Chapter 970 Sowing Discord
Donovan looked her in the eye as he continued, “Now, I’m not trying to restrict your freedom to befriend people. This is just a friendly reminder that people are influenced by the company they keep. There is nothing to gain from being friends with Arielle.”
As Trisha was an obedient student, Donovan believed she would know what to do after hearing that.
However, Trisha raised her voice as she replied with red and puffy cheeks, “You’re wrong, Mr. Baxter. I wouldn’t even make it to the sixth place if it weren’t for Arielle’s help! She has always been helping me out a lot and never once hindered my progress. If anything, I’m the one who has caused her trouble lots of times. Also, Arielle didn’t cheat in the exam! I know that for a fact, so I can assure you she didn’t cheat!”
Donovan was surprised by the sudden outburst from Trisha who was usually as quiet as a mouse.
Arielle must’ve rubbed off on her! People sure have a tendency to pick up bad habits a lot easier than good ones!
With that in mind, Donovan’s expression grew cold as he said, “Looks like your judgment is really clouded. Think, Trisha. How could a student who skips class all the time score full marks in the exams?”
Trisha clenched her fists tightly and shouted, “She just can!”
“Trisha!” Donovan raised his voice too as he continued, “I won’t argue with you now because I know you won’t listen. No matter, I’ll just publicly ask her some questions later! You’ll see just how well she actually performs!”
Trisha gritted her teeth in anger, only to hear Donovan whisper in her ear all of a sudden, “We have five spots for our course this time, and you’re in the sixth place. She will be treated as a cheater if she fails to answer my questions, which will grant you her spot in the top five. You should be supporting my decision here, Trisha.”
Trisha froze and stared blankly at Donovan as she asked, “Is it really appropriate for you to do this, Mr. Baxter?”
Donovan tensed up upon hearing that, but Trisha continued anyway, “Arielle is a lot more likely to make it into Maxwell University than I am. Besides, you came up with this preparatory class because you wanted your students to get into Maxwell University, didn’t you? Why are you so against Arielle?”
Donovan didn’t take too well to Trisha’s tone and the look in her eyes.
How dare she imply that I’m deliberately picking on my students?
“You’re just as hopeless as Arielle! Now, go inside!” he said with a frown.
Terrified by the icy-cold tone of his voice, Trisha went pale and quickly entered the auditorium.
That’s it. I’m going to up the difficulty level of my questions for Arielle later! For the last question, I’ll go with a further mathematics question instead of a quantum mechanics question, but I’ll make her answer it with three different solutions! I was planning on using that question in my thesis, but I could only come up with two solutions for it. There’s no way Arielle could possibly come up with a third one if I can’t!
Donovan thought to himself as he looked at Trisha from behind.
As he was about to enter the auditorium, Arielle’s voice could be heard from behind him.
“Sowing discord among your students, Mr. Baxter? Heh, I didn’t know you had such a nasty hobby!”
Donovan felt a chill down his spine and turned around, instinctively clenching his fists as he met Arielle’s cold gaze.
As much as he hated to admit it, Arielle had a much more domineering and powerful aura than he did.
That hidden feeling of humiliation slowly brought out his rage as he muttered through clenched teeth, “Sowing discord? What are you talking about? A bad student like you doesn’t deserve to be in Jadeborough University! In fact, you should just stay away from everyone!”
