"Come on, now take a deep breath in, and then slowly exhale~"
"Very good, continue!"
"Next, I will count from one to three. With each number I say, you will enter a deeper level of sleep."
"one!"
"Your body is getting heavier and heavier, you are so sleepy that you can't keep your eyes open... You need to get a good night's sleep now."
Knowing that Huo Tingzhou had come from Qiongzhou Island, Dr. Liao said in a gentle tone.
"Do you see that beautiful beach over there?"
"Yes, lie down..."
"Feel the heat of the sand with your body..."
"Very good!"
"Now I'm going to start counting to two."
Dr. Liao lowered her voice again, her tone as gentle as fine silk soaked in warm water.
"two!"
"Your body is now completely covered by sea sand, the waves in the distance are crashing against the rocks, and the warm sunlight is shining on you."
"A comfortable warm current is about to flow through your whole body..."
"Your mind and body are completely relaxed from this moment on."
"Sleep well...sleep peacefully..."
After a brief pause, he called out the last number.
"three!"
“Your subconscious has slowly opened up... Now let’s turn back time to a certain afternoon when you were six and a half years old…”
As Dr. Liao finished speaking, the lamp in the room was slowly switched to a warm tone, and everything around became incredibly quiet.
Huo Tingzhou's eyelids twitched slightly a few times, then closed completely when he counted to three.
The remaining spots of light in my vision gradually distorted into the living room of the Huo family's old mansion.
A little boy dressed in light yellow cotton linen was leaning over the coffee table with his head down, holding a calligraphy brush in his hand, writing something.
Noticing a slight change in his facial expression, Dr. Liao quickly picked up the notebook beside her.
Tell me, what did you see?
“A child was lying there, writing…writing calligraphy.”
Dr. Liao was not surprised to hear this, as people under hypnosis usually see things from a third-person perspective.
Is anyone else around?
"No...no, it's very quiet at home."
"Take another look around. Is there anyone else? Upstairs or downstairs, and behind you..."
Before Dr. Liao could finish speaking, Huo Tingzhou's fingers suddenly tightened involuntarily.
"have!"
Behind the boy stood a person who was half a head taller than him.
He kept looking at the little boy.
Dr. Liao pressed further, "What did he look like? Did he talk to the child?"
Huo Tingzhou frowned. "No, he didn't say anything. He looked at it for a while and then came over with his book. Later... later the ink spilled."
"Little brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
I apologize, please don't tell Mom and Dad, okay? Otherwise they'll send me away.
Brother, I won't tell.
[Little brother, you're so good to me!]
Come on, let's go buy popsicles, your favorite red bean popsicles.
"Brother, I don't want to eat. I want to finish practicing these words."
Are you still angry with me?
Brother, I'm not angry~
【You have! 】
As he spoke, he lowered his head: "They're right, you don't like me at all, and you've never treated me like your own brother!"
The little boy pursed his lips. He wasn't really angry, but seeing his brother's remorseful expression, he finally nodded.
The scene then shifts.
What followed was spoken without any prompting from Dr. Liao; Huo Tingzhou spoke slowly from the little boy's perspective.
"Brother, where are we going? Shouldn't we be heading in that direction to buy popsicles?"
Just follow me, I need to go buy a comic book up ahead.
[Okay, you wait here for me. Don't wander off, understand?]
Brother, I won't run away. I'll wait for you here. Please come back soon!
Did this person ever come back?
"No."
Hearing this, Dr. Liao couldn't help but frown. He had always thought that Huo Tingzhou's abduction was just an accident.
But now that he looks at it this way, he finds this older brother quite suspicious.
"That little boy waited for his brother for so long, he must have looked around. Did he know this area? Were there any oddly shaped houses around?"
A house with a unique shape?
"Yes, there is a gray-white Western-style house to the left of the little boy, and there is a city wall to the north. There are train whistles nearby, and there are many people."
Dr. Liao recorded all these details.
"And then, did the little boy stay here waiting? Did anyone else come looking for him?"
“A man came over and said that something had happened to my brother.”
"The little boy refused to go, so the man forcibly dragged him away."
Dr. Liao stopped taking notes. "What does this man who's grabbing him look like?"
Perhaps his words provoked Huo Tingzhou.
Huo Tingzhou's breathing suddenly became rapid, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"I don't know, he was wearing a straw hat, so I couldn't see his face."
"He was gripping my wrist, and I couldn't move."
"Later, he put me into a sack!"
"It was so dark inside, and there were lots of children crying nearby."
"I also heard the clanging of a train..."
Dr. Liao had a bad feeling.
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