Yan Ning knew that it wasn't a child's grievance, but rather something that had been building up for many years.
The pain was finally released.
Yan Ning hugged Xie Huaiye.
I could feel his heart pounding.
It struck his chest through the thin fabric of his clothes.
"It's alright, it's alright, your sister's here, don't be afraid..."
She gently patted his trembling back.
Her fingertips brushed across his swollen, red palm.
My heart aches beyond measure.
Yan Ning lowered his head, his cheek pressed against Yan Ning's sweaty hair.
Xie Huaiye gradually calmed down in her arms.
The sobbing turned into soft sobs.
He held her arm tightly, stubbornly refusing to let go even a fraction.
The sunlight streamed in brightly through the window.
At this moment, the two people are embracing each other tightly.
It cast a warm shadow in the bright light.
Lucy stood outside the room and witnessed everything that happened.
Her pupils dilated.
But she wisely refrained from disturbing the two.
She ran out of the room, to the end of the corridor, quickly found Director Wang's number, and pressed the dial button.
"Hello?" came Director Wang's calm voice.
"Director Wang! Something's happened!" Lucy's voice was strained, and she spoke rapidly:
"Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen, he..."
"Tell me slowly, what's wrong?" Director Wang's voice became serious.
"He locked Mr. Xie in the room and then hit Mr. Xie's palms with a ruler!"
Lucy felt as if she were seeing that suffocating scene again.
Teacher Chen's refined face was tense, and his eyes were frighteningly stern.
Xie Huaiye lowered his head, silently reached out his hand, and then...
The ruler struck the air, leaving my palm red and swollen.
"What?!"
Director Wang's voice suddenly rose, filled with disbelief:
"Are you sure? Teacher Chen? You slapped Xie Huaiye's hand?"
"Absolutely true! I saw it with my own eyes!"
She emphasized urgently, her voice tinged with lingering fear:
"Mr. Xie was very scared, but he did not resist. He just cried silently. I was about to go over and stop him when Yan Ning rushed in and drove Teacher Chen away."
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
A few seconds of silence followed, broken only by suppressed breathing.
"I see."
Director Wang's voice lowered.
With a chilling solemnity, he said, "Stay calm and wait for my message."
Click.
The call was disconnected.
In the office, Director Wang held his phone, his expression serious.
He slowly turned around.
His gaze fell on the medical record spread out on the table.
Above are the words "traumatic amnesia" and "selective amnesia".
It looked particularly glaring at that moment.
He sat back heavily in his chair.
His brows furrowed into a knot.
"Wrong...all wrong..."
He muttered to himself, tapping his fingers on the table.
His original plan was very clear:
Please welcome Mr. Chen, Xie Huaiye's most respected teacher from his childhood.
Use the familiar image of your mentor as a key.
With a gentle turn.
That would unlock the door to Xie Huaiye's long-sealed memories.
Awaken the adult Xie Huaiye who has been hiding.
What a perfect idea!
But now...
This isn't a key; it's clearly a soldering iron!
It's a knife that reopens old wounds!
It turns out that Teacher Chen was not a mentor who brought warmth at all.
He was actually the one who cast a shadow over Xie Huaiye's childhood!
That one with the ruler and the cold gaze.
Abusers who leave scars on young minds!
Director Wang gasped sharply.
A chill ran from the soles of my feet straight up to the top of my head.
He stared at Xie Huaiye's name on the medical record.
A single thought, like lightning, cleaved through the fog:
Xie Huaiye's amnesia... could it not be a simple sequela of brain injury at all?
This is his brain in pain.
The ultimate defense is activated!
It's a safety wall built with forgetfulness!
Those dark memories of childhood.
They were locked tightly behind the wall.
Along with Xie Huaiye, the adult who struggled to grow up amidst pain.
It was also sealed up along with the others!
Director Wang felt a wave of dizziness.
Frustration and new hope intertwined.
No wonder!
Any conventional treatment has had little effect!
They kept circling outside the wall, trying to repair the cracks in it.
But they didn't realize that what truly needed to be addressed was...
It's a mountain of unresolved suffering piled up inside the walls!
Therefore, we need to bring back the adult Xie Huaiye...
Treating only the symptom of amnesia is futile.
We must... we must go back to the source!
Like archaeology.
Carefully, one piece at a time.
Unearthing those deeply buried childhood memories.
We need to deal with them, we need to resolve them.
We need to make Xie Huaiye feel it.
Those people and things that once terrified him so much that his soul wanted to flee.
Now it's impossible to hurt him in the slightest.
Only when he truly believes in his heart that he is safe.
I am certain that the shadows of the past have been dispelled.
Only then will that wall of oblivion, built of despair, crumble.
The adult Xie Huaiye who was sealed away.
Only then can they truly break free from the cage of self-protection.
This new discovery must be told to Yan Ning immediately!
Director Wang's eyes sharpened.
He took out his phone, his fingers flying across the screen, and a message was quickly sent.
"Buzz...buzz..."
The vibration of the phone sounded somewhat abrupt in the study.
Yan Ning's heart was still clenched.
She was carefully helping Xie Huaiye, who was curled up in the corner, to his feet.
Xie Huaiye's face was pale.
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