Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

"Minmin, how are you now?" Li Na couldn't help but steer the conversation back to Zhou Min as the topic drifted further and further away.

"That's it, just going to class, eating, and sleeping every day. Life is like stagnant water, so boring." Zhou Min's life now consists of nothing but the classroom, the cafeteria, and the dormitory, with absolutely nothing to talk about.

"Doesn't anyone pursue you?" Liu Yuanyuan couldn't believe that such a beautiful woman like Zhou Min was unwanted.

“You don’t realize how weird the guys in our major are. They fight like crazy for seats in big lectures. There are less than 20 girls in our entire major. Even if we let them all sit in the front, we could only sit in one row at most…” Zhou Min couldn’t help but complain.

The large classes Zhou Min mentioned were basic courses like advanced mathematics, which were often taught by six classes together. In addition to their two Turing classes, there would also be other classes from the computer science major.

"Ahem, I didn't fight you for it." Chen Sheng couldn't help but explain when he saw everyone's eyes looking at him.

"Anyway, that's the general atmosphere in the major. The competition is fierce, and there's absolutely no room for compromise. Isn't that how it is in your major?" Zhou Min looked at Xu Li and Zhu Da curiously.

“I think the boys at your school are pretty good.” Li Na found Zhou Min’s words unbelievable.

"That's only in front of outsiders, girls from other schools or majors, girls they've never met before. They act all high and mighty in front of the girls in their own class, but they're like bandits." Zhou Min completely disagreed with Li Na's words.

Although she also studied engineering in her previous life, and the male-to-female ratio was also high, it might be because the competition wasn't as fierce as at the Capital University.

Most of the time, men are still somewhat considerate.

"It's not that we don't give way to you, but we've had a lot of contact with you. If we always give way to you, what will we do?" Xu Li also began to defend the boys.

"No need to explain, you must be one of the fiercest snatchers too." Chen Sheng immediately began to undermine Xu Li.

"Your school is really interesting. In our school, everyone tries every possible way to skip class." Liu Yuanyuan found what they said quite amazing.

"No, shouldn't boys be nicer to girls they know well?" Li Na still found it a bit hard to accept.

"Didn't Xu Li say that it's like investing in building your image? With girls you don't know much about, you only need to invest a little to build a good image, but with girls you know well, you need to invest a lot of capital to build your image?" Zhou Min remarked knowingly.

It's likely that these male students at the school don't intend to date female students in the same major, which is why they can compete for seats and classes so freely without any psychological burden.

“Yes, so if a guy doesn’t have any ideas or isn’t sure, he usually won’t be a gentleman to a girl,” Xu Li immediately interjected.

“You’re talking about yourself, we’re not like that.” Zhu Da immediately distanced himself from Xu Li.

"Yes, we don't distinguish between genders, and when girls get fierce, boys are no match for them. Isn't there a girl in your class who's really good at grabbing seats? Every time there's a big class, she can grab several rows of seats by herself." Chen Sheng quickly tried to salvage his image.

Moreover, after reflecting on his words for some time, Chen Sheng also felt that he had gone too far in his previous conversation with Zhou Min. He originally wanted to apologize to her, but found that he had been blocked.

It's a rare opportunity to run into classmates at today's reunion, so Chen Sheng wanted to ease the tension with Zhou Min. After all, they're from the same major and old classmates, and they see each other all the time. If they really fall out, their relationship will be quite awkward.

The girl Chen Sheng was referring to was Zhang Qiuyun from Zhou Min's class. Zhou Min and his classmates had met this girl at the informatics competition training camp, but the atmosphere between the two schools was never very harmonious at the time.

So even though she and Zhou Min are now in the same class again, they don't talk to each other.

Moreover, Zhang Qiuyun was clearly more arrogant. She not only ignored Zhou Min, but also ignored two other girls in the class, simply because these two girls had a good relationship with Zhou Min.

So even though Zhang Qiuyun always rushed to grab a seat during class, unfortunately, it was always the boys in the class who got it, and the other girls in the class didn't get one at all.

"They all took up the spots for the boys, we didn't get a chance," Zhou Min said, rolling her eyes.

"Seriously? There are only four girls in your class. Why don't you get along well with them?" Chen Sheng was also surprised.

"Did you see me sitting in the front?"

"I didn't notice, but I often see other girls from your class sitting in the front."

"They also got up early to reserve their seats, but they're not as united as you guys."

"I don't quite understand. Aren't the relationships between you girls supposed to be closer?"

"Plastic besties, haven't you heard of that? What's so hard to understand? Aren't there many girls who treat boys better than other girls? She's a typical example," Zhou Min said nonchalantly.

"That's great? I'll take a dozen girls like that." Xu Li immediately perked up upon hearing this.

"Forget it, even if there are girls like that, she only cares about looks. You definitely have no chance," Liu Yuanyuan immediately jumped in to put Xu Li down.

"So, do you two usually have a bad relationship?" Li Na thought of Zhou Min's willful nature and felt that this was quite normal.

"That's fine. We'll greet each other when we meet, but we'll never get too close." Zhou Min felt that it was already quite an achievement to have gotten along like this.

"Do you not get along well with any girls?" Xu Li immediately gloated.

“Who said that? Minmin and we have a very good relationship.” Li Na immediately denied it for Zhou Min.

“Yes, yes, Zhou Min, don’t be sad. It must be that girl in your class who’s too weird.” Liu Yuanyuan immediately began to comfort Zhou Min.

"No, it's not that. It's more like our personalities don't match." Zhou Min didn't think there was anything to talk about.

.......

Time passed by in casual conversation, from noon until evening, and it wasn't until after dinner that everyone reluctantly parted ways.

Zhou Min watched Chen Sheng see Li Na off, still finding it unbelievable.

Zhou Min thought about how the two of them had a good relationship in her past life, and couldn't help but wonder if they were a match made in heaven and she was the one who interfered.

Thinking of this, Zhou Min couldn't help but smack her head.

When Zhou Min returned to her dormitory, she felt parched from talking all afternoon. After drinking a glass of water, she began to wash up.

After Zhou Min finished washing up and went out for her routine skincare routine, she discovered that someone had scooped out a large chunk of her eye cream.

Don't ask Zhou Min how she discovered it. You should know that Zhou Min always gently dabs the eye cream onto her fingertips, and she has never dug a hole in it.

Looking at the large dent in the center of the eye cream, Zhou Min immediately felt terrible. With doubts still lingering, she looked at the other skincare products and immediately felt that she was missing something in each one. Heartbroken, Zhou Min just wanted to cry.

You should know that although these skincare products are not branded, they are the store's prized possessions, and this set costs more than 30,000 yuan.

These skincare products were developed by Sister Zhang herself with the help of nutritionists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. They are all pure plant extracts with many precious Chinese herbal ingredients. Because some processes require pure handmade production, the output is not high. Only super VIP customers are eligible to purchase them once a month. Others can only experience them when they go to the store for skincare treatments.

Because Zhou Min helped a lot at the beginning of the business, Sister Zhang gave Zhou Min 3% of the shares and a lifetime free black card. She not only gave Zhou Min one card, but also gave one to Zhou's mother.

Zhou Min not only uses the store's skincare products for free, but also has Sister Zhang mail them to her separately every month. If she were back in her hometown, Zhou Min might not feel so bad about it, but because the leftover products from before were kept by her mother.

After arriving in the capital, Zhou Min first underwent military training, followed by post-sun exposure repair in the summer. Her skincare products were almost completely depleted, and she was now back to square one. Zhou Min seriously doubted whether what she had left would be enough to last her until next month.

After finishing her skincare routine, Zhou Min immediately locked all her skincare products in a drawer. She couldn't afford to take any risks now.

Another week or so passed, and while Zhou Min was doing her skincare routine, Feng Pinling finally couldn't help but ask, "Zhou Min, what brand of skincare products are you using?"

Upon hearing Feng Pinling's question, Zhou Min guessed that Feng Pinling had secretly used her skincare products.

Zhou Min was speechless. She had been reborn and had seen all sorts of big names. Why would she do something like this?

"It's unbranded; my friend made it himself," Zhou Min said, which was fairly the truth.

"I think your skin looks great. Could you ask your friend to send more next time? I'll pay for it." Feng Pinling immediately noticed the changes in her skin after using Zhou Min's skincare products for more than ten days. Her skin was much more moisturized than before.