She reached out and gently ruffled Chen Xiaocao's hair, her voice soft.
"Silly girl, what are you saying?"
"Who said you'd drag me down?" Su Tang looked at her, a hint of a smile in her eyes. "Who said our group would be the worst?"
With tears in her eyes, Chen Xiaocao looked up in confusion, not understanding why Su Tang said that.
Everyone in the camp felt that way. The first-place winner brought along the last-place winner; what else could this be but a burden?
The other people in the dormitory who were listening intently to the gossip all showed expressions of disapproval.
Qiao Lin let out a barely audible sneer, thinking that Su An was just trying to comfort people by spouting empty words.
Su Tang's lips curled slightly, and her clear eyes shone with a light of absolute confidence. She leaned closer to Chen Xiaocao and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"We will not only avoid being at the bottom, we will win the championship."
What?
champion? !
Chen Xiaocao was stunned.
She was stunned by Su Tang's powerful confidence and aura, and even forgot to cry, her mouth agape in disbelief.
She looked at Su Tang in disbelief. How could this girl, who was only a few years older than her, say such shocking things in such a calm tone?
That's the championship! You have to stand out from dozens of elites and take first place!
Bringing along this burden of my own? How could that be possible?
Su Tang looked at Chen Xiaocao's incredulous and silly expression and found it somewhat amusing. She reached out and gently pinched Chen Xiaocao's tear-streaked cheek, saying:
"Of course it's possible."
"Some people can't do it simply because their vision and abilities are limited to this."
Su Tang's gaze swept casually across the other end of the dormitory, her tone indifferent, yet it inexplicably made Qiao Lin and the others who were eavesdropping feel annoyed by her subtle dig.
“If you want to win the championship, I alone can’t do it.” Su Tang withdrew her gaze and refocused on Chen Xiaocao’s face, her expression becoming serious. “It depends on you.”
"Me?" Chen Xiaocao pointed to her nose, even more confused, her mind completely blank.
"Yes, it's you."
Tang's tone became extremely serious, "Chen Xiaocao, I'm asking you, do you want to win the championship? Do you want to make all those who laugh at you and look down on you swallow their words? Do you want to become the pride of the entire camp, and have your father give you a thumbs up?"
This series of questions was like a fire, instantly igniting the faint, unwilling flame in Chen Xiaocao's heart.
Her breathing quickened, and the wrinkled faces of her parents when they sent her to join the army flashed through her mind.
No! She didn't want to be a burden! She didn't want to be sent back in disgrace!
She suddenly raised her head, tears still welling up in her eyes, but her gaze was more determined than ever before.
"I...I want to!"
She mustered all her strength to shout out those two words. Her voice wasn't loud, and it even sounded like she was crying, but it was resounding.
From that day on, Chen Xiaocao seemed like a different person.
Or rather, Su Tang completely turned on a dormant switch within her.
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