The Early Bird Gets the Worm

Everyone at Huaguang High naturally assumed that Yu Chen from Class 1 and Yi Xiaotian from Class 5 were complete strangers with nothing to do with each other. One was pale, aloof, and sickly, always scoring dozens of points above the school runner-up and winning award after award at competitions. The other was arrogant, domineering, and unreasonable, always stirring up trouble and a regular in the dean's office. Until one day in their second year of high school, when Yi Xiaotian was called to the office for what felt like the hundredth time. A wronged classmate complained indignantly to the teacher: "He started it!" The top student happened to be in the office to hand in some homework. He looked over as if he had realized something. Yi Xiaotian, who was usually so imperious, immediately changed his tune. "Bullshit! I didn't!" After school, the top student caught Yi Xiaotian at the back door just as the bell rang. The whole class stared in surprise. These two, who usually stayed out of each other's way, actually knew each other? Yi Xiaotian asked coldly, "What do you want? Trying to save face for someone in your class?" His gaze was stubborn, but he kept backing away. The top student firmly blocked his way at the doorway. With everyone watching, he said nothing as he took Yi Xiaotian's hand. A trace of concern showed in his cool eyes. He asked softly, "Does it hurt?" No one knew that, from childhood onward, the only person who could soothe hot-tempered Yi Xiaotian was Yu Chen. Tsundere, short-tempered puppy-like bottom x aloof, sickly top student; childhood friends, mutual pining. This story will be published on November 26. There will be three chapters on launch day, then daily updates. Thank you for your support. *Bows* A preview of an upcoming story. Feel free to bookmark it if you're interested~ [I Don't Want to Clear the Game! (Infinite Survival)] As a System NPC, Xia Shuo is responsible for infiltrating player teams in a horror escape game, misleading them and making things difficult so the System can maintain the death rate in each instance. In short, he's a traitor among the players. But he never expected that, instead of faking his death when the current instance ended, he'd accidentally be dragged along by a certain rookie powerhouse through several instances, killing his way straight to the final level! Standing before the final instance, he watched the rookie powerhouse pull off one outrageous move after another and couldn't help swallowing nervously. How was he supposed to tell this powerhouse, who ripped evil spirits apart with his bare hands without even batting an eye, that he was actually the final Boss of this horror game? #If even the NPC clears the game, what's the point of playing?!# #Please stop saving me and let me die! The System needs me!# #Leave me alone! I'm the final boss. I can't clear the game!# #Rookie players in horror games really are all powerhouses!# Theme: No matter how difficult things get, keep working hard to pursue your dreams.