Unmasking Mrs. Newton's Secret Identities novel Chapter 1142

Hearing that, Helen instantly knew that Edmund didn't lie. He didn't read or grade their test papers.

Before this, she thought that Edmund was just a little old-fashioned. But now it seemed like he might not even deserve to be called a teacher.

"I think I have the right to know my scores," Helen stated in a neither haughty nor humble manner.

Beside her, Bentley looked embarrassed and desperately signaled her. His scores were too humiliating to be revealed. They were still in the same class, so it really didn't matter where he sat.

"She's right. This is our right." Tommy kept Taylor's words in mind, giving unconditional support for whatever Helen did.

Bentley patted his forehead and decided to join them, questioning provocatively, "Mr. Murdoch, it's your job to grade the papers. You wouldn't be cutting corners and not grading our papers, would you?"

"Are you questioning my professionalism?" Edmund would never admit it, so he stole a march on them by retorting, "If it weren't to protect your self-esteem, do you think I'd need to cut corners for something like adding and subtracting single digits on an test paper?"

"But since you requested it, I'll fulfill it. Now, all of you go out and wait. I will find the papers and add points for you on the spot, carefully checking every mistake."

Bentley instantly felt dejected upon hearing that. Edmund might have misgraded and gave Bentley two extra points, but now Bentley might even lose them.

Tommy and Helen didn't mind it and walked out confidently. Bentley was the only one who looked dispirited.

Inside the classroom, Edmund took out three answer sheets from the bottom and graded them from the start.

The first one in line was Tommy's. Aside from his name, he didn't even bother to write an answer. Edmund gritted his teeth and drew a circle above Tommy's name.

The next one was Bentley's. He chose "C" for all the multiple-choice questions–obviously it was a shot in the dark. According to grading principles, the points could either be given or not. Of course, Edmund opted for the latter.

She was indeed a top student of liberal arts—she never went into battle unprepared.

With a red pen, he reluctantly wrote the scores next to each question and then totaled them up.

After preparing himself mentally, he got up with the test papers and walked to the door of the classroom. He braced himself and spoke reluctantly, "Tommy Xander, with a score of zero.

"Bentley, with a score of zero. Helen…"

He paused for a while and glanced at Helen at the end of the line, announcing with a sigh, "96."

Helen scored one point more than Megan did.