The Shadow of SAT Exam

5

The third practice exam was coming soon.

"Kathy, good luck on your exams!" Lisa saw me coming downstairs and came up to me enthusiastically.

I smiled and spoke to her meaningfully.

"Good luck to you, too."

"Go to the cemetery."

I opened the car door and said to the driver.

"Okay, Ms. Morgan."

I was not planning to take the exam today but going to visit my mother.

"Mom, I'm here to see you."

I leaned over and placed the flowers on the grave.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I was so stupid in my last life. I even have to call the thief my mother..."

As I said this, my tears couldn't stop falling.

I no longer had to pretend to be strong in front of my mother.

In my previous life, I was slandered and became notorious, and finally died in a stinking alley.

After my death, I watched Lisa join the Morgan Group and change its name.

It was then that I realized that Lisa was not my father's child!

"Kathy, why are you here?"

The sudden sound startled me and I hurriedly wiped my tears with my sleeves.

"Dad?"

My dad was wearing a black suit and holding the same flowers as me.

"Yes."

Dad walked over, placed the bouquet on the grave, and then stood next to me.

"Aren't you taking the exam today?"

I sobbed and asked, "You know it?"

My dad nodded.

"Don't be nervous. No matter what happens, you can always rely on me and the Morgan Group."

My dad was not good at saying things like that, and I saw his hands were clenched tightly.

Well, I was not good at it either.

"Okay. I'll be leaving first."

After walking a few steps, I suddenly stopped.

"Oh, by the way, Dad, you should do a paternity test with Lisa."

After saying that, I ran down the mountain as if escaping.

As I got in the car, scenes from the past came to my mind.

My father's family didn't like my mother back then. My mother was an artist and didn't like being restricted or staying at home.

My grandparents didn't like her because of this.

Therefore, when Mia and Lisa came to our home with the paternity test results, my grandparents hurriedly recognized them.

There was a notification sound.

I looked down and saw it was a message.

[I didn't take the exam today as you requested, so we are even.]

The person who sent the message was Owen Swift.

That year, he got low grades on the exam and wanted to commit suicide by jumping off the building, but I saved him.

He said he owed me a favor, so he did this for me.

[OK.]

After sending the message, I was informed that he had blocked me.

However, someone must be extremely panicking right now...

6

I was in a good mood and spent the whole day in the library reviewing.

After having supper, I happily returned home at around 11 o'clock in the evening.

"Kathy! Why didn't you take the exam today?"

As soon as I entered the door, Lisa rushed to me and asked.

"Oh, I got something to do, what's wrong?"

Lisa asked angrily, "Is there anything more important than the exam?"

"It doesn't matter. Even if I fail the college entrance exam, I still have the Morgan Group."

After saying that, I patted Lisa's shoulder.

Lisa's face immediately turned pale.

I thought this was also one of the reasons why Lisa hated me.

Under pressure from my grandparents, my father adopted Lisa and let Lisa and her mother live with us.

The condition was that Lisa and Mia had no right to obtain any shares of the Morgan Group.

"By the way, Lisa, how did you do on the test today?"

I walked around Lisa and sat on the sofa.

"Well, not bad."

I couldn't stop being excited. It was impossible.

Although our school had first-rate educational facilities and teachers, it was not the best school in our city.

There were no people who could perform as well as me and Owen in our school.

Our school was an international school, with few students and high tuition fees. Most of the students were children from wealthy families who were preparing to study abroad.

I studied hard because I wanted to study at my mother's alma mater.

And Owen was invited to study in our school at a huge price.

He and I didn't take the exam today, so Lisa must be very tired from copying the answers.

If Lisa dared to search for answers on the Internet, she would be arrested and interrogated soon.

So she could only copy the answers of people with excellent grades, which must be very difficult...

Lisa's method of copying the answers was very simple. She would stop time, then find my exam room and copy my answers.

I had to admit that this method was good.

After rebirth, I found that I was no longer controlled by this system and I could feel the passage of time.

I could see Lisa carrying the test paper and pen, running from another examination room to mine, and copying my answers.

"System! Why didn't you tell me that Kathy wasn't going to take the exam today? I'm so unlucky today. Owen didn't take the exam either. I wasted ten minutes of my right of stopping time looking for him..."

Lisa's angry voice rang in my ears again.

Well, if she was unhappy, then I would be happy.

"This is out of the range of system prompts, but here is a friendly reminder to the you that your remaining stagnation time is thirty minutes."

Oh, it seemed that since Owen and I were not here, she failed to copy the answers smoothly.

So much time wasted.

"Got it! Isn't it easy to make her jealous of me?"

Lisa's tone was nonchalant.

Then I would wait and see.