CHAPTER 263: CHAPTER 263: FACING IT CALMLY

"I happened to record this, isn’t it evidence?!" The man looked at the little boy hiding behind his mother, "Such a young child, full of lies, running wild, I think the responsibility lies with you parents!"

The people around agreed, "It’s the parents’ fault! Too indulgent!"

"Yeah, how could they spoil their child like this..."

At this moment, the child’s father came over. After understanding what happened, he repeatedly apologized to the couple and immediately compensated them.

Seeing that the child’s father was reasonable, knew to apologize and compensate, the couple, though angry, chose not to argue further.

However, their mood was still not great, so they left the hot pot restaurant without eating.

"Shall we leave too?" Lin Xiaoyan patted her belly, feeling quite full.

Nan Xi nodded, "Sure, let’s go."

The two stood up and walked to the counter, ready to check out and leave.

"Hey, watch out!"

Just as they stood up and stepped out of their seats, something suddenly bumped into them from behind.

Lin Xiaoyan was bumped forward sharply, but fortunately, Nan Xi was holding her, otherwise she would have almost fallen.

"Bleh bleh bleh..."

Upon hearing this familiar "bleh bleh bleh," Lin Xiaoyan knew who had bumped into her.

However, in the scene she "saw" just now, Lin Xiaoyan watched the child running around the store with a complex expression.

Lin Xiaoyan looked at the parents eating with relish and approached them, "Are you not going to control your child?

Your child is running around and bumping into things, aren’t you worried they might get hurt or bump into someone they shouldn’t?"

Lin Xiaoyan emphasized the last sentence.

Upon hearing Lin Xiaoyan’s words, the couple looked up and sized her up.

They suddenly sneered, "Are you saying you’re the person they shouldn’t mess with? Hahaha... I didn’t see that coming!"

Nan Xi walked over with a cold expression, her sharp gaze fixed on the couple.

The couple felt a bit apprehensive from the gaze, avoiding eye contact, speculating about the girl’s identity... whether she was indeed different...

"Sister Nan, let’s go, let’s go back."

Lin Xiaoyan tugged on Nan Xi, and after hearing her, Nan Xi no longer looked at the couple and followed Lin Xiaoyan to check out and leave.

After leaving the hot pot restaurant, Lin Xiaoyan called He Qi’an.

Finally freeing himself from his grandfather’s nagging and escaping back to his room, He Qi’an saw his girlfriend’s call and answered immediately.

"Hello, Yanyan..."

"Hey, I’m at a *** hot pot restaurant on ** Road, there’s going to be a murder incident happening here soon..."

After hanging up the phone, Nan Xi looked at Lin Xiaoyan with an expressionless face.

"Just now... did you specifically go to warn that couple?"

Lin Xiaoyan glanced back at the hot pot restaurant and nodded slightly, "Yes.

But they didn’t appreciate it."

Lin Xiaoyan checked the time, "It’s still early, shall we go for a walk? Sister Nan, you’re familiar with this area, is there any fun place to go?"

Nan Xi looked at Lin Xiaoyan, momentarily unable to believe it, and looked seriously at Lin Xiaoyan.

"Xiao Yan, you..."

Lin Xiaoyan looked up, "Hmm? What’s up?"

Nan Xi looked at Lin Xiaoyan and found nothing unusual, but still felt a bit strange inside.

"It’s nothing."

Nan Xi took Lin Xiaoyan for a walk nearby, looking at some attractions that were free and didn’t require reservations.

After strolling for a while, Lin Xiaoyan looked at the sky and said, "Sister Nan, do you feel like my attitude was a problem earlier?"

Returning suddenly to the previous topic, Nan Xi looked at Lin Xiaoyan, thought for a moment, and said, "Yes, since I met you, every time something happens, this time you’re very different from before, why is that?"

Lin Xiaoyan quietly looked at a cloud in the sky and said softly, "I don’t know why, it seems... my mindset has changed.

When I first got this superpower, it felt unreal.

At the same time, it was also a kind of pressure."

"I thought at the time, why did I get this superpower, was it to save the world?

Hahahaha..." Lin Xiaoyan laughed at this point.

"Isn’t that silly?"

Nan Xi shook her head, "Many people would think that when they suddenly encounter an opportunity."

Lin Xiaoyan continued, "Since then, every time something happened, I would desperately try to save those people, whether they’re good or bad, of course, the bad ones would still be punished by the law.

Later, when I got in touch with Shi Wu and the others, I realized a problem.

Which is, sometimes when you want to change, to save others, you do it, but will they listen to you?"

"Now I don’t know why, it seems like I’ve become immune to the visions I see..."

Lin Xiaoyan smiled, "I seem to be shifting towards a more detached perspective..."

"Detached?"

"Yes, it’s like seeing things happen, before I would empathize, be anxious, worried, scared...

Now, when I see those things happen, I’ve become accustomed, I seem to see them as a bystander..."

Lin Xiaoyan thought for a moment and found a fitting metaphor, "It’s like watching movie clips, Sister Nan, do you understand?"

Nan Xi nodded, "I understand."

"Sister Nan, do you think the way I am now... is good? Or bad?"

Lin Xiaoyan asked.

Nan Xi thought for a moment and said, "For you, I think it’s quite good."

"Why?" Lin Xiaoyan turned to look at Nan Xi.

"Because as you said, before when you saw those visions, you would empathize!

For someone like you, who frequently foresees the future, that’s really bad.

Over time, your psychological state could become problematic.

Of course, I know you see a psychologist from time to time, does that mean you’ve already experienced issues?"

Lin Xiaoyan nodded, "Yes, because I used to do tasks, I had to constantly interact with many people, and you know the visions I see are mostly bad ones, so..."

Nan Xi: "That’s exactly it, so I said that your current state is a good thing for you.

At the very least, seeing those visions won’t make you uncomfortable."

Lin Xiaoyan: "Sister Nan, do you think I’m heartless and cold?"

Nan Xi: "Not at all!

Just like the hot pot restaurant incident today, even if you hadn’t noticed, it would have happened anyway.

So, what you should do now is stop morally binding yourself."

Listening to Nan Xi’s words, Lin Xiaoyan suddenly had an epiphany, her mindset changed again.

Lin Xiaoyan smiled, "I understand now, thank you, Sister Nan."

When Nan Xi saw Lin Xiaoyan finally smile, she breathed a slight sigh of relief inside.

Lin Xiaoyan and Nan Xi strolled back to the hotel, chatting about many things along the way.

It was the issues that had been stuck in Lin Xiaoyan’s heart for the past six months.

Just like Nan Xi said, she seemed to have always been morally binding herself, confining herself.

To put it bluntly, a bit of a saint complex.