How could a gilded peacock with its tail feathers possibly contain a wild golden phoenix like him?
So, during one exam, he was accused of plagiarism by a group of privileged children simply for raising his head.
A boy with a pointed face and monkey-like features snatched the test paper from the teacher when the teacher wasn't looking and wrote his own name on it.
He accused him of plagiarism, even copying the same name exactly.
When the two exam papers were placed side by side, apart from the handwriting, they were exactly the same, from the names to the answers.
The classroom has no surveillance cameras, so it's obvious who should be supported.
As a result, he received a zero on that exam.
He has since been branded a plagiarist, a bad seed, and an ill-mannered person.
He began to understand deeply that when a person is not strong enough and has nothing to rely on, even excellence becomes a sin.
Since then, he has learned to conceal his brilliance.
If being in the top three is the highest honor, and being in the top ten is the threshold, then he is the one who ranks ninth or tenth.
He quietly stood in a corner where he could be seen but not noticed.
He couldn't completely hide himself away, because then he would be worthless and would have to return to that cold hell.
Because of his outstanding academic performance, he climbed higher and higher with the help of official and external funding.
When he was a teenager, he slowly escaped that nightmarish orphanage. Although life was hard, he was still grateful.
He was no longer the spineless coward who had to obey his mother's every whim; he had gained some ability to struggle in the face of life.
At least when he gets sick, he can use the little money he's saved up to buy medicine, so he doesn't have to suffer so much.
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