[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-37":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: My Cheat Skill Is Myself",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315292,4528,"Chapter 37: The Shandong Man Who Enjoyed Happiness All His Life","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>“Hmm, the Jinan provincial examination is about to begin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Heaven’s Edge world checked the timeline of the Water Margin world and found it had already reached August.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only a few days left before the triennial provincial examination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, do you have a chance at becoming the top scorer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Heaven’s Edge world asked with great interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, although he and the Water Margin Zhang Jie lived in different worlds, both were born under the Great Song dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Water Margin Song dynasty was decades later than the Heaven’s Edge Song dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant if Zhang Jie from the Heaven’s Edge world wanted to take the imperial exams,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could simply copy past high-scoring exam papers from the future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, he could borrow the Water Margin Zhang Jie’s exam papers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Heaven’s Edge: I don’t write the answers—I’m just the paper courier~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he only entertained the thought briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path of the imperial exams was already taken by the Water Margin Zhang Jie; walking it again held no appeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Lingbo Microstep not appealing enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were Wang Yuyan, A Zhu, and A Bi not beautiful enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a promising young man who intended to model himself after Prince Duan Zhengchun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t ask whether the Water Margin Zhang Jie had any confidence in passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the shared space existed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Water Margin Zhang Jie had invested all his attribute points into spirit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>granting him near-photographic memory—a natural-born scholar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the shared space had arrived, it was like adding wings to a tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Photographic memory, reciting texts backward—those were basic skills by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such an ultimate expert failed the imperial exams, who else could possibly pass?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this Jinan provincial exam was unusually obscure and the Water Margin Zhang Jie had never seen such questions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he still had one final trump card—searching the shared space for materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shared space had no books, but didn’t it have him and the Heaven’s Edge Zhang Jie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The provincial exam lasted three full days—plenty of time for them to search separately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water Margin Zhang Jie: Regardless of anything, this exam is three worlds against one—advantage is ours!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Passing is a sure thing, but becoming top scorer isn’t guaranteed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water Margin Zhang Jie replied after a moment’s thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven’s Edge Zhang Jie nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the top scorer was chosen personally by the Emperor, the top provincial candidate was selected by the examiners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant writing an excellent essay was one thing; pleasing the examiners was another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the examiners disliked your writing, unless you penned something as legendary as Wang Bo’s “Ode to Tengwang Pavilion” or Hai Rui’s “Memorial on State Security,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you’d be rejected outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if they said you failed, you failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the chief examiner bore a certain resemblance to the couplet written by Yang An, the Champion Marquis from the Spirit Realm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they say you can, you can—even if you can’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they say you can’t, you can’t—even if you can.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the chief examiner’s power paled in comparison to that of the Champion Marquis Yang An,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who had dominated ten thousand miles of foreign lands and stood supreme among a million soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only promote those scholars he favored and who met his own standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Jin from “Fan Jin Passes the Exam” succeeded only because his examiner admired his writing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>otherwise he would have failed until death without ever earning a degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, don’t write anything taboo in your exam paper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven’s Edge Zhang Jie seriously warned the Water Margin Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Water Margin Zhang Jie still intended to take the exams, he must not write anything about rebellion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>insurrection, or cursing the Emperor’s eighteen generations of ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since he was one with the Water Margin Zhang Jie, he already knew the Water Margin Zhang Jie had long resented\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a certain emperor who claimed “everything except being emperor, I excel at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Naturally,” the Water Margin Zhang Jie nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He resented that frivolous, unfit ruler who only cared for eating, drinking, pleasure, cuju,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and playing music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—but he was a rational man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood the nine-character strategy of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang: “Fortify walls, stockpile grain, delay proclaiming kingship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His resources were still insufficient, his foundation still shallow—this was not yet the time to reveal his grand ambitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reveal them now, while not quite like Zhao Kuangyin applying a face mask—white Song—was close enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had martial arts, but could not stand against an entire army; he could defend himself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but could not protect close ones like Pan Jinlian and the old steward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing their urgent matters, the shared space conversation turned lighthearted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, since you’re a Shandong man in this life, you must be very happy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven’s Edge Zhang Jie smiled faintly and suddenly said to the Water Margin Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water Margin Zhang Jie was momentarily baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would being a Shandong man make him happy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t even surnamed Kong, not some descendant of Confucius who had feasted on the title of Duke Yansheng for millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me tell you about the Shandong man who enjoys happiness all his life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven’s Edge Zhang Jie bit back his laughter and explained the joke to the Water Margin Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “The village’s five-guarantee household has passed away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He’s gone to enjoy happiness over there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “The village’s richest man has passed away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He enjoyed happiness here, now he’s enjoying it over there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “Zhang San’s son works away from home, never returns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He’s enjoying happiness—his son earns big money abroad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “Li Si’s son has no job, stays home all day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He’s enjoying happiness—better to have children at home than ten thousand taels of gold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “Er Dan moved to the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He’s gone to enjoy happiness in the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “Tie Zhu came home after working away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He made money, came home to enjoy happiness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “Gou Dan suddenly died of illness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He enjoyed happiness—he passed without suffering.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “Ma Zi, paralyzed for ten years, died yesterday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “He didn’t enjoy happiness here, now he’s enjoying it over there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shandong villager: “I’ll chat later—I’m heading home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Shandong villagers: “Alright, go home and enjoy happiness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s like when I was single and couldn’t find a wife: enjoying happiness at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I got married: enjoying happiness at home with my wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my wife got pregnant: warm bed, wife and child—enjoying happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my wife had a natural birth: delivered naturally—enjoyed happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my wife had a C-section: doctor helped—enjoyed happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my child started kindergarten: sent to school—began enjoying happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my child was getting married: child is starting a family—began enjoying happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When my grandson was born: I’m a grandfather—began enjoying happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I died: I enjoyed happiness my whole life???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this what they call ‘happiness as vast as the Eastern Sea’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Water Margin Zhang Jie exclaimed in shock, firing off this rapid-fire monologue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, he spent a lifetime enjoying blessings here, and now he’s gone to enjoy them over there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Heaven Sword added enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Zhang San broke the law and got arrested, is he now enjoying himself in prison?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from Water Margin couldn’t help but retort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prison has a regular schedule, light meals, daily study,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"skill improvement, reformation, becoming a new person—it’s a blessing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Heaven Sword nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no—Zhang San enjoyed blessings he wasn’t meant to, and now he’s reaping the consequences.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Dragon Gate chuckled and corrected Zhang Jie from the Heaven Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this New Century Evangelion?\" Zhang Jie from Water Margin kept complaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Shandong should really be called Fujian?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder it’s a top province for civil service exams—every word is perfectly measured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Heaven Sword: \"This is called polite consolation, or high emotional intelligence, or helping others find joy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I say a few kind words—I lose nothing, you feel better, why not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie from the Dragon Gate sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simple people bless every one who departs, and comfort every one trapped in the present.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-06-20T14:22:35.989Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bcb089b06802bdb8f8ac0c1bb7a6319ad9006ffe4abca66e08715b81a37e8cfa","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-38","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-36",601,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-cover.jpg"]