Zhou Wu was silent for a moment, as if he was organizing his words:

"We never had an argument. She never once lost her temper in front of me...

"No, it's not just her, it's me too. We seem to have... hidden our bad sides from each other, and then our relationship has come to a standstill. It looks good on the surface, but this is not what I want."

If this goes on, her feelings for him will always remain at the level of liking him, and he will never be able to get her love.

He wanted the real, complete, and unreserved Ayu.

Li Zhennan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "I understand, but aren't your requirements for love a bit too high, or too hasty?

"You have to take your time with everything. You have been dating for less than half a month, so you still need a process to get to know each other slowly."

Zhou Wu let out a long breath: "Yes."

"Right now, the two of you are still in a superficial intimate relationship. It is normal for both of you to have image baggage in the early stages of a relationship. After all, everyone wants to show their best side to the other person."

Li Zhennan gave him some advice, "If you want to break this balance, you must first take a step forward, make a change, and reveal to her the part of yourself that you have hidden from her, even if it is not so beautiful."

“But that’s the problem.”

Zhou Wu closed his eyes and pressed his eyebrows. "Ayu likes the current situation very much. She doesn't want to change it. I'm afraid that if I show my bad side, I will push her away."

From the time they met until now, he has been behaving in every aspect the way she likes. What if he doesn't meet her expectations, doesn't please her, and she is disappointed in him and wants to break up?

Zhou Wu couldn't accept it.

He can't afford the gamble and he can't bear the consequences of failure.

Li Zhennan: “…”

He was speechless.

Being so timid is totally unlike the usual Zhou Wu.

"Then maintain the status quo, but I have to remind you that in any intimate relationship, this shallow balance will not last long. Either the relationship will deepen and move to the next stage, or it will regress and break down. I suggest you prepare in advance."

Zhou Wu said nothing after hearing this. His brows furrowed even more tightly and he raised his hands to cover his face.

Li Zhennan thought about it and suddenly felt something was wrong:

"You are afraid, what about Jiang Deng? Why? Does she think this state is good?"

"Ah."

"How is her relationship with her family? I remember... Jiang Zhengquan, Uncle Jiang, she seems to be from a single-parent family, and she has an adopted brother, right?"

Zhou Wu opened his eyes and sat up straight: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"If it's a character problem formed by her family of origin, it might be more troublesome." Li Zhennan took out a pen and paper from the drawer next to him and made two strokes on the paper. "How does she get along with her family? Tell me more about it."

“Neither is good.”

"Where are your friends?"

"..."

After a bunch of questions, Li Zhennan made some marks on the paper, circled a word, and pushed it to Zhou Wu:

Avoidant attachment personality.

"Avoiding deep emotional connections, being overly independent, and maintaining shallow intimacy... Jiang Deng is most likely this type of person." Li Zhennan sighed, "Now I can probably understand what you mean when you say that her heart is far away from you.

"Because she lacked fatherly love in her childhood, she distrusted everyone and everything in the outside world, and thus closed her heart. It can be said that all her relationships with the outside world replicated her and Jiang Zhengquan's relationship mode to a certain extent."

Zhou Wu's expression had become serious during his series of questions. He asked nervously, "Are you sure? Is it serious? What should I do..."

"Don't be nervous."

Li Zhennan comforted him, "It is a little troublesome, but fortunately you are considered a safe type. After a long time together, as long as you give her enough sense of security, she will slowly come out of it. It just may take a long time, so you have to be patient."

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