The male lead, that elder brother who refuses to eat (48)

After Xie Yu left, Si Jiu stroked her chin and remarked to the System, "Did I just open a whole new world for Xie Yu?"

System: [Hmm... analyzing his facial expression from just now, he might actually ask the doctor to tie him up first.]

Si Jiu: "...He knows nothing of Xiu's strength."

She had a feeling the coming days were going to be quite "lively."

System: ...Why does this tone of someone faintly looking forward to a good show sound so heartless?

In the past, she would have felt guilty toward the male lead, but ever since she realized she might have been played by that very same male lead, she had completely let go and embraced her heartless nature.

A host like this is truly terrifying. One cannot afford to love her!

Is the big boss blind?

Cheng Yiming drove personally to pick up Xie Yu and accompanied him to Dr. Wen’s clinic.

This was their first meeting in ten years. Ever since Dr. Wen had diagnosed Xie Yu as "fully recovered," they had had no further contact. He had not expected to see this patient, who had left such a deep impression on him, again after so many years.

"To be honest, if it were possible, I had hoped never to see you again in this lifetime," Dr. Wen said, looking at the young man who no longer resembled the one in his memories, his tone filled with wistfulness.

"Dr. Wen, it’s been a long time. How is your health?"

"I’m in high spirits." Dr. Wen smiled, invited the two to sit, and instructed his assistant to pour tea. "Let’s just chat casually today; don’t be nervous."

Xie Yu smiled. "It is you who should not be nervous."

Dr. Wen felt somewhat awkward. In truth, the things Xie Yu’s secondary personality had done back then were too cruel and bloody, even though the police had tried their best to seal the relevant information. As Xie Yu’s psychiatrist, however, he had obtained quite a bit of material from the police. He could say he understood Xie Yu’s secondary personality even better than Xie Yu himself did. Although he had never successfully established communication with that secondary personality during the treatment, let alone "woken him up," through some shallow probes and reactions, he had deeply experienced the cruelty and violence of that persona.

"He" was completely devoid of humanity and addicted to bloodshed.

But later, through medication and other therapeutic means, Xie Yu’s condition improved day by day. Following that, for two long years, he took no medication and showed no further abnormalities, which led Dr. Wen to conclude that the secondary personality had "faded away on its own."

However, he had harbored secret concerns even then. Now, those concerns had become reality.

"Ahem, why don't you start by telling me what has happened recently? Begin from the moment you felt that something was wrong."

Cheng Yiming looked at Xie Yu, then at Dr. Wen, and stood up. "I'll go to the next room and wait for you."

Unexpectedly, Xie Yu said, "You don't need to step out. Uncle, if you don't mind, just stay by my side."

In case anything happened, having one more person would be safer. He remembered that "guy" was very violent.

Cheng Yiming looked at Dr. Wen for confirmation. Dr. Wen nodded. "We aren't doing hypnosis, just talking. Since Mr. Xie doesn't mind, Cheng, you may sit."

So, Cheng Yiming sat back down. He was also very concerned about what had happened to Xie Yu that caused his second personality, which had been dormant for over a decade, to suddenly "wake up."

Xie Yu pondered for a moment and said slowly, "I started feeling something was wrong after I moved. I met a girl."

"In fact, that wasn't the first time I had met her. The first time was at the hospital; she had been admitted to the same ward as me after being brought in for emergency treatment following a suicide attempt."

Cheng Yiming glanced at Xie Yu in surprise. He remembered that girl. He remembered how she had insisted on being discharged at first, which had made him quite angry; he felt she didn't cherish her own life and didn't respect the medical staff who had worked so hard to save her. Later, the girl suddenly became obedient. She would always seize the opportunity to chat with him whenever he came for rounds. He had found it strange at the time—every word that girl said to him could be cleverly steered toward Xie Yu.

That girl, she seemed to be surnamed Xu?

But he truly hadn't expected that she would have any connection to his nephew, and it seemed like a deep one at that?

"It was only after I moved that I discovered she happened to be my neighbor," Xie Yu continued. "I found that I was always, somewhat involuntarily, preoccupied with her."