A Misty Rain: My Life as a Book Boy in the Song Dynasty

A middle school student, sucked into the Northern Song Dynasty by a portrait of Su Shi in his textbook, barefoot, bleeding, and burning with fever, knocks on dozens of doors—none open for him. The last one, an old man chases him away with a broom, cursing him as a 'monster.' A cold system message explodes in his mind: find a way to survive within three days, or find someone willing to take you in. Otherwise, you'll never return. He crouches in a broken temple, gnawing on sprouted rice, chased by dogs and beaten with carrying poles, his knees rotting to the bone. Just as he thinks he'll die like a stray dog by the roadside—a paper umbrella stops before him. Under the umbrella, a boy missing a front tooth reaches out his hand: 'Come on, come back to our place first.' His name is Su Shi. And he—will become the lifelong shadow of this unparalleled genius.