Campus Sweet Romance · Mutual Growth · Ensemble Cast · No System · Sweet from Start to Finish
Everyone says top student Lin Xi is as quiet as a deep pool, while campus heartthrob Gu Yan is the reflection in its waters that no one should approach: dazzling, yet shattered by a single touch.
At the library at the start of the school year, he shattered her peace and became the most unruly “error” in her physics notes. She thought he was born to greatness, but he saw how precarious her footing was beneath that perfect report card.
Then, on a rainy night, she discovered the family secret he hid behind his smile. And he glimpsed the painful past behind her solitary visits to the cemetery.
“Gu Yan,” she asked softly, “are we both pretending to be someone else?”
When a recommendation slot that could determine their futures becomes a test between them, and the weight of family nearly crushes him, they choose to awkwardly embrace each other’s vulnerabilities and dreams in the warm glow of a kitchen at midnight.
This is a story about pretending and being true to yourself. A genius girl and a sunny campus heartthrob break free of their shackles on the intersecting tracks of youth, becoming each other’s armor as they race toward a magnificent future. In the chaos of youth, their love is the bravest transformation of all.
