Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

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"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

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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

name

then, someone mentioned

is also not here," one

"Wow. Did he

name is always there, but it's now

"Who replaced him?"

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

not.

him.'Penny shrugged but then heard this very familiar

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

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for the owner and their eyes quickly caught Atlas's figure. Some stopped searching when

in the crowd.

the side, was Keith with his cousin,

section. Seeing this, the students walked back a little to create some space for the two. After all, this was

front all alone.

"Keith is being a little exaggerated. I only got first this time by a fluke. I'm sure next semester, my name's

anymore."

Keith exclaimed. "You only read a few books and immediately cinched first place, while everyone here knows Atlas only fixes his

Theo

every time they saw Atlas, he was always studying. Even during lunch, Atlas would eat with an open book beside him, jotting down notes in between

on the other hand, had quite a social life. He had a good reputation among students

ranks effortlessly. If he made a bit more effort in his studies, he

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to be born

there were some people who were born to

They looked at Atlas apologetically, while some cast

sister Patricia is also in the top section," Keith smirked arrogantly. "On the other hand, aside from their little sister, the other

Atlas. Many of them were familiar with Slater's face because he had this angelic beauty that was very soothing to the eyes. The only sad thing about Slater was that he might be pretty, but he

down and took a step away from Atlas. 'I wouldn't have gone here, knowing I'd only

squinted her eyes at Theo. When she first saw him, she thought he looked familiar. Now that Keith mentioned Patricia, her mouth fell