The Heiress Who Won With Brains

Lin Siwang, a top student from a disadvantaged province, is recognized by a wealthy capital family. Facing family schemes and a fake heiress's sabotage, she stays focused, seizes a capital residency, studies relentlessly, and earns a place at a top university, claiming her own success.

The Heiress Who Won With Brains

Lin Siwang, a top student from a disadvantaged province, is recognized by a wealthy capital family. Facing family schemes and a fake heiress's sabotage, she stays focused, seizes a capital residency, studies relentlessly, and earns a place at a top university, claiming her own success.

Rain slashed against the library windows as I stared at the email subject line: 'Congratulations, Shen Meilin, on your National Science Prize Finalist Selection.'

My breath froze. That was my research. My late nights. My mother’s voice echoed from thousands of miles away: 'Study hard, Siwang. Knowledge is the only thing no one can take from you.' But they were taking it—piece by piece.

A shadow moved behind me. I turned to see Shen Meilin smiling, holding a printed copy of my thesis—with her name typed over the title page.

'You should be grateful,' she said softly. 'We gave you a home, a chance. Don’t ruin this for us both.'

My fingers curled around the USB drive in my pocket—the original data, timestamped, encrypted. I could scream. I could cry. Or I could vanish tonight and never look back.

But then I thought of the village school, the children waiting for my return.

No. I wouldn’t run. I’d fight.