Jiang Sui Xue is a poser, the kind who's bound to end up on the school's confession wall with people piling on to call him a try-hard.
He casually shows off luxury shopping bags on his social media, but it's always the same bag.
He posts a holiday check-in from Iceland, then quickly edits out the ladder icon and reposts it with great fanfare.
He happens to share a poolside photo, deletes the comment "Your legs are so fair" without batting an eye, then captions it, "Swimming in the morning is the best exercise."
Then the class representative reminds him to pay the 50-yuan class fee. He's already a week late.
Jiang Sui Xue rolls over in bed, clutching his phone, heart aching at the expense.
But he can't ruin his image, so he grits his teeth and pays.
On his first day transferring to City A, Jiang Sui Xue establishes his rich-kid persona and is immediately surrounded by his classmates' curious gazes.
In his carefully crafted image, he's the scion of a wealthy family, with both brains and pedigree.
His overwhelming sense of superiority gratifies his vanity. Jiang Sui Xue loses himself in the fantasy, floating on air.
Until one day, he meets a real rich kid.
Carrying the shopping bag he's reused 180 times, Jiang Sui Xue poses for a photo outside a luxury boutique, angling the shot to make it look like he's inside. That's when he runs into Yuan Luochen, his quiet, aloof classmate.
The instant their eyes meet, he's so mortified he wants to drop dead on the spot.
Yuan Luochen looks at his bright-red ears and holds out the bag in his hand. "I have a new one. Want it?"
Yuan Luochen knew from the first day of school that one of his classmates was a show-off who loved being the center of attention.
Vain, money-grubbing, materialistic.
Just looking at him was irritating.
When he stumbled upon Jiang Sui Xue putting on airs, he deliberately didn't call him out, hoping to watch him make a fool of himself.
But the next day, the moment he walked into the classroom, Jiang Sui Xue was in his seat, grinning at him with sparkling eyes.
And in his hands was a breakfast he'd bought for the princely sum of ten yuan.
Yuan Luochen: "..."
Seriously?
At first, he thought Jiang Sui Xue was getting close to him for his money.
But later, he was glad that he was the one with money, and not someone else.
Many years later, someone asked how they had fallen in love.
Yuan Luochen: "There are so many rich people in the world, but Jiang Sui Xue chose only me. Wasn't he madly in love with me from the very beginning?"
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Sometimes I have to write something sweet, to ease my conscience a little.
Theme: Love can save the world.
