Chapter 25 The Wife Behaves Strangely Around Us

• Ms. Emerson turned her head to look at Nicole with a gentle smile. “Keep up the good work, Nicole. Don’t get complacent just because you have scored a full mark this time. The monthly exam is around the corner; it is still crucial to do revision at night.” Yesterday, she thought that Nicole’s grades were mediocre. Nicole was even absent from the self-study class last night. It was only after the test did she find Nicole’s exam results to be anything but mediocre. She was now much more at ease. It shocked Bradley to see how easily Ms. Emerson glossed over Nicole’s absence from the self-study class. Jack was even more dumbfounded, not expecting Nicole to be the only person who got a perfect score. He and Wayne looked at Nicole, sitting in the third row from the last, as if she were some kind of monster. While passing the test papers to Nicole, there was a complicated look in Lulu’s eyes as she noticed that Nicole had corrected the two questions that she had done wrong. Those two questions were tough problems and very challenging.
• She had thought about it for a long time, was still confused by them, and gave the wrong answers. Yet Nicole could see through the problems at a glance and come up with smart, concise, and correct answers. She looked at Nicole’s steps toward a solution; her thinking was unique and unconventional yet effective. She admitted she was way behind Nicole. Could it be that this transfer student from the countryside was a real genius? Ms. Emerson also featured Nicole’s problem-solving approach in her lectures. She compared it with the standard textbook answers and praised Nicole’s creative approach. After the class, Lulu came up to Nicole and asked, “Did you come up with the solution to those two problems yourself?” Nicole nodded. Compiling hacking codes was a thousand times more difficult than these test papers. These test papers were completely unnecessary for her.
• If it were not for the sake of submitting assignments, she would not even write it, as it would be a waste of time. That was why she just copied and pasted the answers. “Nicole, you are awesome. Do you have time to teach me?” Seeing Lulu look at her with adoration, Nicole could not refuse her. She agreed with a smile. “Sure.” After Lulu left, Nicole felt stares from behind her while she lazily put her things into her bag. However, she paid no heed. Instead, she just packed and left the classroom. It was not until Nicole disappeared from the line of sight that Gary pulled back his gaze thoughtfully. Nicole was standing in front of the Royal Creek Institute campus as the driver called and apologized to her, saying that the traffic was too congested and telling her to wait a little longer. Nicole saw that there was a café in front of the school. Since it was still early and she had nowhere to go, she thought she might as well go in and sit down in the café. Once stepping into the café, she found that the interior decoration was of a Nordic style she liked very much.