Chapter 44 English Scores
Chapter 44 English Scores
Alina was most afraid of sudden silence.
Stunned for a few seconds, Alina cleared her throat and said, "Well, when I went out today, I saw this
funny thing, so I bought one for you. Do you like it?"
Alina opened the small box in her hand and handed it to Sheffield. There was a ceramic bunny in the
box. The bunny looked cool. Alina thought that this bunny was somewhat like Sheffield. So she bought
it.
Sheffield glanced at it and said in disgust, "It's so ugly. Take it away!"
'Alas... How could he say that?' When Alina was about to glare at him, she remembered her intention,
so she forced a smile and said, "You don't like this, do you? I have another one which I bought it for
myself, or you can have that one."
Alina took out another one which was a bunny with a lascivious look.
This bunny caught the attention of Sheffield. It was lying on Alina's palm. Its eyes were blinking and its
mouth was watering. It was a frivolous bunny.
"Childish!" Pausing for a moment, Sheffield said in a despised tone.
"It's not childish. It's cute!" Alina slapped the bunny on Sheffield's arm and said, "Well, this one is for
you. I want the cool one!"
After sending the gift, Alina immediately said goodbye, "You go on with the game. I'm leaving. Bye."
She came and went in a hurry, and Sheffield stared at the bunny with mixed feelings.
The next day, a new week began. Alina went to school as usual.
In the morning, Alina greeted Sheffield. It was rare that he didn't turn a blind eye to her, and he replied,
"Good morning."
Alina suddenly felt that the bunny sent yesterday was worth it.
After having breakfast in a harmonious atmosphere, they went to school together.
On the way, Alina happily showed the bunny on her bag to Sheffield. He took a look and didn't say
anything.
Alina encouraged herself that at least he took a look at it. They didn't even make eye contact before.
Now he did much better than before.
She mustn't give up!
Before she got off the car, Alina said to Sheffield in a serious tone, "Be careful at school. Don't go to a
remote place alone. Leave school with your classmates. If you leave school late, call me and I'll come
to pick you up."
"I don't have your number." Sheffield looked at Alina and suddenly said.
"What?" Alina paused for a while. She didn't seem to have his number either. She took out her phone
immediately and said, "Tell me your number. I'll call you."
"16676577868." Sheffield said very quickly without a pause.
"Don't be so quick," Alina said. "I can't remember. Say it again."
She hadn't used the physical keypad for a long time.
Then she made a call. Sheffield looked at the number on the screen and hung up.
"Miss Alaina, your school is here." The driver reminded Alina.
"Thank you, David." Alina opened the door, got off and waved to Sheffield, and then closed the door.
She went all the way to class 126. The classroom was as noisy as before.
With a faint smile on her face, Alina walked towards her seat. When Rose saw her, she greeted her at
once, "Good morning!"
"Good morning."
"What's wrong with your face? It's a little swollen on the right." Rose was sharp eyed and could tell the
difference at a glance.
Upon hearing this, Alina touched her face subconsciously and said with a smile, "When I picked up my
pen, I hit the table by accident. Luckily, I was not badly hurt, otherwise I would be embarrassed today."
"You are too careless. Fortunately, you bumped into a table. If you hit something sharp, you would be
disfigured!"
"You're right. From now on, you must be careful when picking up things," said Alina.
Rose sighed and changed the topic, "I heard that our exam results have come out. My score is
definitely not high."
"Don't worry. It's not that bad," replied Alina, trying to console her.
"Of course you don't worry. You got over ninety points in math. I don't know if I have fifty points."
"The score of a course doesn't determine the ranking."
"Don't talk to me, please." Rose rolled her eyes at Alina.
"Fine, fine. I don't talk to you, I'll read."
Soon, the bell rang. Then, Leo walked in from the back door with a bag.
His eyes fell on Alina and then he moved to his seat.
As soon as Leo came to his seat, Mr. Su came in with English exam papers in his arms.
He put the exam papers on the platform, grinning. He glanced across the room and paused slightly as
he saw Alina.
"Students, the results of the English papers have come out. Now I'll hand out the papers, and we will
talk about it in the class."
After he finished his words, he began to hand out the papers, "Victor, Mark, Gordon..."
Rose stared at the exam papers on the platform. She felt nervous and wondered how many points she
could get.
"Yana."
When Alina heard the name of her desk mate, she quickly moved her chair forward to let her out.
Yana went to the platform to get the paper. As soon as she saw the score, she sighed and walked back
gloomily.
"How many points did you get?" Two female students who sat in front of her turned around and asked
when they saw Yana.
Alina glanced at the paper on the desk and saw 63.
Yana made no reply and motioned to them to look at the paper themselves, and the two students
glanced at the score and quickly turned around.
"Rose."
Rose stood up immediately and said to her desk mate, "I'm so nervous. What should I do? Emma, do
you think I will only get thirty points?"
Emma pushed her, "Don't think too much. Go and get your paper!"
Rose walked hurriedly and took the exam paper from the teacher. She looked at it. Fifty-nine points. All
right, all right.
Alina asked, "Well, are you satisfied with the score?"
Rose nodded with a smile, "Yes, I'm very satisfied. My requirement is not very high."
Alina thought she did well in the exam. She took a closer look at her score and suddenly felt that she
was so easy to be satisfied.
"Eddie."
Hearing the name of Eddie, Cary immediately shouted, "Sir, how many points has he got in the exam?
Please tell us so that we can know about others' performance."
Mr. Su smiled and said, "Eddie, forty-seven points."
"Oh my God!" Cary was gloating.
Soon, Mr. Su announced loudly, "Cary, forty-six points."
Now he was laughed at by others.
"Bonnie, 83. Ivy, 87." The two girls smiled at each other. Both of them had the highest scores in the
class.
"Alaina," Mr. Su paused after reading her name. "She has made great progress. Everyone should learn
from her..."
A naughty boy asked, "Sir, you said that she made great progress. What score did she get?"
The teacher took a glance at him and answered, "Eighty-six points."
"Wow..." The students widened their eyes.
At this moment, the crowd burst into a loud exclamation. Although Alina looked calm, she felt
embarrassed. It was only 86. Didn't they overreact?
Rose looked at Alina in shock, "You did so well on the exam. If I knew it earlier, I would have copied
your answers!"
"You're exaggerating. I just pass the exam."
Yana stared at the score on the paper and wondered how she could make such progress.
The two girls sitting at the front desk turned around and looked at the score on the paper, full of
admiration. "If only I could get such a high score in English!"
"Alaina, good job! We're counting on you for the English exam." The boy in the back poked her with a
pen and said.
Alina smiled at them and said nothing.
All the papers were handed out in ten minutes. Mr. Su knocked on the blackboard to keep quiet.
"You all got the paper. You can see if you did well in the exam. Did you listen to me? About eighty-five
percent of the questions on the exam paper were emphasize again and again by me in class. You still
made mistakes. I looked at the answers you gave me when I corrected the exam papers and I was very
angry!"
The students lowered their heads, not daring to look at the teacher.
It suddenly occurred to Alina how her English teacher explained exam papers when she was in high
school.
Generally, she would ask the subject representative to hand out the exam papers first. Then she only
explained a few questions that were easy to get wrong. For other questions, she would explained only
when someone asked.
She had never scolded them like that.
Alina couldn't help feeling sorry for Mr. Su.
Mr. Su explained the exam paper earnestly.
After the morning reading and the first class, they didn't even finish one exam paper.
If it were her former class, they had finished ten exam papers.
As soon as the class bell rang, Mr. Su said in a weak voice, "Class over." Then he picked up his things
and walked out of the classroom, sighing deeply.
"Alaina, I've just asked around. Your English score seems to be the second in our class!" Rose said
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Alina was surprised, "Oh, no. The highest score in our class is only 87?"
Rose replied, "Yes, Ivy got the highest score. Didn't you hear?"
"Maybe someone got higher scores?"
"Are you an idiot? Bonnie and Ivy always get the highest scores in English. Trust me, no one else can
get a higher score than them, except you."
While they were talking, Leo came over from behind, carrying a bag in his hand.