『Dating the Top Student Is Pretty Thrilling』
Does he need saving? Doesn't seem like it. But that won't stop us from getting close to him—dragging the model student off his pedestal sounds thrilling enough, doesn't it? Shen Yan, Senior Class 1, ranked number one in his year. His name has hung at the very top of the school's honor roll for three straight years, untouched. First prize in the provincial physics competition, second prize in the provincial math competition, city champion in the English speech contest—his resume is packed so full it leaves everyone else far behind. To his teachers, he is the "most worry-free student"; to his peers, he is a "study god"; to parents, he is the legendary "other people's child." Yet no one knows he wakes up at 5:00 a.m. every morning just to help his mother haul goods at the wet market before school. No one knows he buys the cheapest lunch combo to save meal money for study guides. No one knows that his faded blue school uniform jacket is the only one he owns without patches. He never mentions any of this to anyone. He sees no need to—his grades belong to him, and his family circumstances belong to him. He doesn't think poverty is something to be ashamed of, nor does he think hardship is something to boast about. He simply shoulders it all in silence, taking one steady step forward at a time. His sole goal is to get into a top university, land a great job, and make sure his mother never has to wake up at three in the morning to restock goods again. For that, he would give everything.
Some paths can only be walked alone. But I'm used to it.