The Boy Left Behind.

It was the middle of fall, and a group of seventeen-year-old boys were in a dark alley.

On the ground was another boy, covered in bruises and crunched up like a snail as the other boys kicked him. His once handsome appearance was now a thing of the past.

"You bastard! How dare you still come for our young lady?!"

"She left you because you are a loser! You got that?!"

"You filthy mortal, you still dare come after our Young Master Fu's fiance!"

The trio of boys continued to mercilessly kick the helpless youth. After several minutes, they finally relented, issuing a chilling threat.

"Remember, next time you covet another man's woman, we'll make sure you lose your manhood. "

They sneered, as they left, "Book Lord or not, you won't be spared."

The three boys weren't yet Book Lords themselves, but their parents held the title. This granted them a significant advantage during the Golden Rain Spring Festival, where they would have a higher chance of becoming Book Lords.

Compared to them, the boy wiggling on the ground in pain was born with a shit-spoon in his mouth.

The boy's blue eyes let out twin rivers of rivers.

"I thought… I thought in this world things could be different."

Yi Long Fei felt like his heart was being torn apart. This was the same as his previous life; he had to live life as a shut-in because other people kept on bullying him.

Yi Long Fei's life had taken a drastic turn in this new world. His godly looks captivated everyone, and his beautiful girlfriend catered to his every need, after he left orphanage.

At school, he was left alone, as bullies focused on Mickey instead. However, Mickey's sudden transformation into a serial killer changed everything. Some students saw him as a hero, while others feared him.

Yi Long Fei unexpectedly became the next bullying target due to Mickey's absence.

His situation worsened when his girlfriend was swooped up by a powerful city figure.

Searching for her, Yi Long Fei encountered troublemakers.

Unlike Mickey, who had Hugh Qian's support, Yi Long Fei stood alone. The girls who once coveted his physique abandoned him due to his involvement with the Fu Clan.

"Why do I have to be the one to suffer? Should I kill myself again...?"

Yi Long Fei's world had crumbled. Without his girlfriend, life had lost its purpose.

Despite her flaws, he loved her scars and all.

Thinking about her made his thoughts turned venomous.

"That damn Fu Clan young master!" Yi Long Fei's voice trembled with hatred, his body shaking with rage.

"How dare he take my woman!" he roared, his heart consumed by fury and desperation.

In this darkest moment, Yi Long Fei's desire for revenge ignited, fueling a fire that would change his life forever.

"That damn Fu Clan young master!" Yi Long Fei roared with a voice filled with hatred, and his body trembled even more. "How dare he take my woman!"

Yi Long Fei's rage subsided, replaced by tender memories of his last playful encounter with Yilin. They had showered together, singing nonsensical songs.

His eyes gleamed with lust, and something in his lower body got enraged.

"That mole underneath her eye is adorable. I'd be a dog to lick it all day."

His voice dropped to a whisper. "Ahh... Yilin, why are you so beautiful? Why can't men keep their eyes off you?"

Howe that made him doubt something in his mind.

"What did she see in me? I'm just a pretty face. No parents, no connections. I only got this far thanks to her mother whom took care of me from the shadows."

His grades were decent, but in this world, Book Lords trumped academic achievement.

A haunting phrase one of the Fu Clan members had told him echoed in his mind: "Our young lady is at the 2nd stage of the human realm, and her vital grimoire reveals a person's future potential."

Future potential, not talent. Luck, not skill.

Yi Long Fei's eyes widened in understanding. "She saw my future potential, and decided to nature me....what was her goal then? To use me?"

Long Fei quickly shook off that thought, "No matter what the reason, it can't cover the fact that she looked after me."

"Her last message wanted me to save, and I, Yi Long Fei will return the mountain of kindness she gave me with the whole ocean!"

He pieced together the clues, and his confidence soared. He would become a Book Lord, with talent rivaling C-Grade or higher.

Despite his battered body, he forced himself upright.

"Heaven sees my suffering!" he declared.

"Jiang Yilin, I'll rescue you! Fu Clan, you'll pay a hundredfold for your trying to snatch away my person!"

He was lucky that it was nighttime, and nobody heard him making such an audacious claim, or he would have had his head rolling on the ground for trying to make an enemy out of such a big clan.