After Ruan Qing'an came out of Qin Xi's bedroom, she slowly stretched and walked downstairs to the kitchen.

As she passed the restaurant, she saw Xu Ling'er sitting at the table having breakfast. Ruan Qing'an merely narrowed her eyes, turned around, and walked past. Just then—

Xu Ling'er suddenly stood up and grabbed her.

“Dr. Ruan, we can talk about Qin Xi. This time, I didn’t understand his physical condition well enough, which led to the overdose. It won’t happen again.”

"I doubt Qin Xi will give you a chance to get treatment."

Ruan Qing'an couldn't help but laugh. The smile in his leaden gray eyes was cold and almost mocking. Not only that, but not only Xu Ling'er, but even the Qin family, including Qin Yue, would probably have a hard time in the coming days.

But Xu Ling'er clearly misunderstood her meaning and asked in return, "Does this mean you will continue the treatment next? Dr. Ruan, if I may be frank, although this was my mistake, it does not mean that you can cure Qin Xi."

"Dr. Ruan, which university did you graduate from, and which famous scholar served as your mentor? If even I can't solve this, Dr. Ruan, what makes you think you can?"

Xu Ling'er's tone carried an unconscious hint of sarcasm.

"What I mean is, Qin Xi no longer wants treatment."

"That's utter nonsense..."

Xu Ling'er's expression darkened slightly: "In short, I will regain Mr. Qin's approval. Since Dr. Ruan believes that Qin Xi no longer needs treatment, please do not interfere in this matter."

Xu Ling'er knew that what happened last night had greatly increased Ruan Qing'an's importance. If Ruan Qing'an wanted to regain the right to treat patients or made other demands, Xu Ling'er would probably have no room to object.

But unfortunately, Qin Xi's treatment was also part of the teacher's assignment...

If she fails to cure Qin Xi's illness and Professor Robert finds out, and he truly disowns her as a student as he stated in the email, then Xu Ling'er's path as a psychologist will be extremely difficult!

A moment of silence fell over the room.

Ruan Qing'an suddenly smiled and looked at Xu Ling'er with disdain: "Dr. Xu, your patient is Qin Xi, not Mr. Qin. Do you think Qin Xi's condition is just caused by an overdose of medication?"

Xu Ling'er's face darkened: "Are you lecturing me?"

“I’m just telling you that if you focus solely on medication while completely ignoring the patient’s psychological state, then I think you’re no different from an executioner, or even worse… you’re going to go too far.”

As Ruan Qingan spoke, only coldness remained in his leaden eyes.

She may not know how to treat him, but at least Ruan Qing'an could teach Qin Xi how to save himself, instead of forcing him to choose suicide...

Ruan Qing'an lost interest. With a little force, she threw Xu Ling'er aside, turned around and walked towards the kitchen indifferently, and said casually, "Professor Robert has been teaching you for a long time, but you still won't listen. I have nothing to say to you."

"Stop right there!"

Xu Ling'er suddenly felt as if her dignity was being rubbed into the ground by Ruan Qing'an, and her anger flared up instantly.

Just as Ruan Qing'an was about to enter the kitchen, Xu Ling'er quickly stepped forward and reached out to grab her shoulder. But at that moment, a large hand suddenly gripped Xu Ling'er's wrist tightly and then ruthlessly twisted it backward.

"Ahhh—who is it? Let me go right now!"

"I told you long ago that I would leave the Qin family immediately."

Immediately afterwards, a clear, youthful voice rang out, its tone tinged with amusement, but the content of its words was chillingly cold.

Ruan Qing'an was slightly taken aback. When she turned around, she saw Qin Xi standing behind Xu Ling'er. His youthful face still had that bright and sunny smile, and his exposed tiger teeth were slightly sharp.

But when those dark, dog-like eyes looked at Xu Ling'er, they were icy cold and unapproachable, and the next moment they pushed her away.

Xu Ling'er staggered a bit, then steadied herself by holding onto the wall.

Her wrists were already bruised and purple, making her look quite pitiful. Qin Xi merely glanced at them and chuckled, "My principle is not to hit women, but—"

“Under special circumstances, I may also abandon my principles.”

The smile on his lips was obedient and docile, yet it made Xu Ling'er shiver involuntarily and instinctively take a half step back.

Qin Xi then turned to look at Ruan Qing'an. Seeing the plate in her hand, he frowned and quickly reached out to take it from her, as if afraid of hurting Ruan Qing'an's hand.

"Leave this to me, sister. It's just getting breakfast; I can come down by myself."

Ruan Qing'an chuckled: "Little brother, you've only just woken up."

"Sister, really, oh, right..."

As Qin Xi spoke, he placed the plate on the table, his voice drawn out. His tall, slender figure was slightly bent, and through his hoodie, one could vaguely see the outline of his handsome muscles.

He lowered his head in front of Ruan Qing'an and pressed his cheek against her palm, Qin Xi acting like a spoiled puppy.

But his dark eyes turned to Xu Ling'er, who was tiptoeing away, and his barely visible dark green eyes, like a wolf's, revealed a dangerous meaning.

He smiled and said, "Sister, apart from what I saw when I came here, she shouldn't have done anything else, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing'an raised an eyebrow slightly, stroked Qin Xi's fluffy, soft hair, and looked at Xu Ling'er: "Hmm... there shouldn't be any, we were just having a friendly exchange."

"Besides, you've been watching me with the home security cameras the whole time, that's why you came out of the bedroom, right?"

Nguyen Thanh An casually dropped a bombshell.

037: [Holy crap, the male lead is spying on your ancestors?!]

"Calm down, little system. This kind of thing will only happen more and more often. Have you ever seen a python coil around its prey and then leave no room for maneuver?"

037: [But...but...don't you find it scary?]

Ruan Qing'an paused, his eyes flashing slightly: "Well... you'll get used to it. It's not like it's happened once or twice."

037 remained silent for a long time, as if it knew who it was...

No, this is the same person!

Qin Xi, the culprit, was clearly much calmer than 037. Although he was caught red-handed by Ruan Qing'an, he simply lowered his head and rubbed his palm against hers.

"Is my sister angry? It won't happen again."

"Yes, the little brother is very well-behaved."

Ruan Qingan appeared to believe him, his smile unchanged.

Qin Xi: Of course it's true, we'll continue next time.

Meanwhile, Xu Ling'er had already staggered out of the restaurant, no longer caring about arguing with Ruan Qing'an. Given the situation just now, it seemed that if Ruan Qing'an answered "yes," then—

Xu Ling'er dared not think any further; just looking into Qin Xi's eyes made her so afraid she could hardly breathe.

Only after Xu Ling'er was out of sight did Ruan Qing'an nudge the "big dog" that was rubbing against her affectionately.

She lowered her eyes and said, "Stop fooling around, sweetie. You can discuss the treatment with Uncle Qin, but the medication to stabilize your condition can't be stopped, understand?"

"Okay, I'll do whatever my sister says."

Qin Xi spoke in a sweet, cloying voice, sounding very obedient.

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