The Rule-Breaking Girl of the 1990S: All the Top Scholars at Tsinghua and Peking University Love Me

Clearheaded, rational female academic x a whole cast of men who come crawling back. Chen Mo, a 28-year-old engineering PhD who died suddenly, is reborn as the wicked female supporting character in a novel set in the 1990s. In the original story, jealousy of her beloved younger sister would leave her abandoned by everyone, rejected from college, and facing a tragic end. Given another chance, Chen Mo can only sneer: Why waste time fighting a bunch of brainless side characters? She’d be better off working through a few more volumes of the Five-Three exam prep books. Her biased parents demand she give up her early-admission spot? She wins the gold medal in a competition, and top universities fight to recruit her. Her delicate younger sister sobs that her big sister is bullying her? Chen Mo throws out an Olympiad-level problem, leaving the original male lead speechless when he comes to defend her. While everyone else is tearing each other apart over the melodramatic plot, Chen Mo has already used knowledge to pave a shortcut to the top. But why is the aloof academic prodigy who once looked down on her now blocking her way in the library, eyes red? “Chen Mo,” he says hoarsely, “teach me how to solve these problems. Name your price.” “I’d give up all my pride in exchange for one moment of your attention.”