In the eyes of every student at No. 9 High School, Jiang Xi was a fairy.
She was beautiful, an excellent student, and came from a good family.
The only problem was that her heart was weak.
After a life-or-death surgery, Jiang Xi woke up in the body of Bai Weiwei, the delinquent girl from her class with the outrageous hair.
Bai Weiwei was violent and overbearing, a terrible student, and notorious at school.
Jiang Xi was proud to her core. She was used to being everyone’s moon, and even becoming someone else wouldn’t change that.
Not long after the new term began,
everyone was astonished to find that the once fearsome delinquent, Sister Wei, had turned over a new leaf.
Her usual after-school brawls and habit of picking fights had been replaced by going home to do her homework.
She used to swear every other word and always have cigarettes and liquor on hand. Now she carried her exam-prep books everywhere.
Someone scoffed, “She’s obviously putting on an act. Bai Weiwei’s brain has been useless for over a decade. What could she possibly understand in a book?”
Then Bai Weiwei turned around and scored tenth in her grade.
Someone else sneered, “So what if she got tenth? Our school belle is third in the grade, and she can sing and dance. That’s what you call beauty and brains.”
Then Bai Weiwei stunned the entire audience with a solo violin performance at the school anniversary gala.
Someone posted photos of the two girls on Xyin.
The online consensus was unanimous: “Your school belle needs to be replaced.”
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Jiang Xi had always thought delinquent girls were all brawn and no brains, and violent to boot.
Until she saw this line in Bai Weiwei’s diary, tender as water and humble to the core:
You are a deity who commands mountains, rivers, and seas,
while I am a girl who crossed paths with you, dim and without light.
She looked at the boy who lived across the hall.
He had a captivating face and a wild, easygoing temperament that made him especially popular with girls.
But Weiwei didn’t like getting caught up in the crowd.
And she had never planned to steal someone else’s beloved.
She thought their pure friendship could last forever.
Until, on a snowy day, the boy took her hand and tucked it into his coat pocket.
Amid the falling snow, the boy smiled, his eyes and brows full of tenderness, yet his voice still carried its usual carefree, teasing lilt. “Hey, classmate, want to date me?”
Little Extra:
On Weibo, a contest for “The most beautiful couple you’ve ever seen in real life” was won by a landslide by a photo of Ji Ran and Bai Weiwei in high school.
After the photo went viral, someone in the know revealed: “The girl was a delinquent. Her private life was a mess, she was always fighting and never studied. She’s only got her looks.”
Just as netizens were expressing their sympathy for Ji Ran, the person who had submitted the photo uploaded an acceptance letter from Beicheng University to Weibo.
It read: “A delinquent? Only good-looking? Sorry, my classmate got into Beicheng with a score of 709. :)”
Synopsis first drafted on March 8, 2019. May be revised.
Theme: A fairy who shines brightly too
