"Welcome back. How's school today?" Katherine asked as she and Meiya helped take off their backpack.
"Pretty good. We just finished our midterm exam today." Sophia replied as they all headed towards the dining table.
"Oh really? How well did you guys do on your exam?" Katherine asked curiously.
As the six of them sat down, Mary and Sophia immediately looked over to Alex with jealousy in their eyes, which made Katherine a little intrigued.
"Um, we did pretty well," Alex nervously replied, wiping away an invisible sweat on his forehead.
"Really? How 'well' is well exactly?"
Seeing Alex not replying and both Sophia and Mary staying silent, Katherine turned her attention to Luqing.
"What did they get?"
"Sophia got 5th place, Mary got 11th place, and Alex got 1st place," Luqing replied without any hesitation.
"Wait, what? Alex, you got first place?" Katherine exclaimed, her voice sounding as if she had been shocked by his result.
"Yeah... I did."
