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

Chen Sinian: "..."

He stood there stunned for a full three seconds, staring at Gu Yan's handsome face, which was filled with a serious expression. Suddenly, he chuckled, his shoulders shaking with laughter, and all his previous tension and anxiety vanished.

"Master Gu...you really are...quite humorous."

Chen Sinian said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

After several more rounds of back-and-forth negotiations, Chen Sinian raised the consultation fee to 10 billion, and Gu Yan finally nodded in satisfaction.

For the richest man in Daxia, 10 billion is just a small loss.

"Master, now that you've agreed, shall we set off now?"

"I'll take you to see Leah right away. The sooner we get started, the sooner I can arrange for you and Mr. Gu to go to South Africa."

Seeing Gu Yan nod, Chen Sinian immediately spoke.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Chen." Gu Yan coughed twice.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Sinian's heart tightened.

Gu Yan looked at him and said seriously, "I will treat Miss Cecilia. However, I will not personally intervene."

Chen Sinian: "...???"

He was completely stunned.

Gu Yan, the strongest psychological counselor in the Great Xia Dynasty, said he would cure his daughter, but he never saw his daughter.

This...this must be a joke!

"Master! You...!" Chen Sinian exclaimed anxiously.

"Don't rush," Gu Yan waved her hand, gesturing for him to come closer, "Boss Chen, come closer and listen to me."

Seeing Gu Yan's mysterious demeanor, Chen Sinian was skeptical and leaned closer to listen.

Gu Yan lowered her voice and spoke quickly.

As Chen Sinian listened, the expression on his face grew increasingly strange.

After Gu Yan finished speaking, he looked at her with a hesitant expression, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

The hallway was quiet for a while.

"Master Gu Yan...this method...can it really work?"

"Perhaps... it would be safer for you to handle it yourself?"

Finally, Chen Sinian forced a slightly stiff smile and tentatively asked.

The plan that Gu Yan just told him can be summarized as follows:

First, go to a special official department and find a young man named Bai Zikong.

Secondly, Gu Yan planned and designed several coincidences and events to allow Cecilia and Bai Zikong to naturally come into contact and get to know each other.

Third, through this contact, Bai Zikong can heal Cecilia's inner trauma, and her illness will gradually improve.

This...this sounds so strange.

To arrange a romantic relationship script for his daughter?

Regardless of who Bai Zikong is or whether he's reliable, Chen Sinian knows all too well how wary his daughter Cecilia is of men who approach her after what happened last time.

Moreover, her daughter is an absolute genius in every aspect.

Will she fall for it?

Can he be gradually influenced as Gu Yan suggested?

Chen Sinian didn't believe it at all.

This plan sounds even more outrageous than a TV drama.

Gu Yan raised an eyebrow at Chen Sinian's skeptical expression: "Impossible? How could it be! It's definitely feasible!"

He knows it perfectly well.

Since it's possible that my actions, like a butterfly flapping its wings, might have caused Cecilia's condition to worsen prematurely...

Okay, let's mess with him, huh?

Then he'll speed up the plot too!

Let's bring out that second male lead, Bai Zikong, ahead of time!

Some people might ask why it was only the second male lead who healed the female lead?

This brings us to the melodramatic aspects of that female-oriented novel.

In the original story, Cecilia later met Bai Zikong.

Bai Zikong looks a lot like Lin Yan, the one who hurt her.

With his face alone, coupled with Bai Zikong's honest and courageous personality, he gradually got closer to Cecilia and became a ray of light that healed her.

But the good times don't last long.

Later, Lin Yan, that scumbag, couldn't make it abroad and returned to China.

Upon seeing this, Cecilia's resolve began to waver again.

The three of them then started to have all sorts of tug-of-war, misunderstandings, and conflicts about who loves whom.

In the end, Bai Zikong died protecting Cecilia.

Was Lin Yan moved by Bai Zikong's death?

He suddenly realized his mistakes, reformed, and happily made dumplings with Cecilia.

That's utter nonsense.

Judging from the descriptions in the book, Cecilia is clearly a rational, intelligent, and elegant person.

But once Lin Yan returned to China, she was once again obsessed with love.

Later on, the author of this terrible novel just sacrificed the perfectly good second male lead.

This is why Gu Yan is determined to stay away from these female protagonists. In his eyes, the plot and the characters, especially the female protagonists in female-oriented novels, all have some serious illnesses!

However, he personally admires Bai Zikong quite a bit.

The book describes him as brave, upright, and a good person.

It's a pity we got such a script.

If we can also help this guy find happiness, that would be great.

Seeing Gu Yan speak with such conviction, Chen Sinian sighed.

Since our daughter is in such a state, we might as well try anything, even if it seems hopeless.

"Alright... Master Gu Yan, I believe you."

"Then... let's try your method."

Gu Yan smiled: "That's more like it!"

He then held up his index finger: "But I have one request. I only have one week."

"No matter what, my grandfather and I have to leave in a week. That's my bottom line."

He hadn't forgotten that he hadn't said goodbye to that female swordswoman, and Pei Yuran probably already knew he had run away.

Lin Jinyu is probably coming soon.

A week isn't a long time; they can't possibly come all the way to Shanglu, can they?

Impossible.

Now that I've made this money, I'll quickly take Grandpa to South Africa.

Since learning that the magical items in the secret realm might be useful to him and his grandfather, he has become much more looking forward to his retirement.

Living another year and seeing the world with Grandpa would be wonderful.

Chen Sinian frowned and repeated in a low voice, "One week..."

He hesitated for a few seconds, but finally nodded. "Okay! Master Gu Yan, I agree."

"Wherever you want to go a week from now, I won't stop you!"

That's what he said, but there was a hint of frustration in Chen Sinian's eyes.

"Boss Chen, don't be so discouraged!"

Gu Yan patted his shoulder, a smile on her face, but her tone exuded an undeniable confidence.

"Since you call me a master, I will not let you down."

"Standing before you is the Empire's number one psychological counselor!"

He spoke slowly and deliberately.

Gu Yan's sickly handsome face exuded a noble and confident aura unique to young men.

Even Chen Sinian was momentarily stunned by the sudden burst of brilliance emanating from this young man.

If it weren't for the child's extremely poor health...

He would make a good candidate to be a son-in-law.

Alas, what a pity.

"Then... I'll have to trouble you, Master."

Chen Sinian composed himself.

The next morning, at the Chen family's old house.

Sunlight streamed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows into an extremely spacious study with a cool, modern decor.

Cecilia Chen sat upright in a specially designed smart wheelchair.

She wore a well-tailored off-white suit skirt, and her smooth, long silver hair was tied back with a simple jade hairpin, revealing her beautiful and slender neck.

Ice-blue eyes were focused intently on several floating screens in front of him, displaying complex financial data and design drawings.

Her face is the kind of exquisite beauty that you can't look away from at first glance, like a work of art sculpted from ice and snow, yet because of her mixed heritage, her features are deep and three-dimensional.

Sunlight fell on her, giving her silver hair a soft glow.

Cecilia is beautiful; after all, she's the female lead, it would be strange if she weren't.