./a.out && echo $? only prints return value if return = 0

*echo $?* in the following scenario does not display the return value, i.e. 1. echo "int main() { return 1; }" > foo.c gcc foo.c && ./a.out && echo $? However, *echo $?* works when the program returns 0. Why is this? Note: If you do another *echo $?* after the code above, you get the desired output 1.