Gu Mu was a boy from the mountains. When his secondary gender emerged and changed his fate, he was still a beta.
But Gu Mu had top-tier grades and top-tier looks.
Everyone who knew him said he was born able to do everything with ease. What a shame he was a beta.
Gu Mu just smiled.
Once, he happened to save a wealthy person, who asked him what he wanted in return.
Gu Mu was the kind of person who liked to put on airs. Even though he was so reluctant his eyes were practically dripping blood, he still didn't say he wanted money.
His goal wasn't a few hundred thousand. What could that amount do? His goal was to make a fortune using the connections and resources of an elite school.
Gu Mu said he wanted to study in a big city.
Then Gu Mu enrolled in an elite academy.
Gu Mu was poor, but he put on airs.
In class, he read poems and essays instead of studying. In reality, he studied like mad late into the night every day, all to get first place.
He wore plain, unbranded white shirts every day. When his classmates talked about designer clothes, Gu Mu always pretended not to care, even though he was dying to know more.
To maintain his carefully cultivated image of being above worldly concerns, the protagonist always acted cool and indifferent in public, while secretly working himself to the bone.
Even as a beta, Gu Mu became a shining presence at the elite academy.
Then he successfully became friends with the F4.
Thanks to a few things the F4 let slip without thinking, the protagonist acted indifferent to fame and fortune while secretly studying like crazy. He used the information he picked up to earn his first fortune.
Gu Mu acted calm, saying he was just playing around, while secretly working himself to the limit and making a huge pile of money.
Gu Mu graduated and got into the top university. Having made a fortune, the protagonist dusted off his hands and prepared to leave.
The F4 followed him to the university. "You just come and go as you please, huh?"
Theme: You have to take charge of your own life.
