[Reborn on Campus + College Entrance Exam + Mutual Redemption + Female-Leads-Growth Arc + Revenge]
A heroine who pretends to be kind but is cold-hearted, ruthless, and career-driven vs. a hero who seems cold but is softhearted and hopelessly lovestruck
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Lin Dizi was ugly and poor, and endured three years of bullying at school.
She was robbed of the only chance she ever had to save herself.
After failing the college entrance exam, she was forced to marry a drunken thug from a neighboring village,
only to be beaten to death by domestic violence.
When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at eighteen, on the day of the hundred-day countdown pledge ceremony for the college entrance exam.
She escaped her family, broke free of the bullying, and tread carefully, planning each step.
She tore apart fake sweethearts and kicked the privileged elite aside, wielding her weapon as she navigated the line between day and night.
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After ten years of hard work, she made her way from Linjia Village to the capital, becoming one of the country's top doctors despite starting out as a penniless country girl.
But the man who had stood in her shadow since they were eighteen asked her:
“Is this what you want? Will revenge really make you happy once it's over?”
“The dragon slayer becomes the dragon in the end. Can you tell whether you are staring into the abyss, or the abyss is staring back at you?”
At last, Lin Dizi remembered those two miserable, helpless teenagers huddling together for warmth in the storm that year.
She said, “I think I'll change my name to Lin Xiwang!”
The boy thought, Then I'll have hope every day from now on.
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A story of two unfortunate souls making their way through wind and rain together toward the light.
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Content warning: The leads are both unfortunate souls, but they are not perfect victims. They're dirt poor at first, then living the good life later. The heroine isn't pretty at the beginning, but she undergoes a complete transformation. Look forward to it!
