Don't pretend you don't know me - This person is too cold!

**The lively classroom buzzed with chatter. And me, Jiang Tang, was gossiping with friends too.**

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*"Well... not to stereotype, but I swear most science geniuses either never speak or never shut up,"* I grumbled, pulling a face.

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I’ve never been one for noise—or for wasting energy guessing whether someone likes me. A colossal waste of time, don’t you think?

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Yet despite myself, my gaze kept drifting toward the lab door.

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It was slightly ajar, swaying in the breeze. I was just passing by—*absolutely, definitely* not there to ogle some brainy heartthrob!

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Through the gap, I caught a glimpse of a figure bent over equations, brows furrowed in concentration. A thought flickered through my mind:

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*—If only novel protagonists could frown like that.*

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Full disclosure: I’m a wildly successful romance novelist. (Though no one’s ever seen my face.)

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*Focus!* I was here to submit club plans, *not* to watch some prodigy disassemble math problems like a puzzle and slot them back together.

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That guy’s name? Lu Huai.

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Top of our year. Competition champion. Physics monster.

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From orientation till now, the only words we’d exchanged were:

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*"Excuse me, let me through."*

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He *did* step aside—but not even a grunt in reply? *Rude.*

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