The Top Student Says He Didn’t Fall for Him

The aloof academic genius vs. the loyal, puppy-like goofball

Both each other's first love, and they save each other

Also known as The Border Collie and His Husky Boyfriend

Irreverent blurb:

If Lu Zhinan is the Lu Bu of men and the Border Collie of dogs, then Ning Wangbei is a husky: a terrible student and school bully. Apart from his face, even his own mother thinks he's good for nothing.

As the old saying goes: A dog is a dog, a Border Collie is a Border Collie, and a husky isn't even as good as a dog.

Ning Wangbei refuses to accept this: “Who says huskies are worse than dogs? I won't just be a dog, I'll marry a Border Collie!”

Many years later, someone asks Lu Zhinan, “What did you like about Ning Wangbei back then?”

Lu Zhinan replies, “He was dumb, timid, but handsome!”

Serious blurb:

Lu Zhinan is an academic genius who always comes first, the child other parents talk about. He has the perfect image, but an embarrassing secret: he's an illegitimate son of a wealthy family.

Because of this, he has endured bullying and cold stares since childhood. He's sensitive, obsessive, and keeps everyone at a distance.

Until he meets Ning Wangbei.

When they first meet:

Lu Zhinan: Who the hell is this? Keep your distance!

Later:

Lu Zhinan: Hey, that Ning Wangbei guy seems kind of interesting.

Later still:

Lu Zhinan (grabbing Ning Wangbei by the collar): Tell me! Are you harboring improper intentions toward me?

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Before his adoptive father dies, he tells Li Shu a secret: he's not human!

He says Li Shu's true form is a giant snake that cultivated for a thousand years. After incurring Heaven's wrath, it was reincarnated as a human, but it never lives past eighteen in any lifetime. If it wants to survive, it must find a man named Guan Yao and have him extend its life.

Li Shu, looking like he doesn't believe a word of it: “...Guan Yao? Shouldn't his name be Xu Xian?”

His adoptive father dies right after telling him this, but Li Shu's life can no longer return to normal. Not only is he plagued by nightmares every night, but one bizarre incident after another keeps finding him.

A girl vanishes mysteriously from campus. A vengeful spirit dies with an unjust grievance. A tree demon that has cultivated for ten thousand years feeds on human hearts...

A handsome man with an otherworldly air also moves in next door. He helps Li Shu drive out ghosts and vanquish demons, and even waits in line to buy his favorite pan-fried buns.

Deeply shaken but still unable to make sense of it all, Li Shu asks, “You're Guan Yao, right? But even if I'm a snake, we're both men. What are you helping me for?”

Guan Yao smiles faintly. “...To be your husband!”

Theme: Grow through adversity. A young man never gives up.