Soon, it was the day for the trial exam in Star High School. At seven in the morning, the students started to arrive and regardless in the pantry or the washroom, all the discussion was surrounding Class F.
“The trial exam is today; I’m so nervous.”
“Hmph, there’s nothing to be nervous about. Won’t it be the same as before?”
“It’s different this time. The class who comes in last has to clean the toilets for a month.”
Chuckling, one of them said, “There’s nothing to be afraid of since Class F will take the last spot. It definitely won’t be us.”
“That’s true! At most, we’ll be the second last class.”
In the washroom, Janet smirked at their conversation. Before the examination, Daisy called her and Gordon to a corner. Looking at the girl standing in front of her with a lazy air and a composed face, Daisy said, “Janet, please focus on the exam today, okay?”
Expressionless, Janet nodded calmly. Patting their shoulders, Daisy continued, “Our class is depending on the both of you. I hope that you can raise the average grades a little higher.”
Lifting his gaze, Gordon looked at Daisy’s expectant face and nodded. “I understand.”
Taking a deep breath, she encouraged, “Okay, then. Good luck for the exam.”
…
The invigilators were selected by the principal and were randomly assigned. Each class would have two invigilators. When Miss Lilian and another teacher entered Class F with the test papers, the students of Class F were all dumbfounded.
“Why is it her?”
“Damn it, why is it a teacher from Class A? How are we supposed to cheat?”
“This old witch will definitely keep her eyes glued on us.”
Scanning the students of Class F, Miss Lilian kept her eyes fixed on Janet as she spoke in a gloating manner, “I’ll be your invigilator for today and I would like to see if anyone dares to cheat.”
Instantly, the atmosphere in the class became depressed.
With a grimace, Miss Lilian snorted. “Don’t assume that I have no idea about what kind of students are in Class F! Listen carefully; if I catch anyone cheating, I’ll definitely report this to the principal and have the student expelled.”
Janet propped her chin on one slender hand and drummed the fingers of her other hand on the desk, looking at Miss Lilian with a faint trace of a menacing smile.
The exam started when Miss Lilian and the other teacher began handing out the test papers. Upon receiving it, Janet took a look at it lazily before lowering her head to start answering. Halfway through answering the paper, she realized that the questions were almost similar to the ones she had given to Class F, proving their efforts for the past couple of weeks to be fruitful. Looks like we really don’t have to clean the toilets this time, she thought with a grin.
Struck by surprise at the students burying their heads and scribbling away, Miss Lilian wondered, Aren’t the students in Class F supposed to be the worst? Look at how they’re writing away. Still, they could just be writing nonsense. With a lopsided smirk that was full of sarcasm, she announced, “Thirty minutes until the end of the exam! Don’t write nonsense if you don’t know the answer; it will just create unnecessary burden for the teacher marking the papers.”
Despite none of the students listening to her, that didn’t bother Miss Lilian at all as she stared at them with her usual disdain.
When the exam was over, Abby sought Janet out and laced her arm through hers, showering her wildly with praise, “Janet, the questions you came up with before are so similar with the ones in the exam this time! You’re awesome!”
The students of Class F crowded around them as well and clamored, “That’s right, I thought I’ll hand in an empty answer sheet for sure this time but I could actually answer more than half!”
“Me too! Maybe we won’t come in last this time.”
“Janet, you’re amazing!”
“How did you manage to figure out the questions?”
“I don’t know, either. Maybe it’s a coincidence,” Janet answered coolly as she looked at everyone.
