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Chapter 872: Missing the First Test
"Everyone, enter the classroom and start distributing the exam papers."
Mio Osborne’s voice rang out, and the students immediately sat down at their desks.
Mio Osborne had rearranged the seats in the class; each desk was isolated, with enough space between each other to ensure that they couldn’t see the answers of the person next to them.
Holly Holloway was the last to enter the classroom.
Seeing that Summer Monroe hadn’t arrived yet, she fled to the bathroom under Mio Osborne’s pressure and made a phone call to Summer.
The call was quickly answered, and Damian Knight’s voice came through—
"Hello?"
Holly Holloway was momentarily stunned to hear a man’s voice but quickly regained composure and asked, "Is Summer there?"
"She’s still sleeping. Is there something important?"
"Today is the day of our class’s first monthly test. Isn’t Summer coming for the exam? She told me earlier that she would."
"Got it, I’ll let her know."
"Thank you." Holly hung up and swiftly ran back to the classroom.
Being two minutes late, Mio Osborne scolded her but, since it was an exam, didn’t say more and instructed Holly to return to her seat to take the test.
Willow Grant squinted slightly at Holly’s back.
No need to guess, she must have called Summer.
But even making the call wouldn’t help; it would take at least half an hour for Summer to get to school. Mio just mentioned that being ten minutes late would disqualify someone from taking the test for that subject.
In any case, Summer definitely wouldn’t make it.
Willow Grant smirked and lowered her eyes to continue with her test.
The first session was Chinese, with a moderate level of difficulty, something Willow Grant found to be a piece of cake.
...
Meanwhile.
In a room in Ross Hospital.
Damian Knight walked in from outside, holding a mobile phone.
The room was dimly lit, and he had taken the call just in time to prevent the ringtone from disturbing Summer, who was still sleeping.
After a moment’s hesitation, Damian Knight decided to wake Summer.
"Sadie, wake up."
Summer, a light sleeper, had been sleeping deeply due to the Monroes’ sleep-enhancing aromatherapy and the exhaustion from the previous day.
Damian Knight called her three times before she finally woke up.
"What’s going on?" she inquired, her voice slightly hoarse.
"Holly called for you," Damian Knight mentioned, emphasizing Holly’s name deliberately. He paused briefly before continuing, "She asked if you wanted to go for the exam?"
"The exam!" Summer sat up suddenly. "Damn! I forgot. What time is it now?"
"Nine thirty-five."
"Nine thirty-five... It’ll take half an hour to get there." Summer calculated the time, then simply shook her head and lay back down on the bed, tiredly saying, "Forget it, I’ll just sleep a bit more. The first exam is for Chinese anyway."
She wasn’t going to score much in Chinese, so she decided to skip it and head to the afternoon sessions instead.
Damian Knight smiled indulgently and said, "Since you’re awake, have some breakfast before going back to sleep. I just ordered porridge and buns for you; they should be arriving soon."
"Alright." Summer stretched lazily and got up to freshen up.
After a night’s rest, her energy had almost fully recovered.
Once she finished breakfast, she’d go back to sleep a bit more, then check on Julian Kingston, have some lunch, and finally head to school—the timing should work out just right.
As Summer leisurely had breakfast with Damian Knight, the students in the prep class were intently focusing on their exams.
Time flew by, and the Chinese exam came to an end.
As Willow Grant walked out of the classroom, her expression was somewhat displeased.
At first, she thought the exam was moderately challenging when she saw the multiple-choice questions upfront, but as she progressed, she realized the true difficulty—
On this Chinese paper, she’d be lucky to score around 80 out of 150, which was enough to prove how tough this exam was.