Chapter 187 Picking Him Up After He Went Crazy
"Ah, those who go there aren't normal people."
"Um."
"......"
The driver immediately stopped laughing. When he saw the bandage wrapped around Shi Nianzhi's head, his gaze became full of sympathy.
Then he drove off.
How could someone so young have such a mental problem? He's so handsome, it's such a pity.
Shi Nianzhi slipped the driver 100 yuan and asked him to park the car near the mall.
"Wait for me here."
The driver held the money up to the light to check if it was fake, and then said somewhat enthusiastically, "Where are you going? Do you want me to take you there? I'm afraid you'll get lost."
"Need not."
Shi Nianzhi slammed the car door shut.
He bought a new set of clothes, changed out of his hospital gown, and looked at the lifeless person in the mirror. Shi Nianzhi's eyes were very pale.
Hospital.
Shi Nianzhi registered with the gatekeeper and walked inside.
He arrived early, before his free time, so the hospital was quiet.
Shi Nianzhi went to find Lu Jiunian's attending physician, but was told by a nurse that the doctor was already treating Lu Jiunian.
"Take me there."
"Well... you'd better not go see it."
Shi Nianzhi's eyes were cold. "Take me there."
They didn't want him to see it, because the treatment methods were mostly very cruel for normal people.
Even though the doctors and nurses considered Lu Jiunian's treatment methods to be normal and feasible, Shi Nianzhi saw it as torture. He was already insane, so why treat him with these abnormal methods? It wouldn't make him better; he would only become more insane.
The nurse didn't say anything more and could only lead Shi Nianzhi over.
The clinic resembled a prison, filled with a sense of oppression.
Lu Jiunian was imprisoned on an iron bed, his scalp covered with electrode pads, and he was gritting his teeth and struggling.
Even if the sheet metal chafed through their skin, they didn't care, as if they wanted to escape this restriction.
The doctor stood in front of the equipment, holding a notebook that resembled a medical record, and made some notes.
As if fearing Shi Nianzhi might misunderstand, the nurse explained, "This electroconvulsive therapy is a very traditional treatment for mental health issues, and it's very effective for severely mentally ill patients..."
"Let him go."
The nurse seemed not to have heard clearly, or perhaps she was startled by Shi Nianzhi's words and paused slightly, "What?"
"I told you to let him go!"
Shi Nianzhi squeezed out these words through gritted teeth, as if his emotions had been suppressed to the extreme and were about to explode at any moment.
The nurse was startled and instinctively took a step back. "We'll let him go after the treatment."
"Don't treat him! Now, immediately! Let him go!"
"The treatment is almost over."
"Are you fucking deaf?"
Shi Nianzhi reached out and grabbed the nurse by the collar, pinning him against the wall. The male nurse trembled with fear.
The commotion outside caught the attention of the doctor in the ward.
The doctor glanced outside, then quickly came out. "Sir, it's you again."
Shi Nianzhi ignored the nurse and looked at the doctor with extremely cold eyes. "I'm here to pick up Lu Jiunian from the hospital."
“The patient’s condition is very unstable right now. He has a tendency to be violent and hurt people. Your head injury has not healed yet, and I believe you remember what happened yesterday. Taking him out will not be good for his recovery.”
Shi Nianzhi looked through the glass at Lu Jiunian, who was struggling in pain in the treatment room. His voice was so firm, "I have already checked. You have been treating him like this for a month, and it has not been effective at all. Instead, it has left him covered in injuries. To you, he is like a lab rat. You are recklessly experimenting on his body. If he gets better, he gets better; if he doesn't, you just say that you did your best."
Shi Nianzhi's fingers gently touched the glass, as if she were gently touching Lu Jiunian's face through the glass.
"But I care about whether he's in pain or suffering. I feel his pain as he is now..."
"Many families just can't bring themselves to seek treatment, and as a result, they miss the best time for treatment. Once a patient becomes seriously ill, they may not recover for the rest of their life. We have a complete treatment system and will do our best to help patients get better."
"But all I saw was his pain and his fear."
"Are you a psychologist? You bring him home, can you cure his illness?"
"He's doing this because I'm crazy, why won't he let me try?"
Shi Nianzhi turned her head and looked at the doctor very seriously.
The doctor finally relented, asking, "Who are you to him?"
"Ex-husband".
doctor:"......"
It's a really complicated relationship.
After a moment of silence, the doctor said, "Being his ex-husband doesn't mean you can take him with you."
What kind of status do you need?
"Parents, spouse, children, or the closest relative—you must have at least one of these. Because the patient is currently unconscious, we also need to ensure his safety."
Shi Nianzhi looked at Lu Jiunian, who had already fainted in the examination room, and said in an extremely displeased voice with a hint of hostility, "I understand."
The doctor returned to the examination room, removed the electrodes from Lu Jiunian's head, and then had a nurse come in to push Lu Jiunian back to his room.
Shi Nianzhi followed behind the nurse.
He walked down a long corridor. The ward doors were like those in a prison, made of heavy iron, with only a single iron-barred window at the very top for ventilation.
The nurse pushed open the door to such a room and pushed Lu Jiunian inside.
The room was square and contained only a hospital ward, making it feel lonely and cramped.
Shi Nianzhi felt very uncomfortable that such a room was used to lock up Lu Jiunian.
When has that man ever lived in a place like this? His toilet at home is many times bigger than this. He must feel so wronged.
Fearing that Shi Nianzhi might misunderstand, the nurse explained, "It's just a room for seriously ill patients. They are under stricter supervision because they can be dangerous. The environment for ordinary mental patients is very good. You can go over there and take a look."
Shi Nian left without saying a word.
In the afternoon, he brought forty or fifty bodyguards and forcibly took Lu Jiunian away from the mental hospital.
If he doesn't do this, what else can he do?
Shi Nianzhi didn't want Lu Jiunian to stay inside for another day, rather than waste time and energy negotiating with Lu Bing.
He'd rather rob someone outright; anyway, he could just give the police a heads-up and it would be over.
If Lu Bing has any objections, she can come to his place and talk to him; he doesn't care.
Gu Dongxuan learned the news.
The first person to go to see Shi Nianzhi was, "What did you promise me in the hospital room this morning? You said you would sever ties with Lu Jiunian, you said you didn't care? How long has it been, and you've already gone back on your word?! Gu Zijian! Do you know what kind of person you brought back?"
Shi Nianzhi looked at Lu Jiunian, who was lying on the living room floor chewing on the snow-white carpet. He walked over and pulled the carpet out of Lu Jiunian's mouth.
"Can't."
He reprimanded Lu Jiunian.
Lu Jiunian looked at Shi Nianzhi with confusion, and then was about to take another bite when Shi Nianzhi casually picked up an apple from the fruit plate.
"Take this one, it's been washed."
"Crack—"
Lu Jiunian held the apple in both hands, as obedient as a hamster, and sat on the ground taking a bite of the apple.
Shi Nianzhi had just taken him to bathe, so he was wearing black pajamas. He looked so elegant, but when he did something silly, it was funny.
Shi Nianzhi smiled, her almond-shaped eyes crinkling.
He got up from the ground, looked at Gu Dongxuan whose face was full of anger, and said in a calm and even voice, "I know that I brought back a madman."
At this moment, Shi Nianzhi seemed to have accepted the settling of all things, with a calm and composed demeanor.
"Your head doesn't hurt anymore? You got five stitches, and the scar hasn't even healed yet, and you've already forgotten the pain?!"
"If I don't provoke him, he won't hurt me."
"How do you know he won't? He's insane! He's really insane, not faking it. You need to figure that out. He might never recover. And you're going to be like this? You, the young master of the Gu family, going to be with a madman?!"
"He was still the Third Master of the capital, but now he's gone mad. What do I care? In our whole lives, we have nothing but each other. Brother, we can't have children. In this family, I only have him, and he only has me. Right, hmm?"
Shi Nianzhi bent down and touched Lu Jiunian's buzz cut; the short hair was slightly prickly.
His last question was directed at the person eating the apple, his voice so gentle, as if all the sharp thorns had been removed.
Lu Jiunian looked up at Shi Nianzhi, and after a while he started to grin foolishly. He hadn't swallowed the apple he was biting yet, and sour saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Ugh, so sour, the green apple is so sour.
"fool."
Shi Nianzhi took two tissues and wiped Lu Jiunian's mouth. Without caring about the mess, she picked the sour apple from his mouth into her palm and threw it into the trash can.
She handed Lu Jiunian a large lollipop, saying, "Here, it's sweet."
"What happened to those vows you made before that you would never forgive?"
“He’s gone mad. Why should I argue with a madman? My older brother said he might never get better. Look at him now, how stupid he is.”
"You're hopeless!"
Gu Dongxuan stormed off, slamming the door behind him. He chuckled to himself as he did so, “Fine, if he were truly heartless and ungrateful, he wouldn’t be Zijian.”
As dusk fell, the sky was ablaze with fiery clouds. Lu Jiunian stared intently at the view through the floor-to-ceiling glass, wishing he could press his entire body against it. His drool smeared onto the glass, making it difficult to look at for a moment.
"Want to go out?"
Shi Nianzhi stood next to Lu Jiunian and asked him, but Lu Jiunian did not respond and just stared blankly outside.
"Let me take you out."
Shi Nianzhi took Lu Jiunian's wrist and led him towards the door.
As he approached the door, Lu Jiunian suddenly resisted, curling himself into a ball and trembling violently.
Shi Nianzhi sometimes couldn't quite grasp Lu Jiunian's unpredictable moods. He was just thinking about finding a psychologist to come over tomorrow.
Lu Jiunian went berserk and smashed one of Shi Nianzhi's favorite antique porcelain pieces.
"lay down!"
"Tear—"
The most beloved painting hanging on the wall was also torn down by Lu Jiunian.
"Put it down right now!"
My favorite decorative items, the screen, were ruined and messed up. The wine cabinet was overturned, and the countless rare red wines were smashed in a beautiful and melodious way.
Shi Nianzhi screamed in anger, as if venting her frustration, then shouted, "Lu Jiunian! Are you looking for death?! Someone, someone come quick, throw him out!"
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