Traces on Paper

[Dual Male Leads + School Life + Ensemble Cast + Mutual Salvation] Sharp-tongued, Tsundere Top Student Pan Wangyu x Gentle, Reserved Chinese and Calligraphy Prodigy Yi Muyang

The midday breeze at Changxiang No. 4 High School carries the unspoken feelings of youth.

Pan Wangyu, who consistently ranks first in his year, is a top student adored by everyone. He gets along with just about anyone, except for Yi Muyang, the transfer student who suddenly appeared and stole everyone's attention.

As if that weren't bad enough, fate keeps tightening its grip. Yi Muyang transfers into the same class and even becomes Pan Wangyu's deskmate.

Pan Wangyu has long since prepared a foolproof plan: he means to meet this new genius head-on and never back down.

But Yi Muyang never plays by the rules.

With that impossibly gentle face, he keeps finding ways, intentional or not, to show Pan Wangyu how much he cares.

So his best friend teases him: "If Yi Muyang really is in love with you, then you have my full support, bro! He treats you better than my girlfriend treats me."

As time goes by, Pan Wangyu begins to understand what it all means:

Yi Muyang holds him in the rain as he stands there battered and bruised. He fights his overbearing mother for the chance to live at school, just so he can help Pan Wangyu change his bandages. He gives him care and praise without holding back, and isn't afraid to show everyone how much he cares. And more...

Yi Muyang is gentle, patient, and steadfast. Little by little, he warms Pan Wangyu, whose every edge is sharp and whose heart is full of defenses.

It seems... he's slowly falling into this warmth... and falling far too deep.

Two boys from troubled families become each other's light, and save each other.

Encounters in youth always come when you least expect them.

Same year as the neighboring novel Beyond the Standard Answer, and shares a universe with You Took Another Day Off.

Theme: Promoting care and support in schools