I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 545 The stubborn fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear the mentally ill.

Shen Shuyao ran downstairs and immediately saw Shu Jianfeng standing outside the revolving door of Yuzi Technology.

Shu Jianfeng didn't enter the office building. Instead, he clasped his hands together, breathed on them to warm them, and occasionally glanced inside through the curtain wall glass.

Occasionally, employees of Yuzi Technology who occasionally peeked out from under umbrellas would take a second look at Shu Jianfeng's appearance out of curiosity, and several young girls even secretly took out their phones to take pictures.

And you know what? Even though Shu Jianfeng is already 46, he has a very striking appearance. He is 1.8 meters tall, but his head circumference is not large, and it is smaller than that of many girls.

A sharply defined jawline, a high nose bridge, and captivating eyes that seem to hold a tender affection in everyone's gaze, all complemented by gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.

If it weren't for the somewhat cumbersome down jacket he was wearing, people would definitely believe that Adam Cheng was filming a real advertisement for Yuzi Technology.

"Dad, what brings you here? It's freezing cold, why don't you come in?"

Seeing Shu Jianfeng's condition, Shen Shuyao quickly pulled him into the building.

Shu Jianfeng glanced at the humanoid robot in the lobby that was inserting probes into employees' takeout food for testing, and said somewhat awkwardly, "No, no need, Nannan, do you have time? Let's chat outside for a while?"

Seeing Shen Shuyao's startled expression, Shu Jianfeng quickly added, "It won't take up too much of your time, it'll just be a few words."

Shen Shuyao naturally knew her father's personality. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded and said, "Okay, it's too cold outside. Dad, you wait in the living room for a while. I'll go upstairs and put on a coat."

Shen Shuyao then spoke to the young woman in the service department, asking her to bring Shu Jianfeng a hot drink.

The young woman at the service center then realized that the handsome older man in front of her was actually the boss's father.

These genes, wow.

Shen Shuyao's office is on the second floor, and she came downstairs dressed in no time.

"It's raining outside, Dad. Since you don't want to come in, let's go to the pavilion across the street."

Shen Shuyao handed Shu Jianfeng an umbrella, and the father and daughter, holding the umbrella, went to the pavilion at the back gate.

Shu Jianfeng looked at his daughter, his expression complicated: "Nannan, are you in love?"

Shen Shuyao wasn't surprised at all. She looked up at her father and said, "You heard it from my mother? She sent you, didn't she?"

Shu Jianfeng hesitated, then said, "Darling, the outside world is so chaotic these days, there are so many scammers. Your mother is only doing this for your own good..."

Shen Shuyao interrupted Shu Jianfeng: "What did my mother say to you?"

Shu Jianfeng's lips moved, and he looked troubled.

He simply couldn't bring himself to relay what Shen Lijun had told him to his daughter.

"Your mother... she didn't say anything."

Shu Jianfeng said weakly, "She hasn't had it easy all these years. She just wants you to listen to her opinions more..."

“Dad, I’m an adult now.” Shen Shuyao pursed her lips. “I have my own life, and I’m doing very well now, both in my career and in love.”

"Besides, I don't think she can pass on any successful experience to me in getting to where you are today. As for failure experience, I have accumulated enough from watching you two argue since I was a child."

At this point, Shen Shuyao suddenly felt a bit like a resentful woman, and adjusted her emotions: "Dad, you don't need to worry about me. I don't want to repeat your and Mom's lives, and I hope you can both find your own happiness."

Shen Lijun is Shen Shuyao's biological mother, but Shen Shuyao is not so heartless as to completely sever ties with her mother.

However, Shen Shuyao is not prepared to compromise with her mother on the issue of dating.

"But...your mother's side..." Shu Jianfeng stammered, his expression hesitant.

Seeing her father's expression, Shen Shuyao felt a surge of annoyance.

When she was in kindergarten, the other children envied her, thinking her father was so gentle. Compared to her crazy mother, she naturally preferred her gentle father.

But as she grew older, she also began to notice problems in her father.

A father's gentleness is nothing more than a sugar coating that hides his escapism.

Timid, cowardly, habitually escapist, dependent personality, lack of responsibility...

While the mother was indeed primarily responsible for the tragedy of her parents' marriage, even without her, the father's chances of finding happiness in his life would have been slim.

They might get divorced even earlier.

Shu Jianfeng is the kind of person who makes a very good impression on people; his gentle and warm-hearted qualities can attract many women.

However, once you get to know someone well, it won't be long before they enter the phase where they "can't control their temper when they see a coward."

Compared to outsiders, Shen Shuyao, as Shu Jianfeng's biological daughter, naturally understands her father better.

In other words, Shu Jianfeng was still able to make a living within the system.

Can someone with good looks become an actor?

Haha, with this kind of personality, you'd be taken advantage of and wiped clean in no time in the entertainment industry.

For example, one of the "Four Beauties of Tianya" had a handsome face, but because of his low IQ, he remained lukewarm in popularity for more than ten years after his debut.

It's hard to say that Shen Shuyao's admiration for strength wasn't because Shu Jianfeng was too useless.

“Didn’t my mom not listen to my grandma back then?” Shen Shuyao raised her eyelids slightly. “Dad, if that’s all there is to it, then let’s not talk about it. Did you take a taxi here? I’ll find someone to take you.”

Shu Jianfeng quickly waved his hand: "No, no, uh... Nannan, I don't object to you dating. Actually, I want to..."

Shen Shuyao frowned slightly: "Dad, just say what's on your mind."

Shu Jianfeng awkwardly rubbed his hands: "Well... it's like this, because of the conflict between you and her, she comes to my house to make trouble every few days, and she even went to my workplace the day before yesterday... I was thinking, could you talk to her and tell her to communicate with you directly if there's anything, and ask her to stop coming to me?"

Shen Shuyao was taken aback, then smiled wryly, but felt utterly dejected.

It turns out that Dad wasn't concerned about me, but rather asked me to "keep Mom in check".

Shu Jianfeng looked at Shen Shuyao's expression, and a fleeting look of shame crossed his face: "Daughter, Dad wants to help you too, but you know, when she gets emotional, there's really nothing I can do."

"She came to my workplace and made a scene the day before yesterday. There were a few retired cadres there at the time, and our director got angry with me, telling me not to bring my family problems to work, so..."

Shu Jianfeng was an average student in high school, and only scored a little over 360 points in the college entrance examination. He ended up in a junior college program at Haixi Normal University.

Of course, back then, junior college and vocational school diplomas still had some value, and graduates were guaranteed job placement. Shu Jianfeng had a good image, so after graduating from junior college, he was recruited by the Xiguan Finance Bureau.

Within two years, fiscal and tax reforms led to the abolition of the district-level finance bureau, and Shu Jianfeng was directly incorporated into the county finance bureau.

Actually, back then, the ugly daughter of a powerful figure had taken a liking to him and was almost forced to follow in the footsteps of a certain nominal Qi and become a live-in son-in-law.

Unfortunately, Shen Lijun ruined things. This crazy woman heard that the boss's ugly daughter wanted her man, so she went to his door with a kitchen knife in her pocket.

The stubborn are afraid of the ruthless, the ruthless are afraid of the reckless, and the reckless are afraid of the mentally ill. Shen Lijun's extreme behavior terrified both the ugly daughter and the big boss. In addition, the other party was originally lustful, so when he saw someone actually risking their life, he naturally let it go.

Shu Jianfeng has worked at the Haixi Finance Bureau for twenty years and is now the deputy director of the Haixi Finance Bureau's retirement office.

It must be said that the higher-ups really know how to use people.

A coward like Shu Jianfeng, who is afraid to argue or fight with others, would be a burden anywhere, but in the retirement office, he is just right for these retired old men and women, especially the old ladies.

It can be said that Shu Jianfeng has both ability and good looks, and with his handsome face, his life circumstances are not bad at all.

This isn't the first time Shen Lijun has caused trouble at her workplace.

Before the divorce, he would come to the workplace to argue because of reasons such as "there were text messages from a female colleague on my phone," "I was out socializing too late at night," and "I was too drunk to answer the phone."

But at least these things are still related to him personally.

This time, however, she came to the workplace to yell at people because of her daughter.

Shu Jianfeng was caught in the crossfire—"You think your daughter has gone astray, so why are you coming to me?"
You had guardianship over me until I was eighteen, and now you're turning around and blaming me? Are you being unreasonable?
Moreover, it was one thing when I was young, when I was just a junior staff member, so losing face was nothing. But now I'm at least a deputy director at the section chief level. How can you come to our unit and make such a scene? What will others think of me? Most importantly, what will those retired senior leaders think of me?

Between feeling humiliated and angry, Shu Jianfeng chose to feel humiliated. He didn't dare to confront his ex-wife. After thinking it over, he went to his daughter, hoping she would soften her stance with his ex-wife, at least superficially, and stop bothering him.

Shen Shuyao suddenly smiled and said, "I understand, Dad. I will have a good talk with Mom."

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now. I have two classes this afternoon and need to go back to school later, so I'll leave now and call you a car."

After saying that, Shen Shuyao took out her phone, opened her contacts, her fingers trembling slightly, and even pressed two wrong letters.

"No need to call a taxi, I drove my company car here."

Shu Jianfeng was overjoyed upon hearing this, but then he remembered something and called out to Shen Shuyao, "Nannan, um... when you tell your mother, don't mention that I came to see you, otherwise she'll..."

Seeing Shen Shuyao nod silently, Shu Jianfeng felt relieved. He habitually reached out to touch his daughter's hair, but Shen Shuyao reflexively dodged away.

Shu Jianfeng was taken aback, and awkwardly withdrew his outstretched hand, saying sheepishly, "Then I'll be going now. It's gotten colder these days, and you're not dressed warmly enough. Be careful not to catch a cold."

He lowered his head, remained silent, and walked quickly toward the parking lot a hundred meters away, holding his umbrella, like a primary school student who had just been scolded by his teacher.

He didn't even realize that he had just come with his daughter under the same umbrella.

Watching Shu Jianfeng's departing figure, Shen Shuyao's nose turned slightly red.

A cool breeze blew by, and a few drops of water fell on Shen Shuyao's face.

I don't know if it's rain or tears.

So cold.

Shen Shuyao closed her eyes, hugged her arms, and squatted on the ground, curling up in pain, as if she had become the little girl who saw her mother holding a kitchen knife with a ferocious expression when she was five years old.

Shen Shuyao suddenly felt that she was wearing an extra piece of clothing, which was still warm from her body heat.

"It's too cold, let's go back."

Shen Shuyao looked up and saw Fang Yu standing in front of her, holding a black umbrella.

The coat draped over his shoulders was the one Fang Yu usually wore.

Shen Shuyao subconsciously grabbed Fang Yu's outstretched left hand, and Fang Yu pulled her from the ground into his arms with a little force.

"If you want to cry, then cry. Crying is not the privilege of the weak."

"Waaaaaah waaaaah."

Hearing Fang Yu's whispered words in her ear and feeling the warmth emanating from him, Shen Shuyao could no longer control her grief, and tears streamed down her face.

“You know, when I was a child, I was always scared whenever I saw them arguing.”

“I was only five years old when my parents divorced. But I still remember the way she looked at me, like she hated me.”

"It was only much later that I realized it wasn't because I had done anything wrong. It was simply because I am my father's daughter."

"Can you believe it? A five-year-old child was constantly worried that his mother might die with him. I told myself that I had to be good and never anger her."

“Every night before I go to bed, I have to check the gas switch and lock the door before I dare to sleep.”

"I lived like this for two whole years."

“It wasn’t until I was in second grade that I saw that terrifying look in her eyes again, after I was always first in the class in every exam.”

"When I was seven, I heard that people could choose their own guardians at eight years old, so I've been looking forward to my eighth birthday ever since."

"That year I counted down the days, eagerly awaiting my birthday."

"But when that day came, I ran to my dad and told him that I didn't want to live with my mom anymore."

"He just paused for a moment, patted my head, smiled and said that a child wouldn't understand so much, and then sent me back, leaving me alone to face that woman who was almost insane."

Fang Yu gently patted Shen Shuyao's back without saying a word. He knew very well that what Shen Shuyao needed right now was just quiet companionship and listening.

Five minutes passed before Shen Shuyao, her eyes red and embarrassed, pushed Fang Yu away, took out a wet wipe from her bag, and tidied her tear-stained makeup.

If Fang Yu simply wanted Shen Shuyao to completely break free from Shen Lijun's control, it wouldn't be a difficult task.

Even without using arcane magic, Fang Yu has many ways to ensure that Shen Lijun can never get close to Shen Shuyao in this lifetime.

The difficulty lies in the fact that Shen Lijun is Shen Shuyao's biological mother. Even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes. Furthermore, one should not interfere in family matters, and if the wrong methods are used, even if the problem is solved, it will leave hidden dangers in the end.

What's even more difficult is that Shen Lijun is a typical case of paranoid personality disorder and borderline personality disorder.

While it may not sound as serious as problems like schizophrenia, in fact, treating paranoia and borderline personality disorder is far more difficult than treating general mental illnesses.

No, it should be said that there is absolutely no cure for this kind of psychological disorder.

Many self-media outlets talk about how to deal with this kind of person, but in reality, it's all utter nonsense.

There is no so-called "correct way to deal with" paranoid personality disorder.

This psychological barrier is very stubborn and will almost always accompany one throughout their life; it may not be able to be changed until death.

The only correct way is to "run".

For ordinary people, staying away from such people and avoiding getting hurt is the only correct way to deal with it.

But Fang Yu is no ordinary person.

When Shen Shuyao celebrated her birthday, Fang Yu had already figured out how to completely resolve the psychological barriers of this menopausal woman.

Of course, it's not about directly changing Shen Lijun's personality with arcane magic. Firstly, bewitching spells cannot accurately change personality, and secondly, using offensive spells on Shen Lijun could easily cause her to shift her allegiance.

It would be best to guide Shen Lijun in a reasonable way so that she realizes that her tragedy was entirely of her own making.

I need to set aside some time in the next few days to address this issue for menopausal women.

Neither of them went back to the company. Fang Yu drove Shen Shuyao back to the Xiguan campus and spent the afternoon with her in class.

The second period in the afternoon is actuarial modeling. Fang Yu doesn't take this course, but Lu Jiayan and Shen Shuyao do.

The little cousin pouted when she saw her cousin sitting with the villainous female supporting character.

Recalling how Fang Yu had reported her to the teacher for auditing classes, she was even more furious, muttering that she would report her too, until Fang Yu gave her a smack on the forehead, at which point she finally quieted down.

How strange, why is the villainous female supporting character so quiet today?

Lu Jiayan's eyes darted back and forth between Fang Yu and Shen Shuyao, making Shen Shuyao feel uneasy.

"Are you sick?" Shen Shuyao glared at Lu Jiayan. Lu Jiayan was about to retort when he saw Shen Shuyao's phone vibrate on the desk.

Shen Shuyao picked up her phone, glanced at her contacts, and frowned.

Uncle-in-law? What does he want on the phone? Did Mom go to see him again?

"Uncle, I'm in class right now. I'll call you back after class."

Shen Shuyao swiped the screen, hung up the phone, and sent a text message to her uncle.

"Get to the First Hospital immediately! Your parents are being resuscitated!"

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Shen Shuyao's face turned pale instantly.

(End of this chapter)