In the bounds of a university… everyone knows it’s a breeding ground of neon lights, flirtation, and power-drunk egos cycling in and out with every passing term. Even the nerd in the back row who once buried himself behind his laptop screen ends up styling his hair and heading to parties with a pack of rough-edged guys—just for a taste of the thrill offered by the “girls” calling out to him.

  

  But amid all that chaos, he was the exception…

  

  A twenty-two-year-old man without even a high school diploma to his name, yet somehow elevated to the role of special lecturer in Film Studies through connections—and a rare, dark-tinged talent no one could rival. Still, genius paired with depravity can only stand so long. Within a single year, disciplinary notices and court summons were delivered straight to his room.

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  The charge, oddly enough, read… “Falling into traps set by girls,” resulting in an incident.

  

  Everyone laughed. Some simply watched. All eyes bore witness as he was escorted out beyond the university gates.

  

  His final words before leaving were a line from the Han court:

  “Let others see me as they will. Their judgment is theirs—not mine.”

  Chin lifted, he walked away beneath the dying light of the setting sun.

  

  He was dealt with, then transferred to what was called the most luxurious prison of all—an elite all-boys international school that stood as the nation’s very center. A place meant to reform him under probation he had never willingly accepted.

  

  And on that very day… the day the cage began to close, Joan arrived as well—the only British exchange student of the year. In a place ruled by ironclad regulations… one had come to atone, the other to begin anew. Yet the starlight on the rooftop that night was about to change the “lesson” awaiting them both—forever.