Reborn: Changing Fate
Giving a Cousin a Little Legit Lesson

… So, is this all real?

Has he really been granted his wish and sent back to the coveted time before the college entrance exam?

So, does this mean he is given the right to start over and choose his life path?

Ye Tianxin looked earnestly at the training on the blackboard and focused on the practice until the bell rang, signaling the end of the lesson.

"Ye Tianxin, the teacher asked us to think about what college we wanted to go to. What college are you going to?"

"Capital University!"

Full of confidence, Tianxin mentioned the name, and the entire class suddenly fell silent. Except for the gentle whirling of the wind that hit the pages of the book, not a single sound was heard in the classroom.

But in less than a minute, the entire class immediately burst into raucous laughter.

Every year, Ye Tianxin's academic results always placed him in the last ten positions in his group.

With such results, he had the guts to enroll in the Capital University? What an astronomically impossible goal!

"Ha ha ha ha…."

"Ha ha ha ha…."

With a slight frown, Ye Tianxin realized that in the eyes of others, with his current appearance, he was daydreaming, achieving the impossible, if he tried to aim for acceptance into the Capital University.

But he has been reborn and, from this moment on, he will decide how his life will change.

When he said that he was aiming to get into the Capital University, he was earnest and would achieve his goal.

"You don't believe me?" she asked.

A girl wore a floral dress and wore two long woven stands. He stared intently at Ye Tianxin.

"Ye Tianxin, why are you babbling without using your head? If you are accepted to the Capital University, I will adopt your surname!"

Without showing her any respect, Ye Tianxin replied, "Ye Youran, are you intellectually challenged? Don't you know that we have the same surname?"

As the best student in the Third Grade in Jiameng High School, Ye Youran had always ranked first or second in her group during the annual exams.

Everyone in the school, the teachers and students, expected him to be the one accepted into an accredited university, not Ye Tianxin.

But Ye Tianxin was the only one who knew what had happened. As far as she could remember, Ye Youran had performed poorly as she usually does in her college entrance exams, resulting in her family having to pay her to be accepted into a lesser-known, non-accredited university.

Oh, Ye Tianxin also remembered that in their attempt to get funds to buy their daughter a place at university, the Ye Youran family sold Ye Tianxin's grandmother's house after her death.

"Ye Tianxin, I don't think you're ready for a challenge." Ye Youran's expression scorned, and she exuded arrogance.

Ye Tianxin looked at the lesson schedule on the blackboard and noted that the next lesson was English.

"The college entrance exam is too far from now. How about we compete in this upcoming English exam? The teacher said this lesson will be a modular test.  Ye Youran, why don't we bet on the outcome?"

Laughing sneering, Ye Youran glanced at her English textbook, and her lips curved up forming a sure winning smile.

"OKAY. If I win, what will you do?"

Taking out a pencil and twirling it between his fingers, Ye Tianxin commented, "If you win, I, Ye Tianxin, will soon become your follower. As long as I don't have to commit murder or bully the weak, I will do whatever you ask of me. And now, what if I win?"

"You won't win!" Ye Youran confidently retorted.  How could Ye Tianxin, the trashy little loser, win?

Stretching his hands nonchalantly, Ye Tianxin replied, “Never say never. There is always an exception. What if, against all odds, I win?"

Ye Youran's pretty face turned dark. Ye Tianxin was really very annoying. Why would he make a fuss when it was clear that he would lose the bet?

"You tell me. What should I do if you win?"

Ye Tianxin pondered for a moment and then muttered, "If my English test result turns out to be better than you, even if by one point, you will, soon, call me Eldest Brother ...."

"How dare you even suggest that ?!"

Ye Youran was completely unwilling to accept that bet. How could she possibly admit to an illegitimate daughter whose father is unknown as her older sister?

In his past life, Ye Tianxin would definitely fight with Ye Youran for what he just said.

But now, as someone who had experienced death, the words 'unlawful child' could no longer anger him or act impulsively.

"Don't you think you should call me Big Sister because your maternal grandfather and grandfather were siblings, and because I'm a month older than you?"

"You're not my sister, so don't ever dream of making me call you big sister!" Ye Youran retorted, her face flushed red with anger.

And that was the first time the entire class had known that Ye Tianxin and Ye Youran were actually cousins!

Looking slightly pensive, Ye Tianxin replied, his voice filled with sarcasm, "Ye Youran, are you worried about losing a bet and having to call me Oldest Brother if you lose? If you're scared, it doesn't matter if we cancel this competition, okay? After all, you've been a cowardly cat since we were kids …."

"Ye Tianxin, Ye Youran had always been in the top three in the annual examination, so there was no way she would lose!"

"Exactly. Ye Tianxin, based on how you are usually at the bottom rank, Ye Youran can easily defeat you tenfold!"

Ye Youran and the girl standing next to him often hung out together. Thus, when he realized that Ye Tianxin was blocking his way, he naturally also mocked him.

"All right then. Since all of you are so confident that you will win, why are you afraid to compete with me? After all that talk, it was still a question of whether Ye Youran was afraid of losing and should call me big sister."

Ye Tianxin stood up with her hands crossed. She wore a navy-collar white shirt and pleated navy blue skirt with the end deliberately sewn a little too high to show off her long, slender legs.

Her face was beautiful, fresh and firm with delicate skin, exuding a youthful spirit.

"Who said I'd lose? I, Ye Youran, will never lose. Sure, let's compete. But isn't this little competition not challenging enough? Since we're competing, let's make this into an unforgettable memory, huh!?"

Ye Youran was slightly shorter than Ye Tianxin and had a darker complexion. That was why, ever since they were children, all the relatives in the Ye family had constantly made comparisons between the two of them.

"OKAY. Let's make it an unforgettable memory, then. Tell me what you think of this big competition, and I'll come play!"

Ye Tianxin used to be an innocent and sweet girl, who did not realize that Ye Youran was a cunning plotter, and therefore had been played as a fool on many occasions.

But this time, he was determined to reaffirm his dignity.

"How about this. In addition to betting between us, let's use books to get everyone to place their own bets. The winner will use the money to buy everyone a meal. How's that sound?"

"No problem."

Ye Tianxin responded quickly without a second of hesitation. If the bet is on another subject, he may face the possibility of losing.

However, since they competed in the English exam, how could he possibly lose?

He would use his score to give Ye Youran a hard slap on his face.

He wanted Ye Youran to know that even though their age was only one month away, she, Ye Tianxin, was still his elder sister!

"OKAY. Place your bet now!!"

Each student more or less has their own pocket money to make their bets.

However, most of the bets placed were for Ye Youran to win.

Except for the bespectacled male classmate who shared the table with Ye Tianxin betting on Ye Tianxin to win.

When Ye Tianxin saw the hundred dollar bill, she immediately slapped him on the shoulder. "Brother, thank you for the support."

The bell rings a sign the lesson is about to begin.

While carrying the exam papers, the English teacher, a handsome man, walked into the classroom.

The Classmaster ordered, "Everyone stands."

All students stand up and bow to the English teacher standing on the podium. "Good day, sir!"

"Please sit down, everyone. In the last lesson, I told you about the test today, so I hope you guys have finished your homework and get ready! Can students in front of each line hand out exam papers? Please don't cheat. This is just a regular test to find out the gaps in your understanding of the subject so that we can help strengthen your knowledge. That way, you will be better prepared for the college entrance exam and get good results..”.

Ye Tianxin raised her hand, not wanting to share the table with her male classmates.

Because if he did well in his exam this time, his classmates as well as his teacher would assume that he was cheating.

When the English teacher saw Ye Tianxin raise her hand, she immediately recalled all the strange and outrageous reasons she had always made just to get out of the necessity of following her lesson.

"Ye Tianxin, what's wrong now?"

"It's like this, Master. I asked for my table to be moved to the podium when I took the exam."

The English teacher was surprised. He thought that Ye Tianxin would hand over a blank piece of paper or bluff through exam matters.

So of course it makes no difference where he takes his test?

"Ye Tianxin, what are you doing now? Planning to go to heaven?"

Hearing the English teacher's words, all the female students in the class laughed out loud.

"Well, if you don't want to take the exam in class, you can go to the corridor to do it!"

Resisting his anger and looking defiant, Ye Tianxin moved his desk into the corridor.

So what if he had to sit down in the corridor? He would still excel in the exam and slap their faces with his good score!

He was determined to use the results to make everyone realize that bad students also have a sense of dignity and also deserve respect.

Even though he was a bad student, he could still be a top disciple.

"All right then. Let's start the exam, starting with English spelling and dictation."

The English teacher pressed the PLAY button on the recorder machine, and within moments, a clear voice speaking in fluent English floated throughout the classroom.

Ye Tianxin started writing without hesitation for a moment, continuing until the English part was finished. He then turned his attention to the questions on the exam paper.

To Ye Tianxin, Class 3 English was actually quite simple.

Ye Tianxin finished answering the English test question in just thirty minutes.

"Teacher, I'm done answering questions."

Raising his hand, Ye Tianxin handed his finished test paper to the English teacher.

Before he received the competition examination paper from Ye Tianxin, the English teacher had only assumed that he would hand over a blank piece of paper. Therefore, he did not show much interest.

Until he actually held Ye Tianxin's test paper in his hand.  Surprised, he looked at Ye Tianxin.  Is ... is this possible?

"Teacher, can I trouble you to start assessing my answers for the English test now?"

Taking out a red pen, the English teacher read and earnestly appraised Ye Tianxin's answer.

Finally, in the score box, he wrote "149".

Politely, Ye Tianxin asked the teacher, "Teacher, can I sit in the corridor and study?"

The English teacher nodded.

Ye Tianxin took out her backpack, opened it, and, taking out a training sheet, began to sit at her desk to try out practice questions.

There were only 100 days before the college entrance exam, and time was running out. He couldn't waste even a minute.

Looking at the empty space for unanswered questions on the training sheet, Ye Tianxin realized that to him the question might also be from another planet. He had no idea what it was and definitely had no inkling of how to answer it.

How could he hope to turn things around in a hundred days and change from a bad student to an accomplished student?!

After being assigned to the school's school of science, the subjects she had to test in the college entrance exam included languages, mathematics, English, and three subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

His main problem is that currently, he only excels in English and does not require any further study or special guidance.

But for other subjects, he really had to start over.

Stretching out his hand, Ye Tianxin slapped his cheek and said to himself to get up and not let himself be defeated before he even started!

Because heaven has given him one chance to start over …

From now on, he just needs to put everything at his disposal to study and prepare well for the college entrance exam.

First, he would set a goal for himself, and that was to be accepted into the Capital University.

If he could only earn a place in the Capital University, he would work hard and use his academic results to surpass Lu Qingxin.

…Has he been hiding his knowledge and talent?

Ye Youran was the second person in the class to hand over her exam paper. Confidently, he handed the paper to his teacher.

"Teacher, can you assess my answer right now and tell me my score on the English test?"

Now, Ye Youran had always been quiet and submissive, an exemplary student with the good qualities of good grades, discipline, and manners that every teacher liked.

That is why an English teacher is unlikely to refuse his request.

"Of course, Ye Youran. Please wait outside in the corridor as well."

Thanking the teacher with a sweet smile, Ye Youran walked over to Ye Tianxin's side.

Leaning against the metal fence along the corridor, he looked down on Ye Tianxin, who was busy planning his study schedule.

"Ye Tianxin, when I answered the exam question, I thought about what I should do as punishment when you lose a bet."

Closing his notebook, Ye Tianxin raised his head and looked at Ye Youran. With his back to the light, Ye Youran's young features were hidden in the darkness, except for a faint evil glint that glimmered in his eyes.

"Since winners and losers have not been determined, we do not know who will end up as winners. Ye Youran, don't be arrogant and go forward by yourself or your tongue might get twisted and tied up!"

Guessing that it was almost the end of the class, Ye Tianxin kept her things in her backpack.

Ye Youran assumed that Ye Tianxin was planning to escape knowing that he would lose.

He reached out and grabbed Ye Tianxin's backpack.

"Ye Tianxin, planning to escape for fear of losing?"

Ye Tianxin looked at Ye Youran as if she was an idiot. Escape? She's she?

He handed over his test papers long before Ye Youran and had plenty of time to escape, so why did he wait until now to escape?

"Ye Youran, not everyone likes you and is afraid of losing! It's just a small bet. Why would I bother to run away?"

In response to Ye Tianxin's question, the bell rang and signified the end of the lesson. All the students shouted to hand over their exam papers.

After the English teacher gathered all the papers, Ye Youran rushed forward to deal with it.

"Teacher, can you tell me my score for the English test?"

The English teacher was puzzled as to why Ye Youran was so anxious to find out the results of her test this time.

“125.”

All the students were stunned when they heard the English teacher's reply.

One hundred and twenty-five points. This was most likely the highest English test score Ye Youran had ever achieved or even anyone in the entire class.

Ye Youran was overjoyed and walked proudly like a peacock.

Seeing him, Ye Tianxin could not help but rub his forehead. He just ... is too arrogant!

What could he do?

Thinking of Ye Youran's impending humiliation, Ye Tianxin couldn't contain her excitement and began to tremble.

Walking over to Ye Tianxin, Ye Youran pushed the backpack she had picked up from Ye Tianxin earlier onto her face.

"The result is out. You have to respect our bets. As for me, I don't have high demands. All I want is that from now until the end of the college exam, you're in charge of cleaning the ladies' toilet whenever someone from our class is scheduled on the to-do list."

At Ye Youran's suggestion, all the female students in the class quickly agreed in unison.

Cleaning the female toilet is definitely a very good suggestion.

Ye Tianxin patted her chest excessively, as if she had fortunately avoided a difficult situation. "I thought you were planning to humiliate me in front of all the students and teachers in the school!" yells.

"Does that mean you agree with the proposal?"  Ye Youran did not know that the matter had been resolved so easily that it was too good to be true with Ye Tianxin's test results.

"OKAY. In a moment, we will all eat at restaurants outside—”

Ye Tianxin walked deliberately towards Ye Youran, step by step. Stretching out her slender and delicate fingers, she raised Ye Youran chin and earnestly observed her face, which exuded arrogance, pride, and contempt.

"Ye Youran, in order for this competition to be fair and honest, don't you think you should ask the teacher what my score is on the English test before jumping to a conclusion ?!"

Hearing what Ye Tianxin said, the other female classmates exploded into angry protests.

Ye Youran test result had been announced, and it was an all-time high of 125 points. Isn't it clear who the winner is?

What did Ye Tianxin mean by what he said?

Is he trying to wriggle out of the bet?

Or is he still trying to fight his way out of a losing battle?

"Ye Tianxin, are you trying to wriggle out of the bet? Are you afraid of being a loser?"

"Ye Tianxin, are you trying to avoid having to clean a woman's toilet?"

At that moment, the English teacher had decided not to get involved in the small affairs of his student, but the classmate who shared a table with Ye Tianxin ran over to him and asked for Ye Tianxin's test results. He then secretly took Ye Tianxin's exam paper, returned to the classroom, and placed it in front of Ye Youran with Ye Tianxin's test score in full view.

Ye Youran looked at the name on the paper: "Ye Tianxin".

And in the score box, written in red, is "149."

Ye Youran was shocked beyond words!!

"Impossible. Ye Tianxin, you cheated!"

"You must be cheating. You can't get a score that high!"

He was a bad student, someone who would often skip classes or sleep in class all year round. How could he get such high marks?

Acting like an empress, Ye Tianxin looked around at the many pairs of eyes around her, which were filled with curiosity. His clear, lascivious voice, like the gurgling of soft springs, was heard throughout the classroom.

"I asked to sit in the corridor because I was worried that you would accuse me of cheating. It's just a simple English test. I don't have to cheat."

His eyes danced with laughter, Ye Tianxin deliberately took one step forward to face Ye Youran's frown of disbelief and disgust at having lost.

"Ye Youran, be a good girl and call me big sister!"

Ye Youran tightly clenched her fists.

No way, no. You are not my sister!!

I won't!!

I refuse!!

I don't have an illegitimate older sister whose father is unknown!!

Teeth clenched tightly, Ye Youran could not force herself to say big sister. The embarrassment of losing the bet had caused Ye Youran's face to immediately turn red….

Tens of pairs of eyes were all focused on him.

With his fists tightly clenched, Ye Youran muttered in a very low voice, more like a buzzing mosquito, "The eldest brother."

"Ye Youran, you speak too softly. You yourself are saying that someone should respect his bet. Be careful that you do not give the whole class a reason to lose their respect for you.

In a very loud voice, Ye Youran exclaimed, "Oldest Brother."

"Now it sounds much better. Remember, from now on don't forget to call me Oldest Brother. I don't want others to claim that Ye's family doesn't know how to discipline and raise their children properly, even ignoring basic manners, such as respecting older people.”.

Crystal tears spilled from Ye Youran's eyes. All tears of contempt.

He will not forget this day as long as he lives….

He swore that he would avenge Ye Tianxin ten times over for the humiliation he had endured today!

No, make it a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times!

A female classmate said to Ye Tianxin, "Ye Tianxin, you've gone too far! You have made Ye Youran cry because of all your bullying …."

Ye Tianxin looked at her classmate, looking solemn. "Hey you. Before we bet, you all assumed that I would lose….  When Ye Youran wanted me to clean the women's toilet, all of you agreed that that was what I should do if I lost. However, now that I have won, and all I want is Ye Youran to call me the eldest brother, you call it bullying? Did you not pay attention during the language class, or did your comprehension skills lack?"

Initially, all female classmates participated in betting for fun, while male classmates entertained themselves by just watching from the sidelines.

But now that Ye Tianxin's test results were unexpectedly better than Ye Youran, the girls somehow felt that Ye Tianxin was humiliating them and making them feel uncomfortable.

"Ye Tianxin, you're just lucky. If you're that good, why don't you take first place in every test after this ?!"

"To be precise, it was only 149 points, and he behaved very arrogantly…."

Suddenly, Ye Tianxin laughed. Her laughter, like peach blossoms perched beautifully on her branches in March, has an emotionally evocative effect.

"Ye Tianxin, why are you laughing? Don't you know that we're just stating facts? Posing and posing just because you scored 149 points!! if you are that good, you should score 149 on each test …. "

"What does my test score have to do with you? If you have so much time, you should focus on improving your own skills. Otherwise, you would be very embarrassed if you did worse than me on the mock exam in the future!!"

Ye Youran, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Ye Tianxin, let's say you're not cheating. Even so, you are only lucky to be able to defeat me in this round. To test your true abilities, let's bet on the second mock exam scheduled in two months!"

Ye Tianxin looked at Ye Youran, who was still shaken in disbelief at his defeat. Understandably, if the shoe was on the other foot, he would feel the same way!

A top student gets beaten up by a bad student. That must have hurt a lot!

"Cannot be. I don't want to see your teary face when you lose!!" Ye Tianxin replied, making a naughty face at him.

Ye Youran stood in front of Ye Tianxin, blocking his path, and exclaimed, "I think you have lost your nerve! Didn't you say you wanted to be accepted into the Capital University? Ye Tianxin, since you are a bad student, just admit that you do not want to compete. No one will mock you for that."

Ye Tianxin looked at Ye Youran. Immersed in his mind, he recalled the stale expression on the face of Ye Youran's parents at his grandmother's funeral.

Suddenly, he clenched his fists and took a deep breath.

"What's the bet?"

For a penny, for a pound. Ye Youran decided that they should raise the stakes. He was the best student, and this small defeat was only a small setback before the competition. In the next round, he would make sure he rubbed Ye Tianxin's face in the mud.

"The loser has to do the rabbit jump in front of all the students and teachers during the school meeting when the flag is hoisted."

"My classmates, you've all heard this, right? You should keep your word and not try to find a way out of doing rabbit jumping when the time comes!"

Making a 'huh' insulting voice, Ye Youran said mockingly, "Ye Tianxin, I think you should start training for the jump. Otherwise, you will jump like a zombie when you lose!"

"Ye Youran, are you really sure that you will be the winner?"

That said, Ye Tianxin, did not even bother looking at Ye Youran's pouting face.

Turning around, he asked his classmate, "Bro, come on. How about I buy you some food at the restaurant?"

"unneeded. I still have a lot of practice to complete."

Ye Tianxin did not push him any further, her nerdy classmate. He knew better than anyone that Jiameng High School was just an ordinary high school in the southwest zone.

All students in this high school want to learn as much as they can and take the college entrance exam in the hope that this will be their ticket to a better life….

"All right then. I'm going home."

He put on his backpack and walked happily out of class towards the school bike parking.

He has returned ten years, from the age of 27 to the age of 17.

At that age, his grandmother was still very much alive.

His life at this age .. has been full of infinite possibilities.

Not riding a bike for a very long time, Ye Tianxin started to stagger as he cycled, not riding straight.

Only after everything that happened did Ye Tianxin realize that when knowledge was obtained, it was deeply engraved on one's bones and never forgotten. In fact, this knowledge could become a life-saving ability at certain times in the future.

This time on the way home, he was cycling very slowly.

A familiar scene flashed before his eyes, scene after scene. This was the small town where he had lived for seventeen years.