Oh no! My yandere school beauty is so clingy!

"Um?!"

Upon hearing Shen Yu's words, Lin Anran looked up at him with a surprised expression and blinked.

"What do you mean...?"

She could hardly believe it; could Shen Yu's family also be...?

But Shen Yu seems like the kind of person with a happy family; I can't see any emotional fluctuations in him.

"Um."

Shen Yu nodded calmly and continued, "My mother died from domestic violence."

Domestic violence?!

Lin Anran suddenly froze, her eyes widening in shock... as if she had understood something.

If it's domestic violence... could it be Shen Yu's father...?

Shen Yu looked at Lin Anran and said, "My dad used to argue with my mom a lot, and sometimes he would hit her. About three years ago, when I had just started high school, I came home and guess what I saw..."

"I saw my dad strangle my beloved mother to death with his own hands. Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. I still remember the despair in my mother's eyes at that moment..."

"..." Lin Anran was stunned, her face blank as she listened to Shen Yu say these words so calmly...

"Then I called the police and personally sent my biological father to jail. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment. I was quite disappointed. I actually hoped he would be sentenced to death."

Lin Anran shook her head slightly with a sigh and said, "You often mention your father, I thought..."

"You think I have a good relationship with him? You admire him a lot? He's a psychologist, I study psychology, do you think I want to follow in his footsteps?"

After saying this, Shen Yu looked at Lin Anran, shook his head, as if denying what he had just said.

"I'm researching these things because I want to figure out why he killed my mother, what his mentality was, to kill a wife who had been with him for twenty years..."

Lin Anran already felt suffocated just listening to this; seeing Shen Yu say all this so calmly was hard to believe...

After going through all this, how can you... still be so emotionally stable? How strong must your mentality be...?

"After that, I stopped believing in the existence of perfect people. I used to really admire my dad. He was a highly respected psychologist in his department, the admirable Director Shen. Countless patients had resolved their inner conflicts with him, and he received a ton of banners of appreciation... This kind of person killed his wife, with whom he had shared a lifetime of love, and had extremely violent tendencies!"

"That's why I especially hate domestic violence. Today, I've encountered what happened to you, and I understand how you feel. I'm helping you not out of pity or for any ulterior motive, but because I feel that helping you is helping my past self..."

Lin Anran listened quietly, putting her legs up on the sofa and hugging them with her arms. Her expression was complicated; she didn't know what to say...

I never expected Shen Yu to have such an experience, it's really... I can't believe it at all.

"I didn't want to say this, but I can tell you're always worried about me, like I have some bad intentions, which is why I can't sleep well..."

Shen Yu glanced at Lin Anran beside him, but Lin Anran kept her head down, not daring to look Shen Yu in the eye...

"Feel sorry..."

A few seconds later, Lin Anran slowly spoke, saying something in a low voice.

"It's nothing. I told you I understand how you feel. The reason I guessed so accurately is because of this. We're the same, just with different personalities. I also thought about grabbing a knife and rushing up to kill that bastard to avenge my mother. Isn't that the same thing you wanted to do today? But I held back and called the police."

"Since I understand you, of course I want to help you... We are both unfortunate, so is it wrong to help each other?"

As Shen Yu spoke, he extended his hand towards Lin Anran...

Lin Anran glanced at it, pursed her lips,

As if possessed, she placed her hand in Shen Yu's palm...

"Um..."

After a couple of seconds, Lin Anran suddenly realized something was wrong! Why did she put her hand on it?!

In an instant, her ears turned red, and she quickly withdrew her hand...

As it turned out, Shen Yu didn't seem to intend to let her go, and directly grabbed Lin Anran's wrist with one hand!

Lin Anran looked at him in surprise, her mouth slightly agape, somewhat stunned...

"Are you willing to believe me now?"

"Ah...I'm willing..."

Without saying a word, Lin Anran nodded. In fact, she hadn't doubted anything while listening to Shen Yu say those words.

Because when she spoke, that cold gaze, filled with hatred, she completely understood; it was the same feeling she had...

This couldn't be faked, so she didn't doubt Shen Yu's words.

"Can you go to sleep now? Stop making a fuss, okay? You're off tomorrow, sleep as long as you want. When you wake up, I'll go with you to get your things, okay?"

"Ah...okay, okay..."

Lin Anran responded softly, glancing down at her wrist, which was still being held by Shen Yu... She wondered to herself, why did he suddenly grab her wrist like that...?

"Um..."

Shen Yu released Lin Anran's wrist, then took something out from under his pillow and handed it to her.

Lin Anran looked closely and realized it was her own utility knife!

Ah... clutching my wrist, is it because of... my scars...?

"Here, your things are back."

Lin Anran reached out and slowly took the utility knife back, holding it in her hand and looking down at her wrist...

"Hmm... okay."

She believed that Shen Yu returned the utility knife to her because he trusted her...that's why he was willing to give it back to her.

Shen Yu stood up, went to the kitchen, filled a glass with water, returned, handed it to Lin Anran, and, looking towards the bedroom, said:

"Go back to sleep. Call me if you need anything."

"Um."

Lin Anran responded softly, took the glass of water from Shen Yu, and then got up and walked towards the bedroom.

As she reached the bedroom door, she glanced back and saw that Shen Yu had already lay down again...

"Good night."

"Ah..." Shen Yu looked at Lin Anran, paused for a second, then nodded and said:

"Okay, goodnight."

Lin Anran returned to her bedroom and closed the door.

Lying on Shen Yu's bed, staring at the ceiling, I felt much better, perhaps because of what Shen Yu said...

Perhaps it was because Shen Yu shared similar experiences with her that she felt a greater sense of closeness with him...

For her, the best comfort is not saying nice things.

Rather... empathy...