“The art, the story, the romance — all sweet but not cloying, with a fresh, clean style.”
— Reader

“I followed ‘Shen Sheng’ for a long time. I practically grew up with it. Now that it’s finished, I still find myself revisiting it.”
— Reader

“Xuan Zhe‘s art is delicate. His curly-haired Cheng is charming. The gentle youth and mature older man — a classic dynamic with great tension.”
— Comic critic

★ One of the most popular works in Kuaikan Comics history. 19.7 billion popularity points, 1.38 million comments, 4.43 million followers. Completed in 2020, it remains a comic that readers revisit every summer. Russian rights licensed.
★ Created by Xuan Zhe, a graduate of the China Academy of Art and winner of the Golden Dragon Award for Best Illustrator. Readers describe his art as “delicate and clean.” His “gentle youth and mature older man” pairing is a classic character dynamic in East Asian BL comics with strong cross-cultural appeal.
★ Shen Sheng is the “model student” everyone sees—gentle, proper, never crossing a line. Until he accidentally discovers the secret of his teacher Cheng Mu. A story about rules and true feelings, with delicate art and intense character chemistry.

Shen Sheng is the model student in his teachers’ eyes and the gentle senior in his classmates‘ eyes. He never refuses anyone’s request, and he never crosses any line drawn by the rules. Under years of family and school education, he plays a role that meets everyone‘s expectations, hiding all his true thoughts behind a gentle smile.

Until one day, he accidentally discovers Cheng Mu’s secret.

Cheng Mu is a teacher at the school — rational, assertive, representing a completely different kind of existence in Shen Sheng‘s eyes. Without knowing it, Shen Sheng had once continued writing Cheng Mu’s work — back then, he didn‘t know that Cheng Mu chose to become a teacher precisely because Shen Sheng had once said he resembled his university professor. Their bond runs far deeper than it appears on the surface.

The secret becomes a turning point. Shen Sheng begins to break, bit by bit, the rules that have long bound him. For the first time, he chooses to face his true inner desires. From “model student” to “himself,” this journey takes him a long time. And Cheng Mu is always by his side.

The story explores themes of identity, self-discovery, and the courage to break free from others‘ expectations. The art is delicate and clean, and the chemistry between the two leads is palpable.

Completed, 107 chapters (including extras).

Xuan Zhe is a contracted comic artist and illustrator on Kuaikan Comics. A new-generation Chinese comic creator, he won the Golden Dragon Award for Best Illustrator.
His major works include “Shen Sheng,” “Passenger in the Endless Night,” “The Daily Life of the Chuunibyou Club,” and “Yuan Shan Qian Lin.” Among them, “Passenger in the Endless Night,” launched in 2022, has accumulated 1.84 billion popularity points on Kuaikan.