“My feelings for her shouldn't become a shackle holding back her future.”
Second in the year, with a total score of 682, just three points behind Shen Yubai.
This was the third time Wen Zhi had lost to him.
Everyone thought they were merely rivals: he stayed up late for the physics competition, while she dazzled everyone with the final problem on the math exam. Every test came down to the wire.
But no one knew that after the library closed, he would quietly slide his neatly organized physics notes to the corner of her desk.
And no one knew that when someone asked, “What are you two to each other?” he fell silent for three seconds before replying:
“Partners who win together.”
The twin stars of County No. 2 High School, from “I'll surpass you” to “Let's win together.”
No grand declarations, just nights spent doing practice problems until closing time, and the boy who always sat diagonally behind her.
(The facts in this book may not be accurate, so please don't take them on faith.)