When Two Hearts Beat as One, One of Them Must Be a Coward

A transfer student named Liang Xihe joined the experimental class at No. 4 High School. He was talented, daring, a test-taking prodigy, and the school bully. He topped the joint exam rankings of twelve schools, and whenever he had nothing to do, he'd drop a suggestive comment in the 500-member group chat for top students. Ye Bai, the class monitor's choice to keep him in line, sat in front of him. He was one of the school's top ten heartthrobs, handsome and a lightweight who got drunk after three drinks. As the transfer student gradually fell for him, he decided to follow the three steps to finding a partner: take him down, pursue him, and get him into bed. "From now on, I'll be your rock." Liang said this with astonishing bravado, then everything took a sudden turn. - One night, after his "heroic rescue" went awry, he watched Ye Bai calmly kick a burly man to the ground, then crouch and punch him three more times. Ye Bai wiped the dirt off his shoe, smiling gently. "That's it?" - No matter how hard Liang flirted with him, Ye Bai remained unmoved. Just as Liang Xihe decided that Ye was a slow-witted, slow-to-warm-up kind of guy, Ye tossed two coins at his face. "Here. Buy yourself with this." - Some people are school bullies on the surface, but behind closed doors, they take the worst beatings from their boyfriends. They can fight thugs out in public, but at home, they can only peel shrimp for the school heartthrob. Liang, slowly realizing the truth: This guy is one of the school's top ten heartthrobs? This is a bottomless pit! Cocky and uninhibited, openly flirtatious school bully X calm and gentle, scheming school heartthrob Two top students, sparks flying, mutual affection, and no one needs convincing to fall for the other. A story about two remarkable men flirting with and saving each other. A power couple, with a very sweet happy ending and no angst. [Cover artist: S/SAN] Premise: I want to become a little light, one that brightens my own path and warms yours too.