The Abandoned Heartthrob of the Aristocratic Academy

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Qing Ci is the protagonist-bottom of a story set at an elite academy.

He's beautiful, innocent, hopeless with directions, and born with an illness. He's also unfailingly kind and upright, though not much good at anything else.

Originally, Qing Ci's story was supposed to end with a happy, fulfilling life in a 1v4 relationship.

But times have changed, and so have readers' tastes.

Readers began picking Qing Ci apart.

His beauty and illness were reduced to those of a frail butterfly trapped in a glass jar.

His innocence, kindness, and uprightness were dismissed as fake, white-lotus posturing.

His poor sense of direction was maliciously interpreted as stupidity.

Even the privileged young men who used to flock around Qing Ci began to dislike everything about him, turning their attention again and again to a new character.

The new character was the complete opposite of Qing Ci.

He was powerful, irresistibly handsome, and skilled at taking control. He could make the elites crawl like dogs, and he better suited the tastes of modern readers. The author had carefully crafted him to replace Qing Ci.

Before long, no one even remembered Qing Ci's name.

Ravaged by illness, Qing Ci was forced to leave school and depart the lush, green Yanxi Province. He crossed endless mountains and industrial districts corroded by chemical plants, finally reaching a small town where snow fell all year. There, he was on the verge of death.

Qing Ci met someone who was just as “ordinary” as he was.

The man was like a big dog: simple-minded, cheerful, outgoing, and incredibly strong. More importantly, he didn't look down on Qing Ci because of his illness. He loved him dearly.

Qing Ci regained his old vitality.

On the day they planned to marry, Qing Ci came back with flowers and ran into one of his academy classmates, the son of a wealthy business family.

The notorious mad dog among the heirs of the wealthy.

And Qing Ci's ex-boyfriend.

Warnings:

There is no disparagement or comparison intended anywhere in this novel.

The new character is also a top, top, top!!!! He's Qing Ci's boyfriend and top.

I don't mean to disparage anyone. You can see from my profile that I also write novels with irresistibly handsome bottoms at elite academies.

The inspiration for this story came solely from reading an old novel (meaning one from a long time ago).

A lot of comments were attacking the protagonist for being stupid, saying he was directionally challenged and would only cry when something happened, asking why he didn't attack first, why he thought his dignity mattered so much, and so on. It really annoyed me, because I think every personality has something worthwhile about it. If you don't like that sort of character, don't read about them. Why attack a fictional character?

So at first, I only wanted to stand up for a kind, innocent protagonist. In fact, in a note I wrote in April 2025, I said that every protagonist-bottom has something worthwhile about them: even timidity can be gentle.

The idea slowly grew into a novel sometime around August or September 2025.

At first, I titled this novel "I'm the Protagonist-Bottom in an Old-School Novel". Later, I changed it to "I'm the Protagonist-Bottom in a Pure-Love Novel" (I have a backup), then to "I'm the Protagonist-Bottom in an Elite Academy Novel" (you can see the cover), and only changed it to "The Abandoned Heartthrob of the Elite Academy" just before posting it.

I added “elite academy” simply because I wanted to ride the trend.

Besides, the shift in romantic tension between a high-status top and a low-status bottom is more satisfying in an elite-academy setting.

The main reason is that the story's setting is rather elitist, and the broad framework I imagined suits a federal system. I also wanted to write about everyone being obsessed with Xiao Ci, so I added the elite academy setting. There is absolutely no intention to disparage anyone.

If you see innuendo and disparagement in everything, perhaps you're the one looking at things through a biased lens, or perhaps you simply don't approve of kind protagonists in old-school novels. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Reading guide:

1. Written purely to indulge my tastes. Expect the satisfying thrill of a cherished, adored bottom. Qing Ci is a cool, aloof heartthrob loved by everyone. He's wonderful and strong in his own way, thoughtful and gentle-spoken, like a fragile porcelain vessel. If you enjoy beautiful people being forcibly possessed and heart-wrenching love-hate relationships, this one's for you.

2. All the tops are virgins. No handsome tops or top-top flirtation. Readers who dislike bottom-focused stories should steer clear, because I'm a bottom enthusiast.

3. The “ordinary person” is the new character. The story opens with Qing Ci and the “ordinary person” counting down to their wedding. Expect a mad-dog competition, a battlefield of rival suitors, and a convention of crazies where whoever's most insane is in the right.

4. The mad dogs have only one master: Qing Ci. The whole world revolves around him.

Theme: Charge bravely forward