Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

This wave of enthusiasm led many students to prepare thoroughly, but when it came time to take the exam, only seven people passed the preliminary test. Xu Li, Zhu Da, Lin Xin, Li Liangcheng, and Xu Le, who passed, each bought an Olympiad competition book. As for Chen Sheng, he felt he shouldn't waste the money; after all, Zhou Min's book was already in his possession, and reading it with her would allow them to discuss it together.

During his discussion and study with Zhou Min, Chen Sheng suddenly realized his own shortcomings. He felt that although he knew Zhou Min was smart, he did not expect her to be this smart. Seeing that Zhou Min, who was smarter than him, had started to work hard, what right did he have to waste his time?

Zhou Min felt that Chen Sheng had started treating others like idiots from this point on. Couldn't he please stop breaking down and explaining a problem from elementary school level? Zhou Min thought Chen Sheng was perfect for being a preschool teacher; his rambling made her want to punch him.

Zhou Min, Chen Sheng, Zhu Da, and Xu Le successfully passed the second round of testing. The next exam will be held in the city. Because this is the first time any student from the school has achieved such a good result, the school attaches great importance to it and has assigned a special teacher to accompany the four of them to the exam.

Zhou Min and Chen Sheng fought their way through the finals and both won first prize. As for the grand prize, Zhou Min said that carelessness is not something that can be easily corrected.

Back at school, they received another round of commendations. Not only did each student receive an extra 200 yuan scholarship, but Zhou Min also gave a speech on behalf of the outstanding students at the school assembly. By this time, more than half of the semester had passed, and the high school entrance exam was gradually approaching.

The school distributed the high school entrance exam application forms, allowing students to choose their schools. Although these forms are not definitive at this stage, students who list the school as their first choice will receive priority admission and tuition reductions, so everyone still takes them very seriously.

Generally, students with excellent grades usually choose No. 1 Middle School, while those with average grades and not well-off families usually choose No. 2 Middle School, because even if they get into No. 1 Middle School, they cannot afford the huge school selection fee.

Zhou Min remembered that around this time in her past life, Xu Lingyuan and she made a promise to meet at No. 1 High School, no matter what. However, he didn't do well on the exam—well, not exactly poorly, just that his essay score wasn't as high as the teacher's—but he still needed to pay a hefty school selection fee. At that time, he genuinely intended to go to No. 4 High School, and Li Na and Liu Yuanyuan, who had also underperformed, both expressed their desire to go to No. 4. In the end, only Zhou Min, who had made the promise and did well on the exam, went, while the others chose to pay the hefty selection fee to attend No. 1 High School. Thinking about this, Zhou Min felt like an idiot.

Seeing the students around him discussing it, and some even going to the teacher to ask how much the school selection fee would be to get into the top high school based on their grades, the teacher was so frightened that he quickly slipped away.

After the teacher left, the students got up from their seats and wandered around, asking the students they cared about which school they had applied to. You see, although this was an experimental class, only four or five students from the school were admitted to the free top high school each year, and ultimately no more than ten actually went. Therefore, those with average or above-average grades in the class became especially cautious.

Many people came to ask Zhou Min about her choice of No. 1 High School. After learning that Zhou Min had applied for No. 1 High School as her first choice, several people gritted their teeth and also applied for No. 1 High School, including Xu Lingyuan.

After Xu Lingyuan finished filling out the form, he kicked Zhou Min's chair and said to her, "Zhou Min, I also filled out the form for No. 1 Middle School. See you there sometime." Although the relationship between Zhou Min and Xu Lingyuan had improved during this period, it was still far from the intimacy they had in their previous life.

Looking at Xu Lingyuan's bright smile and outstretched hand, Zhou Min recalled the blush and heart-pounding feeling she had when they shook hands in her past life, and suddenly longed to experience that same thrill again. It seemed that after Xu Lingyuan's experience in her past life, Zhou Min had lost faith in love; even her later relationship with Chen Sheng was merely a bland, uneventful one.

Zhou Min extended her hand and shook hands with Xu Lingyuan, feeling his heartbeat. She realized that age had indeed taken its toll; she felt no increase in heart rate, while Xu Lingyuan's hands were covered in sweat. Zhou Min quickly released him and wiped her hands with a tissue.

When the teacher finally came to tally the results, they found that 32 students had listed No. 1 High School as their first choice. Zhou Min knew that in her previous life, her class had achieved excellent results, with 11 students getting into No. 1 High School through the tuition-free program. In the end, 14 students went to No. 1 High School, 8 of whom paid the selection fee. She herself gave up the tuition-free No. 1 High School and went to No. 4 High School. Xu Li, who scored extremely high, along with Lin Xin and Li Liangcheng, chose to study at a provincial key high school in the city, but in the end, their college entrance exam scores were not as high as those of the others.

After filling out her college application, the school began registration and physical examinations for the high school entrance exam. Zhou Min measured her height and was surprised to find she had grown 4cm, becoming 166cm. She was overjoyed with her newly obtained height. Although Zhou Min had felt she had grown taller recently, she hadn't expected to grow this much. As for her weight of 120 pounds, Zhou Min selectively ignored it; she didn't lose weight until she was almost graduating from university, and she was already very satisfied with her weight.

After registration, the school began specialized training in spoken English, computer skills, and physical education. These three subjects were tested in advance but still counted towards the overall high school entrance exam score, and they were all very easy for Zhou Min. Zhou Min also knew that the invigilation for these exams wasn't very strict, and the school wouldn't allow high-achieving students to lose points in these areas, so she would usually inform the invigilators beforehand to be lenient. This was especially true for physical education; the school teachers would directly watch the invigilators grade, and if they found any high-achieving students who didn't get full marks, they would immediately stop them and change their scores.

Despite knowing this beforehand, Zhou Min was still dragged out for long-distance running by the school every day, which was very grueling. Zhou Min felt that after running for so many days, she must have lost several pounds.

But hard work pays off. Almost everyone in Zhou Min's class passed all the tests with perfect scores. Those who didn't get full marks were simply unlucky; they drew extremely difficult questions for the computer exam, the kind even the proctors couldn't answer and couldn't help, since they weren't professional computer instructors. One student, Chen Sheng, scored only 12 out of 20 in the computer exam. Before the high school entrance exam even started, he was already 8 points behind everyone else. Keep in mind that in crucial score ranges, even a single point can mean a difference of hundreds of places in the rankings.

Chen Sheng was a little downcast after learning his score. Although he had known for a while that he hadn't done well, he hadn't expected it to be this bad. Zhou Min looked at Chen Sheng's dejected appearance and remembered that in his previous life, Chen Sheng might have lost too many points in computer science, which affected his study and exam performance and led to his poor performance in the high school entrance exam.

Thinking about this, Zhou Min decided to save her in-laws some money, so she asked Chen Sheng to do her a favor after school. Zhou Min asked Chen Sheng to carry the unused books and notebooks on her desk home. Actually, Zhou Min could carry them herself, but she just wanted to find a quiet place to encourage Chen Sheng.

After Chen Sheng arrived at Zhou Min's house, Zhou Min poured him a glass of water and then went to her room to get out her computer books and handed them to him.

After Chen Sheng opened it, he saw the densely packed notes inside and asked incredulously, "Are these all your notes? Have you read them all?"