[Check out my upcoming novel: Acting Cute Takes Talent Too. A low-ranking, scummy actor in the entertainment industry gets bound to a System and must earn acting nourishment by acting cute. From then on, he starts acting cute around everyone he meets.]
[Blurb] Overnight, his father was gone, his mother was dead, and even the house had been burned down by his own mother.
With nowhere else to go, he returned to his maternal grandfather's home in the countryside. At first, his grandfather treated him well and let him study alongside his cousins.
But later he realized that the village school was just a place to while away the days. If he truly wanted to make something of himself, he would have to study at a proper school in town. But where would the money come from? Studying for the imperial examinations cost a fortune.
His grandfather would never be willing to pay.
Qin Huaiyan gritted his teeth and put himself through the traditional ordeal of hanging a beam above his head and pricking his thigh with an awl. Without a word, he came back with the title of licentiate.
From then on, his family saw him in a new light and begged him to study.
Whatever he wanted, they gave him. What a sudden change.
And so Qin Huaiyan's journey through the imperial examinations began...
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