Love in a mental hospital

Chapter 227 Li Xiaoye's Painting

Group 2 office, lunch break.

There was a sun outside the window that was bright enough to make my scalp slightly hot, and the air conditioner was on inside the house.

The three of them were in a meeting, Su Qing was sitting in her seat, Gu Ran turned around, and Chen Ke pushed his swivel chair over and took out a notebook and pen.

"In this case, do we need to call the police for the patient?" Chen Ke asked.

"The key is that she herself doesn't remember the incident," Gu Ran said. "Even if she did, the rapist could still say that she was mentally ill and that rape was all delusion. After all, it's impossible to find biological evidence."

Chen Ke also knew it, but he always wanted to do something for Hu Qian.

"I think we should just do our job as doctors." Su Qing pondered, "Heal her body and mind, and let her decide what to do next."

"There is another question. Should Hu Qian's husband and other relatives know about this?" said Gu Ran.

There is no doubt that women who are raped are innocent and are victims, but this does not mean that everyone can pretend nothing happened.

As Hu Xi's mother, it is possible to feel guilt, sympathy, disgust, and hatred towards Hu Xi;

After Hu Qian's husband learned about this, he expressed grief, love, indifference, and disgust towards Hu Qian, which was all predictable.

"Gu Ran, it would be great if you could enter her dream." Chen Ke said this involuntarily.

"I never had any hope for the [Black Dragon Dream]." Gu Ran said.

Except today.

He almost hypnotized himself, hoping to have a "Black Dragon Dream" tonight and take Zhuang Jing with him to attend the Dharma Assembly.

Since you can help Zhuang Jing so enthusiastically - even loyally - why not help the patients?

It's not that he's indifferent.

Gu Ran knew very well that [Black Dragon Dream] was not a place that could be reached by just hoping.

Secondly, there is only one Zhuang Jing, and the Dharma Assembly only takes place once in a long time, while there are patients every day. Expecting to use [Black Dragon Dream] to treat the patients is like waiting for something to happen?

Su Qing had already reminded him of this.

Zhuang Jing also gave him these instructions many times.

"After multiple hypnosis sessions, can Hu Qian slowly remember the past?" Su Qing asked.

"It should be fine, but I just remember that the outcome of this matter is unpredictable." Chen Ke answered conservatively.

Su Qing nodded. "Then let's use natural therapy to cultivate her courage and curiosity to face the past. When she remembers the past, let her decide for herself what to do next."

"Oh." Gu Ran sighed and put his hands behind his head.

Su Qing and Chen Ke knew that he was upset about Hu Qian.

"Okay!" Su Qing laughed, "There is no such thing as a happy patient coming to {Jinghai}. If you can relate to everything, how can you treat patients? You two are still too young. Be happy."

"Okay, team leader." Chen Ke said with a smile.

"I sigh because I can't get a raise because I've handed over all my patients to others," said Gu Ran.

"With your attitude, I can only ask you to write a self-criticism."

"Even an idiot knows I'm joking, okay?"

"If you change it to 'I was obeying your orders, team leader, and trying to be happy, so I made a joke', maybe I will cancel the punishment." Su Qing said with a smile.

“I will never yield to evil forces”

“Five thousand.”

".I was following your orders, Team Leader, and trying to be cheerful, so I made a joke."

"Your knees are so weak." Su Qing commented with a smile.

"Henpecked has nothing to do with knees."

".cut."

Chen Ke felt as if he was the only one being punished.

Just then, three people’s cell phones rang at the same time. It should be a group message.

"Is Li Xiaoye's painting finished?" Chen Ke read out the text message.

"Is it considered being lazy to draw at Haicheng International High School?" Gu Ran said as he clicked into the group chat.

[He Qingyan: Li Xiaoye’s paintings are finished]

The second piece of information that followed was Li Xiaoye’s picture.

Unlike the comic strip of Real Estate Auntie, the picture of Phantom Stinky Writer is only one.

Drawn with pencil.

In the picture, Li Xiaoye is pushing a life-sized stone mill with his own head placed in the center.

The headless human body pushed the millstone, and a mixture of blood and flesh dripped down from all around the millstone.

It was like a picture of torture in hell.

The three of them frowned. He Qingyan's paintings were still very impactful. Anyone who saw them would feel as if their head was about to be put into a millstone.

It’s like suddenly walking to the edge of a cliff. Although you don’t fall down, your heart is frightened.

"I'm torturing myself." said Gu Ran.

Chen Ke couldn't help but ask: "Su Qing, you are also an artist, what do you think?"

"I'm not much of an artist. I just studied piano," Su Qing said. "However, in my limited artistic career, those who study art, I mean those who truly study art, have high standards for themselves and are ruthless in criticizing themselves."

"So, even though in the eyes of outsiders like us, you are already a very good artist with a brilliant career, you still think it's not good enough?" Chen Ke confirmed.

"I never feel like it's good enough," Su Qing said.

"Persecution from inner perfectionism." Gu Ran commented.

Su Qing looked at the picture on her phone again: "I think, for Li Xiaoye, stopping writing is like stopping breathing, so he has to keep writing even if it means driving himself crazy."

"Do you want to show it to him?" Gu Ran asked.

"This involves a question," Su Qing said, "When treating a disease, should we make the patient become like us, or should we satisfy the patient's own needs?"

In the vast majority of cases, these two conditions are one and the same, but in psychiatry they occasionally appear different.

"People need energy to live," Chen Ke thought seriously. "During my internship at Nancheng University, I met a patient who was an old leader. Before retirement, he was in good health and ran every morning. After retirement, he would stare blankly in the park every day and his memory declined. Later, he was hospitalized because of memory confusion and believed that he was still a leader."

"Are you worried that if you wake Li Xiaoye up, he won't even have the strength to 'push the mill'?" Su Qing asked her.

"It's more than just 'pushing the millstone'." Gu Ran said, "I'm afraid they are too lazy to even pick up their heads from the millstone; or if they pick them up, they are too lazy to put them back on."

"That's what I mean." Chen Ke nodded.

"Why not ask Teacher Zhuang Jing?" Gu Ran tried.

In fact, strictly speaking, every patient who comes to {Jinghai} is Zhuang Jing's patient, and Groups 1 and 2 are Zhuang Jing's students.

This is like making an appointment with a specialist for a general illness, but the person performing the surgery is the specialist's apprentice.

However, if the case is complex and difficult, experts will also be involved in the treatment plan. At this time, if Group 2 encounters difficult problems, they can naturally "call for help" and ask Zhuang Jing for her opinion.

"It's not a difficult disease, it's just a matter of choice, my mother." After a pause, Su Qing changed her words, "The dean won't care."

Chen Ke asked Gu Ran again: "Gu Ran, you were trained by Teacher Zhuang Jing. What do you think Teacher Zhuang Jing will choose?"

"How dare I speculate what the teacher is thinking? If I speculate now and in the future, I might mistake my own thoughts for the teacher's. This is disrespectful and punishable by slow slicing." Gu Ran shook his head and refused, looking as if he felt cold.
Su Qing and Chen Ke both laughed.

"If you know it, you know it; if you don't know it, you don't know it. There are many reasons." Su Qing taught him with a smile, her tone full of intimacy.

"I don't know." Gu Ran smiled, "But I think it's best not to know. It's always good in the long run to develop the habit of making your own decisions on everything."

"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded in agreement, "So what should we do?"

".Does this count as making your own decision?" Gu Ran asked her with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Tell me your own opinion first!"

Chen Ke was amused again.

"Well, I think," she mused with a smile, "let him go. We will do the logistics work, that is, to ensure his health while 'pushing the mill' and provide him with a comfortable living environment. What about you?"

Su Qing looked at Gu Ran and let him speak.

"Show him the painting." Gu Ran said, "As a doctor, you must be ruthless and treat the patient as if he were a normal person like us. That way, even if something happens to him in the future, his family won't look for us."

"You just don't want to take responsibility, right?" Chen Ke said with a smile.

"Yes, so I deliberately expressed an opinion that was opposite to yours, and then left it to our team leader to make the final decision." Gu Ran said.

"Double doesn't want to take responsibility." Chen Ke commented in a girlfriend's tone.

"I didn't expect you to be such a man." Su Qing commented directly as a girlfriend.

"I--"

"Are you speechless?" Su Qing asked with a smile.

"I have nothing to say!" Gu Ran couldn't help laughing, "Also, don't change the subject. Team leader, what is your opinion?"

"My opinion. By the way, whose patient is Li Xiaoye?"

"Yours." said Gu Ran.

"Yours." Chen Ke also looked at Su Qing. "Doctor Gu, don't you want to make money? How about you take over Li Xiaoye? As long as you decide whether to show him the painting, you can easily make money." Su Qing said.

"You are also shirking responsibility, right?"

"It's to take care of my subordinates."

"If you say 'it's to supplement the family income', I'll agree." Gu Ran counterattacked.

Su Qing gently placed her right hand on her forehead and closed her eyes with laughter. It was unclear whether she was shy or really funny.

She seemed to be radiating light, as clear as spring water and as charming as a flower.

"If you want to supplement the household expenses, it doesn't matter who earns the money between you two." Chen Ke said with a smile.

She also thought it through and decided not to just be sad. She had to be proactive and cooperate with He Qingyan to take action without hurting each other's feelings.

He Qingyan was not there at the moment, so she lay dormant for the time being.

"It's different. I earn this money to supplement the family expenses. What Su Qing earns will only go into her own bank card." Gu Ran said.

"It's too early to talk about supplementing the family income now." Su Qing took a steady breath and announced in a serious tone, "Where is Li Xiaoye——

"I'd better go ask my mother."

"."

"What's that look in your eyes?"

"What a profound insight." Gu Ran applauded.

Chen Ke tried to hold back his laughter while clapping along.

However, her smile and actions clearly showed that she thought Gu Ran's "insight" actually meant "incompetent".

The three people's cell phones vibrated at the same time.

[He Qingyan: Are you all scared by my paintings? Why is no one talking? ]

【Gu Ran: (Photo)】

Su Qing's beautiful face was cold, but if you looked closely, you could see her hidden smile. Behind her, the sky outside the window was blue and the clouds were white as snow, like a summer oil painting.

[He Qingyan: Wife!!]

【Gu Ran: Hmm?】

[He Qingyan: Okay, don’t be angry]

Then there was a voice message, He Qingyan said: "Husband~~"

Suppose the two are a couple, and it is her turn to wash the dishes tonight, but she doesn't want to, so she will shout like this when she begs Gu Ran.

In response to this, Gu Ran’s answer was: It’s useless.

Whoever should wash the dishes should wash the dishes.

Of course, with Yan Hanxiang's financial resources, she would not let her daughter live a life of washing dishes unless she wanted to "train" her.

For example, now that she is not given pocket money, He Qingyan can only wash her clothes in a washing machine every day. Some clothes that cannot be washed in a washing machine have not been worn much during this period.

Gu Ran quite likes He Qingyan when she wears gorgeous clothes.

For a poor boy like him who came from the mountains, women of noble status and gorgeous clothes are naturally attractive.

Perhaps he fell in love with Su Qing at first sight because she dressed like a princess.

So, it seems that Su Qing was also a gorgeous type when she was a child. She was called the Red Magic Girl because she wore a red dress in a piano competition.

"I'm going to the dean's office." Su Qing stood up.

Gu Ran and Chen Ke were the only ones left in the office.

Every time this happened, Gu Ran couldn't help but think of the special relationship between them.

"What do you really think?" Gu Ran asked Chen Ke.

"What's your real thought? I..." Chen Ke straightened the notebook on his knees, "I also want to be able to call you husband whenever I want."

".I'm not asking about that, it's about Li Xiaoye." Gu Ran said.

"Oh." Chen Ke reorganized his notebook. "Well, I think we should not show Li Xiaoye's words to him. Many writers in history committed suicide. If he can't write a novel and returns to his home without a nurse, he might suddenly become depressed."

"Yeah." Gu Ran nodded.

"What about you? What do you really think?" Chen Ke asked.

"Me? I can't make up my mind."

"That's not what I'm asking." Chen Ke looked straight into Gu Ran's eyes despite being shy. "Do you want the four of us to be together?"

"certainly."

Chen Ke interrupted Gu Ran: "I'm not asking if I can, I'm asking if you want to - do you want to?"

"No, the first thing I think about is always the happiness of Su Qing and me." Gu Ran replied.

"So the reason you don't want to do it is because you are worried about losing Su Qing, not because you don't want to do it?"

"What does it matter if I think about it or not?" Gu Ran laughed, deliberately downplaying the matter and turning it into a joke, "I have a lot of things to think about."

"If you want, I will try my best." Chen Ke said.

The only sound in the room was the faint sound of the air conditioner.

"I want to ask, Chen Ke, what do you like about me?" Gu Ran said.

He wants to change.

"Quite a lot." Chen Ke laughed.

"Just one."

"Loyal?" Chen Ke tried to say, "After all, I think Qingyan and I are pretty good-looking, and you are loyal to Su Qing no matter in front of others or behind their backs."

"Since you like my loyalty, then why do you want to fool around with He Qingyan?" Gu Ran was puzzled.

"When I see wild flowers I like, I will pick them and take them home even though I know it's uncivilized. I want to buy things I like. There are many reasons, but to put it simply, I can't control myself."

Gu Ran felt that the more they debated, the less he felt he had the upper hand.

Doesn’t the truth become clearer the more it is debated?
I can only use my trump card.

"Actually, you misunderstood," he said, "I am actually very lustful and have thought about all kinds of things in my mind. What He Qingyan said before, looking at each room one by one, I have also thought about it!"

"It's normal for boys to have such thoughts, especially since you are so young." Chen Ke said.

“Even He Qingyan didn’t dare to think about it, but I have thought about it!”

"what?"

"She thought I didn't dare to attack Teacher Zhuang Jing and Professor Yan Hanxiang, but in fact, in my imagination, I did it!"

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Gu Ran continued, "Not only that, when you were wearing swimsuits, I often peeked at you, Fei Xiaoxiao, too - when you two stood together with your backs to me, I would stare at your butts and fantasize about you two."

".I know you said this on purpose to make me give up, but I always feel that," Chen Ke tilted his head in confusion, "what you said doesn't seem to be false."

"They are all fake!" Gu Ran shouted.

"Is it fake? That's good." Chen Ke smiled with relief and nodded.

"Oh!" Gu Ran sighed.

tired.

Strangely, Chen Ke didn't feel sad at all for being rejected. Instead, he found it funny. For the first time, he thought Gu Ran was a little cute.

Is she ready to try her best no matter how the other party refuses?

Or was it that the more Gu Ran refused, the more she wanted him?

Chen Ke was not sure, but at this moment she knew clearly that she wanted to be with him, Su Qing and He Qingyan.

It is not a momentary impulse, but a clear understanding and decision like dropping a hammer to drive a nail in.

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"Private Diary": September 15, Monday, the second day of dating Su Qing
In summary, it is useless to prove that you are passionate just by talking about your own imagination, especially in front of a psychologist.

But it's impossible for me to really do anything deviant.

Forget about being loyal. There are many men in the world who are loyal but are still hated.

Don’t take a shower?
Ah, no, Su Qing will dislike me, and I’m a doctor and I have to consider my patients.

But I admit that I did think about a future where we were all together, and compared to 'imagining a future with Su Qing', the ratio is probably 40:60.

I also have to admit that if I entered the cold and fragrant room, I would really do something.

Wait, without her permission, I wouldn’t dare and wouldn’t do that.

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"Doctor's Diary":
Should patients who rely on mental illness to live a spiritual life be saved?
(Zhuang Jing's comment: Some things are as hard to tell as "which came first, the chicken or the egg", so be straightforward - he is the patient, you are the doctor, and the doctor treats the patient.)
(End of this chapter)