In the afternoon, Liui went for an interview, Ye Xiaoyu braved the scorching sun to buy groceries, while Qian stayed in an air-conditioned room playing video gas with Weiwei.
Gas seem to draw Weiwei in, and Qian carefully selected a foreign word ga that could improve family relationships to play with Weiwei.
Ye Xiaoyu felt that the expensive sunscreen she bought might be failing, the sun outside was so harsh, and she had to carry heavy groceries. But when she walked into the house, feeling the comfort of the air conditioning contrasting sharply with the heat outside, seeing the neatly arranged fruit platters on the desk, and Qian leisurely and comfortably using toothpicks to eat the fruit, feeding Weiwei a piece every now and then while Weiwei focused intently on the video ga.
Forming a stark contrast to the utterly exhausted Ye Xiaoyu.
Ye Xiaoyu felt her anger blaze up suddenly.
She was out there working herself to the bone, going so far to buy groceries and then having to clean the house, and this is how iwei treats her sister?
She felt deceived...
The imagined treatnt should have involved sitting upright, face-to-face, with the doctor taking notes, occasionally asking Weiwei questions, perhaps even like on TV, getting her to fill out so test forms, or chatting with Weiwei to explain so life philosophies, persuading her a little.
But instead, they were playing gas, eating fruit, and enjoying the air conditioning — oh, what’s that?!
Noticing Ye Xiaoyu’s gaze, Qian raised the bottle of nail polish in her hand, "Chanel’s Hidden Rose series, nice color, isn’t it?"
Still applying nail polish, unbelievable!!!
Ye Xiaoyu felt utterly taken aback.
"iwei, we need to talk!"
Qian casually blew on her freshly painted nails and patted Weiwei, who was still playing gas, "I’ll be right back, keep it up and finish the level."
Noticing Weiwei’s worried expression, Qian smiled, "It’s nothing, just a regular chat. My relationship with your sister is special — right, Ye Xiaoyu?"
"Yes..." she replied reluctantly.
The two went to Ye Xiaoyu’s rented apartnt. Compared to Qian’s elaborately decorated place, this one was simply furnished, but it was clean, thanks to the cleaning service hired by Ye Xiaoyu’s wealthy boyfriend. The most noticeable thing was the astonishing array of bottles and jars on the dressing table.
Many were still unopened — truly the hallmark of a makeup fanatic, the sheer volu of costics was astounding.
"iwei, I’m increasingly doubting whether you can really cure my sister. Even if Mr. Liu recomnded you, I question your capability. You’re actually playing gas with her?"
Ye Xiaoyu reprimanded with distress that while she was working her fingers to the bone for soone else, iwei was playing gas with her sister?
"Yes, the current plan is to play for a week, ensuring a certain amount of gaming ti each day."
"You treat like a workhorse, and in return, my sister just gets to play gas?!"
"What kind of workhorse gets so delicate, looking like they can’t go on just from buying groceries? What if I ask you to fix toilets, or scrub toilets?"
"I want to change doctors for my sister!" This is too unreliable.
"When playing gas, the brain’s so-called reward pathway, as well as the hippocampus related to learning and mory, are excessively activated. Focusing on a single goal for an extended period can help us concentrate, generate motivation and determination, and these are all things Weiwei needs now."
"Determination needs to be gained from playing gas?" Ye Xiaoyu’s expression clearly showed disbelief, "Are you fucking kidding ?"
"Of course, but not all gas can cure; she’s only playing the ones I carefully selected. Patients with depression are most lacking in these areas, and by passing each level, she’ll gain a sense of success, and that reward area in her brain will light up."
Rattling off a seemingly reasonable explanation, Ye Xiaoyu understood only one thing: iwei claid that playing gas could cure Weiwei. In this era where gas are generally deed to disrupt learning, where so parents think gaming addiction ruins education and send their kids to special places for electroshock therapy to quit gaming addiction, Qian’s perspective is refreshingly novel.
"What if she gets addicted and falls behind in her studies?"
"You don’t think she can return to school in her current condition, do you? Go handle the procedures for a sester of academic leave, she can’t return to school now, she needs to stay ho."
"She seems quite normal; I’m not opposed to these peculiar treatnt thods of yours, but you can’t let her education slide. Can’t you treat her after school?"
"No, education can be resud, but life can’t be brought back."
"Are you suggesting letting my sister take a sester off to play gas?!" Oh my god, Ye Xiaoyu felt even more scamd.
"Of course, it’s not just playing gas, this is only the first stage. Next cos exercise therapy and sun therapy. Depressed patients need exercise more than anything; at least half an hour every day. Her body’s slightly weak right now, so wait a few days for recovery, and then you accompany Weiwei jogging in the morning every day. Our Liui goes for morning runs daily, she doesn’t know her way around much, so you guide them through the runs, one lap in the morning to awaken vitality, one lap in the evening to build her body, it’s great."
"And you?"
"..." Qian sighed, "To conserve optimal brain cells to serve everyone, I must ensure adequate sleep. So while you’re running in the morning, I’ll catch up on sleep, and when you return, just in ti to make breakfast, keep it quiet, don’t interfere with my brain cell enhancent."
So, what she ans is to work others like beasts of burden, while she sleeps at ho for beauty rest? And even after she wakes up, those who were running have to serve her!
"I feel like you’re just playing ."
"Yes." Qian admitted generously.
She admitted it!
Seeing Ye Xiaoyu on the verge of exploding, Qian added a sentence.
"But I’m also seriously treating Weiwei." It’s just that among the many treatnt thods, she happened to choose one that also deals with Ye Xiaoyu.
"I can’t even figure out what kind of person you are." Ye Xiaoyu gritted her teeth.
Her patience stemd from sothing the psychiatrist said during the dication consultation for Weiwei.
Controlling depression solely with dication isn’t enough; having a psychologist involved would be ideal. Although psychiatrists aren’t unable to treat it, doctors in hospitals are too busy to provide the detailed attention a psychologist could. Especially after that psychiatrist spoke, they recomnded Mr. Liu.
They said that within the province, even the entire Northeast region, Mr. Liu is the most formidable and authoritative psychologist. However, Mr. Liu might not have the ti, getting an appointnt is best. But eventually, they circled back to Mr. Liu, who said Qian, having a different relationship with Weiwei, would be more effective in treatnt than if he personally took the case. Hence, Ye Xiaoyu couldn’t bypass Chen Xiaoqian.
But judging by Qian’s deanor, Ye Xiaoyu had doubts. Can a woman who brazenly displays her "steal my man, I’ll get you back" philosophy really heal her sister?
Qian would soon prove she’s not a saint, but her professional capability is unrivaled!
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