"You're sixteen, the most beautiful age. You have a bright future ahead of you."

Xiao Xin-jie comforted her softly, "Go back and get some rest... Don't think too much. It's not worth giving up your life for him."

Gu Shen remembered this girl. Her name was Qu Shui, a beautiful name that suited her, a quiet and gentle girl.

Except her wrist was covered with hideous scars of varying depths.

"Mmm..."

Qu Shui shrank back, covered her forearm with her sleeve, and whispered, "Dr. Zhou... I... if things don't improve... can I come again?"

"Of course." Zhou Yexin smiled.

Hearing this, Qu Shui smiled softly.

Gu Shen noticed that the girl was still curled up, her face pale, holding a cup of hot water, not getting up.

"What's wrong? Not feeling well?"

"No... It's just getting late..."

Qu Shui's voice became smaller and smaller, and she didn't dare to look up. "Walking alone at night... is a little scary..."

"Need me to take you?" Gu Shen asked.

Qu Shui didn't respond, her head lowered even further.

"I'll do it."

Zhou Yexin put on her coat and instructed, "Xiao Gu, I don't think any more customers will be coming... That's it for today. You can clean up and close up shop later."

Gu Shen nodded. He smiled and said, "Okay. Xiao Xin-jie, be careful on the road."

After watching the two leave.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

He leaned against the wall and reached out to touch his forehead. When he pushed the door open... a wisp of heat seemed to ignite between his eyebrows.

This happened every time he circulated the Jingzhe Breathing Technique, so Gu Shen was used to it.

But this time, the heat was different from before.

"Is it because I sensed extraordinary aura..."

This time, the heat in his brow seemed to be a warning.

Following his intuition, Gu Shen circled around the room, checking everything. Finding nothing unusual, he finally came to the mirror and was startled by the face in the mirror.

When alone, a wisp of slender firelight actually appeared between his eyebrows.

And it was slowly burning and flickering.

As if it had a life of its own!

It was no different from the "Blazing Fire" he summoned during the extraordinary trial in the Deep-Sea Zone... Gu Shen carefully touched the Blazing Fire between his eyebrows, feeling the warmth in his fingertips and heart, and couldn't help but smile.

Too bad Chu Ling didn't see this.

Could this be considered... his successful condensation of extraordinary power?

"Hoo... this wisp of Blazing Fire seems to have its own consciousness. Did it want to come out just now?"

Gu Shen had a thought, feeling a little curious. After successfully summoning the Blazing Fire, he didn't feel any different.

This didn't seem like an enhancement-type extraordinary power.

And he hadn't yet reached the level of opening a domain... This wisp of firelight only floated between his eyebrows, more like a thin layer of armor, and a pitifully small one at that.

"Extinguish."

He had a thought and whispered softly.

The Blazing Fire immediately dissipated.

"Appear."

With another thought, the Blazing Fire reappeared, condensing into a gentle, clear flame.

After repeating this several times, Gu Shen had skillfully mastered the trick and could use the Blazing Fire at will.

"For now... this wisp of Blazing Fire is still very weak. It seems I can only use the most basic mental abilities."

"Like... hypnosis."

Gu Shen murmured, "And it's still the most basic kind. It's difficult to hypnotize transcendents, but hypnotizing ordinary people... shouldn't be a problem."

Based on his feelings, the extraordinary intensity of this wisp of Blazing Fire was about the same as Xiao Xin-jie's pocket watch.

"Very good... It shows that my direction is right. The hard work of these days has finally paid off." Gu Shen looked in the mirror, at his handsome face flickering in the firelight, and couldn't help but smile. "Moreover, the speed of mastering the Blazing Fire is much faster than I imagined."

Originally, the plan was to summon the Blazing Fire within a month, which would be considered a success.

It had only been nine days.

Gu Shen extinguished the flames between his eyebrows, feeling much happier. He cleaned up the clinic and prepared to leave.

Just then.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

A very soft knock came from outside the door.

The clock pointed to eight forty-five.

Usually, there were no customers at this time... unless they had a special appointment.

Through the peephole, Gu Shen saw a luxuriously dressed woman. She was dressed very elegantly. Most places were experiencing severe temperature drops after the beginning of autumn, but she was wearing an extremely thin water-blue qipao. To keep warm, she wore a mink coat over her shoulders, and a delicate satchel was nestled in her arm.

She looked like a wealthy lady at first glance.

Before the second knock, Gu Shen opened the door.

"You are?"

The wealthy lady frowned. She said softly, "I heard that the doctors at the Dream Weaver are very good... but it's a lady..."

"I'm new..." Gu Shen thought for a moment and smiled, "An assistant. My surname is Gu. You can call me Doctor Gu."

Assistant?

A little too young, still a teenager.

"Doctor Gu..."

The wealthy lady looked at Gu Shen. After seeing the other party's clear eyes, she didn't know why, but a trace of trust arose in her heart. She asked softly, "Assistant doctors... are they also doctors?"

Gu Shen nodded seriously, "Assistant doctors... are of course doctors."

After opening the door, he observed the lady once again.

It was obvious that she was very wealthy, dressed elegantly, and made up meticulously, but even after applying makeup, one could still see the haggardness of her face, and the dark circles under her eyes were faintly visible.

"It's like this... I guess you are in charge of psychological clinics for young people's emotional counseling..."

The wealthy lady sighed wearily, her voice very slow, like fragmented murmurs: "But I really have no choice... I've looked for many people these past few days... and they are all at a loss..."

"Sorry... sorry... you probably didn't understand..."

She supported her forehead, her voice a little broken.

"I don't know... why I'm saying these things to you..."

These few words were scattered and fragmented.

Making them incomprehensible.

But Gu Shen's expression was calm, listening quietly. When the other party had nothing more to say, he slowly said, "It's a sleep problem, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking.

A look of surprise flashed in the wealthy lady's tired eyes.

"You haven't rested for several days, have you? Three days, or four days."

Gu Shen glanced at her and looked away.

He stepped aside, making way, and said calmly: "Dr. Zhou has already left work, and only I am left. If you feel that you can hold on for another night, the clinic will open for business at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. If you can't hold on anymore, and don't mind that I'm just an assistant doctor... maybe you'll have a good sleep tonight."

After saying this, he waited for the other party's reply.

When Gu Shen pinpointed the sleep problem, the wealthy lady became emotional.

"Thank you... thank you..."

At this time, she was trembling, like a drowning person grasping at the last straw.

In fact, there are many things in this world that are precious, but not cherished.

Only those who have lost them know how luxurious it is to possess them.

For example, sleep.