emily and Mindy came to the office to practice.
While pointing at two chairs, Aaron smiled calmly and spoke, “Please take a seat. Are Gordon and Janet not coming for practice?”
Emily nodded.
Afterward, Aaron went straight to the point and explained the questions to both of them while discussing some key points.
Just like that, half an hour had passed.
He gave Emily a set of past year questions from the math competition so that she could practice at home.
“Both of you are really good in math, so you don’t need to put too much pressure on yourselves. You can do it.”
She had always been good in maths. Previously, she participated in many math competitions and already had lots of experience, so she would naturally perform well.
However, Aaron’s only concern was Janet. If that brilliant exam result was a fluke, can she achieve another good result in this competition? Furthermore, she didn’t come for practice, so she’ll probably be nervous. At that point, he felt a bit worried, but felt relieved when he remembered how calm she was upon facing the incident of cheating.
Then, he nodded his head. “We’ll end our practice for today.”
After walking out of the office, Mindy whispered to Emily, “Emily, I think you will definitely achieve a good result this time.”
Upon hearing her praise, Emily felt pleased with herself. Of course I will.
However, on the surface, she pretended to be humble. “I don’t think so. My Maths is rather average. Janet, on the other hand, looks so confident as she faces this competition.”
“She is not as brilliant as you. Emily, you are too humble.”
Emily pressed her lips and smiled, listening to her.
Now, my life is getting better and better. In few days’ time, I will become Old Mr. Collins’ apprentice and attend the math competition. For both of these, I want to defeat Janet completely. By then, there will be no place for her in the Jackson Family.
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On Saturday, Aaron had brought Janet, Mindy, Emily and Gordon to the venue where the National High School Mathematics Competition was being held.
“You still have 20 minutes before the competition starts. Later, you will enter the examination room.”
Emily was a frequent contestant of the competition, so she brought the others along to familiarize with the examination room.
“Oh my, isn’t that Mr. Rodriguez from Star High School?” Kenny Morton gave Janet a thorough scan before mocking. “Eh, isn’t she a newcomer in your school? I bet that she has never participated in a competition like this before. Are you afraid of being dragged down by her?”
Kenny was a mathematics teacher from another school. Since Emily defeated all of the students he had brought for the last competition, he was disgruntled.
Upon hearing him, Aaron smiled. “Mr. Marton, I think you should be worried about whether your students will be defeated by mine this year again! No matter how bad we are, we still have Emily. This year, Star High School will definitely emerge as the champion!”
Now, Emily had already become the symbol of Star High School.
Kenny laughed coldly, “Your school only has Emily, who is capable. When did we start allowing inept people into our math competition?”
After a long while, Aaron finally thought of a way to refute him, “At least we have Emily around to defeat all of your students. This year, don’t return home in tears after losing to us once again?” After looking at the time, he asked Emily to bring the other three into their room. “It’s almost time for the test to start. Hurry up.”
In the meantime, Kenny was angered by what Aaron had said. He’s right, though. Star High School has always sent Emily as its representative for the past two years and she would win the competition each time. During this period, I couldn’t even hold my head high as a math teacher in my own school. I’ve even become a laughing stock in front of the other teachers. “Aaron, just wait and see. I would like to see what results those three dead weights can achieve for you.” He finally spat out the words that he held back for so long.
After looking at him, Aaron remained silent. If he realizes that Janet had achieved a better result than Emily during the last exam, he will probably be furious.
The math competition was split into two rounds—the first round consisted of a written test and the second was an oral quiz. Only the top ten contestants from the first round could qualify for the quiz in the second round. There were hundreds of contestants from all around the country, so it was extremely difficult for anyone to stand out in the first round.
Then, Emily brought Janet, Gordon and Mindy to the examination room.
In the examination room, it was complete silence. After all, everyone didn’t know each other, so they focused all of their energy on the test.
However, the moment Emily and the others entered the room, whispers started to echo around the room as a result of someone recognizing Gordon.
“Oh my, look over there. Isn’t that the star, Gordon Yaleman? I can’t believe he is here for the math competition too!”
“This is impossible. I can’t believe I’m in the same room as him. I feel so happy right now!”
Janet was already used to the praise that he received from everyone and only felt an annoying buzz around her ear. Then, she found her seat—it so happened to be in the same row as Gordon. Meanwhile, Emily was arranged in the same row as Mindy.
When the other contestants saw a girl sitting next to Gordon, they couldn’t help but glance at Janet from time to time.
Ding! The bell rang and two invigilators entered the room.
After receiving the test papers, Janet gave it a quick look before quickly jotting down the answers while complaining in her heart, This is the math competition? It’s such a waste of time for me to do these questions. I would rather do more tasks to earn money.
Initially, the main invigilator sat lazily in the room, but almost fell off his chair when he lifted his eyes. He saw the girl in front of him rapidly jotting down her answers. This is so infuriating. How can she simply answer the question if she doesn’t know how to? What’s the point of being the fastest? Which school is she from? It isn’t the right attitude to answer the questions even if she doesn’t know how to.
The invigilator next to him asked upon seeing how upset he was, “Mr. Cooper, what is it?”
Mr. Cooper directed his eyes toward Janet’s direction. “Look at the way that girl is writing. It’s so smooth that I reckon she’s writing nonsense. I’m really speechless!”
Upon listening to him, the invigilator next to him looked toward the direction that was being implied and saw that the girl never used her draft paper, going through the questions one by one instead.
Then, he also spoke in anger, “Who chose her to enter the competition? Don’t they want to win?”
“I’ll go and check which school she’s from,” Mr. Cooper answered, furiously walking to the front of Janet and asked. “Which school are you from?”
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However, Janet kept her head lowered as she continued to write her answers, as if she didn’t know that someone stood beside her.
“Quickly answer. I’m asking you.” Mr. Cooper raised his voice as his veins started bulging in anger.
At the same time, Gordon couldn’t bear to watch, so he pushed Mr. Cooper’s arm. “Sir, we are still in a test, so please don’t talk.”
“I…” Mr. Cooper nodded his head angrily. “I see. Both of you are from the same school. Let’s see what kind of a result you will get!”
Then, she raised her eyes and gave him a cold glare. “How can we not get a good result from such an easy test?”
“Are you saying that this test is easy?” He was startled for a moment before smiling furiously. “Huh. I bet that you didn’t clearly read the questions. This year’s test is the most difficult one for the past five years. The purpose is to remove the weak students like you! It amazes me that you can even call it easy. Where is your shame?”
She let out a cold grunt before lowering her head to continue with her test.
“Let’s see what nonsensical answers you can make up!” Mr. Cooper was absolutely furious, so he returned to his seat and took a sip of water to calm himself down.
After 30 minutes, Janet placed the test paper on the right corner of her desk. Mr. Cooper went to her and immediately saw the paper.
In the paper, there weren’t any answers missing as every question was answered.
I guess she simply filled in the answers.
He couldn’t believe that anyone could finish answering such a high level test in a few minutes.
Starting from the first question, his eyes slowly perused the whole paper. She has the first question right, and the second, and the third, and the fourth… Why is it all correct?
Upon looking further down, he realized that she had answered all questions correctly!
Instantly, he was rendered speechless as he stared at her in shock.
If she didn’t know about the correct answers in advance, then she is a genius. But the questions for the competition are all kept tightly sealed, so it’s impossible for anyone to know the answers in advance.
Then, he had a look at the name written on the paper.
‘Janet Jackson, Star High School.’
In shock, he stared at the test paper in his hands.
Meanwhile, Emily was seated in front and answering the questions, but she still glanced at Janet’s direction from time to time. Seeing the invigilator constantly standing next to Janet, Emily knew that she wasn’t able to answer the questions. After all, even she felt strenuous when answering these questions, so she felt much better after realizing that Janet didn’t know how to answer it.
The test finished at 10.10AM, but Janet woke up from her nap at 9.15AM.
In the meantime, Mr. Cooper still struggled on the last question. Even I find it hard to answer this question, so how could the young lady answer it in such a short amount of time?
She looked at him, asking, “Sir, can I leave?”
“Huh?” Mr. Cooper was unable to respond to her and only nodded after a few seconds. “You can leave!”
He had placed all of his attention on the test paper, so he didn’t have the time to pay attention to her.
Upon seeing how startled Mr. Cooper looked, the other invigilator also came onstage and was also taken aback when he saw the test paper that was filled with answers. “Is this the girl’s test paper?” he asked silently.
“Yes,” Mr. Cooper nodded and sighed. “She has answered correctly. I’m still struggling on the last question, but if I’m not mistaken, this will be a full score.”
“A full score?”
The invigilator took a cold, deep breath while straightening his body. He held his glasses to have a clearer look at the paper.
His pupils narrowed as he stared at the paper, as if he wanted to burn a hole through it. “T-This…” He had already started to stutter because he couldn’t find the words to describe what he saw. Both his hands trembled as he couldn’t believe he saw. “She… is a genius!”
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The invigilator sighed quietly while Mr. Cooper followed him with a nod.
The moment Janet left the examination room, many of the contestants had raised their heads in shock.
She has finished the test so soon? It’s now 9.15AM and we are not even halfway through the test. They had just finished the multiple choice questions for the first round, so they couldn’t believe that she was able to finish the whole paper in just 45 minutes. I’m afraid that she must have left lots of blanks.
Upon seeing Janet leaving the room alone, Emily sneered, I thought that she was going to show her full potential, but it seems that I’ve overestimated her.
Since Janet was the first one to walk out of the examination room, all of the teachers waiting outside quickly came over to ask. “Kid, why did you come out so soon?”
“Kid, did you hand in your paper so soon because you didn’t answer it?”
“Do you think the test is more difficult this year?”
Janet revealed a calm smile as her eyes were filled with confidence. “I think it is alright.”
For a moment, the teachers looked at each other while discussing quietly.
“She doesn’t look embarrassed saying that at all. Everyone says that this year’s questions are difficult.”
“I’ve never seen her before and she looks like a newcomer, so I guess she doesn’t have any experience in this sort of competition.”
At that moment, Aaron was sitting in the lounge, playing with his phone, so he didn’t notice that Janet was walking toward him. Instead, it was Kenny who first saw her.
“Oh my, Mr. Rodriguez, your student has already left the examination room! There’s still so much time left. I assume that she exited without even reading all the questions,” Kenny scorned.
Upon listening to him, Aaron lifted his eyes and saw Janet walking toward him. So soon? Oh no, I don’t think she even finished reading the questions… “Have you read all the questions?”
“Huh?” Janet was confused. Why is he asking whether I have finished reading the questions instead of if I’m done answering it?
Upon seeing her confused expression, Aaron could probably guess that she had blown her chances. Now, he could only hope for Emily, Gordon and Mindy to produce good results.
“I’ll go and have a rest first.”
“Okay,” he spoke in a disappointed tone.
After she left, Kenny clicked his tongue while shaking his head. “Mr. Rodriguez, quite a student that you got here. She came out without even reading through all the questions. I guess that Star High School will occupy the last place this time.”
The other teachers also looked at Aaron with disdain in their eyes. How could he bring such a student to this competition…
Aaron was speechless, so he waited for a while to reply, “Morton, you wait and see.” Even without Janet, we still have a capable Emily.
Kenny sneered, “If you say so. Let’s see who is in last place when the results are announced.”
Aaron left, no longer being able to talk to Kenny while looking at his smug face.
There was still 20 minutes left before the test ended and Gordon had also walked out of the room—he was the second student to emerge before the test ended.
As soon as the other teachers saw him, they quickly went up to ask.
“Gordon, how well did you do for the test?”
Gordon, my little sister is a fan of yours. Can you please sign this?”
The female teachers seemed to be crazy for him as they blocked all his path.
“This year’s questions are a bit difficult, but I don’t think I’ve done too bad,” he said firmly. “By the way, there was a girl who came out earlier. Do you know where she went?” He wanted to find Janet.
The teachers knew which girl he meant and asked further, “Gordon, is that student from the same school as you? How are her academic results like?”
Usually, he wouldn’t bother to talk much with those people, but the person mentioned here was Janet. “You will naturally know the answer when the results are released in the afternoon.”
After the test ended, Emily and Mindy came out together.
“Emily, how did you do on the test?”
Emily forced out a smile. “It’s okay.”
However, Mindy had a very sorrowful expression on her face. “This year’s questions are so difficult! Emily, you are so brilliant. I feel that I will definitely get a bad result for this.”
Actually, she didn’t notice the panic in Emily’s eyes.
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This year’s questions were several more times difficult than the previous year, so even Emily struggled to complete the test. There were a few questions in which she simply filled in without knowing the answers.
Initially, she felt so distraught that she wanted to quit, but she knew that she couldn’t lose to Janet when the latter handed in her test paper early.
The results were announced in the afternoon, so everyone in the meeting room felt nervous.
Hundreds of contestants gathered in the room, waiting for the results and the ranking list to be announced.
However, the host of the competition slightly trembled as he held the list in his hands. After more than ten years of hosting the math competition, he had never seen the person in first place receiving full scores. Not only that, but the winner was also a newcomer.
“This time, there is someone who got a perfect score.” His voice trembled.
“What? A perfect score?”
“Which school is the person from?”
“How did the person get a perfect score? The questions are so difficult.”
The teachers and students offstage quickly discussed the matter.
However, Kenny was confident that the person who received a perfect score could have been one of his students.
On the other hand, Aaron felt uneasy. I can’t believe someone actually nailed a perfect score. This means that the champion this time can’t be from Star High School. After all, no matter how brilliant Emily is, it’s impossible for her to get a perfect score.
The host had a look at the list before announcing the results while trembling, “The champion is from Star High School…”
The moment the host mentioned Star High School, Emily immediately rose to her full height. She felt extremely happy in her heart. I can’t believe I still can get first place with such difficult questions.
Aaron let out a cold grunt in Kenny’s direction. “Do you still think we won’t be in first place?”
In the meantime, Kenny was left speechless. We all know she is the past champion, anyway.
The host continued with his words. “The champion is… Janet Jackson with a perfect score!”
“What?”
Everyone looked toward Emily at the same time and said to her, “Emily, I think you better sit down. You are not the champion.”
“Is she trying to be funny? How embarrassing it is to stand up by herself?”
Meanwhile, she stood motionlessly, feeling especially embarrassed at the moment.
How can it be Janet? Didn’t she hand over the paper early? Could it be that she copied the answers from Gordon? But there is only one champion, so that means he also didn’t get all of his answers correct.
At the moment, Aaron was surprised that Janet was the champion. She actually has a perfect score! This is so awesome!
Then, the host continued reading down the list. “Second place goes to Macy Bell.”
As soon as Macy’s name was mentioned, Kenny felt content because she was one of his students. As expected, she didn’t disappoint.
“Third place goes to Gordon Yaleman.”
Kenny, who was still excited, was stoic at the moment. Damn it, I can’t believe there are two Star High School students in the top three.
However, Emily couldn’t hear her name being announced for a long time, so she was getting frustrated.
“The fourth place goes to Erin Sherman. The fifth place goes to…”
Her name still wasn’t mentioned when the host announced the eighth place and she was about to cry in frustration. If I can’t move on to the next round, I won’t be able to participate in the answering session. By then, Janet will snatch all of the glory.
“The ninth place goes to Emily Jackson.”
As soon as she heard her name, it felt as though a huge rock was lifted from her heart. However, she couldn’t feel happy about it because all of the limelight was on Janet. Everyone started to forget that Emily was the champion for the past few years.
Even Mindy couldn’t help but sigh. “Janet is too brilliant. Emily, your ranking is a bit low this time!”
Emily was already furious about the situation and felt more upset after hearing her words, bellowing, “Are you saying that I have a low ranking? How dare you say that when you can’t even advance to the next round!”
Mindy was confused, not knowing why Emily suddenly became fierce, so she stayed away by walking toward Janet. “Congratulations, Janet! Gordon, congratulations to you too!”
Janet and Gordon slightly nodded their heads at the same time.
While noticing Mindy’s betrayal, Emily cursed quietly, “Traitor! Damn you!”
The second round of the competition was held during the afternoon. Before the round started, Aaron did some mind training for Janet and the others.
“Janet, you don’t need to be too nervous. Just be yourself.” He understood that it was her first time participating in an answering competition, so she would feel nervous about it.
However, her expression was calm. “I’m fine.”
At the same time, Emily also came over. When she saw Janet, she held both her fists tight.
This morning’s test was just a slip-up. Later on, I must perform better than her; I can’t lose to her.
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I’m fine with anyone taking first place, but it can’t be Janet.
There was still ten more minutes before the competition started. For the next round, there would be an answering session.
Every student would have a buzzer on their table and the quickest person to give the correct answer upon pressing it would receive one point. However, if the answer was wrong, a point would be deducted from the contestant and awarded to the rest of the contestants. The fastest player to reach 5 points would automatically become the champion of the National Mathematics competition.
At the same time, the teachers and the judges would sit below the stage.
After sitting on her seat, Emily glared at Janet with hatred.
Janet was in first place during the first round, so she was placed in the eye-catching center position.
On the other hand, Emily was placed on the far side of the row and there wasn’t even a spotlight shining on her. I must win this. I can’t lose.
All the other contestants had also looked at Janet, but they were praying not to be badly defeated by her. After all, no ordinary person could produce a full score in a competition like the one they were in.
They knew that today, they were destined to be defeated completely by Janet
Not long after that, the competition started and a relatively easy question appeared on the big screen.
‘Point A is located at the upper reaches of the river while Point B is located at the lower reaches of the river. Ship A departed from Point A while Ship B departed from Point B and two ships are heading toward each other. From the start of December, the two ships are given new engines to increase their speed to 1.5 times their initial speed. On December 6, the current of the river is now twice as fast as its normal speed. So, how much has changed between the point the two ships meet with the point they meet during December 2?’
All of the contestants had received training before, so it wasn’t a difficult question to answer, but they still needed time to solve it.
The cameras in the competition swept through the contestants who were focused on solving the questions. Everyone was exceptionally focused except for Janet, who closed her eyes after hearing the question, as if she wasn’t in the mood to answer it.
All of the teachers below the stage shook their heads, glancing at her disappointing expression. After all, she was the one who had received first place during the first round in the afternoon, so they were baffled by her attitude toward the competition.
Below the stage, Kenny sneered at Aaron. “Oh my, it seems that your student is asleep. How can she not know such an easy question?”
In the meantime, Aaron was so frustrated that he wanted to rush onstage and wake Janet up himself.
After two minutes, someone finally pressed on the buzzer.
It was Gordon and he quickly wrote his answer on the answering machine.
“Gordon has answered the first question correctly. One point to him.”
The audience and teachers below the stage sighed at the same time. “Gordon really is the dark horse of this competition. Not only is he handsome, but he is also intelligent.”
At the same time, Emily could feel her palms being coated with a layer of sweat. She had barely figured out the answer, but he had surprisingly reached the buzzer first.
However, she knew that she couldn’t reveal her nervousness because others would see her as useless if they noticed her true emotions.
Therefore, she could only try to bear the defeat in her heart.
The next question was a short answer question.
After a glance, Emily was instantly able to figure out the answer.
With her previous experience, she was able to answer the question in just two seconds.
“Emily has the experience in this competition. I bet that she will be the champion!”
“I also think that she is very fast in answering the question!”
“Do you think that Janet is even trying? Why can’t she answer such an easy question? Is she intentionally losing the competition?”
“How is that possible? Who doesn’t want to be the champion?”
“You’re right!”
When Emily heard the teachers’ discussion, she became even more active in answering the questions.
After that, she answered two questions correctly in a row.
On the other side, every time Janet heard a question, she remained motionless with her eyes closed.
The host thought that she had fallen asleep, so he woke her up halfway through the competition. “Janet Jackson!”
No one responded to him.
Therefore, the host raised his voice and called her again, “Janet Jackson, it’s time to wake up and answer the questions!”
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“Oh.” Janet opened her blurry eyes, as if she had just woken up from her sleep.
The host reminded everyone, “Now, Emily Jackson has answered two questions correctly while Gordon Yaleman has answered one question correctly. Good luck to all the contestants!”
The competition seemed to have turned into an internal competition between Star High School students since Emily and Gordon had almost pressed the buzzer at the same time after hearing the question.
However, due to her experience in the competition, she was slightly faster than him.
Every time someone pressed the buzzer, there would be lots of discussions among the audience below.
“Is she a past contestant? She is so brilliant.”
“She is Emily Jackson, and she has participated in lots of competitions before. I’ve heard that she has even excelled in piano and drawing. In every competition she enters, she will either win first place or second.”
“It seems that she is from the same school as Gordon. What kind of luck does Star High School have for them to actually have such good students?”
When Emily heard the praises about her from the audience below, she couldn’t help but raise her head and feel extremely confident with herself.
At the same time, Aaron also let out a cold grunt. This time, the first place is definitely going to Star High School. As for Kenny, I’m afraid that he is going to return with nothing in his hands to show for.
During their discussion, Emily had correctly answered the fourth question. At the moment, she was a big step ahead of everyone. If she could answer the last question, she would automatically be crowned champion today. She secretly gritted her teeth. Only I can be a champion.
The crucial last question appeared on the big screen.
‘The line segment AB passes through a certain point M(m,0) on the positive half of the X axis. The product of the distance between the endpoints AB and the X axis is 2m. With the X axis as the symmetry axis, a parabola is made through the three AOB points. If the TAN angle is AOB=-1, find the value range of m.’
After that, Janet woke up at the right time and gazed at the big screen before furrowing her brows to think. In less than five seconds, she retracted her eyes and wrote her answer on the answering machine.
The questions displayed during the start had been extremely easy and she was inattentive to solve it, but she could no longer suppress her abilities when she noticed that Emily was about to be crowned a champion.
In the meantime, Emily and the other contestants were in the midst of figuring out the question. She had only started to write her answer when Janet was done with hers.
The audience watched her handing her answer with gaping mouths; it was so wide that it could fit an egg. Isn’t she asleep? Why is she now awake? How did she answer the question in just 5 seconds?
“Janet Jackson answered the question correctly. One point to her.”
What? After listening to the host’s announcement, Emliy couldn’t react for a moment… How did she answer such a difficult question in just 5 seconds?
Even though the question was not a big deal in top international math competitions, it was still extraordinary for Janet to answer it in merely 5 seconds.
The audience below drastically changed their expressions, looking at Janet.
“It seems like she has been hiding her true abilities.”
“Looks like the champion today may not be Emily.”
Everyone focused their attention on Janet instead since she answered the questions at such speed. In just a blink of an eye, she had already written down the answer.
For the following questions, she answered them all correctly at a shocking speed.
At some point, the audience was already numbed by her amazing skills.
Even the teachers were plunged into self-doubt. We can’t even compete with a high schooler!
Moments ago, Emily was still in a good mood, but she felt completely distraught when she realized that Janet could solve such a difficult question with ease.
There was no chance for Emily to gain the last point.
At the end, the intense math competition finally ended.
After a discussion among the teachers and judges, they chose the top five contestants.
The first place went to Janet, who had amazed everyone by gaining five points.
However, the second place went to Emily. Even though she didn’t answer the last question, her previous performance was already brilliant enough.
Gordon received third place and was subsequently followed by Liam Curtis and Niko Fletcher.
The champion chosen in the end was unexpected yet expected at the same time, considering that Janet had finally won the competition solely on her ability.
Upon listening to the host’s announcement, Kenny’s face turned green in anger. I can’t believe the top 3 spots are all occupied by Star High School students. Only one student from my school is able to win fifth place.