The Top Student Sticks to the Sacrificial NPC Script

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You’re top of your grade, but you’re cannon fodder;

You’re an NPC in the love story between the male lead and his love interest,

burning yourself up to benefit others...

Jiang Zhizhao worked diligently and conscientiously for four years of college, only to transmigrate into a melodramatic campus novel on the day he was recommended for graduate school.

The good news: not only has he gone back to being eighteen, he’s also got a body that hasn’t been worn down by overwork.

The bad news: he’s just a cannon-fodder NPC in this book. Not only does he have to endure the nightmare of his final year of high school all over again, he’ll also be tricked by a scumbag into drinking a drugged drink on the eve of the college entrance exam, causing him to miss it and ruining his life.

Jiang Zhizhao: ...Just destroy the world already.

*

On the eve of the new school year, the Jiang family transfers a poor student they sponsor into Jiang Zhizhao’s class.

The student, Xie Qiu, works several jobs but still gets excellent grades.

In the spirit of peaceful and friendly classmate relations, Jiang Zhizhao plans to get along with the transfer student.

Then, on the very first day of school,

he ends up staring wide-eyed at the transfer student, who’s also skipping class, while they’re both perched on top of a wall.

Jiang Zhizhao: ...“Hello?”

Xie Qiu glances away coldly.

Jiang Zhizhao: All right, all right. He’s a cold guy, too.

When a gang of punks corners the transfer student, Jiang Zhizhao, committed to peace and goodwill, jumps down from the wall and pulls him through the crowd to safety.

They end up running all the way to the police station.

After school starts, Jiang Zhizhao changes his formerly timid ways and decides to give up on romance and focus on studying.

When the male lead and his love interest keep setting him up, Jiang Zhizhao goes along with it, planning to drag them down with him.

But then

He pulls a cannon-fodder character into a pool, only for Xie Qiu to haul him back out. Jiang Zhizhao is completely unharmed, while the other guy hits his head and gets a concussion.

He’s cornered in a warehouse and ready to go down fighting, but before he can do a thing, Xie Qiu arrives just in time, pulls him aside, and punches the people surrounding them until they’re on their knees, begging and weeping.

Jiang Zhizhao: All right, all right. This kid looks like a block of wood, but he’s actually this strong?

Then, one dark and stormy night,

Xie Qiu is invited to stay overnight at the Jiang residence. He gets up in the middle of the night, only to be pulled into the study by a furtive figure in the hallway.

Jiang Zhizhao’s wet, dark hair hangs in messy strands. Mist from his recent shower glistens in his eyes. Bracing one hand behind Xie Qiu, he tilts his head back, his breath seeming to brush Xie Qiu’s ear as he says:

“Hi. Would you be interested in a job as a bodyguard?”

Xie Qiu’s breathing quickens. As if spellbound, he looks at the person before him. “Whose bodyguard?”

Jiang Zhizhao: “Mine.”

*

Xie Qiu’s parents died when he was young, and the Jiang family sponsored his education.

With senior year of high school about to begin, the Jiang family tries to convince him to transfer to a better private school, citing the college entrance exam as the reason.

The young master of the Jiang family has bright eyes and a sweet, obedient air, like a star fallen from the heavens.

As if possessed, Xie Qiu agrees.

Only later does he discover that the so-called sweet and docile young master Jiang, in the eyes of outsiders,

skips class, sleeps in lessons, and has a vicious streak.

Like a rabbit that’s escaped its cage,

he casually tramples those who bully him beneath his feet,

yet he’s also like a proud peacock,

capturing Xie Qiu’s heart with a single glance.

Flirtatious young master bottom x quiet, awkward poor top

The Crown Prince’s Path to Promotion

When Qin Hao was seventeen, he had a dream.

In the twentieth year of the Tiancheng era, the emperor was gravely ill, and the struggle for the throne was growing ever fiercer. After several months of chaos, a new emperor ascended the throne and ruthlessly purged his political enemies and their followers.

Their family was implicated and landed squarely among those targeted for purging.

To keep his family safe, Qin Hao, the youngest son of the Chancellor’s household, decides to enter the residence of the future emperor, the current Crown Prince, hoping to grow closer to him so that the Crown Prince will spare his family once he takes the throne.

Crown Prince Gu Chuheng of Mingde was prophesied by a mystic to die young when he was twelve. Everyone praises his benevolence and virtue, yet because of the baseless prophecy, they all keep their distance from him.

As the Eastern Palace selects its officials, Gu Chuheng spots a familiar face among a crowd of idle, aristocratic young men from obscure branches of noble families.

It’s none other than the youngest son of the current Right Chancellor.

As a Crown Prince who has already been secretly pushed out of the succession struggle, Gu Chuheng can only assume that the newcomer is a spy sent to keep tabs on him, and he loathes him.

On the newcomer’s first day in the palace, Gu Chuheng points to a spy who has just been drenched in blood and threatens him: “If I catch you betraying me, this will be your fate.”

Qin Hao: ...

Wasn’t the Crown Prince supposed to be broad-minded and kind, and treat his servants well?

The political situation changes constantly, and life in the Eastern Palace is just as unpredictable.

After repeatedly testing Qin Hao and getting nowhere, Gu Chuheng grows even more suspicious, determined to make him show his true colors.

Meanwhile, Qin Hao is determined to leave a good impression on the Crown Prince. He works hard and complains never, eventually earning the chance to accompany the Crown Prince on an investigation outside the palace.

But an accident sends him into the water. In a desperate moment, he grabs the Crown Prince, who has jumped in to save him, and kisses him.

After they’re rescued, he sees the future emperor, the current Crown Prince, looking flustered and finally managing to say, “How dare you.”

Qin Hao curls into himself, aggrieved. “I... I’ve never kissed anyone else.”

Gu Chuheng looks at Qin Hao’s pale little face and rosy lips with a complicated expression. His heart suddenly begins to race...

The struggle for the throne grows ever fiercer.

Qin Hao stays close to the Crown Prince, rooting out treacherous officials and quelling floods.

As they spend every day together, Gu Chuheng gradually realizes he has given his whole heart to Qin Hao.

Meanwhile, Qin Hao rises smoothly through the ranks, becoming a new favorite at court and drawing the attention of the officials around him.

When Gu Chuheng hears that Qin Hao has been taken to meet a potential match, his sense of crisis explodes. He rushes over and yanks Qin Hao away.

Qin Hao, who had been admiring flowers with someone and has no idea why he’s suddenly been dragged off: ?

Gu Chuheng, abandoning all decorum, warily glances at the daughter of an official, who has developed a crush on Qin Hao, then looks at Qin Hao, whose face is still full of confusion. Overcome with jealousy, he declares, “You two can’t be together.”

Qin Hao: ???

Wait, does joining the Crown Prince’s household mean I’m not even allowed to make friends?

Bright, bold, romantically oblivious, irresistible bottom x seemingly gentle and courteous, actually cold-hearted and overbearing top

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