Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

As Zhou Min diligently memorized the lessons, the morning reading session quickly passed. Suddenly, her chair was kicked from behind—a common way to greet someone during her school days.

As soon as Zhou Min turned around, he saw a bright smile. Coupled with his sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, and angular face, it was hard for any girl not to be moved.

That's right, this is Xu Lingyuan, the boy Zhou Min liked in junior high school.

As someone who is obsessed with good looks, Zhou Min had a crush on Xu Lingyuan for many years, until she finally gave up when she saw him again at a class reunion after the college entrance examination.

This made Zhou Min sigh that time is a cruel mistress; who could have imagined that this incredibly handsome man would eventually grow up to be short and clumsy?

Of course, it's not that he's simple-minded; it's his appearance that's simple-minded. His sharp, oval face now will turn into a square face in four years, and his height of around 170cm doesn't seem to have increased at all in the future.

And those once bright, straight teeth gradually became protruding, looking somewhat like buck teeth. And the slender, tall figure of today would later become short, stout, and stocky.

The more she thought about it, the more relaxed she felt. At that moment, Zhou Min suddenly realized that doing it again wouldn't be bad, at least she wouldn't be taken for a fool by others again.

Because of Xu Lingyuan, Zhou Min gave up her spot at a top provincial high school and made a promise with him to go to a reputable private high school. Only after they got in did she realize that she was the only one who had foolishly enrolled.

Yes, besides a fool like myself, who else would give up a top provincial high school to attend an ordinary private high school?

After all, the college entrance rate of provincial key high schools is more than ten times that of private high schools, and the teaching environment and learning atmosphere there are incomparable to those of private high schools. I must have been out of my mind back then.

"Why are you late today? Did you finish reading another novel? Do you want me to borrow a few more for you?" Xu Lingyuan asked, leaning forward and resting his head on the table.

Looking at the handsome man's face in front of her, Zhou Min felt that she was a tragic figure.

When I was in the first year of junior high and didn't know anything, a classmate from elementary school recommended a super handsome guy in their class to me. As a result, when we were divided into classes in the second year of junior high, this handsome guy ended up in the same class as me.

Because of her excellent grades, this handsome guy kept getting closer to her and trying to please her. Then, without her realizing it, Zhou Min improved his grades from average to above average, then to excellent, and finally they were both assigned to the experimental class in the third year of junior high school. Now, their grades are about the same.

His grades were getting better and better, while Zhou Min's grades were getting worse and worse.

He went from being third in the entire school in the placement exam in the second year of junior high to twelfth in the entire school in the placement exam in the third year of junior high.

Don't underestimate this ranking. This is just an ordinary junior high school in a small town, without that many top students, so this drop in ranking is actually huge.

Sometimes Zhou Min would think that Xu Lingyuan should be grateful that the school only set up an experimental class in the third year of junior high school, otherwise he would never have met her, and would never have been able to improve his grades and get into university.

Thinking this, Zhou Min couldn't help but become indifferent: "I'm not feeling well, so I don't need the novel for now. I haven't finished reading the one I have yet."

"Oh, then hurry up and look at it. I'll help you borrow it after you're done." Xu Lingyuan was very eager.

Zhou Min lowered her eyes, replied with an "Mm," and turned back to continue reading her English book.

But secretly, I thought to myself: You won't stop until you ruin me, will you? Xu Lingyuan, I'm sorry to disappoint you again. Even if I don't study, my grades are still better than yours. I've never lost in academics, even when I'm not serious.

At that moment, Zhou Min decided that since she had a second chance, she would not waste this precious time. She would study hard, go to a better environment, make friends with a group of outstanding people, and stop making herself suffer.

It was because of Xu Lingyuan that Zhou Min went to that private high school. Because of her outstanding score, she was naturally admitted to the Olympiad class. However, the reality was that those who came to this private high school were either not good at academics or came from poor families.

Despite having an entrance exam score that far surpassed everyone else's, I only ranked fifth in the entire school during the college entrance exam, simply because I was playful. This was the case everywhere I went; I was always among the top students, but never number one.

The situation was even more pronounced at that private high school. Since there were no students around her with particularly outstanding academic performance, Zhou Min became arrogant and complacent. Relying on her intelligence, she thought she could learn anything quickly and spent her days reading novels and not paying attention in class.

Most of the students in the class come from poor families and study extremely hard. If you talk to someone, they'll feel like you're disturbing their studies.

Especially for someone like Zhou Min, the phrase "I'm not like you, I don't study, yet I still get good grades" was something Zhou Min heard from many people, filling her entire high school years with a sense of oppression.

If I could do it again, Zhou Min thought, I must go to a top provincial high school. For someone as lively as Zhou Min, the Olympiad class at a private high school was like hell.

As she was lost in thought, the math teacher walked into the classroom as the bell rang. He was a slightly overweight middle-aged man. Zhou Min always remembered the name Lu Hai because this teacher had once made her feel very embarrassed.

Zhou Min, who has a strong sense of self-respect, had long forgotten what the teacher looked like, but she still remembered his name vividly.

"Come on, let's hand out the midterm exam papers. Everyone did well this time, except for a few students."

"Liu Lingling 150, Zhu Yuanyuan 150, Xu Li 150, Lu Fei 150..."

Zhou Min suddenly had a bad feeling. This moment felt so familiar, but it wasn't what she thought it was.

"Chen Sheng 150..."

Zhou Min suddenly looked up and saw a thin boy walk to the podium to collect his test paper.

Looking at his light yellow trousers, wrinkled at the knees, who would imagine that this is a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness? It has to be said that Zhou Min's mother-in-law raised this son rather roughly when he was young.

Chen Sheng took the test paper down with a calm expression. Perhaps sensing Zhou Min's gaze, he looked up and stared directly at her.

Zhou Min habitually curled her lips into a smile, only to see Chen Sheng immediately turn his face away.

Zhou Min suddenly realized this was back in junior high school; was her husband shy? Just as she was thinking this, she heard a deafening clap of thunder.

"Zhou Min got 116, Lu Zitao got 98. Everyone has received their test papers, right?" The math teacher said, holding up a sample paper and looking at everyone.

"The whole class did well on the test this time. Of course, the test was relatively easy. There were 32 students who got full marks, and most of the other students scored above 140. So I won't go over the test this time. If you don't understand something, come to me after class."

"Of course, there are some geniuses who don't need to come to me; they can figure things out on their own. In this exam, I found that one student gave up on the Jiangsu Education Edition and did all the questions from the People's Education Edition. You're amazing, so go ahead and study on your own, but at least you should have a basic grasp of the material. Since you want to prove yourself, then prove yourself properly, right? Zhou Min."