Light in This Place

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Resilient, well-behaved genius wallflower x sharp-tongued, soft-hearted top student

Math Olympiad contestant | Growth-oriented heroine | School setting at first, then urban life | Reunited after a breakup

"How lucky I am to have seen the light of dawn."

1.

At fifteen, Tan Siyuan, the top scorer on the Hecheng high school entrance exam, came to Jincheng alone and earned admission to Jincheng No. 1 High School as a Math Olympiad student.

No one expected this quiet, well-behaved girl, who was almost silent, to win a gold medal at her very first CMO.

Everyone thought she would earn an early admission offer from a top university the following year.

But fate cruelly dashed everyone's expectations.

In her second year of high school, Tan Siyuan suddenly transferred schools and vanished from everyone's sight.

They saw her again at a class reunion in Beijing, where she greeted everyone with an open, graceful smile.

2.

At university, Tan Siyuan thought she and Xu Yiyang would keep going like this forever, even though she felt only gratitude toward her senior, not love.

That was until he took out a photo from his wallet of her and Chen Zhan at Q University when she was fifteen.

All the things they had tacitly understood and left unsaid were brought into the open once more.

Her lashes trembled, tears glimmering in her eyes. "I'm sorry. I miss him so much."

The black scarf in Beijing's cold wind, the restrained embrace on the first snowy night in Jincheng, the IMO gold medal he placed in her hand... Her fifteenth and sixteenth years had burned too bright, and every bit of it was bound up with Chen Zhan.

3.

Chen Zhan was exceptionally gifted and brilliant. Ever since middle school, everyone had called him a math genius.

An IMO gold medal, early admission to MIT: he had reached heights everyone could only look up to.

But in high school, he did the two stupidest things of his life: tutored a heartless little ingrate, and fell for a coward who ran away.

Years later, after graduating in the United States, he returned to China as a rising star in the quantitative finance world.

Looking back, Chen Zhan figured that perhaps every investor's first case was doomed to fail.

Just like the first person he had ever bet on, who had never spoken to him again.

Until he saw those tear-filled eyes again in Shanghai.

She had graduated from Stanford with a master's degree and joined one of China's leading tech companies.

Chen Zhan still couldn't stop himself from grabbing her in the night wind.

"Tell me, why am I such a sucker? I can miss someone for ten years, then want to kiss her the first time I see her after all that time."

[A genius girl's coming-of-age epic]

The Math Olympiad setting in this novel is entirely fictional, entirely fictional, entirely fictional!!! It differs from reality.

Coming next: The Burning Cycle of Love

Resilient, flirtatious girl who saves herself x ambitious, scheming golden boy

School setting at first, then urban life | Reunited after years apart | Long-planned romance

❄️The snow is pure and bright, while you and I are shrouded in darkness.❄️

Qinglin High School is one of the most elite private schools in the capital. Wealthy families, excellent grades, confidence, and poise: these are the labels the outside world gives its students.

Xu Lin knew from the start that she didn't belong there. The only reason she could sit in that classroom was that her father had just transferred there as a teacher.

All she wanted was to study hard and get into her dream university.

But her wish fell apart the moment she saw Sui Xueyu's beautiful yet cruel face.

"The wind blew it down again. Sorry."

The night Sui Xueyu carelessly stepped on Xu Lin's exam paper for the last time, Xu Lin stumbled into Chen Yanjia's arms in an empty corner of the teachers' dormitory.

"Help me."

"All right."

Xu Lin didn't know why he deliberately drew close to her, but she knew his intentions were anything but innocent.

Still, in the bitter, barren winter, she couldn't help but rush into his fiery embrace.

His muffled laughter rumbled from his chest above her. "Xu Dongzhi, do you really like me that much?"

Xu Lin didn't answer. Nestled in his arms, she murmured, "Come hold me every winter from now on."

But the next winter, she bit down hard on her lower lip, tears falling like pearls, and slapped him with all her strength.

"Chen Yanjia. Please, stay away from me."

Xu Lin never expected that she'd invited a vicious dog into her life.

Under the gloomy sky, snow fell, and the swirling white swallowed her tears and retreating figure.

It had been like this years ago, and it was the same now. The difference was that this time, Chen Yanjia wouldn't let the person before him go.

His voice was hoarse as he stepped forward and held her fast in his arms.

"Xu Dongzhi, I never agreed to this being over."

Theme: The most beautiful youth is spent striving toward your dreams.