Chapter 58 I feel very calm right now...
After the police arrived and spoke with Chen Ci and the others, they took the thief away. By the time Zhao Liang returned with the medicine, Miao Duo and Shen Ci had already returned to the venue.
Everyone gathered around Chen Ci, curious about how she could be so skilled. When they heard that she had been learning martial arts since she was a child and had even won a children's championship, everyone exclaimed "Wow!" in unison.
"I really can't believe it. I always thought President Shen was a funny and sweet girl."
Chen Ci: "..."
No, a sweet girl is a sweet girl, but what is a funny sweet girl?
"From the moment President Shen sent President Zhou's emoji in the group chat, I knew President Shen was no ordinary person. Sure enough... my apologies for my overconfidence!"
"Ms. Shen is very brave, but that's different from her daring to post Mr. Zhou's emoji."
Chen Ci: "..."
"Does Mr. Shen offer classes? I want to learn martial arts too!"
"Coach, I want to improve too!"
“…How about I give you a number?” As Chen Ci was speaking, Zhao Liang came up and handed her the small bag containing the medicine.
"Coach, let's treat the wound first!"
“…Okay, thank you.” Coach Shen took the medicine and asked him, “How much is it? I’ll transfer it to you.”
"No need, no need, Mr. Miao has already forwarded it to me."
Chen Ci held her phone and looked at Miao Duo: "Then I'll transfer it to you?"
"No need, it's not much money. You should apply some medicine first."
"Okay, I'll treat you to milk tea later." Chen Ci put away her phone, took the medicine to the bathroom to treat her wound. Just as she put on the bandage, Zhou Shilin called her on video.
Chen Ci paused for a moment, then went out and found a quiet corner to answer the phone.
Zhou Shilin was probably at the hotel, wearing the same pajamas Chen Ci had seen once. He sat on the sofa, his brows slightly furrowed, staring at Chen Ci on the screen: "I heard you just bravely caught a thief at the exhibition hall?"
"...Haha." Chen Ci laughed awkwardly twice, wondering who had complained to President Zhou so quickly. "He wasn't brave and invincible at all. That thief was very weak. He fell down as soon as he pounced on him."
"Aren't you afraid he might be armed if you just pounce on him like that?"
"No, even though it's just setup today, all people and objects entering the venue have to go through security checks, and I pounced on him and pinned him down really hard!"
"..." Zhou Shilin noticed the bandage on her elbow and frowned slightly. "How's your hand? Is it badly injured?"
"It's just a minor scratch. Miao Duo is making a big deal out of it and insists that I get it treated."
"She did the right thing."
"……"OK.
Zhou Shilin looked at her for a while and noticed a problem: "When you got into a fight today, you didn't turn back into 'Shen Feifei'?"
Chen Ci was stunned. She hadn't even noticed until Zhou Shilin pointed it out!
"Yes! I haven't changed today!" Chen Ci was pleasantly surprised. Last time, she hadn't forgotten the memories of 'Shen Feifei,' and she thought it was because she hadn't fought anyone. But this time, even after fighting someone, she hadn't changed. "Am I fully recovered?!"
"...I suggest you make an appointment with Dr. Zhang today so he can give you another diagnosis."
"Uh-huh!"
"If I encounter something like this again, I don't need to be so brave. I should protect myself first."
"Okay, okay!"
Zhou Shilin: "..."
This sounds incredibly perfunctory.
"Besides your elbow, are there any other injuries?"
"No, that's all." Even if there were, by the time Zhou Shilin comes back, it should be almost done. "Miao Duo and the others are still waiting for me at the booth. If I don't go over soon, they might come looking for me."
"Hmm... that's all for now." Zhou Shilin said, glancing at the wound on her hand again. "Remember to change the dressing tonight, and don't keep wearing the bandage on all the time."
"Okay, Mr. Zhou." After finishing her conversation with Zhou Shilin, Chen Ci finally returned to the booth. The booth wouldn't be fully set up until tonight, so she and Miao Duo didn't stay there all the time. Before leaving, Chen Ci ordered milk tea for everyone and told them to remember to go out and get it later.
After leaving the convention center, I went to see Dr. Zhang. It was lunchtime, and Dr. Zhang was working overtime again to see me.
Of course, as before, overtime pay will still be required.
Chen Ci sat in her familiar spot and recounted her day to Dr. Zhang: "In short, I bravely and invincibly subdued the thief, and my mental state has remained excellent."
Dr. Zhang: "..."
He looks great; he's so energetic even though he didn't eat lunch.
“In the past, in order to sever ties with your original self, you would treat the self that hit someone as another person, namely Shen Feifei, and you would forget that memory afterward. Now that you no longer use this protective mechanism, we can assume that you have begun to accept your former self.”
Chen Ci said, "That's what I think too. My mother rejected the person I used to be, so I also rejected the person I used to be. But now, how my mother sees me doesn't seem to matter that much to me anymore."
"Is it because Zhou Shilin made you realize that even if your mother doesn't like you, there are many other people in the world who do?"
"That's one reason. Of course, I've also grown up. When I was a kid, I couldn't control my strength when I hit people, but now I can control my strength."
Is this the kind of growth?
Dr. Zhang tactically took a sip of water from his glass and said, "Although it's unrelated to our treatment, I still need to remind you that you can really get detained for assaulting someone."
"What about not hitting people randomly?"
"...you could also be detained, especially if the other party is trying to extort you, and you'll even have to pay compensation."
Chen Ci blinked at him: "Dr. Zhang seems to have a lot of experience in this area. What have you been through?"
Dr. Zhang: "..."
Chen Ci has indeed grown; they all want to take the lead and treat him instead.
"That's enough of the digression. Let's get back to your condition." Dr. Zhang took another tactical sip of water. "Your relationship with your mother is the direct cause of your illness. Now that you consider yourself recovered, do you mean you've forgiven your mother?"
Chen Ci thought for a moment and said to him, "It's not forgiveness, nor hatred, but letting go."
As a child, she longed for her mother's approval and valued her mother's opinion of her above all else. But after experiencing so much, she no longer cares.
"Now I have a job I love, I live the life I love, I have many friends, and I have a boyfriend who is rich, handsome, has a great physique, and loves me very much. I feel very peaceful."
Dr. Zhang: "..."
"By the way, we'll get another dog in the future, but we haven't decided yet whether to get a Samoyed or a Labrador."
"..."
"Dr. Zhang, which one do you think is better?"
"...This issue will cost extra."
“…Then I won’t ask.” Chen Ci pouted. “The puppy loves me very much and will even lick me on its own.”
Dr. Zhang pondered for a moment, looked at her and said, "You received so much love from sources other than your mother, and all of that has become the best medicine to heal you."
People say that it takes a lifetime to heal from the misfortunes of childhood, but Shen Ci was lucky; she didn't have to spend that long.
Chen Ci nodded: "My friends aren't afraid of me when they see me hitting people, and they even want to learn martial arts from me. Zhou Shilin is right, it was all those classmates' fault before."
Dr. Zhang: "..."
It's clear that President Zhou really loves it.
Perhaps because neither of them had eaten, the treatment didn't last long, but when Dr. Zhang left, it was the most relaxed Chen Ci had experienced in a long time.
It seems she has finally let go of the stone that had been weighing on her heart for so long; even the air smells fresher than before.
She must have a good meal at noon today.
After Chen Ci went to the hot pot restaurant where she planned to take Zhou Shilin, she ordered a table full of dishes and sent the list to Zhou Shilin.
Zhou Shilin replied with a big smiley face emoji.
Chen Ci: [Cat shocked.jpg] You're still awake so late?
Zhou Shilin: You said you went to see Dr. Zhang. I was thinking of asking you about it after you finished.
Zhou Shilin: No need to ask now, I can tell you're in great shape [smile]
Chen Ci: Hahahaha, I originally wanted to wait for you to come back and take you to this hot pot restaurant, but I just couldn't resist today [shy]
Chen Ci: But don't worry, we'll still eat here when you come back. I can eat two meals!
Zhou Shilin: That's really putting you in a difficult position. [Smile]
Chen Ci: It's okay, it's okay, I can do it for President Zhou.
Chen Ci: You should go to sleep. I've cooked the tripe, it'll get too old if we don't eat it soon.
Zhou Shilin: ...
She didn't really care whether he slept or not. :)
Zhou Shilin really went to sleep, and Chen Ci ate all the food on the table by herself.
The Science and Technology Expo opened on time the next day, attracting visitors from all over the world. Several trending topics were generated by the expo in just one morning, and the collaboration between Pupu Paradise and Shijie was a great success, with a constant stream of visitors to the booth.
Just as everyone was planning how to hold a celebration banquet, a video of Chen Ci hitting someone suddenly appeared on the trending searches.
Shen Ci is not a celebrity, and no one would recognize her if her name were used as a trending topic. So, the entry used the words "girlfriend of Shijie's president" to grab attention.
Chen Ci immediately clicked on this trending topic. The video inside showed her catching a thief while setting up her booth at the Science and Technology Expo yesterday, but it didn't show the background or the details, only a few seconds of her hitting the thief.
Shen Ci frowned. This was clearly the work of someone with ulterior motives, and their purpose was probably not to smear her, but to target Shi Jie.
Sure enough, not long after, several negative trending topics related to Shijie appeared.
Chen Ci was monitoring online public opinion when a phone call suddenly came in.
It's her mother.
She and her mother hadn't been in contact for a long time; not blocking each other was their last shred of decency. Her sudden call now was most likely related to the trending topics.
Chen Ci thought that Lin was the famous CEO, and she would definitely have more experience in dealing with this kind of deliberate smear campaign against the company than she did, so she answered the phone: "What is it?"
Like her, Chen Ci's mother asked in a flat voice, "Did you see the video trending on social media? Didn't I tell you that you're so impulsive that you're easily set up? Especially when your identity is unusual."
“...If someone wants to set a trap, they always find a way to do it, whether it’s for this or something else.” Chen Ci chuckled as she said this, “You’re always like this, you always blame me first when there’s a problem.”
“I’m not… never mind,” Chen Ci’s mother stopped talking. “What’s going on in the video?”
"That man is a thief, and he's still in detention."
"Understood, we will explain to Shijie."
After Chen Ci's mother finished speaking, she hung up the phone. Chen Ci stared at her phone, wondering whether she should call Zhou Shilin. He was currently abroad and couldn't come back immediately, but the fact that he found out about her injury so quickly yesterday meant that he had been keeping in touch with people back in China.
Just as she thought of this, Zhou Shilin called her again via video.
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