May 20.
Inside the Yujing University library.
The three sat in the farthest corner, each with a book and pen, quiet and intent on their work.
Meng Chunqiu wore traditional clothing, its sleeves drifting around him. With his delicate features and fair skin, he drew no end of attention. A couple of days ago, someone had even posted on the confession wall looking for him. Chen Shu had stumbled across the post while scrolling.
People these days...
They did not dare flirt face-to-face, then cast a net across the Ocean afterward.
Pathetic.
Still, the kindhearted Mr. Chen had given that student Meng Chunqiu's personal details and Feixin ID. It had taken hardly any effort.
And so—
Another boy's heart shattered.
Meng Chunqiu had long since grown used to it. He still came to the library with them every day to study.
Last year, he had scored only a little over sixty in one subject and had nearly failed. Luckily, he almost never skipped class, so his coursework marks had pulled him through at the crucial moment. The incident had put enormous pressure on him as a bearer of the Royal Family's honor. These past few days, he had been studying so hard he forgot to eat and sleep.
Jiang Lai was under no less pressure.
Brother Jiang needed a scholarship, but he was a special-admissions student, and his academic subjects were dreadful. If he failed even one, the scholarship would be out of reach.
To Brother Jiang, every penny was precious.
Chen Shu had not expected to be the most relaxed person in this dorm.
While his two roommates reviewed anxiously, he held a thick book on the Little Blazing Sun Art that had nothing to do with the exams. He marveled at its principles and tried to consider how