"Xiao Xiao, can you please stop hovering right at the fifty spot in the whole school rankings?"
The girls in Dormitory 306 were all high achievers, mostly ranking within the top twenty of their class. An Xiao Xiao usually placed in the top five of their dorm. However, she had a strange quirk: she always landed exactly at number fifty in the entire school. No matter how the people in the top fifty changed, she stayed at fifty. She never moved up, and she never moved down.
"Honestly, I really admire that about you," Zhu Yanyi said. "I can guarantee staying in first place, but I couldn't guarantee staying exactly at fifty."
"Isn't being first place good enough?" An Xiao Xiao complained. "I only have so much ability."
"We're not saying you're bad," Gao Xia laughed. "We are truly impressed. Staying stable at fifty is really hard. Unlike Chen Fei, whose scores jump up and down. You are so steady."
Chen Fei, standing nearby, glared at Gao Xia but smiled anyway.
Realizing they weren't mocking her, An Xiao Xiao scratched her head, feeling a bit shy. "I don't know why. No matter how hard I try, it stays the same. I study very carefully and work hard, but the results are always like this. Sigh."
"That is a skill in itself," Wang An Ni said softly. Her voice was gentle. Over the years, she had lost her initial timidity, though she remained a soft-spoken person.
Zhu Yanyi added, "You really need to work harder. Otherwise, how will you get into a military academy? Their admission scores are very high."
"I will work very hard," An Xiao Xiao said, knowing Zhu Yanyi meant well. "How about it, Xiao Ba? Can you teach me more?"
"Hehe," Zhu Yanyi laughed. "There are eight of us in the dorm. I teach the other seven, and everyone improves except you. I start to doubt my own teaching ability."
"That's not true," An Xiao Xiao said, laughing and crying at the same time. "I am really trying hard."
"But seriously, Xiao Xiao," Gao Xia said. "How do you have such precise control to stay exactly at fifty?"
"Ha ha," everyone laughed. An Xiao Xiao didn't know the answer either, so she let them tease her.
"By the way, we got out of class two periods early today. Why don't we go out for a walk?" Liu Min suggested. After a long period of intense review, everyone wanted to relax.
"Great! I'm tired of just studying and doing test papers. I want to go out too," An Xiao Xiao agreed immediately.
"I want to go too," Wang An Ni said gently. She looked at everyone, her face turning slightly pink.
"Since even An Ni wants to go, let's go," Gao Xia decided as the dorm leader. She looked up at Zhu Yanyi on the top bunk. "Xiao Ba, come down. You're a top student, why are you still reading? It's not time for last-minute cramming."
Zhu Yanyi put her book away and climbed down. "Leader, what do you mean by last-minute cramming? I never cram at the last minute. If I cram, I do it in advance."
"Ha ha," the other seven girls laughed. They changed their clothes, closed the door, and went out for a stroll.