Chapter 952: Bringing Ruan Qi Back to Qingyun Village (Part 1)
Ruan Qi didn't expect Nie Beilou to take her pulse. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Master..."
"Shut up. What are you talking about while taking a pulse?" Nie Beilou said coldly with his eyes downcast.
Ruan Qi shut her mouth.
She stared at the hand on her pulse for a while, then raised her head and was surprised to find that Xi Jiu, Ruan Munan and Nie Heng had all surrounded her without her knowing when.
Ruan Qi looked at them with a puzzled look in his head.
Ruan Munan, who was standing behind the sofa, rubbed her head and gave her a look that said "calm down".
After about half a minute, Nie Beilou let go of his hand.
"Master," Ruan Qi said quickly, "Why did you suddenly remember to take my pulse? I'm not sick..."
"Being hit on the head with a stone is not considered a disease?" Nie Beilou interrupted her coldly.
Ruan Qi closed her mouth again.
Yes.
Not only did she fall off a cliff in YL country, but she was also knocked unconscious by a huge rock on her head.
The little girl stuck out her tongue guiltily and tried to defend herself in a low voice: "But it's been half a month since the incident. My head has recovered a long time ago."
"It's always better to check carefully." Ruan Munan rubbed her head. "Master Beilou is worried about you."
After saying that, he looked at Nie Beilou, "Master Beilou, is Xiaoqi okay?"
"It's okay, but my vitality is still a little damaged." Nie Beilou put away the pulse pillow and took out a set of needle kits from the medicine box. "Two injections and conditioning will be fine."
Ruan Qi: “???”
Need acupuncture?!
The little girl watched in bewilderment as things unfolded in an uncontrollable direction. Even as she lay on the sofa, she still couldn't figure out why she had to get acupuncture two weeks later after receiving a head injury two weeks ago.
"Master, my injuries are all healed, acupuncture is really not necessary..." Ruan Xiaoqi tried to make a final struggle.
"Your brain is injured." Nie Beilou gave her a cold look. "If you don't replenish the lost vitality, what will happen if you become mentally retarded in the future?"
After saying that, he automatically blocked out the little girl's rebuttal, pulled out a thin and long silver needle from the needle bag, and stabbed it into her head at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
Ruan Qi: “…”
I closed my eyes and felt dizzy.
The little girl completely lost consciousness, and Xi Jiu, Ruan Munan and Nie Heng who were surrounding her all frowned in distress.
"Master Beilou, how is Xiaoqi's health?" Ruan Munan asked again.
"Not very good." Nie Beilou replied while performing acupuncture. "Her subconscious was already somewhat unstable, and she was hit on the head by a rock while in YL Country. The violent impact stimulated her cerebral cortex, causing her memories that had been locked away deep within to show signs of activation. Did she have nightmares in YL Country?"
"Yes." Xi Jiu's voice was heavy. "The night she was injured and sent to the hospital, she had a nightmare. In the dream, she was in the same room with many dead children."
When Ruan Munan heard this, his slender hands suddenly grabbed the back of the sofa.
"Staying in the same room with a dead child?" He looked at Nie Beilou. "Master Beilou, this dream..."
Nie Beilou: "It's very likely that this is a scene that Xiaoqi actually experienced."
The three men surrounding Ruan Qi all changed their expressions.
Nie Beilou: "Before leaving for YL Country, I gave Xiao Qi a sachet and told her to keep it with her at all times. That sachet is a medicine I developed specifically for her condition. It can calm her subconscious and reduce the chances of her dreaming about the past."
Before Ruan Qi left for YL Country, Nie Beilou had given her the sachet under the pretext of "developing a new drug and using her as a guinea pig." He had also instructed her to wear it daily and send him her thoughts and experiences.
In fact, the sachet contained a tranquilizing incense that Nie Beilou had meticulously developed. He had put a lot of effort into preventing Ruan Qi from smelling the medicinal ingredients in the sachet.
After Ruan Qi took the sachet to YL Country, her sleep improved a lot and she didn't have nightmares as often.
However, after falling off a cliff in Arxan, her head was hit by a rock. The pain stimulated the cerebral cortex, and the subconscious that had been soothed by the sachet was stimulated and began to mess around again.
That's why Ruan Qi had a nightmare again after being sent to the hospital.
"Xiao Qi's subconscious mind is like a rubber band. Every time it's stimulated, the elasticity of the rubber band decreases. Even if the calming incense in the sachet temporarily soothes it, the next time it's stimulated, the elasticity of the rubber band will be lost even more."
Nie Beilou inserted the last needle into Ruan Qi's neck. "This is a vicious cycle. There is no solution."
Xi Jiu and the other two felt their hearts sink.
"Is there no solution at all? What about hypnosis? Isn't Master Chu's hypnosis very powerful?" Nie Heng asked unwillingly.
"Hypnosis is impossible in Xiaoqi's condition." Nie Beilou wiped his hands with an alcohol wipe. "She has practiced ancient martial arts, and her mental strength is a thousand times stronger than that of ordinary people. She won't accept hypnosis at all."
Nie Heng: "But Uncle Chu is also a traditional martial artist, and his skills are even more profound than Senior Sister's..."
"Do you think we're fighting? Whoever has better martial arts skills will win?!" Nie Beilou glared at him. "Human nerves are very fragile. If you, Master Chu, use the spiritual power of an ancient warrior to hypnotize Xiao Qi, if something unexpected happens, Xiao Qi's spiritual power will be damaged and he'll become a complete idiot!"
"In other words, if Xiao Qi's mental power is stronger than your Uncle Chu's, then when she discovers she's been hypnotized, she's likely to launch a counterattack. By then, it's likely that Uncle Chu will be the one to be fooled!"
Anyway, no matter what, one of the hypnotist and the hypnotized is likely to become an idiot.
This method was too risky, and Nie Beilou didn't dare to use it at all. Otherwise, how could he have watched his beloved disciple suffer for so long?
The atmosphere in the living room became depressing.
Xi Jiu and the other two looked at the sleeping little girl with heavy hearts.
"This won't do, and that won't do. Am I just going to watch my senior sister's condition deteriorate..." Nie Heng asked in a tearful voice.
Nie Beilou sighed heavily.
"Your Uncle Chu and I have been studying this matter these days. We now have three options."
"Which three?" Xi Jiu asked hoarsely.
Nie Beilou: "First, do nothing. Xiaoqi's memories of the past are due to stimulation. As long as she doesn't experience any stimulation, her subconscious will remain calm. The best way is to take her back to Qingyun Village and away from people and things that might cause her stimulation."
"This..." Nie Heng was dumbfounded. "This isn't very realistic, is it? Senior Sister is obsessed with becoming a movie queen, there's no way she'd agree to this."
Xi Jiu and Ruan Munan also frowned.
Putting aside the question of whether she will win the Best Actress award or not, the idea of bringing Ruan Qi back to Qingyun Village is simply not feasible.
If Ruan Qi's subconscious mind cannot be stabilized for the rest of her life, does that mean she will be locked up in Qingyun Village forever?
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This series has been running for so long that some readers may have forgotten the plot. Here's a quick summary: Ruanbao and Mr. Xi met in a fishing village in Shanghu City ten years ago. Ruanbao was later abducted, and events triggered amnesia, shutting down her five senses for the better part of six months. While filming in YL Country, Ruanbao fell off a cliff into a mine while rescuing someone in Arshan. A huge rock struck her head, causing a vague fading of her memory. That's the general plot. Feel free to reread it if you have time. Thanks! Scroll back; there will be two and three more updates.
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