The Beautiful Young Intellectual of the Seventies

Lin Xiangwan transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a cannon-fodder female youth sent down to the countryside, who shares her name and meets a tragic end.

The original Lin Xiangwan could have gone to school in the city, but after the scumbag Fang Yuanming tricked her, she followed him to the mountains to join the rural labor force.

All her sacrifices failed to win even a scrap of the scumbag's affection. Unable to endure the hardship in the mountains, Fang Yuanming set his sights on Li Cuicui, the brigade secretary's daughter, hoping to win a recommendation for university.

The original Lin Xiangwan refused to accept this, directing all her fury at Li Cuicui. The two women fought viciously, tearing into each other over the scumbag.

Meanwhile, the scumbag played both his new love and his old flame, thoroughly enjoying himself. When the recommendation came through, he returned to the city, leaving the two women staring at each other in disbelief.

When Lin Xiangwan arrived, the original had already gone to the mountains... With a new soul in the body, she tore up the script in an instant. Since the scumbag wanted to use a woman to get ahead, she'd make sure he got exactly what he wanted.

A few days later, the scumbag was caught meeting the village beauty in secret by the brigade secretary and a crowd of villagers.

The secretary's son-in-law took office, but the university recommendation was gone.

To stop her new son-in-law from flying off, Secretary Li canceled that year's recommendation outright. Fang Yuanming only realized what had happened afterward, and prepared to lie low somewhere else.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiangwan stayed out of the fight over recommendations, focusing on cramming lessons with a group of students.

Fang Yuanming sneered: A bunch of idiots. What's the point of studying? You still need a recommendation to return to the city.

But the following year, the recommendation system was abolished and the college entrance exams were reinstated.

Fang Yuanming was completely dumbfounded.

Lin Xiangwan and the students she'd taught all got into university and left.

The scumbag, who had failed his exams, regretted everything: What on earth had I missed out on?!

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Lu Yan had always lived in a swamp of darkness. Only after Lin Xiangwan appeared did his life see its first light. He yearned for that blazing sun, yearned for everything about her, and was willing to give her everything...

Including his company's shares, and himself.

But Lin Xiangwan wanted nothing.

She said she helped him without expecting anything in return.

The founder of a rising tech brand, making headlines across the media, paid no heed to his public image. With a devastatingly handsome face, he cornered her late at night: "You can't help me for nothing."

Theme: Knowledge can change your fate, and staying clear-headed can serve up face-slapping and put scumbags in their place