"Oh, wait, you're not aware?" She looked at him with a mix of incredulity, like, "How can you not know?" and confusion—"ou really don't know."
"Have you been living under a rock this whole time?"
"Oh." She closed her mouth, stopping her speech as she remembered that Jidenna didn't have any other friend in the class, almost showing a lone-wolf behavior.
"So you're really not aware? Well, I'll just tell you." Then she went ahead.
"Well, you see… Cheng Yuan is from a poor—I mean, average family with… average income." She brought up her two palms, cupping them like a scale.
"And you see, the second-generation students in this school are very arrogant and prideful individuals who would not bow to anyone that isn't at least their level or far better than them."
"If you're their level—the same family background, money range, connections, and sometimes the same business area—you'll have to display an enormous amount of skill before they can follow you."
