I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

But Gu Yan didn't think too much about it and quickly pulled her hand back, continuing to say according to her own train of thought: "No, Boss Chen, listen to me."

"What I mean is, if you trust me, I promise you."

"After a year, at most a year, your daughter's condition will definitely gradually improve and return to normal."

After saying this, Gu Yan herself felt that it was quite convincing.

After all, if we follow the original story, there will be important plot developments a year later. What big things could happen now?

But to his surprise, Chen Sinian's excitement froze instantly after hearing this.

His lips twitched as he looked at Gu Yan, his gaze becoming complex before finally settling into an extremely bitter smile.

"Master Gu..."

Chen Sinian's voice was hoarse, "You...you're still blaming me for taking it upon myself to see you this way, aren't you?"

"I know your rules... I don't treat patients with emotional entanglements or past stories."

"Lia...she did have a past, one that hurt her deeply. I admit that."

"But I'm not desperate, I wouldn't bother you like that!"

"Master, please think about it carefully. If Leah weren't really on the verge of collapse, I, Chen Sinian..."

"As for using the favors we had back then, do we really need to kneel down and beg you?"

He rubbed his face, looking tired and anxious.

This business tycoon completely revealed his true feelings to Gu Yan.

Gu Yan was truly stunned.

I'm telling the truth!

Why don't you believe it?

"Boss Chen, I'm not blaming you."

"I mean, based on my experience, Miss Cecilia's current condition shouldn't have reached the point where she can't hold on as you say, right?"

"Are you... being too nervous and overthinking things?"

He patiently tried to reason with them.

Chen Sinian looked at him without saying a word.

He just sighed deeply, a sigh that was incredibly heavy.

Then, he silently took out his phone, his fingers trembling slightly as he swiped the screen, tapped a few times, and turned the screen towards Gu Yan.

"Master Gu, please take a look for yourself."

Gu Yan looked at the phone screen with a puzzled expression.

It was a short video, and the filming location appeared to be an extremely spacious, luxuriously decorated but cold study.

In the center of the frame, Cecilia Chan sits in a wheelchair with her back to the camera.

She was wearing a white silk loungewear set, her white hair flowing smoothly over her shoulders, and her profile, illuminated by the light streaming in from the window, was as perfect as if sculpted from ice and snow.

In front of her was a half-finished oil painting, depicting the sunset in a famous square in Italy, with warm and vibrant colors.

She held a palette and paintbrushes in her hand.

The next second, Gu Yan's pupils contracted slightly.

He saw Cecilia's hand, holding the paintbrush, freeze in mid-air.

It wasn't a pause, but a slight, uncontrollable tremor.

It was very subtle, but it couldn't escape the eyes of an expert like Gu Yan who had such keen observation skills.

Then, her icy blue eyes stared at the warm yellow on the canvas, but her gaze was terrifyingly empty, as if she saw something else through that color.

Perhaps it's the sunset over Italy, perhaps it's the flames of the chapel, perhaps it's the hypocritical smile of that man named Lin Yan.

Her breathing became rapid, her chest heaving. The knuckles of her fingers gripping the paintbrush turned white from the force.

Suddenly, she abruptly raised her hand, not to continue painting, but to fiercely stab the warmest area on the canvas with her paint-covered brush!

One stroke after another! Roughly smeared and destroyed! The once beautiful scene instantly became chaotic and filthy!

This is not over yet.

She dropped her paintbrush, gripped the edge of the canvas with both hands, her nails almost digging into the fabric. Her head was bowed, her shoulders heaving violently, but she made no sound.

Only the suppressed, broken sounds of breathing could be heard.

In the last few seconds of the video, she suddenly ripped the entire painting off the easel and tore it haphazardly. The expensive canvas turned into pieces in her hands, and paint splattered all over her hands and clothes.

Then, as if she had exhausted all her strength, she collapsed in her wheelchair, motionless, with only her chest rising and falling slightly.

The scattered fragments of canvas and paint made her pale face look like a delicate doll lost in ruins.

The video ends.

Gu Yan fell silent.

The relaxed expression on his face vanished completely.

As a top-notch psychological counselor, he knew all too well what these details meant.

Uncontrollable hand tremors could be a sign that the superpower is beginning to go slightly out of control.

The enormous emotional black hole beneath the empty gaze, the sudden, destructive urge towards beautiful things, the suppressed, silent collapse, and the utterly empty, deathly silence that follows...

This is not just a normal low mood.

This is indeed a sign of being on the verge of collapse.

Moreover, it's the kind of ability user who, once completely broken down, will have their superpowers go berserk, which could directly endanger their lives or even affect the death countdown of those around them!

Chen Sinian was not lying.

Cecilia's situation is far more serious than he deduced from the original timeline!

Much more urgent!

"When... was this filmed?"

Gu Yan noticed that her voice sounded a little dry.

Three days ago.

Chen Sinian put away his phone, his eyes reddening. "In the past month, similar situations have happened four times."

"Each time is more and more... I can't control myself."

"Even when she was very sad before, she would never destroy her own painting like this."

"Her favorite thing is drawing..."

Gu Yan's mind was a bit of a mess.

That's not right!

According to the plot of that lousy novel, Cecilia's complete breakdown and subsequent major turning point should have been triggered a year later!

This situation... has happened so much earlier than expected?

The video cannot be fake.

Chen Sinian's anxiety and despair could not possibly have been an act.

Is it...

Is it because of me, this butterfly?

Because he cured the potential female lead, Pei Yuran, in advance.

Or perhaps his sudden departure triggered a chain reaction he was unaware of...

Did this cause the storyline of this world to deviate?

Has it sped up?

Depend on!

Gu Yan cursed inwardly.

What is this?

I'm trying to avoid the plot, but the plot is accelerating and chasing after me?!

"Master Gu Yan! You saw that, didn't you? I didn't lie to you!"

"Lia...she really can't wait any longer! Please, please help her!"

Taking advantage of the situation, Chen Sinian grabbed Gu Yan's wrist, his voice trembling.

"Boss Chen, calm down, let go first... You know I have my rules."

Gu Yan coughed twice, feeling a sharp pain from his grip, and tried to pull her hand away.

rule?

Gu Yan was actually starting to waver.

He saw Cecilia's state in the video.

It was about to shatter.

To stand by and watch someone die?

As a doctor, this is very difficult for him.

He felt that his biggest flaw was having the slightest bit of compassion that most people have.

After all, no one is perfect.

With a living human life right in front of him, and a little girl who had been so cruelly tormented by fate, he couldn't harden his heart and ignore it.

Of course, there are also more practical reasons.

This world is a damn female-oriented novel world!

Although he only watched most of the first part in his previous life, he also lurked on forums and read spoilers later.

The ending seems to involve several healed female protagonists joining forces to make dumplings together.

Then they joined forces to defeat some ultimate villain and finally lived a shameless life.