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After her parents' death, Lin Xiaoman lived with her aunt, but her uncle treated her as a free maid for three years—even withholding her exam travel money. The night before the imperial exam, she was called a "burden" for stealing leftover food and fled overnight. Desperate, she met an old scholar her parents once saved—who funded her study and gave her a secret exam technique. Three months later, she became the top scholar and returned home in glory. Her aunt's family crowded around to flatter her, but she took out the old rent IOU and said: "The pain I suffered then? I'll pay it back double."
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