Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

Xu Li took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down, but then accelerated without saying a word, and the car's speed increased.

"Xu Li, slow down, we get carsick." Zhou Min doesn't get carsick, but she doesn't like riding in fast cars, especially those driven by inexperienced drivers.

Zhou Min felt that Xu Li not only had road rage but also liked to speed, and she never wanted to ride in Xu Li's car again in her life.

Fortunately, the rest of the journey was uneventful. When they arrived at the train station ticket office, they found a long queue already formed in front of them.

That's how it is these days; buying train tickets is extremely inconvenient.

"Let's line up. Give me your ID cards, and we'll buy tickets to sit together later," Xu Li instructed.

"I also need to buy a few tickets for my classmates, which are also from the capital. Could you help me buy them too?" Chen Sheng pulled out a thick stack of ID cards and handed them over.

"So many?" Xu Li was a little surprised.

"Yes, and also the students from Class 35." Chen Sheng's relationship with his new high school classmates was better than his relationship with his old classmates.

So when he came to buy tickets this time, many students from both classes asked him to buy them for them. After all, in those days, train tickets couldn't be purchased online, and there were no ticket agencies in their county.

To buy train tickets, you have to come to the city's train station, which is really inconvenient, so many people want someone else to buy them for them.

Are you all on the same train as us? Does anyone need a sleeper berth or anything?

"Yes, all on the same train, hard seats."

After queuing for nearly two hours, it was finally Zhou Min's turn. Xu Li took out a thick stack of ID cards and bought more than 30 hard-seat train tickets from the city to the capital.

Others gradually pulled out a number of train tickets to other cities, but Chen Sheng bought the most.

Zhou Min suspected that he had bought train tickets for both classes.

After the group returned to the car, they carefully checked their ID cards and train tickets again to make sure nothing was missing before starting to drive back.

On the way back, Zhou Min insisted that Zhu Da drive instead, because if Zhou Min had a driver's license, she would have driven herself long ago.

Although Xu Li was extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat, disappointed, because everyone insisted on changing drivers.

As expected, Zhu Da drove very steadily, and apart from being a bit slow, there were no major problems. Meanwhile, Xu Li, sitting in the passenger seat, was still chattering away.

It wasn't until Zhou Min couldn't take it anymore and told him to shut up that he reluctantly sat down obediently.

It was quite late when they got home. Zhou Min treated everyone to dinner before letting them hitch a ride home with Uncle Zhou.

"It's so much better to fly, why do we have to take the train? It takes so long and it's so crowded..." Zhou's mother said while checking the plants in the shop.

Although Zhou Min's family hired many staff members, Zhou's mother was a very meticulous person and would still tidy up the place herself from time to time.

"Isn't it more lively with more people? Besides, they'll all be our future university classmates, so it's always good to spend more time together."

"That's true. It's a good thing to have more friends since you're in an unfamiliar place. Don't you really want your dad and me to take you?"

"No need, many of us are going together, it'll be fine."

"Alright, be careful on your journey, and bring plenty of money. It's better to be frugal on the road than to be poor at home."

"Know it."

Because Zhou Min had already bought a house near the school, and the original owner had moved out after the transfer of ownership, Zhou Min had already had it thoroughly cleaned when she went for training last time, and now it's ready for people to live in.

Zhou Min packed up everything she needed to take, leaving only a few sets of summer clothes, shoes, and some essential daily necessities. She packed the rest and planned to have them mailed directly to her house by courier.

On the day of departure, Zhou Min simply slung her backpack over her shoulder, pulled a small suitcase, and headed out the door. Because their tickets were consecutive, everyone's seats were together.

Except for Zhou Min, all the other students' parents came. Even Xu Li and Chen Sheng's fathers came.

Zhou Min watched as her honest and taciturn father-in-law from her previous life was chatting excitedly with other parents, and it was clear that they were all very satisfied with the school their child had been admitted to.

The parents who weren't involved in the conversation saw that Zhou Min was all alone and came over to criticize Zhou's parents for being irresponsible.

"Your parents are really something, when will they ever finish earning money? They don't even care about something as important as their child's schooling." This was the mother of Wu Bian, a classmate. Wu Bian's competition results weren't very good, so she gave up her guaranteed admission and chose to take the college entrance examination. Wu Bian's college entrance examination results were excellent; she was the top science student in the city and was admitted to the Capital University. Her younger sister, Wu Di, was also admitted to the Capital Normal University, so her parents were very proud.

"The main reason is that the shop is full of regular customers, and it's very inconvenient for them if it closes down," Zhou Min explained with a smile.

“It doesn’t matter where you eat at a restaurant. I’ve never heard of a restaurant closing down and people starving to death,” Wu Bian’s father said in a heavy tone.

Seeing their intense attitude, Zhou Min had no desire to explain further and turned around to look at the boys playing cards behind her.

These boys had seats before Zhou Min and her classmates. They weren't accompanied by their parents and had brought a lot of entertainment tools, so they seemed to be older students.

Zhou Min became increasingly envious as she looked around. Just then, a group of three players in front of her were short one person, and the outgoing Zhou Min went over and volunteered.

"Little sister, which school are you from?" the boy who was drawing cards asked with a smile.

“Capital University.” Zhou Min stared intently at the cards in her hand.

"Hey, what a coincidence, Han Bin, your junior from junior high." The boy who was drawing cards chuckled and nudged another boy with a cool expression. This boy only glanced at Zhou Min with a forced tilt of his head before turning back to look at his cards.

Seeing the indifferent expression on Han Bin's face, Zhou Min simply ignored him and focused on playing cards. The four of them were playing a card game called "Upgrading," which required teaming up with an opponent. Zhou Min, with her exceptional memory and mental arithmetic skills, kept winning, and they quickly progressed from 2 to Ace.

Han Bin could no longer maintain his cool demeanor; his brows furrowed more and more deeply, and he finally couldn't help but speak to the girl opposite him: "Before you play your card, take a look and play the suit that no one else can match."

"How would I know which one is bigger?" The girl opposite her pouted.

Zhou Min's team won two more rounds despite their complaints.

"I'm not playing anymore, it's boring." The girl took out her MP5 player and started watching a movie.

"Let's play Run Fast," Zhou Min said to the two boys as she quickly dealt the cards from two decks of cards.

"Come on." Han Bin felt that without his teammates to hold him back, his chances of winning were much greater, so he was immediately full of fighting spirit.

But reality proved them wrong. They didn't know that besides her exceptional memory and mental arithmetic skills, Zhou Min also had incredible luck with cards. Although she rarely played cards, she was born in a gambling-addicted village where, except for children and those with intellectual disabilities, everyone was addicted to gambling. While the wins and losses were small, it was their only source of entertainment.

Zhou Min grew up in such an environment, and from the time she could remember, she knew how to play any game like poker, mahjong, or dice. And perhaps because she didn't play much, she always had good luck.

The two boys gradually lost to Zhou Min's card skills, and they became frustrated and irritable, so they simply stopped playing. Zhou Min could only change games out of boredom.

The twenty-hour train journey allowed Zhou Min to indulge in gambling, but the long, hard seat left him with a sore back. Upon arrival, Zhou Mi and the others followed Han Bin smoothly to the school.

Everyone was happy because they ran into an older student who showed them the way. Several parents asked Han Bin to look after their children and wanted to get his phone number.

Zhou Min watched as Han Bin's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, completely losing his previous arrogant demeanor, and couldn't help but smile.

Han Bin seemed to have a third eye; as soon as Zhou Min smiled, he turned around and glared at her. After all, he wasn't familiar with Zhou Min and the others. He had only intended to bring Zhou Min and the few classmates she mentioned to school, but after Zhou Min called, thirty or forty people showed up.