Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

"Silly girl, what girl doesn't like pretty girls? I'm just afraid you'll get cheated in the future. There's not a single good man in the world."

"Cough cough... Hurry up and eat, stop talking nonsense." Mr. Zhou interrupted Mrs. Zhou's long-winded speech.

"Your mother bought the one with the mirror because it was the same price as the one without." After thinking for a moment, Mr. Zhou revealed his mother's greed for small gains.

"That's right. I tried to negotiate the price with him, but he didn't agree, so of course I needed a mirror. You should look in the mirror less often, focus on your studies, and then dress up more after you graduate from university."

After hearing what Zhou's mother said, Zhou Min really wanted to tell her that her daughter had ruined her skin's stratum corneum to an extremely thin level before graduation, to the point that she would never be able to wear makeup again.

Because of an allergic reaction, my face is still covered in marks, so I can no longer dress up.

But remembering the many skincare methods she learned in her past life, Zhou Min decided she would never again misuse her skin out of ignorance. She was determined to become a beautiful and academically gifted woman.

After finishing their meal, Zhou Min, remembering something, immediately hugged her mother and whispered something to her.

"Mom, I want to buy two bras. Now that we've started running at school, my chest hurts so much every day."

Yes, Zhou Min's breasts developed early, and they were already quite full in junior high school. However, because her mother didn't pay attention to it, Zhou Min continued to wear tight-fitting tank tops until her second year of high school, when her aunt took her to buy her bras.

As a result, Zhou Min's breasts sagged slightly later on. Although it is said that nine out of ten women with large breasts sag, Zhou Min felt that if she had known about this earlier and started wearing a bra earlier, it would have been much better.

After hearing Zhou Min's words, Zhou's mother wiped her hands, went back to her room, and brought out a plastic bag, handing it to Zhou Min. Zhou Min opened it and saw two pink bras inside.

"..." It's obvious that it was bought a long time ago, but why wasn't it given to me in my past life?

"Mom, why didn't you give it to me sooner? Why did you have to wait until I asked for it?"

"I was worried it would affect your studies. It's not appropriate for a young girl to wear this. Let me tell you, no boy is any good..."

"I understand. I definitely won't have a relationship too early, and I'll definitely tell you if I do."

"Hurry up and leave, don't disturb my work. Didn't you say you were going to study hard? Go now."

After listening to her mother's words, Zhou Min immediately went to wash up. After washing up, she went back to her room to read. It has to be said that Zhou Min was quite efficient in such an environment.

The next day, as soon as it was light, Zhou Min put on her underwear and immediately felt much more comfortable, no longer feeling the emptiness she had felt before.

You should know that Zhou Min, who is used to wearing bras, had been hunching over and looking embarrassed just a few days ago. In the past, Zhou Min had always felt inferior because of her large breasts, and often hunched over, so everyone was used to it.

Zhou Min looked through the clothes and found they were all baggy and oversized. Zhou Min could understand her mother's fear that she would fall in love too early, but there was no need to go to such lengths to make herself look ugly. After all, she had always had this kind of aesthetic for a long time.

It wasn't until after graduation, when I worked at that large international company, that I encountered a group of internet celebrity faces. I'm grateful to them for teaching me about mainstream aesthetics.

Zhou Min grabbed a random piece of clothing and threw it on before heading out to find her mother. Her mother was making breakfast, and Zhou Min leaned closer and said, "Mom, shall we go shopping today?"

"What do you want to buy this time? How much have you been spending lately?"

Zhou's mother felt heartbroken whenever she thought about spending money, because the Zhou family's current situation was all thanks to Zhou's mother's hard work and dedication.

When she married Zhou's father, the Zhou family was already poor, and there were so many unmarried younger brothers-in-law. Zhou's mother worked hard to save money while helping her younger brothers-in-law get married one by one.

Therefore, in the eyes of Zhou Min's uncles, Zhou's mother was truly a typical example of an elder sister-in-law who was like a mother.

Grandpa and Grandma Zhou never cared about these things. In their view, it was enough that one of their many sons got married and had a grandson.

After all, the Zhou family was really poor. Finding spouses for all five sons would be harder than climbing to heaven for the old couple, so they just gave up and did nothing.

This is why Grandma Zhou so hoped that Zhou's mother could have a son. After all, she might only have this one daughter-in-law.

Zhou's mother had gone through a very difficult period after marrying into the family, so she valued money very much.

"I don't have enough underwear to change into, so I'll buy two more now."

"Where will we get so much money? Three items aren't enough? We can only buy one more." Zhou's mother started complaining about being poor again.

This is why Zhou Min always felt that her family was very poor, because her mother often recalled the hard times of the past.

She always complains about being broke. But Zhou Min, who's been through it all, says, "I already know how much money we have now. You can't fool me anymore."

After breakfast, Zhou's mother took Zhou Min to the street stalls in town to buy underwear. Zhou Min, who was used to shopping in big malls, found everything in front of her very novel. After all, Zhou Min had long been considered a high-spending consumer and had not shopped at street stalls for a long time.

Seeing that Zhou's mother had managed to haggle for a bra and get a pair of socks for five yuan, Zhou Min was quite impressed.

Looking at the incredibly low prices in front of me, and thinking about the 200 yuan scholarship I missed, it pains me to even think about it.

After buying the underwear, Zhou Min begged and pleaded for a beige coat. Although Zhou's mother was reluctant, she couldn't refuse the persistent Zhou Min.

On the way back, Zhou's mother kept nagging, "This beige color gets dirty easily, so you'll have to wash it yourself when it gets dirty."

Zhou Min thought to herself, "I've worn several white down jackets before, and I'm used to white as the main color. I'm no longer the slovenly person you remember."

Back home, Zhou's mother started packing to go to Zhou Min's maternal grandparents' house. Zhou's mother would go back to her parents' house every week to help Zhou Min's maternal grandparents with housework, rain or shine.

Zhou Min put on a beige coat and stood in front of the mirror to examine herself. At 162cm tall and weighing 120 pounds, she looked a little chubby.

However, her fair and delicate skin, bright and large eyes, and exquisite features made up for her shortcomings, making her look like a cute chibi doll.

The beige coat made Zhou Min's skin look even whiter and more beautiful. Even Zhou Min herself couldn't help but sigh, "It's so good to be young."

After eating lunch prepared by Zhou's father and taking a nap, Zhou Min began packing her things to go back to school.

Thanks to the cabinet that came with a lock, Zhou Min put all her diaries inside and locked it up.

Zhou Min felt that these diaries still represented the years she had spent growing up.

Zhou Min, who is 26 years old, said that she really likes these things that bear the marks of her youth and has decided to keep them all as souvenirs for the future.

My dad rode his bike to take me to school and then gave me 20 yuan.

Zhou Min said she was really stupid in her past life. Her parents were very generous to her, so why did she live such a frugal life? She always assumed that her family was heavily in debt and that she was terrible.

It seems that what I should have felt inferior about in the past was not that my family was poor, but that I wasn't smart enough.