I was laying on my bed while reading the new chapter of a novel that I followed since two years ago.

It was a story about a destroyed world full of undeads walking, there and here.

A sudden sleepiness attack me and I fell asleep.

And when I woke up, I was in a classroom full of students reviewing their textbooks.

I'm one of those students sitting in their specific sit, reading their textbooks.

Then one day, I know that this is fucked up.

After the meal, Chen Qifa, Li Liang, and Xue Fei were now drunk. Wang Yanan was also beginning to feel dizzy. Still, everyone was really happy. The atmosphere was quite good.
Although Li Liang was drunk, he still kept insisting on taking Wang Yanan home as he grabbed onto her purse and refused to let go. He was the classical type who would become more daring when drunk, doing what he normally would never dare to do. He didn't care about the potential consequences. There was no helping it.
In the end, Chen Qifa was too drunk to drive, so his wife had to drive him home. The other drunk people also got rides with those who weren't drunk.
Zhang Fan and Shao Hua took Li Liang and Wang Yanan to their respective homes. After dropping off Wang Yanan, Li Liang seemed to wake up a bit. He was walking steadier. However, he remained really silent!
"What's the matter?" Zhang Fan asked.
"Brother Zhang, do you think I'll still have a chance with Wang Yanan if I go work at the private hospital?"
"You're not drunk?" Shao Hua asked in some confusion.
"He got drunk, but he probably woke up a bit by now!" Zhang Fan chuckled.
Li Liang's question was understandable. He worked at a smaller city hospital, while Wang Yanan worked at the best city hospital in the local area. Li Liang was also someone who lacked self-confidence. Normally, he would never dare to act like this. Since he was drinking alcohol, he pretended to be drunker than he really was so that he could sort of half-confess his love to Wang Yanan!
"No matter what, just try your hardest. If things really don't work out, pretend that it doesn't matter! Pretend that you've forgotten about her!" Zhang Fan said while looking at the lights in the distance.
"It sounds as if you have experience with such things!" Shao Hua pinched Zhang Fan's arm.
"Haha! I need to give Li Liang advice, right? I need to sound more passionate, otherwise he might give up! Li Liang was already getting afraid the moment that he saw Wang Yanan's apartment! Am I right?"
"Yeah! I'll see how things go, sigh! I'm fine now. Brother Zhang, Shao Hua, you guys can go back without me. I'll take a taxi the rest of the way!" Li Liang didn't give Zhang Fan a chance to speak as he instantly left.
Li Liang truly was in a bad mood today. He had no more hope of landing a job at Chasu City Hospital. When he saw today the luxurious place that Wang Yanan lived in, he felt even sadder! He had just turned 20 recently, but he felt really bad for himself today! He had so much energy, but had nowhere to use it! He hated how things were! He hated how he hadn't studied properly while he was in college! He hated why he hadn't worked harder before! Was it possible to turn time back by one year? That would be impossible! Could he really do what Zhang Fan said to, pretending that things didn't matter and pretending to forget about Wang Yanan?
After Liu Wenli was discharged, Zhang Fan was also finished with his rotation in the cardiothoracic surgery department. Director Liu really didn't want to let Zhang Fan go. He felt so happy now that there was someone else who could finally share the responsibility of being on call at night with him! He was unwilling to hand Zhang Fan the rotation paperwork and held onto the papers for quite a long while.
"How about you stay here for another month? There're many things you haven't learned yet. We didn't even receive a single heart surgery patient this month. Honestly, there's many challenging things to learn in this department. Most young people don't have the courage to join this department. You're sort of good enough, so how about it?"
"Director Liu, I'm officially going to join orthopedic department #1! You'll have to ask Director Gao and Superintendent Ouyang!" Zhang Fan could only bring out Gao Shijun to block Director Liu's directness.
"Orthopedic surgeries and surgeons are too rough and don't require skill. It's such a pity that you've chosen orthopedic surgery! Sigh, it's all because orthopedic surgery has good income! I won't stop you from making money, but if you ever change your mind in the future and decide that you don't want to do orthopedic surgery anymore, feel free to come find me, and I'll ask the superintendent to assign you to my department!" Director Liu was under the impression that Zhang Fan was young and hungry for money.
"Alright, Director Liu, I'll be leaving now!" Zhang Fan took his rotation paperwork and left. After one month here in the cardiothoracic department, there was no longer a sense of distance between him and the other doctors. Director Liu also truly liked Zhang Fan. Unfortunately for the director, Zhang Fan wasn't interested in this department!
Zhang Fan's next department was the neurosurgery department! This was the surgical department developed the worst in all of northwestern China! It could be said that the brain was the single most complex organ in the human body. It could be described as incredibly fragile, for lacking oxygen for just a few minutes would cause irreparable damage to the brain or even cause the person to die! But, the brain could also be described as tough, for the brain would still be able to barely manage to maintain basic life functions even with 25% of its total area damaged.
In neurosurgery, unless you had a doctorate degree in this profession, you would only be able to use already common knowledge to treat diseases that were well known. Yet, it would be common for the doctors to find it difficult to deal with diseases that deviated even slightly from what the textbooks said. China was already reaching the top of the world in orthopedic surgery, general surgery, and even heart surgery, yet China was far behind in performing brain surgery.
Most Chinese medical textbooks on neurosurgery would contain mostly direct translations of foreign theses. In order to truly have an excellent understanding of neurosurgery, one would first need to be able to understand the original language edition of the neurosurgery textbooks. Even the most accurate of translations would have the translator's subjective consciousness affecting the translation. It would be quite difficult to obtain the essence of high-level knowledge through reading only a translation.
Although Chinese doctors were plenty skilled at reading Chinese textbooks, the same couldn't be said for their English skills. Additionally, medical textbooks on neurosurgery and neurovascular surgery would always have lots of ridiculously long and esoteric vocabulary. Some such words would also require analysis in order to understand them. It would be considered fast for a Chinese doctor to be able to finish reading an English neurosurgery textbook in three to four years.
It was only natural for master-level orthopedic surgeons to have an excellent understanding of force in physics. As for master-level neurosurgeons, they would need to understand not only force, but also electrophysiology and proxemics. The first basic-level class on galvanic skin responses would be more than enough to convince 70% of medical students to give up on this field.
In the medical field, there was a saying that the experts with the best mastery of neural theory could be found in the dissection rooms of all the colleges. However, theory and clinical treatment were far too different. Just because you understood neural theory didn't mean that you would be able to treat a neurosurgery patient. Actual situations during clinical treatment were far too complex. Sometimes, an injury that reached one millimeter too deep might be fatal. One millimeter of difference might be the difference between life and death.
As always, Zhang Fan was given three days of vacation after his rotation in cardiothoracic surgery was finished. However, he wouldn't be able to deal with his own matters, because his friend Li Hui was getting married. He needed to get married soon because his girlfriend would soon start showing a baby belly. In northwestern China, it was still socially unacceptable to get pregnant before marriage. All the negative gossip would be bad for Li Hui's girlfriend. Moreover, since she was a teacher, she would need to pay even more attention to keeping a good reputation. That was why Li Hui arranged for the marriage date to be set in October.
Li Hui already asked for marriage leave from Chasu City Hospital. He had a medical license now, and was almost finished with his rotations in internal medicine. He applied to the hospital administration department to be permanently assigned to the respiratory department when he returned. The respiratory department was also willing to accept him. All that was needed was the superintendent's signature, which likely wouldn't be a problem.
Originally, Li Hui had wanted Zhang Fan to be his best man. However, there was a certain custom in the border province. When the groom went to the bride's home to receive his bride, the bride's family would make trouble for the groom. Blocking the groom until he gave them red packets would only be a minor issue. The biggest difficulty would be that all the family members would force the groom to drink alcohol. This was why most people here in the border province would find someone with tremendous alcohol tolerance as the best man in order for him to take all the drinks in their stead.
Zhang Fan was someone who could become completely drunk from just three glasses of wine. This meant that he couldn't be counted on as the best man! Not only that, Zhang Fan was also frightened like how Li Hui had been when he saw the bride's incredibly muscular older brothers. He felt like he would die if all of them tried to force him to drink! Zhang Fan instantly refused Li Hui's invitation to be his best man. In the end, Zhang Fan's job was to drive his Jeep Grand Cherokee at the forefront with the cameraman on his car, acting as a camera truck for the wedding ceremony!
Li Hui's parents had long since arrived in the border province from S Province already. The bride's apartment included in the dowry was pretty nice. Although Li Hui didn't have much money at all, it didn't matter, as the bride's dowry was truly plentiful. Just the dowry's worth alone meant that Li Hui didn't need to spend money on purchasing new electronics and furniture for the apartment.
Li Hui's new wife had several older brothers who all had good jobs. Since the only girl in the family was getting married, each of the older brothers gave her 20,000 yuan as a wedding present. Her parents also paid for a new apartment and new car. Li Hui instantly reached middle-class economic status from this marriage alone!
The bride was a high school biology teacher. Ever since college, she had learned about how to manage naughty children. To her, Li Hui was simply a bigger version of a naughty student. Ever since the beginning of their romance, she had Li Hui completely under her thumb.
What was a successful woman? A successful woman wasn't about her job or status, as that would be a powerful woman instead. A successful woman was a woman who could successfully change her man. Although there wasn't anything such as who would be subordinate in a marriage in modern China, a family would always have someone who was obviously in charge of major decisions and worrying about the small things. If a family was unclear on who was in charge, then that would be terrible as there would surely be fights every day!
Li Hui's wedding venue would be at J Hotel. The border province was a place where many ethnic minorities gathered, and the owner of the hotel happened to be a Uighur Muslim. Since Li Hui wasn't from the border province, he didn't have any relatives here, so not many of his relatives were attending. Those in attendance were mostly coworkers from Chasu City Hospital. All of them were doctors of internal medicine or rotation doctors, apart from Zhang Fan. 
Director Jumabieke of the respiratory department was the one who would officiate the wedding. He was especially energetic while wearing his suit and tie. Director Jumabieke loved activities where he could have good publicity. Li Hui had asked Director Jumabieke to officiate the wedding after Superintendent Ouyang signed off on his permanent department assignation, and Director Jumabieke had instantly agreed.
Only mid-level leaders of the hospital came to attend Li Hui's wedding. The hospital administration director, chairman of the hospital trade union, and hospital general affairs department director were in attendance. Superintendent Ouyang didn't personally come, but she did send the chairman of the hospital trade union to attend with a small money present on her behalf.
Li Hui's ex-girlfriend Wang Sha, who was still in Kuake City, had Li Liang bring a gift of 2,000 yuan for Li Hui's wedding. In 2010, the average wedding gift money amount was only 100 yuan, so 2,000 yuan was considered an astonishing amount! However, this money from Wang Sha also represented the end of anything between them, and that they would have nothing to do with each other from now on. Just let the past be blown away by the wind!
Here in the border province, marriage ceremonies were a big deal and incredibly lively. The hotel had a special band and dancers just for marriage performances. The band and dancers entered the ceremony halfway through, and the dancers started dancing with the wedding guests as everyone wished the newlyweds happiness.
Of course, Zhang Fan and Shao Hua were present at Li Hui's wedding. Shao Hua looked at the bride who was wearing a white wedding veil. Shao Hua held onto Zhang Fan's arm, and told him, "This is the day when a woman's at her most brilliant! She's a princess for today! Her life will definitely be wonderful in the future."
"Yes, she'll have a wonderful future, but how can you tell?"
"Don't you see how all her older brothers are helping her toast the guests? With Li Hui's stick figure, he wouldn't dare not to be obedient! Sigh, it's a pity that I don't have any brothers."
"Oh! There's no need. I'll treat you excellently without the need for any brothers-in-law to whip me into shape, I promise!"


One day, Zhang Fan, a poor medical student, receives a medical system from the future. This turns him into a new shining star in the medical field. Along the way, he must face medical corruption, competition, and infighting from other doctors, and even find time for a love life as he strives for the top of the medical field!

Jakob Scott aka Jake, grew up in Berlin Germany, his father is Elias and his Mother is Mia, he was born at the Martin Luther Hospital in Berlin in 1990.

He grew up as everyone other kid, he was loved by his family, went to a public school, made friends, all the things that a normal boy would have, except his father was both the majority shareholder and the CEO of one of the worlds most popular weapons manufacturers, it was called Scott & Co, built by him and a loan from the bank, it took him over 50 years to get to where it is now, he spent many days at the office and took on lots of overtime when it was just made, but ever since he had a son called Jakob he stopped working overtime and tried to make as much time to spend with his son, his company continued growing, he owns a total of 40% of the shares with his wife owning 15% and he gave his son 10% when he was born, so overall they had a total of 65% which considering the size of the company is rarely seen as they would usually need several cash injections to get the company started if they have a cash flow problem and they need to pay suppliers they are able to sell off shares for money, but Scott & Co hasn't really had money problems, they don't take on any orders they can't fullfil and they make smart contracts, such as only paying suppliers after the weapons have sold or upon delivery of the raw materials, this way a supplier is unable to take the money and run, which is not commonly seen but also not rare, somewhat uncommon, as it has happened to many people.

Jakob had spent a considerable amount of his time after high school in the company, he was groomed by his father to take over the CEO position for when he retires, he went to public school so he learns to treat everyone equally compared to some of his friends who went to private school and don't consider everyone as equal, almost as if they have a superiority complex.

Jakob used all his spare time to go over the accounts, it was important that all the financials for the company were in order, if not and they get audited then it would be disastrous, they could be fined and if news got out the current stockholders would lose faith then they would have to find somewhere to get the money to pay them, after all, although companies can be worth billions they hardly ever have billions available in liquid assets meaning they wouldn't be able to pay so they would either have to get a loan, which banks may not provide, or sell off fixed assets which would decrease the amount of profit they could make in the long run.

He would check and check again, he was told it was unhealthy for him by his father but he didn't really listen, he had seen many families go bankrupt this way and he wanted to prevent it happening to his at all costs.

He did this for several years, use what spare time he had to look over the accounts until his dad forced him to stop, he was made to go to college, but instead of doing something productive with his life in college he didn't do anything, he would sit in lectures and then wait for his dad to pay for his certificates at the end of the year, despite not actually knowing what subject he was taking, he was given textbooks by teachers to fill out and they would end up stuffed in a bag and left there until he returned home, whereupon entering his bedroom he would put them on a shelf and leave them there.

The teachers didn't dare to ask him for his textbooks, they could tell he wouldn't fill them out because he didn't listen in any of the lessons and they knew his family background because they had access to student files and the last thing they want is to get on the bad side of the Scott family, they had links to various countries militaries and no one wants to deal with that.

That was until he met Ronan, he had been sitting with his 2 'minions' at the back of the lecture hall when he noticed someone walking up to him.

'Another person who probably wants to befriend me for my father's connections.' That was the first thing that came into Jakes mind, it has been like this for a while, people always trying to get close to him for his father, although not many people knew about Jake it was completely different for the upper class, almost everyone knew about Jake, the upper class is always like this, they try to find someone with a higher social status than them and try to latch onto them for connections or money, it has been this way for many years, only a small selection of people would make friends with the poor, or at least this is the way Jake sees things, he could've had a normal life, but the teachers at his public school ruined that for him, on the 2nd day at that school someone tried to bully him, the next day he was expelled and no one talked to him, the teachers weren't even bothered about what he does so he passed his exceptionally bland high school life in an exceptionally bland way, doing nothing.

Ronan looked at him with a suspicious gaze, but Jake paid no heed, he just watched as he walked towards him and sat down.

Jake had a fun time for once, although he couldn't really care less about the textbooks or the money, seeing the hard-working individual in front of him made him think back to the days when he would spend day after day working on the accounts, he had found many people embezzling from the company funds, that made him both happy and proud, his father also gave him his praise but that didn't matter, he had his fathers love from an early age and unlike many other powerful and rich families his didn't have several mistresses clinging onto his father.

Jake made a deal with Ronan $100 per textbook and he would do this for however long he wanted.

After taking his first completed textbook home he just put it back on the shelf, he had no interest in handing them in, he just wanted to see how far this interesting person would go, if he would burn out and stop or if he had the will to go on, then again people motivated by money tend to last longer than those motivated by interest.

Jake continue doing nothing, ever since he stopped looking at the accounts he had nothing to do, although Ronan was interesting he wasn't someone who would take up all the spare time he had, he had to find something that would at least take up a part of his time.

Jake spent several hours looking for things to do, he had many hobbies, playing LoL, CSGO, shooting guns, building and dismantling guns, he had even considered working part-time in the factory building guns for his father's company, but nothing really peaked his interest, in his mind these were all mundane things to do.

....

2 hours later and Jake had finally found something, he was going to vet all the people in the top management in his dad's company, it would take a considerable amount of time and he could make some more connections.

He had to download various software and learn various new skills in order to get everything, he started his computer up and begun to learn a new skill, hacking, he had to learn many skills but one he didn't know was how to hack, he would have to spend several months learning how to hack, although he didn't really have to as he was the son of one of the richest people in the world and people tend to listen to money a lot so any trouble he would in could easily be solved by his father.

Jake had contacted one of his 'friends' Alan, Alan was British and part of the aristocracy, but he was different to them in that he didn't like to follow the rules, he preferred to do many things which the aristocracy would see as blasphemous, he was a hacker, specifically a 'white hat hacker' meaning that what he was doing was ethical, doing it for security reasons, to spot vulnerabilities, etc. 

"Hey Alan, teach me how to hack alright?" Jake was a straight forward person, he didn't want to beat around the bush especially with his friends.

"You sure? Your father would probably kill you if he found out, you know that right?" Alan replied.

"And why would he do that?" Jake asked.

"Oh, I don't know, probably because he thinks that I'm a bad influence and you know, because I am." Alan retorted, although they both knew the reason why it was because Jake had once let Alan into the companies servers, he had found several people embezzling, or at least what he thought was several people embezzling but in reality was one higher up embezzling but doing it through various peoples accounts, he didn't know how to trace the money without sufficient permissions from the various staff members so he let Alan take a little peek at the information, he helped him solve the problem, but that wasn't before getting caught by his father in the server room, the guard outside had phoned his boss, who then passed it up the line until it reached his father, his father was pissed.

He didn't really care about the fact that he let Alan in, he was pissed about the fact that he let Alan look at all his employee's financial information if it wasn't for Alan being a friend of Jake he would've been even more pissed as that person could've stolen all the financial information from the companies employees, luckily enough Elias had made sure that all the information was being kept separate, so they could only access the financial information of the employees and not anything more than that.

"Okay, I'll come to you." Alan said.

"Sure, tell me when and where." Jake replied.

After that they made plans, Alan would come to Jake and then teach him hacking, in exchange Jake would owe Alan a favour, and a favour from the Scott family is worth far more than teaching someone to hack and they both knew it.

Several days later and they had met, Jake had his second textbook in his bag, he had just exchanged it with Ronan and now he was meeting up with Alan.

"So what do you want to do?" Alan wasn't an all work no fun type of person, quite the opposite actually, he was more of an all fun no work type of person.

But they both had a different meaning for the word fun, Alan found it fun to hack stuff, he would tell them afterwards so that they can fix it, but it doesn't mean that it didn't piss people and companies off in the process.

They arrived at the Scott family home, both of Jakes parents were out working so they just went upstairs to Jake bedroom before starting up 2 computers.

Ronan Atkins is a 20-year-old student, he studies Business Administration at Trinity College, it is considered as one of the best colleges to learn Business Administration in the world and in order to obtain a scholarship Ronan had to pass many tests, most of which have nothing to do with the actual course he was studying in, after passing all those tests he was finally given the scholarship he dreamed off, but even after getting the scholarship his life was hard, he had to work several jobs in order to pay for food and accommodation.
Until one day, when he is working part-time at a convenience shop something happens...

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"Zijin, look at Qiao Nan, no matter how bad she is, she is very hardworking in her studies. You are as intelligent as me, if you put in more effort and time, you would definitely be better than Qiao Nan. I would do anything for you. You must strive and work hard so that I can stand up straight in front of your Dad!"
She has devoted everything into nurturing the elder daughter. She must be successful to prove that she was right all along.
"I understand, Mom. Don't worry, I will study hard. When I enter high school I will catch up on my my studies and I will definitely make you proud." Qiao Zijin felt a twinge of guilt at using up all the savings at home.
"Alright, school starts tomorrow. Remember to do more reading. Worst comes to worst, just memorize all the textbooks. If Qiao Nan can do it, so can you."
Ding Jiayi was brimming with confidence. It seemed that she could already see the day whereby the elder daughter enrolled into college.
"Okay." Qiao Zijin smiled happily. But she became depressed when she was back in her room.
It did not matter whether Ding Jiayi was unhappy or not, the study room ended up being Qiao Nan's new room, and Qiao Nan's old room now became Qiao Dongliang's study room.
Though Ding Jiayi bickered with Qiao Dongliang about this, seeing that he had made up his mind, that night she straightened and tidied up the new study room.
The next day Qiao Dongliang was home earlier than usual. As soon as he reached home, he headed for Qiao Nan's room, took a look inside and installed a lock outside her room. Ding Jiayi was boiling with anger. 
What was this lock for? To guard against who?
It was definitely not to keep out thieves, it must be to guard against her!
Qiao Nan, who was at school, had no idea of this at all. Back in the classroom, people were discussing her unusual performance in the recent exams.
Teacher Chen had intended to have a talk with Qiao Nan. But when he saw how dejected she looked, he could not bear to say another word. "Qiao Nan, though you did not do well this time, you have a strong foundation, and your performance was still pretty good in the class. It's just that you did not maintain your usual standard. If you meet with any problems in your studies, feel free to come to me, understand?" 
Qiao Nan had never scored below 90 points for her Maths exams, a full score was the usual case.
This time she scored 85 points; to others it was a pretty good result, but to Qiao Nan it was an unprecedented low score. 
In this round of pre-testing, there were more than 240 students from secondary three. Qiao Nan used to be among the top ten, but now she was ranked at around 70th to 80th place.
If it had not been for Teacher Chen who noticed Qiao Nan's results and insisted on finding out the ranking for individual subjects, Qiao Nan would know her exact ranking among the cohort.
Teacher Chen pondered for a while and walked up to Qiao Nan. "Qiao Nan, how did you spend your summer break? Did you do some revision?"
In the past, Teacher Chen never had to worry about Qiao Nan's studies, but this time he was shocked by Qiao Nan's results.
Qiao Nan did not know if she should be sad or relieved. The best result in her class was a score of 92 points and her result of 85 points was actually considered above average.
Picking up what she used to study in school was really not an easy task. Qiao Nan could feel despair sinking in.
"All my textbooks are gone."
"Gone?" Teacher Chen looked at Qiao Nan in surprise. "Where have they gone?"
"My Mom sold them."
After the rebirth, Qiao Nan had sorted out her thoughts. She would no longer hide the deeds her mother has done. No, she did not wanted to gain sympathy, it was just that she felt it necessary for people concerned to understand her situation and to give her a helping hand when needed.
She really needed her teacher's help to give her some coaching in order for her to work on her results and to catch up to her usual standard.
Teacher Chen was rendered speechless. They would be doing revision in the second half of secondary three. There wouldn't be any new knowledge points. The middle school exams would cover a large portion of secondary one and two syllabus.
What kind of parents would sell all the textbooks when they knew that their child would be taking the exams soon? Was it intentional?
Thinking of what he overheard recently Teacher Chen asked, "Qiao Nan, I heard that your sister enrolled in the The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China?"
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China was a good high school in the area, but it was not easy to enroll in.
"Yes, today is the enrollment, she will be starting school officially." Qiao Nan was stunned for a moment. The saying was right, good news went unnoticed while bad news travels fast.
The act of using money to buy results might not be news ten years later, but it was very rare now. Furthermore, her mother used that money to pull strings instead of buying results.
If father knew that mother went to look for that grandpa all because of Qiao Zijin, he would surely explode in anger.
Teacher Chen's countenance fell.
If one would say that Qiao Nan could enroll in the The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, he would have no doubt about it; but Qiao Zijin? He did not believe it. Besides, it was hard fact that Qiao Zijin has always been an average student, there was no way that she could make it to that high school.
Teacher Chen did not wish to speculate about how Qiao Zijin manage to enroll in that high school, let alone make wild conjectures about Qiao Nan's mother purpose in selling her textbooks.
Teacher Chen was puzzled when Qiao Nan had only scored 85 points in the exams. But now he understood and felt sorry for her instead. "It's alright if your textbooks are gone. I will come up with a solution. Your foundation is good, there's still a year to go, you can definitely catch up. You know the way to my house. Whenever you have any questions, feel free to come looking for me. Understand?"
"Thank you, teacher." Qiao Nan no longer felt dispirited. She plucked up her courage and said, "Regarding my textbooks, I have already settled the problem."
"How?"
"I went to the thrift shop to buy a set of textbooks. I have been reading up. I will definitely trouble you for areas that I am unclear of." 
Teacher Chen smiled. "No troubles at all. Qiao Nan, don't give yourself too much stress. You must learn to strike a balance between work and rest, understand?"
"Alright, I will."
Maths results were out, next would be Chinese and English.
Qiao Nan's grade for Chinese was about the same as her Maths. She scored a few marks above eighty. It was an average grade. For those questions that required memorizing, she scored zero marks for them.
Those students who did not know the inside story were all shocked when they found out that Qiao Nan had not fared well for two subjects in a row. Some were gloating while some were speculating that something must have gone wrong with her, either she had become stupid or she had gone astray. 
The top student that they all looked up to had fallen from grace in just one summer break's time?Top student to slacker in two months' time?
The Chinese subject was taught by a pretty and gentle female teacher. Teacher Lee was exasperated when she saw Qiao Nan's results. She did not get a good sleep last night, her mind was preoccupied with how she was going to knock some sense into Qiao Nan. She did not want her to feel that since her results has always been good, there was no need to put in hard work. She had thoroughly disappointed her with her results.


Qiao Nan: Crap! I am your biological daughter, yet I am treated as if I was picked up from the streets. In fact, you treat me worse than that!

Mother Qiao: Qiao Nan, you are not as pretty or smart as your elder sister. You are not as blessed as her. You have no right to study, marry, or to have your happiness!

Qiao Nan: Why am I not allowed to study, marry, or to seek my happiness? I will find a man right now and marry him!

Qiao Nan is dumbstruck upon discovering that the man right beside her is a powerful figure in the quad—the person who has the most promising prospects to be the future Chief.

Qiao Nan stares at the well-built man in front of her. He has firm abs and cold, chilling eyes. She swallows the lump in her throat as she says her greetings, "Good Morning, Chief!"

I was gathering a lot of attention as I miserably begged Luke to let me read my manga in peace for an hour.

"You know it's been two whole years since I was able to come to this place," I continued sobbing as if Luke truly did something wrong to me.

Luke sighed as he heartlessly gave me two choices, "We're either going to study here for the rest of the day as we have originally planned or we're going back to your house."

When I didn't respond and started to cry harder, Luke dragged me mercilessly back to the entrance of the library. 

If I was in the eyes of the public, Luke couldn't continue his intense study sessions for a long time as it wouldn't fit with the mannerisms within the third district. However, if we went back home, Luke had the freedom to basically do anything.

I stopped crying as I returned the book back to the librarian who seemed to pity me as Luke ignored her compassionate gazes towards me and like everyone else watching this scene.

"Let's head to the study area," I miserably whispered to Luke.

I obediently followed Luke as the librarian guided us to the empty study area as she occasionally looked back to make sure I was fine.

Without wasting a single second, Luke started the next chapter as I immediately forgot about my complaints to concentrate on his lesson.

Luke finally stopped when it was around lunch time as it would be weird for young children at our age to continuously study without a single break.

"We should go out for lunch," Luke suggested as he pointed to a fancy hotel that was a ten minute walk from the library on his map.

However, when Luke wasn't looking this morning, I grabbed two sandwiches from the fridge and put it into Luke's bag so that we wouldn't have to eat inside another fancy restaurant.

"So we're having a break?" I carefully asked Luke.

Luke nodded as he opened his bag to pack the textbooks. However, before he could put the textbooks in, I grabbed the sandwiches out of his bag.

"You could go to the restaurant while I'll stay here and eat my lunch," I immediately headed to the manga section again after greeting Luke farewell.

However Luke sighed as he grabbed two more sandwiches from the front section of his bag (which I didn't pack).

"Just a hour Rika," Luke gave me his permission to read the towering collecting of manga and light novels on the numerous shelves.

It was really just an hour as Luke didn't give me a second more nor did he give me a second less from enjoying my life in manga and light novel paradise.

And until around dinner time, Luke didn't stop as many passersby looked at us curiously as we've been studying continuous for hours on our own.

"They're definitely from the first district," One college student whispered.

"Look at the clothes they're wearing. I've never seen something like this in the third district," Another college student agreed.

"And the content they're studying is the same level that my upperclassmen learn from their professors," Another college student pointed out.

Thanks for finally noticing. The level of difficulty of this textbook was already masters level in the third district and my past life. 

This was why my grades were never able to improve without Luke's intense study sessions. 

I happily closed our textbooks as I knew we were finished for the day. The library was about to close in one more hour as well.

We headed home as I devised a plan to escape from the study session tomorrow.

* * *
Today was July 8th of 3020 when I woke up from the soft vibration from my marble.

I painfully woke myself up at four a.m. Since I knew that Luke woke up at five a.m. from yesterday's conversation, I knew I had to wake up earlier than him to get out of the house unnoticed.

When I carefully opened Luke's door, I found him still sleeping.

I sighed in relief as I changed into the newly hung clothes from Luke's suitcase. He must have placed it in my closet last night as there was only one outfit and pyjamas for me to wear in my closet yesterday.

Today's outfit was another dress but made out of bright pastel pink silk with a tight ribbon around the waist. 

Again, it was casual enough to wear outside like a walk to the local park, but it wouldn't feel out of place when I would have to attend an informal event.

I carefully put on my dark pink sandals that I wore yesterday as I tried to open the main door as quietly as possible.

I silently cheered when I made it out of the house without Luke noticing. I walked to the bus stop to try to make it for the next bus that would drive me to the train station where I would catch the next bullet train that would place a large distance between Luke and me.

I have already put a note on the dining room table so my parents would know where I was.

My destination was the largest library in the country. I was grateful that I would get there by transferring from a one hour bus drive and then a three hour train ride.

I didn't mind that my commute was four hours overall, as I could sleep on the train.

I was captured and put onto a stake to be lit on fire as part of the ongoing witch hunt conducted throughout the land. I had to do something. But, this life really sucked. 

This all started when I was accidentally killed by God. 

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to kill you. It was just that I was overworked lately by my superior and I just wanted some time to relax and vent my stress out," he confessed.

"So, while I was snacking, I accidently dropped one potato chip into the human realm where the child tripped over the potato chip onto a den of steep stairs." God guilty admitted.

So I reincarnated into the most adorable girl with the largest orange-speckled eyes that contrasted her pale white skin void of any imperfections.

'How could someone look this pretty?' I thought as I admired my new appearance.

I was nowhere close to this pretty in my previous life. Did God put me into this new vessel as an apology?

But some things were too good to be true.
***
"We can do this the nice way or the hard way," My fiancé’s brother started off.
"The nice way is where you willingly come with us back to the first district and the hard way is where we forcibly take you back, which would be hard for all of us," Lucius gave me a warning.
Why was my life so depressing? He practically meant I didn’t have a choice! 
***
Few months later, I was at a party that I planned to escape from my fiancé’s family.
"I still get to continue with my naps on the weekends?" I tried to confirm with them.
No one answered as I almost cried from giving up my rare nap times from the mess I got involved with. This life was too bothersome!

After a couple of hours, the figures of Lissandra and Law could be seen at a table inside the Queen's public library together.
       It took a while to get to the library and to find a table so that Law's mom could begin editing various news articles for the paper.
       "Just remember Law be careful and don't talk to strangers, and if you don't come back in 20 mins, I'm going to come to look for you, okay?" Liz said as Law ran to go find some books. 
       The only reply she received was a thumbs up from the little redhead boy that did not even bother to look back.
       "He may be as smart as an adult, but he still has the manners of a 5-year-old" huffed out a slightly annoyed Liz.
       As Law wandered the library, looking for history and science books. The Marvel world was leagues ahead of his own in terms of technology and understanding of science, so he decided to study as much as he could. He wanted to become a world-renowned scientist or doctor in this world was with his intelligence and abilities it would so much easier. He wandered through various aisles looking for higher level textbooks before he crashed into a teenage girl and 3 or 4 of her books onto the ground.
       Law looked down at the girl he had knocked down only to be stunned. She was a pretty blonde girl with long hair wearing a sweater and jeans. But that wasn't what stunned him, it was the fact that she looked similar to someone in his memories. Law quickly got out of his daze and noticed she had started to pick up her books. 
       "Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going," Law said while helping her pick up her books. 
       "It's alright it happens to me all the time when I'm interested in something," the blonde teenager said with a smile on her face as they finished picking up all the dropped books. Law handed the books back to her, but not before noticing that they were college level physics textbooks.
         "Once again, I'm sorry for knocking you over. My name is Law Napier." He said as he stuck out his hand.
       "I'm Susan Storm, and what were you looking for so fervently," Susan asked using words clearly above his age range.
       'Well, at least that confirms my thoughts that she is Susan Storm from the Fantastic Four. She doesn't look like a young Jessica Alba but rather a teenage version of a Susan Storm from Earth-616. It seems that all the Marvel characters are either going to look like their movie counterparts or the comic versions.' Thought Law before he replied 
       "I was looking for high-school physics, chemistry, and biology textbooks as well as history books," Law answered honestly seeing no reason to lie. Although he usually didn't like conversing with people he just met, he wasn't going to pass up the best opportunity to talk with one of his favorite heroines,
       "Aren't you a smart little boy, tell me how old you are?" Susan asked inquisitively.
       "I'm 5, and It's not my fault I haven't hit my growth spurt yet" Law pouted. Causing Susan to start giggling.
       "Where did you find them, I've been looking everywhere for textbooks," Law asked inquisitively.
       "Well, why don't I show you then *Little* Law," Susan said causing Law to pout.
       "Thank you" Law murmured as she began to lead him to his desired section. 
       As they walked to the section, Law and Susan struck up a conversation clearly intrigued by each other's intelligence. The only thing Law could think was that the comics and movies did not capture and display her true intelligence. 
       As they continued their conversation, she started to tell him about her family, the Baxter Foundation, and about how her little brother Johnny was always annoying her and her mother to read his books.
       This shocked Law due to the fact that in the Fantastic Four comics did not have a Baxter Foundation and the fact that her mother was still alive even when she was a teenager.
       'So, I can't just think that the future is going to completely coincide with the movies, huh. Well, I did ask for an AU, this is going to be so awesome.' Law thought with a smile on his face. (Author's Note: This is just so I don't have to follow the side movies, tv shows, or the comics exactly.)
       "Here you go little Law, all the textbooks are here. Do you want me to help select the best ones?" Susan asked amicably.
       "Yes please," Law replied. 
       "Sure little guy let me help you," She said smugly puffing up her chest.
       After a few minutes of looking over the books, she picked out a few and about a couple inches thick. 
       "Here these are the best books, the others just repeat the same thing again and again. Now then I got to get going and search for a place to read my books" Susan said getting ready to leave.
       "Hey, Susan wants to come and sit with me and my mom. There is still plenty of space there." Law offered thinking to help the teenage girl.
       "Sure, that would be a great help Law. Lead the way." Susan said happily due to having found no place to sit for the past hour. Law leads him to where his mother was sitting still busy with work. 
       "Hi, mom I brought a friend to sit here, she helped me find and pick out my books. Is that okay?" Law asked his mother who finally looked up.
       Liz looked up from her work only to be surprised by the appearance of a beautiful blonde girl, while quickly gained an inquisitive look.
       "Yep, that fine Law we have plenty of space here. Thank you for taking care of my baby boy, he has a hard time paying attention to his surroundings and probably would have hurt himself if someone didn't help him" Liz said smiling at Susan who started to giggle. 
       "It's fine Ms. Napier, Law is a perfect gentleman. My name is Susan Storm." Susan replied covering for him. Liz gained a look of surprise, and then immediately that look turned to happiness.
       "You must be Mary's 15-year-old baby girl," Liz said while both Law and Susan gained a shocked look. Law for the fact that his mom was connected to so many notable figures in the Marvel universe, and Susan for the fact that Law's mother knew her mom. 
       "Oh, I should probably introduce myself. I am Lissandra Napier, your mother and I used to go to the same college but while I studied literature, your mother studied bio-chem. You can call me aunty Liz, after all, I was there when you were born. Also, you can refer to Law as your younger brother because your mom and I were already planning to introduce him to you and your little brother soon." Liz replied smiling. Susan took a few seconds to comprehend the situation before taking the situation in stride.
       "Okay, Aunty Liz it's nice to meet you," Susan replied widening the smile on Liz's face. Susan then suddenly turned to Law with a smug smile on her face.
       "Did you hear that Little Law, from now on you will refer to me as Big SIs Sue" Susan stated smugly causing Law to gain a deadpan look while causing his mother to laugh. 
       'This is going to be a long day' Law couldn't help but think to himself and Susan got settled in a seat at the table.

The Marvel World has a variety of powers and abilities. Just how much havoc and change can a single cultivator bring into the mix. Well, we are about to find out. 
	Aaron Zamora was a middle age author whose life continually screwed. Watch as a somewhat broken man uses his 5 wishes to gain the powers of Desolate Era cultivator. Will the Marvel World, and to other multiverses that exist still be the same after a being who goes against the heavens is brought into the mix? After all, cultivation is the best way for a mortal to Ascend the Heavens.

Gu Ning had provided those pictures for Let's Gossip Official, but they didn't care who the provider was as long as the material was shocking enough.
The slander was finally solved and Gu Ning as well as her staff went back to work on the film.
In fact, it was the semester when they were about to write the entrance examination to college, and Gu Ning felt bad because she had occupied some crucial time of Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping. Therefore, Gu Ning got the textbooks and gave them lessons once they were free.
Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping actually had the idea to escape from the stressful semester by helping Gu Ning. Unexpectedly, they still had to learn under pressure from Gu Ning. They were going to attend universities soon, so it was better for them to seize the time and study hard. In addition, Gu Ning was a great teacher. Chu Peihan was good at studying and Hao Ran as well as Zhang Tianping were smart too, so it wasn't hard for them to learn.
They had shot the parts of the real antiques for four days, so Gu Ning secretly put the real antiques back to the telepathic eye space later.
Chu Peihan and the others needed to stay here for another week but Gu Ning had to leave now, because Tang Yunfan was going to City F. Gu Ning wasn't willing to let Gu Man face it alone, so she had to leave for City F.
Before she left, she settled the bill for Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and Zhang Tianping's rooms in the hotel. And the large bus would be driven by Hao Ran. When their parts were over, Gu Ning would pick them up.
It was around five pm when Gu Ning arrived at City F, but she didn't go back home at once. Instead, she went to Lan Yubin's place.
Lan Yubin's son, Lan Tianhua, had already fully recovered, and Lan Yubin had called Gu Ning a few days earlier to invite her to share a meal with his family in order to thank her. Although Lan Yubin had already paid a lot for the pills, he didn't think that money was enough to show their appreciation.
Gu Ning had declined but Lan Yubin insisted, so she agreed in the end. She would be occupied tomorrow, so she decided to visit them today.
When Gu Ning arrived, Lan Yubin and his wife welcomed her with open arms and repeatedly thanked her.
"Oh, Miss Gu, I have several friends who keep calling me wanting to buy your pills," Lan Yubin said to Gu Ning while they were chatting.
"I'm willing to sell the pills, but not easily. I won't sell them unless the disease can't be cured by doctors, because the number of the pills is limited," Gu Ning said seriously. Although she had plenty of pills, the number was limited, and she also needed them to make medicines and make-up.
Hearing that, Lan Yubin thought that it was reasonable. Those rich people didn't actually have any serious diseases, but they wanted to prepare some in case they needed them in the future. In that case, Gu Ning was unwilling to sell the pills to them, because she didn't lack money at all. In addition, she had rescued many people with her pills and never asked them to pay.
After the meal, Gu Ning went back home.
When she got home, Gu Man was absent, but Gu Qing was at her home. Gu Ning asked Gu Qing where her mother was. It turned out that Gu Man went to visit Wang Sufen. However, it was almost 8 pm, and Gu Ning was worried about Gu Man's safety, so she called her at once.
When Gu Man answered Gu Ning's call, Gu Ning heard the sounds of a man's swearing and a woman's crying. She recognized that the woman was Wang Sufen.
Gu Ning frowned a little. Obviously, something unpleasant was going on there, and she was worried about Gu Man.
"Ningning, are you home now?" Gu Man asked.
Gu Ning had told Gu Man that she was going to visit Lan Yubin first, so Gu Man assumed that she could be home now.
"Yes! Mom, where are you now? What is happening there?" Gu Ning asked.
"I'm in Wang Sufen's place. You can come and pick me up," Gu Man said, then told Gu Ning the address. Normally, Gu Man wouldn't bother getting Gu Ning to pick her up. If she did so, there had to be trouble.
Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were in other cities, so the car was parked in the parking lot.
Once Gu Ning left her home, she ran to the parking lot. She drove the car as fast as she could to meet Gu Man.
Around 10 minutes later, Gu Ning arrived at Wang Sufen's place. It was an old, damaged street, and many onlookers were standing outside of Wang Sufen's home which was a small two-story self-built building.
Because the sound insulation of the house wasn't good and the man deliberately raised his voice, their quarrel was easily heard.
"Wang Sufen, you've been married to me for over a dozen years. You can't give birth to a boy, and you even dare to cheat on me?" the man was almost yelling. It seemed like he intended to let more people hear it. Generally speaking, people were inclined to hide their shameful secrets, but the man did the opposite.
Gu Ning didn't know whether what the man had said was true, but she thought that it wasn't highly likely. Instead, she believed that the man did it on purpose to gain an advantage in the divorce. 
No matter what, Gu Ning wouldn't jump to conclusions. When she walked to the door, she used her Jade Eyes to see what was happening inside. In the living room, Gu Man put her arm around Wang Sufen's shoulders where they were sitting together on the sofa. Wang Sufen was trembling, sobbing, while Gu Man seemed extremely displeased.
Opposite them, a man was glaring at Wang Sufen.
"Yang Dazhi, Sufen has already agreed to the divorce. Do you have to swear at her all the time? My daughter is coming to pick us up soon!" Gu Man said.
Facing Yang Dazhi, Gu Man was a little scared but she did her best to defend her friend, Wang Sufen.


She was once a puppet to her family, a commercial spy and assassin pursued by the police. One day, she falls into the sea after being betrayed. 

When she wakes up again, she is an ordinary third year student in high school. Due to her ignoble past and the ostracization of her relatives, she has always been bullied by her classmates, partly due to her being a loner. 

With her gaining a new lease of life, she undergoes a massive change, returning any bullying she received in the past. With a powerful cheat, a pair of telepathic jade eyes, she is able to easily appraise jade and succeed at gambling.

She starts a business, becoming a legendary businesswoman. There's no need to talk about people who previously mocked her for being poor when they see her billion-yuan net worth. When relatives visit to cozy up with her, they are denied. We are no longer related to one another. Return to whatever foul place you came from!

Days are good, except for an easily jealous man beside her. For no good reason, she ends up aching all over, especially in her nether regions, all thanks to him. 

This is a story whose male and female leads are both strong and untainted.

Chapter 1220: My Name Was Written In Your Books
They drove to the university. Since the new semester was about to start, there were many students at the campus.
Bai Xiaolian was still in detention. It was normal for the college students to follow current gossip trends when a provoker started a malicious topic, but once the provoker was caught, the gossip followers would disperse into thin air. A typical college student's immature mentality.
When Gu Juexi and Ye Yuwei appeared at the campus, they attracted a lot of curious glances from bystanders but no one dared to approach them.
Ye Yuwei took Gu Juexi to many places on the campus. Their sports field, their cafeteria, their grove, even the lecture halls.
Students who had signed up for the postgraduate exams occupied the study rooms in the academic building. The rest of the students who had returned to the campus were either unpacking their luggage or out shopping with their friends.
Ye Yuwei pulled Gu Juexi into a lecture hall that had a few students studying in it. Ye Yuwei quietly guided Gu Juexi to sit in the last row of the hall. A message was written on the blackboard which said that the hall would be occupied at 7.30 p.m. tonight to take attendance. Taking attendance was the first thing they did when a new semester started.
Gu Juexi never spent a day in college. He returned to China at the age of fifteen and joined the military a year later. Despite the stack of certificates with his name on them, he never attended school or sat in a regular lecture hall like this.
Ye Yuwei cupped her chin with one hand, looked at the man sitting next to her and whispered, "Hi, my name is Ye Yuwei. I'm a student in class xx of the School of Economics. Let's be friends."
Gu Juexi tilted his head at her, his gaze unflinching. "No."
Ye Yuwei frowned. Did he just reject her so directly?
Ye Yuwei turned away angrily and laid her head on the table. The man was hopelessly unromantic.
Gu Juexi looked at the woman lying on the table while looking out of the window.
"In any case, I should be your lecturer instead, Miss Ye," Gu Juexi murmured. His voice was soft so as to not disturb the students but loud enough for Ye Yuwei to hear him.
It made sense though since Gu Juexi was eight years older than Ye Yuwei.
Her head still on the table, Ye Yuwei slowly turned around and looked at the man who was tapping his fingers on the table. "Will you teach economics?"
"I see that there are national defense[1] students in your school." He had spotted a flag-raising platform when they were walking around the campus. It was where the national defense students performed their daily flag-raising ceremony.
"Yes, we do." Ye Yuwei nodded in confusion, but then a thought struck her.
He had never really put that place behind him! Hmph!
Ye Yuwei turned her head away again, sulking.
Gu Juexi curled his hand into a fist and rested his head on it. He reached over and stroked the sulking Ye Yuwei's head as he said, "I heard from your Professor Zhou that you wrote my name in your economics textbooks."
Ye Yuwei was so surprised, her eyes almost popped out of their sockets. She turned around abruptly and stared at Gu Juexi. Why did Professor Zhou tell him that?
It was so embarrassing!
Ye Yuwei's embarrassed expression reminded him very much of their daughter. Gu Juexi figured that this was one of the reasons why he spoiled Xixi rotten. Perhaps Ye Yuwei had made the same expression when she was little.
The private meeting with Professor Zhou the other day had been approved by Professor Zhou's wife for the sole purpose of him telling Gu Juexi not to hurt Ye Yuwei again.
Gu Juexi was very respectful of Professor Zhou and his wife because of their generous benevolence towards Ye Yuwei.
"So where are your books?" Gu Juexi asked with an amused smile as he stared into the eyes of the woman in front of him.
[1] National Defense students are a type of university student unique to China. Military education and training in China in a fundamental form of higher learning covers defense education as quired by The Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China.


He was the powerful and influencing heir of B City, the merciless head of the commercial world, but the divorce papers made him lose his cool. 
“Sign the divorce papers, daddy,” said the 5-year-old boy. 
This man had the divorce papers thrown in his face by his wife six years ago, and was now being pushed by his own son to sign the papers. 
“That would make you a single-parent child,” said Gu Juexi coldly. 
“Mommy said unicorns don’t exist but men like you do,” the boy leered at his father and said. 
Gu Juexi’s face fell. ‘That damned woman.’
“You haven’t signed the papers,” the boy reminded as the man left. As usual, the door shut in his face. 
Good lord… Dad and mom are not getting a divorce and are giving him a baby brother? How worrying!

Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
"Do you really think an heirloom treasure is worthless? They are all priceless. They are mostly some old magic Equipment that Super Mages donated to our school to express their gratitude as alumni," Dean Xiao said.
"Seriously!?" Mo Fan blurted out.
The Dark Noble Mantle that he had received was a donation from Essendale, the strongest Shadow Mage. Even though the guy was condemned by the world so much that his coffin was about to explode, it did not stop his Dark Noble Mantle from leaving a mark for generations to come.
Many people still had no idea that Mo Fan had the Dark Noble Mantle. It was the most expensive equipment that Mo Fan had, apart from the Black Snake Armor. It was perfect for sneaking, running away, and ambushing his target!
---
Mo Fan followed Dean Xiao to the Three Step Tower. He was a little confused. He could not help but wonder… was Dean Xiao actually thinking of offering him a chance to cultivate in the Three Step Tower for a year or a half as the reward?
Mo Fan had spent some time cultivating on the Mountain of Blessing in Greece. It was a lot more efficient than cultivating in the Three Step Tower. The Three Step Tower did not really help much with his current cultivation, since it was more effective for Elements below the Advanced Level. It would only be useful once he Awakened his seventh and eighth Elements! He would still benefit a lot from cultivating in the Three Step Tower before the two new Elements reached the Advanced Level, however!
"Come with me," Dean Xiao led Mo Fan into the Three Step Tower.
Most interestingly, Dean Xiao did not bring Mo Fan to the cultivating corridor. There was another path that Mo Fan had never seen before, leading to a different place.
They went through a heavy door protected with magic. Mo Fan found himself in a room with lots of bookshelves and cabinets filled with ancient artifacts. It was like a museum, but somehow more dignified. It even had a pressure urging them to breathe slower and lighter. The things that were displayed had a certain aura to them...
"Look at all these treasures!" Mo Fan was astounded. He never thought the Pearl Institute would have a place like this.
High-level Equipment was normally referred to as a Soul-grade Equipment. These pieces of Equipment would have their own tempers, innate characters, power, and integrity, just like a living being. It was also why Mo Fan subconsciously held his breath as soon as he set foot into the room!
"Professor Shi, I've brought a student here to pick his reward. This is Mo Fan, the one that won the World College Tournament. He just graduated," Dean Xiao walked up to an empty chair.
Mo Fan was stunned. Why was Dean Xiao talking to a chair?
However, when Mo Fan took a closer look, he realized that someone was actually leaning against the chair. The shadow had blocked his vision. The man was like a transparent ghost in the shadow. It took Mo Fan by surprise.
Mo Fan had the Shadow Element too, yet it was significantly weaker than the old man's. He could not even detect the old man's presence at such a close distance. Most importantly, the man was not using his magic at all. It was only the natural effect after his Shadow Element had reached a certain level.
"Oh, I've met the kid before." The professor leaned back and rocked the chair a little.
Mo Fan went closer and realized that the old man did look familiar. However, he just could not remember where he had met the old man before.
"On the train you took when you left Bo City, you asked me if there was any special way you can enter the Pearl Institute. I told you there was none," the professor reminded him.
Mo Fan finally remembered. On the train he, Xinxia, and his father took to Xiamen, they had a quick chat with a stubborn old professor they had stumbled into.
"So it's you! How fateful are we..." Mo Fan blurted out.
"Fateful my ass! I already told you I was a professor at the Pearl Institute, but did you bother to come and visit me, despite being around in the school for so long?" the old man snapped.
"I thought you were a liar, HAHAHA!" Mo Fan burst out laughing.
"I won't be fussy about it, considering the things you have done for the school." The old professor smiled too.
"I'll bring him around then," Dean Xiao told the old professor.
"Yeah, feel free to do that." The old professor did not talk further. He had a languid demeanor.
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Mo Fan followed Dean Xiao around the room. He turned around and took a quick look at the old professor, and discovered that the old man had vanished into thin air again.
Dean Xiao led Mo Fan deeper into the room. They soon reached a cabinet filled with Deathstrike Equipment.
Dean Xiao was thinking of getting Mo Fan a Deathstrike item, since they were usually more costly. Mo Fan still did not own a Deathstrike item.
"Dean, forget about the Deathstrike Equipment, I already have too many attacking moves," Mo Fan told him.
"You're right, what are you looking for then?" Dean Xiao asked.
"Some defensive equipment. My defense is lacking," Mo Fan said.
Dean Xiao nodded. He brought Mo Fan to the section where the defensive Equipment was placed. As a matter of fact, there were not many pieces of magic Equipment. Each magic Equipment had its own display, with a long description of its lore.
"Wait here, I'll take a look at the records. It's been a while since I last came here," Dean Xiao said.
"Alright." Mo Fan proceeded to look around on his own.
He soon discovered a bright feather placed inside a glass cabinet. It was only a single feather, but it was as big as a fan. He could even see the lines on it.
Somehow, Mo Fan felt the pattern of the lines were familiar!
He soon recalled the pattern that he had seen in the little hut on the heart-shaped island at West Lake, and the lines on Zhao Manyan's wooden clapper...
"Professor Timo...oh, Professor Shi, what is this feather?" Mo Fan said to the chair behind him.
Professor Shi slowly appeared. He said without even looking at the feather, "The only evidence that proves some powerful creature once existed in this world."
"What creature?" Mo Fan asked.
"What do you think the strongest creature in our country over five thousand years ago was?" Professor Shi asked.
"Women," Mo Fan blurted out. He quickly straightened his face when he saw the displeased look on Professor Shi's face, "I bet it's the totem beasts?"
"Not bad! Many old Mages still have no clue what totem beasts are," Professor Shi said.
"Don't tell me it's the feather of a totem beast?" Mo Fan glanced at the feather and tried to imagine what the creature would look like.
If a single feather was already this big, what would the actual creature even look like?
"How much do you know about the totem beasts?" Professor Shi asked.
"A little. I'm only familiar with the Black Totem Snake," Mo Fan said.
"Humans were at the bottom of the food chain in the early days. Back then, there were no Mages. The only reason we didn't go extinct was that we were worshiping the Totem Beasts. Each primitive tribe worshipped their own Totem Beast, and in return, the Totem Beasts provided the vulnerable humans a safe environment. They were lots of Totem Beasts back in the day: Eagle Gods, Shark Gods, Snake Gods, Wolf Gods… different tribes were protected by different Totem Beasts," Professor Shi explained.
The history textbooks did not mention anything about the past. They did not even mention the words Totem Beasts.
"Why don't the textbooks mention anything about the Totem Beasts?" Mo Fan asked, confused.
"Humans have gotten stronger now with the help of magic. Who would be willing to admit that they were once ruled by the Totem Beasts like slaves, even though the Totem Beasts had always been friendly to us?" Professor Shi said.
"Fine," Mo Fan understood.
Humans had gone through three eras. The first era was the Era of the Totem Beasts.
There were no cities, humans were living in the wild like the demon creatures. The humans had to rely on the protection of powerful Totem Beasts in order to not end up as food. A Totem Beast protected a human tribe. The Totem Beasts were also the symbols of the human tribes. Humans were weak and petty during that era!
The second era was when magic first appeared. Humans started Awakening Elements and became Mages. They slowly parted ways with the Totem Beasts and set up their own territories.
The third era was when magic became prosperous. Humans started to have lots of different Elements and build cities under the protection of magic barriers that even demon creatures had a hard time breaking through. Humans started living in cities and set up the safe zones, slowly expanding their territories while competing against the demon creatures. Even though humans were still weak compared to the demon creatures with overwhelming numbers, they no longer lived pettily like in the past.
Every textbook in schools only recorded the history since the Awakening of magic. They never mentioned about the era where there were no Mages, nor did they mention the Totem Beasts.
"Why did the Totem Beasts disappear? Didn't you say there were many of them? Did the demon creatures kill them all?" Mo Fan asked.
The only Totem Beast left in the country was the Black Totem Snake. It was too much of a difference compared to the era where every tribe was protected by a Totem Beast. Weren't the Totem Beasts so powerful that the demon creatures would not dare to provoke? Why did so many of them disappear?
"I think so. The demon creatures have always been unfriendly to the Totem Beasts. However, the Totem Beasts were born for battle, yet their natural enemies weren't the demon creatures..." Professor Shi said. He did not continue.
Mo Fan felt silent, too.
Perhaps the reason that humans were unwilling to mention the Totem Beasts was not just because they felt humiliated.
"No one knew what actually happened, since it's been so long..." Professor Shi said.
Professor Shi did not continue the topic. Mo Fan lowered his head and read the description on the feather instead.
The description was extremely long, but most of it was just speculation. Even the person that wrote it emphasized that he could only speculate about the Totem Beast due to the lack of evidence.
Mo Fan read until the end and noticed a familiar name at the bottom.
"Jiang Shaoguan?" Mo Fan read the name out.
"A good kid who's extremely fond of the Totem Beasts. Unfortunately, he never came back after he discovered the ruins of a powerful Totem Beast," Professor Shi said.
Mo Fan had heard the name from Jiang Shaoxu!
She had gone to the desert to look for clues of her brother's whereabouts. Mo Fan had not expected that Jiang Shaoxu's brother had found the feather of a Totem Beast. It was a remarkable discovery!
Without those people exploring the ancient ruins, humans would eventually forget about the Totem Beasts!
History was never something to feel ashamed of, or scars that people were not willing to reveal. It was actually a reminder of how humans had been moving forward!
There were no species that could not go extinct in the world. Even the Totem Beasts that were born for battle had become a part of history...


He woke up in a familiar world that had vastly changed.

His familiar school had become a mystical school that teaches magic, encouraging everyone to become a mighty magician.

Outside the city, many wandering magical beasts and monsters attacked and preyed on humans.

His world of advanced science changed into one that praised magic. Despite this, his ambition in life, and his social status remained the same; one of the dregs of the society with a struggling father and a disabled step sister that couldn’t walk.

However, Mo Fan found that when most people could only practice a single major element of magic, he was a Versatile Mage!

The frigid breeze blew across the deserted campus. Barren trees creaked in the wind while flurries of snow began to attack those unfortunate enough to be outside.

Unlike the normally active campus, students had their heads down, scurrying here and there. Everywhere you looked, there were college students staggering around like zombies. If their nose wasn't pressed in between the pages of a textbook, they were frantically typing on their laptops.

The library was filled to the brim. All of the desks were occupied. While most were desperately cramming information inside of their brains, others had given up. They were slumped over, fast asleep on desks and in chairs. 

Liu Aili looked as if she were to pass out at any moment. Dark purple circles rimmed her light-colored eyes. Her hair was swept back into a ponytail, and her fair skin looked sickly in the fluorescent lighting of the library. 

She stood up and shakily put her laptop into her backpack. Her hands were shaking. She frowned as she glanced toward them and muttered, "I knew that fourth cup of coffee was a bad idea." As she walked towards the exit of the library, she glanced back towards where she was sitting to make sure she didn't forget anything. 

"Crap." 

She walked back toward the desk - it was already occupied by another desperate student - and grabbed her thermos off of the table. 

"Sorry." She mumbled to the student that replaced her in the comfortable library seat. He didn't even glance at her as he responded. "No problem."

She placed her thermos into the side of her backpack before descending the grand staircase of the library. Like most of the buildings on campus, it was old. Very old. 

Liu Aili stopped to stare at the high arched ceilings and thought it was as old as it was beautiful. Even though the library was creaky and cold, it harbored a little piece of her heart. She spent countless hours in its chilly embrace. Whenever she had a paper, she would come and work here. After 4 years enrolled in college, it would be her last time coming here. She would graduate in two weeks!

She harbored no doubts about graduating, but she held a wealth of anxiety toward the future. She didn't have a job lined up, and, as much as her parents nagged her, she didn't want to go back home and be a bum while doing her job-search. It's not that she wasn't a good student. In fact, she was an excellent student. She was naturally talented academically. But she knew that talent alone did not transfer over into automatically finding a job. Her thoughts flitted toward her double-major. 

She majored in Communication Studies and in Animal Behavior. She loved animals. She adored their loyalty, their ability to be trained, and their level of intelligence. Most people harbored doubts toward how intelligent animals actually were. She snorted, they were certainly smarter than some humans! However, she knew that she would not make a very good salary by doing what she loved: training animals. She pursed her lips and started creating a mental to-do list of what she had left to do tonight.

She just finished her last paper - no need to write any more academic papers for a while! She grinned at the thought. Her grin faded as she mind moved toward what she had left to do. She only had one presentation left before she would be done for the semester. 

But Professor Cheng was notoriously difficult to please. He would fire questions as rapidly as an automatic gun spewed bullets. He was the most curmudgeonly among crotchety old man. Professor Cheng would always make little quips and snarky comments during his lectures. Her brows furrowed. He would also make little quips and snarky comments during students' presentations. It was only funny if you weren't the one he made those remarks to. 

Liu Aili had finished her presentation. But, she thought, she should compile a long list of potential questions Professor Cheng might ask her. She needed to shower and pick out her outfit for tomorrow, as well. She shuddered to think of what he might say if she showed up in an oversize hoodie and sweatpants. 

Despite his sarcastic personality, she truly admired Professor Cheng. His knowledge was expansive in the topic of animal behavior. Not only was he more knowledgeable than other people, he was more knowledgeable than most textbooks. In fact, he had written a fair amount of textbooks himself.  

She scowled as she looked at her watch. 8:02 PM. She would have to stay up half the night working on those questions. 

Oh well. I should just appreciate this is my last all-nighter as a college student, she thought in an attempt to comfort herself. 

As she walked on the snow-lined sidewalk, her mind wandered to her reading list. Her favorite authors had probably updated their novels and she had no time to read them! Tears streamed down her face. I'm sorry I haven't been a loyal reader! I will catch up tomorrow night! I promise!!!

She needed to get back to her apartment so she could get started on that list of questions. 

She tripped on an uneven chunk of sidewalk and almost fell when she slipped on ice while trying to gain her footing. "@$#!%@%@!" 

Today is really not my day!!

When Aili finally got her balance, she kept walking. She rubbed her dry and stinging eyes. They hurt due to the sheer lack of sleep she had gotten over the past week...

HOOOOONK! 

By the time she looked up, it was already too late. She only saw the truck a second before it hit her. 

As her thermos flew through the air, she wondered idly what Professor Cheng would say if he could see her right now. She could almost hear his dry voice, "Oh? So you'd rather walk into traffic than go to your final, huh?"

She landed on the frigid ground and felt her head crack against the pavement. Her legs were crushed. Was that her thermos leaking? Or was it her own life force leaking from her damaged body? She knew the pain would come soon. 

Aili watched as the snowflakes feathered softly against the night sky. They were illuminated by the headlights of the truck, she distantly observed. It was almost as if it was not her who had gotten into the accident.

As she bordered in between life and death, she heard the sound of a bell. Ding!
A mechanical voice sounded.

[System initializing...]

The f*ck?! Was she really thinking about her favorite novels before she kicked the bucket? Was it a hallucination? Shouldn't her life be flashing before her eyes or something...

[System downloading.... Download Complete. ]
[.....]
[Congratulations! You won. You have been selected for the chance to use the Transmigrating Animal Communication System. Please say "okay" to claim your reward!]

Aili said, "..."
Why does this sound like a computer virus?! Didn't they just mash her majors together and add "transmigrating" to the beginning?! 
"No...no thank you."

[Congratulations, Host! You have said "thank you." This fulfills the requirements to install the system.]
[System installing....]

WTF?! You went ahead and downloaded without asking me and now you're installing when I didn't give permission?? Installing to what?! 

[System installation complete. Initializing set-up procedure.]

The mechanical voice suddenly adopted a masculine pitch. 

[Host, do you want to live?]

...
.........

What is this nonsense?

"No!" Aili blurted out. Why did its voice change? I don't understand what's going on!
[Error message: an unknown error has occurred. Repeating question one.]
[Host, do you want to live?]

She felt dumbfounded. "I'm not a host! I want to die! Who wants to live like this? I don't want to study anymore! Just let me die in peace!! So what if I die? I don't even have a job lined up!"

[Understood. Confirming response. Did you say, "I'm a host! I want to live like this! I want to study! Just let me! I don't even have a job!"]

Pei! What system. This is a virus! A virus!! 

She spit blood. She didn't know if it was from her injuries or from anger. She stayed silent and felt her body starting to cool down. Her eyes fluttered shut. Better to die than trust this shady hallucination.

[Response confirmed. Initializing transfer...]

Liu Aili's eyes snapped open. What do you mean initializing transfer?! I never agreed to this!!

Liu Aili was just a normal college student. 

Studying animal behavior and communication, she never thought that one day she would be like the stars of the novels she loved so much. 

During finals week, she had a mishap. She was so over-caffeinated and sleep deprived that she accidentally walked into the street without looking to see if a car was coming. 

CRASH!

Just like that, she was crushed by a truck.

Hovering between life and death, she heard something that came straight from the web novels she read.

System: [System initializing.....]
[........]
[Set up complete.]
[Host, do you want to live?]

Asked this simple question, Liu Aili responded right away, "No!"

System: [.....]
[Error Message: An unknown error occurred.]
[Repeat. Host, do you want to live?]

"I'm not a host! I want to die! Who wants to live like this? I don't want to study anymore! Just let me die in peace!!"

System: [Understood. Confirming response. Did you say "I'm a host! I want to live! I want to study! Just let me!"] 

Liu Aili, spurting blood, Pei! This cheap system!! Leave me in peace!!!

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