Riches in Disguise

With the support of the other lecturers, Roger grew even bolder, his words becoming sharper.

"I'm the only one gracious enough to take you in. Go ask around if other departments want you!" he sneered, asking another lecturer, "Mr. Burrows, would you take him?"

The lecturer chuckled, "Oh no, I wouldn't dare take on such a troublesome task."

"How about you, Mr. Cunningham?" Roger smugly asked another lecturer.

Mr. Cunningham quickly waved his hand to decline. "I could never handle such a difficult student."

The entire office joined in, making it clear they wanted nothing to do with me. Eventually, Roger shrugged in mock sympathy. "See? Other lecturers would've treated you worse, yet you have the nerve to complain about me? You ungrateful brat."

I chuckled coldly.

Most people would have burst into tears and even started questioning themselves after being cornered by a group of teachers like this.

Fortunately, I knew the whole truth and was sure of myself.

"There's no need to ask for outside help, Mr. Hopkins. I only have one question— since you gave me a zero for the test, do you have the test paper with my name on it?" I boldly asked. "If you can prove that you have it, I'll grovel for forgiveness. But if you don't, I'll fight to the end, even if it means bringing this to the Ministry of Education!"

Roger froze but couldn't say anything. That was because there was no test paper.

He hadn't even handed me a test paper that day, and I'd left right after he announced the quiz.

He had no right to give me a zero without my test paper. In other words, he was in the wrong here.

I turned my attention to the other lecturers. "Mr. Burrows, Mr. Cunningham, you two seem to enjoy expressing your opinions. So let me ask you, if a student receives a zero despite not taking a test, and the lecturer doesn't have the student's test paper, is the lecturer in the right or wrong?"

The two lecturers averted their eyes and pretended not to hear me.noveldrama

I jeered. "It seems like you two are just as disgusting as Mr. Hopkins!"

My words infuriated Mr. Burrows, and Mr. Cunningham immediately glared at me. They wanted to lash out but held back.

They had no reason to dig themselves deeper into this mess.

Defending Roger had been just a favor as his colleagues, but any more than that wasn't worth the hassle.

They quickly busied themselves with the papers on their desks.

I turned back to Roger. "It's a fact

that you handled my test

inappropriately, and nothing you say will change that. Now, for my second question. Benjamin and Liam both answered your quiz correctly, so why did they only score 89 and 86? I demand to see their answers and how you graded them!"

Roger snapped, "You have no right to ask for other students' test papers! Who do you think you are?"

Just then, Benjamin stepped forward. "Sir, I'd like to see my paper. There's

nothing wrong with me requesting to review my own paper, is there?"

spun my head to look at him, taken aback.

I never expected him to stand up for himself.

Benjamin and Liam were known for being timid, especially Benjamin. Coming from a poor family, he avoided conflict at all costs since the slightest trouble would destroy him.