The Humble-Born Top Scholar

"The Poor Scholar Who Became a Top Student" should be called "The Rise of Business," right? Is this how a great writer writes? 200 Filler chapters? So much about a child's childhood, all about business, with studies glossed over. Can you still call yourself a poor scholar who became a top student?! I'm outta here, dropping this.

I couldn't resist writing this book review for the first time. The protagonist is an old professor who transmigrates and develops feelings for a little girl—how could you even write something like that? Doesn't Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform) regulate this kind of child-obsessed story? The article has skewed values ​​and is incredibly verbose.

I thought I could read this book without thinking, but I didn't expect that even without thinking, I couldn't finish it. The protagonist transmigrates into a six or seven-year-old kid, and one minute he's making a phoenix chest, the next he's painting fake paintings and selling them as forgeries of famous people. You're a kid, what skills do you have to paint? You don't even have a copy.

It was infuriating to read. I have no idea what kind of nonsense it is. One character's personality is inconsistent: one moment recklessly bold, the next cowardly, then incredibly intelligent, then utterly stupid, then meticulous, then insensitive. It's utter rubbish! The plot is riddled with holes and utterly disgusting. The characters are completely unconvincing, a jumbled mess, yet it still manages to be ten million words long—all just empty rhetoric.

Warning: This novel is excessively padded with unnecessary text, many plot holes left unfilled, numerous ancient characters using modern slang, and a terrible character design. I genuinely regret spending hundreds of dollars to finish it. The ending feels forced; the emperor, clearly portrayed as a tyrant, is later shown to be quite good to prevent the protagonist from rebelling.

I really can't stand it anymore. Everyone else is a fool, but you, a 35-year-old with a twisted soul, are out there flirting with this and that. Even your aunt is a target, but you still have no guts. You're a complete scumbag, falling in love with every girl you see, and then telling others not to cheat. You even have the audacity to want someone's mother and daughter! I really can't stand it anymore. What is this?!

Why don't you take your grandma in too? Never seen a woman before, huh? I've read a hundred chapters of "The Poor Scholar Who Became a Top Scholar" and it never mentions the imperial examinations. I'm sick of it.

I don't recommend reading this book. I didn't want to continue after the male lead took Xie Yun'er's body. Personally, I think Xie Yun'er is 7 years older than the male lead, a generation older, yet Lin Dai, her childhood sweetheart, becomes his concubine. This is irresponsible towards Lin Dai, who was already alone. Her life was tied to the male lead, and in the end, she became his concubine.

Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well chat a bit: Chapter 1: "In the fields, a six or seven-year-old boy with his trousers rolled up..." Let alone ancient times, even in modern rural areas, some children play naked while catching loaches in the fields. This protagonist already has clothes ruined! Does his mother work hard to wash his clothes every day?

Objectively speaking, the first few chapters were alright, but I don't understand why this book is titled "The Poor Scholar Who Became a Top Scholar." I've read over 50 chapters, and I've read less than two chapters of it. It constantly describes a 7-year-old child writing plays to sell, administering smallpox vaccines, and knowing acupuncture—it's all about making money.