Chapter 496: Chapter 496: Overwhelmed with Regret
"No... How is this possible! July Quinn doesn’t even have a proper degree, how could she achieve such a score?"
If not for her last shred of sanity holding on, Maya Marsh would have been unable to bear such a blow and would have collapsed to the ground.
"No proper degree? Who told you that?"
The invigilator was somewhat surprised.
"Joy told me so."
Maya looked towards Joy Quinn.
The invigilator and others also looked towards Joy Quinn.
Suddenly being thrust into the spotlight, Joy Quinn was somewhat embarrassed.
Especially with her hair still covered in something like milk tea, she was downright disheveled.
"What’s her relation to Quinn? Does she know about her previous education?"
The invigilator asked again.
"She is July Quinn’s sister."
As if to make her words more convincing, Maya Marsh even pulled Joy Quinn to her side.
"Joy, you tell the teacher. There’s nothing about July Quinn that you don’t know!"
"Teacher, I..." Joy Quinn really wanted to say something, to prove she knew all about July Quinn.
But before she could finish, the invigilator interrupted her:
"Student, I don’t know why you’re spreading rumors about Quinn. In fact, she was recommended to our school several years ago, but later she had better opportunities elsewhere. Now that she can continue studying at our school, the school administration values her greatly."
"The principal originally planned to hold a special lecture, for Quinn to share her study experiences with you all. But Quinn didn’t have time, so the lecture wasn’t held."
Every word the invigilator said, Joy Quinn could understand.
But when combined together, Joy Quinn couldn’t comprehend it.
July Quinn was recommended to the First University of Esteria several years ago?
How is that possible?
Wasn’t she still following Grandpa in the countryside back then?
Could it be that what this invigilator said is about a different July Quinn than the one she knows?
And the invigilator’s words shocked more than just Joy Quinn.
"Oh my God, July Quinn was recommended to our school years ago? How old was she at that time?"
"July Quinn seems to be more valued by the school than Joy Quinn, you see the principal wanted her to hold a lecture, but we’ve never heard of the principal wanting Joy to hold a lecture!"
"I reckon Joy Quinn is just jealous that July is prettier and smarter than her, so she’s always been spreading rumors that July has no degree or education."
"The worst off is Maya Marsh, used by Joy Quinn as a tool. Look at her loss of justice and her bright future gone."
"Ranked 23, if she tried a bit harder next year she’d surely be in the top twenty and get into the Keaton Group. But now, this lifetime, don’t even think about making it big domestically."
Listening to the gossip, Maya Marsh regretted bitterly.
If not because Joy Quinn kept misleading her, she surely wouldn’t have doubted the fairness and justice of this evaluation, losing her bright future.
Moreover, if not for Joy misleading her, and saying things like taking her to study together, given Shelly Cole and July Quinn’s closeness, if she were to study with them, getting into the top twenty wouldn’t merely be a dream.
The more she thought, the more Maya regretted her past decisions, and the deeper her hatred for Joy Quinn grew.
"Joy Quinn, what grudge do we have that you’d harm me this way?"
"Maya, what nonsense are you talking? How did I harm you?"
Joy Quinn felt wronged, she hadn’t lied; everything she said was merely what she had always known to be true.
But she didn’t understand why this country bumpkin July suddenly transformed, having been recommended to the First University of Esteria years ago.
But Maya Marsh, full of anger, couldn’t listen to her explanation, immediately without another word, grabbed her hair...