Jiang Chutao became famous at Hongya Academy with one meal.
As the only student at the school from a poor family, she was sallow and thin, completely out of place here. Even the cheapest dishes in the cafeteria made her heart ache over the money.
So when someone deliberately knocked over her lunch, Jiang Chutao could almost hear her money going down the drain. She flew into a rage and beat them up.
Jiang Chutao: That feels better.
The next second, she turned around and saw the student council president behind her. Smiling, he said, "Fighting on campus gets everyone involved three thousand words of self-criticism, to be submitted to the academic affairs office."
Jiang Chutao: "..."
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Jiang Chutao's only goal at Hongya Academy was to graduate without trouble and get into a decent university. She also hoped to earn a little money from the rich kids, maybe by cleaning for them, doing their sign-ins, or picking things up and buying things for them. Any amount would help ease the burden on her family.
But after she taught those people a lesson in the cafeteria, her money-making work took a strange turn.
It now included acting as a bodyguard for classmates who were bullied, stopping a classmate's boyfriend from fighting with someone else, and stepping in to save the day at important competitions, among other things.
But whenever she flew into a rage, she could always hear Li Shuyan's quiet voice behind her: "Everyone, three thousand words of self-criticism."
Jiang Chutao: "..."
She'd only gotten angry. She hadn't even hit anyone yet. Was he blind?
Jiang Chutao couldn't help feeling that this so-called impartial paragon of virtue was targeting her.
He was polite and gentle with everyone else, but he nitpicked everything she did and handed out three thousand-word self-criticisms at the drop of a hat.
Fortunately, that president had been acting strangely lately. He invited her to dinner every day and even wrote her self-criticisms for her.
Watching Li Shuyan clean up his own mess, Jiang Chutao felt very satisfied.
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As student council president at Hongya Academy, managing the school's order was Li Shuyan's duty. Everyone said he was polite and gentle, fair and impartial, but no one knew how much he hated the facade he put on.
He had hidden his true nature so well that no one at school had discovered it, except... that new student from a poor family.
He saw her being bullied and remembered the principal's instructions. Just as he was about to intervene, the poor student suddenly slammed the bully's head onto a desk, completely unafraid.
Interesting.
Li Shuyan hated anyone or anything that slipped beyond his control. But faced with Jiang Chutao, a rule-breaker, he found himself paying more and more attention to her.
He watched her stand firmly in front of her friend even when surrounded by a crowd. He watched her practice day and night to win first place. He watched her lose her temper over a little thing and chase someone down for an apology. He watched her, despite how much money mattered to her, remain unmoved when faced with temptation...
He had never met anyone so full of life. Everyone else quietly followed the so-called unspoken rules of the upper class, while she treated them like garbage. A strange flutter took hold of his heart.
Before Li Shuyan could figure out what this feeling was, he noticed all kinds of people flocking around Jiang Chutao: students from every year, men and women alike, and even the school's stray cat, which kept pestering her for food.
Li Shuyan: "...?!"
For some reason, he wasn't happy about it.
Never mind. He'd better make the first move.
Reader's guide:
1. A satisfying, funny, fluffy romance with no logic. Leave your brain behind before reading.
2. The setting is fictional, and very loosely imagined.
3. The heroine will become a great beauty later on.
Theme: Anything is possible.
