Facing such blatant favoritism, the students could only swallow it down. So far, all anyone who tried to argue with the Third Prince had managed to do was rouse his ire and gotten the same old answer, “If you can do it better than her, I’ll award you the points too.”

Because of this comment, many students had set Gu Lingzhi as their target to be surpassed. Yet, time after time, their failure to better her proved that the Third Prince’s favoritism was not without reason.

Although Gu Lingzhi’s performance was not always very outstanding, she managed to outdo everyone by just a bit every time. This alone showed that she was above average. Being able to surpass one’s peers while at a lower level, once or twice might be a coincidence, but to regularly do so meant that Gu Lingzhi’s...