Failed Engagement, Fake Death Escape

Synopsis

I was terminally ill, so I made a deal with the system. It let my consciousness be reborn into a parallel world inside a newborn. To survive here, I had to earn the genuine affection of at least one person in that world. At three years old, my parents' affection for me was zero. By eighteen, my fiancé, Christopher Grant's affection was also zero. Now, at twenty-two, even the dog I raised from a pup showed zero affection. I was completely hopeless, so I asked the system if I could just give up on the quest. The system responded almost instantly. It said in my mind, "Are you certain? If you terminate the mission, you will die in this world seven days from now. Your consciousness will then be returned to your original world." "Yes," I said.