An Absurd Relationship

◢ Carefree x long-planned pursuit | Secret crush | Friends with benefits to official couple | Faithful sweet romance

◢ Please add my childhood-friends-to-lovers school story, After the Top Student from the Next City Transfers In, to your reading list ❤️

#Turns out even a big shot has to suffer through the struggle to make things official (´°Δ°`)

Sui Jizhou, head of the Sui family, is a business tycoon who keeps his distance from women. He wears a silver lion’s tail ring on his left pinky, silently turning away every admirer.

Everyone wondered whether he had someone in his heart or simply had no interest in romance. Then, at a business banquet, a sharp-eyed reporter noticed that his left pinky was bare. The silver lion’s tail ring, a symbol meaning “single, don’t bother,” was nowhere to be seen.

The whole internet went wild.

One month, two months, three months...

There was no sign of a “mysterious girlfriend.” Instead, Sui Jizhou had fresh marks on his lips and the side of his neck.

Top comment: Got it. He’s keeping her a secret and refusing to make it official. The big shot is just playing around.

No one expected the big shot himself to repost it:

Sui Jizhou V: Please make me official @RichFamilyGossip

The whole internet was in an uproar.

RichFamilyGossip?

That was the blogger who always kept them at the forefront of the gossip scene!

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After her parents’ divorce, Tan Xianyin’s family fell on hard times. All she wanted was a male companion to enjoy herself with.

The day after she made up her mind, Sui Jizhou, the head of the Sui family, a man everyone else could only admire from afar, personally asked to see her and offered himself to her.

At first, Tan Xianyin thought she and Sui Jizhou would date for “half a month” at most.

Later, she realized she couldn’t get rid of this refined, noble man who was rumored to keep his distance from women :)

◆ One-on-one romance, happy ending, both sexually inexperienced

◆ Sweet romance! Five-year age gap!

◆ This is a practice novel set in a fictional world. Please don’t associate any names, places, companies, or other details with real life. The author isn’t a professional in the field. Relevant professional details are included only for the plot. I’ll do my best to research them, but can’t guarantee they’ll be entirely realistic.

Blurb written August 4, 2026, revised September 7, 2026, and archived.

Blurb for After the Top Student from the Next City Transfers In

◢ Two top students | Childhood friends | Both families are happy and harmonious | Sugary sweet

At the start of their second year of high school, a transfer student joined Jiangcheng No. 1 High School. She immediately claimed first place in the grade, crushing countless students with her unbeatable scores. Everyone called her Sister Xia. She was the top scorer on the high school entrance exam in the neighboring city.

Three months later, the original top student returned from vacation. Everyone thought he was back to reclaim his former glory, but...

From then on, Jiangcheng No. 1 High School had a student who’d been stuck in second place for a thousand years.

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At first, Xu Cong didn’t want the third-ranked student, who was pursuing her, to sit behind her.

Later, he realized he really couldn’t beat her on exams.

Theme: Don’t give up on the road to happiness.