When Xia Liang walked out of the examination room with her test report, she noticed that, for some reason, the atmosphere in the hallway had changed from before she went in.
The good news was that her two temporary teammates for the assessment—Mountain Lily and Tiger Lily—were also waiting in the hallway. Xia Liang did not hesitate and walked straight over to the sisters, asking with a puzzled expression:
"What happened?"
"Ah, Little Brocade, you're out."
Mountain Lily, who had been playing on her phone, immediately looked up when she heard Xia Liang's voice. Her face was full of gossip-hungry excitement. "You don't know yet, do you? This year, someone has already received an S-grade rating."
"Soliflor?" Xia Liang tilted her head slightly and spoke the term, which still felt somewhat unfamiliar to her.
"That's right. And there are two of them at once, both contestants everyone already knew were top seeds."
Mountain Lily asked with great interest, "Guess who?"
"Who?" Xia Liang asked curiously as well.
Mountain Lily did not answer, merely putting on a mysterious look. "Try guessing first."
"It's senior Cotton Tree and senior Arrowroot."
Tiger Lily apparently could not stand watching her sister build suspense with news from the internet anymore, so she interjected helplessly. She looked away, pretending not to notice Mountain Lily's dissatisfied expression. "Although the results have not been officially announced yet, they both admitted to receiving S-grade test results."
"I see. No wonder the atmosphere felt so strange."
Xia Liang discreetly swept her gaze around the hallway and lowered her voice slightly. "Hearing that someone got the highest score when only half the exam is over would definitely make people feel a little weird."
Leaving aside emotions like jealousy, envy, or inferiority, most people would at least feel a subtle sense of