At the age of sixteen, Lan Xing was specially admitted to Silver Oak Academy for his extraordinary talent in codebreaking.
Silver Oak Academy has a long history. As a cradle for royalty and the powerful, it has educated countless members of the royal family and prominent figures from every field. Known as "the King's School," it is a shining emblem of the empire.
Lan Xing, meanwhile, was born in the empire's most impoverished region, Stellan County. Orphaned as a child, he spent ten years moving from one relative's home to another.
He thought that entering Silver Oak Academy would give him a fresh start.
But he never imagined it would be the beginning of every nightmare.
On the day of his enrollment, Lan Xing caused a modest stir with his good looks. That night, he received an anonymous message offering a huge sum to buy three years of his time.
After Lan Xing refused, he discovered the next day that he was being followed. While trying to shake his pursuer, he accidentally wandered into an old castle on campus, where he unexpectedly stumbled upon the imperial crown prince's secret.
The imperial crown prince was born on Tilos Island, can read the tracks of birds, and knows divination. He is deeply loved by the people.
The empire has high hopes for him, so it gave him the name of Apollo, the god of light in mythology.
Because of the crown prince's subtly hostile attitude, Lan Xing suddenly becomes everyone's target.
He is bullied, threatened, and kidnapped...
Lan Xing looks at the unsigned invitation on his desk. Outside the window, a dark shape passes through his line of sight. On the forum, the posts about him are still pinned in red...
He knows that again and again, he is becoming the object of their wagers.
Lan Xing lowers his eyes and suddenly smiles.
Such despicable tactics. Disgusting.
Everyone is waiting for the crown prince to destroy the insolent boy.
At first, it is the crown prince's faction that notices the subtle change in Apollo.
He no longer lazily calls the insolent boy "worm," "bug," or "little bug" with that faint trace of malice.
His gaze begins to linger on that person, growing more and more inscrutable.
Then come the academic expedition to the depths of the Andes in search of the City of Gold, the seven days and seven nights everyone spends trapped in the old castle, and the ambiguous, cool kiss inside the circus. Every moment makes it clear that something has changed.
No one had ever imagined that one day the empire's crown prince would kneel before that boy like a dog, begging for his love.
He builds a White Tower for him, constructs an oak estate for him, collects sculptures, and even enters the arena to win a medal for him...
But the boy, with features so striking they seem almost cold, says only two words.
"Disgusting."
P.S.
1. I'll make some changes to the blurb once I've finished the outline.
2. He seems universally hated, but is actually universally adored.
3. I'll start posting after I have 300,000 words saved up.
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