Famous for Fighting the Rat Race After Transmigrating into a Book

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1.

Wen Yingying transmigrated into a book and found herself at a university whose motto was academic competition.

Here, if you don't work yourself to death, you work yourself even harder.

On top of her original System wristband, she awakens an anti-competition System. She can return to the real world only by succeeding at avoiding the rat race.

On her first day after transmigrating, she faces exams after the holiday break, and is utterly bewildered and helpless.

She learns that her major is astronomy. Students from different majors have to take exams too?

The first knife slips into her heart unseen.

Wen Yingying: "I'm counting on you, System."

System: [Host, you may not know this, but during exams the whole school activates a System-blocking device. Your wristband won't work, so instead of relying on others, you should rely on yourself.]

She gives a bitter smile. "It's not my major, but there have to be multiple-choice questions. I'm really lucky, so I'm sure I can guess a few right."

System: [Host, you may not know this, but our exams never have multiple-choice questions.]

A second knife pierces Wen Yingying's heart.

Wen Yingying: "It's only a placement exam. The teacher will surely give me a break."

System: [Teachers never give anyone a break if they fail.]

A third knife sinks deep into her heart. She refuses to believe it.

Wen Yingying: "How are your coursework grades and exam grades weighted? Is it forty-sixty or thirty-seventy?"

System: [What are coursework grades? We only look at exam grades.]

Wen Yingying has no choice but to grit her teeth and take the exam. The moment she submits it, the electronic screen displays a failing grade.

She becomes the second student in the school's history to fail an exam, and the first student in her department to fail since it was established.

Wen Yingying: "What score do you need to pass here?"

System: [100.]

"You need 100 to pass? What's the maximum score?"

System: [The passing score and the maximum score are both 100, because anything less than a perfect score counts as a fail.]

Wen Yingying turns ashen. "No wonder it's called the Rat Race University! It really is cutthroat!"

2.

After failing her exam, Wen Yingying is sent to the university's competitive study room to take part in a customized study plan. She can leave only after passing an exam.

Who could have guessed that someone else would be sent there too: Zhang Chenyi, the first student in the whole school to fail an exam.

Besides him, four other students take turns tutoring Wen Yingying.

The plan is to have the second-worst student help the worst student improve, with Zhang Chenyi sharing his experience with Wen Yingying so they can improve together.

Wen Yingying: "Zhang Chenyi, I feel like I've heard your name somewhere before. It sounds so familiar."

3.

At Rat Race University, as long as you're competitive enough and capable enough, you can take on any position, even that of university president.

Once a month, the school holds a competition review meeting. Wen Yingying watches her roommate walk up to the podium and can't stop her, thinking she's about to cause trouble.

Who could have guessed that the next moment, her roommate would be standing at the president's podium, beginning her speech?

Wen Yingying freezes. "My roommate is the university president?!"

"I'm impressed! If you're competitive enough, you really can become a university president!"

Blurb for My Scandal Partner and I Go Viral on a Dating Show:

Chen Jingyi transmigrated into a book.

She became a notorious, controversy-prone rising actress in an entertainment-industry novel. Every time she trended, it was because of a rumored romance.

The B-list period drama she starred in with actor Yu Yanran became a minor hit, and the "Yu Chen Yan Yao" ship gained quite a few fans.

Chen Jingyi: "We're not a couple."

She was photographed having a meal with top-tier star Zheng Qian and was dragged through the mud on the trending list.

Chen Jingyi: "He's my cousin."

She teamed up to play a game with esports newcomer Fan Tianze. When people found out, she was once again dragged through the mud on the trending list.

Chen Jingyi: "We're just friends."

A camping livestream variety show announces its regular cast: two women and three men. Besides Chen Jingyi, it includes rising actress Zhang Yinghan, rising actor Yu Yanran, top-tier star Zheng Qian, and esports newcomer Fan Tianze.

The explosive lineup sends the show straight to the top of the trending list. Netizens turn into spectators, ready to watch the drama unfold.

[Netizen 1]: What kind of cozy camping show is this? It's obviously a battle-royale dating show! They should rename it Chen Jingyi and Her Three Rumored Boyfriends.

[Netizen 2]: Chen Jingyi competed with Zhang Shuhan for roles, and she's rumored to be involved with all three male guests. Zhang Yinghan is Yu Yanran's costar in his next drama, Zheng Qian sang a duet with Zhang Yinghan, and Zheng Qian and Yu Yanran are senior and junior schoolmates. These relationships are so tangled and complicated.

[Netizen 3]: Whether I like them or not, I'm definitely here for the show!

Before filming begins, the camping show holds a press conference, and the reporters ask some pretty pointed questions.

Reporter: Why did you choose to take part in this camping show?

Reporter: What was your reaction when you learned the lineup? Especially when you found out who the three male guests were.

Chen Jingyi: "Oh no, this is aimed right at me!"

At the same time, fans of the various guests insult and mock Chen Jingyi, warning her not to play up rumors or use the guys to promote herself.

Chen Jingyi had no intention of playing up rumors. She just wanted to enjoy camping and appreciate the beauty of nature.

Once filming starts, public opinion turns around. Chen Jingyi gets along with everyone naturally and without awkwardness, and she can take a joke.

With her poise, social skills, and beauty, she trends repeatedly. Her haters become fans and start boosting her numbers.

Former hater: Don't mind me. I must have been blind before!

Overnight, the various fanbases start fighting over Chen Jingyi.

[Yu Chen Yan Yao is real!]

[The sisters should walk the path to success together!]

[Cousins are the best ship. They even eat together over the New Year!]

[Fan Tianze, hurry up, or someone will steal your sister-in-law!]

[Stop fighting. Get together, all of you! Can't our Jingyi have all four of them at once?]

Chen Jingyi: "Huh?"

Public opinion has turned around so quickly that she hasn't even had time to react.

Theme: To compete or not to compete