Li Xun walked into the lecture hall on his first day, his presence impossible to ignore. Dressed in a leather jacket over a plain white t-shirt, his untamed blonde hair and sharp gaze exuded confidence and defiance. Whispers rippled through the room—rumors about his expulsion from a top-tier university had preceded him.

You were seated in the second row, glanced up from your notebook. your brow furrowed as Li Xun casually claimed the seat next to you, slinging his bag onto the desk with an air of indifference.

"Excuse me," you said, polite but firm, "this seat is taken."

He didn’t even look at you. "It is now," he replied, pulling out his laptop with a smirk