Based on what Gan Yan Yu had said before, along with Lin Tian's own guesses, he could conclude:
Although Grandpa Gan's car accident had only happened this week, Gan Yan Yu's depression had begun back when she was in the United Kingdom.
The main causes were the pressure of being alone in a foreign country, the conflict between her asthma and her dream of becoming a cellist, and the disadvantage she had fallen into during competitions because of classical music.
All those factors had caused Gan Yan Yu's physical condition to start going wrong from that time onward.
Simply put, it was the physical manifestation of depression.
Loss of appetite, malnutrition, weakness throughout her body, drastic drops in weight and immunity, and so on.
That kind of physical manifestation was terrifying, as a psychological illness gradually developed into external physical symptoms.
Then, after she returned home, her grandfather's car accident and her parents' return completely set it all off.
Her condition worsened, followed by even more severe physical symptoms.
The fact that the girl weighed only eighty pounds showed just how serious the problem was.
Gan Yan Yu's mental state had basically returned to normal by now, but restoring her physical health would still require effort.
"Exercise?" Gan Yan Yu was a little stunned.
"That's right!"
Lin Tian said, "At this rate, you won't even be able to return to school by the time I take the college entrance exam!"
"The college entrance exam?"
"Yeah. Are you planning to let me take it alone while you repeat another year?"
Lin Tian said seriously, "We're partners, aren't we? Of course we're taking the college entrance exam together!"
The moment he said that,
Gan Yan Yu's pupils suddenly widened.
Her face slowly flushed red.
So Lin Tian had already been thinking that far ahead.
For the first time, Gan Yan Yu deeply felt the weight of the word "partner" from Lin Tian.
But,
despite calling them partners, Lin Tian had been the one making all the effort and taking action. He had even gotten the most important recording equipment with a single phone call.
Meanwhile, she was covered in injuries and illness, making herself the most burdensome one right now.
"Then... should we apply to universities in the same place?" Gan Yan Yu murmured softly.
Lin Tian had not expected the girl to become so deeply absorbed in that line of thought.
However, an answer quickly formed in his heart as well.
"Of course. Isn't that only natural?"
Lin Tian stepped forward, raised both hands, and placed them on the girl's shoulders.
"Not only should we go to the same city, if possible, we should attend the same university too!"
"Think about it. You promised we'd make videos together. Once we get popular, if we aren't in the same place, wouldn't recording, filming videos, meeting fans, and everything else be a huge hassle?"
"And you—tsk—you've got a record! If I'm not by your side and you jump off a building one day, how am I supposed to keep creating? I have to keep you tied to my side before I can relax!"
Lin Tian spoke with complete confidence, laying out his reasoning point by point.
The gloom Gan Yan Yu had been feeling quickly dispersed, and the delicate girl nearly burst out laughing.
"Then you can find someone else to perform," Gan Yan Yu said softly, barely suppressing the little bit of joy in her heart.
"That won't do. I only like your kind of cello. Nobody else will do."
"Alright."
"So."
Lin Tian pressed his hands onto the girl's shoulders again. "Starting today, be nicer to your body, okay?"
"I'd do that even if you didn't tell me to."
Gan Yan Yu took Lin Tian's hands and removed them from her shoulders. She sounded a little stubborn, yet carried a trace of gentleness.
"Okay."
Lin Tian smiled. "Then starting tomorrow, you'll follow my plan. I'll exercise with you, and we'll strive to get your body back in shape within a month—enough for you to meet the standards to return to school."
In truth, what he had said about the college entrance exam was what Lin Tian genuinely thought.
There were only a few months left until the college entrance exam, and time would pass quickly.
Lin Tian's academic performance currently ranked near the top of the school.
For Gan Yan Yu, getting into the same university as Lin Tian would be somewhat difficult.
However,
among Gan Yan Yu's attributes,
even her cello skill was only rated A+.
Yet her learning ability had reached a terrifying S-rank.
From Gan Yan Yu's elite cello skills, it was not hard to judge just how strong her learning ability was.
Lin Tian could fully believe it.
If Gan Yan Yu could adjust her condition quickly and return to school,
she would definitely be able to catch up academically!
"No," Gan Yan Yu said.
"What won't work?"
"A month is too long. Half a month."
"Are you sure?"
"When I was in middle school, I often worked out with Grandpa too. When it comes to making plans, I should be better at it than you," Gan Yan Yu said seriously.
"That works too. Then what am I responsible for?"
At that question, Gan Yan Yu actually fell silent.
When Lin Tian looked at Gan Yan Yu in confusion, the girl rarely showed a slightly bashful expression.
"Can I ask you to cook for me regularly?"
Gan Yan Yu played with a lock of hair by her temple, winding it around and around her finger.
"The food you make is delicious."
Before the recording equipment arrived, the two began their rehabilitation plan during the rest of the weekend.
Gan Yan Yu now lived alone in Grandpa Gan's old home. Every morning, she would knock on Lin Tian's door right on time.
When he opened it, he would see Gan Yan Yu with her clean single ponytail and school uniform, holding breakfast she had bought and urging him to go for a morning run with her.
For Lin Tian, that feeling was incredibly refreshing.
It was becoming more and more like they were newlyweds.
After their morning run, Lin Tian would cook lunch at noon and call Gan Yan Yu over to eat.
To ensure Gan Yan Yu could recover smoothly, Lin Tian had specifically studied nutrition on Douyin, researching ingredients and dishes according to scientific methods.
The vegetables were tomatoes, carrots, and mushrooms. For meat, there was chicken breast, shrimp, and all kinds of organ meat, along with a pot of goji berry soup and whole-grain porridge.
It was practically a complete nutritional feast!
So nutritious it was dripping with oil!
After dinner, they would rest for a while before beginning the second stage of training.
First, they would run a kilometer at night, then use the equipment in the residential complex for more advanced training.
Gan Yan Yu's perseverance exceeded Lin Tian's expectations. Even Lin Tian, a man, was almost unable to take it anymore, yet Gan Yan Yu still wanted to keep training.
The consequences of suddenly doing intense exercise when one usually did not work out were easy to imagine.
"Pain."
The next day,
Gan Yan Yu lay sprawled across Lin Tian's sofa, completely motionless.
"It hurts so much."
The girl let out a pitiful moan.
Invincible Gan Yan Yu had not burst into flames, but she had finally fallen too.
Lin Tian walked over and looked at Gan Yan Yu, who had completely turned into a corpse, feeling helpless.
"Where does it hurt?"
"My legs, back, arms, butt."
"Isn't that everywhere?"
"My legs hurt the most."
"So this was how you planned it? Are we still training today?"
Lin Tian mocked her.
Gan Yan Yu stretched out a hand, silently grabbed a pillow from beside her, and covered her head with it.
As if she had found a hole to hide in.
"Sorry."
In fact, Lin Tian did know a thing or two about exercise.
Any man who had lived alone for a long time would more or less try working out, or at least learn a little about it.
There was one especially important rule.
After exercising, it was best to manually relax the muscles you had worked. Otherwise, the soreness the next day would hit hard.
Still, it was not as if Lin Tian could not help Gan Yan Yu loosen up.
Lin Tian suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a master-level massage skill he had never used.
"Miss Gan Yan Yu."
"What is it?"
"Take off your pants."
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