Chapter 40

The lady had to beg a boy from next door for textbooks, and she'd self-studied. Fortunately, the government introduced policies that required children in the village to attend schools. Most of them couldn't endure it and returned home to work after months. But she persisted and scored first place in exams. This earned her a government-sponsored spot in high school. Still, the national college entrance exam was highly competitive, and she'd just managed to enter an ordinary university due to her weak foundation. It was considered a great honor in her village where no one had ever attended college, but her parents didn't see it that way. They tore up her admission letter and forced her into marriage instead. She smashed the window under the cover of the darkness and ran away. After much hardship, she arrived in Elipus, reported her lost admission letter to the police, and finally got to enroll through a long process. Now, she'd severed ties with her family and could only take part-t