He works quietly.
He smiles politely.
He hides perfectly.
Jay learned long ago that showing anything meant bleeding.
He left behind a world that swallowed people whole.
He got out.
But not clean.
It's been years since Anxin last saw Jiahao - his childhood rival, the boy who could outscore, outsmart, and outshine him at everything. But when fate puts them back in the same classroom, old habits return fast. Glances turn to challenges, words turn to tension, and Anxin realizes some rivalries never really end - they just change shape.
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