Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

The three of them slept without saying a word. The next morning, before dawn, Zhou Min and Jiang Fei got up. Jiang Fei was going to the bus station to buy tickets, and Zhou Min was going to send a package.

Jiang Fei finished washing up and left, while Zhou Min packed up all the things she didn't plan to take with her in the dormitory before leaving.

Feng Pinling was still in bed when Zhou Min left. Her daily routine consisted of going to bed late and waking up late.

After leaving home, Zhou Min originally intended to go home first, but considering that she would have to go back to school to get her electric scooter later, which would mean making another trip, she simply took the school bus directly to the information building.

Zhou Min, who intended to pick up her car and leave, saw Mao Yating's car in the parking lot outside the information building.

As for why Zhou Min could recognize Mao Yating's car at a glance, it's mainly because Mao Yating had previously posted photos of their family's autumn outing on her social media.

Her family's car appeared in the photo. It was the first time Zhou Min had seen a bright red Porsche Cayenne. She thought it was very flashy, so she took a second look and remembered the license plate number.

So Mao Yating and her family came to see Teacher Gong again? Zhou Min realized that she might have caused trouble for Teacher Gong.

I wanted to go and take a look, but I was worried that I would not only be unable to help, but would also cause trouble.

Zhou Min thought about how busy Teacher Gong had been yesterday and felt that she really shouldn't have done that. The big boss was already busy enough, how could she let him be disturbed by such trivial matters?

Feeling guilty, Zhou Min rode her electric bike back to her house and waited for the delivery to arrive.

Even after Zhou Min got off the plane and got into her father's car, she was still feeling down. All the way there, Zhou Min kept thinking about how she needed to improve her professional skills so she could make up for it later.

When Zhou Min and her father returned home, they discovered they weren't at their own home in the county town, but rather at a villa in the provincial capital. Zhou Min was immediately shocked.

Although her father had told her on the phone before that the family had moved to the provincial capital, she honestly never imagined that one day she would be able to live in a villa, especially one in the provincial capital.

"How is it? Isn't the new house beautiful?" Zhou's father said proudly, seeing the surprised look in Zhou Min's eyes.

"Beautiful, so beautiful. How much did you buy it for?" Zhou Min immediately asked.

"A comrade gave it to me at a low price."

"What? Impossible?" Zhou Min couldn't believe such a good thing could happen.

“It’s a villa complex that one of my comrades-in-arms developed with his friends. He often entertains his friends at our hotel. I helped him out by doing some promotion for him, and he sold one unit each to my family and your Uncle Jiang’s family at a low price.”

In recent years, the Zhou family and the Jiang family have had frequent contact because of Zhou Min.

Zhou's father quickly became sworn brothers with Jiang, while Zhou's mother treated Zhang like a sister. Zhou Min was also forced by them to call them uncle and aunt.

This made Zhou Min very embarrassed. Actually, Zhou's parents and Brother Jiang and Sister Zhang were not much different in age, but because Zhou's parents did not take care of themselves or dress up in the past, they looked older.

Now, Zhou's mother has become a regular at Sister Zhang's beauty salon. Thanks to her excellent maintenance, she looks much younger. And since Zhou's father no longer has to work in the fields, he has become fair-skinned. With his height, long legs, and upright posture, he also looks like a handsome middle-aged man.

The increasingly young Zhou's parents could no longer tolerate their daughter calling them "brother" or "sister" by their own generation. They felt it was impolite and made them look old, leaving them unsure of how to address her. So they simply told Zhou Min to change how she addressed them.

When Zhou Min arrived home, she found that her mother had also gotten out of the car with large and small bags.

“Minmin is back! Perfect timing. Look, I bought you some clothes.”

Mr. Zhou quickly went over and took the things from Mrs. Zhou's hands.

When Zhou Min saw the brands on the list, she was immediately dismayed. They were all international big brands. You know, in her previous life, if she occasionally bought a few clothes that cost a few thousand yuan, her mother would nag her for a long time. Now, her mother's spending habits were simply beyond Zhou Min's reach.

Zhou Min took out the clothes and tried them on, and found that high-end brands are indeed different. Of course, this was mainly because Zhou's mother had good taste.

Zhou Min has always agreed with this point; it's just that in her past life, her mother never put any effort into dressing up. Back then, she always felt that dressing up wasn't something respectable people did, and even the desire to tidy up was considered a waste of time.

This is the first time Zhou Min has come back since the start of the semester. Her parents are usually busy with their business and rarely call her.

Today, the family of three reunited after a long separation and sat together for a long time. Zhou Min discovered that her parents, especially her mother, had undergone a qualitative leap in their thinking since leaving their hometown. Perhaps they were less constrained, or perhaps their horizons had broadened.

Zhou's mother, who used to be very stingy, now believes that money is meant to be spent, and the more you spend, the more you earn. As for being filial to her parents, she says that visiting them during holidays and providing financial support at other times is enough.

In the past, I would secretly give things to my parents, because I was very afraid that my sisters-in-law would take them away, leaving my maternal grandparents with nothing to eat or use.

Now, every time they go home, they buy plenty of things, and relatives give them some as gifts. They no longer have to sneak around, and everyone ends up misunderstanding that they're going back to their parents' home empty-handed.

That's all. Although life is better now, Zhou's mother still vividly remembers the busy days when her family first opened the shop, when not a single relative came to lend a hand.

Moreover, when she was preparing to buy the shop directly, she only asked her brothers and sisters to act as guarantors so that she could get some loans from the bank, but they all ran away faster than rabbits.

Grandpa and Grandma Zheng scolded her, calling her a troublemaker who was bringing them misfortune.

Zhou's mother felt extremely wronged. It was one thing if others didn't know, but she had given her parents a lot of money over the years, especially in the last year or two of doing business. The money she gave her parents was enough for a strong laborer to earn for four or five years.

But when I only had a tiny bit of need, they immediately turned against me.

Thinking about the grievances she had suffered over the years, Zhou's mother felt for the first time that her parents were very cold-hearted.

From then on, Zhou's mother only showed filial piety to those she was supposed to, just like her brothers and sisters, and occasionally bought them some things. As for anything else, she didn't do anything else.

As for borrowing money from her family, they agreed to lend small amounts, but if the first loan wasn't repaid, they wouldn't lend a second time, and it was only for emergencies, not for long-term support.

As for working, Zhou's mother initially let them manage her dessert shop in the county town. However, after a while, business got worse and worse, and eventually, it went out of business and started operating at a loss.

Left with no other choice, Zhou's mother closed the shop and eventually rented it out. Unfortunately, this still caused a lot of gossip among relatives, leaving Zhou's mother with unspeakable suffering.

After dinner, Zhou Min strolled around her villa. The villa had a small courtyard with a small garden containing a small pond. There were some fish and a few turtles that had begun to hibernate, but nothing else.

Although it can't compare to those luxury homes, Zhou Min is already very satisfied.

There were two cars parked in the garage on the first floor. One of them, a white BMW, was clearly Zhou's mother's. Zhou's father was tall, and he only liked black SUVs.

Zhou Min found it hard to imagine what her mother, who in her previous life didn't even dare to ride an electric scooter, would be like when she started driving.

The villa has four floors in total. The fourth floor is an attic used to store old and discarded items, but because it is a new house, the fourth floor is empty.

Each floor is about 200 square meters. Zhou's parents live on the second floor, the third floor is for Zhou Min, and the first floor has a living room, kitchen, guest room, and gym. Looking at her family's gym, Zhou Min felt that her parents' awareness of fitness was very encouraging.

The second floor mainly consists of Zhou's mother's dressing room, as well as their respective studies and bedrooms, and of course, a small living room.

When Zhou Min reached the third floor, she was completely shocked. If she wasn't mistaken, what was with that piano in the lobby? Heaven knows she had never learned to play the piano before.