From then on, she clung to him even more tightly, pestering him every day, practically inseparable.

"Teacher, how did you come to be in this world? No one has bullied you, has anyone? If someone has, tell me and I'll kill them."

Cailian waved her little arm, her face contorted with a fierce expression, her words laced with malice.

"Don't worry, no one is bullying you. I'm doing quite well these days... But what about you? Have you been bullied these days? I'll teach you a lesson for you."

Chen Nian raised her hand and pulled down Cai Lian's hand that was hanging in the air, asking worriedly.

"Don't worry, who am I? I'm a devil incarnate. If anyone dares to bully me, I'll definitely fight back."

"What will happen to your parents and brothers now that you've come into this world?"

Thinking of the kind couple and Cailian's brothers, he asked aloud.

"What can I do? I'll just have to accept it. They don't really care about me anyway. Even if I disappear, they'll just think I'm throwing a tantrum again."

Cai Lian said it without a care in the world.

"Picking lotus flowers—"

"Alright, alright, teacher, let's not talk about me anymore. Anyway, we're already in this world, there's no use thinking about it too much. You still haven't told me how you are."

Cailian waved her hand, stopping them from talking about their own topics.

Whether she truly cares or not is something only she knows.

"good--"

He could tell that Cailian didn't want to talk. After so many years of friendship, how could he not see Cailian's mood? He sighed inwardly.

She's still that proud and aloof little girl.

...

"Teacher, you have a better position than me this time, so you have to protect me."

Cailian's temperament was also quick to come and quick to go. It could be said that Chen Nian's quick-to-come-and-go temperament was influenced by Cailian, as he ate the snacks on the table without any politeness.

Listening to Shen Nian describe her current situation and status, she hugged Shen Nian again and whimpered.

She's quite the drama queen.

"Okay, okay, I'll protect you, I'll protect you. Eat slowly, don't rush, there's more if you're not full."

Watching the person wolfing down their food, worried that they might choke, Chen Nian poured them a cup of tea and handed it to them, a faint smile in his eyes.

Cailian protected her back then, and now it's her turn to protect her.

She met Cailian in college. Back then, Cailian was a reckless and arrogant girl, but unfortunately, she met the cold and aloof Shen Nian, who was completely tamed by a piece of candy.

From then on, I became entangled with Chen Nian, like a piece of chewing gum that I couldn't shake off no matter what I did. As I was entangled with Chen Nian, I got used to it, and it persisted from university to graduation and into my working life.

To make it easier to keep Chen Nian around, he even opened a hospital and hired Chen Nian there. She could work whenever she wanted, or he would support her if she didn't.

Cailian was favored, but her family members were all busy with work and had no time to care for her, which led her to try to attract their attention in other ways.

In order to gain their attention, Cailian forced herself to become a delinquent, but was eventually pulled back to the right path by a moment of tenderness.

Whenever someone bullies her, as long as Cailian finds out, she will definitely teach them a lesson.

Cailian's appearance was one of the few sweet moments in her bitter life in her previous life.

"Is there any more? Teacher, please take it out quickly, I'm starving, I haven't eaten much for days."

When facing Chen Nian, Cai Lian unleashed her true nature without any restraint. The two of them were practically inseparable.

Our seven or eight years of friendship wasn't just for show.

What's more, she really hadn't eaten much for two or three days; she was starving.

...

"Hey, teacher, how did we come into this world?"

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