Novels like Reborn in 2009: Turning My College Life Around
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- 1 Fortunes in a Chaotic Era: The Winds of the Desert 乱世偏财:大漠风云 In 1992, a country boy set off for Beijing with two hundred yuan in his pocket. A fortune-teller said he was destined to make money through shady ventures, and would never stay on the straight and narrow. He believed him. From then on, Wang Lei was the name his family knew him by, while Damo was what the underworld called him. Street vending, steel trading, opening karaoke bars, fighting for territory... Three women, three ill-fated romances, one high-stakes gamble. Those who play by the rules a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After Going Bankrupt, My Old Phone Unlocked Heaven's Secrets 破产后,我的旧手机触发天之机密 My new book, "I Knew It Before It Happened: A Pop-Up Bulletin Board Appeared in My Eyes", is now available! [The short drama of the same name, "After Going Bankrupt, My Old Phone Unlocked Heaven's Secrets", is officially out. Thank you all for your support!!!] After He Huan goes bankrupt, his wife and children leave him, and he scrapes by driving a private car for hire. By chance, an old phone he owned twenty years ago unlocks the secrets of Heaven, allowing him to receive classified briefings a 3.6kReads7.0Score42814d adds
- 3 Reborn as a College Freshman: From the Start, I Pulled the Campus Belle into My Arms 重生大一,开局揽校花入怀 183Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn in My Senior Year, and Suddenly Surrounded by Beautiful Girls! 重生高三,身边竟多了好多美女! Rebirth + High School + University + Making Money + Entrepreneurship What would happen if you were reborn in high school? This is a fresh start for a 40-year-old unemployed man in 2024. It's also the carefree life of a high school senior in 2004. 62Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in 1980: I'm Done Being This Adopted Son 重生1980:这个养子我不当了 [Period Setting + Reborn + Family Drama + Building Wealth] Lin Chuan is reborn. The moment he opens his eyes, he's back in 1980. In his previous life, he was adopted by his childless uncle and aunt, and worked tirelessly for them. But then... His adoptive parents stopped him from taking his wife to the hospital. His younger daughter suffocated and died at birth. His wife also died after suffering a massive hemorrhage during childbirth. His adoptive mother sold his eldest daughter... His life was 3.9kReads8.6Score40414d adds
- 6 Tides of Canton 粤海沉浮 [Plot + Romance + Office Life + Entrepreneurship + Striving + Romantic Encounters + Reflections on Life] It’s hard to teach people through reason. But one hard lesson from life can make them see the light. After his girlfriend cheats on him, Shen Linfeng resolutely gives up his job back home and heads to Shenzhen to make a life for himself. As he rides the ups and downs there, he weathers countless storms at work and in business, gradually breaking through his own limitations and taking unconven 2kReads8.1Score16114d adds
- 7 Reborn in 1995: Starting Out as a Small-Town Brahmin 重生95:从小城婆罗门开始 Reborn, 1990s, light System elements, laid-back daily life, family warmth, one heroine. This is a feel-good novel, but I believe every reader will find something familiar in it, whether it’s something they once experienced or witnessed, or even a reflection of their former selves. Chen Xiao was “let go” by his company. After one cigarette, he unexpectedly found himself reborn in 1995, back as a chubby middle schooler. The familiar bamboo chair, the Subor learning computer, the meat Grandma secre 1.3kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 8 The Marauder’s Book 掠夺者之书 Chosen by the world, the protagonist becomes its Realm Warden and enters the Heroic Spirit Battlefield to fight people from other worlds, competing for the energy that sustains their worlds. Along the way, he seeks out extraordinary companions, facing danger and hardship together, through laughter, mischief, and peril... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn With Cheats! If I Don't Throw My Weight Around, Who Will? 重生还开挂!我不嚣张谁嚣张? [Rebirth + School Life + System + Entrepreneurship + A Touch of Sweetness] Yuan Yi was reborn, miraculously returning to the summer of 2018. Faced with the approaching college entrance exams and the unavoidable grind of working life that awaited him afterward, he felt utterly hopeless! Just then, the System told him that he could earn rewards simply by pleasing himself! He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then broke into a wild grin. “No one understands how to please me better than 958Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 10 Nightfall in Jiangcheng 江城夜色 Jiangcheng, 2007. Chen Hao, a township civil servant earning 820 yuan a month, could see exactly how his life would unfold. His mother was diagnosed with a serious illness, and the 80,000-yuan medical bill crushed the family. His longtime girlfriend gradually drifted away as the gulf between their circumstances grew. To survive, he resolutely quit his job and threw himself into the surging futures market. Leverage rose and fell, and people were impossible to read. Brokerage firms were rife with 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 What? Kissing Can Increase Your Cultivation? 什么情况?亲吻也能提升修为 After transmigrating for 18 years, I finally got a golden finger, and it turned out to be a Girl-Chasing System. This... this is just too awesome! What should Wu Xian, an honest and ambitious young man, do? “How long have I been asleep?” the woman asked, reclining on a high seat. “Reporting to Your Majesty, you have slept for 18 days,” the maid outside replied. “Oh? I slept for 18 days? Why does it feel like an entire epoch? And why am I crying?” the woman murmured. 102Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 12 After Going Bankrupt, I Won 200 Million 破产后,我中了两个亿 [An ordinary man’s rise + returning to his hometown + tycoon’s everyday life + the warmth of ordinary life + a cozy, stress-relieving read + crushing the competition with superior means] After his startup failed, online loan debts piled up, and debt collectors spammed everyone in his contacts, Lin Xuan wrote his own suicide note. Then, an unexpected two-hundred-million-yuan lottery win gave him a chance to start his life over. The story grows from “grassroots entrepreneurship” into a sweeping p 4.6kReads6.7Score24214d adds
- 13 A Life of Unrestrained Freedom After Being Reborn 重生后的肆意生活 Synopsis: Before getting a golden finger: Once I've earned 30 million, I'll quit and go home to enjoy retirement. After getting a golden finger: With house prices so high and life so stressful, 30 million isn't enough. How about 300 billion? That should do it. Reborn in 2018, he starts by becoming a billionaire... 2.2kReads6.5Score10014d adds
- 14 2015: Starting with an MCN 2015,从MCN开始 One day in late May 2015, Xu Chu had a dream. In it, he saw the next ten years of his life... The scenes from the dream remained crystal clear even after he woke up. Suddenly, he felt that perhaps he could change the way he lived and make a different life for himself. MCN + livestreaming, curated products + smart manufacturing, AI + humanoid robots This is not an influencer novel. The influencer elements in the early chapters are just the start of his career and a way to earn seed money. Afte 994Reads5.5Score10414d adds
- 15 After Docking My Pay, the Female CEO Regretted It Until Menopause 扣我工资后,女霸总悔到绝经 [No putting up with anyone’s nonsense + Streetball + Urban + System + Rebirth + Anti-Cliché + Not mindless wish fulfillment] “Life’s only thirty thousand days long, so make the most of every one!” On the first day after being reborn, I quit my job. My boss maliciously withheld my wages. I won the labor arbitration, and the company said, “We’ll drag this out for three years.” When the final judgment came down and they still refused to pay, I split my 56,000-yuan wage claim into 560,000 shares and 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After Being Reborn, I Only Want to Achieve Financial Freedom 重生后的我只想实现财富自由 He worked hard until he was thirty-seven, yet still lived in a shabby old apartment of barely sixty square meters. His once-radiant wife had also been worn down by the hardships of life. Even his retired parents were still working, just to help support him. After getting drunk, Chen Mo was reborn at the age of twenty-two. The only thought in his mind when he opened his eyes was to achieve financial freedom. 3.5kReads7.1Score22914d adds
- 17 From the Start, I Got a Nine-Tailed Fox Wife: What’s It Like? 开局送九尾狐媳妇,是什么体验? At eighteen, the genius Qin Potian ascends to the Immortal Realm, only to end up in bed with a nine-tailed fox. He has no choice but to accept reality and live off her. And so begin all kinds of conflicts in the Immortal Realm. Cultivation isn't all fighting and killing; there's romance, too. A serious disclaimer: this is not a devoted-love story. There are lots of immortals and an empress, but there's not much else to say. Just read the story! 402Reads—Score10414d adds
- 18 The Reborn Spendthrift and His May-December Romance 败家子重生之老牛吃嫩草 Gao Yan’s father was the boss of a private engineering company in Jiang City, and his mother owned a chain of three supermarkets. Their family assets totaled over ten million, making them one of the wealthiest families in the city. Even a family like theirs was eventually ruined by Gao Yan. Gao Yan dropped out of high school in his senior year after getting into fights. He entered the workforce at twenty, fell in with a bunch of bad friends, and spent his days hanging around entertainment venues 246Reads—Score514d adds
- 19 Reborn in 2009 重生之2009 Ding Zhiyi was reborn in 2009. In his previous life, he lived to be thirty-five without accomplishing anything. Given a chance to be reborn, Ding Zhiyi chose to copy novels and earn his first fortune, winning the favor of a beautiful campus belle. Then he filmed a web drama, achieving great success and astonishing the beautiful campus belles at the film academy. Thanks to his second chance at life, Ding Zhiyi achieved tremendous success in his career and enjoyed life in the company of all kinds 1.8kReads7.0Score10514d adds
- 20 I'm Already Reborn, Why Would I Need a System? 都重生了,还要什么系统啊 He worked hard until he was thirty, and with help from his family, finally managed to buy a house. All he needed was to borrow another 380,000 yuan for the bride price, and he could get married. Zhang Lei thought he was finally about to enter the next stage of life. Who knew the building would be left unfinished, and that the developer would beat him to death when he tried to fight for his rights? Reborn in high school, all Zhang Lei wanted was to make money and achieve financial freedom. The fi 19kReads7.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 21 The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活 [No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital. 4kReads8.2Score15014d adds
- 22 Five Years Later, We Meet Again 五年后,我们再次相见 Also known as “Five Years Later, We Meet Again” [Urban Everyday Life] [One Female Lead] [Low-Key] There are no face-slapping moments in this book, just an uneventful, ordinary life. If you come across something that seems like a “plot hole,” don’t read things into it yourself!!! Five years ago, “Shen Hao, don’t step on the manhole covers. You’ll have three days of bad luck if you do, so I’m going to hit you three times.” “Shen Hao, work hard and earn money. Come marry me soon.” “Shen Hao, I don 13.9kReads8.6Score71314d adds
- 23 Financial Freedom, A Life Without Limits 财富自由肆意人生 When you’re rich, can you still stay true to yourself like an ordinary person? With a fortune of hundreds of billions, maybe even more, Bai Hao still chooses to seek sincere love and enjoy a leisurely life! 20.4kReads8.1Score92714d adds
- 24 Reborn in 2008: Finding the Campus Belle Under the Rubble from the Start 重生08年:开局废墟底下捡校花 [Rebirth + Comeback + Period Setting + Business Rivalry + Everyday Life] [Complete, with 8 endings. The author sincerely hopes readers will be satisfied.] [Chapters 88 and 89 are exclusive to the beta route and correspond to its ending. Feel free to skip them if you don't like them.] Song Zhan opened his eyes to find himself back on a snowy night in 2008. In his previous life, he was a down-and-out editor scraping by in Beijing. He missed his childhood sweetheart, let his family down, and was ev 2.8kReads8.0Score31114d adds
- 25 I Wished for a Permanent Job, but Ended Up on My Coworker's Radar 许愿转正,结果被同事盯上了 She wished for a permanent position, but ended up catching a coworker’s eye 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 After Winning 18.4 Billion, I Return to the Northeast to Lie Flat 中奖184亿后,回东北躺平 The rating just came out; it'll go up later. (Patriotic, an unconventional take on lying flat, satisfying misunderstandings, passive income, healing) When Shen Yan, who worked in the Magic City, hit rock bottom in terms of luck, he unexpectedly won the lottery and chose to return to his hometown in the Northeast to lie flat. His outlook changed, his health improved, and his wealth continued to grow. His grandfather's mountain village, his father's Yangcheng, and Shen Yan's Magic City: the pat 15.3kReads6.6Score76014d adds
- 27 My Ex-Girlfriend Loved Me Too Much: After She Died, She Had Her Ashes Sent to My House 前女友太爱我,死后骨灰寄我家 New book out now: Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon, You Alone Are My Future [Male-Oriented Romance + Everyday Healing + Heartbreaking Tragedy + Wildly Imaginative Ashes + The Kind of Story You'd Find at a Corner Shop in the Clouds] This story is partly based on real life. Lu Yuan unexpectedly receives a package. It's from Jiang Lai, his ex-girlfriend, who he broke up with seven years ago. The package contains Jiang Lai's ashes! She has also left him an inheritance of five million, but claiming it w 217Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 28 Fired by My Company, My Intel Refreshes Every Day 被公司辞退,我的情报每日刷新 This book is also known as "Fired by My Company, My Intel Updates Every Day" and "Daily Intel: I Caught My Boss Cheating from the Start" After being maliciously fired and blacklisted across the entire industry, then suffering a sudden, crushing breakup with his girlfriend, Chen Su's life hit rock bottom. The sudden arrival of an intelligence system turned things around. [Today's Intel (Grade A): As natural gas becomes widely available in Fengcheng, the city's gas cylinder factory is on the v 52kReads7.3Score5.3k14d adds
- 29 Overnight, the Uncle's Life Bounced Back from Rock Bottom 一夜之间,大叔的生活触底反弹 Gao Weiguo, a middle-aged man born in the 1970s, had thought he would retire from his insurance company in quiet mediocrity. Little did he know that an opportunity that suddenly came his way would completely change his life… 3.9kReads8.7Score30614d adds
- 30 Reborn in 2000: I Became the Campus Belle 重生2000:我成了校花 (The rating just came in, so it’ll slowly go up. Feel free to read!) Zhou Xiaoyun! A middle-aged man in his forties is reborn as a campus belle just starting college! The mismatch between his age and gender drives her crazy! This is terrifying. Is a big, awkward guy like him really going to have to marry someone in the future? Or will she grow up unable to accept men and become a lesbian? No, how could she accept any of that! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rebirth story where someone is reborn a 3.7kReads7.2Score27114d adds
- 31 Now That I'm Reborn, Getting Rich Is Only Natural 都重生了,暴富很正常吧 The A-share market has fallen for five straight days, dropping below 3,000 points. Jiang Shen, a veteran investor, got trapped in the market after cashing out his funds. The sea of red on the stock charts enraged him so much that he spat blood and passed out. When he opened his eyes again, it was the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. His youth was just beginning. This was a gift: a chance to live again. Since he’d been reborn, why worry so much? With more than a decade of extra memories 4.6kReads7.5Score25214d adds
- 32 Making Ten Million a Day, I Head Straight Back to the Village to Lie Flat 日入千万,我直接回村躺平 Urban fantasy + tycoon + heartwarming daily life back in the village + entrepreneurial growth + one female lead Lin Chuan received a daily reward of ten million in cash. After returning to his village, he discovered that even being rich didn't stop petty people from causing trouble. So he built a senior care center for free, opened an investment company, repaired the embankment, developed the local economy, and helped those in need. Little by little, he raised his social standing, built connecti 2Reads—Score11314d adds
- 33 Life Without Restraint After Achieving Financial Freedom 财富自由后随心所欲的生活 Financial freedom is something countless people dream of, but once Zhang Chu achieves it, he has no idea what to do with his life. So he begins pursuing the life he truly wants. Everyday life, one heroine, tycoon, food 4.5kReads5.3Score11814d adds
- 34 Reborn: After the Breakup, My Girlfriend Cried and Begged Me to Forgive Her 重生:分手后,女友哭着求原谅 [Urban daily life + reborn + sweet romance + first love + multiple heroines] Reborn in 2002, Chen An returned to his college days. Since he had the chance to live his life over, he naturally didn’t want the tragedies and regrets of his past life to happen again. But although he intended to focus on building a business, one beautiful girl after another came barging into his life. There was the universally admired goddess from his school days, the beautiful and haughty class monitor, his gentle fi 17.5kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 35 Reborn: I Really Never Meant to Be a Player 重生之我真没想当渣男 Zhang Zhiyu is reborn in 2010. All he wants is to become a wealthy, carefree layabout, but fate seems to love playing tricks on him. "I haven't even established my public image, and it's already fallen apart?" "I said it, I'm really not a womanizer!" 4.7kReads8.0Score36414d adds
- 36 Tycoon: From the Start, I Get Cheated On, and Nine Campus Goddesses Call Me Dad 神豪:开局被绿,九个校花喊我爸 [Tycoon] [Unique story about nine beautiful school-star daughters] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Sweet and flirtatious] [Everyday family life] [Adapted into a short drama titled: Everyone Says Daughters Are Their Fathers' Little Padded Jackets, but I Got Nine at Once] [Original title: Tycoon: Cheated on from the Start, Nine School Beauties Call Me Dad] At the Hotel World, 38-year-old waiter Ye Bufan is serving a luxury VIP suite when he catches his wife cheating on him. By chance, he is struck by t 755Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 37 A Common Man’s Reborn Years 平凡人的重生岁月 [Everyday Urban Life + Campus Youth + Making Up for Regrets + Believable Logic] A portrayal of youth as it really was: no posturing, no face-slapping. This is simply the everyday life of an ordinary person after being reborn. People remain consistent; being reborn doesn't suddenly make someone all-powerful. Their old flaws are still there. They simply get to live their lives over again with their memories and life experience intact. Everyone has a limit to how far they can go, so if you're looki 4.3kReads6.2Score16214d adds
- 38 Reborn in My College Years 重生我的大学时代 Everyone has some regrets in life. As we lament and look back with remorse, if we really could be reborn in the past, would you seize the chance to turn your fate around? If you haven't made up your mind, why not start with the protagonist's story? Jiang Feiyu, the owner of a bankrupt tech company, dies in an accident, and his soul is reborn from 2021 back to 2001. Let's see what earth-shaking changes he brings to this era, armed with twenty years of experience in how the world develops. 1.4kReads8.2Score13614d adds
- 39 Reborn After the College Entrance Exam, I Achieve Financial Freedom Over Summer Break! 重生高考后,暑假实现财务自由! (Reborn + multiple heroines + urban everyday life + business and making money + no System) Jiang Yu was at a loss. He had been on his yacht, discussing life and dreams with a group of young women. Then, for no apparent reason, he was reborn into the days after the college entrance exams. I really didn’t want to be reborn! The campus belle said, “Jiang Yu, you seem like a different person. I’m mad at you for treating me like this!” Jiang Yu slapped her, leaving her stunned. I spent long enough be 1.8kReads8.1Score11814d adds
- 40 Heading South at the Turn of the Millennium: Rolling Coins 千禧南下:翻滚的钢镚 During the rainy season of the millennium, torrential rain poured down on Ruili. Bai Hao and his group sped along National Highway 556 in a four-wheel-drive Toyota Prado, relying on their off-roader’s powerful performance to plow through the terrible road conditions. As they drove past the embankment in Leiyun Village, they came across Burmese border residents moving supplies across the border. They learned that it was legitimate border trade. The group stopped to watch, unaware that danger was 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Struggling Underclassman I Took In Is Actually a Hidden Gem 收留的落难学妹,居然是宝藏女孩 #Campus #SweetRomance #Healing #LivingTogether #Redemption #EverydayLife #Romance #GrowingUp At an internet cafe in the early hours of the morning, Li Youran found a homeless girl. Little did he know that finding her would mean finding someone to spend his whole life with. From fellow townspeople to old flames, from the girl who would be his girlfriend to the woman who is now his wife, Youran and serenity through the years… 448Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn in 2006: I'm Going to Get Rich 重生2006我要暴富 Heroes are as countless as carp crossing a river, and even the finest among them struggle to get by. But… I’ve got a cheat! [Reborn] + [System], [gold prospecting] + [stock trading] + [stone gambling] Want to learn the real secrets of this world? Come with me! The world’s richest person? They’re nothing in front of an immortal cultivator! Want to know the truth about the world? Start cultivating immortality! What do you do when the apocalypse hits? Hurry up and cultivate! Don’t come chasing me o 409Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I Went Home for New Year Without Renting a Car, and the Whole Village Thought I Was Down on My Luck 过年回家没租车,全村以为我落寞 Last year, Qin Mo went home for the New Year after working away from home. Wanting to look successful, he rented a car for the trip. He even donated 50,000 yuan toward road repairs in the village. Everyone assumed he was doing well in business, but this year he hadn’t earned a penny. Not only did he rent no car, he was forced to return to his hometown early. When Qin Mo came back, the villagers assumed his business had failed and he was down on his luck. What Qin Mo never expected was that, afte 5.1kReads8.7Score24914d adds
- 44 Reborn as an Executive at a Foreign Company 重生之我在外企当高管 Xu Fei is reborn and returns to the time just after graduation. In his previous life, he spent years navigating the workplace, only to be thrown out in middle age. With all his years of experience from his previous life, see how he turns the tables at work this time, climbs to the top, and makes his mark in the business world. 26.3kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 45 From the Start, I Hunt the Campus Belle Goddess 开局捕猎校花女神 Tang Yun, a third-year university student, is dumped by a gold-digging girlfriend and awakens the Goddess-Hunting System. With the items and strategies it provides, he goes from a clueless straight man whose only advice to girls is to drink more hot water to a thoughtful guy who knows to buy them sanitary pads. And that’s not all: using the System’s items, he gradually builds his fortune and wins the hearts of goddesses, reaching the pinnacle of life... 944Reads8.1Score11614d adds
- 46 Cultivation: I Peek at Her Diary, and the Heroines’ Love for Me Runs Wild 修仙:偷看日记,女主们爱意狂涌 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6.4kReads8.4Score52814d adds
- 47 Tycoon's Graduation Season: Starting with Opening My Eyes to the World 神豪毕业季:从睁眼看世界开始 [Slice of life + one heroine + tycoon protagonist + no face-slapping + few clichés, focused on enjoying life] During graduation season, An Lan obtains a System that gives him ten times his money back with no strings attached. Work hard for fifty years and stay healthy? No! The moment the System chose me, it took care of all the work I was supposed to do in this lifetime. Now all I have to do is enjoy life. I can travel anywhere at home or abroad, and buy whatever luxury cars and mansions I want. 11.4kReads6.8Score74814d adds
- 48 I Won a Billion in the Lottery by Collecting Cashback Rewards 我薅羊毛中了彩票一个亿 When ordinary woman Wang Meiqian wins one hundred million yuan through coupon hunting, the money turns her once-numb life upside down. [Slow-paced + feel-good and satisfying + sudden wealth] She begins to change herself and enrich her life, becoming a better and better person. The message of this story is: love yourself before you love others. 8.5kReads8.6Score68814d adds
- 49 I’m Really Not a Player 我真不是中央空调 [Flirting] [Basketball] [Multiple Heroines] [Mostly Everyday Life] [No System] [Womanizer] [Love Triangle Chaos] Liu Anran comes home after three years abroad chasing his dream, following an accident. He comes from a wealthy family and is exceptionally handsome. After returning, he discovers that he has an uncanny way with women. Wherever he goes, he becomes the center of attention. “Liu Anran, do you treat every girl the same way?” “No, I don't. I haven't. Don't make things up!” “Then why do th 6.6kReads9.0Score49014d adds
- 50 Tycoon: From the Start, Studying in America and Taking Europe and the US by Storm 神豪:开局留学美利坚,玩转欧美 [Billionaire fantasy + easygoing daily life + no showing off and humiliating others + no angst for the protagonist + enjoying life + illustrations throughout!] Chen Jingyun’s parents sent him abroad to study. He thought he’d be set for life and on his way to the top, but instead he discovered just how vast the gap between people could be. Some classmates were geniuses who had secured guaranteed places in graduate and doctoral programs as freshmen. Their papers were published with ease, and profe 40.3kReads7.7Score3.4k14d adds

















































