After the Top Student Repeated a Year, His Ex Kept Wanting to Cuddle Up to Him

An Chen is a promising top student at Jiangzhou Provincial Experimental High School. When the gaokao results come out, he gives the entire school a huge surprise.

Zeroes in English and science.

The school administrators panic: Check the System!

But An Chen calmly waves them off. "Don't bother. I handed in a blank paper."

Then he turns around and heads back to his small hometown to repeat his senior year, quietly disappearing from public view.

Everyone at Provincial Experimental: ? So you were just here for the experience?!

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A bizarre repeat student transfers into the honors class at Pingchuan No. 7 High School.

On his first day, An Chen sleeps through the homeroom teacher's class.

School rules? Regulations? When your grades are good enough, everything can be negotiated.

He shoves his phone right in the dean's face.

"You can't confiscate it. All my money is on there. Give me a disciplinary record if you want, just don't mess up my gaokao next year."

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An Chen's repeat year should have been comfortable and smooth. The only thing that goes wrong is: Damn it, why is his new class monitor his "ex-boyfriend"?

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When he reunites with his ex, An Chen just wants to make things clear: "Class monitor, are we close?"

Ruan Mingshen instantly turns into an aggrieved golden retriever. "How are we not? We still haven't settled the score for the way you confessed to me and ran off back then..."

An Chen: "..."

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Ruan Mingshen thinks he must be dreaming. He stares at the sleeping beauty beside him for a long time, still unable to believe it.

Is this really the An Chen he knows?!

Even more shocking, the quiet, well-behaved "little shadow" who used to follow him around has not only picked up a whole set of weird quirks, but also learned to skip school, stay out all night, and get into fights...

He's even learned to give Ruan Mingshen the cold shoulder!

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Homeroom teacher: You know him well. Try talking some sense into him.

Ruan Mingshen: Consider it done.

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The class monitor has been given official permission to pursue him, and from then on, An Chen can't go anywhere without a tail following him.

An Chen: Thanks, but I'd just like to repeat the year in peace. What do I do when my ex keeps trying to cuddle up to me?

"Chenchen, want a ride home in my family's car today?"

"Chenchen, the exam is in Building B. Do you know where that is?"

"Chenchen, the dean says we should all get along. How about I stay over tonight?"

An Chen: "..." I really want to call the police.

Good grief, why is this golden retriever even clingier than before?

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Duan Sheng asks quietly, "Chen-ge, how'd you train this dog?"

An Chen looks at him. "You can't. You need the right face."

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Cool, prickly shou with high offense and defense x straightforward golden-retriever gong who crumbles at the first flirt

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Happy-ending school romance, bittersweet and sweet, one-sided salvation that goes both ways, two top students doting on each other, an extremely drawn-out push and pull with a prickly shou, rekindling an old romance (the mirror is tempered glass, and I'm the one who drew the cracks), mutual crush (their mouths are the only things denying it), chasing the wife (but no crematorium)

[Reader's Guide]

1. No academic competitions, just the regular gaokao.

2. The story is based on a small county in one of the four provinces known for intense studying. The school day may be quite long.

3. But most of the plot takes place over summer vacation, so there isn't much day-to-day school life (that's just what senior year is like, with no extracurricular activities).

4. The shou turns in a blank paper to get away from his father. There's a reason for it; he isn't just doing it thoughtlessly.

5. The shou is very awkward, stubborn, and slow to warm up. He needs time to grow, but once he figures things out, he takes the initiative. Please be patient with him.

6. They're called ex-boyfriends, but they never dated. It's just a mutual crush, with no underage romance.

Theme: If you put your heart into it, you can witness a miracle.