Returning home from an early morning consultation, Ren Suo immediately picked up the phone, "Little sis!"
"...I'm still not awake."
"The sun's shining on your butt already, and you're still not awake? Let me tell you, something happened at our school just now..."
The reason Ren Suo went out for a consultation today was that Heavenly Lotus Academy had announced the academic scores and listed the rankings for each grade.
Rankings—such a magnificent yet evil invention. They grant ample honor to those in first place while cursing all the poor souls who aren't. Most of those with the opportunity to study at Heavenly Lotus Academy, except for a few dunces, strove to earn more glory and Points in this closed ivory tower.
They weren't slacking, and failures were extremely rare. However, surpassing the passing line meant nothing. Victory lay in beating others.