A Crack in Summer

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Xiao Zhouzheng, the warmhearted class monitor, initially thought his handsome desk mate was a pretty but useless student who had lucked into the elite class. Guided by the principle that “no student should be left behind,” he was always trying, openly or subtly, to tutor him.

Wen Yin: I’m just deliberately controlling my grades, thanks.

Later.

Xiao Zhouzheng thought his desk mate was pitiful and unloved, so he shamelessly played favorites and took his side.

Wen Yin: I just like being alone, thanks.

Later still.

Wen Yin realized that the chuunibyou who fancied himself “a savior sent from heaven” was the one who needed help.

Wen Yin thought, Then I’ll give you a hand, too.

* A top student with terminal chuunibyou syndrome x a quiet, taciturn top student with a busy inner monologue

* Xiao Zhouzheng x Wen Yin

* An utterly ordinary high school slice-of-life~

Theme: Adversity is what forges the strength of the spirit and will.