Jason is nearly sixty years old, with a gray beard, but his eyes are very similar to James', a clear blue, as innocent and pure as a child's eyes.
As soon as they met, Gu Feihan shook Jason's hand a little anxiously, pressing his palms tightly against each other.
Jason smiled calmly, patted Gu Feihan's hand gently, and then invited Su Xiaoli into the office.
Gu Feihan's eyes were fixed on Su Xiaoli's back.
He slowly sat down on the sofa, supported his elbows on his knees, and put his hands on his face.
My heart felt like there was a stone pressing down on it, heavy and bumpy, and I felt the pain of the stone running over it.
An hour and a half later, Gu Feihan finally heard the door open.
Jason came out and motioned for Gu Feihan to go to another room with him for an interview.
As soon as they sat down, Gu Feihan asked, "How is Xiaoli?"
"Han, to be honest, Li's condition is something I have never seen before."
Gu Feihan's heart suddenly tightened.
Jason was the best psychiatrist in the United States that he knew, and was good at hypnosis therapy. If even he said he had never seen Xiao Li's situation before...
"Jason, is it serious?" he asked anxiously, with snow in his eyes.
Jason shook his head, implying that his meaning was not as bad as Gu Feihan thought.
"Han, it's not what you think. Li's mental age and insight are far more mature than his actual age."
"Faced with mental pain, Li is working hard to improve herself. She faces the boundary between fiction and reality in her brain, and her self-control is beyond that of an ordinary person."
Gu Feihan agreed with these comments.
From the first day he met Xiao Li, he could clearly feel that as for self-control - whether working or studying, Xiao Li during the day was probably not much different from usual.
My personality, hobbies and care for my family have not changed at all.
Only those who are closest to her can feel her subtle changes.
"I mean her mental world is very fascinating, it's a miracle, it's not just a simple stress reaction, there's something else."
"How can I describe it? It's like... she seems to be carrying something from another, more beautiful and complicated world... It's so strange."
Jason chose his words carefully, trying to express himself as clearly as possible.
Even if the diagnosis just now only revealed a small gap, it was enough to shock people.
There was amazement and disbelief in his tone.
Although this statement is a bit mysterious, it is not difficult to understand.
Gu Feihan was stunned for a moment. He didn't know how to describe it. The feeling Jason described was something he had experienced at certain moments.
"Han, I hope to continue working on this case of Li, three to four times a week. I think I need to extend my time for 'medical exchange' in China for a while."
"That's no problem, leave it to me. But... is there a possibility that she will get better?" Gu Feihan asked.
Xiaoli will collapse if she has nightmares every night like this.
Jason answered confidently, "Of course, because Li is actively seeking relief, and her situation is not at all irreversible."
After these words were spoken, Gu Feihan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the gloom between his brows faded a little.
It was like a light was lit in my heart.
"How long will it take for her to come back to her original self?" He asked anxiously, feeling frightened.
Jason was stunned by the question. "I don't know about this either. It depends on how much courage Li has to open herself up."
Gu Feihan walked out of Jason's office, came to the stairwell, and silently lit a cigarette.
The surroundings were quiet. The lighter ignited a cluster of orange-red flames. The sound of sparks devouring the tobacco could be heard. Behind the smoke, there was a pair of worried eyes.
Su Xiaoli was washing her face alone in the empty bathroom. She looked pale and exhausted, with bloodshot eyes.
The cold water rushed out with great pressure, and she scooped up a handful and splashed it on her face.
During the hypnosis treatment just now, her eyes were swollen from crying.
The mirror above the washbasin was mottled with stars, making the person look hazy.
Dr. Jason has great energy and flexible diagnosis and treatment skills. Just now, because she was too involved in the treatment, she almost talked about things in her past life. Fortunately, she woke up in time.
That is the tightest and deepest string in my heart.
She has been in this world for more than two years and has become accustomed to locking herself in the deepest part of her heart. No one can touch the self before "program initialization".
This was the first time she felt that she had not locked the door properly.
A ray of sunset light came in from the window, but it couldn't shine into my heart which was blocked by layers of obstacles.
She sighed weakly.
The last ray of light in the sky was swallowed up by darkness.
There was finally only a slight redness left at the corners of Su Xiaoli's eyes.
After they finished their dinner outside, they returned home. Gu Feihan poured Su Xiaoli a glass of red wine to help her sleep.
The red wine that had just come into contact with the air still had a sour taste. Su Xiaoli drank half of the glass in one gulp and calmed himself down.
It was only half a cup, but she was already a little tipsy, yet she took another big sip.
One sip of strong liquor can increase your endurance. Another sip will make the world softer, and at least the short time before falling asleep will no longer be so scary.
Gu Feihan remembered Jason's suggestion, sat over and put his arm around her waist, "If you are afraid of nightmares, I will accompany you at night in the future."
Su Xiaoli lowered her eyes, nodded silently, and leaned on him.
Now is not the time to show off, she is extremely greedy for Gu Feihan's warmth.
Lying on the bed, Gu Feihan patted her gently, just like Su Xiaoli did to him a long time ago.
"I will always be by your side from now on. If you are scared, just hold me tight." Gu Feihan said softly.
Su Xiaoli sniffed the man's woody scent, shrank up, clenched her hands around the corner of his clothes, and buried her head in his arms again.
The drunkenness and drowsiness rose up layer by layer, and my mind became more and more confused.
Gu Feihan lowered his head and looked at the girl in his arms.
She seemed to be brought to the brink of loneliness by the past darkness again, and she was so vague that she seemed to be drifting away from her arms.
He didn't disturb her and continued to pat her gently until Su Xiaoli fell into a drowsy sleep.
That night, Gu Feihan finally understood how deep Su Xiaoli's nightmare was.
When he woke up in the middle of the night, the pajamas on his arms were soaked with her tears.
Su Xiaoli was still sobbing and crying in her dream, with no sign of waking up. In her dream, she was like a small boat, being overturned and torn apart by strong winds and huge waves again and again.
Gu Feihan felt inexplicably frightened.
Seeing that the crying could not be stopped at all, he had to use a lot of effort to wake Su Xiaoli from the nightmare.
It took Su Xiaoli more than half an hour to finally calm down.
"I scared you." She covered her face with a towel and her voice was muffled.
Gu Feihan didn't dare to say anything, he just hugged her tightly, "No, don't be afraid, I will accompany you."
After a moment's rest, he rubbed her head with one hand, then gently stroked Su Xiaoli's back, coaxing her to sleep without showing any emotion. (End of this chapter)
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