Chapter 496

Soon, voices of doubt began to surface online. No one believed a high school dropout could become the top scorer, let alone achieve a perfect score on every subject.
Limited by their own intelligence and perception, netizens, who had just been praising her, began to turn. They couldn’t achieve something like that, so they refused to believe anyone else could especially someone like Juniper, a piece of “trash” who should have been groveling in the dust with them, now suddenly soaring above them all.
Naturally, they were bitter. So, when an opportunity to tear her down presented itself, they seized it with glee.
[Mark my words, if Juniper got a perfect score, I’ll livestream myself eating my own shoe.]
[Aurora High School must be behind this, right? They created this ‘goddess’ Juniper to boost their reputation. Maybe she had someone take the test for her?]
[The user above is onto something! A perfect score on everything? Would you sooner believe that, or that I’m the Pope?]
[The real question is, how did Aurora High School get the answer key?]
[I demand a full investigation into Aurora High School and Juniper! Expose the masterminds!]
[Cheating to get first place? She’s got more nerve than a lion!]
[We request a full investigation to bring justice to the millions of other students! @Borealia’s Department of Education]
[@Jimmie Did you have a hand in Juniper’s perfect score?]
[To the person above, until there’s proof, don’t you dare try to drag our idol through the mud, thank you.]
[Let’s hope your precious idol isn’t involved. Because cheating on university entrance exams is a crime he can’t just walk away from, lol.]
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Back in the coffee shop, Yolanda waited until Juniper and the reporters had left before putting on a hat and mask to hide her tear-streaked face. The joy she had felt earlier was now replaced by an equal measure of agony.
She just couldn’t understand it. How could Juniper be the top scorer with a perfect score? Growing up, Juniper’s grades were never as good as her She hadn’t even finished
high school. Cheating or using
proxy were the only explanations
she could think of.
Just as she suspected, when Yolanda got in her car and checked her phone, a news alert popped up.
#Juniper Cheated On Entrance Exams?#
Cheated? The word made Yolanda’s heart leap. She eagerly tapped on the headline.
A large number of netizens had turned on Juniper, demanding an explanation from her and Aurora High School. Calls for an official investigation were flooding every platform.
Every trending topic related to “Juniper” was now marked with a bright red “EXPLODING” tag.
Yolanda’s thumb flew across the screen, a smile finally breaking through her tears as she saw the vast majority of comments were now attacking Juniper. Right now, Juniper must be feeling like she was being roasted over an open fire.
“She had it coming,” Yolanda thought. “How could that little stray possibly get a perfect score?”
Now, this was a disaster. Cheating
on the university entrance exams
was far more serious than her
‘mistaken identity’ incident. Yolanda frantically boosted the posts accusing Juniper, the knot
oDanger
in her chest finally loosening Everit
she wasn’t the top scorer, her
shielded scores meant she was in
the top fifty at least.
Juniper, on the other hand… not only would she be stripped of her title and her spot
in Eclara University’s Genius Program, but her scores would be nullified for
cheating. If things got serious, she could even face jail time!
The more Yolanda thought about it, the more her heart soared with delight.