The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 429: Face Hurts, Really Hurts_1

"Ah, it wasn’t a monthly test," he said with crossed legs, phone resting on the vanity, speaking rather irritably, "She went to take the independent entrance exam for Tsinghua University. A friend who went with her told me she was not in good condition before the test, so she probably didn’t do well. I’ve been thinking about how to comfort her when she gets back."

When the agent heard the words ’Tsinghua University,’ he couldn’t help but express his surprise, "She’s taking the Tsinghua exam? But she usually has good grades, right?"

Audrick Zachmann: "..."

Nathalie Quinlan’s grades being good or not wasn’t something Audrick could straightforwardly comment on. Some people apply to Tsinghua because of their good grades, but as for Nathalie, he believed it was her confidence!

Seeing that he didn’t respond, the agent touched his nose and asked awkwardly, "So how many points did she score?"

Audrick Zachmann: "She hasn’t replied to me yet. Probably scored too low, doesn’t want to tell me."

The agent thought for a moment, looked up at him and said, "If she scored alright, you should encourage her, tell her to keep it up next time. If she really did badly, I advise you to talk to her more, consider applying to a different school when it’s time for the college entrance exam; there’s no need to fixate on one university."

"If only she would listen to me," Audrick said, visibly distressed, holding his phone and looking distracted, waiting for a message.

Just then, Nathalie Quinlan’s message came through.

Audrick checked the message, initially glancing over it nonchalantly, but after a look, his expression changed dramatically. Completely forgetting that the stylist was still doing his hair, he jumped to his feet, phone in hand, and blurted out a curse in front of everyone, "Fuck!!!"

He must have seen it wrong, right?

650?

"What’s wrong, did your sister reply? How many points did she get?" The agent, seeing his extreme reaction, grabbed his phone while asking, "It can’t be zero points, can it?"

The phone displayed a screenshot sent by Nathalie Quinlan.

Chinese: 100

Math: 100

English: 100

Science and Humanities Comprehensive: 350

Total Score: 650

Student Name: Nathalie Quinlan

Ranking: 1

Full marks???

The agent, staring at the score report, couldn’t find his voice for a good while, "Audrick, if your sister calls this a bad score, then nobody can say they did well!"

He recalled his own daughter, who’d come home grinning with an 80 from elementary school exams if she was lucky. This score requires consolation, then he needed even more consolation, damn it!

The agent was close to bursting into tears.

Painful!

Truly fucking painful!

Without comparison, one might not feel the pain, but at this moment, life was so damn hard!!!!

"With this score, last year’s McKinney top scholar wasn’t as impressive as her. Provincial top scholar, no, if this were the college entrance exam, your sister could easily be the national top scholar..."

And here he was, just a moment ago adamantly advising to apply to another school!

His face hurt, really hurt!

The agent couldn’t voice the turmoil in his heart, silently looking over the name on the screenshot again.

Nathalie Quinlan.

He thought to himself, quietly, this year’s McKinney valedictorian has a name!

*

After replying to Audrick’s message, Nathalie Quinlan didn’t check her phone again; she tossed it aside, turned off the light, and drifted off to sleep out of exhaustion.

The next day, she was scheduled for an interview at Tsinghua University.

Amadeus Yancey got up early to take her to school. It seemed he had something to tell her, so after a few words, he hurried off with Alfred Garland.

Nathalie, for her part, didn’t mind; she was used to doing things on her own and didn’t need someone to accompany her to the exam.

Last night, Audrick asked her about her results; she had checked casually, and aside from the Chinese score which was a surprise, the scores in other subjects were as she expected.

First.

If there were no major mistakes during the interview, she could pretty much choose any major she wanted.