The Prodigal Son

Shangying.

Three days ago, Qin Yu and his men had already led the main force to Shangxing.

On the Wangzhou Prefecture side, some troops were also left behind to guard the surrendered soldiers and take care of the wounded.

After arriving in Shangxing, Qin Yu forced himself not to think about the subsequent domestic affairs. Apart from occasionally discussing the upcoming war with others, he was mostly in a relaxed state.

When he had nothing to do, he would either take Nan Que'er for a walk, treat himself to something delicious, tease the familiar wounded soldiers, or provoke the old man and Monk Dong.

Anyway, I just want to find ways to have some fun and cheer myself up.

After three days, even the dogs in the yard were starting to dislike Qin Yu.

"Get out of here!"

Qin Yu had just stepped into the rooms where Gui San and Gui Si were recuperating when he was ruthlessly kicked out.

They've been teased by Qin Yu quite a bit these past few days.

If it weren't for their internal injuries and their reluctance to fight Qin Yu, they would have liked to pin him to the ground and beat him up to stop his constant nagging.

"Fine, I'll get out!"

Qin Yu curled his lip, "I came to visit you out of kindness, and you don't even appreciate it! I'm telling you, you two better hurry up and heal your injuries; there are a whole bunch of death-defying missions waiting for you later!"

"Get lost!"

Gui Si grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it.

Qin Yu nimbly dodged and immediately made his escape.

Forget it, they don't appreciate it. I'll just go find Big Hammer myself!

Thinking this, Qin Yu walked towards Qi Dachui's room.

In the connecting corridor, Monk Dong and Qin Fumeng quietly watched Qin Yu's every move.

After Qin Yu left, Monk Dong looked at Qin Fumeng with a puzzled expression: "Something seems wrong with him! It seems to be getting worse."

"They do look somewhat alike!"

Qin Fumeng nodded slightly, his old face also filled with worry.

People with mental health issues often fall into two extremes.

One type is melancholy, always frowning and lifeless.

Another type is someone who laughs and jokes all day long, as if nothing's wrong, but actually has more worries on their mind than anyone else.

Qin Yu now belongs to the latter category.

This beast doesn't think that laughing and joking all day can solve his mental problems, does he?

Should we find an opportunity to tease him again?

Monk Dong frowned slightly: "Don't you want to come up with a solution?"

"Can you think of a solution?"

Qin Fu blew his beard and glared at him, asking a question in return.

Monk Dong shrugged. "How could I have imagined that?"

"Then that settles it?"

Qin Fumeng's old face was filled with helplessness. "Only he can solve this problem! Don't interfere with him. I trust my grandson!"

While they were talking, Qin Yu had already arrived at Qi Dachui's room.

Qi Dachui also suffered some external injuries, but the injury was just a shallow cut on the back of his hand that someone had scratched. This kind of injury is almost negligible for people on the battlefield.

His main problem was that he had entered a period of fatigue after activating his divine blood.

After these days of recovery, Qi Dachui has regained some strength, but he is still unable to walk.

According to Nan Que'er's assessment, he estimated that it would take about two more days before he could get out of bed.

"Thirteenth Young Master".

Qi Dachui hurriedly tried to sit up, but Qin Yu stepped forward and pressed him down.

"Lie down!"

As Qin Yu spoke, he pulled up another chair and sat down next to Qi Dachui.

Qi Dachui abandoned his idea of ​​sitting up and asked again, "Where is Madam Que'er? Isn't she with you?"

Qin Yu smiled and said, "She took several doctors to change the dressings for Xiong Quhu and the others."

"oh."

Qi Dachui grinned, then stared at Qin Yu with a puzzled look.

Qin Yu, puzzled, joked, "What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?"

"no."

Qi Dachui shook his head slightly, looking at Qin Yu with a puzzled expression. "I think Thirteenth Young Master is acting strangely."

"What's strange about it?"

Qin Yu asked with a smile.

No way?

I've had a pretty relaxed few days, and I don't feel that oppressive feeling I had before.

He didn't even think there was anything wrong with himself, so why did he feel like something was off?

Qi Dachui looked troubled and shook his head, saying, "I can't really explain it, but you seem strange! It's like... it's like you're a little different from before, but I don't know what's different..."

Hearing Qi Dachui's words, Qin Yu couldn't help but frown secretly.

What's going on?

Even Big Hammer can tell that he's different from before?

No difference!

What the hell is going on?

Qin Yu, puzzled, smiled and asked, "So, do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"bad thing."

Qi Dachui answered without hesitation.

"what?"

Qin Yu asked in surprise, "Why do you think it's a bad thing?"

Qi Dachui couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he scratched his head lightly and said, "I just felt that Thirteenth Young Master used to be quite good, but now he doesn't seem so good..."

Qin Yu chuckled to himself.

Even Qi Dachui said that, which only shows that his mental state problem has not improved at all.

It's even possible that the condition will worsen without you realizing it!

Even he himself didn't realize it!

Damn it!

What exactly is going on with this broken state of mind?

Being happy is not an option, and being unhappy is also not an option?

He's feeling a bit lost right now.

What exactly is this so-called state of mind?

Seeing Qin Yu's furrowed brows, Qi Dachui immediately looked at him like a child who had made a mistake, "Thirteenth Young Master, did I say something wrong?"

"No!"

Qin Yu shook his head slightly and said frankly, "You're right, I am indeed a little different than before! There's something wrong with my state of mind."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Dachui immediately became worried, "What do we do now?"

He didn't even know what state of mind was.

Anyway, everyone told him that having a problem with his mindset was a bad thing.

This is a very serious and bad thing!

"I don't know what to do either."

Qin Yu smiled helplessly, "Alright, you just rest and recover. Don't worry about me! I'm too lazy to care about it myself. Let's just take it one step at a time!"

He tried his best to have fun, but it seems his mental health issues have gotten worse.

What's the point of playing then?!

Whatever!

If I were to actually go astray and become possessed by evil spirits one day, wouldn't I still have Ning Huang and the old man?

They tied themselves up; surely they wouldn't turn themselves into ruthless killers?

He simply refused to believe that this mental health issue could drive him crazy.

Seeing Qin Yu's appearance, Qi Dachui became even more worried.

He was about to speak again when Qin Xiong's excited voice came from outside: "Thirteenth Young Master, good news!"

As they were talking, Qin Xiong rushed in.

"What good news made you so happy?"

Qin Yu turned to look at Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong excitedly reported, "Commander Xue just sent word that the enemy army at Panshi Fort has been completely annihilated! Panshi Fort's garrison commander, Wu Huaishan, and six other generals of at least a thousand men have surrendered to our army!"

"Very good!"

Qin Yu shouted excitedly.

But the next moment, Qin Yu suddenly froze.

He seemed to understand why his mental state problems had not lessened but worsened.

Or rather, I haven't been truly happy these past few days!

It's just to solve a mental state problem, to force myself to have fun, to force myself to be happy!

Others feign sorrow to compose new verses, while I force myself to seek pleasure to ease my mind.

Little did they know that mental state is like a river that can burst into flood.

Subconsciously, I was actually blocking things and constantly raising the dam.

But the result was that the mental state problem was not alleviated, and even Qi Dachui could see that he had a problem.

If this blockage continues, the consequences will be even more severe when the psychological issues finally erupt!

It's better to guide than to block!

Even if things don't go well, just let nature take its course.

Just like I was thinking, whatever!