Reborn on the Night Before the College Entrance Exam, I Withdrew My Tsinghua Application

On the night the college entrance exam results came out, I sat in front of the computer, my finger hovering over the mouse, unable to click. 709 points. The number thundered through my mind.

"Zhao Lingfeng! How many points did you get? Tell me!" My mother rushed out of the kitchen, her face full of hope.

I turned to look at the woman who had spent half her life working herself to the bone for me. Her hair had gone gray, and wrinkles lined the corners of her eyes. She had worked as a cleaner in a factory for twenty years to put me through school.

"Mom, 709 points."

My mother froze, then her eyes reddened. "Good, good! My son has made something of himself!" She...