With only his widowed mother left and barely a roof over their heads, he is an easy target at the academy. The teacher's ruler strikes him every day, and he has become the laughingstock of the whole school.
The ruler is about to fall? He collapses on the spot, faking an illness and wailing until he leaves the old pedant utterly helpless.
A bully picks a fight? He turns the tables, grabs hold of the family’s secrets, and traps the arrogant rich brat until he falls to his knees begging for mercy.
Study by rote for the imperial exams? With a mind trained to remember the flow of gambling cards, he memorizes the classics and writes policy essays with ease!
He refuses to play by the rules, using street smarts to turn the academy upside down, making money by outsmarting others and play the pig to eat the tiger, delivering one face-slapping comeback after another.
The plot is smooth and the story is exciting!!