“Did you print this with your own money?”
Harborfield County East High School would never share resources. Every school in Skyhaven Province was in competition during the college entrance examination, and even the top teachers at Greenfield East High School couldn’t compare. The same exam questions and analysis of the college entrance examination, Harborfield County East High School was at least several levels above the small Greenfield East High School.
These secret papers from Harborfield County East High School were truly “secret papers”; anyway, other teachers from different schools like George couldn’t get them.
Students printed the papers for Whitaker Scarlett, still too naive to realize that she would selflessly hand over the test papers she bought with her own money to the school. No matter how generous a student is, they would definitely keep secrets when it comes to the college entrance examination. The admission line for the college entrance examination is not fixed; the same score every year? No, it depends on how many students all the universities across the country will recruit from Skyhaven Province each year, and the line is drawn based on that. A set of secret exercises from a provincial key school, if taken seriously by students from a county key school, could significantly improve their scores in the college entrance examination—an average increase of at least 10 points!
There were hundreds of graduating and repeating students at Greenfield East High School; if each improved by 10 points, wouldn’t that mean they were creating competition for themselves?
In the face of opportunities to change their fate, people often reveal their selfish side.
Whitaker Scarlett was not selfless; she simply felt that whether the students at Greenfield East High School improved their scores did not affect her college entrance examination results. She was already in the top ten of her grade, and there were only a few students from Greenfield East High School who could compete with her… Her plan was to score above 550 points, allowing her to choose her desired university more comfortably.
A score of 550 might not get her into Infinity Global University or Luminara University, but the schools that accepted her would definitely be better than “Washington Normal University.”
Even if she couldn’t attend Infinity Global University or Luminara University, attending Washington Normal University would probably drive Whitaker Rosalie crazy—Whitaker Scarlett’s life was certainly not just about clashing with Whitaker Rosalie out of spite, but she vowed to seek justice for the original owner, at least not letting the Whitaker family’s golden phoenix live too comfortably!
Whitaker Scarlett wanted to seize this opportunity of rebirth, live better than in her previous life, and conveniently avenge the original owner. Why not do something that benefits both?
The goal was 550 points; the students from the county’s County East High School were basically not her competitors. Their improvement of ten or twenty points wouldn’t affect the overall situation.
Seeing George so moved, Whitaker Scarlett felt that bringing out the secret papers from Harborfield County East High School was indeed the right thing to do.
Gaining the school’s goodwill would save her a lot of trouble; participating in next year’s college entrance examination peacefully was what Whitaker Scarlett needed!
George insisted that the school reimburse Whitaker Scarlett for the money she spent on the secret papers. The amount wasn’t much, but the funds still needed to be applied for. As a result, Whitaker Scarlett met with the school’s top leader, Principal Ben , who came to praise her, assuring her that she could focus on her studies, and the school would do its best to help her with any difficulties in life.
Principal Ben was not just saying this casually; he had the finance department refund her previously paid tuition:
“If you have difficulties, you must speak up. Study hard; you are a noble character student. Your cousin Whitaker Rosalie is also very outstanding; you should learn from each other and make progress together…”
Alright, the earlier words sounded quite pleasant, but she wasn’t interested in learning from Whitaker Rosalie.
Both George and Principal Ben thought she was very poor, not knowing that this 18-year-old rural girl was already close to becoming a ten-thousand-dollars household. Although 40 dollars of her earnings belonged to her uncle’s family, it was inevitable that her personal total assets would exceed 10,000 dollars.
Whitaker Scarlett truly felt embarrassed to take back the tuition; to avoid causing trouble at school, she didn’t wear her fashionable plaid wool short coat, and the light yellow down jacket was sold off while she was still wearing it. Now, she was in a cotton-padded jacket that, while not patched, had faded at the elbows and collar. Even so, she still spent her own money to buy the secret papers from the provincial key school. No wonder George was so moved, and Principal Ben thought her family conditions were poor but her character was excellent.
“I can’t take this tuition back; please give it to students who need it more.”
With that, Whitaker Scarlett almost fled the scene.
After a while, Principal Ben sighed heavily:
