Chen Xinmi's plans might be failing.
The human heart is a strange thing; not everything can be explained through reason.
Ever since her sister Chen Shuyun was captured to be experimented on, turned into something neither human nor ghost, and mercilessly attacked after her escape, she indeed managed to break free from the emotion of 'dependency'.
But Chen Xinmi probably hadn't anticipated that although her remedy wasn't wrong, it was merely treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
Having lost the support of her sister, the increasingly fragile Chen Shuyun, after driving her sister away and weeping in Lin An's arms, unexpectedly transferred this 'dependence' onto him.
Especially when Lin An was leading his men to establish the safest and final refuge for everyone.
Wherever Lin An was, Chen Shuyun would follow.
When Lin An left the shelter to go to work, Chen Shuyun would pitifully curl up in a corner of the forest, eagerly waiting for Lin An's return.