The Top Student Starts at the Bottom of the Class

[The main text has been polished. My new novel, With Zhaozhao, is now underway. Please add it to your collection.]

-------Blurb-------

Cheng Congyan had been a genius since childhood. Though she was a girl, she disguised herself as a boy. At three, she studied the teachings of Confucius and Mencius; at five, she recited Qu Yuan; at seven, she spoke with eloquence; at eight, she wrote her own fu; at nine, she debated literature at the Cangnan Literary Society; and at ten, she discussed state affairs before the emperor. As a teenager, she became famous throughout the capital.

The emperor admired her and was about to appoint her as the crown prince's companion in study when she transmigrated...

When she opened her eyes again, everything had changed. She had become a girl in the modern era, carrying a schoolbag to class with the college entrance exam just three years away...

The former genius took her first monthly exam at school and scored second from the bottom in the entire school.

The school used exam results to assign seats for the next exam.

The room for the bottom-ranked students was packed with hidden talents and oddballs.

"Hey, you're new here, aren't you? Let's get acquainted."

As soon as she sat down, a group of people gathered around her.

She gave them a casual glance and quietly replied, "No need."

"Why not? Listen, we're all familiar faces in this exam room. Hang out with us, and we'll make sure you get moved to the room next door for the next exam!"

The room next door was for the second-to-last-ranked students...

She shook her head and focused on reviewing the material.

Later, she made them watch as she moved up again and again, from the room for the school's lowest-ranked students to the third-lowest, then the fifth-lowest... until at last she was sitting in the front row of the top exam room.

"...This is freaky. It's only been half a year, right? How did she do it?" Her former classmates from the bottom-ranked room refused to believe it and thought they must be dreaming.

"Hey, teach me how to study, will you?" The former lowest-ranked student had already picked up a textbook, sat down beside Cheng Congyan, and nudged her elbow.

Cheng Congyan turned and looked at him. "First, hold your textbook the right way..."

#Ancient-to-modern x ancient-to-modern

#The person who appears in the blurb is not the male lead. The male lead is someone else!

#A silly, sweet romance

Tips:

1. Ancient-to-modern, past and present lives. Cheng Congyan transmigrates into Cheng Miaomiao in a parallel timeline.

2. Being a genius doesn't mean being perfect, and a high IQ doesn't mean a high EQ. The female lead isn't perfect, so don't expect her to be! Nobody is perfect!!!

3. Blurb written on 2022/02/22

-------With Zhaozhao-------

Cheng Zhaozhao dreamed that not long after her coming-of-age ceremony, she would become engaged to the heir of the Duke of Ying's mansion, a man praised by everyone.

She could have put up with the dull, old-fashioned life after marriage, but less than two months later, the emperor appointed her husband as an imperial envoy, and he packed up and went alone to Lingnan.

Unfortunately, he died while serving in Lingnan.

When she woke from her dream, she realized that today was her coming-of-age ceremony.

After thinking it over, she decided she couldn't let things unfold as they had in her dream. So, before she was once again forced into an engagement, she packed her things and ran away.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. She fled to Cangnan Mountain Academy, the very place her dream-husband was about to leave.

After Fu Qingtai was reborn, he knew his parents would soon urge him to return home and marry the most beautiful woman in the capital, the woman he loved from the bottom of his heart.

But she didn't love him. In the month or so after their wedding, he had barely seen her smile.

So in this life, he decided to let her go.

When his parents sent a letter urging him to come home, he declined without a second thought.

Then one day, a classmate told him that a stunningly beautiful female student named Cheng Zhaozhao had arrived at the academy.

"Cheng Zhaozhao?"

"Yes, Cheng Zhaozhao."

The brush in his hand fell to the ground. Full of doubts, he rushed over to catch a glimpse of the new student. The moment he saw her, he was sure...

His wife from his memories, the delicate darling who was too spoiled to be any more spoiled, who had never lifted a finger to do housework and couldn't bear the slightest hardship, had actually hauled a backpack over mountains and rivers to come study!

Cheng Zhaozhao's Study Diary:

1. I arrived at the academy today. Everything is going well, and I hear there are lots of talented young men here.

2. I was sick today, but I still heard the names of a few talented young men. My former husband from the dream seems to get the most praise, but that's fine. He's already left anyway.

3. Today... why hasn't he left yet?!!!

Theme: Books are the ladder of human progress.