00:00After getting laid off, she suddenly realized the core job she had passed five interview rounds for
00:03had been stolen by someone playing dirty.
00:05Official headcount is tight right now.
00:07To make room for you, I kicked out a contractor.
00:09We planted a fatal bug in her code.
00:10That was Mr. Yan's call.
00:11And what shocked her even more was the person who stole her spot
00:13was actually her best friend from high school.
00:15Furious, she went straight to confront her boss.
00:17Why did you change my code?
00:18I changed your code?
00:19You planted a bug in my program just to get your precious Joe Shiyun in here, didn't you?
00:22If this isn't fair, I won't accept it.
00:24If you won't let me get my laptop downstairs,
00:25how am I supposed to pull up your code and check it?
00:27Then I'm going with you.
00:28I'll keep an eye on you.
00:29Suddenly, the elevator sparked and went crashing down.
00:31And she opened her eyes again.
00:32She was back at 18.
00:33You've got 30 minutes left to turn it in.
00:35Gene High, number 7 high, 2018.
00:36Like most people who get reborn, the first thing she thought of was buying lottery tickets.
00:40Too bad she was a terrible student.
00:41How could she possibly remember the numbers?
00:43One look at the calendar, and it hit her.
00:45Today was also her 18th birthday.
00:46It was also the day her family's bad luck began.
00:49Her dad had to choose between taking severance or staying on unpaid leave,
00:51and he chose to go down with the factory.
00:53A few days later, the factory went bankrupt.
00:55He didn't get a single cent, and the whole family only got poorer from there.
00:57This time, even if she risked getting beaten,
01:00she had to secretly change her dad's choice from unpaid leave to severance.
01:03Next, she had to plan her own life.
01:04She would never be someone else's punching bag again.
01:06She used to be a top student in the elite class.
01:08But in her final year, it was like someone had taken over her body.
01:11She got obsessed with romance novels,
01:13and even dated a slacker from the sports program.
01:15And all of it had something to do with her so-called best friend.
01:17If fake nice girls had rankings,
01:19Zhou Xiyun would be near the top.
01:20On the surface, she acted like she cared about Gu Shui Jiao.
01:23Behind her back, she was always pulling dirty tricks.
01:25Who told her to always score one or two spots above me?
01:27If Yitanyu hadn't shown up,
01:29she might have been the one going to Jing University, not me.
01:31My mom kept comparing me to her all day,
01:33saying I couldn't even beat Auntie Li's daughter.
01:34Well, now look at her.
01:35With that whiny, teary face, that's all she'll ever be.
01:38Because Gu Shui Jiao missed out on a top university,
01:40she had to work like crazy after getting a job.
01:42Even after teaching herself everything and getting all kinds of certificates,
01:45she was still five years behind everyone else
01:46before becoming an entry-level software engineer.
01:49Then after several rounds of interviews,
01:50someone secretly tripped her up again and pushed her out.
01:52In a rage, Gu Shui Jiao quit and walked away.
01:54And Yitanyu, the man she once gave up everything to be with,
01:57was still like an overgrown baby whose brain never fully developed.
02:00Back then, you changed your school choice just so we could attend the same school.
02:02Later, so we wouldn't be long distance,
02:04you even gave up two promotion chances at a foreign company.
02:07Did you forget?
02:07Honey, being broke and miserable makes you die young.
02:10Right now, I just want to go back ten years and slap myself to death.
02:12Maybe heaven heard all her complaining and gave her one more chance to start over.
02:15This time, she would kill the tragedy before it even began.
02:18Anything unrelated to studying would be locked away.
02:20She had to get into Jing University.
02:22Too bad, though.
02:23The little knowledge she once had had already been returned to her teachers.
02:26Just as she was racking her brain over how to improve her grades,
02:29the arrogant boss who had fallen with her in the elevator
02:31actually showed up on his own.
02:32Turns out he was the tutor for Gu Shui Jiao's brother, Gu Mingzai.
02:35So you're the idiot Gao Rui mentioned,
02:37the one who failed the college entrance exam twice.
02:38You little brat.
02:39No matter how impressive you are, you're barely in your 20s.
02:42And you think you can teach me?
02:43Maybe I should teach you a lesson.
02:44Where's your resume and diploma?
02:46I'm in a direct PhD program.
02:47I haven't graduated yet.
02:48So you don't have a diploma and you're saying that with confidence?
02:51I know the trial lesson is free,
02:52but for senior Gao to just send anyone over to brush me off like this,
02:55isn't that a little unreasonable?
02:56Lin Zhihua couldn't be bothered to waste another word on her,
02:58so he turned cold and left.
02:59The next day, when Gu Shui Jiao saw she was ranked dead last in class 8,
03:02she finally realized she was the joke in front of Lin Zhihua.
03:05After all, he was the guy who went from a senior year slacker
03:07to the city's top scorer.
03:08To raise her grades, she had no choice but to swallow her pride
03:11and beg Lin Zhihua to mentor her.
03:12Instead of learning from a real academic god,
03:14you're learning all this weird superstition.
03:15Senior Lin, I was blind before and didn't recognize a real expert.
03:18I truly want to invite you out to help me reach the peak of academics.
03:21But no matter how much she begged and pleaded,
03:22he kept that cold, unapproachable look.
03:24If it weren't for getting close to him,
03:26she wouldn't have to act this humble.
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