Polar Night Threshold

Though they both attended Zeya High School, the most prestigious school in Haishi, Song Shangyan had never imagined that his life would intersect with Xu Zhiqiao's.

Song Shangyan was one of the school's top students: quiet, withdrawn, and with a small social circle. When people occasionally mentioned him, they would say he was an Alpha who looked nothing like a straight-A student.

Xu Zhiqiao was the Omega campus star from the international program. He came from a wealthy family, was impeccably polished and beautiful, and his closing performances at the annual arts festival went viral on social media every year.

But when the tides of fate swept someone into the undercurrents, they gave no warning.

That day, Song Shangyan was called out of class by his homeroom teacher. An elegant, well-dressed woman sobbed as she pulled him into her arms, while Xu Zhiqiao stood nearby with red-rimmed eyes.

It turned out that Xu Zhiqiao and he had been switched at birth.

His world turned upside down in an instant. With barely half a suitcase of belongings, he got into the Xu family's car and became Xu Shangyan instead of Song Shangyan.

The Xu family was a warm and loving home, utterly unlike the Song family. His father was stern, his mother kind, and Xu Zhiqiao was warm and gentle, calling him Big Brother in a sweet, coaxing voice.

Aside from the family's overwhelming desire to make it up to him, which left Xu Shangyan somewhat at a loss, everything else was the first warmth the world had ever shown him.

That was why he never noticed the jealousy and resentment that occasionally flickered in Xu Zhiqiao's beautiful eyes.

The water heater that suddenly broke before an exam, the childhood memories of Xu Zhiqiao and his parents shown at their joint birthday party, the bow snapped in two inside Xu Zhiqiao's violin case, and his mother's disappointed gaze...

The night on the snowy mountain was bitingly cold. Dragging his injured leg, he found Xu Zhiqiao, only for his mother to rush over in a helicopter and shove him aside. "Stay away from my Xiao Qiao! I regret ever bringing you home!"

He watched the mother and son cling to each other, his foot so painful he could barely feel it anymore.

When they were alone, the beautiful boy shed his warm glow and looked at him with innocent delight. "Top student... Big Brother, how naive did you have to be to think I could ever like you?"

Later, their bodies entwined on the rooftop. Xu Zhiqiao clung to him, utterly lost in the Alpha's gentle eyes and brows, murmuring in a daze, "Big Brother..."

Xu Shangyan leaned closer, and his icy words abruptly shattered the tender atmosphere.

"In your plan, today was the day I would be ruined, wasn't it?"

Xu Zhiqiao froze for a moment, then shook his head frantically. "No, I didn't..."

The rooftop door opened, and familiar faces flooded in, staring at Xu Zhiqiao with shock and scorn.

Xu Shangyan leaned close to his ear and whispered:

"You were right. How naive did you have to be to think... I could ever fall for you?"

◎ Childbirth, a pregnant runaway

Theme: When you find yourself in darkness, never give up hope. It can become a beacon of light