Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

"Ta-da! Look at my new 1.8-liter water bottle! Isn't it huge? I won't have to worry about not having water to drink during the official military training tomorrow." Mao Yating had deliberately taken a detour to the school store to buy this enormous bottle when she went out to buy food. She was really afraid of being in the sun all day.

"Where did you buy it? I want to buy one too!" Zhou Min looked at the small cup on her table and quickly stood up.

"It's the shop behind the bamboo garden. When I bought it, there wasn't much left, so you should hurry if you want to buy some."

"Zhou Min, could you bring one back for me? I'll pay you when it's back," Jiang Fei said a little embarrassedly. She was currently grinding in a dungeon and couldn't leave at all.

"Okay." As Zhou Min left, she could still hear the three people in the dormitory talking about games.

When Zhou Min rushed to the store, she found it packed with people and in a chaotic state, with many freshmen scrambling to buy sunscreen and large cups.

When Zhou Min found the cup, she discovered that there was only one left, and it was unwanted because the strap was broken.

Zhou Min wanted to check out other stores, but worried that they would be the same. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to buy something first and then go to the stores on the back street of the school, so as not to end up not buying anything and suffering in vain.

Sure enough, there were many new students in the shops on the back street. Zhou Min searched many shops before finally finding one that sold large-capacity cups.

When Zhou Min saw that there were even larger capacity options, she simply bought a 2.5-liter one and a 2-liter one to take back for Jiang Fei to choose from.

When Zhou Min returned to the dormitory, she found that the three roommates were engrossed in playing games.

"Jiang Fei, I bought three different models of cups. Which one do you want?" Zhou Min asked while Jiang Fei's character was resurrecting in the game.

Jiang Fei glanced at it casually and said, "Whatever, it's fine." Then she continued to control her character in the game to fight monsters.

Zhou Min took one look and thought, "Well, she's even more addicted than I was back then. Forget it, I don't want to bother with her anymore."

Zhou Min kept a large 2.5-liter cup for herself. After washing it and scalding it with boiling water, she continued to do her homework.

After Zhou Min finished writing the flowchart of her algorithm, she looked at the time and it was already 10:30 pm, while the other three were still playing games.

Luckily, when she went out to buy cups in the afternoon, she also bought some street food to tide her over; otherwise, she would definitely be starving by now.

Thinking that the other people in the dormitory hadn't eaten dinner either, Zhou Min took out the apples and oranges she had bought that afternoon, washed four of each, put them in a basin, and took them over to ask if they wanted to eat.

The three of them glanced at the unpeeled apples and oranges and all refused.

Without a knife, Zhou Min simply picked up an apple and ate it, peel and all. Watching Feng Pinling and the other two engrossed in their game, she began to understand why Feng Pinling had looked down on her in her past life, even though her grades were far worse than hers.

By the time Zhou Min finished washing up and lay down on the bed, it was already 11 o'clock. The dormitory lights were already off, but the three of them had their computer screens shining brightly.

Zhou Min felt uncomfortable from the glare on their screens. Remembering that the store had given her an eye mask when she bought pajamas, she quickly got out of bed, found the eye mask, and put it on.

Although the sound of keyboards clicking could still be heard, Zhou Min's sleep quality was always good, and she fell asleep in no time.

While asleep, Zhou Min heard the sounds of running water, washing, and flushing the toilet coming from the balcony. This made her feel uneasy in her half-awake state; she was both very sleepy and anxious. Was it dawn? Had everyone else gotten up?

I wanted to get up, but no matter what I did, I couldn't open my eyes.

And so, Zhou Min had the most uncomfortable sleep of her life. When she woke up in the morning, she was even more listless than the other three people in the dormitory who had stayed up all night.

When Zhou Min got up, it was already 7:20. When she got out of bed, she found that everyone else was almost done getting ready. They all looked energetic and didn't seem like they had stayed up all night.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Min quickly started washing up. After changing her clothes and applying thorough sunscreen, she noticed that Feng Pinling was still putting on makeup.

"You'll probably sweat a lot during military training today, so be careful not to ruin your makeup," Zhou Min advised before leaving. The other two in the dormitory had already set off earlier because they thought Feng Pinling and Zhou Min were too slow.

"It's okay, mine is waterproof." Feng Pinling was already used to wearing makeup, and now she felt very insecure if she didn't wear makeup.

When Zhou Min finished breakfast and rushed to the basketball court to assemble, she found that everyone had arrived, and even Feng Pinling was already standing in the line.

Zhou Min quickly moved to the back of the girls' line. The instructor didn't say anything, keeping a serious expression on his face as he looked at everyone.

As soon as it was 8 o'clock, the instructor blew his whistle.

"Attention! Count off from the right."

Then they started adjusting the positions according to height, and divided the students of the academy into four teams. Three instructors led the other three teams away, and then the military training began.

On the first morning, the military training was relatively mild, mainly focusing on learning basic movements and explaining the discipline during the training period.

So when it was lunchtime, Ma Yating still had the energy to comment on the instructor's appearance.

"Did you guys see that? Our instructor is incredibly handsome. Look at his face, it's practically a work of art."

"You have sharp eyes! The instructor was wearing a hat, I didn't see anything." Feng Pinling hadn't eaten last night or this morning, and now she just felt anxious with hunger.

Zhou Min only remembered the instructor's sharp eyes, which looked very fierce.

The afternoon military training was completely different; even Zhou Min, who had already experienced military training once, felt that every second was like an eternity.

Mao Yating, who may not have experienced much hardship since childhood, was forced to squat at attention until she cried.

The instructor whom Zhou Min found very strict lived up to expectations, completely ignoring Mao Yating's tears and squatting until Zhou Min felt her legs were gone before letting everyone stand up.

As the day ended, Mao Yating never praised the instructor again. Back in her dormitory, she only hurled vicious insults at him.

"How can there be such a twisted person in this world? I saw that other teams had breaks, but we didn't. This guy is simply insane." Mao Yating said, and then burst into tears, showing that this instructor had really dealt her a heavy blow.

"Why do I always encounter such weirdos?" Feng Pinling was already feeling unwell today, and the military training had been exhausting. Now she was gritting her teeth with hatred for that instructor.

"Don't say that. I think the instructors are great. That's how soldiers should be." Although Jiang Fei was also very tired, she had admired soldiers since she was a child and completely disagreed with what Mao Yating and the other person said.

"Don't be fooled by their seemingly virtuous appearances; who knows how despicable they are behind the scenes." Because of her past life experiences, Feng Pinling has always disliked soldiers.

After hearing Jiang Fei defend the instructor, she immediately began to cite examples of the dissolute side of some soldiers in private.

Mao Yating and Jiang Fei clearly didn't believe it, but they were also curious about the topic of relationships, so they refuted it while hoping that Feng Pinling would continue.

Listening to their conversation, Zhou Min knew that Feng Pinling must be thinking of their instructor Liu Wei from their previous life.

In her previous life, there were too few girls in Zhou Min's major, so girls from several colleges came together to form a team, and the entire team was made up of girls.

The instructor leading the group was also very handsome, and he would occasionally joke with the girls. It was the first time that everyone had been so close to a soldier, and since they were all young girls experiencing first love, they were immediately attracted to him.

When military training ended, many girls cried and were reluctant to part with him, handing him their contact information. Zhou Min, who was already in a relationship, was more resistant than the others.

The other two in the dormitory were either uninterested in romance or just waiting for their Prince Charming to come to them. Only Feng Pinling was infatuated with him and could never forget him.

During their second semester of sophomore year, Liu Wei finally retired from the military and took the initiative to contact Feng Pinling.

Overjoyed, Feng Pinling quickly fell in love. Because of the long distance, the two rarely met and remained in an online relationship.

But just as Feng Pinling was deeply in love, she unexpectedly learned that Liu Wei had contacted all the girls who had given him their contact information.

There are five or six girls in Zhou Min's college who are currently in ambiguous or romantic relationships with him, plus girls from other colleges.

Feng Pinling blindly guessed that she was one of the dozen or so women he was seeing, but what devastated her even more was that when she confronted Liu Wei, she realized that her wishful thinking was just a joke.