At Northbridge High, everyone knows the rules: Stay away from Ren Xia, the cold, silent transfer student with a rumored criminal past, and follow Jia Cheng, the golden-boy Class President who has never made a mistake in his life.
When a scheduling error forces them to share the final, cramped laboratory seat in the back of the class, the tension is explosive. Ren just wants to graduate and keep his secret life as a caregiver for his sick sister hidden. Cheng just wants to maintain his "perfect" facade to satisfy his overbearing parents.
But as they spend late nights over bubbling beakers and failed experiments, the masks begin to slip. Ren notices the tremor in Cheng’s hands when he’s stressed; Cheng notices the gentleness in Ren’s touch when he’s focused. In the silence of the lab, a slow-burn chemistry begins—one that isn't found in any textbook. But in a school built on reputations, can a secret written in pencil survive a world that only sees in ink?
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