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

Immediately afterwards, several metal chairs and some decorative fragments scattered by the door also began to vibrate and fly up.

The ping-pong balls were piled up at the dilapidated doorway, completely blocking the way out.

Nima!

Gu Yan was really starting to lose her composure.

Not again?!

He turned his head helplessly and met Cecilia's beautiful, yet cold, icy blue eyes.

"Master Gu...where are you planning to go?"

The girl sat gracefully in her wheelchair, her silver hair cascading down her back, quietly watching him, her voice soft.

Gu Yan forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, and struggled with her wrist, but the metal ring remained unmoved.

He spoke weakly, "Miss Chen... you want to be torn apart by five horses, or sliced ​​into a thousand pieces right now..."

"Isn't this a bit too fast? Can't we...?"

"Give me a chance to make amends?"

Cecilia was already holding her breath, especially when she thought about how much attention Gu Yan had paid to Bai Zikong, but she had ignored her and even... even touched her there.

But now, seeing Gu Yan so easily manipulated, powerless to resist, and only able to weakly beg for mercy, he was truly impressed.

The anger in my heart somehow dissipated, replaced by a strange, indescribable feeling...

Pleasure.

However, thinking of the important matter at hand, her expression turned even colder, and she was about to speak.

"Lia? Are you... are you alright? Can you come out now? Daddy was very worried about you."

Outside the door, Chen Sinian's anxious voice came in, tinged with a cautious probing.

Zhang Xiong quickly chimed in, "Yes, niece Chen, are you alright?"

Hearing the urging from outside, Cecilia glared at Gu Yan with her icy blue eyes and lowered her voice.

"I'll settle the score with you later!"

After she finished speaking, her fingers twitched slightly.

"Click".

The two metal rings that were holding Gu Yan's wrists loosened automatically and fell to the ground.

Push me out.

She commanded, her tone returning to its usual cold indifference.

Gu Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling incredibly lucky to have escaped unscathed.

He quickly moved his wrists, which were a little numb from being gripped, and walked to the back of the wheelchair to grasp the armrests.

When pushing the wheelchair, he subconsciously slowed down and moved very steadily, until he encountered a pile of metal obstacles at the doorway.

He carefully adjusted the angle of the wheelchair so that the front wheels were aligned with a relatively flat area before pushing it steadily over, avoiding violent jolts.

These subtle, natural acts of thoughtfulness startled Cecilia slightly.

Few people notice these details.

Most people either push it quickly and casually, or with deliberate pity and caution.

Gu Yan did it... very naturally, as if it were the natural thing to do.

Gu Yan was disabled in both legs in her previous life and spent more than ten years in a wheelchair.

He was so familiar with these details; they were almost ingrained habits.

As he pushed Cecilia, a hint of empathy flickered involuntarily in his icy blue eyes. It wasn't pity, but a deep understanding that came from being one with one's own kind.

Cecilia keenly caught the fleeting emotion in his eyes.

It's not pity.

Is it... a case of mutual sympathy?

This realization made Cecilia's heart feel as if it had been gently bumped by something, and a strange sour feeling suddenly welled up in her nose, making her eyes feel hot.

She suddenly felt...

Gu Yan might really understand her.

I understand her helplessness in being trapped in this small space, and I understand the imperfection and loneliness beneath her perfect exterior.

How could Gu Yan not understand?

Although he couldn't remember the details clearly because of the long time that had passed, he had read the description of Cecilia Chen in that female-oriented novel quite carefully back then.

Especially the inner struggles and pain she experienced because of her disability.

After all, he himself was disabled in both legs in his previous life, so he naturally felt it much more deeply.

Upon reaching the doorway blocked by metal fragments, Cecilia subtly moved her fingertips, and the obstacles silently slid aside, clearing a path.

Gu Yan pushed her out of the dilapidated private room.

Outside the door, a large group of people had already gathered.

Chen Sinian, Zhang Xiong, Zhang Zihao, and many other family heads and young disciples who hadn't had time to leave and stayed to observe.

When everyone saw Gu Yan pushing Cecilia's wheelchair out, their expressions became extremely strange.

Chen Sinian's pupils dilated.

According to Gu Yan's script, shouldn't he play the villain who is the opposite of Lia?

Moreover, they deliberately inflated prices to compete for the items at the auction...

How could his daughter be being pushed out by a man like this?!

You should know that ever since the incident with Iro, Cecilia has been extremely wary of men. She would frown and be displeased if a man got within five meters of her.

Not to mention physical contact, especially such an intimate action as pushing a wheelchair!

What's even more outrageous is that... Master Gu Yan was clearly in the private room just now!

The Pei family, a mother and daughter—one an S-level sword immortal superhuman, the other an ancient martial arts practitioner of unfathomable strength—broke into the door and searched for ages, yet couldn't find him?!

How did he do that?!

Zhang Zihao's mouth was agape, and his eyes were filled with admiration as he looked at Gu Yan.

Master Gu is truly amazing!

He hid perfectly right under the noses of those two female Tyrannosaurus Rex who could dismantle alloy doors with their bare hands! That was an amazing feat!

Zhang Xiong was also taken aback, then suddenly realized what was going on.

No wonder the Pei mother and daughter came out looking so lost; they couldn't find anyone at all!

He knew the private room well, and there was nowhere to hide it. Where could Master Gu Yan hide it?

The young masters, ladies, and heads of families around who knew the inside story were all filled with shock and disbelief.

I don't know who started it.

Perhaps Zhang Xiong subconsciously clapped lightly out of admiration.

Then, like some kind of wonderful chain reaction, even more people joined in the applause!

The applause started sparsely but quickly grew into a continuous burst, resounding loudly in the quiet corridor.

Gu Yan: "...???"

He was stunned.

Why are they clapping?!

Did they want him to die quickly enough? Were they afraid Cecilia wouldn't notice something was wrong?!

Sure enough, the next second——

Cecilia, in her wheelchair, stiffened slightly, then seemed to suddenly understand something crucial.

Her cheeks flushed red instantly, and she slammed her hand on the wheelchair armrest in a fit of embarrassment and anger!

"What are you doing?!"

Her icy blue eyes swept over the crowd, her voice filled with anger.

The applause stopped abruptly, as if someone had grabbed its throat.

Everyone wore awkward but polite smiles, quickly lowered their hands, and looked around, pretending to look at the sky or the ground.

Chen Sinian reacted the fastest, immediately giving a wink to Aunt Tian, ​​the middle-aged maid who had been waiting beside him.

Aunt Tian understood immediately, quickly stepped forward, and respectfully and naturally took Gu Yan's place, grasping the armrest of the wheelchair.