Senior Class 3, Class 9

The related novel next door, What Does the School Genius Want as a Network Admin? (Extra Sweet), is complete.

[Coming next: Upending the Relationship. An obsessive, possessive top x a down-on-his-luck, gentle yet proud bottom. Reliable author, definitely won't abandon it. Please add it to your collection~]

Jiang City's No. 9 High School is an ordinary school.

Every graduating class's Class 9 has been legendary, and this class is no exception. Some skip school in groups, some smoke and get into fights and earn disciplinary records, some date, and some are repeating a year...

He Yu is different. He doesn't smoke, drink, or fight, and he gets excellent grades.

For the sake of a chatterbox academic slacker, he deliberately kept his score low enough to get into Class 9, where the bottom 50 students are placed.

Jiang He is a straight-laced straight guy. He doesn't smoke, drinks now and then, and occasionally gets into fights. All he wants is to get rich and find a wife someday. Who knew he'd end up "provoking" a top student who's as gay as a paper clip, and be forced to buckle down and study?

He used to have a crush on a beautiful top student. But thanks to all sorts of uncontrollable circumstances, that crush shifted from a top student goddess to an admired top student god.

As his grades gradually improved, Jiang He suddenly had an epiphany one day.

Jiang He: "Do you like me?"

He Yu: "Are you stupid?"

Jiang He: "You caught me out, and now you're insulting me?"

He Yu: "I've confessed to you plenty of times already."

Jiang He: "When?"

He Yu: "Whenever you needed me, I stayed by your side through every low point. That's how I confessed."

The students who used to skip school returned to their desks to study. Students who had been disciplined carefully wrote their applications to have their records expunged. The people who used to date started chatting about college entrance exam questions...

And repeat student Jiang He worked hard so he could keep up with He Yu.

The once hopeless Class 9 students, dismissed by everyone as good-for-nothings, now shared a common goal: getting into college.

A few things to know:

1. This is a perfectly ordinary school story, with no especially impressive setting. The main thread is still a sweet romance, but that doesn't stop them from working hard for each other's future.

2. The main and supporting characters all have their own qualities. It's not just the top and bottom who get to shine; everyone works hard.

3. I'm terrible at writing blurbs, really terrible (emphasis added). Readers' collections and comments are my only motivation. Thank you.

-------A decidedly unserious blurb for the currently serializing Reborn and Getting a Happy Ending with a CEO Top [Entertainment Industry]

An unconventional CEO top who's not really aloof, just secretly a celebrity fan x a handsome, kindhearted, socially savvy A-list actor bottom

Lao Ye fell head over heels for Shen Che in the instant before he died.

Then he died.

In his previous life, Lao Ye loved a scumbag, and it ended badly.

Reborn, he decides to play it safe and stay away from scumbags.

When he meets Shen Che again, Lao Ye thinks he must have been blind in his previous life.

Shen Che is tall, handsome, and rich. What's so bad about being taken care of by him?

So Lao Ye decides to make Shen Che fall for him.

*

Lao Ye in his previous life: He's not a scumbag! He must have his reasons.

The scumbag used him as a stepping-stone.

Lao Ye in this life: Get lost, scumbag. Don't come near me.

The scumbag never got the chance to turn things around.

Lao Ye in his previous life: I'm above it all. I'm a pristine white lotus untouched by the muck.

Then he died an unnatural death.

Lao Ye in this life: Shen Che, Shen Che, come give me a kiss~

Then he got everything he wanted.

*

At an awards banquet, one time,

newly crowned winner Lao Ye was so excited that he held his trophy in his left hand, grabbed Shen Che by the chin with his right, pinned him against the wall, and kissed him passionately.

Not only was Shen Che caught off guard, but so were all the producers and investors passing by.

Lao Ye felt terribly embarrassed to have an audience.

Shen Che pushed him away and left with a displeased expression.

The next day, rumors spread through the industry that Lao Ye was about to be blacklisted. One of his roles was recast at the last minute.

Lao Ye stormed over to Shen Che's door.

Lao Ye: "I kissed you, and you didn't like it. You could've just kissed me back. Why did you have my role recast?"

Shen Che: "I didn't do that. Maybe they were afraid I'd be unhappy?"

Lao Ye: "Are you unhappy?"

Shen Che said coldly, "I'm happy."

Lao Ye: "You call that a happy reaction?"

Shen Che kissed him, then continued speaking with a cold expression. "I'm even happier now."

Lao Ye: "..."

The next day, a TV series funded by the talent agency under Shen Group named Lao Ye as its lead actor.

The director who had replaced him without permission came to apologize in person.

This was the kind of treatment Lao Ye had never dared dream of in his previous life.

He couldn't help thinking, having a rich sugar daddy top was great.

-------Coming Soon: Upending the Relationship-------

At the bar where he sings for tips, Jiang Hanyuan sees Gu Bozhou again after years of bankruptcy.

Gu Bozhou throws money around and has Jiang Hanyuan sing for him all night.

Jiang Hanyuan willingly becomes his kept man, not because he needs the money, but because he knows he owes Gu Bozhou something.

Gu Bozhou is no longer the poor boy who used to trail after Jiang Hanyuan, and Jiang Hanyuan is no longer the haughty young master who looked down on everyone.

Their relationship has been turned upside down.

Seven years ago, Gu Bozhou transferred to the most expensive private high school in Jin City and became Jiang Hanyuan's classmate.

He couldn't understand how a poor kid like Gu Bozhou could be his classmate.

Curious, he approached Gu Bozhou, who was timid around everyone.

Curious, he treated Gu Bozhou, who had never been loved, very, very well.

Curious, he kissed Gu Bozhou, who made his heart skip a beat.

Gu Bozhou thought they were dating and told him, "Jiang Hanyuan, I like you."

But Jiang Hanyuan said, "I was just curious. Don't take it seriously."

Only after Gu Bozhou disappeared did Jiang Hanyuan understand that it wasn't curiosity. It was the purest, most tentative love of his youth.

He really did like Gu Bozhou.

Seven years later, Jiang Hanyuan stays by Gu Bozhou's side every day, belonging to him alone.

He can't understand why Gu Bozhou is so possessive.

Gu Bozhou won't let him sing at bars, and gives him more money than he can spend.

Gu Bozhou won't let him leave the house because he doesn't want him making friends.

Gu Bozhou has never said he loves him again.

If Jiang Hanyuan ignores Gu Bozhou, Gu Bozhou gets very fierce.

Gu Bozhou doesn't like the cheap soap smell on him. Yet after getting drunk, Jiang Hanyuan hugs an old shirt from Gu Bozhou's high school days and murmurs, "Why... have I tried every soap in the supermarket, and none of them smell like you?"

Theme: Youth is about doing what you want and pursuing the person you love!