"Name."
"Chang Le".
The doctor paused for a moment, adjusted his glasses, and continued asking:
"age."
"18"
"symptom."
"I've discovered that I sometimes lose a segment of my memory. People say it's because I did it, but I have absolutely no recollection of it. Doctor, am I sick...? Ha, is that what you want Chang Le to say?"
The doctor's gaze, peering through his glasses, fell upon the "person" sitting opposite him.
Now, she has become a woman with silver hair and purple eyes.
She leaned back in her chair, the hood of her hoodie obscuring half of her eyes. Her legs were crossed naturally, and her hands were clasped in front of her. Her gaze was cold and calm, like an ice queen brewing a storm.
She gave the doctor a polite, slight smile: "I'm sorry, the person you want to talk to isn't here. I'll handle the main conversation for you from now on."
Unsurprisingly, the doctor turned to the page where the conversation hadn't been recorded and picked up his pen again.
The person on the other end patiently waited until the doctor was ready before speaking:
"Before we begin, please allow me to introduce myself."
My name is Ye Buqi.
23 years old
Gender: Female
It is a ghost that died in the real world and joined this group.
I was her first alternate personality to appear, and also the 'manager' and 'protector' of this group; you could also call me 'Control'.
The doctor quickly jotted down keywords on a piece of paper, then said, "Please explain in detail the so-called 'manager,' 'protector,' and 'control.'"
“That’s easy to understand.” Ye Buqi, like a leader giving a speech, spread his arms slightly to the side.
"I am Chang Le's first personality, the absolute manager of the control room—oh, the control room is what we call the house where we coexist and hand over shifts internally."
"As a manager and protector, my responsibility is to control."
"If I sense that our bodies have suffered serious external harm, or that other personalities, including the main personality, have seriously lost control, I will be the first to appear or arrange for a suitable person to replace Chang Le in order to achieve the purpose of protection. Of course, if Chang Le says that she needs me to appear, I will also appear."
"I am Chang Le's last and strongest line of defense, I am her most loyal guardian."
As Ye Buqi spoke, a surge of passion shone through his calm eyes.
The doctor calmly looked at the paper Ye Buqi had seen and wrote a sentence:
"A discrepancy between self-perception and reality can be mitigated through self-hypnosis to weaken existing aggressive tendencies."
The doctor revealed half of the investigation form below, and under Ye Buqi's portrait, a passage was written on the death investigation form:
"...self-immolation...resulting in four deaths and six injuries."
The doctor covered the questionnaire and said, "I would like to know about your origins and past experiences."
“It’s a long story,” Ye Buqi said, putting her legs down so her knees were naturally apart and her hands were placed on her legs. “I’ll only tell you the parts you don’t know.”
The doctor nodded: "Please."
In reality
"In this world, I met Chang Le, who is Ye Zhaodi. On the night of my birthday, I returned home and saw my drunk father, my mother arguing with him, and my noisy younger brother who wouldn't sleep and was destroying the house."
"When I'm not around, no matter how much they argue, they're still family. But when I show up, all the blame will be directed at me."
“I’ve lived like this for almost ten years, and I’m absolutely disgusted with it. But I never intended to kill my family members, but that night was different.”
“They found out that I had been secretly helping Chang Le and Da Huang. They said they would sue them for theft and have someone deal with them, so that I wouldn’t help outsiders think such things.”
“I argued that they were my only friends, but the result was that I got beaten up.”
"They want me to be a slave, to destroy my only friends."
“They crossed my line, and I became completely determined to kill them.”
"My original plan was to escape, but now, my plan is to eradicate the threat."
Ye Buqi spoke calmly, recounting the cruel plan in a composed tone.
She coughed lightly and stopped, and the doctor poured her a glass of cool water. Ye Buqi took it and politely said, "Thank you."
After taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, Ye Buqi continued:
"Then came my death. I arranged everything, made sure there were no innocent people in the building—you know, Chang Le will never forgive me for killing innocent people."
Our family bought the entire three or four floors of that building, and since there were no other residents at the time, I didn't hesitate to start the fire.
The doctor listened quietly, but his gaze fell on the sentence in the death record on the investigation form—"Four dead and six injured."
Then he raised his hand and drew a line under the word "deviation" that he had written.
Ye Buqi continued to explain:
"I did die in that fire. But Chang Le merged with my essence, and I was unexpectedly reborn, sharing this body with others in the form of a 'ghost'."
"After my death in the real world, I have been accompanying Chang Le in this way."
At this point, Ye Buqi paused, sighed, and continued:
“But because of the huge blow my death dealt her in reality, she often forgets my existence and that of other people. So I need to strictly manage other people before Chang Le remembers on her own, so as to prevent Chang Le’s normal life from being affected.”
"But the truth is, Chang Le's memory is like a Möbius strip. Starting from any new point, he can always find traces of what he has forgotten and eventually remember everything."
“This is a painful thing, and I don’t want Chang Le to be disturbed, but I will not deliberately stop her because I am Ye Buqi. I will respect and be loyal to Chang Le and protect her.”
That's all I wanted to say.
The doctor also finished recording almost simultaneously:
"You said you're responsible for protecting Chang Le. If Chang Le is about to suffer irreversible trauma, or if Chang Le is unable to maintain the normal functioning of her body independently, or... if Chang Le wishes to sleep forever, what will you do?"
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