I Pretended to Be a Bad Student, Then My Cannon-Fodder Desk Mate and I Got Our Roles Mixed Up

[School life + transmigrate into a book + hilarious antics + hiding one’s strength + drama queen + lying flat]

[An absurd, sweet little rom-com]

Lu Zeyan is widely regarded as the worst student at Yuying Middle School.

He sleeps through class, copies all his homework, guesses his way through exams, and does nothing but lie flat and coast through life.

Then the classes are reshuffled, and the teacher assigns him a soft, easygoing new deskmate, Shen Yubai.

On the surface, Shen Yubai is obedient and sweet, letting everyone push him around. In reality, he’s a doomed side character who transmigrated into a book.

He knows the original plot inside out and knows he’s headed for a miserable fate. His only goal is to stay alive, lie flat, and avoid every plot point.

One pretends to be a poor student to avoid trouble; the other pretends to be a coward to stay safe.

These two slackers become deskmates, each hoping to quietly lie flat in peace.

But then...

The school bully picks a fight? Shen Yubai turns the tables and roasts him into silence, while Lu Zeyan secretly hacks the guy’s account to finish him off.

A scheming flirt tries to frame them? Shen Yubai sees it coming, throws himself into an over-the-top performance, and lies flat; Lu Zeyan watches the show and quietly takes his side.

The exams turn into a rat race? One hands in a blank paper to look useless, the other deliberately scores low to stay out of trouble. Then one aces every bonus question, while the other carefully avoids every answer that would earn him a high score.

The whole school is baffled: Aren’t those two useless desk mates? Why do they seem stranger by the day?!

Lu Zeyan: “You clearly know everything. Why do you act like a delicate little flower every day?”

Shen Yubai: “You’re obviously a big shot. Isn’t pretending to be a lousy student exhausting?”

From testing each other and constantly sabotaging one another to teaming up and turning the tables on the whole school, this laid-back duo rises to the top.

Their ridiculous daily antics never stop, the romantic tension keeps building, and they’re headed for a happy ending together.