The Tilted Umbrella Under Down

The first thing An Mi Xiu saw when he opened his eyes was the cold white ceiling of the school infirmary. A mechanical, emotionless voice echoed in his head, clear and unhurried. [World: Campus Parallel Timeline] [Target: Lei Shi] [Current Favorability: 0] [Mission Objective: Reach 500 Favorability Points to unlock the return permission to the main competition world] [Warning: The target in this world has severe emotional closure. Any forced overtures will trigger the favorability backlash mechanism.]

He sat up slowly, the bandage wrapped around his wrist pulling slightly. The memory of this world flooded in right after—he was the new transfer student in Class A, while Lei Shi, the most unapproachable person in the whole grade, had just dragged him out of the way of a speeding bicycle, getting his own forearm scraped raw in the process.

The door of the infirmary was pushed open before he could sort out the messy plot. Lei Shi walked in with a half-worn basketball in his hand, the hem of his school uniform soaked with a little cold sweat. His purple eyes swept over An Mi Xiu who was sitting on the bed, no extra emotion in his tone, just cold and distant. "Don't get in the way next time." He put a bottle of unopened anti-inflammatory spray on the edge of the bed, turned around and wanted to leave, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed. An Mi Xiu's fingertips were warm, and the faint scent of lavender laundry detergent wrapped around his wrist lightly. "Wait, your arm is still bleeding." An Mi Xiu frowned, pulling him to stop, "Sit down, I'll re-bandage the wound for you. The nurse just said you left without dealing with it."

Lei Shi paused. No one in this school had ever dared to stop him like this, with such a calm and unyielding look in his eyes, like a little knight who refused to bow his head even when facing a storm. He didn't shake off that hand, he just pulled out the chair beside the bed and sat down, his jawline tensed slightly, watching An Mi Xiu lower his head and seriously treat the wound for him. [Ding! Target Favorability +10. Current Favorability: 10]

This cold, unsmiling Lei Shi was completely different from the arrogant, unruly one in the main competition world, but An Mi Xiu's movements didn't hesitate. He carefully wrapped the bandage around the scrape on his forearm, his movements gentle and steady. When he tied a small neat knot at the end, he raised his eyes and met Lei Shi's gaze that had been staring at him for an unknown how long. "Don't touch the water these two days, or the wound will get inflamed." An Mi Xiu reminded softly, tucking the unused gauze into the pocket of his school uniform. Lei Shi didn't speak, he just gave a low "hmm", but the fingers hanging by his side curled up imperceptibly. No one had ever remembered such a trivial thing for him. His parents were always away on business, and the empty villa had been quiet for too many years, so that this sudden, uncalculated care made his frozen heart beat a little faster for the first time.

From that day on, An Mi Xiu would take the initiative to meet Lei Shi by the fence of the basketball court after class, hand him a bottle of iced sparkling water that wasn't too cold, and stand by to watch him finish playing a whole game. He would leave a copy of neatly organized class notes on Lei Shi's desk, with the key points marked in light yellow highlighter, and a small line of notes added in the blank space: The teacher said this knowledge point will be in the monthly exam. Lei Shi never took the initiative to talk to him, but every time An Mi Xiu turned around and left after delivering things, he would stare at his back for a long time. He would hide those notes in the deepest part of his schoolbag, and he would never let anyone else touch the bottle of sparkling water that An Mi Xiu handed over. [Ding! Target Favorability +15. Current Favorability: 25] [Ding! Target Favorability +20. Current Favorability: 45]

The heavy rain came without warning on the day of the monthly exam. An Mi Xiu stood at the school gate, watching the pouring rain block all the way out, and was hesitating whether to run into the rain directly, when a black umbrella suddenly covered the top of his head. Lei Shi stood beside him, half of his shoulder was already wet by the rain, his voice was colder than the rain outside, but the hand holding the umbrella handle was firmly tilting the umbrella to An Mi Xiu's side. "Come with me." He didn't give An Mi Xiu a chance to refuse, and directly pulled him into the rain. The rain hit the umbrella surface with crackling sounds, and the two of them walked side by side in the narrow umbrella surface, their arms touching each other from time to time. When they walked to the door of An Mi Xiu's apartment, Lei Shi suddenly grabbed his wrist before he could speak to invite him in. "Don't go to the milk tea shop at the street corner to buy drinks alone in the future." His purple eyes were dark, and the usual indifference was completely gone, replaced by a strong, almost overwhelming possessiveness, "That boss has been staring at you for a long time. You can only take the things I give you."

An Mi Xiu's heart skipped a beat. He could clearly feel that the cold shell on Lei Shi's body was cracking little by little, and the surging, unscrupulous desire under the shell was wrapping around him tightly. [Ding! Target Favorability +50. Current Favorability: 95] [Warning: The target's possessive desire is rapidly rising. The favorability growth speed will be accelerated later, please pay attention to the host.]

Lei Shi didn't let go of his wrist. He took out a brand new black key from his pocket and stuffed it into An Mi Xiu's palm, his fingertips trembling imperceptibly. "The opposite door of your apartment is my home. You can come over anytime, no need to knock. Don't go to other people's houses casually, don't smile at others like that, and don't leave my sight for too long." He paused, the rain dripping down the tip of his hair, his voice hoarse but extremely firm. "An Mi Xiu, I don't care what you are here for. But from the moment you grabbed my wrist in the infirmary, you can't leave this world casually. You have to stay here, stay with me forever."

An Mi Xiu held the cold key in his hand, and looked at Lei Shi's eyes that were burning with a possessive light that couldn't be hidden. He knew that this seemingly cold campus Lei Shi had already trapped all his attention on him, and the road to 500 favorability points was far more complicated than he imagined. The system's prompt sounded again in his head, but this time it carried a faint warning tone. [Reminder: The target's emotional binding has exceeded the expected value. If the favorability breaks through 500, the host will face an irreversible world retention mechanism.]