Oh no! My yandere school beauty is so clingy!

Lin Anran glanced furtively at Shen Yu beside her, only to see him quietly engrossed in his book, seemingly oblivious to her presence...

So what should I do now?

Should I chat with Shen Yu? But he's reading a book, so he probably doesn't want to chat with me.

Shen Yu didn't actually notice Lin Anran sitting on the sofa; he assumed she had gone back to her room. He was engrossed in his book...

"Some individuals who have experienced severe trauma have a different template for intimate relationships than others. They find it difficult to develop attachments to ordinary kindness because it seems unreal or unsustainable in their distorted perception."

"On the contrary, a complex feeling mixed with something special and unique in the eyes of the other person is more likely to become the cornerstone of their emotional dependence. What they seek is not simply warmth and protection, but a profound, exclusive, and even painfully real understanding and bond..."

"that..."

Shen Yu, who was focused on his work, suddenly heard Lin Anran's voice. He looked up at Lin Anran beside him and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Lin Anran asked somewhat hesitantly, "Um... I have to go to school tomorrow, will you tell anyone else about us?"

"Ah, no, don't worry. We can just stay the same as before. This is a secret between the two of us."

Shen Yu gave a casual reply, then lowered his head to continue reading.

"A secret that belongs to...the two of us."

For some reason, as Lin Anran muttered those words, something seemed to strike her heart, leaving her feeling quite unsettled...

To her, these words... were practically love confessions, or rather, they might have been even more unsettling than love confessions...

Over the years, the love letters and declarations of love she had received had long since made her immune to all sweet talk. No matter how flowery the words, to her they were all just unappealing writing; she simply couldn't bring herself to read them...

But Shen Yu's words were something she couldn't ignore.

"Okay... I understand."

Lin Anran responded softly, lowered her head slightly, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up.

Lin Anran stopped disturbing Shen Yu's reading, returned to the bedroom, placed the books on the table, and sat down at her desk.

She took out a notebook, opened it, and found it filled with entries, somewhat like a diary...

She doesn't know when it started, but she began writing a diary, recording things in it, as if it gave her some kind of psychological comfort.

This contains some of her most private things, things she didn't want to tell anyone, her deepest thoughts, or secrets that she could never let anyone know...

There were even a few posts filled with things like "go die"...it seems like she wrote them after arguing with her father, as a way of venting her emotions...

Originally, this place was meant to contain only her stories, but at this moment, she wrote another name inside: "Shen Yu".

She wrote down Shen Yu's story on it, originally just some experiences Shen Yu had told her, or what happened after she met Shen Yu the night before...

But as she wrote, it suddenly took a turn... Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she gently pursed her lips; it was unclear whether the corners of her mouth were curving upwards...

"When he reads, he habitually taps the edge of the page with his left index finger unconsciously, at a steady pace, about once per second... When he's focused, his lower lip will purse slightly."

"In shopping malls, when passing by glass areas, he would unconsciously glance at his reflection..."

"When he's thinking, he'll lightly touch the right side of his cheek with the tip of his tongue..."

"[She has a very faint, refreshing minty scent; you can only smell it when you get close...]"

Having finished writing, Lin Anran put down her pen, leaned back in her chair, and let out a long, silent sigh...

Her fingertips traced the two characters "Shen Yu" on the page, then she slowly curled up and clenched her fist.

After a moment, she lowered her head and gently pressed her face against the page of the diary filled with writing...

"secret..."

She repeated it softly, her voice as light as a sigh...

Outside, Shen Yu closed his thick textbook and rubbed his temples.

The living room was quiet, with only the occasional sound of a car in the distance.

He glanced at the closed bedroom door, then got up and pulled out a black notebook that looked quite old from the bottom of the bookshelf.

This was originally his notebook for jotting down ideas or study plans, but the contents of the last few pages are quite different.

He turned to the latest page, below the date from last night, and wrote Lin Anran's name...

"[Core trauma: Domestic violence; mother's suspected suicide due to domestic violence-related issues.]"

"[This could potentially develop into an unhealthy, deep-seated dependency, attempting to solidify a single, special relationship...]"

Shen Yu's work is more like an observation diary, and the subject of his observation is Lin Anran.

He felt that Lin Anran was the perfect subject for observing people who wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the psychological problems of different types of people.

A girl who is not quite like normal people.

When he saw that she couldn't help but want to kill her own father, he knew that Lin Anran was the most needed case study for him. Perhaps by observing Lin Anran, he could understand the thoughts of the father who killed his mother.

Judging from the current situation, Lin Anran seems to have accepted him. However, as to how and to what extent she accepted him, he still needs to observe further...

After all, he didn't quite understand Lin Anran's thoughts. Although they had similar experiences, their personalities were completely different.

Perhaps... in a short period of time, she has already instantly developed a sense of dependence on herself...

As Shen Yu wrote this, he looked up towards the bedroom and saw an eye peeking through the crack in the door...

Seeing Shen Yu's gaze fall upon her, Lin Anran almost instantly closed the door a crack...

While hiding in her room, Lin Anran took a deep breath and slowly exhaled... In that instant, she felt her heart start racing...

Is it the fear and trepidation of being caught spying?

It seems... a little different...

Her feelings were completely different when she was secretly watching Shen Yu, as she... watched his every move...

After being discovered, she... showed no fear or worry...

On the contrary, she even felt a... subtle sense of excitement...