Miracle Pill Maker Bullies the Boss

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Although you answered correctly, we deducted 5 points each as a matter of principle.”

“Beyond the scope?” asked Huo Yao quizzically as she narrowed her eyes.

Zhao Lian cleared his throat and clarified.
“It means that you can’t use methods that are beyond the middle school syllabus to solve the questions.”

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“So it doesn’t matter even if I got the answer correct?” asked Huo Yao as she frowned.

She had not known about these rules.

Zhao Lian explained further.
“Going beyond the scope violates the principles of fairness.
Since we didn’t stipulate any methods, we only deducted 10 points in total.
It would have been unfair to give you a zero on both questions.”

Huo Yao fell into silence after she heard them.

Although easier methods were available to her, they insisted that she use more complicated methods to get the answers step by step.
It seemed she did not understand the academic circle well enough.

Moments later, Huo Yao said, “So I can only stick to the middle school syllabus when I go for the quizzes to avoid such baffling deductions?”

“In theory, that’s how it works,” said the Secretary-General with a smile.

Huo Yao rubbed her forehead woefully and replied.
“Okay, I get it.”

She had sabotaged herself, and it seemed that it was wrong to overperform.

Zhao Lian was quiet all this while but then he raised his head and said ambiguously, “If you can make it to the international level in the quiz, you don’t have to worry about going beyond the scope.”

A look of surprise swept across the Secretary-General’s eyes when he heard Zhao Lian.

Although he was only an honorary member of the Education Association, he was well-connected with all the capital’s major associations.
Moreover, he was a Tsing University professor.

Was Zhao Lian overreacting by bearing so much hope on a little lass who had displayed her talent for the first time in the preliminary test and heats?