At Almond Eye's question, Anjing Zhen unconsciously smiled. His hand resting on the notebook rubbed against its edge as he considered it.
"As for Wang Ziding... she's very polite and composed."
As he spoke, he picked up his pen and circled the words "temperament" amid the densely packed notes in his notebook.
"Her resilience is pretty good too.
"During all the training today, her results... well, were all dead last.
"There was nothing to be done about that, though. After all, the Horse Girls training with her were outstanding ones like your Senior Little Kita, Gold Ship, and Gold Artisan.
"But after quietly checking her results, she would ask about or listen to what she lacked, then quietly go practice.
"In that respect, she's a lot like you, Almond Eye. Neither of you likes to lose."
As he spoke, he could not help laughing.
"But when it comes to not admitting defeat, you're still stronger, Almond Eye.
"After all, not every Horse Girl your age is so relentless in every training session, insisting on settling who's better between herself and the seniors.
"Oh, right. I heard that back in elementary school, you even competed in shuttle runs with upperclassmen?"
The moment Anjing Zhen finished speaking, Almond Eye gave an unconvinced snort from the other end of the phone.
"That was because the upperclassmen said, 'New students always wobble during shuttle runs'! I just wanted to prove to them that not every new student was like that!"
Smiling as he listened to Almond Eye's rebuttal, Anjing Zhen added inwardly.
In the end, you exhausted yourself so badly that you nodded off in class...
*Hmm... that was a little like Little Kita too. She'd drifted off in class plenty of times herself. A few times, her homeroom teacher had even come specifically