The Strange Genius

Everyone in the world is a first-time human, but Lin Zhishu got a slightly late start on learning how to be one. Only after escaping her parents did she begin learning how to be a person who could talk and respond to others.

One day, on a whim, she decides to date someone. After several rounds of screening and calculations, she sets her sights on Sheng Mo, a former university classmate.

Her train of thought:

Sheng Mo is a good person. At least, he won't kill me during this relationship.

Sheng Mo is good-looking. I don't dislike him.

Once Lin Zhishu finishes her plan, she launches her campaign.

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Sheng Mo likes observing people. One of his habits is to watch the passengers on the bus.

His impression of his university classmate Lin Zhishu is: a strange genius, but not unpleasant.

Lin Zhishu is a genius. It seems she can master any subject to the highest level. But her eccentric personality led her to stay away from research and conventional work. Instead, she became an independent investor and managed to triple her assets in a year, building a fortune worth tens of millions in two.

When his university classmate Lin Zhishu reappears in his life and seems to pursue him for two weeks, Sheng Mo feels a little conflicted.

After struggling with it for a while, Sheng Mo follows his heart: observing people is his chance, and nothing more.

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After they start dating, the two meet a man while traveling.

Lin Zhishu's reaction is strange.

Only then does Sheng Mo learn that this man was the reason she suddenly decided to learn how to date.

Though his own reasons for agreeing to date her weren't entirely pure either, what is she going to do now?

End her "dating simulation," dump him, and start a real relationship with someone else?

[Please note]

1. The story centers on the female lead, so it will also portray her relationship with the second male lead, and there will be a love triangle.

2. Please don't judge the female lead. Her thought process is strange, and she's not an ordinary person to begin with. She's already managed to remain kind.

2026.1.19

Theme: Learn to understand love.