I Turned My Life Around by Reading

At fifteen, Shen Yanqiu got the highest score in her district and was admitted to a top provincial high school.

But her parents tore up her admission letter and forced her to marry, hoping to trade her for a bride price for her younger brother.

He was only ten, yet her parents had already put a price on her life.

A woman suddenly appeared, paid off all her expenses, took her away from that home, and put her through school.

Shen Yanqiu thought that as long as she worked hard enough, she could catch up with her peers in the city.

But she soon realized the gap was enormous.

Especially when it came to the boy named Gu Zhiyu.

He slept through class and still did exceptionally well on exams.

He never had to worry about his parents selling him off, because he was a boy.

Shen Yanqiu was so jealous of him she could hardly stand it.

Until one day, she discovered Gu Zhiyu’s secret.

It turned out that his life wasn’t all that good.

It turned out that some people looked polished on the outside while being battered and broken within.

Shen Yanqiu decided she would stop using anyone else as a yardstick.

She would make her own way through life by studying.

What she didn’t know was that from the very first moment Gu Zhiyu saw her, he had been unable to look away.