Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

When Zhou Min returned to the dormitory, she took out all the fruit that her mother had asked her to bring and put it under her bed. The dormitory was quite simple, with only a bed and no table. Everyone's belongings were placed under their own beds.

Zhou Min decided to make up another excuse to get her mother to buy her a suitcase next time she went home. Otherwise, having all her things under the bed was unacceptable to her.

After tidying up, Zhou Min went to the classroom to study. When she arrived, she found that most of the boarding students and students who lived near the school were already there. The students in this experimental class were very studious. Zhou Min picked up her notebook and continued copying her notes.

Perhaps because of Zhou Min's change during this period, no one dared to disturb her anymore, so Zhou Min spent a quiet afternoon and evening self-study session. Her efficiency today was very high, which made Zhou Min sigh and wish there were more days like this.

The next morning, right after the morning reading session ended, the teacher told all the students to line up on the playground because the school was going to hold a mid-term exam awards ceremony. Zhou Min said she didn't want to attend at all.

The students started talking as soon as the teacher left.

"I heard the school is going to give out scholarships for this exam. Zhou Min, you're out of luck this time." These were the words of my uncle, Lin Xin, who is the dean of students at our school.

"Then you're sure to win the grand prize this time, you did so well on the exam." Xu Lingyuan flattered Lin Xin with a smile.

Hearing Xu Lingyuan's words, Lin Xin beamed with joy. Even someone as studious and hardworking as Lin Xin couldn't resist Xu Lingyuan's stunning good looks.

Damn it, Xu Lingyuan, didn't you only use your charm on my sister before? Did you abandon me now that you found out someone else is doing better than me? Zhou Min thought bitterly.

"Old Li is sure to win the grand prize this time too, remember to treat us later," Xu Lingyuan continued.

"You get one too. It seems like the top twenty will be rewarded this time, so you'll get a 100 yuan bonus." Lin Xin generously revealed the news.

"Really?" Xu Lingyuan was a little incredulous.

"Lin Xin, how much can you take?" Chen Sheng shouted from behind.

"I won't tell you." Lin Xin's face turned red with excitement as he watched his classmates gradually gather around.

As an ordinary-looking girl with a rather old-fashioned personality, Lin Xin had almost no friends, and since she only wanted to study, she didn't think much of it. But at this moment, with so many people surrounding her, Lin Xin was still very happy.

Amidst their lively discussion, everyone basically learned the amount of the scholarship. Those who received it were happy, and those who didn't were sad.

"Hey, why didn't you get it this time?" Chen Sheng asked cheekily as he came over.

From their discussion, Zhou Min already knew that Chen Sheng ranked third in the whole school this time and could receive a scholarship of 200 yuan.

"Get out!" Zhou Min shouted from the bottom of her lungs, and the classroom instantly fell silent.

Chen Sheng walked away awkwardly.

Zhou Min tried to recall how Chen Sheng had given her the 8000 yuan national scholarship he received for the first time in college to repair her laptop, hoping to calm her down and destroy his heart.

Afterwards, everyone lined up and went to the playground. Since Zhou Min had just thrown a tantrum, no one dared to bother her at that moment.

"Are you alright?" Li Na sat down next to Zhou Min.

This Li Na and Zhou Min have been classmates since first grade. She has exceptionally high emotional intelligence. In elementary school, she was clearly following Zhou Min around like a shadow.

However, when Zhou Min was in fourth grade, a young male teacher came to the school. He particularly liked students who were attentive and obedient, rather than those who had good grades, so Zhou Min was disliked.

Because of growing dislike for each other, Zhou Min's grades gradually began to decline, while Zhou Lulu, the little girl next door to the male teacher, saw her grades steadily improve. Because she was quiet and studious, she gradually gained the favor of all the teachers.

At that time, Li Na left Zhou Min and became good friends with Zhou Lulu. Later, the girls in the class gradually formed two groups: one was the hardworking, quiet, and studious group centered around Zhou Lulu, and the other was the mischievous group led by Zhou Min.

Moreover, rumors gradually spread that Zhou Min's group was constantly badmouthing the top students and doing malicious things targeting them. Heaven knows, Zhou Min and her friends only thought about playing and watching TV all day; they didn't even have enough time to do their homework.

Moreover, the arrogant and intelligent Zhou Min looked down on them. However, regardless of the circumstances, the two groups were bitter enemies at the time. Furthermore, because Zhou Min started school early, she was generally younger than her classmates. This difference was quite noticeable in elementary school.

It's easy to imagine how badly Zhou Min was targeted at that time. But Zhou Min was thick-skinned; although she was also angry about Li Na's betrayal, she didn't take their small group seriously.

As it turns out, most of these hardworking and stubborn top students saw their grades gradually decline after entering junior high school, with some even falling below the average level.

Zhou Min consistently ranked among the top three in the entire school during her first year of junior high. It wasn't until her second year that her ranking began to decline due to early romantic relationships, and even in her third year, she was still around tenth place.

After getting out of Xu Lingyuan's influence in high school, Zhou Min still managed to get into a 985 university through self-study, even though she attended a private high school with poor conditions.

It was after Li Na entered junior high school that she gradually began to get closer to Zhou Min again. Zhou Min was always easily coaxed, and it wasn't long before she started to open up to Li Na again.

After entering junior high school, Zhou Min's other friends gradually started dating, getting involved in gangs, and drifting further and further away from Zhou Min.

Of their elementary school friends, only Li Na remained with them, and the two became best friends. Xu Lingyuan was in the same class as Li Na in the first year of junior high school, and it was Li Na who introduced him to Zhou Min.

Li Na was quite precocious. In the first year of junior high school, she told Zhou Min that she had a crush on a boy in her class named Xu Lingyuan. She praised Xu Lingyuan in every way that Zhou Min liked, which filled Zhou Min with endless curiosity even before she had met him.

As a result, when they were divided into classes in the second year of junior high, Zhou Min found herself in a dilemma. On one hand, she had a crush on Xu Lingyuan, and on the other hand, she felt that she could never be with him, otherwise she would be letting down her friends.

Li Na told Zhou Min that she wouldn't be with Xu Lingyuan either, because Li Na's other friends also liked him. After all, because of Xu Lingyuan's stunning good looks, there were very few girls at school who knew him but didn't like him.

Basically, everyone either didn't want it to affect their studies or lacked confidence, so everyone tacitly understood the situation.

While enjoying her sweet yet agonizing unrequited love, Zhou Min also felt guilty and treated Li Na even better.

"It's nothing," Zhou Min replied to Li Na while her mind was wandering.

"It's good that you're alright. I noticed you haven't come to visit me in the back lately, so I thought you were in a bad mood."

"I did terribly on this test, so I'm going to work harder next time." Zhou Min thought to herself that she would never again let vanity get the better of her just because everyone praised her for being smart, and then stop studying altogether.

"You're so smart, you get good grades even without studying, why would you need to study?" Li Na teased Zhou Min with a smile.

"You didn't do well on the exam this time, did you?" Looking at Li Na's expression, Zhou Min found it hard to believe that she wasn't sincere towards her. After all, apart from not telling her about her studies and work, Li Na had always been very good to her.

Even so, Li Na knew everything about Zhou Min, but never told Zhou Min anything about her own affairs.

Before Li Na's performance was so outstanding, Zhou Min would ask about it every time, but she didn't really pay much attention to other people's achievements, so Li Na would just laugh it off each time.

It wasn't until Li Na consistently received a 200 yuan scholarship in her third year of junior high that Zhou Min realized that Li Na's grades had now surpassed hers.

Occasionally after an exam, Zhou Min would want to check her scores and estimate her approximate ranking, but Li Na never gave her a direct answer.

This made Zhou Min gradually realize that she seemed to know nothing about Li Na, as Li Na never told her anything about her.

"You'll definitely do well on the next test. By the way, haven't you been talking to Xu Lingyuan lately?" Li Na asked, feigning indifference.