The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Teachers Scramble for New Recruits

The teenager’s loud exclamation caught everyone’s attention, and they all instinctively looked over at him.

There he was, clutching his notebook with eyes shining brightly.

Only then did everyone realize that the results were released!

Lucas Jennings squeezed over immediately, about to ask how the boy knew Scarlett’s student ID number, but upon seeing the content displayed on the page, he swallowed the words back down.

The top scorer of the provincial high school exit exam had their name and score directly announced on the platform.

There was no need for a student ID.

At that moment, the platform page displayed the news that Scarlett Garrison had become the top scorer in Sea City’s high school exit exam with an impressive score of 738.

This announcement was ranked second, just one point behind the national top scorer’s news.

Lucas only felt his heart sink.

He didn’t even have the heart to check his own score.

Either way, he wasn’t the top scorer!

Lucas looked at Scarlett, but she remained calm, seemingly indifferent to her exam score or the glory of being the provincial top scorer.

Lucas’s fist, hanging by his side, tightened unconsciously.

He didn’t believe she was truly indifferent.

She was just pretending to be nonchalant.

Although he was clearly disappointed with the result, if she could pretend, so could he.

In just a moment, Lucas’s expression returned to his usual slightly indifferent demeanor, pretending as if he didn’t care about the outcome.

Suddenly, a soft, boneless hand extended over, gently patting the back of his hand.

A silent comfort.

Lucas looked up, meeting Azura Loomis’s obviously encouraging gaze, and he didn’t feel comforted; instead, he felt embarrassed to have been seen in a vulnerable moment.

[Reminder! Lucas Jennings’ goodwill value decreased by 1 point, current goodwill value: 87 points.]

Azura Loomis: ...

What did she do?

She just comforted him; shouldn’t it have increased her goodwill value?

Why did it decrease instead?!

Azura Loomis felt a bit awkward for a moment.

But she understood Lucas’s peculiar personality well; she’d run into many walls while trying to win him over in the past.

She hadn’t anticipated that she still didn’t understand him well enough.

Thinking of this, Azura Loomis immediately retracted her hand, pretending she hadn’t done anything.

Since he didn’t like being comforted, so be it.

Lucas looked at the suddenly withdrawn hand and didn’t feel embarrassed anymore; he felt like she was distancing herself from him!

Just because he didn’t score as the top scorer?

[Reminder! Lucas Jennings’ goodwill value decreased by 1 point, current goodwill value: 86 points.]

Azura Loomis’s pupils contracted involuntarily.

Suddenly losing two points, she was almost driven to madness!

What was going on?!

This didn’t work, and that didn’t work!

Yet, given today’s occasion, Azura Loomis dared not show anything outwardly, and could only maintain her gracious and sincere congratulatory smile.

Lucas didn’t want to check his score, but Anthony Anson had no such reservations. After initially marveling at Scarlett’s impressive feat, he elbowed his way over, giving Lucas his student ID number to check his score.

Lucas entered the number as instructed, and Anthony scored 687 points, which was a decent score even on a national level, but it still fell short compared to Scarlett’s score.

Though Luca was still composed, the slight hint of a smile betrayed his pride and joy.

His daughter was indeed remarkable, so outstanding that universities would compete fiercely for her.

Old Sir Jennings also had a gentle, pleased smile. Observing the universities’ generous offers, he finally spoke,

"You are all representatives of our nation’s top universities. It’s Scarlett’s fortune to receive personal invitations like this. However, the final decision on which university she will attend rests with her."

He felt that any of Grand Cathay University, Capital University, or Sea University would do.

As for the Taoism Academy, he subconsciously chose to forget it.

Donovan chimed in, offering the same assurance to Scarlett that,

"Scarlett, pick whichever you want, without any reservations."

Although his words mirrored Old Sir Jennings’s, unlike him, even if Scarlett chose the Taoism Academy, he’d support her.

Seeing all eyes on her, Scarlett finally pulled herself out of her musings.

She had plans for which school she was going to attend.

Her almond eyes drifted past the teachers from the four universities and finally rested on the one dressed in a Taoist robe.

In his eyes, she glimpsed a faint layer of blue light around him.

Such a hue represented the spiritual energy within him.

Obvious enough, he wasn’t an ordinary teacher.

Retrieving her gaze from him, Scarlett turned to the teachers from the other three universities,

"I appreciate your personal visits, professors. I’ve decided to attend Sea City’s Taoism Academy."

Scarlett’s words were like a thunderclap.

Not only were the top university recruitment teachers stunned, but the members of the Jennings Family also wore expressions of disbelief.

This kid, could she really be so foolish?