Diary of a Lurebird

On the day Qi Zaiyang decides to die, he is knocked over by a girl with low blood sugar, and they end up in the infirmary together. Nightmares drag him down and drown him, leaving him unable to escape.

He struggles, hears a noise from the bed beside him, and finally opens his eyes, waking from the nightmare.

The girl in the next bed lifts the curtain around his bed, revealing only a pair of clear eyes, like a little bird peeking out in winter.

He thinks she must be some carefree young lady from a wealthy family.

Only later does he learn that she is a scholarship student from a poor family, rushing around every day for money and living in a dim, cramped world.

She needs money, and as it happens, all that remains of his impoverished life is some money.

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The day she knocks him into the infirmary, Li Mingju is in a rush to come first in her grade and win a scholarship to pay for her seriously ill mother's treatment.

But she faints from low blood sugar during an exam and misses the start time. She scrambles up from the hospital bed, frantic, and sweeps aside the white blackout curtain with one hand.

The curtain opens layer by layer, revealing the pale, beautiful face of the boy in the next bed.

Qi Zaiyang.

She remembers his name, and the dazzling, custom-made watch on his wrist.

She doesn't recognize the brand, but she knows it must be very expensive, perhaps enough to cover half a year of her mother's medicine.

Not long after, she does poorly on the entrance exams and misses out on a scholarship worth over ten thousand yuan.

The boy taps her shoulder and holds out a notebook. "I'm not in great health. Could you tutor me? You can set the price."

Mingju waves her hand, about to say that five hundred a week sounds about right.

But the boy asks, "Per hour? That's way too cheap. Let me pay you more."

"That's so much!" Mingju says excitedly.

Someone who's seen the depths of the abyss would never turn down a chance to earn money.

The boy gives her courage, helps her beat up the rich kid who's bullying her, buys her the best lab, and helps her get selected for the national competition team. He also holds an umbrella over her, shielding her from the spreading rumors.

Mingju thinks he is the salvation Heaven sent out of compassion for her.

Until one day, she sees the boy sitting on the edge of a treetop. The wind blows his lonely, pale figure, and he looks ready to fall at any moment.

She climbs the tree, wedges half her body between its branches, stretches out her arm, and catches him as she teeters precariously. "You won't fall. I've got you."

From then on, the boy's empty gaze has somewhere to rest. All he wants is for her to soar like an eagle into the higher skies.

"You are the most precious bird in my life."

"Fly high. Don't stop for anyone."

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The night before Mingju leaves for training, her mother hears that she wants to go away, locks her inside the house, and cuts off all her contact with the outside world.

On a cold, snowy night, feeling suffocated and on the verge of madness, she makes a wish at the only window: to be free as a bird.

Knock, knock, knock

Someone taps on the window.

Qi Zaiyang stands below it, covered in snow and wind, his warm eyes reddened. "Li Mingju, let me help you escape."

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One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, the male lead is secretly in love, mutual salvation, coming-of-age story about rising to the top.

Ju means "osprey".

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Coming Soon: What Good Is School Without Money?

Ding Yuan is a genius girl with dreadlocks who grew up in a trash heap. After getting into the Federation's prestigious military academy, she discovers that tuition is exorbitant and room and board cost even more. Does she have to take out a student loan?!

Interviewer: Interested in our low-interest loan service? Just put up some of your organs as collateral, or work for the Federation for thirty years!

Ding Yuan: ...

After taking out the loan, Ding Yuan works eight jobs a day. While her classmates throw money around at a ball, she repairs power lines in acid rain. While they buy new planets for their vacations, she mines ore and builds infrastructure on garbage planets.

She focuses wholeheartedly on earning money, but...

Why are all those rich tycoons who throw money around staring at her? Their eyes look so strange.

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Overthrow the rich elite, and I'll be number one!

Everyone falls for her. A dog-training story where she trains them all to obey!

Theme: Study hard and keep improving.