Mo Yifan chuckled and looked at Bai Yuning with amusement, but did not expose her intentions. "Shi Youxi, you are so polite in front of the teacher, but why do you not know how to be gentle with women in private?"
He tightened his grip, his chin brushing against Bai Yuning's hair. "If you don't like her, you can just reject her directly. Can you bear to see our school beauty crying so pitifully in public?"
Guan Shiyan leaned against the wall and pulled a piece of chewing gum out of his pocket: Damn, that's exciting!
The drama of the school heartthrob and the school bully fighting over a girl is so exciting. It's all because Mo Yifan and Bai Yuning's acting skills are too good. Guan Shiyan is watching with great interest. His eyes are filled with reproach when he looks at Shi Youxi. The good brother who was just calling him a moment ago has now become a heartless man.
Shi Youxi's eyelids drooped, but the corner of her phoenix eyes lifted slightly, making Guan Shiyan shudder. "Ahem, let's go..."
Seeing the two about to leave, Bai Yuning was reluctant but also secretly relieved. She guessed that starting tonight, the school would be spreading the news that she was being pursued by Shi Youxi and Mo Yifan at the same time, which was good.
But Mo Yifan had no intention of letting Shi Youxi go so easily. "So, is Shi-tongxue planning to give up, or..." Mo Yifan raised an eyebrow, "or do you simply not like her at all—"
"Senior!"
Bai Yuning called out to Shi Youxi, who was about to leave, and pulled an invitation from her pocket. "My birthday is coming up soon, could you come, senior...?"
Shi Youxi glanced at it and finally spoke up: "I'm busy."
"But! But my dad has already mentioned it to Aunt Bai, and she said you will definitely come."
Guan Shiyan: It's over.
Bai Yuning was indeed self-righteous. Although Shi Youxi tolerated Bai Yuning's rumors because of Bai Shengsheng, he also hated being pressured to do things by using his parents as leverage.
Moreover, Bai Shengsheng had an accident at the hospital yesterday. Even though Shi Youxi is very attached to that older sister, he would still make time to see Bai Shengsheng, but he did nothing. This can only mean that there has been a change in Shi Youxi's relationship with his mother.
Mentioning Bai Shengsheng at this time is like adding fuel to the fire.
As expected, Shi Youxi's face instantly turned cold upon hearing Bai Yuning's words. He turned to look at Bai Yuning, who was crying with tears streaming down her face, and said in a chilling voice, "You've crossed the line."
Bai Yuning's eyes widened: "I..."
Shi Youxi said no more and turned to leave.
"Senior! I'm so sorry, I'll definitely explain to you when we get home tonight!"
After the boy's figure disappeared into the corridor, Bai Yuning blinked, and the tears in her eyes vanished completely. She bit her lip in resentment, crumpling the invitation in her hand.
Everything she had prepared was for the birthday banquet, but even Bai Shengsheng couldn't get Shi Youxi to come, so she had no choice but to abandon the plans for the banquet...
Seeing her change of expression in just a few seconds, Mo Yifan's interest grew even stronger. "What, he's not going? I'll go, huh?"
"Get out! Don't touch me!"
Mo Yifan let go of her hand decisively without lingering. He glanced at Bai Yuning's exposed long arms and white legs, took off his coat and draped it over the girl, "Don't think about Shi Youxi anymore. He doesn't like you, but I do."
Mo Yifan noticed Bai Yuning when she entered the school, especially her delicate and lively face, which he liked very much.
Bai Yuning knew that Mo Yifan was referring to her background, but so what... Mo Yifan liked her, and as long as she gave him a little sweetness from time to time, he wouldn't betray her.
"I won't invite you to my birthday party, senior. I can't let it interfere with your studies. After all, if you can't beat your cousin in the exam, don't blame me if your father punishes you."
Mo Yifan's smile vanished, and he silently watched Bai Yuning's departing figure.
In the office building next door, Shi Bianji watched the scene in the corridor with a cigarette between his lips. Smoke rose and sparks flickered in his eyes.
...
"Are you... alright?"
Shi Youxi looked down at her phone. "What do you mean?"
The two of them sat in the back seat, and Guan Shi raised the partition. He looked at Shi Youxi but didn't know how to start the conversation. He wanted to ask Shi Youxi what had happened between him and Bai Shengsheng.
"You...you've been sleeping much better lately than before, you've reached the normal amount of sleep." Guan Shiyan still didn't ask.
"Is the medicine prescribed this time more effective?"
Shi Youxi looked at the woman lying on the bed eating snacks on her phone screen. She was lying on the bed, her wide trouser legs slipped down, and her fair calves swayed back and forth, captivating Shi Youxi's eyes.
He looked up after a long while, meeting Shangguan Shiyan's eyes, the light and shadow flickering on his glasses.
"I'm asking you, besides your improved sleep, have you seen any more hallucinations?"
"No, the person is right next to me, how could I see a phantom?"
Guan Shiyan licked his lips. "But your dosage of medicine has suddenly increased these past two days. This won't do."
On the phone screen, the woman slowly walked into the dressing room. Shi Youxi's Adam's apple bobbed as he tried to open the dressing room's surveillance camera, but a hand pressed down on him the next second.
Guan Shiyan frowned as he looked at Shi Youxi, and the two stared at each other in silence.
Perhaps all the data tests showed that Shi Youxi's mental state was improving, but Guan Shiyan keenly sensed that it wasn't at all.
The new medication didn't have any new effects. The reason Shi Youxi's sleep improved wasn't because of himself or the medication, but because of Cheng Ran. The reason he suddenly increased the dosage of his medication these past two days was the same.
"You...you've become more dependent on her..."
Shi Youxi smiled and said, "No, I won't get addicted to drugs."
"You know that's not what I meant!"
Guan Shiyan pressed down hard on Shi Youxi's hand, and both of them knew what was going on.
"...Isn't this better?" Shi Youxi said calmly.
Guan Shiyan choked and couldn't answer.
He chose psychiatry partly because Guan Yi lacked psychiatric talent and treatment teams both domestically and internationally. As Guan Yi's future successor, he chose to become a doctor out of both interest and responsibility.
But on the other hand, it's because of Shi Youxi.
Even though he is only 16 years old now and has already shown talent and research in psychiatry that surpasses that of ordinary medical students, he still can't say whether it's a good thing that Shi Youxi is addicted to his sister.
However, when he saw Shi Youxi monitoring Cheng Ran, he suddenly realized that Shi Youxi's dependence on women had gone beyond what Guan Shiyan had initially thought was just ordinary liking.
Mentally ill patients often develop an excessive dependence on others, which is actually more beneficial than harmful to them.
But is this really a good thing...?
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