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Upon arriving at her employer's house and teaching two classes to the students, Ye Wenyu carefully hid in the shadows before leaving to check if Lin Tingyue's sports car was parked nearby. Only when she was absolutely certain that it wasn't there did she breathe a sigh of relief and slowly walk towards the school.

In this life, Lin Tingyue fell in love with Jiang Zhiming, but she suspected that Jiang Zhiming had feelings for Ye Wenyu and regarded her as a rival in love. Today, he came forward to warn her. Ye Wenyu found it ridiculous. Thinking about this life, she really didn't want to have anything to do with the Lin family, but people and things from the past kept coming to bother her.

In her previous life, at this time, Lin Tingyue also took the initiative to find her and they became very close.

Ye Wenyu walked back to school, immersed in memories of the past.

In her previous life, after Lin Tingxuan injured her in a fit of rage, breaking the bones in her hand, she discovered how terrifying Lin Tingxuan could be, and began to trust Lin Tingfeng again. In the days that followed, she and Lin Tingfeng lived a loving life as before, until one day, Lin Tingxuan reappeared.

By then, her hand had recovered. The bones that Lin Tingxuan had broken had been set by the doctor and were as flexible as before. She returned to school and started attending classes. Until one day, when she walked out of the classroom, Lin Tingxuan was standing there waiting for her.

When Ye Wenyu saw Lin Tingxuan, she turned and ran away like a rabbit seeing a big bad wolf. She walked very fast, taking three steps at a time, as if she were fleeing. Lin Tingxuan jogged after her. He didn't call her name loudly; he just followed behind her in silence.

The two ran from the teaching building to the track and field, then from the track and field to the library, and then to the liberal arts building. Ye Wenyu, panting, warned Lin Tingxuan, "Don't follow me. If you follow me again, I'm going to call the police. I really am going to call the police this time."

Lin Tingxuan said to her with utmost sincerity, "I'm sorry, Xiaoyu. I'm so sorry about what happened last time. I didn't expect it to hurt you. Is your hand better?" His eyes, which shone like obsidian, were filled with guilt.

Ye Wenyu immediately put her previously injured hand behind her back, a very childlike action. She said to Lin Tingxuan warily, "Your brother told me not to see you. What do you want?"

Lin Tingxuan pleaded with her, "Give me three minutes, and I'll leave right away after you're done." A feeling of helplessness washed over him like a tidal wave, causing him immense pain.

Ye Wenyu stopped and looked at Lin Tingxuan warily, saying coldly, "Three minutes, you said it. I'm starting the timer now." She raised her wrist to check her watch.

Lin Tingxuan took a step forward, wanting to get closer to speak with her, but Ye Wenyu immediately waved her hand and said, "Don't come over, a minute has already passed."

Lin Tingxuan stopped in his tracks in fright and said to her with utmost sincerity, "I'm not mentally ill."

What? Like a bolt from the blue, Ye Wenyu was stunned. She looked up with an incredulous expression on her face. Lin Tingxuan hurriedly took out his certificate from his pocket and said to her, "I was so angry last time because Lin Tingfeng was so shameless. He actually told you that I have a mental illness."

He handed Ye Wenyu a stack of hospital examination and imaging data and explained to her, "These past few days, in order to prove my innocence, I went to a mental hospital and asked the doctor to give me a certificate proving that I don't have a mental illness. You know, to determine whether someone has a mental illness, they use something like an MRI to check their brain waves. In fact, after I had the test—" Lin Tingxuan laughed as he said this, and said, "I don't have a mental illness, Xiaoyu. Look, these are all proof."

Ye Wenyu was stunned. Her heart felt like an eighteen-wheeled truck had collapsed. Lin Tingfeng actually said that he didn't have a mentally ill brother, but a mentally ill one.

Can someone who falsely accuses their own brother of being mentally ill be a good person? He's targeting his own brother now; will he one day target her too? Is his blood cold?

She lowered her head and hurriedly examined the medical records and information Lin Tingxuan had given her. Indeed, the dates on these test reports were the most recent, meaning that Lin Tingxuan really did not have a mental illness.

Lin Tingxuan said to her sincerely, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the hospital to check. Hospitals are all connected now. If I have a mental illness and have been taking medication for many years to maintain it, the hospital will have a record."

Ye Wenyu nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "I believe you." Lin Tingfeng was ruthless and heartless.

Lin Tingxuan was overjoyed. The weight that had been on his shoulders finally lifted. He said gently to Ye Wenyu, "Thank you, Xiaoyu, thank you for trusting me."

Ye Wenyu looked at Lin Tingxuan standing not far away, his face showing sincerity and relaxation. Now that the information was conclusive—Lin Tingxuan wasn't mentally ill—why did Lin Tingfeng fabricate the lie that Lin Tingxuan was mentally ill in the first place?

Lin Tingxuan reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then slowly said to Ye Wenyu, "I am in poor health and prone to catching colds. In addition, I have indigestion, which makes me weak and prone to sweating. Therefore, I need to take Chinese medicine for many years to maintain my health, but I am definitely not mentally ill."

Ye Wenyu nodded, her doubts growing.

Lin Tingxuan's face turned ashen at the thought of Lin Tingfeng. He gritted his teeth and said, "Xiaoyu, now you know what a vicious person he is!"

Ye Wenyu was stunned. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Lin Tingxuan, whose face was full of disgust and hatred. She wondered what he meant by his words and who he was talking about.

Lin Tingxuan continued to accuse Ye Wenyu, "He's so bad! Bad beyond your imagination! So, leave him as soon as possible, or it will be too late." As Lin Tingxuan got more agitated, he couldn't help but take a step forward, reach out a hand, and grab Ye Wenyu's wrist with lightning speed.

Ye Wenyu immediately tried to break free, but his hand was like an iron clamp. He said to her with utmost sincerity, "Xiaoyu, when I first met you, I thought you were like those women around Lin Tingfeng before—vain, materialistic, gold-digging, and frivolous. That's why I was rude to you. But later I discovered that you are completely different from them. You are so young, so beautiful, so intelligent, and so ambitious. You are even a college student. You are not a materialistic woman. You were just forced by reality to be with him because life was too hard. Xiaoyu, I have found a job now, and I am independent. If you leave him, I will help you get through this difficult time!"

When Ye Wenyu saw Lin Tingxuan suddenly start talking, she was stunned. Her head was buzzing, her body leaned back, and her face was unusually pale. She instinctively tried to break free from Lin Tingxuan's hand.