Zhou Shiyi was awakened by a basin of cold water poured over him.

Outside the door, the people who had succeeded threw the plastic basin on the ground and hurriedly walked out of the bathroom, laughing and jostling each other.

As they reached the restroom entrance, they couldn’t hold back their laughter. A few of them lowered their voices and said something, but their words faded away as they walked further into the distance.

The hustle and bustle of the evening gradually dissipated in the school, leaving only the disheveled Zhou Shiyi, cornered in the restroom.

Through his rain-soaked glasses, Zhou Shiyi glanced at the blocked toilet door.

There was a translucent figure standing there: “It’s great that you’re taking over. I don’t want to watch other people fall in love. Please take good care of my grandmother for me…”

Zhou Shiyi’s brain felt as if something had been forcibly shoved into it, causing a splitting headache and leaving his mind foggy and dizzy.

He closed his eyes, leaned against the wall, and waited for the physical discomfort to pass.

When he opened his eyes again, the usually taciturn and inconspicuous Zhou Shiyi seemed like a completely different person.

Zhou Shiyi reached up and touched the throbbing pain on the back of his head, his fingers brushing against a large bump.

Originally, when Zhou Shiyi was pushed into the toilet cubicle, he stumbled backward, lost his balance, and fell, causing the back of his head to slam against the wall.

Zhou Shiyi had already died long before the door of the toilet cubicle was blocked.

The person currently occupying his body is Zhou Shiyi from a parallel universe. They share the same name and surname—it must be said, it’s quite a fate.

Zhou Shiyi stood up, pushed the stall door, but it didn’t budge.

The restroom door had been blocked from the outside with a mop.

He took off his glasses, placed them in his jacket pocket, stepped onto the lowered toilet seat, and with a bit of clever force, flipped over and jumped down from inside.

There was no one left in the restroom, only a forgotten plastic basin on the floor, and that faucet that hadn’t been fully turned off—dripping out water, all alone.

Zhou Shiyi turned on the faucet and leaned his head and face under the running water, beginning a simple wash.

As the cold water jolted his groggy mind, his entire being snapped to alertness.

The water soaked Zhou Shiyi’s clothes, finally easing much of the discomfort in his heart.

Standing up and wiping the water from his face, he pushed back the hair that had fallen over his eyes, revealing his smooth forehead.

Only then did Zhou Shiyi have the chance to take a clear look at his current situation.

was the youthful appearance of him before he grew up.

Dark circles under the eyes make him look quite listless, and even the stunted height from malnutrition is so similar.

He stood in front of the mirror, examining himself.

Zhou Shiyi hadn’t seen what he looked like during his high school days in a long time. Was it because the name and appearance were so similar that he ended up inhabiting the body of the already deceased original owner?

Zhou Shiyi knew all too clearly that he had transmigrated into a novel—one he had only skimmed through briefly.

His cousin came across a novel and found a character in it with the exact same name as his, so she sent him the link.

Zhou Shiyi curiously clicked on it and discovered that the novel was quite popular, with high ratings in various aspects.

This is a BL novel, a melodramatic story of broken mirror mended.

But the most absurd part is that this is an ABO novel. He didn’t know what alpha, beta, and omega meant, but after searching it online, he came back with a complicated expression and argued with his cousin about the irrationality of the six genders.

His cousin awkwardly explained that it was just a fictional setting and not to take it seriously.

The two protagonists in the novel are a very typical AO pairing.

But if it were really that simple, it wouldn’t fit the melodramatic setup.

The protagonist, He Yanqing, is an omega who poses as a beta due to family circumstances.

After transferring schools, he meets the main love interest, Gu Sheng, an S-class alpha.

Over time, the two develop hidden feelings for each other. However, in this world, it’s still rare for alphas to pair with betas, especially someone as proud as Gu Sheng.

From a young age, his parents had told him that he would eventually bond with the most outstanding omega, as only that could soothe the restless pheromones of an alpha.

Yet he remained drawn to He Yanqing, unaware at the time that their pheromone compatibility was as high as 90%.

On the eve of their relationship becoming official, He Yanqing suddenly left the country without a word, offering no explanation to Gu Sheng.

This incident became a lingering shadow over Gu Sheng’s heart.

He Yanqing thus became Gu Sheng’s unspeakable white moonlight, a thorn in his heart.

He finally understood why society despised AB and BO pairings.

Because betas cannot secrete pheromones to soothe a partner in heat, when alphas and omegas are at their most vulnerable and in greatest need of their lover’s company, betas can simply walk away at any time.

Falling in love with a beta is the most foolish thing one can do.

Betas are only good for a bit of fun—who would seriously date a beta?

So Gu Sheng in college accepted anyone who came along, specifically targeting pretty Omegas and Betas, becoming the infamous playboy of H City.

When He Yanqing returned from abroad, Gu Sheng’s heart became entangled with him, irresistibly drawn to He Yanqing.

The two got entangled, went through misunderstandings, resolved them, had more misunderstandings, broke them again, and after these on-and-off separations, they finally overcame all odds and got married.

That grand wedding was the talk of the town, with their 90% compatibility proven by many, showing that only Alphas and Omegas could truly be destined for love.

Zhou Shiyi recalled the general plot with a blank expression, took off his school uniform to wring it dry, then put it back on.

The original character, a cannon-fodder beta with the same name, was a stumbling block preventing the protagonist’s Alpha and Omega from being together.

He and Gu Sheng were college roommates, who had an ambiguous relationship for three years as casual partners.

The original character had spent the longest time with Gu Sheng, and his heart had fallen deeply. He deluded himself into thinking that one day Gu Sheng would fall in love with him. Even if Gu Sheng wouldn’t love anyone, he wanted to be the most special one.

When he saw how differently Gu Sheng treated He Yanqing, and the love Gu Sheng himself hadn’t even noticed, the original character panicked.

He sowed discord between the two of them, successfully shattering their already precarious trust and setting off a new cycle of misunderstandings and reconciliations.

In the end, Gu Sheng discovered that the original person had been stirring up trouble and eventually kicked the cannon fodder out, turning the original person into a laughingstock within the circle.

How dare a beta harbor fantasies about an alpha.

Unable to bear the ridicule and mockery from others, the original person fled the city of H in disgrace.

Ambitious yet incompetent, the original person lived a difficult life. Only in the reports of Gu Sheng and He Yanqing’s grand wedding did the author briefly mention the original person’s resentment and tragic circumstances. A once brilliant student, the original person ended up starving to death in a rented apartment.

You could say that the original person was completely a tool.

No wonder the original person decided to run away early.

After sorting out the memories of the original person, Zhou Shiyi left the restroom.

The school now only had a few scattered figures, and the teaching building for the second-year high school students was particularly empty.

He found the classroom of Class 1, Grade 2, and discovered that the door had already been locked.

Looks like he can’t get his backpack out either.

Zhou Shiyi pressed his fist against his empty stomach to ease the pain.

It was already evening when he arrived, and it was time for dinner.

A growing boy eats his father out of house and home—this saying isn’t for nothing. The original host was in the midst of a growth spurt and would get hungry very quickly. What’s more, he had only eaten two steamed buns the entire day.

As Zhou Shiyi walked through the school, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of being watched, as if by some ferocious beast.

Raising his head, he spotted a figure standing in the corridor on the third floor.

When he looked over, he realized the person seemed to be just daydreaming. Zhou Shiyi wasn’t wearing glasses and couldn’t make out who it was.

He turned back, mentally calculating the time—he could still catch the last bus if he hurried. Without looking back, he quickened his pace.

So he didn’t see the person, after he left, gripping the railing tightly with both hands.

That person gritted his teeth and called out his name: “Zhou Shiyi!”

These three words seem to have been tossed around countless times in the throat, each one carrying a hatred so thick it’s impossible to dissolve.

By evening, the temperature had already dropped.

Zhou Shiyi got off the bus, and the evening breeze blew over, pressing the semi-dry school uniform against his body, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Following the path in his memory, Zhou Shiyi found an old-fashioned tube-shaped building.

Entering the house, a sense of familiarity washed over him, as if he had lived here for many years.

Two bedrooms, one living room, and a small kitchen were more than enough for two people to live comfortably.

“You’re back? I saved some food for you. Finish your dinner quickly and get to your homework.” Grandma, who had been resting in the main bedroom, came out when she heard the door open.

Grandma’s eyesight was poor, so she didn’t notice Zhou Shiyi’s disheveled appearance.

Zhou Shiyi agreed repeatedly, first taking a quick shower and washing his school uniform before hanging it out on the balcony. Only then did he feel much more at ease.

The food on the table was covered with a lid, and it was still warm to the touch. Zhou Shiyi finished his meal hastily, cleaned up, and returned to his room.

Zhou Shiyi lay on the bed, touching the lump on the back of his head. He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but it seemed to have significantly shrunk.

Without his backpack to worry about, and with no homework to complete, Zhou Shiyi decided to take a rest first.

He crossed his hands over his stomach, closed his eyes, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhou Shiyi entered the classroom, he sensed something was off.

The group of teenagers led by the yellow-haired boy huddled together, falling suddenly silent when he walked in.

As he pulled out his chair, the books on his desk, now without any support, all tumbled out.

“Hahaha.”

The classroom erupted in laughter as everyone watched Zhou Shiyi awkwardly staring at the books scattered on the floor. It was clear they were all laughing at his misfortune.

Zhou Shiyi glanced at the surveillance camera in the classroom and calmly picked up all the books without a word.

The covers of the books were covered in graffiti, with various handwriting and colors scrawling insulting remarks all over them.

Before he arrived, the original owner had been suffering from school bullying.

To protect his books, he went through the trouble of carrying his textbooks back home every day and bringing them back the next morning.

Yesterday, when Zhou Shiyi returned, he found the door already locked. Clearly, they had left something on his seat again.

The original owner’s family situation was poor. After the high school entrance exam, he gave up on attending a public school and accepted the acceptance letter from Mingde High School.

Mingde High School is a well-known private high school in H City, where most students come from well-off families, so the tuition fees are quite high each year.

The original body was aiming for the annual scholarship at Mingde High School.

To boost its college acceptance rates, Mingde High School waived tuition and miscellaneous fees for these academically outstanding but financially disadvantaged special admissions students, and also established a scholarship fund each year.

For special admission students like them, if they performed well academically and were fortunate enough to have a good homeroom teacher, they could coexist peacefully with their classmates.

There are also cases where students drop out midway due to being ostracized by their peers.

There are many reasons for experiencing school bullying, such as being unsociable, quiet, or lacking presence… or it could simply be that someone simply didn’t like them.

Due to a sudden change in his family situation—his parents passed away in a car accident, and the driver fled the scene afterward—the original owner was deeply immersed in the pain of losing loved ones. His mood was consistently low, and his academic performance also declined.

The teacher had an unfavorable impression of this student who remained silent all the time, but since the original owner’s grades were still decent, they tolerated it.

They are in the top class, the advanced class, where the homeroom teacher’s performance is tied to student grades. Later, when the original body’s grades plummeted, the homeroom teacher grew increasingly displeased with him.

Students are the easiest to pick up on a teacher’s preferences toward a particular student, so more and more students began to see him as a joke, adding a bit of amusement to their otherwise dull school life.

The first one to take action was a guy with yellow hair from their class. He was an alpha, and he couldn’t stand the fact that, as a beta, the original body’s grades still outshone his. Even the little omega he had a crush on looked at this bookworm with extra admiration.

Yellow Hair came from a well-off family, having even donated a building just to get into this school. Everyone else was too afraid to cross him, making him something of a class bully.

Seeing the homeroom teacher did not step in to stop it, and the school leaders turned a blind eye, the delinquent became increasingly brazen in his actions.

To curry favor with the delinquent, others also made bullying the protagonist their way of showing allegiance.

With parents deceased, disliked by the homeroom teacher, and bullied by classmates, the protagonist’s life grew increasingly difficult.

But Zhou Shiyi remembered that in the original story, the original version of himself actually managed to get into a top university on his own merit, which led to him becoming roommates with the male lead.

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