Gu Qinghuan was the real daughter who had been switched at birth. But after returning to her wealthy family, nothing went her way. They thought her manners were less refined than those of the fake daughter, and her grades weren't as good, either.
The fake daughter was perfect in every way, a genuine darling adored by everyone.
Gu Qinghuan had suffered all kinds of indignities in her poor family and was often beaten until she was covered in bruises. Meanwhile, the fake daughter was doted on by the entire Gu family, their beloved little princess.
Her adoptive mother said, "Yuanyuan is delicate and frail. She can't handle rumors. You don't blame us, do you?"
The aloof top student Gu Qinghuan had always loved from afar came to speak to her for the first time only to ask her to get along with the fake daughter and stop giving her a hard time.
And her older brother, whom Gu Qinghuan had always respected, even staged a car accident to take her heart for the fake daughter, who was frail and sickly and had been told her heart wouldn't last past the age of twenty.
Gu Qinghuan didn't care about any of it. Bye, family (you trash). She's setting sail. She was bound to a Study System, and by working hard at her studies and striving to achieve the score needed for admission to Tsinghua University, she could accumulate luck and change her fate.
Getting into Tsinghua: doable.
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When people at school heard that the academic underachiever Gu Qinghuan planned to get into Tsinghua, they all thought she was doing it for the top student, Shen Yin.
Even Shen Yin himself thought so.
One day, Shen Yin was finally moved by Gu Qinghuan's dedication and decided to accept her confession.
Gu Qinghuan: "No. Dating is out of the question. I'm going to Tsinghua."
Shen Yin: "?"
Dating: no.
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When the college entrance exams were over, the Gu parents never expected that Gu Qinghuan, the "bad girl" who had always given them headaches and whom they'd thrown out of the house, would be the top scorer in the exams.
The dark, skinny girl who had always been timid and careful, trying to please them, was now confidently sharing her study tips in front of thousands of people.
Meanwhile, the adopted daughter they'd always been so proud of couldn't even reach the cutoff for a second-tier university.
Theme: Only selfless love can save a lost soul.
