[The blurb may be tweaked slightly, but the core premise will stay the same. Launching in 2020.]
A well-behaved transfer student, Ye Rongshu, arrives at Anning No. 1 High. On the first day of military training, he faints on the sports field because of his frail health.
From then on, everyone feels protective of this gentle, harmless little lamb. They compete to help him with classroom chores and feed him snacks every day. The only one who ignores him is Jian Jiazhi, the aloof top student in their class.
Until one day...
A witness claims to have seen Ye Rongshu outside school, wielding a broom in one hand and beating the notorious school bully, who had ruled No. 1 High for years, until he was bawling for his parents. The expressionless top student was behind him, protected by Ye Rongshu.
Everyone was stunned.
*
Jian Jiazhi suddenly gets a younger brother: his father's newly adopted son. The boy is sweet-tongued and socially adept, and seems more suited to being the heir than Jian Jiazhi, who isn't good at expressing himself.
His family all warn him to keep an eye on Ye Rongshu.
Until one day...
He accidentally overhears Ye Rongshu talking on the phone with someone.
"Compete with Jian Jiazhi for the family fortune?" Ye Rongshu gives a soft laugh and says mildly, "If he wanted it, I'd give him my life."
A fake-weak, real-school-bully, tiger-in-sheep's-clothing adopted-son top, who cries and whines all the time x a cool-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside top student bottom who always does everything by the book
A little scene:
In an alley, Ye Rongshu knocks down another underling of a school bully who came looking for trouble, then catches sight of a cool, handsome figure out of the corner of his eye.
Ye Rongshu pauses, then throws himself in front of the passing Jian Jiazhi and collapses feebly. "Wah, wah, I'm about to faint from fright! Could you help me up?"
Jian Jiazhi: "..."