Aren't we friends? Why are you rushing at me?

【好感度实际上应该是：0~15，陌生人。15~30，朋友。30~45，恋人.45~50,至死不渝。至于超过50........】

Lin Shi stood downstairs at the Su Group building and waved goodbye to Su Ningshuang with all his might.

The midday sun shone on Su Ningshuang's profile as she turned around, her fitted off-white suit dress outlining her undulating figure, her waist slender, and her legs straight and long.

Lin Shi watched her figure disappear behind the revolving door and couldn't help but click his tongue in admiration: "As expected of a top-tier female lead, I wonder which chosen one can handle this."

Almost the instant Su Ningshuang's figure disappeared, a pleasant electronic voice rang in her mind:

[Ding! Detected that the target character "Su Ningshuang" has achieved a breakthrough in affection level!]

Current favorability rating: 35

[Congratulations, host, you have been awarded one chance to win a prize. The reward of 100 million yuan has been deposited into your linked account.]

As Lin Shi turned around, he raised his arm and gave a low shout, a smile instantly spreading across his face:

"He's become friends with another female lead. He truly is a genius NPC in the social world."

I walked briskly toward the supercar parked by the roadside.

Overwhelmed with excitement, he didn't notice that after entering the revolving door, Su Ningshuang didn't go further in, but instead stopped in the shadows by the entrance. Watching Lin Shi's movements, a hint of unprecedented confusion surfaced in her usually cool eyes:

"He's this excited just because we had a regular lunch?"

Lin Shi was unaware of Su Ning Shuang's thoughts. He opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, the system panel still faintly glowing before his eyes. The words "[Number of Lottery Draws Available: 1]" filled him with joy.

.......

Twenty years ago, Lin Shi was reincarnated as a member of a novel world. However, his memories were sealed.

Four months ago, his long-dormant memories suddenly awakened. He was horrified to discover that he had transmigrated into a "hodgepodge" novel world.

Here, he witnessed firsthand the cunning tactics of "Tianliang Wangpo," saw a security guard catch a bullet with his bare hands, and even heard about the CEO's wife who "ran away with her baby" returning to the country with six genius children to turn the tide.

In this world, I am nothing special, with no mysterious background, no arranged marriage, no master in the mountains, and no foreign subordinates; I am just an ordinary NPC.

Lin Shi's mood instantly plummeted, and his mind raced with thoughts:

This is terrible! An NPC in a novel world has absolutely no protection.

I might get caught up in some unexpected event at any time and become one of the tools for the male and female leads to develop their relationship. If a business war or a kidnapping happened to me, it would be a certain death sentence.

He doesn't have the protagonist's halo; even if bullets hit him, they can be blocked by some strange badge, leaving him completely unharmed.

No, I have to run, at least not in China.

Lin Shi felt increasingly that the country was dangerous and that only abroad offered a glimmer of hope.

The thought popped into my head, and I came up with eight ways to travel abroad.

After careful consideration, we chose the fastest method: direct shipping from Fujian.

Just before he was about to click to confirm his high-speed rail ticket to Fujian, hoping to reach Europe and America as quickly as possible, a voice suddenly rang in his mind:

[A reward system for reaching certain affinity levels is at your service]

Upon hearing this, Lin Shi's eyes lit up instantly. He quickly put down his phone and began studying the system.

The system's requirements are simple, unlike the strategy systems and villain systems he's seen before, and it also has all sorts of tasks.

Instead, you start at 25 favorability points, and every 10 favorability points grants you one chance to win a prize. Each draw comes with a reward of one million yuan, and the prizes range from skills in making fried rice to an inexhaustible kidney, and even outrageous rewards like breaking through the void.

According to his years of experience as a bookworm, in this kind of mindless literature, the female protagonist's favorability is exceptionally easy to gain.

He instantly became confident and began searching for a way to form a bond with the female lead.

Through a series of coincidences, he did indeed meet some female protagonists.

Reality dealt him a heavy blow.

The initial increase in favorability was relatively easy; it only required simple communication and some effort to raise it.

However, once you reach level 30, it suddenly feels like entering a swamp, making it extremely difficult to advance any further. Especially after level 45, every single point becomes incredibly difficult.

Based on my previous experience with novels, 45 points only means that the two people are in a good friendship relationship.

Feeling utterly disheartened, Lin Shi could only console himself: "Well, if the female lead could just easily become friends with any guy, wouldn't the author be constantly being criticized by readers?"

"Green-haired turtle".

"Writing an autobiography, huh?"

"Six stars, you're welcome, author."

However, due to the excessive difficulty, Lin Shi also realized that he was probably not destined to be the male lead, or rather, not destined to be a supporting male character. He could have two women on his left and one on his right at the same time.

Therefore, I don't plan to get too involved in the female lead's love life, and I don't want to be her close friend either.

I just want to make ordinary friends with them and rack up system rewards.

I'm ready to find an ordinary girl in the future, and we'll fall in love and support each other for the rest of our lives.

Lin Shi sat in the car looking at the favorability rating on the panel.

Shen Zhixiao's favorability rating: 56

[Su Ningshuang's favorability: 35]

[Liu Ruyan's favorability rating: 36]

All of Lin Shi's successes within four months can only be described as promising for the future.

Moreover, "making friends is difficult, but once you become friends with them, they are really generous to you. Not only do you not have to worry about food and drink, but they also give you gifts from time to time."

For example, this sports car was a gift Shen Zhixiao gave him casually. He only did so because he glanced at it while having dinner with her.

My current goal is to earn a small amount of money, acquire various skills, and then fly abroad without getting involved in domestic affairs.

Now, one-third of the goal has been achieved.

Lin Shi was in a good mood. He tapped the steering wheel lightly with his fingers to the tune of the car music, hummed an off-key tune, and stepped on the gas to speed home.

"You are the most beautiful cloud in my sky, making me..."

The cell phone in the inside pocket of his suit suddenly rang.

Lin Shi slowly pulled the car to the side of the road and turned on the hazard lights. Although some of the laws in this world are absurd, his good education still advised him to abide by the law.

She took out her phone. A name flashed on the screen: "Liu Ruyan".

As I answered the phone, memories of her past flashed through my mind: years ago, her beloved went abroad, and under pressure from her family, she casually found a man to call her boyfriend. It's said that to this day, that boyfriend has never even stepped into her house, nor has he ever held her hand.

(It's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding. There's no white moonlight, sob sob)

When Lin Shi first learned about her story, he immediately thought of the various novels he had read before:

This is a typical case of a substitute character in fiction. The next step should be divorce, and then she'll be constantly switching between her "white moonlight" and her "ex-husband."

Instead, the female lead remains completely chaste, never even eating a meal cooked by her "ex-husband," suggesting she follows the "white moonlight" route.

Thinking back to the common tropes of these kinds of stories, he shook his head with a sigh. It didn't matter who he chose; his only goals were always the friend slots and the rewards.

"Lin Shi, where are you?"

The voice coming from the receiver was soft and slightly husky, like a feather brushing against the eardrum:

"Fang Hao is back in China. He's meeting up with some old classmates for dinner tonight."

Lin Shi responded softly, "Yes. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Looking at the favorability rating marked as [Liu Ruyan: 36 favorability points].

I don't understand what Liu Ruyan wants to do. She invited her former classmates to dinner with her white moonlight, which seems to have nothing to do with me.

The enchanting voice paused for a few seconds after Lin Shi's brief reply, then quickly continued, its tone tinged with fear and pleading.

"Are you free tonight? I'd like to invite you to come along."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shi immediately sat up straight and became alert.

The class reunion, the return of his "white moonlight" (ideal love interest) to China, and the special phone call he received—it's obvious he's being asked to act as a wingman.

If this assist is successful, his favorability rating will skyrocket. Even if Liu Ruyan later resorts to some kind of desperate attempt to win him back, and resents his current assistance, the system reward won't be taken back.

Thinking of this, he said repeatedly:

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely go tonight. Just tell me where you want to go."

Liu Ruyan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and her speech quickened: "Caesar Hotel, the 'Cloud Realm Hall' on the top floor. Seven o'clock tonight, don't forget."

"I'll definitely be there."

After the call ended, Lin Shi started the car again. It was still early, so he planned to go home and change. After all, it was a welcome banquet, and dressing too casually wouldn't be appropriate. He also wanted to use the lottery chance he'd gotten from Su Ningshuang to see what he could win.

The vehicle slowly drove into the villa area and eventually glided into the underground garage of a modern-style villa.

Lin Shi entered the apartment directly via the internal elevator. Looking at the vast, minimalist space that exuded astonishing wealth, he exclaimed in admiration:

No matter how many times he comes back, it always feels absurd. The world of online novels really doesn't follow any basic rules. Just because Shen Zhixiao took him home last time and saw that he was still living in a rented apartment, he simply handed him the villa keys.

His generosity was outrageous, which made him question whether there was something wrong with the favorability system. At the time, Shen Zhixiao's favorability was only 47 points, but he was being unusually nice to him.

Some even imagined that the system's favorability rating wouldn't be higher than 50, just like in those comedy novels where the male lead creates a sense of contrast.

This conjecture persisted for a long time until I helped Shen Zhixiao with something last time, and his favorability rating jumped from 47 to 55, which finally dispelled the idea.

If it exceeds 50, then the upper limit is definitely not 50.

It can't be that Shen Zhixiao loves me to an extreme degree, otherwise we'd have to install several surveillance cameras in this villa to watch me all the time.

Lin Shi chuckled, somewhat speechless at his own wild imagination.

Stepping into the living room, I sank into the haute couture sofa that was supposedly from Italy, took a deep breath, and brought up the system interface.

A transparent screen unfolded before their eyes, with an extremely ornate rotating wheel at its center. The reward area on the wheel was bizarre and wonderful: from various practical tips to the astonishing "Foundation Building Pill - Improved Version", and even a tiny area that shimmered with an almost blinding golden light, marked "Shattered Void Cultivation".

[Chance to win a prize: 1]

The rewards were extremely outrageous. At first, Lin Shi thought it was a bit too much, but then he remembered that this was a novel world, so it didn't matter.

Lin Shi first rubbed his hands together, then prayed to the Heavenly Emperor, God, Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Guanyin Bodhisattva before slowly closing his eyes and clicking to start drawing.

The pointer on the roulette wheel suddenly turned into a blurry streak of light, spinning rapidly, constantly passing over all sorts of strange rewards, before slowly stopping on an inconspicuous square.

Driving Skills (Master)

Before Lin Shi could even open his eyes to check his reward, a massive amount of knowledge suddenly flooded into his mind. Without any reaction, everything went black and he fainted.