Four Eyes, by nature, is sad. It’s part of his DNA. That isn’t to say he can’t be happy–while Shu Ping is happy by default, Four Eyes is pessimistic by default.
He doesn’t know how to cope with his emotions, and bottles them up.
He spends most of his time doing homework or worksheets or assessment books because his parents are tiger parents.
Four Eyes is based on that one kid in primary school who has a lot of tuition and does insanely well in exams and has a lot of stress foisted on him. Poor kids.
I kind of gave Four Eyes a really shitty life in the book and I feel kind of guilty about it. But eh, shit happens.
Yes, Four Eyes is a goody-goody, and he’s all about following the rules. But he is drawn to Xin Long precisely because she’s not like that at all.
Four Eyes has lost too many pairs of glasses to count because they were either stolen/crushed/stomped/smashed/destroyed by bullies.
Four Eyes has no idea what a dream or ambition is, but his parents reckon that he will be fine because he’s good at Math and Science.
You may not know it, but Four Eyes is obsessed with precision. He once burst into tears when he found out that it was impossible to calculate the exact distance from Earth to any one star.
Four Eyes dreamt in black and white until he met Xin Long.
