Reborn as a Mortal Heiress Pampered by Big Shots-Chapter 416 - 278th written test is also first place!_2

The corridor had its windows open, and the excited voice of the proctor faintly drifted into the classroom.

It took a good while for her to calm her emotions and return, operating the computer for a bit before looking down at the students with a smile, "All right, the grades have been entered into the system, and students who have advanced will receive a notice from the Academy today. You may take your personal belongings and leave now..."

Granted permission, everyone started packing up while discussing the grades.

"Xia Ye, a perfect score of 200, you answered all the questions correctly? How did you manage that?"

"So many questions were beyond the scope..."

Xia Ye slung her backpack over her shoulder and rose calmly, "I read and study a lot in my spare time. As long as your knowledge is extensive, it’s not very difficult."

"Amazing, you’re so much younger than us, yet you know more than we do."

"I feel like I learned nothing in my four years of college."

Xia Ye offered a polite smile and said no more, walking to the computer room door just in time to bump into Shen Zhiqiao.

Shen Zhiqiao glanced at her, about to leave, but got stopped by her calling out.

Turning around, Xia Ye’s delicate and beautiful but inscrutable eyes landed squarely on her face, making her feel irritated and disturbed.

Shen Zhiqiao frowned displeased, "What do you mean by that?"

Xia Ye smiled, "Getting a perfect score on this test is quite impressive."

Her recent talk with the other students about knowledge reserves wasn’t referring to just a few years or even a decade’s worth, but rather from a baseline of 500 years...

Shen Zhiqiao’s face burned with humiliation. She could say that ever since she saw that test paper, her heart had been abnormally racing.

But then, she remembered that Xia Ye also got the perfect score by cheating, right?

What was there for her to feel embarrassed about in front of Xia Ye?

"The feeling is mutual," Shen Zhiqiao said sarcastically, pulling her lips into a sneer.

Having spoken, she left with a step.

Shen Zhiqiao had also heard Xia Ye’s conversation with the other students.

Such thick skin, to proudly talk about her ’extensive knowledge reserves’ when her perfect score was the result of cheating.

She would not dare to be so self-righteous.

After leaving the Academy of Sciences, Shen Zhiqiao didn’t wait for the Shen Family’s car to pick her up and instead hailed a cab home.

She wanted to ask her brother what exactly was the deal with today’s exam paper!

**

Outside Shen Zhixi’s study, the secretary stood waiting.

When Shen Zhiqiao wanted to enter, he raised his hand to stop her, bowing respectfully, "I’m sorry, Miss Shen, but the President has an appointment soon, and you cannot go in right now."

Shen Zhiqiao’s expression darkened, "You just said ’soon’; it’s not yet, is it? I’ll be quick."

"But..." The secretary glanced at the time, but before he could speak further, Shen Zhiqiao had already opened the door and gone in...

Seeing that it was her, Shen Zhixi didn’t seem too surprised. He put down the documents in his hand and unhurriedly wheeled his chair around from behind the desk, "How did the exam go?"

"First," Shen Zhiqiao said with dissatisfaction, "tied for first place with Xia Ye."

Shen Zhixi had guessed as much, raised his eyebrows slightly, and with his long fingers pressed the button on the tea maker, then took another cup from beside it, "Tied for first place is not a loss."

"Brother!" Shen Zhiqiao snatched the cup from his hand, then realizing her own tone was a bit too agitated, she took a moment to compose herself and poured him some hot tea, "Brother, what was with the test paper you gave me? Do you know that the exam paper I had today was exactly the same as the one you gave me!"

Listening to her, Shen Zhixi’s expression on his face didn’t change, and he took the teacup, "Of course, brother knows."

Shen Zhiqiao was taken aback.

She had held out a sliver of hope that, perhaps, her brother did not know after all, and that it was a misunderstanding by his subordinates.

She had always respected her brother, who not only made the Shen Family business more and more successful over the years but also did many good deeds, becoming quite a prestigious figure in Hai City.

Although cheating had been for her own good, Shen Zhiqiao didn’t believe her brother would resort to such methods.

Shen Zhiqiao demanded with agitation, "Brother, do you have that little faith in me? Do you think I can’t beat Xia Ye on my own merit?"

It was the first time she spoke to her brother in such a tone and Shen Zhixi’s face showed displeasure, a cold aura emanating from him.

He slowly sipped his tea before placing the teacup on the table, "Then let me ask you, did you score a perfect grade the first time you took this test? If you hadn’t done it in advance, could you have tied for first place with Xia Ye?"

Shen Zhiqiao felt a bit fearful of her brother’s current expression, but she couldn’t help but retort, "Brother, you don’t really think Xia Ye scored a perfect grade on her own, do you? She got the exam questions from her family too!"

Shen Zhixi’s eyes turned cold, his tone icy, "The exam questions from the Academy of Sciences are not something just anyone can get their hands on. Qiaoqiao, don’t be naïve, the Xia Family can’t possibly obtain such classified information..."