The Cinderella Trap

[Ongoing novel: The Real Heiress Ran Away] Bai Jin transferred to a private elite school. Because she couldn't reveal her identity, everyone kept assuming she was poor. Her new deskmate, who looked down on the poor, thought she was broke too and refused to be friends with her. Bai Jin was unfazed. Fine, if you don't like me, I don't like you either. Hmph. Then... Her new deskmate knocked down a classmate who was getting handsy. His ears turned red. "I was just passing by." Bai Jin's new deskmate was a beautiful boy with the captivating charm of a fairytale prince. But he was deeply in debt, had an unkind birth mother, and harbored dark thoughts. Bai Jin sighed. She wanted to be nice to him, but he wouldn't let her. She didn't know that, to him, she was like moonlight illuminating a muddy road. Content warning: Although the story is based on real-life circumstances, it inevitably has some Mary Sue elements. My upcoming novel, The Real Heiress Ran Away: The real heiress, Xu Youning, was switched at birth and eventually returned to her wealthy family, full of hope that she'd build a good relationship with her real relatives. But no matter what she did, her grandparents, parents, and siblings all thought that the fake heiress was more ladylike, more well-read, more refined... Xu Youning was heartbroken. She gave up on her wealthy family and on Wei Zexing, whom she'd loved for years. She left home and set out on her own. - Wei Zexing thought Xu Youning giving up on him would come as a relief. Instead, he grew more irritable by the day. How could she just stop liking him like that? Theme: