Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

"Didn't you sleep well last night either?" Ding Yilin asked with concern.

Lin Ruofei shook her head, utterly dejected, and said, "Tian's snoring is world-class! I stuffed tissues in my ears, covered my head with a pillow, and then covered myself with a blanket... but I could still hear him snoring, and it was so loud that it kept me awake!"

Ding Yilin glanced at his watch; the hour hand had already struck seven. He quickly said, "It's getting late. Let's hurry to the cafeteria for breakfast! If we're late swiping our cards in class, we'll get points deducted!"

"Fine, fine!" Lin Ruofei sat up and said resolutely, "I've made up my mind. After breakfast, I'll go back to my dorm and take a nap for a couple of classes!"

"If the school contacts your parents to complain about you, do you think you can handle it when you get home?" Ding Yilin suddenly asked.

"If my parents knew I went to an all-boys school, they'd kill me, wouldn't they?" Lin Ruofei thought to herself.

“This…” Lin Ruofei shook her head.

"Then I advise you not to skip class," Ding Yilin advised softly. "Skipping class results in the biggest point deduction. If no one in the whole grade skips class, and you're the only one who skips two classes, even if you get the highest score in the entire grade, your overall ranking could easily be last!"

"Rankings..." Lin Ruofei asked, puzzled, "What rankings?"

"Rankings across the entire grade!" Ding Yilin explained, "After each exam, the school conducts a comprehensive ranking, which is a combination of exam scores and daily assessment scores. The student ranked last will..."

"What will happen?" Lin Ruofei asked hurriedly.

“The student who ranks last in each grade will have their parents called in by the school,” Ding Yilin said seriously.

"We can't let them call our parents!" Lin Ruofei cried out.

“Exactly,” Ding Yilin nodded, still shaken, “If my dad gets called in by the school for a talk, he’ll definitely give me a beating when I get home!”

"Let's cut the small talk and get moving!" Lin Ruofei said, then mustered her energy and jumped out of bed...

Lin Ruofei spent the entire morning in a half-awake state, so much so that she had no idea what classes she had attended. After the bell rang for the end of the last class in the morning, Lin Ruofei immediately collapsed onto her desk, completely exhausted.

"Lin Ruofei," Ding Yilin walked to Lin Ruofei's side and asked softly, "Shall we go eat?"

"No rush, no rush..." Lin Ruofei waved her hand and muttered softly, "Rest, rest for a while..."

"Classmates, classmate! Big news, big news..." someone shouted at the top of their lungs outside the classroom, "The results are out! They're hanging on the mural wall in the lobby on the first floor. Everyone go check if you've won!"

Upon hearing the news, the students immediately surged out of the door, pushing and shoving each other.

"Oh? You came out so quickly!"

"They finished grading and ranking in just one morning? That's incredible speed..."

"Let's go take a look!"

Lin Ruofei lazily opened her eyes and looked at her classmates rushing out. She couldn't help but look up and ask Ding Yilin, who was standing next to her, "What are they making such a racket about?"

“Just now, Zheng Dayu from Class 1 said at the classroom door that the exam rankings were out,” Ding Yilin explained softly, “so all the students rushed to check their rankings.”

"Rankings..." Thinking about her disastrous performance on yesterday's exam, and how she might easily be at the bottom of the entire grade, Lin Ruofei immediately lost all sleepiness and hurriedly stood up, saying, "Let's go take a look!"

When Lin Ruofei and Ding Yilin arrived at the lobby on the first floor, the wall covered with murals was already crowded with people.

The list is made up of large white paper with big black characters. The left side of the list shows the ranking, and the right side shows the name. When there are students with the same name, the class is added after the name.

Looking at the list of names written in black and white on white paper, Lin Ruofei felt a sense of trepidation, like a scholar in ancient times taking the imperial examinations and seeing the emperor post the list of names...

“Our classmates are all crowded over there!” Ding Yilin tugged at Lin Ruofei’s arm and pointed to the right side of the mural wall, saying, “It seems the first-year list should be posted over there.”

"Let's hurry over there and take a look!" Lin Ruofei said, then grabbed Ding Yilin's hand and squeezed towards their classmates...