A Small-Town Exam Ace Travels Back in Time to Open a School

[Strong female lead + entrepreneurship + family and country]

Someone overheard you badmouthing them behind their back? No big deal!

That person is your new boss? No big deal!

And you went on a blind date the day before?

With all those buffs stacked up, Li Shuman couldn’t bear to stay another minute.

So Li Shuman quit her job.

Then she was struck by lightning and unexpectedly transmigrated to ancient times.

There, she met Gu Yiling, who looked exactly like someone she knew, and by a twist of fate, continued teaching under him.

Oh, fate, what are you doing to me?

[Bonus Scene]

Crash! Boom!

A tremendous noise came from next door. Gu Yiling jumped in fright and immediately got up to investigate. Thick black smoke poured from the Second Young Master’s room. Two figures, one tall and one short, emerged from the smoke, blackened from head to toe, their faces and clothes covered in grime as they clutched their chests and coughed violently.

Gu Yiling crouched down, ran a finger across the floor, and held it up to his nose for a sniff. He identified the black smoke as gunpowder.

What on earth was this maid up to?

“Oh? Second Brother, what poems has your teacher taught you lately? Recite one for me,” Gu Yiling said.

“Uh...” Gu Xiaoming had been put on the spot. His body stiffened, and he glanced to the right, shooting Li Shuman a pleading look.

“Potassium, sodium, ammonium, and nitrate salts, all dissolve in water. Chlorides insoluble: silver and mercurous salts; sulfates insoluble: barium and lead.” Gu Xiaoming recited, swaying his head.

“This is a seven-character quatrain,” Li Shuman said with a perfectly straight face.

“Another one!” Gu Yiling pressed.

“Potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, aluminum; zinc, iron, tin, lead, hydrogen; copper, mercury, silver, platinum, gold.” Gu Xiaoming recited.

Several dark lines appeared over Li Shuman’s head. Even she didn’t believe what she was about to say, but she declared, “This is a five-character quatrain...”