0144 Treatment (Two chapters combined)
"So, what do you want from me today?" After listening to his explanation of Jiang Jifan's recent unusual behavior, Xing Yeye stared at the man in front of her with a serious expression and asked.
Tantai Qing remained calm and smiled faintly, "Miss Xing is so smart, she should know why I came to see you today."
"I don't know," she said bluntly, not wanting to beat around the bush with him. "Just tell me what you want to say."
Sure enough, her friends were just as straightforward as she was.
"I'd like to know if the situations I mentioned before actually occurred?" he asked succinctly, setting aside formalities.
Xing Yeye remained silent, quietly observing him, as if pondering whether the man before her was trustworthy.
Tantai Qing understood perfectly and immediately guessed her thoughts.
"Miss Xing, I'm just like you, I only want Ji Fan to have a better life."
After thinking for a moment, Xing Yeye decided to be honest with him: "She had this problem when she was in college."
As expected, he continued to ask, "Is it because of that matter?"
"What?"
"Lu Xuezhen".
Xing Yeye paused slightly, then remembered what Jiang Jifan had told her about what happened at the banquet, and suddenly understood.
"Yes." She nodded.
When the past was mentioned, her expression became somewhat solemn. She glanced at him and said, "That incident was a big blow to her."
As for how serious it was, besides the situations he mentioned, when he was emotionally broken down, Jiang Jifan even tried to cut his wrists with a razor blade behind her back. Fortunately, she discovered him in time and stopped the accident.
After the conversation ended, before leaving, Xing Yeye handed him a business card.
Tantai Qing stared at the gold-embossed business card, lost in thought.
The next day, when Jiang Jifan told her he was going to take her somewhere, she subconsciously thought he was going to prepare some kind of surprise for her again, so she wisely didn't ask any more questions and was full of anticipation all the way.
"arrive."
After parking the car, she stared at the beautifully designed sign above her head that read "Psychological Counseling Room," her face slightly stiffening.
"Why did you come here?" Jiang Jifan immediately turned to question him, his expression showing barely suppressed anger.
Tantai Qing leaned over to unbuckle her seatbelt, his expression concerned, and said gently, "Jifan, you're sick."
Upon hearing this, she immediately sat up straight, her face expressionless, and said firmly, "I'm not sick, I'm fine."
No matter how he tried to persuade her, she refused to get out of the car, and the two remained in a stalemate in the car for about ten minutes.
Having no other option, Tantai Qing could only turn to Xing Yeye for help.
Xing Yeye called her immediately after she found out.
Jiang Jifan then realized that the two of them had conspired to deceive him. He instinctively wanted to get angry, but found that there was nothing to be angry about.
She's right, they just want to make their lives better.
"Jifan, you promised me that you would tell me immediately if there was a relapse..."
Jiang Jifan still cared about Xing Yeye, and after being lectured by her, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
She agreed repeatedly and then hung up the phone.
"Jifan, please forgive me for going to see Miss Xing without your permission." Fearing her displeasure, Tantai Qing apologized first.
“I simply cannot stand by and watch you get into trouble like a bystander, while I remain uninvolved…”
The dark circles under his eyes were unusually prominent, likely due to poor sleep recently.
"Have I been sleepwalking a lot lately?" she interrupted.
Tantai Qing said so.
During this period, she would sleepwalk every night, to the point that he would automatically wake up in the early hours of the morning, close his eyes in the dark, and wait for her "sleepwalking".
"What do I do when I sleepwalk?"
He recounted in detail what she had done while sleepwalking during that time. When he heard her say that she had taken the initiative to kiss her family, Jiang Jifan blushed slightly and felt extremely embarrassed.
No wonder, that's why they inexplicably had sex that night.
Tantai Qing held her hand, lowered his head and gently kissed it, saying softly, "Jifan, don't be afraid, I will always be with you."
"Shall we go in together?"
Jiang Jifan was eventually persuaded by him.
"Miss Jiang, it's been a long time." The gentle-looking female doctor looked up and saw her enter through the door. As if seeing a familiar old friend, she smiled and got up to greet her.
Because of Jiang Jifan's psychological issues, Xing Yeye inquired in many places and used her connections to find a suitable female doctor, with the aim of helping Jiang Jifan relax during treatment.
Jiang Jifan became inexplicably nervous upon seeing her and softly called out, "Dr. Xu."
"Sit down." Xu Miao remained as gentle and kind as ever, personally pouring her a glass of warm water.
She glanced at the man standing next to Jiang Jifan. Since her assistant had informed her beforehand, she knew that this man was her partner. She smiled at him and said, "We will be having a conversation later, so we would appreciate it if Mr. Dan could excuse us for a moment."
Tantai Qing, unsuspecting, nodded and leaned down to tell her, "I'll be right outside. Just call me or give me a call if you need anything."
Jiang Jifan responded.
Xu Miao took out a thick stack of test forms that she had prepared in advance from the drawer and placed them in front of her. She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "These should be familiar to you. Don't be too nervous. Just treat them as some small tests and fill them out as you like."
Seeing that she hadn't moved for a long time and was staring at the stack of forms in front of her without saying a word, Xu Miao didn't urge her. She made an excuse that she needed to organize some patient information and told her to fill them out slowly.
Jiang Jifan stared at the pile of unfamiliar yet familiar questionnaires in front of him, as if he were mentally preparing himself, and it took him a long time before he reached for a pen to fill them out.
She filled out the forms very slowly, taking an hour to finish them all.
After she finished filling it out, Xu Miao took it and examined it carefully.
"It's better than I expected," she said as she looked at it.
Jiang Jifan's initial anxiety instantly subsided.
Xu Miao first asked her about her recent symptoms and the causes of those symptoms.
What did you do while sleepwalking?
She repeated what Tantai Qing had said to her, but hesitated halfway through.
Xu Miao felt something was off. She glanced at her slightly unnatural expression and guessed what was going on. She smiled gently and comforted her, "It's okay. Only I will know what you said. Once we're out of this door, I'll pretend I didn't hear anything."
When she heard that she would initiate sexual relations with her boyfriend while sleepwalking, Xu Miao nodded and said seriously, jokingly, "It seems that Miss Jiang cares a lot about your boyfriend."
Jiang Jifan remained noncommittal, but also felt somewhat strange. When he asked her why, she replied, "Because the other person is someone you care about, and because of your unwarranted scolding, you feel some guilt towards him..."
She suddenly realized, yet found it somewhat unbelievable.
"That's strange," she said, shaking her head and laughing.
Xu Miao wrote something on her evaluation form, looked up at her and smiled, saying, "Love is a very strange thing."
Later, she asked Jiang Jifan some questions about things that had recently caused her emotional distress.
She was initially reluctant to speak, but eventually, with her guidance, she slowly began to reveal her thoughts.
As she spoke, Xu Miao noticed tears welling up in her eyes and handed her a tissue, continuing to ask her questions.
Do you think what you did was right?
"right."
"Will you regret your decision?"
Jiang Jifan hesitated for a moment, then said firmly, "No."
If she could do it all over again, she would still do the same thing.
Another hour passed, and their conversation finally came to an end.
Xu Miao summarized her current situation, then smiled and encouraged her, "Although your situation isn't particularly optimistic right now, you have a good partner and good friends by your side. I believe that with their help, you will get better soon..."
Tantai Qing was reading some psychology books in the waiting area. When the door to the consultation room finally opened, she immediately put down her book and went forward.
"How about it?"
Seeing her slightly red and swollen eyes, he unconsciously frowned with worry.
"I feel much better," Jiang Jifan said with a smile. "Dr. Xu is very professional. With her here, you can rest assured."
Seeing that she was indeed in better condition than before, and even comforting herself, Tantai Qing felt a little relieved, and the heaviness of the past few days was finally dispelled.
She took his hand and said, "Let's go, I'm hungry."
After returning home, while she was taking a shower, Tantai Qing carefully read through the messages Xu Miao had sent her several times, her face growing increasingly grim.
It turns out that Jiang Qiyuan's appearance was the main reason for her emotional breakdown, and sending Jiang Jiping to prison with her own hands was the last straw that broke her back.
After his suspicions were confirmed, his initial relief was replaced by renewed anxiety.
"Taiqing."
Her voice came from the bathroom.
Tantai Qing came to her senses and could only put down her phone to ask.
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