Chapter 495: Chapter 495: Betting on the Future!
"The Keaton Group covers three-quarters of the industries nationwide. If Maya Marsh made a mistake this time, it would mean being ostracized by three-quarters of the industries nationwide!"
"If she really gets ostracized and is not recruited by three-quarters of the industries nationwide, Maya Marsh can forget about making a name for herself and will have to marry someone."
Listening to the chatter around, Maya Marsh’s expression was very poor.
She was from a bad family background, so she always hoped to change her fate through knowledge.
If she really lost the chance to make a name for herself just because she checked a test paper, that wouldn’t be worth it.
Therefore, she hesitated.
Beside her, Willow Young softly asked Joy Quinn, "Joy, do you know if the Keaton Group has such a rule?"
"I haven’t heard of it. Perhaps this is just the exam proctor trying to avoid being exposed, randomly making something up to scare Maya Marsh," Joy Quinn replied softly.
But these words were overheard by Maya Marsh.
After much consideration, Maya Marsh said to the exam proctor, "I still want to check the test paper."
"Quinn, what about you?" The exam proctor turned to July Quinn.
In order to retrieve July Quinn’s test paper, her permission was also needed.
"Sure. Since some people are risking their future, I naturally have to accompany them to the end."
July Quinn looked at Maya Marsh with a half-smile, as if watching a comedy.
This only fueled the anger in Maya Marsh’s heart: "Since you dare to treat the exam as your own stage, putting on a gilded farce, you must bear the consequences of being exposed."
July Quinn showed no sign of anger and said, "I just hope you won’t regret it."
Seeing July Quinn so calm, Maya Marsh began to feel some self-doubt.
Just then, the exam proctor spoke, "Since you have all decided to look at the test papers, follow me to the small conference room."
As soon as the exam proctor left, Willow Young tugged Joy Quinn along and urged Maya Marsh quickly.
"We’ll go with you. If we find someone cheating, we can help you seek justice."
Under Willow Young’s momentum, the other participants of this exam also spontaneously joined the group to help Maya Marsh seek justice.
Having come this far, Maya Marsh could only muster up her courage to follow them to the small conference room.
July Quinn followed suit.
Shelly Cole once tried to pull her back, but July Quinn turned and said, "Don’t worry, it’ll be fine."
Half-believing, Shelly Cole ultimately followed July Quinn and the others to the small conference room.
*
The matter of July Quinn, this semi-illiterate, participating in the Keaton Biological Laboratory’s exam had already drawn considerable attention, and someone had even posted online that July Quinn had indeed ranked first, sparking intense scrutiny on the school forum.
All at once, attention skyrocketed.
The people who came to investigate whether July Quinn had cheated filled the small conference room.
Soon, the exam proctor checked July Quinn and Maya Marsh’s student IDs, retrieved their test papers, and displayed them on the conference room’s screen.
"Please confirm, are these your test papers?"
July Quinn nodded, and after double-checking, Maya Marsh nodded as well.
Soon, the exam proctor operated the computer again.
This time, the scores of the two appeared on the screen.
Maya Marsh’s score was 74, ranking 23rd in this exam.
Whereas July Quinn ranked first, with a score of... 100!
The scores were announced, causing the whole room to erupt.
"One hundred points? Oh my God, a perfect score!"
"I’ve heard that the Keaton exam has never had a perfect score before, especially since this round’s difficulty is greater than any previous ones."
"Joy Quinn got 90 in the past and was called a genius. July Quinn’s score makes her a genius among geniuses."
Amidst the heated discussions, Maya Marsh’s face was almost white without a hint of blood.