Love in a mental hospital

Chapter 356 Experiment Experiment Experiment
Yan Hanxiang couldn't wait any longer and had no interest in continuing the discussion, so she called Gu Ran and He Qingyan and went to the research room on the second floor.

The study in her bedroom had long been converted into a perfume room.

There were only Zhuang Jing and Su Qing in the living room.

"Is it okay?" Zhuang Jing asked softly.

Her current tone would never appear in any other situation, only when she was alone with Amelia Su.

But is she sincere? Su Qing is not sure. As a master of psychology, Zhuang Jing has the ability to pretend to be anyone's mother.

"It's a question whether we can go to the island again." Su Qing said, "Even if we can go to the island, we have to go through repeated experiments to confirm that I can't help Gu Ran alone before we will agree to He Qingyan's joining."

What surprised Su Qing herself was that, compared to He Qingyan's joining, she was actually worried about something else:

If I can continue to go to the island, will she still be a virgin in my dream?

If so, doesn't it mean that she will be in pain every time, and because of the pain, she will not be able to provide psychological counseling to Gu Ran for a long time?
Hope not.

But Su Qing, as a psychologist, told her that this was almost impossible.

It's like a bubble. The dream was just a bubble. When the dream is over, the bubble bursts. Nothing is left in the material sense, only the psychological effect.

The next time I land on the island, it’s another new bubble, and this bubble is still based on reality, or more accurately, on the instinct that prevails.

In Su Qing's own mind, the instinct of 'thinking she is a virgin' is definitely stronger than the instinct of 'she is no longer a virgin'.

Considering that she has always instilled in herself the idea that 'dreams are just passing clouds', it can be predicted that even if there are countless first times in the dream, as long as she is still in reality, she must be in the dream.

Should I do this in reality as well?

Zhuang Jing saw everything.

She has seen so many things that she has long been indifferent. However, Su Qing's little thoughts made her smile slightly as a mother rather than a psychological master.

Before Su Qing noticed, Zhuang Jing asked again: "What if it really comes to the point where Qingyan's help is needed?"

"I'm glad I can help Gu Ran." Su Qing said.

"You like him so much?"

"Yeah." After saying that, Su Qing quickly added, "Only in dreams!"

"It's okay to be wronged?" Zhuang Jing asked again.

Su Qing didn't seem to want to say anything, but she continued: ".I like Gu Ran, and I also like He Qingyan, or I care about her."

She paused, as if she had run out of words to express exactly how she felt.

Zhuang Jing looked at her and said, "Do you like your current life?"

Yes.

Su Qing's mood brightened as if she had finally found the right words, but the next moment, she understood the meaning of this sentence.

Does the current life mean that she, Zhuang Jing, Yan Hanxiang, He Qingyan, and Gu Ran will live together forever?

Does it also include going out to play together on holidays with Chen Ke, Xie Xiya, and occasionally Fei Xiaoxiao and others?

Of course, as the leader of Group 2, continuing to treat patients in the sanatorium is also my "current life".

"It depends on whether it's worth it, the injustice you've suffered, and the happiness you've gained from suffering such injustice." Zhuang Jing said, "You should make the judgment yourself."

Su Qing bit her lower lip.

Such obvious confusion should not appear on a psychologist's face.

But now she is not a psychologist. In front of Zhuang Jing, she is a consultant and a daughter, and she can completely reveal herself.

"If," she said carefully, "I really can't cure Gu Ran's psychological disorder by myself, I can accept it."

"I have no advice to give you because this is a private matter. Whether it is a matter of grievance and depression or a matter of ease and joy depends on how you see it. What others see is not important," said Zhuang Jing.

"Yes, I understand." Su Qing nodded.

She fell into deep thought.

Zhuang Jing was also thinking. She thought of Yan Hanxiang. Having a relationship with Gu Ran could turn into a guilty pleasure, or it could turn into a lighthearted and enjoyable thing.

Yan Han first chose to treat it as a lighthearted and enjoyable little thing.

As long as the boundaries are set, it is indeed a small matter that the relationship only exists in dreams.

Morality?

If even dreams are subject to moral constraints, there would be countless people in the world who commit serious crimes, and Yan Hanxiang's incident would become a trivial matter.

What's more, this 'little thing' had already happened before Yan Hanxiang realized it.

Before realizing it, Zhuang Jing pondered over these words.

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On the second floor is the perfume making room of Yanhanxiang.

Yan Hanxiang walked among the rows of shelves, occasionally taking down a bottle of perfume, as if she was choosing a book in a library.

He Qingyan and Gu Ran sat on the chairs beside the perfume table.

"Do you think the name Tiaoxiang is a bit ambiguous?" He Qingyan whispered to Gu Ran, "It's like a shorthand for Tiaohanxiang."

"Why can't it be teasing Shizuka?" Gu Ran followed her and talked nonsense.

Then as soon as he said that, he knew it was over.

As expected, He Qingyan smiled ambiguously, but to Gu Ran's surprise, she did not say, "It's not enough to tease my mother, you also want to tease Aunt Jing."

She skipped the topic and asked curiously, “Just now downstairs, you said that if Amelia Su couldn’t do anything, would you ask me to help you?”

"Yes." Gu Ran nodded.

"Why do you say 'please'?" He Qingyan was curious, "If you want me to help you, just ask."

Gu Ran shook his head: "What I want is your sincerity, not your carefreeness and playfulness."

He Qingyan pondered for a moment and then a smile appeared on her face. It was still the same smile as usual, but there was a little difference.

"You want to be your wife?" she said with a smile.

“Not that much”

"Second wife?"

Too straightforward!

Don't be so straightforward, you'll be embarrassed!
“Not really.”

"I understand." He Qingyan pretended to be surprised and smiled even more happily, "A wife without a marriage certificate?"

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"Almost done?" He Qingyan asked.

"Almost." Gu Ran replied.

He Qingyan covered her mouth and laughed, a silent laugh with her eyes closed.

"What are you laughing at? Is there anything so funny?" Gu Ran felt a little embarrassed.

"You kid" He Qingyan said with a smile in her voice.

"how?"

"Mom!" He Qingyan suddenly shouted at the shelf, "Gu Ran wants me to be his wife without getting a marriage certificate!"

"What? I didn't hear it clearly!" Yan Hanxiang's answer came from deep in the shelf, a beat late and in a slightly raised voice.

He Qingyan did not answer this question because Gu Ran covered her mouth.

In Gu Ran's arms, He Qingyan, with her mouth covered, looked up at him with a smile.

She took Gu Ran's hand away, put her rosy lips to his ear, and breathed hot air into him: "Okay, I'll be your wife."

Gu Ran felt numb and itchy all over, and the heat that entered his ears spread throughout his body.

He Qingyan put her arms around Gu Ran's neck and said in a commanding tone, "Kiss me."

Her lips, which were slightly redder than Su Qing's, parted slightly, and a moist and warm fragrance slowly exhaled from between her lips.

Gu Ran swallowed dryly.

He slowly moved closer.

"I think they've all been found. I'll get one out first, and you guys go ahead and do your work." When Yan Hanxiang said the last few words, there was already a hint of a smile in her voice.

Gu Ran quickly pushed He Qingyan away.

"Mom, you're in the way!" He Qingyan expressed her dissatisfaction bluntly, but this proved her inner joy. "You guys continue." Yan Hanxiang walked to the workbench and placed dozens of screwed small bottles on the table.

She added, "Help me open all the bottles."

Gu Ran pushed away He Qingyan who was about to continue and opened the bottle.

The bottles contain different scents. After they are all opened, if you close your eyes, you will think that the desktop has turned into a garden with flowers of various scents blooming.

Yan Hanxiang supported her hands on the edge of the table, closed her eyes, and sniffed carefully.

He Qingyan leaned over to Gu Ran's ear and whispered, "When I was in kindergarten, my mother opened the refrigerator and it was filled with all kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits. She just leaned over to smell them, and I pushed a chair over and followed suit to smell them. As a result, we both caught a cold."

Yan Hanxiang, who was twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and He Qingyan, who was standing on a chair, looked like two children, one big and one small!
But Yan Hanxiang was too unreliable at that time.

"You don't seem to find it funny or surprising at all?" He Qingyan stared at Gu Ran from a very close distance.

"My mind is full of your breasts now." said Gu Ran.

He Qingyan's chest pressed against him.

"Didn't the temperature just drop last night? Are you thinking about it again?" He Qingyan laughed softly, her tone sounding like a teasing tone.

"A normal 20-year-old boy can do it once or twice a day for several years," said Gu Ran.

"Are all men such beasts?" He Qingyan was a little surprised and puzzled.

"They are all such beasts." Gu Ran nodded.

This was his state before he was transformed by the 'Pao Quan', so his answer was very confident.

However, these were just diverting the subject. He was not really surprised by the interesting childhood stories that He Qingyan told.

In "North City Dream", he followed Yan Hanxiang to various farmers' markets, and he saw with his own eyes Yan Hanxiang running into other people's fruit stalls and sniffing hard.

The words of those bosses, "You can look at beautiful women, you can touch them, but you can't eat them!" still echo in my ears.

Yan Hanxiang suddenly came to his senses.

"Mom, do you have any idea?" He Qingyan cared more than Gu Ran and immediately gave up the topic between them.

"The smell of the Zombie Kingdom has only more than a hundred molecules, and according to my preliminary estimate, there are probably more than five hundred molecules of the Sunlight Island." Yan Hanxiang said to himself.

"Is it complicated?" Gu Ran didn't quite understand.

"More than chocolate, but less than garlic." Yan Hanxiang explained considerately.

Gu Ran didn't understand even more.

"Let me try it first." Yan Hanxiang picked up the perfume bottle and started adjusting it.

While adjusting the composition, she said: "Many people say that perfumers are like composers, but I think they are more like painters. Have you ever seen Chinese paintings? Flowers that are directly reflected seem to have part of the spirit imprinted on them, which is very similar to the process of making perfume."

Gu Ran seemed to understand but not quite.

Twenty minutes later, Yan Hanxiang handed over a bottle of perfume, the color of which was like banana leaves on a cloudy day.

"If there is no effect within five minutes, it means failure and I will wake you up. There is a bed there," she said.

Gu Ran followed her gaze and saw a small bed that could only accommodate one person. The bed sheets were in a mess because the nanny was not allowed to come in.

He was sure that Yan Hanxiang had slept here more often than she had slept on the luxurious bed in the bedroom.

"I can sleep while sitting." Gu Ran said.

"Sleeping posture will also affect the effect of perfume." Yan Hanxiang explained.

"I sleep just as soundly sitting up."

"Go." He Qingyan pointed at the small bed.

Gu Ran had no choice but to get up. There was no warmth in the quilt, but it was filled with the scent of the cold. Gu Ran reacted immediately. It was as if all the pores on his body had turned into vacuum cleaners, sucking all the odor molecules into his body.

He suddenly understood!
The cloudy banana leaf-colored perfume at the bedside is not the complete version. Only when it is combined with the scent of severe cold fragrance can it be the real first trial product!

"I'm going to sleep too!" He Qingyan left the laboratory and went to Yan Hanxiang's bedroom.

Yan Hanxiang folded her arms and leaned her hips on the table, while Gu Ran closed her eyes.

Five minutes later, he was woken up.

"How is it?" Yan Hanxiang asked.

"I wasn't dreaming." Gu Ran sat up and answered.

Yan Hanxiang pondered for a moment, then suddenly moved closer, almost burying her face in Gu Ran's arms.

Gu Ran wanted to retreat, but stopped because he knew that Yan Hanxiang was just smelling the scent and had no other intentions.

He tilted his face slightly, sniffing the enchanting and beautiful fragrance of Yanhan with her arms buried in his arms, and maintained this posture for more than three minutes.

Yan Hanxiang came back to her senses without feeling embarrassed at all and was only thinking about the smell.

"Maybe I should change my thinking," she said to herself.

Gu Ran didn't dare to interrupt. Even if he was asked to, he wouldn't know what to say.

Gu Ran spent the entire afternoon on experiments, but he didn't have any dreams, neither ordinary lucid dreams nor black dragon dreams.

"I slept all afternoon. What should I do if I can't sleep at night?" He Qingyan said during dinner.

"Read, draw, play with your phone, it's up to you." Su Qing didn't care.

"I will continue to torment Gu Ran. If you don't sleep, you might not be there when we go to the island." Yan Hanxiang said with a smile.

"I'll sleep!" He Qingyan said firmly.

"Have you finished eating? If you're done, continue." Yan Hanxiang looked at Gu Ran.

"Ah?" Gu Ran was stunned. He had just taken a mouthful of rice and two bites of vegetables, and his appetite was just beginning to return.

"Han Xiang!" Zhuang Jing laughed, "Let him eat well."

"That makes sense. People will think about sex only after they are well fed and warm." Yan Hanxiang's current train of thought is all about 'how to get Gu Ran to the island', just like the tap water in every household goes through the treatment plant.

"Eat more." Su Qing picked up a piece of soft-shelled turtle for Gu Ran.

This is teasing and sarcasm.

"This." He Qingyan handed over the oysters, "It is said to be very effective."

This is about making fun, cheering, watching the fun, and looking forward to it.

Zhuang Jing was eating a soft-shell turtle and watching them fool around with a smile.

After eating and taking a shower, Gu Ran went to Yan Hanxiang's perfume making room to continue cooperating with the experiment.

It was not until two o'clock in the morning, after Gu Ran reminded her many times, that Yan Hanxiang gave up and decided to call it a day.

"This is the last bottle. Take it back and put it next to your bed before you go to bed," she instructed.

"Okay, Aunt Xiang, you should go to bed early too." Gu Ran said.

"Ah."

Gu Ran walked out of the office and saw Yan Hanxiang still pondering at the workbench.

"Gu Ran."

When he was about to close the door, Yan Hanxiang suddenly called him.

"Anything else?" he asked.

"I'll sleep later too." Yan Hanxiang said.

On the way back, Gu Ran's heart was pounding, as if a happy fairy was beating a small drum.

After finishing her diary, Gu Ran opened the perfume and lay down on the bed.

The failure of the experiment may be related to short sleep. According to previous summaries, black dragon dreams mostly occur after midnight, so it may not fail this time.

Everyone is asleep, except Yan Hanxiang, Zhuang Jing will also sleep.

Gu Ran thought of Su Qing again.

Between 'continuing with Su Qing' and 'helping Zhuang Jing pause time', Gu Ran actually preferred the former and wanted to continue with Su Qing.

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"Private Diary": October 18th, Sunday, looking forward to the villa.

I experimented for an entire afternoon and a night, but all failed. I felt like I was no longer sensitive to smells.

There is one thing I am curious about. What should I do if, except for myself, all the others who land on Sunlight Island are non-lucid dreamers?
(End of this chapter)