It was June 1, and the midterm exam was over. Everyone was excited today, because today was the day the results came out.
Their rankings would be sent to their phones by text. At 8:57 a.m., Cheng Tian and his three roommates were in their dorm, waiting for the messages to arrive.
"The results are out!" Yu Fei was the first to speak. "Three hundred and thirty-ninth! Great!"
"I'm somewhere in the two hundreds." Shen Gun shook his head. "Looks like my training is still far from enough."
"Ninety-eighth," Bai Yun said. "Made it into the top hundred. How about you, A-Tian?"
Cheng Tian looked at his phone in puzzlement. "I haven't received mine yet."
"How is that possible? Is it a network delay?"
"No idea. Try turning on your mobile data?"
Cheng Tian tried turning on his mobile data, then shook his head. "Still nothing." Just then, his phone's screen suddenly changed, showing an incoming call from Su Han.
Cheng Tian answered immediately. "Hello, Xiaohan?"
"A-Tian!" Su Han sounded very excited on the other end. "I ranked eighty-sixth this time!"
"Seriously?!" Cheng Tian was happy for Su Han. "That high!"
"Mm-hmm! What about you, A-Tian?"
While the two were chatting, Bai Yun's phone suddenly rang too. Bai Yun glanced at it, then ran outside to answer.
After exchanging a few words with Su Han and agreeing to have lunch together today, Cheng Tian hung up. He turned around and found Bai Yun was already nowhere to be seen.
"Huh? Where's Bai Yun?"
"He just got a call and went out," Shen Gun said.
Something stirred in Cheng Tian's mind, and he hurriedly threw on his jacket and ran for the door. "I'm heading out for a bit."
Looking at the closed door, Yu Fei and Shen Gun exchanged a