The Campus Heartthrob Becomes a Grind King in the Shura Field

Complete, ready to binge~ At Xiehe High School, there was a god named Ji Yuesheng. He was like an insurmountable mountain, forever at the top of the grade rankings, his position untouchable. He had never once fallen from his throne. Everyone at Xiehe High knew that the school's golden boy, Yun Dai, secretly had a crush on academic god Ji Yuesheng. Yun Dai's gaze was always cool and distant. Only when he looked at Ji Yuesheng did it grow so warm and sincere. Onlookers: A bitter, unrequited love! The golden boy, who was only pretending to have a crush and really just wanted to beat his rival, silently closed his book. * Word had it that the golden boy stayed up late studying for the academic god, grinding through practice exams by the stack just to keep up with him and win a few more of his glances and a little more of his attention. Everyone thought the academic god and the golden boy were destined to end up together. Who could have guessed that one day the academic god would suddenly announce on social media that he was taken? Ji Yuesheng: I have a boyfriend. He's a total dunce, so don't try to claim him. The study-buddy and dunce dragged in as a convenient decoy: That's right. Everyone: What?! What about the golden boy? Sure enough, after hearing the academic god's announcement, the golden boy showed up at school the next day with dark circles under his eyes. He had clearly been up all night. Everyone shed sympathetic tears for him. He had done everything perfectly, yet still lost the one he loved, snatched away by some dunce who had come out of nowhere. The golden boy was nowhere to be seen in the classroom, either. Everyone guessed that he was hiding somewhere, heartbroken and quietly shedding tears. Meanwhile, the golden boy himself was lying in the infirmary with low blood sugar after grinding through problems all night. He covered his face and exulted: Ha! Keep dating your stupid boyfriend, Ji Yuesheng. I'm going to outwork you and take your throne! Character setup: A rebellious academic god who seems mild-mannered on the surface × a brooding golden boy who seems cool and aloof Upcoming titles 1. The Flirtatious Beauty Has Two Faces Song Yichun, the young master of the Song family, was innocent and carefree as a boy, oblivious to the ways of the world. After coming of age, he fell in with the wastrel young master of the Huo family. He neglected his studies, and eventually became a good-for-nothing wastrel himself. In Beijing's high society, he was a favorite topic of dinner-table gossip: the Song family's young master was certainly beautiful, but apart from his lovely face, he was completely useless. Song's father was exasperated: If you don't get your act together, I'll marry you off to a guy who sells jianbing! Song Yichun swept the loose hair from his cheek and smiled sweetly. “Yes, Father.” Then he really did turn around and marry a jianbing vendor, securing himself an unlimited supply of jianbing. * Xie Jinghong built his fortune from scratch. His game development business made him billions and brought him to the pinnacle of success. At twenty-five, he looked around his spacious company and felt a wave of loneliness. There wasn't a single person by his side he could confide in. The company's thousands of employees: What? Aren't we people? Xie Jinghong decided to try a different job for a change of pace. On a whim, he set up a jianbing stall outside a university. To his surprise, he even... got a marriage agreement out of it? The pure-looking university student in a white shirt took a bite of the jianbing Xie Jinghong had made himself and smiled brightly. “Big brother, how about a five-million-yuan deal?” Xie Jinghong had heard plenty about Song Yichun in their social circle: a pretty, innocent little fool. He just hadn't expected this much-gossiped-about person to run right into him today. Xie Jinghong smiled meaningfully. “Sure.” * A year into their contractual marriage, Song Yichun deeply regretted actually marrying a jianbing vendor. He had secured an unlimited supply of jianbing, sure, but the man who sold it was unbearably clingy, calling three times in a row just to check up on him. In a bar awash with alluring lights, Song Yichun wore a white shirt unbuttoned into a deep V, holding a wineglass with one leg crossed over the other. The young master of the Huo family, the supposed culprit who had led Song Yichun astray, was trembling on his knees. Song Yichun's expression darkened. “Get rid of him for me.” 2. Upcoming: The Brooding Black Sheep Awakens Feng Wuyan, the Feng family's spoiled young master for twenty-two years, learned on his birthday that he was nothing but a counterfeit. The day the Fengs brought home their real son, his usually aloof parents smashed a cup and flew into a rage. “You really aren't our child! You're the reason our marriage nearly fell apart!” His older brother, ten years his senior, let his true smile show. “Must be awful to leave your life of luxury and go back to the slums, huh?” His childhood friend frowned in disgust. “You stole more than twenty years of his wonderful life. Don't you feel even a little guilty?” His aristocratic fiancé looked repulsed. “Thank goodness I don't have to marry a disgusting person like you.” A torrent of accusations and abuse swept over Feng Wuyan, leaving him numb. But the moment he saw the real young master's face, something suddenly awakened inside him. He realized he was living in a book. Everyone else was a character in the story, there to serve its dazzling, universally adored protagonist. He was nothing but an insignificant cannon-fodder character. And the returned real young master was only cannon fodder, too, destined to be a stepping stone for the universally adored protagonist. Feng Wuyan's mind snapped. He threw caution to the wind and decided to give up trying. He left the Feng family for good and never looked back. * Ji Shuhong grew up surrounded by love and adoration, yet he was filled with loathing for the world. Everyone fawned over him, flattering him shamelessly. They all fell for him at first sight, as if they were puppets with no minds of their own. At his birthday party, the applause, laughter, and gifts felt like heavy shackles, leaving him unable to breathe. He went out to the villa's balcony to feel the night breeze and saw a boy leaning against the railing as well. The other boy held a woman's cigarette between his fingers. When he glanced at Ji Shuhong, his eyes were full of gloom and indifference... even a hint of hatred. Ji Shuhong suddenly smiled. So there really was someone in this world who hated him. He had found someone like himself. * Feng Wuyan couldn't understand why, after he gave up trying, the people who had once hated him suddenly changed their tune. His parents, who had despised him: “Wuyan, could you come home...?” His older brother: “If you're unhappy where you are, come back. We're all waiting for you.” His childhood friend, who had disliked him: “Can we still go out together?” His fiancé, who had abandoned him: “I didn't know you were this wild. I'm starting to find you interesting.” Feng Wuyan hated it all. He didn't look back, leaving every bit of his fake past behind. There was just one thing he couldn't understand: why did the story's universally adored protagonist want to cling to him, too? Ji Shuhong, the universally adored protagonist who kept throwing himself at Feng Wuyan, smiled faintly. “You're the only one who's real.” Reading guide: 1. The golden boy is a bit of a heartthrob, and there's a love rivalry, but all he wants to do is study (absolutely). 2. The golden boy is the bottom, and the academic god is the top. The academic god falls for him on his own, gets ridiculously jealous, and then realizes he's in love. A classic pursuit-the-wife story, with the drama heating up fast! Theme: Study with youthful enthusiasm, and live simply and decisively.