The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 36

Chapter 36 The City Finals

Time flew by, and soon it was the day of the City Finals.

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This was the first major test for all 12th graders, and the whole city took it very seriously. Everyone was

nervous.

Everyone except Cassia. She walked into the classroom the same way she always did–calm, slow, and relaxed, as if nothing important was happening today.

Because the exam was so important, the school mixed up all the seating. Each student was separate with a distance so no one could peek at answers.

When the bell rang, everyone rushed to find their assigned seats. The proctors wal test papers.

“ks of

Cassia was placed in the very front row. She had no idea whether it was on purpose, but she didn’t care.

Front row, back row–it was all the same to her.

When the test landed on her desk, Cassia just stared at it for a moment, lost in thought.

But the students around her grabbed their papers fast and flipped them open. The next second, the room filled with shocked gasps. Oh no. This was hard. Really hard.

This was the legendary City Finals–tough beyond belief. The kind of test where just passing would feel like a miracle.

Everyone hurried to pick up their pens. The room exploded with the sound of fast writing.

Cassia lifted her pen slowly. She glanced over the paper once and finally started writing.

One of the proctors was Selena from the honors class.

She was famous for being strict.

Selena knew exactly who Cassia was. And well aware that Cassia had somehow gotten a perfect math score last time, far higher than her students.

Selena didn’t believe it for one second.

Impossible. A girl who always scored at the bottom suddenly gets a perfect score? She must have cheated.

And today, fate had placed Cassia right under her nose. Selena kept her under constant watch.

Let’s see how you cheat this time.

There were two proctors in the room, usually from different classes. But Selena’s eyes barely moved off

Cassia.

Cassia didn’t seem bothered. She just lowered her head and worked.

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Chapter 36 The City Finals

And she worked fast. In less than an hour, she finished the entire test.

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She didn’t even check it. She stood up, turned in her paper, slung her backpack over one shoulder, and walked out.

Selena froze for a moment. Then a slow smile spread across her face.

As expected, completely hopeless.

When Cassia turned in her test early, everyone else felt secretly relieved. If Cassia handed in her test that early, she must have blown it. At least everyone else wouldn’t be at the bottom this time.

No pressure for the rest of them now.

The next two days were the same. Cassia turned in her test first. She walked out while e panicked over the questions.

Finally, the exams were over. Everyone could finally breathe again.

At Zrario High, every time the whole senior grade took a mock exam, all the teachers would gather to grade the papers together.

It kept things fair. No one saw students‘ names, and everything was scored the

same

way.

This time was no different.

A few homeroom teachers sat together in an office, chatting as they worked.

“I wonder how my class did,” Selena said, holding a mug of water. She took a small sip. “I heard they weren’t very confident.”

“No matter how awful your class did, they’re still the top class in the grade. I’m sure the first–place student is from your class again,” another teacher said with admiration.

“Seriously. It’s nothing like my class. We’re always at the bottom,” Lilian added with a sigh.

“Ms. Parker, you’re so lucky. You’ll probably win a bunch of bonuses again,” another teacher said.

Everyone turned to look at Selena with envy.

Lilian didn’t like hearing that, but there wasn’t much she could say. Everyone knew her class had taken in a transfer student, who was rumored to be the very last in the grade. One student like that could drag down the entire average.

And the last math test had been strange. Almost no one believed the girl’s score. Everyone thought she must have known the answers beforehand.

So the issue was quietly dropped, and no one talked about it again.

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