Movie/TV series: Starting with Ode to Joy, I opened my own private kitchen.

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"You're talking nonsense! Peng Jiahe is perfectly healthy, how could she be sick? You're the one who's sick. Uh..." Before Su Chang could finish speaking, Lu Yuan roared again, but when he suddenly saw Su Chang's unfriendly gaze, he immediately shut his mouth.

"You'd better wait until I finish speaking before you say anything, or you'll see if I dare to beat you up," Su Chang threatened fiercely. Lu Yuan could only nod in response, feeling resentful.

Chapter Sixteen: Premeditation

“I think Jiahe has at least three mental illnesses: anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or possibly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"Su Chang, is it really that serious?" Gan Jing asked Su Chang with an incredulous look.

Su Chang shrugged and said, "This is what I think. If you don't believe me, you can ask a professional psychologist. Her behavior of kicking the dog just now is actually an early symptom of bipolar disorder or PTSD. She was probably infected." After saying that, she gave Lu Yuan a disgruntled look.

"You mean Lu Yuan also has this kind of mental illness?" Gan Jing asked again.

"Heh! I estimate this person's condition is more complicated and serious than Jiahe's." Su Chang said to Lu Yuan with a sneer.

"Really? Could you elaborate?" Seeing that Lu Yuan was about to say something, Gan Jing simply pulled Lu Yuan away.

“Sure, the first one is depression, the second one is bipolar disorder or PTSD, and the most serious one is that he has a severe personality disorder. He has probably also lost some of his five senses, such as taste…” Su Chang said with certainty.

"You're talking nonsense! If you keep spouting this crap, I'll beat you up!" Upon hearing Su Chang's words, Lu Yuan immediately exploded.

"Hehe! Did you see that?" Su Chang looked at Gan Jing with a teasing expression, while Gan Jing looked at Lu Yuan with a serious expression.

"You're asking for death!" Lu Yuan could no longer bear it and temporarily forgot about Su Chang's terrifying strength. He directly punched Su Chang in the face.

"Humph!"

Su Chang snorted coldly and kicked Lu Yuan directly in the stomach.

Su Chang's kick was extremely powerful, sending Lu Yuan flying two meters away. He clutched his stomach and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Lu Yuan!" Gan Jing rushed over to check on Lu Yuan's injuries.

"I'm fine... cough cough..." Lu Yuan forced himself to get up from the ground despite the pain.

Su Chang looked at Lu Yuan with a cold smile and said, "You think you can fight me with your skills? You're overestimating yourself!"

Lu Yuan glared at Su Chang, his eyes filled with anger.

At this moment, Peng Jiahe also came over with drinks. She glanced at Lu Yuan and then at Su Chang, her eyes revealing a hint of doubt.

"Brother Su Chang, are you alright?" Jiahe asked with concern.

Su Chang shook his head and said, "I'm fine, don't worry. Don't you believe in my abilities?"

Lu Yuan looked at Jiahe and said, "Peng Jiahe, who are you on? I'm the one who got beaten up, okay? He's not a good person, you better stay away from him."

"Heh! I'm not a good person? Look at yourself, do you look like a normal person?" Su Chang said.

Lu Yuan was trembling with anger, but he couldn't refute Su Chang's words. He knew that his emotions were indeed somewhat out of control, but he was unwilling to admit that he had a mental illness.

"Aunt Gan Jing, what's wrong with those two?" Peng Jiahe shook her head helplessly and looked at Gan Jing with a puzzled expression.

"Jiahe, it's alright, it's all Lu Yuan's fault." Gan Jing put Lu Yuan down after finding him unharmed and went to Peng Jiahe's side to comfort her. She was more worried about Peng Jiahe now.

"Oh, right, Sister Gan Jing, just a friendly reminder, if you're going, you can also ask if you have an extreme lack of security. That's a kind of illness, and it manifests as you being submissive. Okay, I'll be going now, I won't stay here any longer."

Just as Su Chang finished speaking and was about to leave, Peng Jiahe grabbed her arm. Su Chang looked at Peng Jiahe in confusion.

"Jiahe, what's wrong?"

"Brother Su Chang, let's exchange contact information." Seeing Peng Jiahe's pitiful appearance, and considering that she really was quite pitiful, Su Chang exchanged contact information with Peng Jiahe before saying goodbye and leaving.

Gan Jing watched Su Chang's departing figure, pondered for a while, said goodbye to Lu Yuan and left, leaving Peng Jiahe completely confused as she followed Lu Yuan home.

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Xu Li Psychological Studio

After leaving, Gan Jing went straight to her best friend Xu Li, who looked at her with surprise.

"What's going on? Your studio just opened, aren't you supposed to be very busy lately? How come you have time to come here today?"

"Sigh! Here's what happened..." Gan Jing recounted the analysis of the illness that Su Chang had given the three of them earlier that day: "Do you think what he said is true?"

"Hmm... I don't know about the other two, but you, if he hadn't said that, I really wouldn't have realized that you really have an extreme lack of security. It seems that the person you're talking about is quite skilled," Xu Li said with certainty.

"Is a lack of security a disease? Don't most women lack security?" Gan Jing looked at Xu Li with a puzzled expression.

"There is a difference between a lack of security and an extreme lack of security. A lack of security is a personality deficiency, while an extreme lack of security is a disease. The personality that is manifested is one of passive acceptance, which you have shown in your relationship with Jiang Haokun."

"Really? Then what he said is all true. Do you have any ideas on how to solve this?" Gan Jing's heart clenched immediately.

“I haven’t met the other two yet, so I don’t know their specific situations and don’t know how to deal with them. As for you, my advice is to leave Jiang Haokun, because if he’s too domineering, it will worsen your mental illness. Actually, you can also ask that guy from today; he’s a real expert. By the way, is he handsome? Introduce me to him, please.” Xu Li asked jokingly.

"He is indeed very handsome, and a rich one at that. He's someone who doesn't even put Jiang Haokun in his eyes, so he's probably not simple. But are you sure you want to be an old cow eating young grass?"

"Isn't that even better? She's still young and fresh, so she must be in great shape. I definitely need to get to know her." Xu Li's eyes suddenly flashed with a wolfish glint.

"You really are a fujoshi (a female fan of male-male romance), you've really let loose since the divorce." Gan Jing looked at Xu Li speechlessly.

"Haha! Of course, we'll be too old to do anything crazy now. I don't need him to take responsibility, let's just treat it as a friendly match, who cares how old he is."

"I'm really scared of you."

Xu Li's matter-of-fact attitude left Gan Jing feeling utterly helpless. Xu Li didn't give up and kept pestering Gan Jing to introduce her to someone, and the two women started playfully fighting.

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After Su Chang returned home and took a shower, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to sign in again today. He realized that what he got from signing in was still related to whether there were any main characters around him, and he had missed the opportunity to have three main characters by his side this time.

However, he wasn't too disappointed. He remembered that Jiang Lai should have returned by now and had been trying to live or die during this time. He could go out and try his luck later.

Su Chang really likes the character Jiang Lai. She's a simple, innocent, rich, and beautiful woman with a great figure. Although she has a bad temper, her flaws don't outweigh her merits. Plus, she has a connection with Jiang Haokun. Su Chang finds the thought of it very exciting.

Chapter Seventeen Jiang Lai

This time, Su Chang was smarter and waited until 10 p.m. to go out. After his experience at the bar last time, he knew that bars only got popular at night. Jiang Lai, a second-generation rich kid, definitely knew this better than he did. So he didn't drive and took a taxi directly to the bar from last time. Anyway, he didn't know which bar Jiang Lai was at, so he just went to try his luck.

As soon as Su Chang entered the bar, he was stunned by the noise inside. He preferred quiet and really wanted to turn around and leave, but then he remembered that he hadn't checked in yet, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go in.

After walking around the venue, Su Chang couldn't find Jiang Lai, either because there were too many people or the lighting was too dim, or perhaps because Jiang Lai wasn't there. So he went to the bar, ordered a cocktail, and drank it alone.

Although many beautiful women approached him to chat, he ignored them and continued drinking until midnight. He was almost finished with his drinks and decided not to wait any longer. Just as he was about to give up on checking in, a beautiful woman in a red dress staggered towards him. Su Chang looked closely and recognized her as Jiang Lai. He was immediately delighted, but didn't show it on his face. He continued drinking, silently chanting, "System, check in!"

"Ding! It has been detected that the host has checked in at TX Bar and is accompanied by Jiang Lai, the protagonist of 'Mr. Right'. The host is rewarded with a hotel in Jing'an InterContinental Hotel in Shanghai."

"Hmm? The InterContinental Hotel? Not bad, this must be worth a lot of money. System, you're really efficient today."

After signing in, Su Chang saw that Jiang Lai had already walked to the bar entrance. He didn't plan to stay any longer, since he had only come to sign in today, and it was time for him to leave as well.

Just as Su Chang arrived at the bar, she saw Jiang Lai drunkenly pull out her keys from her bag and head to her car. This startled Su Chang quite a bit. If she went to drive and something happened, it would be a huge problem. After all, with her arrival, who knew if the plot would change? It would be such a pity if such a beautiful woman were to perish.

"Hey! Beautiful lady, what are you doing?" Su Chang shouted as he ran towards Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai looked at Su Chang suspiciously: "Who are you?"

"As expected of siblings, they even talk the same way." Su Chang thought to herself, "I was just passing by. How could you drive after drinking? If something happens, it will be a big deal."

"Who are you? Who are you to me? What right do you have to tell me what to do? It's none of your business!" Jiang Lai roared as if she had been provoked.

Su Chang glared at her irritably: "I'm nobody to you, and I don't want to get involved, but you hit someone with your car, and that family is now broken up."

"Heh! It's none of your business."

As Jiang Lai finished speaking, she reached for the car door to start the car, but Su Chang grabbed the keys from her hand and said, "Do you know that you're endangering public safety? Are you trying to take revenge on society?"

"Why did you take my keys? Give them back!" Jiang Lai roared and charged at Su Chang, trying to snatch the keys back. Su Chang simply hid the keys behind his back. Jiang Lai then threw herself into Su Chang's arms, not caring how intimate their position was, and continued to wriggle in his embrace. This put Su Chang in a difficult position. First, Jiang Lai reeked of alcohol, and second, she was undeniably well-endowed. As a normal man who had just finished drinking, he was bound to have a normal reaction.

"Cough cough! Stop!" Su Chang pressed Jiang Lai's head down with one hand, pushing her away as far as possible. Jiang Lai still didn't give up, but after struggling for a while, she ran out of strength and glared angrily at Su Chang.

"What are you doing? Give me back my keys."

"Oh!"

Su Chang tapped Jiang Lai on the head.

"Ouch! Why did you hit me?"

"Are you awake?"

"Give me back my key."

"Oh!"

Su Chang didn't hesitate and tapped her forehead again.

"Ouch! Why did you hit me?" Jiang Lai roared, rubbing her forehead.

"Are you awake?" Su Chang asked calmly.

"You..." Seeing Su Chang's hand about to hit her head again, Jiang Lai immediately covered her head with her hands and took two steps back, looking at Su Chang with a resentful expression.

The two stared at each other without saying a word. After about five minutes, Jiang Lai's eyes suddenly turned red, and she covered her face, squatted down, and started crying.

"Waaaaah..."

"Gah..." Su Chang was immediately at a loss. How did she suddenly start crying while they were arguing? Su Chang had never learned how to comfort a girl who was crying in his two lives. This "cure-all" approach didn't apply to Jiang Lai either.

"Cough cough! Can you please stop crying?" Su Chang squatted down and gently tapped Jiang Lai's shoulder with her finger.

Jiang Lai shook her shoulders twice to shake off Su Chang's hand, and cried even harder.

"Oh dear! Miss, I'll give you back your keys and get you a taxi, please stop crying, okay?" Su Chang was really helpless. She had brought this on herself; why did she have to bother Jiang Lai for no reason?

Seeing that Jiang Lai didn't stop, Su Chang had no choice but to soften his tone again.

"Grandma, what do you want me to do to stop crying? Say something, or people will think I'm bullying you."

"You're bullying me. Jiang Haokun bullies me, and you're bullying me too." Jiang Lai immediately raised her head and looked at Su Chang with a resentful expression.

"Ahem! Beautiful lady, you can't say things like that. How did I bully you? If people misunderstand, my innocence will be in jeopardy."

"Aren't you bullying me by hitting my head?" Seeing Jiang Lai's adorable appearance, Su Chang found it quite funny and also thought she was especially cute, something he had never seen in movies or TV dramas. He could only shake his head helplessly.

"Okay, then tell me, what do you want me to do to stop crying?"

"You'll agree if I tell you?" Jiang Lai looked at Su Chang with a skeptical expression.

"You go first, but let me tell you, I only sell my art, not my body, so don't get any ideas about me," Su Chang said, pretending to be very scared.

"Tch! Although you're good-looking (quite handsome), I'm not someone anyone can be good enough for, okay?" Jiang Lai said arrogantly. "But I'll forgive you if you come with me somewhere."

"Miss, it's so late, and you've drunk so much. Where are you going instead of going home?"