She uses boys’ clothes as her armor, but he’s determined to break through her defenses.
To protect a deeply buried secret, Chen Nian takes on the identity of “Chen Mo” and enrolls in an all-boys’ school. Her disguise is airtight, and every inch of her is acting: a tight chest binder that makes it hard to breathe, a deliberately lowered voice, and monthly periods that become “a monthly trial.” She thinks that if she’s careful enough, she’ll get through unnoticed, but she hasn’t accounted for her desk mate, Xu Xingchen, a boy with the mind of a top student and the instincts of a detective.
An accident and a startled cry in a different voice pry open a crack in her desk mate’s suspicions. From then on, his gaze follows her like a shadow, lingering on her pale neck, her slightly flushed earlobes, and even the faint scent in the air that doesn’t seem to belong to a “boy.” A science student’s logic, paired with relentless probing, closes in on her step by step. Bandaging a sports injury, getting “trapped” in a cramped space, and his deliberately slowed breathing outside the infirmary… Every moment is a desperate scramble with her heart pounding at 180 beats per minute. Her disguise teeters on a tightrope as cracks silently spread.
A playful smile tugs at Xu Xingchen’s lips. “Chen Mo, guess what new clue I’ve found this time…” The air grows tense, and the lies and the truth are about to destroy each other. When her desk mate strips away the last layer of her secret identity, will the secret she has fought so hard to protect collapse, or will an unexpected turn of events save her?
A heart-racing school disguise battle, riddled with slipups, and a pair of bickering desk mates who hide their affection behind witty banter and one-upmanship.
