Before transferring schools, Wen Nanxu’s older brother specifically warned her to watch out for Jiang Ye, a boy in her class. He was strikingly handsome and came from a wealthy family, yet everyone called him a delinquent who never studied.
As fate would have it, they became desk mates. Jiang Ye drew a line down the middle of their desk with a black marker and laid down the rule that they were not to bother each other.
Their first meeting was full of friction and mutual prejudice: he thought she was a pampered princess, while she believed the rumors and decided he was arrogant and had given up on himself.
Wen Nanxu accidentally uncovered Jiang Ye’s hidden abilities, while Jiang Ye discovered that Wen Nanxu deliberately held back on exams. The two made a bet, and Jiang Ye lost.
Wen Nanxu told him earnestly, “Then give it everything you’ve got and show me what you can really do.”
Jiang Ye told her just as earnestly, “Then stop holding back and show me what you can really do.”
Over the long years that followed, they came to understand the loneliness and hurt hidden in each other’s family backgrounds. Their feelings grew slowly, and they carefully kept them close to their hearts.
The line they had drawn down the middle of their desk could no longer keep their hearts apart.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
