Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!

"Gu Xiaoqing, you really got admitted. You’re amazing!"

Bai Zhongyuan truly admired this young girl, who was at most fourteen years old. Compared to their group of seventeen or eighteen-year-olds, she got in based on her own strength.

They all felt utterly ashamed.

Fang Shaonan glanced at Bai Zhongyuan, feeling he shouldn’t have brought this guy along.

Just listen to what he’s saying.

How strong Gu Xiaoqing was, others might not know, but Fang Shaonan certainly did.

At the very least, they had a friendship forged in battles.

That was incomparable.

He took the books from Gu Xiaoqing’s hands and said, "I just got back from Beijing. I heard from my mom that your family’s restaurant opened, but I wasn’t in town. My mom went to pick me up, so I missed it. We’ll make a special trip someday to congratulate your family."

This was his battle buddy, after all.

Gu Xiaoqing didn’t decline. This heap of books was really tiring to carry on her own, so why not use the free labor?

He Min standing nearby was envious, thinking to herself, "I have a stack of books too, don’t I deserve some chivalrous help?"

In the end, it was Gu Xiaoqing who felt bad and helped He Min carry half of her books.

The four of them headed towards Gu Xiaoqing’s dormitory.

"Your family is really impressive, opening a restaurant. I’ll come by to support it one day too."

Bai Zhongyuan thought of the sharp-tongued girl from that day whenever he saw Gu Xiaoqing, sincerely wanting to be friends with her.

Gu Xiaoqing nodded, "You’re welcome to come. Bring Fang along too. My parents are just talking about how they want to thank Fang Shaonan’s family. It’ll be more lively with more people, and the food tastes better."

No need to be stingy with this.

Fang Shaonan found Bai Zhongyuan increasingly annoying.

This guy had quite the talent for freeloading; how did Fang not notice earlier?

After delivering Gu Xiaoqing’s books to the dorm, Fang Shaonan and Bai Zhongyuan left.

Generally, boys aren’t allowed in the girls’ dormitories.

If it weren’t for Fang Shaonan and Bai Zhongyuan being well-known students in the school, the dorm life teachers definitely wouldn’t have let them in.

This was a one-time exception.

Back in the dorm, He Min began to gossip, insisting on finding out how Gu Xiaoqing met Fang Shaonan and Bai Zhongyuan. He Min knew about Gu Xiaoqing’s past, which made her even more curious.

Following behind them, Guo Donghua, He Yan, and Han Meiyue were all ears, eager to find out how Gu Xiaoqing managed to associate with these prominent kids. On the way, the three of them had heard several people whispering that Fang Shaonan and Bai Zhongyuan were sons of the district chief and regiment commander from the military compound.

That’s true background.

They envied that Gu Xiaoqing, a seemingly unremarkable kid from the countryside, could connect with these well-off children. It would be a breeze for her to get into college and find a job in the future.

Guo Donghua and the others were still young and hadn’t immediately focused on romantic relationships.

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Instead, they felt Gu Xiaoqing had found a path to climb the social ladder.

Gu Xiaoqing didn’t hide anything and briefly recounted how she and Fang Shaonan were captured by human traffickers and escaped together, without going into much detail.

He Min found it thrilling, exclaiming how she wished she were there to be the heroic woman.

Guo Donghua and the others were secretly annoyed, thinking Gu Xiaoqing had extraordinary luck, even encountering such fortunate events while being kidnapped by human traffickers and saving the son of a regiment commander.

Just looking at how Fang Shaonan was with Gu Xiaoqing today, treating her with care and affection as though she were family, even taking the books from her hands.

Each of them had their thoughts, planning to stay in good terms with Gu Xiaoqing since they’d be sharing the dorm. Even though Gu Xiaoqing came from a rural place, without connections or background, seemingly the child of parents working hard in the city to make ends meet.

However, she had an extraordinary benefactor who saved her life.

Being near such an opportunity, who knows, they might become familiar with Fang Shaonan and Bai Zhongyuan, possibly benefiting from it someday.

Everyone had their thoughts.

Gu Xiaoqing was too naive and hadn’t thought about any of this.

But from that day on, Gu Xiaoqing noticed that the once straightforward routine between her and He Min had changed, with the rest of the roommates insisting on doing everything together.

They were quite persistent, making it hard to say no.

Strangely, even though it had been two days since school started, the empty bed in their dorm still remained unoccupied.

As they chatted before bed, they joked about how maybe the authorities had given them the privilege of having only seven people in the dorm.

But considering the prestige of the city’s First School, where each spot was highly sought after, who would seriously think the principal would let a bed go to waste?

No one had time to worry because right as school had started, all the grades, especially the first-year classes, were thrown into a placement exam by their form teachers.

To assess their students’ level.

Everyone was busy and in a frenzy.

This was an examination.

Especially their Class One, Two, and Three, which were the elite classes of the first year in the city’s First School, the main force of the school.

Students in these classes ranked in the top hundred and were the focus of cultivation by the school.

They were all excellent students, and the competition was fierce.

Even for this first ranking test, everyone had set goals in their minds, not wanting to be surpassed and aiming for a good position in the exam.

Gu Xiaoqing didn’t take it too seriously.

She was busy with many things; after finishing everything at home during the summer vacation, upon returning to school, Gu Xiaoqing started borrowing second-year books from Fang Shaonan and the others.

Along with the first-year textbooks, she had already begun self-studying a long time ago. Since she had skipped a grade from the eighth to the tenth, she feared her foundation might be unstable, so she took her studies seriously.

The more she learned, the more Gu Xiaoqing realized how much the female university student from her past life genuinely cared for her. The knowledge those professors imparted to her was still the most advanced today.

Unfortunately, she only learned from them for a little over half a year back then; if she had more time, she would’ve gained much more this time.

Since there’s free time, she was willing to study.

Spending more effort on studies was something Gu Xiaoqing was very willing to do.

This time, her wish was to get into a university in Beijing and, if possible, she wanted to study abroad to truly see the world’s differences and broaden her horizons.

These were things she hadn’t owned in her past life.

Not something money could bring.

It was a change in the realm of experience and a broader need that came with a broadened perspective. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)