Love in a mental hospital

Chapter 235 Box
After lunch break, Gu Ran came back from Zhuang Jing's office. His feudal idea that the Dharma Assembly was a myth was shattered, and he re-established scientific values.

[Great Magic], [Mind Reading], [The Heart Sutra of Controlling Women], are all just parapsychology.

There was no one in the Group 2 office. No one knew where He Qingyan and Chen Ke had gone.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Gu Ran started to miss Su Qing again.

[Gu Ran: What set meal did you eat today? ]

[Su Qing: A]

[Gu Ran: So rich]

[Su Qing: Xie Xiya is treating me to a meal to thank me for helping her before. I can't refuse. I only need two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and a bowl of soup for one meal.]

[Su Qing: You didn’t do anything to let me down, did you? ]

He didn’t even ask me if I had eaten, Gu Ran thought.

[Gu Ran: Thinking about how to invite you on a date and how to touch your butt, does that count as being sorry for you? ]

[Su Qing: If you must say it, +5 points]

[Gu Ran: Is it a lot or a little? ]

[Su Qing: Not too much, not too little, just right]

【Gu Ran: Just like us?】

[Su Qing: Is this how you see us? I think we are a perfect match, at least +1000000 points]

[Gu Ran: No, actually I also think it should be +1000000 points]

[Su Qing: I missed a zero]

[Gu Ran: I copied and pasted it! ]

[Su Qing: It's worse than missing a zero, deduct one point! ]

[Gu Ran: No matter what I say now, you won’t cancel this deduction, so I don’t care. I just want to know, how many points do I have in total?]

[Su Qing: Countless]

[Su Qing: So I am too lazy to calculate how many points you lost]

[Gu Ran: It’s a pity that I can’t count them either, otherwise I would at least give you +100 million points]

[Su Qing: Such a casual man]

Before Gu Ran replied, she sent another message.

[Su Qing: A casual man]

Taking advantage of the complex emotions brought about by these two sentences: thinking Su Qing is cute, thinking Su Qing is naughty, thinking it is funny, etc.

Gu Ran sent a voice message, using his most pleasant voice—what he thought—to say: "Su Qing, shall we go on a date this Saturday?"

Su Qing replied: "Okay."

Gu Ran put down his phone, stood up, and punched the air for a while.

Now, even if he was asked to write the word "龘" with urine while peeing, he felt he could give it a try.

After calming down, Gu Ran picked up the phone and replied.

【Gu Ran: Thank you! 】

[Su Qing: You’re welcome, dear. This is what I should do.]

Although Gu Ran was poor, he had some experience in online shopping. Unfortunately, even Taobao customer service didn't speak like that anymore, so Su Qing was the first person to call him "dear".

Moving.

+10 billion points!
Just keep it in your mind, if you say it out loud, you'll be seen as a more casual man.

When He Qingyan and Chen Ke came back from the bathroom, Gu Ran had calmed down. He put his hand on his chin and stared at the computer screen. Both his movements and his appearance looked like he was filming a TV drama.

But he doesn't need makeup, lighting, or beauty filters.

"Wow, Brother Gu is so handsome. I'm going to fall in love with you." He Qingyan said in an exaggerated tone.

"."Gu Ran just wanted to pretend to be calm and let them ask him if there was anything wrong.

Then, he told the two of them the good news that he was about to date Su Qing, as if handing out wedding candies.

But it doesn’t matter if he didn’t ask, he can ask himself.

As a fishing enthusiast, it is common to ask and answer your own questions, right?

"What are you asking me? Actually, I..."

Just then, the internal mailbox of {Jinghai} popped up, reminding him that there was a reply to the "Doctor's Diary" he submitted in the morning.

As everyone knows, Gu Ran is Zhuang Jing's lackey, so he immediately put aside his little desire to show off and opened "Doctor's Diary".

"Teacher Zhuang Jing asked us to temporarily suspend Li Xiaoye's treatment and conduct another psychoanalysis based on the information provided by Li Xia." Gu Ran relayed.

"Didn't you know about the discord between father and daughter when you were in the hospital?" He Qingyan laughed, "Su Qing failed in her duty. You will be deducted two points this week."

"I agree." Gu Ran nodded.

"What Teacher Zhuang Jing meant," Chen Ke was the only one who was thinking seriously, "could it be that Li Xiaoye's hospitalization seems to be for writing a book, but in fact, in his heart, even he himself doesn't realize it, he also hopes that we can cure his obsession with writing and restore the father-daughter relationship?"

"You think too lowly of human beings." He Qingyan commented.

"Then please, as a senior, express your senior opinion." Gu Ran said.

"It's very simple," He Qingyan said with a sophisticated expression, "Auntie Jing, Teacher Zhuang Jing, meant that the risk of suicide from direct treatment is too high. We underestimated Li Xiaoye's madness for writing."

Gu Ran and Chen Ke could not help but ponder.

Although Gu Ran didn't say it, he had the same idea as Chen Ke in his heart. He believed that Li Xiaoye went to the mental hospital on his own initiative. In his heart, there was a side that he himself was not aware of - he wanted to restore his relationship with his children.

But after hearing what He Qingyan said, she felt that it made sense.

They must accurately grasp Li Xiaoye's thoughts. If they misunderstand his thoughts and directly carry out treatment, accidents are likely to occur.

"I think," Gu Ran said slowly, "Qingyan might be right."

"He called me Qingyan." He Qingyan said to Chen Ke with a look of surprise, "Kissing really works."

Chen Ke always felt like she was showing off.

It was the same in the toilet before, saying things like "my underwear is wet", "I don't care about killing you but burying you", "it's so annoying" and so on.

"Why?" Chen Ke avoided He Qingyan and asked Gu Ran.

"Li Xia looks like Jolin Tsai." said Gu Ran.

"Jolin Tsai?" Chen Ke was puzzled.

"So what?" He Qingyan asked.

"Li Xiaoye likes Jolin Tsai, married a woman who looks like Jolin Tsai, and had a daughter who looks like Jolin Tsai - he is a person who does things according to his own preferences."

What is the true talent of a true artist?
One night, when listening to Su Qing playing the piano in the library on the third floor, Gu Ran asked Su Qing this question.

She said it was aesthetics.

Li Xiaoye is undoubtedly a true artist. Even in matters such as marriage and having children, he strongly adheres to his own aesthetic standards.

When it comes to curing his illness, it is completely wishful thinking for an ordinary person to suddenly speculate that he gave up his own aesthetics and planned to restore his relationship with his children.

"Should we ask Su Qing again?" Chen Ke suggested.

"Okay." Gu Ran nodded.

He made a video call directly to Su Qing, and before Su Qing answered the call, he slightly adjusted his bangs.

"It will look better this way." Caught off guard, He Qingyan considerately reached out to help.

Just then, the video call was connected.

"Gu Ran, if you commit suicide right now, I can still pretend nothing happened and not charge you with any crime," she said.

"Do I still care what my crime is after I die?" Gu Ran quickly waved He Qingyan away, "Judge Su Qing, please listen to my explanation."

"You can make excuses."

"Listen to me!"

"Then you cover it up." Su Qing said.

"I really just want to set the record straight!"

"Okay." Su Qing smiled, "Let's get down to business."

"You're not angry?" He Qingyan moved closer to the camera, her face close to Gu Ran.

Gu Ran quickly dodged.

"Do you think Gu Ran has the guts to do that?" Su Qing asked. "I thought you would say, 'Don't I know who you are?' But you said me?" Gu Ran asked.

"Yeah, don't I know who you are?" Su Qing said with a smile.

".Forget it." Gu Ran didn't explain. "I have something important to discuss with you. It's about Li Xiaoye."

He told the details of his meeting with Li Xia and Li Dong, and also talked about Zhuang Jing's new instructions.

"Chen Ke thinks that Li Xiaoye intends to restore his relationship with his children, and He Qingyan thinks that Li Xiaoye values ​​writing more than we thought. My opinion was the same as Chen Ke's at first, but later I thought He Qingyan was right because I found that Li Xia looked like Jolin Tsai."

Gu Ran expressed his inner thoughts again.

"By the way, you actually noticed that Li Xia looks like Jolin Tsai, that's amazing," said He Qingyan.

"Don't you know him?" Gu Ran asked.

"do not know."

Gu Ran looked at Chen Ke, and Chen Ke also shook his head slightly.

"Are you studying seriously? How come you even know female celebrities of that age?" Needless to say, Su Qing, who held this idea, didn't know either.

"You are the ones, are you doing your job properly? Don't you know the patient's favorite female star? He Qingyan, recite "The Temperature of the Corpse of a Loved One"!" Gu Ran said.

"I won't read that kind of perverted article." He Qingyan said.

"Chen Ke!"

"I have seen it, but I can't recite it." Chen Ke said with a smile.

"Su——"

"Gu Ran, you recite a passage." Su Qing arrived first after starting later.

"Well, none of the four of you can recite it." Gu Ran sneered sarcastically.

"Four people?" He Qingyan asked.

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After a moment of silence, a burst of laughter came from the Group 2 office, no, from the psychological clinic of Haicheng International High School.

"Okay." Su Qing's voice was still smiling, "Let me tell you what I think. Maybe my mother is that kind of person, so I understand He Qingyan and I agree with her opinion."

"As expected, Qingqing and I are close friends." He Qingyan took Gu Ran's phone and kissed Su Qing.

Su Qing obviously put her phone away.

"Gu Ran," He Qingyan asked after the kiss, "Have you ever secretly enlarged Su Qing's photo at night and kissed her lips?"

"I didn't wash my hands after going to the toilet." said Gu Ran.

"Changing the subject, it seems like there is." He Qingyan smiled.

"Yes, but it wasn't magnified, and I didn't really kiss her." Gu Ran wasn't afraid, because he was kissing his girlfriend after all.

"You're so perverted." Su Qing said.

"I didn't feel the same way before, but now I feel the same way." Gu Ran said.

"Are you saying that I'm a pervert, Gu the pervert?" He Qingyan scolded with a smile.

"You used to call me Mr. Gu."

"vomit--"

"Can we discuss the treatment plan?" Chen Ke smiled bitterly.

If she hadn't stepped forward to stop them, these three people would probably have continued talking like this all day.

Su Qing was obviously aware of this problem. She cleared her throat and said, "For this situation, I have two solutions for now.

“One is psychotherapy.

“General supportive psychotherapy focuses on explanation, affirmation, and encouragement;
"Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on helping patients identify cognitive distortions related to imagination and writing, changing their self-perceptions, and building their confidence. In simple terms, it helps them believe that they can write good works even if they are not crazy. This can be seen from the Western writers who have quit drinking, sex, and drugs.

“Family therapy may not be very effective, but you can try it;
"Then there is psychodynamic psychotherapy.

"The second method is Chen Ke's hypnosis therapy, which Chen Ke knows better than me."

Everyone looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke pondered and said, "There is a way to use hypnosis therapy. For example, before the treatment, let Li Xiaoye believe that his talent is locked in a box. Even after he recovers, as long as he opens the box in his imagination, he will still have his talent."

The power of 'belief' is strong.

Chow Yun-fat habitually eats chocolate while playing cards.

This is of course a movie setting, but similar situations are everywhere in real life.

Which pen should you use during an exam? Which days of the week are unlucky? Which two zodiac signs cannot get married?
When going on a blind date or job interview, which clothes or underwear should you wear? When giving a speech, which color tie should you wear?
Etc., etc.

Even doctors are "superstitious", for example, they must wear a certain pair of shoes during surgery, or insist on bandaging the patient's wound in a special way when stitching it up.

This is not superstition, it's just a psychological suggestion.

The effect is real and visible.

Regarding Li Xiaoye's situation, Jiang Langcai is possible, but to say that he has lost his imagination because he has recovered from the illness is impossible.

This is all because, when he was writing in the past, every time he wrote a good work, he was crazy, so he developed the subconscious mind that "crazy = only good works can be written".

When a person is young, if he receives electric shock when he touches a flower, then to this person, the flower is as scary as a high-voltage wire.

Growing up, I will be afraid too.

The reason why humans can eat crabs and tomatoes is that they have developed the awareness that "these things are safe" since childhood.

The same goes for some places eating fish scales, while some places don't even think about it.

Chen Ke's hypnosis therapy can replace this subconscious mind and make him believe that his talent is placed in a box.

No need to go crazy, just open the box and he can get his talent back.

As long as he believes it, his imagination will be as rich as when he is crazy.

"For a weirdo like Li Xiaoye, no, a writer, hypnosis therapy is better," Gu Ran expressed his opinion. "It can even make him believe that he still has the talent from his peak period."

"The problem is, if we choose the 'preserve talent' treatment, he really won't be able to write anything, and then there will be trouble again," said Su Qing.

"Don't worry too much." He Qingyan said, "No matter what kind of treatment it is, for someone like Li Xiaoye, if he can't write it, something bad will happen."

"That's right." Su Qing nodded, "Chen Ke, is it feasible?"

"Yes, but it needs to be done in several times." Chen Ke nodded.

If you think about it, hypnotists are really amazing.

If she could even do something like this, doesn't that mean she could make people believe that their talents and desires had been taken away?

"What are the details?" Su Qing asked again.

"To put it simply," Chen Ke didn't know whether he assumed that the three of them didn't understand or whether the actual operation was really troublesome, "first make him believe that he has talent, until this talent is 'visible', and then seal it up."

"Is it visible?" Gu Ran was curious.

"Unique." Chen Ke smiled beautifully.

"Oh." Gu Ran understood.

Su Qing felt that Chen Ke’s smile to Gu Ran was different from the smile he gave to them.

"In this case," she announced the final treatment plan, "Chen Ke will first use hypnosis to extract and store Li Xiaoye's talent, and then let He Qingyan perform the painting heart therapy. After the treatment is over, the box storing the talent will be returned to him."

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"Private Diary": September 16th, Tuesday, the day Su Qing agreed to a date.

Su Qing called me "dear" today and said that my score in her heart is infinite.

But there is one thing I care about. Does she believe in my character, or does she believe more in He Qingyan’s unreliability?

At the moment, she seems to believe He Qingyan more, which is really sad.

I'm thinking seriously about this question - should I wear a condom on a date?
Haha, it seems I was overthinking it.

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"Doctor's Diary":
We decided to trust Li Xiaoye's dedication to writing and developed a new treatment plan.

First, use hypnosis to make him believe that his talent is kept intact in the box. After he recovers from his illness, return the non-existent "box" to him.

Hope it will work.

I can only hope, there is nothing else to do.

(Zhuang Jing's comment: How can there be nothing to do? Whether he believes that his talent is preserved, whether his illness is really good or just a disguise, all require your [mind reading].)
(End of this chapter)