Also known as: The Road Back of Jiu Ge: A Top National Talent’s Campus Journey
At eighteen, Lin Jiuge enters Tsinghua University as the top science-track student in her province. On the surface, she is a gentle academic star and the sole heir to the Lin Group. In truth, she hides a host of top-tier secret identities: “Iris,” the world’s number-one hacker; “Green Satchel,” a master physician of traditional Chinese medicine; “Nine,” an esports legend; “L,” a champion-level racecar driver; and “Danqing,” heir to a master of Chinese painting. She is a national treasure in human form.
In just two years, she conquers more than a dozen fields, reaching the top in each. But following her father’s advice that “the country needs pillars of talent even more,” she sheds her glory and returns to campus, hoping to finish her studies in peace. Her attempts to keep a low profile repeatedly go awry: she saves an academician with three acupuncture needles at the school anniversary celebration, repels a cyberattack from abroad in five minutes, shows professional-level skill at the esports club, spots a fake national treasure, breaks a provincial record at the school sports meet, and writes a business proposal that is adopted by the state. Her secret identities keep coming to light, leaving the whole university stunned.
At an international summit, she resolves a dispute in seven languages at once, prompting politicians and tycoons in the audience to rise in respect. When the country is in danger, she steps up in a crisis to secure pathogen samples and lead her team in breaking through Western technological restrictions, achieving independent research and development in fields such as chips and new aerospace materials.
Her father builds a solid foundation of support for her, her mother stands firmly by her side, and her younger sister becomes her biggest fan. Powerful figures from every walk of life join forces to form a “protection alliance.” Through her actions, she shows that true strength means possessing extraordinary abilities yet being content with an ordinary life, and holding glory in your hands while bravely shouldering the mission of serving your country.
As Lin Jiuge puts it: “They think I’m getting exposed, but really, I’m showing them just how far the youth of a new China can go.” I have no regrets about being born in China. I hope to forge, with the vigor of our generation, a sword for a prosperous China, and protect the lights in every home.
