Lin Zhaozhao’s greatest wish in life wasn’t to date young or get rich. It was to finally beat the girl who had held the top spot in their grade for six years, Su Wan, before graduation.
She made seven versions of her “Plan to Defeat Su Wan,” memorized every problem Su Wan got wrong and every way she approached a solution, and even studied whether Su Wan touched her ear when she was thinking.
At the start of senior year, she lost to Su Wan by one point again. Right there, she issued a challenge for ten contests: whoever won more could ask the other for one thing.
Lin Zhaozhao thought this would be one last year of a fierce rivalry with her “archenemy.”
Only later did she find out that Su Wan wasn’t a girl at all.
His name was Lu Shiyan.
And what was worse, this boy, who always handed her the problems she’d missed when she lost, graciously accepted defeat when she won, and seemed gentle even as he kept finding ways to trip her up, had secretly been in love with her for years.
Lin Zhaozhao: “So I treated you like my archrival for six years. What did you think of me?”
Lu Shiyan lowered his eyes and smiled. “Someone I wanted to beat.”
“What else?”
“Someone I wanted to keep by my side forever.”
