Please Be Gentle with Me

[This story isn't abandoned. Due to my studies, updates will be whenever I can manage them QWQ. Feel free to bookmark it and let it build up; I will definitely finish it later.]

*This is a new blurb, and may include more plot details than the story itself. Please bear with me.

There's a long-standing legend on the city's online forum: whoever sits in Seat One of Exam Room One will be stuck with the title of Yearly Top Student forever.

For two whole years, Gu Mengye held that throne.

No one could touch it or take it from her.

Then, at the start of senior year, an unknown transfer student smashed that rule to pieces.

At the mock exam before the new school year began, Gu Mengye stared blankly at the newly posted seating chart.

When she got the chance, she tapped the back of the person in front of her with her pen. "Hey, what's your name?"

The shameless one turned his head and answered with a casual smile, "Hi, I'm Yearly Top Student."

After the exam, Gu Mengye spotted the shameless one again at the arcade.

Pointing at the two racing games nearby, she tossed five tokens into a plastic tray and shoved it in front of Bai Xu, looking ready for a fight.

"Hey, want to race?"

A year later, a featured comment appeared on the city's online forum.

Bai Xu's ID was neatly displayed above it, and he tagged Gu Mengye.

[I've lost.]

Two minutes later, another post shot to the top.

[Fine, you win.]

A fox who is anything but obedient x a little rogue who doesn't even bother pretending

I drift through a tender dream, searching for no one but you.

This story is also known as Please Forgive Me for Accidentally Scoring Too High, The Growth of a Rogue Show-Off, Is That Throne Really So Great? Could You Let Me Have It for Once?, and The Battle of Wits and Flirting for the Yearly Top Student Title. Don't believe those titles.)

Theme: Following the right person means following the light