In the bustling university town of Ontoky City, the annual college admissions were a topic that passed by with little fanfare among the students.
Sweetheart, a student at Ontoky University, caught wind of the admissions buzz from her dorm mate's offhand comment. There was talk of a prodigy who had cracked a formidable math problem, warranting exceptional admission offers from several top-tier institutions.
Such geniuses were rarities, not the kind of people you'd run into every day, so Sweetheart didn't give it much thought.
While live-streaming, she lamented, "Someone's hacked Bland's account, right? But who can say for sure? After all, there's only one scholarship agreement, and who knows if it's legit or not."
Casting a look at her chat feed, she replied, "Guess we'll find out next year, right? Not that anyone's gonna remember by then. Internet has the memory of a goldfish."
"Found out who it is?" she quipped, and no sooner had the words left her mouth than her chat exploded with one name: Cordelia!
Sweetheart was stunned for a moment before laughing off, "Come on, stop joking. How could it be Cordelia? You guys are just messing with me."
But the name Cordelia kept flooding the chat.
—"Sweetheart, it's really Cordelia!"
—"It's Cordelia!"
—"I can almost feel Sweetheart’s embarrassment!"
—"Same here, suddenly I feel so bad for Sweetheart. It's really Cordelia, the Learner!"
Sweetheart tried to dismiss it, "The more you say it, the more outrageous it gets. Spam Cordelia's name and you're banned from the chat!"
Yet the chat continued unabated, and that's when Sweetheart’s private messages pinged—an alert from her channel moderator: [Sweetheart, no joke, it’s really her!]
Stunned, Sweetheart quickly opened her social media app and searched for the post, and there it was—Cordelia!
Her first reaction was disbelief, "How can there be so many people with the same name?"
The chat was relentless:
—"LOL, I thought it was a common name, too. Plenty of people could be called Cordelia."
But then, the tide in the chat shifted:
—"Everyone, check out Superiority College's official page—they're at it again!"
—"My God! I've never seen a college back a student like this!"
—"It's her! Not just a namesake!"
—"I'm dead! A scholar who can act and game? Suddenly, this chick is fire!"
Sweetheart was flabbergasted.
She hurried to the official page of Superiority College and saw their latest post:
Superiority College official account: "This student has a bright future, and Superiority College awaits you. @Cordelia"
Her live stream chat went nuclear.
Everyone was talking about it.
—"Ahhh, I'm a fan now!"
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