Upon hearing his question, Su He realized that she had spoken carelessly and quickly corrected herself, saying, "What I meant was brainwashing."

"Brainwashing?" Lin Jingyan still didn't quite understand.

"It means that someone is controlling you mentally, verbally or physically attacking you, causing you to lose confidence."

At that point, your brain will be controlled by someone else, causing you to lose yourself and subconsciously become completely obedient to them.

"oh?"

Lin Jingyan listened thoughtfully.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "What you said makes some sense. It's like training a dog. At first, the dog might not listen, but if you do it a few more times, it will think that what you are doing is right, or you can use food or other things to distract it."

Gradually, it will be influenced by your attitude and believe that it will benefit from being obedient. As a result, it will become more and more obedient...

Su He: "..."

It must be said that Lin Jingyan is very clever, and his metaphor is quite apt, but it sounds a bit scary and is terrifying upon closer examination.

But it must be said that this is indeed the case; those skilled in PUA can completely subdue a person with just words.

So she sighed and asked, "Well, that's how it is. So what do you think I should do? Just tell her directly? But I doubt she'll listen to me right now."

Lin Jingyan shook his head. "You're right. According to you, she's completely immersed in the beautiful dream that Lan Ziyu has woven for her, and she really can't listen to what others say. So it's no use for you to say anything."

Don't worry about this. I'll talk to my master and have him tell the Wang family.

"Didn't you say the Wang family doesn't know yet? If they found out their daughter was being treated like this, they probably wouldn't let Lan Ziyu off the hook. Let them handle it themselves."

"Alright then, it seems like this is the only way."

Su He knew that this was all she could do; now it was up to the Wang family to decide how to handle the situation.

...

After that, Su He didn't hear from Wang Shiyun for a long time, and even her weekend teaching stopped.

Su He guessed that the Wang family had intervened, and Wang Shiyun was likely traumatized. Hopefully, she can recover soon.

...

It wasn't until a month later that Su He saw Wang Shiyun again at the gate of Peking University.

This time, she was dressed similarly to the first time they met, wearing a dress and high heels that were out of place with everyone around her. She ignored the stares of others and stood there proudly.

But Su He felt that she seemed to have changed a lot; the innocence in her eyes was gone, and she looked somewhat haggard.

Upon seeing Su He, Wang Shiyun said, "Can I talk to you? I don't have many friends, and there are some things I don't know who to talk to."

Su He nodded. "Of course, didn't you say we're friends?"

Wang Shiyun then smiled and said, "Yes, we are friends."

The two then went to Weiyang Lake on the Peking University campus.

Looking at the calm lake, Wang Shiyun sighed and said, "I heard from my dad that you were the one who noticed something was wrong and told him about this. Thank you!"

Su He felt a little embarrassed. "Well, I'm just glad you don't hate me for meddling."

Wang Shiyun smiled and said, "How could that be? It's all thanks to you, otherwise I probably would never have realized it."

At this point, she gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Do you know how foolish I was? I actually believed I had met true love and was willing to give everything for it."

As it turned out, they only saw me as prey, not only wanting to climb into the Wang family's hands, but also wanting to completely control me and thus gain absolute control over the entire Wang family.