A little girl at a magic school, she's a goofy troublemaker who can do anything.

Li Wenyin is probably one of the few students who doesn't look forward to holidays.

If she could, she would never want to go back to that small mountain town, back to that dilapidated and noisy place that could not be called "home".

Unfortunately, she is still in school, and her ID card and household registration are still stuck there. When school starts in the future, the admission notice will still be sent there, and she will need the admission notice to go to school.

Li Wenyin tried asking Teacher Wu Ya if she could stay at school during the holidays, but he regretfully told her that it was not possible.

A few days later, the students and teachers all left, and the school was locked down. During this time, some adult magicians who had entered society would enter the school to carry out things like building construction.

Staying in such an environment is dangerous. In addition, the chefs are all on holiday, the supermarkets are closed, and they cannot provide basic living necessities. Therefore, the school never allows students to stay on campus during holidays. Even those detained by the student council are temporarily sent to other places for supervision.

Li Wenyin understood and didn't ask any more questions after that.

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Li Wenyin was reincarnated into this world. Her original self died of illness at the age of nineteen, but retained her memories and came here, living with the same name and appearance for sixteen years without missing a single second.

Rather than time travel, it's more like a reincarnation with her memories intact; she treats this as her other life.

Li Wenyin felt very lucky because she had memories and could "predict the future," which was like having a cheat code compared to others.

It's a pity that his upbringing before entering school was a bit terrible.

She lived in a remote and underdeveloped mountain town, nestled on the shady side of a small mountain.

Every morning when the sun rises, the mountain peaks always manage to block out half of it.

Perhaps it's because they don't get much sunshine that the people in the town are generally not very educated or cultured. It's a mess and chaotic place. Anyone with a little bit of idealism or ambition just wants to escape from here and never come back.

In this world, those with magical talent are still a tiny minority. For most people, the only way to improve their lives is to go to school, take exams, go to school, take exams, and then leave, never to return.

Li Wenyin's two stepsisters were pretty much the same.

Her family situation was quite complicated. The year she was born, her biological father died from overwork. A few years later, she had a stepfather who brought her a stepbrother. A few years later, her biological mother died unexpectedly. Her stepfather then found a stepmother who brought her two step-sisters.

The stepmother and stepfather had a son not long after they got together.

When Li Wenyin was eight years old, her parents, two step-sisters, one step-brother, and one step-brother had no connection with her.

The stepfather and stepmother had terrible tempers. They liked to drink and gamble, and when they were drunk, they would beat people. Neither of them could bear to beat their own children, so they would secretly beat each other's adopted children, as well as Li Wenyin, who was the least cared for.

They might have started with a small shop-like business, but when two people who were addicted to drinking, fighting, and gambling got together, the small business quickly vanished.

They were burdened with a mountain of debt, and their creditors were constantly harassing them and demanding payment. They were shameless, threatening suicide and saying they'd rather die than suffer any consequences. It was a miserable experience for the children, who were subjected to scorn and contempt.

However, this did not prevent them from having a son.

Li Wenyin always scolded, "People are poor, but they can still have children."

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Later, the biggest creditor got so fed up with them that he made them stay in one of their illegally constructed three-story buildings where someone had died, and work as their assistants.

On the one hand, they were keeping an eye on them to prevent them from running away; on the other hand, they felt that if they couldn't repay the money, they should at least do some physical labor.

The creditor's family is practically the local tyrants in this mountain town. They build and use illegal buildings as they please. The stepfather and stepmother don't care at all whether the building will collapse one day. They'd rather live a miserable life than die, living off their entire family like parasites.

The creditor turned this illegal building into a card and mahjong room.

As you can imagine, a card and chess room is filled with smoke, foul language, and constant noise, with beer bottles, broken glass, and spittle flying everywhere.

Ironically, the stepparents even called this job of working as an assistant in the creditor's card room "their most respectable and decent job."

Li Wenyin grew up in such an environment.

She was the only one among the five children who didn't receive any love from either parent, and naturally became the one who was most bossed around.

At an age when it wouldn't be unusual to run around naked, Li Wenyin was wearing clothes that her older sister could no longer fit into. The clothes were so long that they reached Li Wenyin's knees, and she was running around barefoot in the smoky mahjong parlor, wobbling unsteadily.

Because Li Wenyin also had to work at the chess and card room, otherwise she wouldn't have anything to eat.

The stepparents had to accompany people to play cards, smile, and drink, while Li Wenyin's job was to crawl under the card table to pick up cigarette butts.

When playing cards, these guests would throw all sorts of trash, like fruit peels and melon seed shells, directly on the ground, mixing them with cigarette butts. This could easily cause accidents, so little Li Wenyin had to frequently squat down and crawl under the card table to pick up the cigarette butts by hand.

During the picking process, they are often kicked down by customers who want to cross their legs.

Li Wenyin was a rascal from a young age. She would often get kicked down, roll around under the table, get up, grab a cigarette butt, and press it hard against the foot that had just kicked her.

Then, listening to the guests squealing in pain from the burns, he took advantage of the commotion and slipped out from under the table, pretending nothing had happened.

Li Wenyin had many ways to retaliate against unpleasant customers. For example, she would deliberately throw a card next to him, pretending that he had been caught cheating, and let the other customers scold and beat him.

For example, if he adds something to the delivered drinks and gets kicked and ends up with a mouthful of cigarette ash, she'll secretly add the ash back in, thoughtfully stir it, and pretend it's just some sediment from the drinks.

After all, not many people suspected that this little girl was so cunning, and Li Wenyin always managed to get her revenge.

It's vulgar, dirty, and chaotic.

Li Wenyin didn't know how thorough Yuchi Quan's investigation into her family background was, but after learning that he knew about her background, her heart skipped a beat with unease.

Cigarette ash, card rooms, gambling debts, vulgar and obscene language, endless noisy nights, a concrete manifestation of being poor and deserving of being poor.

She didn't know what Yuchi Quan was thinking.

She herself is definitely fine; it's already a miracle that she can survive. But the people around her are just disgusting.

Li Wenyin felt that his eyes were dirty.

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Speaking of Li Wenyin's group of siblings, they were generally not very familiar with Li Wenyin. The younger brother, who was born to her stepfather and stepmother, was their most precious child and was always regarded as their future hope. They didn't let him go near the card room.

Li Wenyin, who lived in the chess and card room, had only seen him a few times.

Although I wasn't familiar with the two stepsisters, Li Wenyin, I actually had a decent impression of them.

Her eldest sister went to study abroad when she was very young and never came back, so her stepmother always scolded her for being an ungrateful wretch.

The second sister didn't do well in school, but two years after the eldest sister left, she also left home, citing the excuse of forming a group with others to start a business and find jobs.

Before leaving, the second sister reached out her hand to Li Wenyin with a complicated look in her eyes, asking her if she wanted to leave with her.

Little Li Wenyin was tempted, but still shook her head.

She can't leave. When she turns sixteen, she'll receive a life-changing acceptance letter. She has to go to magic school. What if she leaves and doesn't receive it?

Moreover, she is too young and would be a burden to her second sister. She is not yet an adult, and her ID card and household registration are being withheld by her stepfather and stepmother, making her an unregistered resident living on the streets.

My second sister left without saying anything. Before leaving, she took one last look at her, feeling a mix of sadness, pity, and disappointment.

The second sister had no idea that Li Wenyin would be lucky enough to be admitted to such a prestigious school. She was disappointed and frustrated, thinking that her young stepsister had willingly stayed in this small mountain town for the rest of her life, giving up the opportunity to go out and achieve nothing.

Li Wenyin understood her, but she couldn't tell her the truth, so she could only silently thank her second sister in her heart.

It's a pity, she must be quite disappointed in her.

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Her stepbrother was the most detestable; Li Wenyin hated him no less than she hated the creditor's son.

My stepbrother is the typical example of someone who was ruined by his large size and then abandoned. He dyes his hair yellow and works as a hoodlum in town, ordering Li Wenyin around like a slave.

Li Wenyin naturally wouldn't listen to him, and instead cleverly caused him trouble.

For example, he would add super glue to his hair dye, climb out the window in the middle of the night, cover someone with a pillow, and beat them up. After beating them, he would jump out the window and run away.

For 365 days, Li Wenyin was constantly thinking about how to cause trouble for her stepfather, stepmother, and stepbrother, and she skillfully honed her ability to cause trouble and dodge.

Overall, she rarely suffers losses. When she is drunk and subjected to domestic violence, Li Wenyin skillfully takes advantage of her small size to find a place to hide, leaving the abuse to her stepsister, stepsiblings, stepmother, and stepfather. When guests or her stepsiblings bully her, she can also retaliate in various ways.

It would be great if we could pick up fewer cigarette butts.

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When Li Wenyin didn't want to go home, she liked to go hiking, to climb the mountain that blocked half the sun from reaching the small town, climb over the top, swing her legs, and sit next to the rickety guardrail.

Watching the sunrise, watching the sunset.

She would look at the sun and imagine herself as a clump of reeds, a wildfire that could not be extinguished for a time, and would live on forever.

Sitting on the mountain, gazing into the distance, looking at the endless sky and the continuous mountain range, I imagine my future will be infinitely glorious.

No matter how difficult it is, you must reach the age of sixteen. The moment the acceptance letter arrives here, your destiny will change.

If anyone could hear her thoughts, they would be very surprised.

Because she was really, really small back then, so thin that she seemed unsteady on her feet, and would fall over if you pushed her even slightly. It was very dangerous for her to sit on the mountain. Although she was born in a small, dilapidated mountain town, the vast sky was always in her mind.

Li Wenyin really enjoys watching the night view from the mountain.

Standing on the mountain at night and looking down at the small town from afar, the unbearably ugly town will suddenly reveal a little bit of beauty.

The lights of hundreds of homes swayed freely, somewhat like a small cluster of stars fallen to the ground.

But it is not the stars; it is only because I perceive it as stars. Therefore, I can deduce that I am the star.

Thinking this way and amusing herself, Li Wenyin would suddenly become inexplicably happy, stepping on the curb of the mountain road that rose up on the side of the mountain, and starting to jump and hop around by herself, dancing a messy dance, while humming and singing out-of-tune tunes.

Then I fantasize that I am extremely beautiful.

I grew up by coaxing myself.

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I wear the Milky Way, and I sing a song.

I am dressed in starlight, and I am dancing.

I am a wildfire, blazing my own path forward.

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She went through a lot of trouble to finally get the admission notice and arrive at the school. When she saw that the college selection result was "none", it would be impossible for Li Wenyin not to feel like the sky was falling.

She genuinely felt as if the sky had suddenly collapsed, her vision blurred and her ears were ringing. Even with Li Wenyin's good composure, it took her a long time to calm herself down.

At that time, Li Wenyin instinctively and eagerly grasped every possible hope, and refused to let go of this opportunity that she had waited for for many years, even resorting to desperate measures to get into the hospital and go to school.

As a result, she has indeed done a lot of rude and impolite things that have earned her disdain. Firstly, it has become a habit over the years, and secondly, she is really too anxious, her mind is full of how to stay, she must stay.

Actually, it's not surprising that Nangong Zhi disliked her. Back then, nobody really liked her. It was just that Nangong Zhi was unlucky to meet Li Wenyin, who was the most eager to seize everything.

Slowly, slowly, hope dwindled.

Until a corner of a white robe came into view, the young man was smiling and talking.

Until the mysterious, squinty-eyed teacher led her to a classroom in a strange manner.

Until one companion after another came into her life in various ways.

Li Wenyin fought for her own fire.

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Ahead lies that familiar little mountain town.

Li Wenyin thought to herself that she was back after all. Although only one semester had passed, her feelings were completely different from before.

With remote control magic at her fingertips, no one can do anything to her. Even though regulations prohibit using magic to harm ordinary people or cause panic, warnings and threats are certainly enough to protect herself.

However, we should still be cautious...

Li Wenyin thought of something, crawled into the nearby woods, squatted down, opened her suitcase, and stuffed all her belongings—her scarf, beef jerky, fur coat, and even her school uniform jacket—into the suitcase.

These things must not be seen by my stepfather, stepmother, and stepbrothers...

and many more.

As Li Wenyin was stuffing things in, she suddenly noticed a stack of cash hidden inside the suitcase.

Everyone knows that Li Wenyin is poor, but no one says it.

Behind their classroom, there is a row of lockers where they put things they think can be shared, and anyone who sees them can use them.

The extra magical herbs, the prepared potions, the review materials, and the invisibility cloak that Li Wenyin brought back.

And money.

Apart from Li Wenyin, they were all young ladies and gentlemen, and it was obvious who the money that was always kept in the locker was for.

After all, for them, money is the least significant part of their substantial family wealth; this amount of money really doesn't amount to much.

Li Wenyin thought that since they were so thoughtful, it would be really pretentious for her to be so calculating. In her daily life and studies, she should spend money as she pleased. Correspondingly, she also put in the invisibility cloak that Yu Zhiyuan often used and the sensory potions that Mu Feng was interested in.

Using it at school is one thing, but taking it home during holidays is another. Li Wenyin may be shameless, but going too far and hurting the friendship is not good.

But now, she found a large stack of cash in her suitcase that she had never put in.

I don't know who put it in her or when.

Li Wenyin was stunned the moment she saw the money.

A person squatted helplessly in the bleak winter wind, sobbing silently, clinging tightly to the edge of the box, like a bewildered little girl.

It felt like I was back when I was very, very young, when I had just started picking up cigarette butts barefoot, and when I accidentally burned myself and would hug myself and blow on them.

It's very hot, really hot.