Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Effortless

"I can’t believe there are so many changes in the rankings of the special section. Kiara used to be top 3, but now, she fell back a few ranks."

"How did Max get from the top seven to five?"

"This doesn’t make any sense."

"Only one point difference, but the gap feels like heaven and hell."

"The only thing that didn’t change is the top 1 and 2."

The academy’s special star section consisted of ten exceptional students from different grade levels. Most of them were in higher grades, though. All ten students were like celebrities in the academy. Hence, it became a habit for other students to make a big deal every time the results were released.

The school bulletin would also show the top students from different grades from the top sections. The school intended to give credit to those students who also did well in their classes. However, after seeing the ugly side of the world, Penny couldn’t appreciate the school’s intention.

For her, it sounded more like these names were on here not to give merit but to put more pressure on these students.

’Right. Atlas always tops his class...’ Curious, Penny’s little round eyes scanned the bulletin board to find her brother’s name.

Only Atlas’s name was often in the school bulletin. After all, Atlas was always one or two points from kicking out the top ten of the special section.

’Bennet... Bennet... huh?’ Her lips curved down, and she scanned the bulletin again. But alas, Atlas’s name was nowhere to be found. "How is that possible?"

Atlas had been burying himself with his studies, especially the closer his exams were. He was almost camping in the library. How could his name not be there?

Just then, someone mentioned Atlas.

"Atlas Bennet’s name is also not here," one student murmured in surprise. "Wow. Did he fall a rank?"

"Oh... his name is always there, but it’s now gone."

"Who replaced him?"

The students obliviously talked about Atlas without knowing he was just standing right behind them. When Penny looked back, she didn’t see any reaction from Atlas’s face. He just stared at the bulletin apathetically, as if he didn’t care if his name was there or not.

’Well, I guess it’s not a big deal for him.’ Penny shrugged but then heard this very familiar cocky voice among the crowd.

"Hah! Atlas Bennet is not there because everyone else worked hard last semester! It’s not that he fell back because he slacked, but everyone else just studied hard and there’s more competition!"

Penny didn’t need to search the crowd to recognize who it was. ’That little turd. Did he already forget what happened yesterday? He’s really asking for more beating!’

Hearing Keith’s arrogant voice, the students searched for the owner and their eyes quickly caught Atlas’s figure. Some stopped searching when they saw Atlas, but others managed to find Keith in the crowd.

There, standing on the side, was Keith with his cousin, who replaced Atlas’s name for their class top section. Seeing this, the students walked back a little to create some space for the two. After all, this was a confrontation between the former top student and the one who beat him. Because of this, Penny was left in the front all alone.

Slater quickly held his head down and took a step away from Atlas. ’I wouldn’t have gone here, knowing I’d only be used to humiliate my big brother.’