The Vain Childhood Friend

"I'm vain by nature. I want to reach heights they can never touch. I want to be the most dazzling light." 1. Shi Liangqi is the top student in her grade at Wenling High School. Everyone knows she is beautiful, wealthy, and kindhearted, a perfect girl with a flawless image. But Bian Nian knows it's all fake. The perfect, wealthy, high-and-mighty beauty at Wenling is actually a poor, pitiful girl staying in the villa owned by the Bian family. Bian Nian dislikes vanity and believes these are nothing but empty, false reputations. But when he sees Shi Liangqi shining beneath the lights, with everyone's attention fixed on her, he says, "Liangqi was born to be a light." 2. Shi Liangqi has always been good at using the resources around her to spin lies that are half true and half false. She has always believed she would stop at nothing to get what she wants. To someone vain, the young man is a jewel of dazzling brilliance, yet for once, the vain girl backs down. "I want to meet you in a normal, natural way, too. I want us to fall in love at just the right moment... instead of carefully plotting it all." "A proud yet insecure secret admirer." "A secret admirer who's moved by love, yet afraid of being blamed." Reading Guide: 1. A little angst, a sweet and satisfying romance. 2. Mostly set at high school. 3. The heroine is vain, but she will grow. Message: When your reputation depends on others, your glory is not truly your own.