The Top Student Who Took Someone Else’s Exam

The exam hall in the height of summer became the wager in the romance between Liu Meiyan and Zhang Qiming. One was the undisputed top student in their grade; the other was a poor student who had languished near the bottom for years. To make Liu Meiyan’s dream of attending college come true, the two made an outrageous deal: they would switch names for the college entrance exam. When an acceptance letter from a prestigious university arrived for “Liu Meiyan,” its rightful recipient, Zhang Qiming, failed to make the list. Their lie, which undermined fairness in education, drove Zhang’s parents, who had long hoped their son would achieve academic success, to their deaths. At the funeral hall, Zhang Qiming called Liu Meiyan, asking only that she come back to see the elderly couple off on their final journey. Her cold refusal came through the phone, and their love shattered completely in the face of fame and fortune. Bearing his parents’ last wishes and the agony of betrayal, Zhang Qiming buried himself in his studies. A year later, he earned his place at the same nationally renowned university through his own hard work. The lie of the past will finally be exposed in the light of day, and this reunion two years later is destined to settle the debts and wounds of the past. The harsh sentence of the law, the judgment of morality, and two hearts that have long grown distant will face their cruelest reckoning within the ivory tower.