The Sixties: I Want to Slack Off, but the Nation Insists I Do Research

Reborn + System + Period Drama + Academic Prodigy + Cozy, Satisfying Read + Lighthearted Comedy In 1960, at a commune near Beijing, Lin Zhixing is reborn with memories of his previous life. This time, he has no grand ambitions, just one simple wish: study hard, keep his family safe, and enjoy a relaxed, carefree life. With the System's help? He couldn't care less. A reputation as a genius? He wants nothing to do with it. To him, the ultimate goal is to coast through life: improve the brown sugar-making process, help his neighbors settle a few disputes, and casually take his grades from the bottom of the class to the top of the year. That's more than enough. But he forgets that some talents shine from the moment you're born. There's no hiding them. Gradually, the boy who loved tinkering with little inventions disappears, and the nation's research corps gains its youngest and most highly classified core member. Years later, when Lin Zhixing, now a leading authority in his field, is asked what first drove him, he replies without expression, his tone flat: “I wanted to coast through life, but it didn't work out.” An old colleague beside him laughs and adds the truth: “It's not that it didn't work out. The country wouldn't let him.”