In the Nineties, I Was Thrown in a Trash Can. Now I'm a Genius Student

[Growth and Comeback] [Genius Top Student] [Research Powerhouse] [Light Angst, Then He Grovels to Win Her Back]

Mockery, humiliation, and cow dung defined Yao Zhi's childhood.

An orphan girl picked up from a trash can, she fought her way to success with her extraordinary intelligence.

At school, she was an unconventional top student who "couldn't mind her own business" and stood up to bullies.

In the lab, she was a buzz-cut tinkerer, hand-building radios and transforming mechs, so androgynous that no one could tell whether she was a boy or a girl.

An email she sent on someone else's behalf entangled her fate with Stevens and Eugene.

Because she hid her age and their identities were mismatched, she and the person she was destined for regretfully drifted apart.

Later, when that person crossed oceans to come see her, Yao Zhi had already reached the peak of her dreams and no longer clung to the past.

[Content notes: The locations in this story are unrelated to real places, so please do not assume otherwise.

The technology is loosely based on real-world advances.

The early story focuses on personal growth; the romance begins around the halfway point. First the female lead suffers, then the male lead.]