The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

"Rip!"

"Bang!"

The girl's petite body unleashed astonishing power.

The plastic bag was torn to pieces, and the pills inside were scattered all over the floor.

Xu Nian looked at Xu Xi, whose eyes were red and whose chest was heaving, and was at a loss for what to do.

His mind was a little foggy.

Since his imprisonment, he has never mentioned the topic of her mental illness to Xu Xi.

Similarly, he seemed to have never seen Xu Xi take his medicine.

Now, this topic has been brought up for the first time, and it has actually caused such a strong reaction.

Does this mean that Xu Xi has no other mental illness besides simple dual personality disorder?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Judging from her current appearance, she definitely doesn't seem like a mentally sound person.

The symptoms must have been triggered by prolonged discontinuation of medication.

"You...you calm down, I didn't say you were sick."

He swallowed hard and spoke cautiously.

"Then why did you force me to take the medicine?"

The girl's eyes were bloodshot. She suddenly pushed the man down, straddled him, and slapped him hard.

Do I look like a psychopath?

"No...no..."

"But this is how you treat me!"

Xu Xi's pretty face twisted in pain, her beautiful eyes filled with red lake water.

"Are you trying to say that I'm crazy, not a normal person, and that you want to abandon me again, just like you did ten years ago?!"

Xu Nian's heart skipped a beat.

This girl probably dreamed about that farewell ten years ago, which triggered her sensitive nerve.

That's why she tried her best to act like a normal person, not wanting to be seen as an oddball in his eyes.

In reality, she was already terminally ill, yet she still forced herself to work hard in her career despite her poor health.

The immense work pressure she's been under lately has completely broken down her mental defenses.

"Calm down..."

He gently brushed the stray hairs from the girl's forehead with his right hand.

"No matter what you become, I will never abandon you."

"You're lying!!!"

At this moment, Xu Xi was no longer able to listen to any explanations.

A profound sense of fear and unease filled her heart. Every time her gaze swept over the colorful pills on the ground, it felt as if a sharp blade pierced her heart, leaving a bloody wound.

She frantically stomped on the pills with the tips of her high heels, crushing them into powder one by one.

"Stop it!"

Xu Nian rushed forward and hugged the girl tightly to stop her from further destroying the drugs.

He knew that Xu Xi had to take these medications, otherwise her condition would become uncontrollable and worsen.

"Let go of me! You bastard!"

However, this had the opposite effect.

Xu Xi struggled violently like a hedgehog, her pale fingertips drawing bloody marks on the man's body.

She was incredibly strong; her small body contained boundless energy. She was determined to crush every single pill. It seemed that if she could see no pills, she would no longer be a mental patient and would not be abandoned.

Xu Nian, a man who couldn't use one hand, was no match for him at all.

He had no choice but to lie face down on the ground, using his body to protect the colorful capsules.

This is the only hope that Xu Xi can return to normal.

The price he paid was that he took the brunt of Xu Xi's destructive attacks time and time again for the pill.

His clothes were covered in dust, and his body was covered in dirty shoe prints.

Xu Xi had completely lost her mind, gritting her teeth as she stomped on the man's body again and again.

She had only one thing on her mind: to destroy all the medications she was taking for her mental illness.

She used more and more force, and Xu Nian felt wave after wave of excruciating pain.

Even so, he refused to let go, desperately protecting the remaining medication.

Having not had a good night's sleep for several days, Xu Xi's physical functions must have reached their limit.

Every time she exerted herself, every time she strained, she was overdrawing her physical strength.

If we can hold on until she is exhausted and loses her strength, then forcibly feeding her the medication might be able to restore her to normal.

Otherwise, if left unchecked, this girl might completely go insane.

"Okay, so you really want me to take my medication, so you think I'm mentally ill, right!"

Seeing that the man was covered in wounds but still protected the medicine, Xu Xi's emotions collapsed even more.

She rushed into the kitchen, snatched the draining cleaver from the dish rack, and stabbed it forcefully into her wrist.

At the critical moment, Xu Nian quickly got up from the ground, rushed to her side, and hugged her arm tightly.

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

The girl struggled desperately, as if she had inexhaustible strength, repeatedly swinging the dagger at herself.

"If you think I'm mentally ill, then what's the point of keeping me alive?"

"I'm dead, isn't that what you wanted? No one will restrict your freedom. You can go wherever you want and like whoever you want."

Xu Nian was too exhausted to argue. He could only use his remaining strength to hold the girl's arm down to prevent her from harming herself.

The cleaver swung through the air, and blood soaked the girl's clothes.

Despite this, Xu Xi showed no signs of fatigue.

She was like a cold machine, executing a pre-programmed sequence of events time and time again.

They are willing to destroy themselves completely at all costs.

The man desperately protected her, holding her tightly, enduring the sharp knife repeatedly injuring himself.

The two walked from the kitchen to the living room, where vases were smashed, photos were torn, and furniture was broken everywhere they went.

"Let go! You bastard!"

The girl went completely berserk, losing her last shred of reason.

She raised the kitchen knife high, aiming it at the neck of the man who had tried countless times to stop her from committing suicide.

A ruthless glint appeared in her eyes.

"If you want to defy me so badly, then let's go to hell together!"

Xu Nian had completely lost the ability to resist. The high-intensity physical exertion over several hours had left her utterly exhausted.

He closed his eyes and quietly waited for the cold to descend upon his neck.

This is the beauty he would protect with his life.

Even if it's the end, he will walk ahead of her.

"Clang!"

The expected pain did not come.

He opened his eyes and saw the kitchen knife lying on the ground, the girl's arms trembling, and tears streaming down her face.

He saw a familiar look in her eyes.

"A... stream?"

He moved his lips and murmured softly.

"elder brother!"

The girl hugged the wounded man tightly and burst into tears.