Fake Slackers

❤️ Main Relationship

He Zhao (贺朝) × Xie Yu (谢俞)

Fandom ship name: ZhaoYu (朝俞)

✨ Introduction

Fake Slackers (伪装学渣) is a completed JJWXC campus novel by Mu Gua Huang of about 411,000 characters. After class reassignment, the school's two most notorious "problem boys" land not only in the same class but at the same desk. Both are secretly top students who, for their own reasons, perform as hopeless delinquents — fighting tooth and nail for last place in every exam while studying ferociously in private. The author's own casting note: "a drama-king gong doomed to die alone (He Zhao) × a shou who will fight anyone and feels nothing (Xie Yu) — gong and shou are labeled, no switching, don't get on the wrong ship." One-line pitch: "What a coincidence — you're a top student too?" The two circle each other in escalating theatrics until both disguises come down, confessing in Chapter 50; in the extras, Xie Yu reports to Tsinghua's medical school.

🌏 Background

Liyang No.2 High School, a perfectly ordinary Chinese high school of monthly exams, class rankings, basketball games, and forum gossip threads ("expose 818: the two bosses in our class who fight for last place every test"). He Zhao of the East building and Xie Yu of the West building are campus legends — for fighting and for failing — until the truth surfaces. Xie Yu faked his grades after his mother's remarriage to avoid friction with his stepfamily; He Zhao has his own history to reckon with.

🎭 Themes & Tone

Double hidden identities and mutual unmasking
Youth, pride, and second chances
Family wounds beneath the comedy
Study as an act of self-respect
Brotherhood of classmates and teachers Tone: riotously funny, warm, straight-faced comedy about growing up

👥 Main Characters

He Zhao (贺朝) — "East Building He Zhao"; sunny, loyal, impossibly theatrical fake-slacker gong, 185cm of shameless confidence
Xie Yu (谢俞) — "West Building Xie Yu"; cold, quiet, first-rate fighter, a top student hiding in plain sight
The teachers and classmates of Class 3 — an ensemble that fuels the exposé-thread comedy

✨ Iconic Quote

Xie Yu（谢俞）："贺朝，是你先惹我的。" / "He Zhao — you started this."
He Zhao（贺朝）："我……没喜欢过人。" / "I… have never liked anyone before."
He Zhao（贺朝）："我面前的这个，叫谢俞的小朋友是第一个。" / "The kid in front of me — the one named Xie Yu — is the first."
One-line synopsis："好巧，你也是学霸？" / "What a coincidence — you're a top student too?"
Fandom saying（东楼贺朝，西楼谢俞）："东楼贺朝，西楼谢俞。" / "He Zhao of the East Building, Xie Yu of the West Building."

🎬 Adaptations

Audio Drama: Released on Missevan/猫耳FM (later delisted in a 2022 takedown wave; availability may vary)
Manhua: Released — adapted as Zhao Yu (《昭俞》) on Bilibili Comics by Bai Meng She, 2021

🔥 Why It's Popular

A generation-defining campus danmei; JJWXC completion rating 9.7 with millions of collections
The double-fake-slacker premise is comedy gold
He Zhao is one of danmei's most beloved drama-king gongs
Suits readers who want hilarious, low-angst campus romance with heart