This actor is full of tricks.

It was almost eight o'clock when Lin Jue got home. When he got to the bottom of his building, he remembered that he had made an appointment with Aunt Luo next door for hypnotherapy today.

He looked up at Aunt Luo's window; the light was on. After thinking for a moment, he went upstairs and knocked on her door.

"Who is it?" came Aunt Luo's wary voice from inside the room.

Lin Jue changed his voice: "Auntie, it's me, Sun Jiankang."

Because he had heard Sun Jiankang's voice before, and the imitation was so perfect that it was almost impossible to detect anything unusual.

The sound of slippers came from behind the door, and soon the door opened. Aunt Luo, dressed in home clothes and wearing reading glasses, showed no displeasure at Lin Jue's lateness. Instead, she greeted him with a warm smile: "You must be very busy at work today. Come in, come in."

Because the two were standing too close, Lin Jue took a step back, and once again put on Sun Jiankang's signature smile.

"I'm sorry." Aunt Luo then remembered Sun Jiankang's illness, took a step back, and increased the distance between herself and Lin Jue: "Come in quickly, you don't need to change your shoes."

"Okay." After confirming that a safe distance had been maintained, Lin Jue went inside and closed the door behind him.

Aunt Luo's home was simply decorated. The bookshelf behind the sofa was filled with books on spirituality and psychology. In the center was a photograph, which must have been taken several years ago. Aunt Luo in the photo did not look as old as she does now. Aunt Luo was standing behind the camera, with a man and a woman in front of her, presumably her children. However, the children looked somewhat unhappy in front of the camera.

“Those are my children. Their father cheated on them when they were in elementary school, and they were awarded to my ex-husband. They settled down in Xinzhou. Because they didn’t live with me, they weren’t very close to me.” Aunt Luo smiled, a little forlorn.

"Moreover, my son has had autism since he was a child, which is why I studied psychology."

Is it autism?

Lin Jue looked at the boy in the photo and then looked away.

"Come on, I'll take you to the consultation room." Aunt Luo led Lin Jue through the living room and into a small room.

The room was not brightly lit, but very cozy. There was a soft carpet, two small sofas facing each other, and a clock on the wall ticking softly and evenly.

The entire layout is very comfortable.

"Sit down, there's water on the coffee table. You can drink if you're thirsty." Aunt Luo sat on the sofa near the door and gestured for Lin Jue to sit opposite her.

The sofa is very soft and skin-friendly. Sitting in it feels like lying in a warm embrace. Just sitting on this sofa makes you feel sleepy.

"Before we begin the formal consultation, I have something I'd like to ask you: what is the thing that makes you feel happiest?" Aunt Luo's voice was very soft, and her pace was even.

The happiest thing?

Lin Jue himself didn't have any happy memories. If he had to name one, it would be acting. Only acting could bring him joy and satisfaction. However, he wanted to awaken the memories left in this body, so he recounted what he had seen in his predecessor's memories: "It must have been every Christmas, because at that time, my mother would always secretly make up for my regrets from the past year."

Mother?

Aunt Luo was taken aback. According to the information she had, Sun Jiankang's mother died in childbirth, and she had never seen his mother since she moved here.

“I moved here when Sun Jiankang was ten years old. Maybe before that, he had a stepmother or something. Later, he probably divorced his father.” Aunt Luo didn’t think much of it because she moved here late and only knew some information about Sun Jiankang.

After a pause, Aunt Luo continued, "Can you still remember that feeling of happiness now?"

Lin Jue hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, I remember it very clearly."

Although he didn't experience it personally, he occupied this body, so he could truly feel the things his predecessor had experienced and all the feelings he had, just as if they had really happened to him.

"Okay, now remember this feeling, and then recall the thing that caused you the most pain."

This time, Aunt Luo didn't let Lin Jue talk about what made him feel pain. Instead, she let Lin Jue recall it in his mind. Everyone's past pain is an old scar. Once it is exposed to others, it is no different from tearing open the scar and exposing the bleeding wound.

The necessary condition for successful hypnosis is that the patient must be completely relaxed. If there is any resistance, it is very likely to lead to hypnosis failure.

The most painful thing?
Lin Jue's mind was filled with memories of his predecessor's father abusing him, his mother being scattered in various rooms, the dark and cage-like room, the alternate personality born out of self-defense, and the Christmas that would never come again. These desperate and painful things made him feel them all again, and the stiff smile on his face slowly disappeared at this moment.

The clock on the wall ticked away, and Aunt Luo's voice grew softer: "I know it was incredibly difficult for you to face that pain back then. If one version of yourself can't cope, you can bring your present self into those memories, and have two versions of yourself confront that pain simultaneously, reaching out a helping hand to the helpless you of that time."

"For example, like those patients with childhood trauma, they were powerless to face that pain when they were young. But when they grow up and their strength and mental fortitude are strong enough, I would ask them to bring their adult selves into their childhood memories, to find the anchor point that caused their pain, and to use their adult abilities to help the child who was powerless in the past, to resolve that pain."

"Whether it's school bullying, or his parents' lack of understanding and unwarranted blame, he can stand firmly by his childhood self and say no to all the pain."

"Now, you need to find your pain, but please remember that feeling of happiness, and don't lose yourself in the pain."

As Aunt Luo's gentle voice rang out, Lin Jue's memories of his past life seemed to be straightened out like a tangled thread, with the front end radiating a warm white light and the back end as dark as an abyss.

The place where black and white meet is where all suffering begins.

Lin Jue gently stroked the thread. In a daze, the surrounding scenery seemed to change. The quiet room became noisy. He saw that he was standing outside a middle school. It was the time when the school let out in the afternoon. Figures with animal heads rushed out of the school gate.

This memory point is that after the previous body fell ill, everyone in his field of vision turned into an animal in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)