Chapter 176

She said she’d have someone bring the test, not just try to contact the specialist team.
The room went dead quiet. Everyone turned to Charlotte, who hadn’t said a word until now, and then suddenly dropped this bomb.
No one spoke. It was like the air froze.
“What did you just say?”
After a few seconds, Ronald broke the silence, scoffing like he’d just heard the world’s worst joke. “You’ll pay for it? You think you can really get a new test from the specialists?”
Unbelievable. This girl had some nerve.
Charlotte didn’t even bother responding to him. She simply reached into her school uniform pocket, pulled out a bank card, and tossed it onto the desk.
“Here’s the money. And as for the test She lifted her chin, locking eyes with Eleanor, who looked just as stunned as everyone else. “Eleanor, can I borrow your phone?”
“Huh?” Eleanor was confused, but she still handed over her phone. She was about to tell Charlotte her passcode, but Charlotte had already unlocked it.
Charlotte held the phone, her eyes cool and steady as she glanced at Ronald, who was glaring at her like he wanted to set her on fire. There was a sharpness to her look as she asked, “So, you said that if I pay and get a new test from the physics specialists, we’ll take the B test, right?”
“That’s right,” Ronald said, not missing a beat, his face twisted in a mocking grin. “The money isn’t the problem. It’s the new test. You really think you can pull that off?”
A test from the physics experts wasn’t something just anyone could get. Ronald had tried everything and couldn’t even get a meeting with them. In the end, it took a call from the principal for them to even consider it.
Did Charlotte really think a bit of cash made her special? Did she seriously believe the experts would even give her the time of day?
“Good. That’s all I needed to hear,” Charlotte said, her voice even.
She typed out a quick message, hit send, and handed the phone back to Eleanor. “Someone from the specialist team will bring the test in half an hour.”
Then she turned her gaze to Shirley, who was still staring at her in shock. “Get ready,” she said, her tone calm and casual. “We’re retaking the B test in thirty minutes.”
Shirley still hadn’t processed what was happening, but Ronald just snorted. “Charlotte, are you messing with us? He rolled his eyes. “Someone from the specialist team is just going to waltz in here with a new test in half an hour? Why don’t, you just say the head of the National Physics Institute is coming too?”
“We’ll see in half an hour, won’t we?” Charlotte leaned back in her chair, looking completely at ease, but there was something about her that sent a chill through the
room.
Her confidence was starting to get to Eleanor. First, she’d lost the bet about coming in second place, and now she was claiming she could get the topexperts to hand-deliver a test. The things she said were getting crazier.
Eleanor couldn’t help but wonder if Charlotte had finally snapped under the pressure.
“Charlotte, are you serious?” Eleanor whispered, her voice low. “This isn’t a joke.” “Do I look like I’m joking?” Charlotte tapped her foot on the floor, sounding impatient.
Eleanor hesitated. She wasn’t sure what to believe anymore. Charlotte was always full of surprises.
“Half an hour? You really think you’ll still be here in half an hour?” Ronald sneered, cunning his hand over the few remaining hairs on his head, his eyes cold. “You didn’t get second place We had a deaf Rack your stuff and get out of Vanguard High. Now.”