Throwing his weight around as soon as he became famous? Where would Jian Ran go from here?

Jian Ran left in a car specially dispatched by the Bai Family. By the time his manager, Xu Xuda, reached him, stars filled the sky and lights shone from countless homes.

"Jian Ran, you finally answered! Why was your phone out of service for so long after filming ended? You had me thinking you'd been kidnapped!"

Xu Xuda's eager, rambling voice came through the receiver. Jian Ran pressed his lips together and thought, I suppose I was kidnapped. The moment I entered the study, there was no network, as though they were terrified of being bugged.

Fortunately, the kidnappers hadn't demanded a ransom. Otherwise...

"What is it? Why the hurry?" Jian Ran sidestepped the question, his voice mild. His gaze fell beyond the car window as he calmly watched the city's flickering neon lights.

As a professional manager, Xu Xuda knew many sides of Jian Ran.

There was the shameless, clingy sycophant, the two-faced schemer, the raving lunatic, and...

In short, there were all sorts, but he had never heard Jian Ran sound so quiet, as though he had nothing left to live for.

"J-Jian Ran, what's wrong? Did you run into something on the dating show..." Xu Xuda trailed off, an ominous premonition rising in his heart.

He had long heard that Pure Love was sinister. Without exceptional mental fortitude, people needed treatment after filming ended.

He had originally thought Jian Ran's peculiar way of thinking would keep him from being traumatized to this extent...

"Have you heard of the Sixth People's Hospital?" Jian Ran suddenly interrupted Xu Xuda's bewildered, wandering thoughts.

The latter froze. "Isn't that the really famous psychiatric hospital? All the patients treated there are aggressive and extremely dangerous!"

"Jian Ran, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"

"Don't tell me you're going in for treatment?"

"Do I