Jincheng is a rainy city, especially in spring and summer when the sky is always gloomy.

Jiang Fei was taken by Luo Shi to a villa in the northernmost part of Jincheng, a place with an elegant environment and quiet air.

If she hadn't known that the Xie family was in the southern part of Jincheng, she would have really thought that Luo Shi was thinking of her.

“This place is quite large, and there are usually no outsiders around,” Luo Shi said, maneuvering his wheelchair to her side. Perhaps to accommodate his legs, there was a gentle ramp next to the steps. “Apart from the master bedroom on the east side of the second floor, feel free to come here.”

At this point, Luo Shi glanced at her, pursed his lips, and added, "I don't like being disturbed."

Jiang Fei looked at him, feigning ignorance, and asked, "You live here too?"

Luo Shi silently raised her eyes, her eyes fluttering beneath her eyelashes: "This is my home."

As soon as he finished speaking, his wheelchair suddenly lurched as it reached the slope, and the left wheel tilted toward the steps.

Luo Shi frowned, gripping the inside of the wheelchair with one hand, but pulling on his left leg. He took a deep breath, his other hand gripping his aching knee tightly, as the wheelchair was about to veer off course.

But then a pair of hands steadied the wheelchair from behind.

Jiang Fei stepped forward and pushed his wheelchair over the slope with remarkable ease, as if she hadn't seen his earlier disheveled state.

But he couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

His home?

If it really is his home, then he's really unfamiliar with his own home.

Luo Shi tightened his grip on his knees.

A faint scent of ylang-ylang wafted from behind him, enveloping him and bringing a touch of warmth.

It smells somewhat nice.

But then his body tensed up.

She thought she was protecting his pride? But in reality, he didn't need her unnecessary pity at all.

Jiang Fei pushed the wheelchair, watching Luo Shi's favorability rating fluctuate, and couldn't help but find it amusing.

His favorability rating peaked at -40, but eventually dropped back to -55.

That's so much fun.

"I'll go back to my room myself," Luo Shi said tautly, quickening his pace toward the elevator as he helped himself to the wheelchair. "Just find any room you like."

Jiang Fei watched his retreating figure, smiled, and looked around the villa.

It was very large, very empty, and luxuriously decorated.

It looks like a very comfortable place to live.

Add to that the gloomy weather outside.

"That's wonderful," Jiang Fei exclaimed sincerely.

[System: Is this kind of weather good?]

“The weather isn’t great,” Jiang Fei glanced at the second floor and chuckled softly, “but as long as he’s in pain, I’m fine.”

【system:……】

Over the next few days, Jiang Fei and Luo Shi got along peacefully at the villa.

Three meals a day were delivered to them, which was also the only time the two of them could see each other.

Perhaps due to the pain in her legs, Luo rarely went out. She would usually keep in touch with the Chen family online or hold online meetings.

Jiang Fei, on the other hand, was busy getting to know the world.

For example, mobile phones, computers, and the internet are all new and exciting things for her.

However, her interest came and went quickly; after understanding the functions, she threw those things into a corner.

The system kept urging Jiang Fei to expedite the task, but he always brushed her off with "wait a little longer."

That day, the sky was more overcast than usual, and a storm was brewing.

Jiang Fei, however, was in high spirits and prepared to go for a stroll outside the villa.

As soon as they stepped out of the villa, a silver-gray sedan pulled up in front. A man opened the car door and stepped out. He was wearing a light gray coat, with fair skin, handsome features, and a smile on his lips, looking like a refined English gentleman.

Jiang Fei looked at the top of the man's head.

[Wen Yishu: Bounty of 3 million spirit coins; Favorability -10.]

Wen Yishu also saw her.

The smile on his lips froze almost imperceptibly for half a second, then quickly returned to normal. He walked towards her, his smile becoming even more gentle: "Is this Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Fei nodded: "Who are you?"

Wen Yishu smiled and extended her hand: "I am Wen Yishu, Xie Chi's... friend."

“Mr. Wen,” Jiang Fei smiled, lightly grasping his fingers with her own, “Are you here to see Luo Shi?” She intentionally or unintentionally forgot to let go of his hand.

Wen Yishu nodded: "Yes..." and was about to withdraw her hand.

Jiang Fei quickly released his fingers, her cheeks flushed red, and took two steps back with her head down: "Sorry, Luo Shi is in his room."

Wen Yishu looked at her, paused for a moment, and then nodded: "Thank you."

He seemed to sigh softly as he passed by her.

As Jiang Fei watched Wen Yishu's retreating figure, the blush on her face instantly vanished. She tilted her head and chuckled with amusement.

Humans are quite good-looking.

It was really fun.

—Above Wen Yishu's head, it was clearly displayed: Favorability Level 0.

It increased by 10.

He was the only one who felt guilty towards the original owner of the body.

Suddenly, the system's voice sounded in my mind.

[System: Do you want to view Wen Yishu's storyline?]

Jiang Fei withdrew her gaze: "Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, the plot began to unfold in his mind.

Wen Yishu grew up in high society and was once a handsome and flamboyant child. His emotions were far from being as calm and composed as they are now, and his personality was not as peaceful and rarely fluctuating.

Everything changed when his mother passed away.

On the seventh day after his mother's death, his father brought home a strange woman and made him call her "Mom." He even put Wen's mother's things into the storage room, and the strange woman replaced everything Wen's mother had.

The second month after Wen's mother passed away, Wen's father held a grand wedding with that strange woman, as if Wen's mother had never existed.

At the wedding, everyone was smiling, but Wen Yishu kept a gloomy face.

Wen's father slapped him and said, "You have such a long face, just like your mother."

They locked him in the villa's attic and confined him for three days and three nights.

He didn't have to be locked up for so long, but his father went on a trip with that strange woman and completely forgot about him, and he didn't utter a word. Three days later, the butler found him when he went to the attic to look for something.

Wen Yishu suffers from claustrophobia. During those three days and three nights, he fainted, vomited, and had shortness of breath more than once. He even had hallucinations that his mother's ghost appeared and complained that he was "useless" and "couldn't even protect his home."

After leaving the attic, he intentionally or unintentionally investigated the truth behind Wen's mother's death, only to discover that Wen's father had married her for her wealth and power. Wen's mother's death was even closely related to Wen's father deliberately bringing his mistress to her hospital room to provoke her.

After this incident, Wen Yishu remained silent for a week. When he reappeared in public, his temper had improved considerably, and he was gentle and kind, always greeting everyone with a warm smile.

He smiled as well, kicked Wen's father and his lover out of the company, and casually found a nursing home in a neighboring city for them to move into.

Everyone says that Wen Yishu is young and promising, gentle and refined, and polite.

Only Luo Wan, when she first met him, pointed at his smile as if she had discovered a new continent, and said with sparkling eyes, "You look so beautiful when you smile!"

Later, his smiles only became more genuine in front of Luo Wan.

From then on, he gradually developed feelings for Luo Wan.

It's a pity that Luo Wan and Xie Chi are the main characters in this tragic love story, while Wen Yishu only gets the title of "best friend" in the end.

The plot has been received.

Jiang Fei sat on the sofa in the villa's courtyard, dipped her finger in water, and quietly wrote the three characters "Wen Yishu" on the coffee table. After thinking for a moment, she added "Luo Shi".

"Can you hear what they're saying next door?" Jiang Fei suddenly asked, her magic sealed.

[System: It's possible, but...]

"But what?"

[System: Purchasing the "Walls Have Ears" skill requires 100,000 Spirit Coins.]

Jiang Fei: "...I'll owe you for now."

...

Master bedroom.

Luo Shi's brows furrowed, his face deathly pale from the pain in his legs. The innocent and arrogant facade he'd maintained in front of Jiang Fei was gone, replaced by a sinister and brooding look. A wicked smile played on his lips: "Have you thought it through?"

Wen Yishu was silent for a few seconds, then shook her head with a gentle smile: "Luo Shi, Miss Jiang is innocent after all. Even if this is just a game, we must make sure not to hurt her too much."

Luo Shi gave him a strange look and retorted sarcastically, "Mr. Wen, don't you think it's a bit hypocritical of you to say that?"

Wen Yishu frowned and pondered for a moment: "...Old Master Xie is stubborn and will never change his mind once he has made up his mind. Getting close to Miss Jiang is a last resort. But even if I don't love Miss Jiang, I will take care of her, or after her engagement with Xie Chi is dissolved and she is no longer a threat to Wanwan, I will send her away from Jincheng and never let her come back here again."

Luo Shi didn't speak, but tilted his head and looked at him, listening to his high-sounding words. After a long while, he laughed and said, "Mr. Wen, the hunt went well."

Wen Yishu did not respond, but simply smiled faintly, nodded, and turned to leave.

But when he reached the villa's courtyard, he paused and turned to look at the woman sitting on the sofa.

I only had a brief, hurried meeting with him, and now I can see him clearly. Jiang Fei is standing with her legs crossed, barefoot on the neatly trimmed lawn, her fair skin complementing the tender green grass perfectly.

She sat there wearing a somewhat fitted white dress, her long hair draped over her left shoulder, her right hand dipped in water, casually drawing something on the table, her toes lightly tapping.

Noticing the gazes directed at them, Jiang Fei quickly stood up, his toes twitching slightly: "Mr. Wen."

Wen Yishu paused, withdrew her gaze from her feet, nodded and smiled politely, and stepped forward: "I am the same age as Xie Chi, three years older than you. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Wen from now on."

Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow slightly: "Brother Wen...?"

Wen Yishu smiled and nodded: "Feifei," he said, glancing at the gloomy sky, "It looks like it's going to rain. It's chilly outside, let's go back to the bedroom quickly."

"Okay." Jiang Fei nodded.

Wen Yishu reached out her hand, then stiffly patted her head before turning and leaving.

Jiang Fei frowned in disdain. Did he think that this little head-patting gesture was...doing affection?

But……

"Brother Wen!" Jiang Fei suddenly looked up and called out in Wen Yishu's direction.

Wen Yishu paused, turned around, and her usual perfectly curved smile returned.

Jiang Fei narrowed her eyes and smiled, "When you weren't smiling just now, compared to when you were smiling..."

"It needs to look better."

Wen Yishu's smile froze.

The sky was overcast, but the girl's smile inexplicably added a touch of brilliance to it.

Jiang Fei looked at the top of Wen Yishu's head, and her smile became even brighter.

Wen Yishu's favorability rating: 10.

The master bedroom is on the second floor, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Luo Shi sat in his wheelchair, watching the woman in the courtyard see Wen Yishu off.

And that crisp, clear voice calling out "Brother Wen".

That really is a beautiful sound.

It's just a pity.

Luo Shi looked down at the recorder in his hand and smiled innocently.

He hates failing the most.

The older sister likes Xie Chi and chooses Xie Chi because she is Luo Wan, his older sister, the woman he cherishes most, and he doesn't want to hurt her.

However, Jiang Fei.

He didn't care whether this woman was sad or not.

But in this game, he wanted to win, by any means necessary.

He won back all the inferiority and disappointment that Luo Wan had left behind through Xie Chi's fiancée.

As for what happens after winning...

Luo Shi gently stroked her aching knee, recalling Wen Yishu's words, "Don't hurt her too much."

Wen Yishu probably doesn't understand that truly getting Jiang Fei out of this game isn't just about making her fall in love with him and leave Jincheng.

What if she doesn't fall in love?

What if she comes back?

He will make it impossible for her to ever stand again.