In the second half of senior year, academics became increasingly stressful, and amid the frequent and tedious exams, all enthusiasm for entertainment was exhausted.
A few girls would gather together to study; even Zhao Linlin, who was never fond of studying, was influenced and started going to the library early and late, continually putting in overtime for extra study.
Because with every release of rankings, she felt further away from her friends, even though rankings were just on a piece of paper, it still made her feel embarrassed.
She was really afraid one day she'd hear people say.
"Clearly in the same dormitory, why is there such a big difference?"
"This Zhao Linlin must not be studying, right."
Like she'd been injected with chicken blood, Zhao Linlin became ever more invested in her studies, and super invested at that, deeply afraid that if she left any stone unturned, she'd fall dramatically during exams.
