"Miss Xiao, this is my rent, food expenses, and medical expenses."
Xiao Qingyin pushed it back: "Your mother has already given it to you."
Situ Zhi shook her head: "I can earn money now, I can pay for it myself."
Xiao Qingyin immediately understood what she meant.
She wants to be independent.
Only those who are economically free are qualified to talk about independence.
People who depend on others for everything from food and clothing to shelter and transportation can only accept being controlled by others.
Princess Yongfu was a very controlling person. Situ Zhi had her own consciousness but could not find a way out, so she had to rely on her mother and obey her arrangements.
But she didn't accept this arrangement, which is why she developed paranoia.
Paranoia was less of her illness and more of her cure.
A medicine to break free from the mother's control.
Immersed in her illusions, she no longer needed to learn the piano or face reality.
Now she has a better option.
painting.
Painting not only allowed her to express her melancholy and awaken her inner strength, but it also provided her with income, giving her the means to make a living.
Thus, delusional disorder was cured without medication.
Xiao Qingyin accepted her silver notes.
The fact that someone was willing to pay for his work gave Situ Zhi immense courage.
After completing her new work, she didn't give the painting directly to Xiao Qingyin. Instead, she asked her where she had it framed last time, as she wanted to do it herself.
Xiao Qingyin was very pleased.
This girl finally found the strength to go out into the world.
She told her about the framing shop.
Situ Zhi went out by herself in the mansion's carriage and personally selected the mounting paper and picture frame.
After framing it, he personally hung it on the wall of Baibaozhai.
The lively atmosphere in the shop made her a little uncomfortable, but she didn't run away as usual.
Instead, she tried to remain calm and watch the guests talk.
Their expressions were so vivid, every face brimming with emotion, that she realized how pale and powerless the mysterious figures she had imagined were.
Just like the fears she once had.
Those fears were all self-inflicted, but she was too weak in the past to resist them.
She could only let them lead her into the abyss.
Now they can no longer bother her.
She smiled slightly, and all the heavy burdens vanished in that instant.
Just then, several men who looked like scholars walked into the shop and went straight to the painting.
"There are also paintings by Tianxin Jushi here! They are indeed perfectly natural and extremely simple and unadorned."
"I'll take all of these."
"Why should you pay for everything? We all came together, everyone gets a share."
"..."
Situ Zhi was somewhat taken aback.
Is the Tianxin Layman they're talking about her?
Or is it someone else?
She had only sold a few paintings; how could her name have reached the ears of so many scholars?
They must have made a mistake.
She stepped forward and reminded them, "These paintings are mine, not the works of Tianxin Jushi that you are looking for."
The scholars were taken aback.
After looking her over, one of them asked in surprise, "You are the Hermit of Heavenly Heart?"
Situ Zhi said with slight embarrassment, "Yes, that's me, but I didn't know someone already had that name..."
The scholars were confused by her.
"Are there any other lay Buddhists? We don't know any others, we only know you."
Situ Zhi: "???"
After talking with these scholars, she realized that what they were looking for was her painting.
According to them, the paintings they had last time were bought by their teacher, who then shared them with them, saying that although the other person was a novice, they had a talent that they lacked, and that given time, they would surely achieve great things.
They wanted to collect one or two of Tianxin Jushi's works so they could study them and wait for their value to appreciate.
Situ Zhi looked ashamed: "Your teacher is too kind..."
"You're too modest; these paintings are truly excellent."
The scholars praised her paintings repeatedly, each buying one and inviting her to a spring gathering a few days later.
Situ Zhi's heart was pounding.
He agreed with great excitement.
Unbeknownst to her, while she was talking with the scholars, Princess Yongfu, worried about not hearing from her for many days, broke their previous agreement and went to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence to look for her.
At that time, Xiao Qingyin had just gone out, so she came to Baibaozhai with her.
Princess Yongfu stood there stunned as she watched her daughter converse eloquently with a group of unfamiliar scholars.
She couldn't remember the last time she had seen her daughter's confident expression.
In her memory, she always had a frown, a long face, and a look of deep bitterness and resentment.
When I mention her while she's practicing the piano, she shrinks her neck.
He has a petty and stingy appearance.
She was so angry that she always wanted to yell at her.
Then, without her noticing, her gaze became increasingly vacant, and her hands trembled more and more as she played the piano.
She didn't even want to leave the house, didn't make any friends, and spent all her time practicing the piano in her room, living a lifeless life.
She was extremely anxious but didn't know what to do.
All we can do is keep pushing her.
But the more she talked, the more depressed she became.
Gradually, hallucinations began to appear.
She keeps hearing strange noises or seeing mysterious people, and keeps saying that someone is tracking her or trying to harm her.
Unexpectedly, less than a month after being sent to Xiao Qingyin, she seemed to have become a different person, and was even able to chat with strange men.
This made her wonder if Xiao Qingyin had given her daughter a head transplant.
Otherwise, how could she have changed so much?
However, when Situ Zhi escorted the scholar out and saw her, his eyes suddenly shrank back, and she immediately realized the truth.
This is her daughter.
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