When Shen Mingzhang was helping the screenwriter revise the professional knowledge points about psychology in the script in the hotel room, there was a sudden knock on the door.
As soon as the door opened, I found that the person standing outside was Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen's face was terribly gloomy. Shen Mingzhang frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Chen entered the room and saw Shen Mingzhang close the door. After making sure that there was no one else in the room, he asked with difficulty, "Has Youyou ever suffered from depression?"
After hearing Jiang Chen's words, surprise flashed across Shen Mingzhang's one old eye.
He walked to the tea table and slowly poured a glass of water for Jiang Chen: "Who told you that?"
Jiang Chen didn't answer. He stared at Shen Mingzhang, wanting to hear an answer from him.
Shen Mingzhang placed the cup of water on the tea table and said, "This is her privacy. I have no right to disclose it to a third person."
"I am her husband!" Jiang said these words heavily, and even his breathing became unstable.
Shen Mingzhang's attitude clearly confirmed his previous question. If the fact that Shen Mingyou suffered from depression was a myth, then Shen Mingzhang would definitely deny it hastily.
But he didn't!
This means that Shen Mingyou was really sick in the past, but he, as her husband who had been married to her for five years, knew nothing about it!
Shen Mingzhang sighed: "This is Mingyou's own wish. She doesn't want to tell anyone about her illness."
"Don't worry, her depression has been cured after treatment." Shen Mingzhang said, "She is now like a normal person, living a positive and sunny life. As long as the depression does not recur, there will be no problem. Of course, due to her profession, her little things will be magnified infinitely. Too many people on the Internet comment on her. In addition, she loves acting too much. When she encounters excellent film and television works, she will devote herself to it. It may be difficult for her to get out of the role. As long as she pays more attention to these aspects in the future, there will be no big problems."
In fact, Shen Mingzhang was not in favor of Shen Mingyou's comeback at the beginning. Although Shen Mingyou's depression had been cured, the entertainment industry was too complicated and not very good for her mental health. But Shen Mingyou resolutely returned to China at the time, and Shen Mingzhang could not persuade her and could only let her go.
Fortunately, after Shen Mingyou brought Nian Nian to participate in the program "Super Mom", the mother and daughter were loved by many people. Shen Mingyou changed a lot, and even Nian Nian became cheerful.
"Every time I went home, Youyou acted very normal. She would smile at me and play with Nian Nian. I didn't see anything strange about her at all!" Until now, Jiang Chen still couldn't believe it. How could Shen Mingyou have depression? Whether he went home or on the phone, she was always normal.
Shen Mingzhang shook his head and said, "Some patients with depression behave like normal people in front of others, but this does not mean that they are not sick."
"Why did Youyou suffer from depression? Has she recovered completely? What do you mean by relapse? Is there a possibility of relapse?" Jiang Chen had a lot of doubts in his mind. No wonder Shen Mingzhang suddenly told him yesterday when he was watching Youyou acting on the set that he was worried that Shen Mingzhang would have difficulty acting and asked him to pay more attention to Youyou's mental health. He thought at the time that this was a problem that many actors would encounter, but he didn't expect that Shen Mingzhang was actually reminding him implicitly.
Shen Mingzhang frowned, somewhat reluctant to speak.
Jiang Chen saw his hesitation: "As a doctor, you don't want to disclose the patient's privacy, but now, you are still Youyou's brother. As a family member, I hope you can understand my feelings. I will know these things sooner or later."
"What's the point of knowing this?"
"It's better than knowing nothing."
Shen Mingzhang was silent for a moment, and then said, "It was when Nian Nian was about two years old. Because Nian Nian couldn't speak at the age of two, and her behavior was very different from that of ordinary two-year-olds, Mingyou thought that Nian Nian might have autism. During that time, she took Nian Nian to seek medical treatment everywhere and looked for famous psychological institutions. But Nian Nian was too young at that time, and even professional psychological institutions could not make a complete diagnosis of whether Nian Nian had autism. Mingyou was under too much psychological pressure at that time. It was after she brought Nian Nian to our hospital that I noticed that her condition was a little abnormal. After examination, I found that she had been suffering from depression for some time."
Shen Mingzhang looked at him and said softly, "To Mingyou at that time, Nian Nian was everything to her. If anything happened to Nian Nian, Shen Mingyou might not be able to survive."
Jiang Chen's heart felt like it was being squeezed so tightly that he couldn't breathe at all.
He remembered that Shen Mingyou once called him. During the call, Shen Mingyou told him that Nian Nian had never been able to speak and she was a little worried. How did he respond at that time?
Jiang Chen himself could not speak until he was three years old. He arrogantly thought that Nian Nian was like her father, special, and would definitely be a genius in the eyes of others. Jiang Chen did not take the fact that Nian Nian could not speak at the age of two seriously. He seemed to answer Shen Mingyou very calmly at the time, "It doesn't matter. It will be fine when Nian Nian grows up a little bit."
He never thought that his seemingly ordinary words might hurt Shen Mingyou and make Shen Mingyou misunderstand that he didn't care about Nian Nian's affairs at all.
When she was anxious about her daughter's affairs, he dismissed her with just one sentence. At that time, she must have been extremely disappointed in him.
After Shen Mingzhang explained depression and the probability of relapse to Jiang Chen from a professional perspective, the room became very quiet and no one spoke for a long time.
Shen Mingzhang knew that Jiang Chen needed time to digest this, so after a long while, he finally spoke: "Do you still remember the wish that Nian Nian made in the last episode of "Super Mom"? "
Jiang Chen's thoughts went back to the last day of Nian Nian's program. Nian Nian was taken to a small interview room by the program director. There, the director asked each child what their wish was.
Nian Nian replied at the time, “Nian Nian hopes that mom will always be happy.”
At that time, Nian Nian was like an angel baby, with clean and beautiful eyes, expressing her simple and beautiful wishes.
"Niannian said that she hopes her mother will always be happy." Shen Mingzhang exhaled, and his voice changed a little. He said: "Niannian's wish is not random. Although she is young, she is a very sensitive child. She can feel that her mother was unhappy in the past, so her wish is just to hope that her mother can always be happy in the future."
Although Shen Mingyou tried her best to act normal in front of Nian Nian, Nian Nian was with her day and night, and no matter how well she hid her emotions, they would eventually be exposed. Moreover, Nian Nian was a very sensitive child and could feel whether her mother was happy or unhappy.
After feeling it, Shen Mingyou's emotions will in turn affect Nian Nian. Nian Nian didn't talk much before, and most of the time she would sit there and play quietly by herself. Everyone thought that Nian Nian might be a quiet child, but in fact, Nian Nian's quiet personality is very likely influenced by Shen Mingyou. Now she gets all the love from her parents, and after feeling her mother's happiness, Nian Nian has gradually become cheerful.
After Shen Mingzhang finished speaking, Jiang Chen stood there stupidly, not moving for a long time.
After leaving the hotel, Jiang Chen did not go directly to the airport. He drove back to the set where Shen Mingyou was filming, but he parked the car outside and sat for a long time but never got out.
**
On the plane back to City A, Jiang Chen had a very long dream.
He dreamed that after Shen Mingyou returned to China, she made a comeback in the entertainment industry and took Nian Nian to a baby-raising variety show called "Super Mom".
However, in this variety show, Shen Mingyou's depression, which had been cured, suddenly relapsed. Nian Nian rarely spoke in the show, and many netizens said that Nian Nian looked like an autistic child. After Shen Mingyou saw those comments, in order to prove that Nian Nian was not autistic, she forced the quiet Nian Nian to be more lively and talk more in front of the camera. However, under the pressure of her mother, Nian Nian became even more silent, her behavior quickly became strange, and her reactions became slow. Seeing Nian Nian like this, Shen Mingyou became even more hysterical, as if she was caught in a vicious cycle...
The performance of the mother and daughter on the show added many conflicts and contradictions and highlights to the show "Super Mom". All the audience were scolding Shen Mingyou, and many people were scolding Nian Nian, as if they had done something against the will of heaven. Countless people vented their malice towards them on the Internet. After Shen Mingyou saw those messages full of insults, her condition became worse. On the show, she couldn't even control herself at all. She became even more crazy, not only yelling at her daughter, but once, she even wanted to hit Nian Nian.
Just when Shen Mingyou was about to take action, Nian Nian, who never spoke again on the show and kept her head down and refused to look anyone in the eye, finally raised her head and looked at her mother with fear, terror and hurt eyes. It was at that moment that Shen Mingyou suddenly came to his senses.
After realizing what she had done, Shen Mingyou completely collapsed. She loved Nian Nian so much, and Nian Nian was almost everything to her. She would not hurt Nian Nian even if it meant hurting herself.
But on that show, she hurt her most precious daughter. She could not forgive herself, let alone face Nian Nian.
Soon, Shen Mingyou withdrew from the "Super Mom" program with Nian Nian. She contacted Jiang Chen and formally filed for divorce with Jiang Chen.
At that time, Jiang Chen, who was far away abroad, had just successfully completed the acquisition. Those days were his busiest time. Before that, his wife had called him and mentioned the idea of taking their daughter to a variety show. Jiang Chen replied at the time that as long as she wished, he had no objection. After the call, he entered into a busy work state again, and subsequently did not pay any attention to his wife taking their daughter to the show.
The next time I received a call from Shen Mingyou, it was a notice that Shen Mingyou wanted a divorce.
Shen Mingyou acted very quickly, without even giving Jiang Chen any time to react or digest the news. She asked a lawyer to draft a divorce and single marriage agreement. When Jiang Chen rushed back to China, she handed Nian Nian to Jiang Chen and disappeared alone.
After returning to China, Jiang Chen found that everything had changed. Nian Nian no longer spoke. No matter what her father said to her, it was as if Nian Nian could not hear her. She would not look people in the eye or communicate with others. It was as if she had shut herself up in a small world of her own and would not let anyone enter. The doctor diagnosed that Nian Nian really suffered from autism.
Jiang Chen looked for Shen Mingyou everywhere while taking care of Nian Nian.
Finally, she was found in a nursing home abroad. At that time, Shen Mingyou's depression was already very serious, but she was still trying hard to receive treatment. Jiang Chen wanted to see her, but Shen Mingyou refused to see anyone. As long as Jiang Chen dared to force his way in, Shen Mingyou's emotions would become very excited. At the doctor's suggestion, Jiang Chen had to secretly take a look at her when Shen Mingyou was not around.
Shen Mingyou had lost a lot of weight. Her face was pale and weak, and her eyes were empty and lifeless. She was completely different from the Shen Mingyou he had seen before.
Jiang Chen blamed himself and felt remorseful. He hated himself for not discovering it earlier and why he was not by his wife and daughter's side when they needed him the most. In such a short time, he almost lost the people he loved the most.
After that, Jiang Chen handed the company over to professionals. He would go to the nursing home to see Shen Mingyou every day. Even though Shen Mingyou never saw him, he would take Nian Nian to actively receive treatment.
However, treatment is not an easy thing. Shen Mingyou's depression showed little effect after treatment.
Nian Nian's treatment effect was not good. She still wouldn't speak and wouldn't pay attention to anything in the outside world. Although Jiang Chen was anxious, he had no choice but to listen to the doctor except to accompany her.
One night, Nian Nian had a nightmare while sleeping. Jiang Chen was awakened by Nian Nian and was surprised to find that Nian Nian was actually talking while sleeping. He listened carefully and found that Nian Nian had been calling her mother in her dream. Nian Nian cried in her dream and said, "Mom, don't want Nian Nian anymore."
Jiang Chen hugged Nian Nian with a heartbroken look, and kept comforting her: "It's not that Mommy doesn't want Nian Nian. Mommy loves Nian Nian the most in this world."
After waking up the next day, Nian Nian was still the same as before, unable to speak and immersed in her own world again.
After that, when Jiang Chen went to the nursing home to see Shen Mingyou, he would bring Nian Nian with him. He would quietly hide with Nian Nian, point at Shen Mingyou in the corner and tell Nian Nian that mom loved Nian Nian very much, but mom was sick now and needed treatment, and when she recovered, mom would go home to live with Nian Nian...
Although this method didn't work at first, Jiang Chen gradually discovered that every time he went to see Shen Mingyou, Nian Nian would have some reaction. She would hide in the corner and secretly look at Shen Mingyou once or twice. When it was time to go home, when Jiang Chen went to hug Nian Nian, Nian Nian, who always let her father do whatever he wanted, would resist and push her father's hand away, as if she wanted to stay there a little longer...
Nian Nian's behavior made Jiang Chen ecstatic. He took Nian Nian to see Shen Mingyou more frequently, but he could only do it secretly. This went on for nearly a year. One afternoon, when Shen Mingyou was basking in the sun in the garden, Jiang Chen let Nian Nian meet her mother.
Nian Nian was sitting at her mother's feet. Shen Mingyou was taking a nap with his eyes closed and didn't notice there was a child at his feet.
Nian Nian sat quietly for a long time, and just when Jiang Chen thought that Nian Nian would not move, Nian Nian suddenly stretched out her hand.
Nian Nian raised her little hand, carefully moved it upwards, then slowly stretched out a little finger and gently touched her mother's finger. Shen Mingyou woke up suddenly, then looked down and saw Nian Nian sitting at her feet.
Nian Nian also raised her head and looked at her mother. After the mother and daughter looked at each other for a while, Nian Nian tentatively held her mother's big hand with her own hand. After seeing that her mother did not struggle, Nian Nian carefully spread her mother's palm, put her little face in her mother's palm, rubbed it affectionately, and whispered, "Mom."
Jiang Chen looked nervously at the mother and daughter not far away. As he waited, Shen Mingyou finally rested Nian Nian's head on her legs and raised her hand to gently stroke Nian Nian's head...
Nian Nian leaned in her mother's arms and called out softly, "Mom."
Shen Mingyou touched Nian Nian's little head and replied, "Yes, Mom is here."
…
Jiang Chen returned to City A and sat in the back seat of the car while the driver drove to the Zhao family's old house.
Nian Nian is waiting for her father to pick her up at her grandfather's house.
Jiang Chen closed his eyes. He didn't know why he had such a dream, but inexplicably, he could feel that the dream was real.
If Shen Mingyou's depression relapsed after participating in "Super Mom", would everything that happened afterwards be the same as what happened in his dream?
The wife in the dream was tortured by illness and was almost unrecognizable. Nian Nian, a little child, had to go through things that she shouldn't have to endure. Although everything was getting better later, the injuries and pains she had experienced were already there and no one could erase them.
Jiang Chen was heartbroken beyond words. As a husband and a father, he had failed too many times.
Jiang Chen had a headache. He rubbed his forehead and suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He took out his cell phone and made a call.
No one answered the phone, so Jiang Chen had to edit another text message and send it out.
[Jiang Chen: Was the person Youyou once liked me? ]
Jiang Chen looked at the text message with a complicated expression as it was sent.
After knowing that Shen Mingyou once had someone she liked, he felt jealous and envious, but Jiang Chen was not worried in fact, because there was no possibility for Shen Mingyou and that person anymore. She was his wife now, and they were having a very sweet love affair while married. Soon, he would squeeze out the person in Shen Mingyou's heart and make her fall in love with him completely.
But now, even Jiang Chen didn’t know whether he wanted the answer to the question he asked to be yes or no.
The car quickly arrived at the Zhao family's old house. Jiang Chen sat in the car for a long time. After his emotions stabilized a little, he got out and entered the Zhao family's room.
As soon as the door opened, Jiang Chen saw Nian Nian sitting by the door waiting for him.
Nian Nian has been waiting for her father at her grandfather's house for a long time. Not only did her father leave her alone to secretly see her mother, he also lied to her and said he was going to do something important. Now he is a long time late to pick her up. Nian Nian is really angry.
Seeing her father opening the door and coming in, wanting to hug Nian Nian, Nian Nian stood up and snorted. She angrily hugged her arms to her chest, pouted her lips and looked at her father with angry eyes. Her whole body was trying to express: Nian Nian is very angry now!
Jiang Chen wanted to hug Nian Nian very much at this moment. He squatted down, looked at his daughter and said, "Nian Nian, Daddy is back."
"Hmph." Nian Nian continued to hum.
At this moment, Jiang Chen's cell phone rang and a text message came in.
Jiang Chen paused for a moment, then he turned on his phone and saw a message saying:
【Lin Jing: Yes.】
Jiang Chen looked at the short word "yes" for a long time.
It turns out that the person Shen Mingyou had liked for a long time was really him!
That’s why she agreed to marry him, wanted to integrate into his life in the early days of their marriage, was so familiar with his preferences, gave him another chance, and agreed to fall in love with him…
He should have thought of it earlier. Ever since that time on the show, when Shen Mingyou knew all his preferences clearly during the game, Jiang Chen began to doubt. He wondered if the person Shen Mingyou liked could be him. However, after his analysis, he denied it. He and Shen Mingyou had never had any intersection before, and the person Shen Mingyou liked could not be him.
Until today on the set, when Shen Mingyou kissed him, for some reason, the doubts in Jiang Chen's heart surfaced again, and the feeling became stronger and stronger.
After getting a positive answer from Lin Jing and knowing that the person Shen Mingyou liked was really him, Jiang Chen should have been ecstatic. However, after learning that Shen Mingyou had suffered from depression and having that very real dream, Jiang Chen realized how much harm he had done to Shen Mingyou!
In almost an instant, Jiang Chen's eyes turned red.
"Dad?" Seeing her father staring at his phone instead of looking at her, Nian Nian became even angrier and couldn't help but call out to him.
But when she saw her father looking up, Nian Nian was suddenly stunned.
Nian Nian caught her father's emotions. Her father now looked very sad.
Nian Nian stretched out her little hand and touched the red corners of her father's eyes, saying, "Dad, don't cry. Nian Nian is not angry with you anymore."
Jiang Chen held Nian Nian's little hand and held his daughter tightly in his arms.
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It should be finished soon. I will write less about Nian Nian later, but I will write more about the extra chapters~
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