Wen Jin is vain, and has never tried to hide it.
She loves every admiring glance directed her way.
Lanting Academy is ancient and stately, the highest-ranking school in Tinglan and an aristocratic academy with a strict hierarchy.
When everyone tried to talk her out of applying to this school for the rich, Wen Jin thought, Why can everyone else go, but not me?
So she got in.
After she enrolled, people around her tried to tell her not to compete with the nobles, the so-called Celestials.
Wen Jin thought again, Why not? She was going to take first place.
But this time, Wen Jin lost.
When she saw the Celestials' taunting, contemptuous looks,
Wen Jin cried.
She resented the nobles for their carelessness, for getting first place just by attending events without having to do anything.
She resented them for taking the first place she wanted so effortlessly, without even having to lift a finger.
Wen Jin was consumed by hatred. But after she had finished hating, in a moment blurred by tears,
Wen Jin thought: If only she could make the Celestials do whatever she wanted...
Soon, she discovered that her wish had actually come true.
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After discovering this superpower, Wen Jin did three things.
First: revenge.
She would make every Celestial who had mocked her or stolen her credits through various means experience firsthand how hard she had it.
Second: enjoyment.
If the Celestials could use these tricks to earn credits, then why couldn't she make them attend all kinds of boring events for her and earn credits on her behalf?
Third: concealment.
Wen Jin knew the Celestials were arrogant. If they found out they were doing all kinds of things for a poor student like her, wouldn't they be humiliated?
So, to keep them from flying into a rage and retaliating, Wen Jin decided to hide the truth and let them all believe she'd only taken revenge on one of them.
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Lately, the Celestials have been feeling something strange.
They don't like Wen Jin, but for some reason, whenever she gets close, their feelings for her change completely.
And it's incredibly hard to refuse her when she tells them what to do...!
At first, the Celestials thought Wen Jin would take the opportunity to demand money or power.
But unexpectedly, she dragged them all to one boring event after another,
Even making them slave away for her to earn those useless credits!
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At first, the Celestials resisted, but they just couldn't withstand Wen Jin's demands.
To cover up the humiliating fact that Wen Jin had them under her control,
they all started claiming...
Wen Jin was his (or their) girlfriend, and he (or they) were dating her.
On top of that, the Celestials frantically searched for a way to escape her control.
But as they searched, they saw Wen Jin's eyes, full of resentment, annoyance, and misery, and heard her angry words:
“Now do you understand how hard it was for me to earn even one stupid credit?!”
“You damn rich people, what gives you the right to steal first place from me?!”
And the Celestials began to feel something different from before.
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Gloomy, aloof beauty × all kinds of credit-earning tools
She'll get first place, and she'll get money and power too.
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“A young woman's thoughts have nothing to do with romance. She's only interested in revenge and showing off.”
Theme: Be self-reliant and strong.
