Chapter 460:
Letty had never studied pure physics in college. The question she had thrown out wasn’t something she truly understood. She had only come across it in a foreign article — one she…
She had barely made sense of it, even with help from a translator. Yet Rylie had answered without breaking a sweat. Quantum mechanics was still full of unanswered questions. Scientists had spent years trying to make sense of it. At its core, it even hinted at the possibility of parallel worlds.
Letty had skimmed over topics like entanglement, but she never took a deep dive. The language barriers alone made it hard to grasp.
“Quantum entanglement is unstable by nature. And right now, we don’t have the tools to measure it properly.” Letty’s tone was sharp. “That’s still a problem no one has solved.”
Rylie gave a faint smile. Her voice was even. “So you did know the question you asked me was one no one in the world can answer yet.”
If she didn’t have the brains, the reading, and the experience, not even the physics faculty in that room would have been able to reply the way she had.
A flicker of discomfort crossed Letty’s face.
She wasn’t used to losing, especially not to someone others had labeled as unremarkable. So she had gone and thrown a hardball, hoping to rattle Rylie.
What Rylie said next helped the confused students understand.
“This was supposed to check high school knowledge. Why did she ask something outside our textbooks?”
“She clearly wanted to humiliate Rylie. Even our physics teacher looks stumped.”
Some of the Honors Class teachers, seated nearby, started whispering to each other. They couldn’t deny it — Letty had asked things that gave them pause. And Rylie? She had answered every single one. No pause. No guessing. Just clear, confident replies.
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The crowd of students broke into chaos.
Someone finally voiced what many had been thinking. “If she can speak this well on advanced topics, why were her school grades so bad? That doesn’t make any sense.”
“Unless she failed on purpose. This level of understanding is enough to breeze through college entrance tests.”
Melany stared at her tutor with bright eyes. Today, everyone got to see what brilliance truly looked like.
Gunter raised the microphone and signaled for the room to quiet down. He turned toward Zaylee, who looked shaken, and said, “In my view, Miss Owen is more than qualified to create test questions for Zaylee. And if Ms. Carter or any other teacher has doubts, they’re welcome to try answering right here, right now.”
Gunter spoke with reason. His tone was firm, yet fair. Zaylee stood frozen on stage. Her eyes flicked to Letty, wide and pleading. That look alone made Letty feel like her heart had dropped. There was nothing she could do.
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