Chapter 79 Suspension Bridge Effect
Du Lianshuang's breathing stagnated and she almost fainted again.
Mother Du reacted quickly and turned to ask the doctor who had just treated Du Lianshuang: "Does she need to take medicine in this condition?"
The attending doctor was a bald man in his early forties. He was stunned by the question for a moment. After a while, he stroked his chin and said thoughtfully: "Heart problems can be serious or minor. Have you done an X-ray?"
"We have. We have done all the heart tests. There are no problems at all."
"Since there is no problem, then we should focus on conditioning, and there is no need to take medicine. The causes of irregular heartbeat, in addition to congenital reasons, are mostly related to daily eating habits and lifestyle habits. For example, excessive consumption of coffee, strong tea, staying up late, drinking, strenuous exercise, and emotional excitement may all induce it."
"First, regulate your diet, go to bed early and get up early. If the symptoms improve after a few days, then it's fine. If not, then you need to check other organs to see if there is something wrong with them that affects the heart."
"If I take medication to relieve the symptoms, will there be any sequelae or side effects?"
"Of course there will be. Different drugs have different side effects. The most common ones are nausea and vomiting, dizziness and headache, insomnia and depression. Especially propafenone hydrochloride tablets. Although they can control heart rate, if used improperly, they will stimulate the nervous system, causing nerve dislocation and mental depression..."
No one could hear what the doctor said next. Academic terms such as "nerve dislocation, mental depression" echoed in their minds.
Thinking back to what Duanrao had just said about mental disorder, it was clearly noon and the sun was shining brightly, but several people still couldn't help but shiver.
Duan Rao didn't think too much about it. She was just simply wondering, "Mom, does our family or Third Grandpa's family have any hereditary heart diseases?"
"No...right?" Du's mother turned to look at Du Lianshuang uncertainly.
"No, there is no history of heart disease in our family."
"That's strange. Third Grandpa has asthma. Even if Auntie inherited it, she should have inherited the same disease. Why does she have heart problems? If it's not congenital, then it must be an acquired factor..."
"Yes." Du's mother also reacted quickly, "I remember that you don't like drinking alcohol or coffee, and you only drink tea a limited amount. You rarely stay up late on weekdays. Is it because of something else that happened recently and the psychological pressure is too great that you feel uncomfortable?"
"I don't feel any pressure, but..." Du Lianshuang pursed her lips and carefully recalled what happened during that period, still feeling scared. "A few nights before my heart started to feel uncomfortable, I had nightmares. I dreamed that someone was knocking on my door in the middle of the night, and then I would suddenly wake up in a cold sweat."
Du's mother and others looked at each other, not knowing how to comment on this matter.
Du Anrao couldn't help but recall the method of training a hawk that a pilgrim mentioned to him a few years ago when he brought a Saker Falcon to the mountain to worship.
To put it bluntly, it means not letting it sleep, keeping it awake all the time, destroying its will physically and mentally, so that it will eventually die or be tamed.
This is similar to some of the punishments used to interrogate prisoners in ancient times, where the person would be locked in a small dark room so that he could not tell whether it was day or night. Once he felt sleepy, the person would be woken up by making some noise outside. Even if the person was asleep, he would be splashed with water to wake him up.
If you endure this for a few days, your mind and body will both collapse, and even a strong man will beg for mercy.
"People say that whatever you think about during the day, you will dream about it at night. Especially Auntie, you have been having the same dream for several days in a row. Could it be that something similar has happened in real life? That's why you can't forget it so much and you dream about it frequently when you fall asleep at night."
Du Anrao's words reminded Du's mother. After all, the suspect in all the affairs now was Du Lianshuang's partner.
"You and Jue Yan sleep in the same room at home, right? Was he next to you when you woke up?"
"...Yes, I asked him if he heard any noise, but he said no."
[Is it possible that he was the one who knocked on the door or knocked on something to wake you up in the middle of the night? If you ask him this, of course he will say no, otherwise how could he create a tense atmosphere that made your heart beat out of order, your adrenaline speed up, and you mistakenly think that you have a heart problem? ]
Du Lianshuang's eyes narrowed slightly. When she thought of this possibility, her brain seemed to be hit hard by something, and it became a mess.
In fact, after Duanrao finished complaining in his heart, he was stunned for a moment.
[Why does this situation seem a bit like the...suspension bridge effect that my second brother mentioned to me a few days ago? ]
The so-called suspension bridge effect refers to the fact that people's heartbeat will unconsciously accelerate when they are nervous.
If you meet a person of the opposite sex at this time, you may mistake the accelerated heartbeat for being attracted to the other person, thus developing admiration for them.
Come to think of it, wasn't this how Du Lianshuang and I first met?
At that time, Du Lianshuang had just entered the company and taken over the affairs of the company without noticing her true identity. She had only a vague understanding of many things and was inevitably overwhelmed and nervous.
Cui Jueyan appeared at the right time, standing beside her like a savior, helping her move forward step by step, giving her the illusion of mutual support and fighting side by side. How could she not be attached to him and not be moved?
Now he is just using the same old tricks again, designing hardships for her and then helping her solve them, in order to gain her attachment and trust.
When the time is right in the future, don't even think about secretly feeding her mentally ill drugs.
Even if it was poison, as long as he coaxed her, Du Lianshuang would probably swallow it without any defense.
Du Lianshuang's face turned pale as she thought of those few nights when she woke up in cold sweats, and Cui Jueyan was always by her side to accompany her, comfort her, and even hold her to sleep. Then she would wake up again, be comforted again, and fall asleep again...over and over again.
At that time, Du Lianshuang only felt touched and guilty, but now she can't help feeling horrified.
Does he really think of himself as a human? Or is he really a human? Why is he more terrifying than those man-eating monsters?
The shock suffered by Du Yunni and her brother was no less than that suffered by Du Lianshuang. Anyone who suddenly discovered that the father they had admired since childhood was not as gentle, considerate, kind and reliable as he appeared to be, and that he had his own family outside and a small family he cared about. He had also attacked his own relatives and killed the grandfather who loved them the most.
Each and every one of these things was enough to make their little world, which had never suffered a blow, fall apart, let alone having them all in front of them at once.
Du Anrao's attention was still on Du Lianshuang at the moment and he did not notice anything unusual between the two of them, but Du Yuxi did.
She stepped forward and held their hands, silently conveying her support for them.
Just like when she suddenly realized that she was not a child of the Du family, she was panicked and her family members showed her unconditional trust and tolerance.
The atmosphere in the room was subtle, and the two people who were sent out to buy things finally came back.
"Lianshuang, you're awake. You really scared me to death just now."
(End of this chapter)
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