Lin Zhixia thought getting into a top university would mark a fresh start in life. She would rely on scholarships, part-time jobs, and sheer grit to preserve her dignity. No one would force her back into the label of “small-town girl.” But one night, she accidentally trespassed on the closed athletic field and was caught red-handed by Shen Yanzhou, the discipline committee’s head and the campus’s famously aloof heartthrob. He issued her a ticket without hesitation, thrusting her into the eye of the storm. A viral forum post, a secretly filmed video, and accusations of plagiarism came crashing down one after another. Everyone was waiting to watch her leave in disgrace.
Yet Shen Yanzhou followed the rules time and again, only to make an exception for her time and again. He stood up for her openly and favored her without apology. The harder she tried to stand on her own, the more his “public favoritism” left her nowhere to hide. Was he saving her, or pulling her into an even bigger scheme?
Just as the whole internet was guessing about their relationship, an unedited surveillance video suddenly surfaced. In the footage, the first person to reach out wasn’t Shen Yanzhou...
