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

Gu Yan looked at the forced strength and hidden longing in her eyes and sighed inwardly.

And it avoids causing trouble.

He'd be grateful if this little devil didn't cause too much trouble.

But he also understood that this Ferris wheel was a knot in Cecilia's heart, an obsession.

If we can stand with her today, perhaps we can truly resolve some of the issues and help her maintain emotional stability in the coming year.

This also ensures that I have no worries after leaving, and that Chen Sinian won't come looking for me again.

"……All right."

Gu Yan finally nodded. "As Miss Cecilia's friend, I respect your choice."

"friend?"

Upon hearing this word, Cecilia's expression clearly flashed with a hint of dissatisfaction that she herself did not understand.

It seems that she doesn't want Gu Yan to just be her friend.

Gu Yan ignored the girl's thoughts.

He walked to the back of the wheelchair, pushed her, and slowly walked towards the Ferris wheel that stood quietly in the drizzle.

At that moment, a quick-thinking staff member immediately jogged over and brought two clean, long-handled umbrellas, respectfully handing them to Gu Yan.

Gu Yan took the umbrella, opened it, and tilted most of the umbrella towards Cecilia in the wheelchair, while half of her own shoulder was quickly wet by the fine rain.

Two people, one umbrella, walked towards the giant ship that carried too much sorrow and uncertainty in the increasingly dense rain.

Soon we arrived at the Ferris wheel boarding entrance.

Under Cecilia's silent yet persistent gaze, Gu Yan sighed softly, and finally bent down, using all the strength in her body to carefully lift Cecilia from the wheelchair and step into the Ferris wheel cabin.

The interior of the elevator car was more spacious than I had imagined, and it was decorated with an unusually warm atmosphere.

The floor is covered with a soft, off-white carpet, and the surrounding area is illuminated by warm yellow wall lamps. A huge, curved viewing window occupies almost half of the cabin.

In the very center is a row of dark blue velvet seats that resemble sofa booths, which are soft and comfortable to sit on.

The air was even filled with a faint, calming lavender scent.

Gu Yan gently placed Cecilia in the innermost position of the sofa, then sat down next to her, taking a soft breath and feeling her arms were still a little sore.

"Mr. Gu, Ms. Chen, are you ready?"

"We're about to start."

At this moment, the elevator doors slowly closed, and a respectful voice came from the internal communicator.

Gu Yan gave a soft "hmm" in response.

The Ferris wheel began to turn slowly, carrying them steadily upwards.

Gu Yan had no interest in appreciating the scenery outside; his attention was entirely focused on Cecilia beside him.

Although she said she wouldn't cause trouble, Gu Yan still felt...

Don't believe what women say, especially beautiful women.

As the elevator car gradually rose, the view outside the window suddenly opened up.

The orange-red sunset was sinking into the distant city skyline, dyeing the clouds a magnificent purplish-red.

Looking down, the entire amusement park comes into view. The colorful roofs, winding paths, and twinkling lights appear hazy and dreamlike in the twilight and drizzle, like a miniature kingdom from a fairy tale.

This scene gradually overlapped with a bright, sunny afternoon from deep within my memory...

Cecilia's calm eyes began to ripple with emotion as her view broadened and the familiar scenery became more stimulating.

That carefully constructed facade of calm is crumbling bit by bit.

Just as alarm bells were ringing in Gu Yan's mind, thinking that she was about to lose control of her emotions and her supernatural powers would go berserk again.

Cecilia's hoarse voice, tinged with a slight sob, rang out softly, intermittently, yet each word was clear.

Growing up is really painful.

"As you grow up, all your elders will gradually leave you."

"Grandpa and Grandma, Grandpa and Grandma on the maternal side, Mom..."

In the end, only you are left.

"No one remembers your childhood anymore, and no one knows your past."

"What were you like as a child? What did you like? What were you afraid of?..."

"Only you remember it."

Gu Yan was slightly taken aback and turned her head to look.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Cecilia's icy blue eyes seemed to be veiled with a layer of water, and her long eyelashes looked wet.

Cecilia cried again?

Crying in front of a boy?

What shocked Gu Yan even more than Cecilia crying was that she actually cried in front of him again.

Oh well, it's not like it's the first time.

He remembered that her eyes had also been red and swollen before, on the roller coaster.

Gu Yan could sense that Cecilia seemed to have developed a peculiar dependence on her.

It's worth noting that in the original book, this goddess of wisdom on the Frozen Throne never showed such vulnerable emotions, no matter who she was facing.

What have I done to deserve this?

But Cecilia's words also stirred up his own sadness.

He was an orphan in his past life, and in this life he finally has a grandfather who loves him...

If Grandpa were to pass away too, he would probably be even more heartbroken than Cecilia is right now.

Looking at the girl's profile, which was filled with tears and staring blankly out the window, Gu Yan remained silent for a moment before suddenly speaking and telling a seemingly unrelated story.

"I once heard a story. There was a little girl who had a particularly sweet tooth since she was little."

"Her maternal grandfather's biggest worry every day was whether she had eaten enough."

Later, my grandfather passed away.

"The little girl didn't eat anything on the morning of the funeral."

"Before the funeral procession, the family placed offerings on the altar."

"When no one was paying attention..."

"A grape suddenly fell off the offering table and rolled right between the knees of the kneeling little girl."

Gu Yan's voice was very calm, without much variation.

"Miss Cecilia, why do you think that is?"

Upon hearing Gu Yan's words, Cecilia's entire body trembled violently!

She received top-notch scientific education from a young age and is a complete atheist.

She can immediately offer more than a dozen possible scientific explanations.

Accidental occurrence, vibration, uneven tabletop...

But at this moment, she didn't want to say a single word.

A complex mix of indescribable bittersweet emotions crashed into her heart.

Thinking of her grandparents, both on her mother's and maternal sides, who had long since passed away and whose faces were now blurred, and of her mother who had protected her with her life in her final moments...

Tears could no longer be held back, one after another, large drops rolling down and landing on the back of her hands resting on her lap.

"Then... Mr. Gu, what do you think is the reason?"

After a long while, she slowly turned her head and looked at Gu Yan with her ice-blue eyes, which were clearer yet more fragile after being washed by tears, her voice heavy with nasal tone.

Gu Yan pulled out a clean tissue from the side and gently wiped away the tear stains on her cheeks.

How many times has Cecilia cried in front of him?

To be honest, he would never have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

The aloof, shrewd, and calculating Cecilia Chen from the original book is actually quite prone to crying in private.

Are you going to betray me even by contradicting the original plot of the book?

He thought to himself, "What am I complaining about?"