"Grandpa, I'm back." Fang Ru put down his salute and hugged the old man who was watering the flowers in the garden.
"Little Confucianism!" The old man said happily, "Why did you come back suddenly?"
"I thank you." Fang Ru smiled coquettishly.
"Go, go in and talk." The old man dragged Fang Ru into the house.
"Is grandpa okay?" Fang Ru asked with concern while holding the tea made by grandpa.
"Okay, I'm very healthy." The old man was happy, "How about you? How are you doing in Country Z? Is your work going well?"
"Well... it's okay." Fang Ru pursed his lips, but stopped talking.
"Why, have you encountered something difficult? Talk to grandpa." The old man's kind smile warmed Fang Ru's heart.
He suddenly hugged the old man and said softly, "Grandpa, I'm in love with someone."
"Oh?" The old man was pleasantly surprised, "What kind of girl is she? If I have a chance, I'll bring her here to show my grandpa. Grandpa has been looking forward to you getting married for several years."
"Well... not a girl."
"What?" The old man didn't seem to hear clearly.
Fang Ru raised his head and said seriously, "I'm in love with a man."
The old man showed surprise and didn't speak for a long time.
"Grandpa, are you angry?" Fang Ru asked in a low voice.
"Oh, how could I be angry?" The old man touched his head and sighed, "As long as you are happy, grandpa doesn't care if you are a man or a woman."
"Grandpa is indeed the best person in the world." Fang Ru threw himself on the old man again.
"He... Who is he? How is he treating you?" the old man asked.
"Well, very good." Fang Ru said with a smile, "Although he has a bad temper and is domineering, he is very good to me."
Seeing the radiance on his face when he mentioned that man, the old man was both worried and relieved.
"Then when will you bring him back to have a look?"
"Okay." Fang Ru smiled happily.
The top floor of Yuan's Group Headquarters, Yuanfeng's office.
The two fathers and sons of the Yuan family are confronting each other.
"Yuan Che, don't be impulsive, Dad is doing it for your own good." Yuan Ze stepped forward to comfort him.
Yuan Che didn't even look at him, he looked straight at Yuan Feng and said, "Father, what are you trying to do by withholding my ID?"
"Do you still need to ask? Stop you from going to him!"
"Oh? You think you can stop me like this?" Yuan Che sneered, "Dad, when did you become so childish?"
"How did you talk?" Yuan Feng was furious.
"I've always been displeased with what I say, and it's not the first day you know." Yuan Che said with a stern expression, "Father, I don't care about this matter, but I don't want it to happen a second time."
"Hmph, are you threatening me again?"
"Just like you threatened Fang Ru to leave me, I just inherited your 'excellent' bloodline." Yuan Che's eyes were deep and his posture was straight.
Yuan Feng glared at him fiercely. Although Yuan Che wasn't as violent as before, this oppressive feeling was even more shocking.
Yuan Ze looked around and said, "Yuan Che, he is our father, why do you contradict him for an outsider?"
Yuan Che glanced at him: "Now he is forcing me, he is hurting someone I value."
"Fang Ru is just a man, and as your psychiatrist, he is obviously not qualified."
"Then what does the eldest brother think is qualified?" Yuan Che asked coldly.
Yuan Ze was stunned, and said after a while, "At least you shouldn't have feelings for your patients."
"I'm not only his patient, but also his man." Yuan Che never felt that there was anything wrong with two men falling in love, and he dared to admit their relationship to the world.
"You!" A trace of unnaturalness flashed across both Yuan Ze and Yuan Feng's faces.
"Father, and elder brother, don't worry, I won't go to him right away. But, when I go to him, none of you will stop me, or I won't be rude to you!"
After saying this, Yuan Che turned around and strode away without looking back.
"It's really lawless!" Yuan Feng was furious, "What kind of drug did Fang Ru give him to make him fall in love like this?"
"Dad, what are you going to do?"
Yuan Feng said gloomyly: "I won't let the person who seduce my son have an easy life!"
"Hello, here is your package, please sign for it." The courier's voice came from outside the door.
Fang Ru opened the door and signed his name on the courier slip.
"Merci!" thanked him, and he walked into the living room with the package.
The sender and sender's address are not written on the package, but the postmark should be a domestic express.
Open the package, inside is a stack of photos and a few old newspaper clippings.
As soon as Fang Ru saw the first photo, his face turned pale, and he spread the photos and newspaper clippings with trembling fingers. The bloody pictures and the text on the clippings stabbed his eyes.
"Marital Discord Caused Family Tragedy", "Husband Lost Control and Killed His Wife by Mistake", "Husband committed suicide in the detention center because of regret"... The eye-catching title text opened up Fang Ru's dusty memory, his eyes were blood red, and what happened once was as vicious as a demon rushed towards him.
Fang Ru held his head with a pained expression on his face. He stood up and staggered towards his room.
The door slammed shut, and he fell powerlessly to the ground, wrapping his hands tightly around himself, and curled up into a ball.
Grandpa Fang Ru came back from his walk with a refreshed smile on his face.
"Little Ru, I'm back, do you have something delicious to eat?" He shouted into the room while changing his shoes, but got no response.
"Did he go out?" The old man muttered in a low voice, his eyes casually glanced at the scattered photos and newspaper clippings on the coffee table.
He casually picked it up and looked at it, his face instantly became extremely ugly. Who the hell sent these things over? It's so vicious!
"Little Ru, Xiao Ru." The old man walked quickly to Fang Ru's door, knocked on the door and shouted, "Little Ru, are you in? Are you okay?"
There was no response from inside. The old man turned the doorknob, but he couldn't push the door open.
He was full of anxiety: "Little Ru, open the door and have a good chat with grandpa, don't stay in the room alone."
After knocking for a long time, there was still no response. Just when the old man was about to come back later, the door suddenly opened.
Fang Ru's face was calm, not showing the expected fragility.
He said softly, "Grandpa, can you make an appointment with Mr. Poon for me?"
"Of course, I'll make an appointment right away." The old man hurried to make a phone call.
Fang Ru turned his head and looked out the window, his eyes were a little empty.
He thought he had got rid of the shadow of the past, but he didn't expect a few photos and newspaper clippings to reopen his wounds.
He knew very well who sent these things, but he didn't have the strength to pursue it. Some wounds cannot be healed in a lifetime, but some people want to make up for it cruelly. How do they know that the truth is not what the outside world says.
Fang Ru staggered back a step, slowly closed the door, and hid himself in the room again.
The next day, Fang Ru walked into Pu En's psychological counseling office.
"Asa, you don't seem to be in good spirits?" Poon sat beside Fang Ru, looking at him worriedly.
"Well, I remembered the past again." Fang Ru lay on the chair, trying to relax his body.
"About your parents?" Poon asked tentatively.
"Yes." Fang Ru said softly, "Someone sent me photos of the scene after the incident and newspaper clippings reporting the incident."
"Who did it?" Poon asked in shock.
"It doesn't matter who it is. What matters is that I haven't completely shaken off the shadow of the past. That memory makes me miserable." Fang Ru closed her eyes and frowned.
Pu En held Fang Ru's hand and said gently: "Asa, you were too young at the time. I used hypnotic suggestion to seal your past, and finally got you out of the nightmare. Now that the dust seal has been broken, it might be the first time. A chance to heal wounds once and for all.”
"Teacher," Fang Ru said with a smile, "I'm your student, and I know how to regulate my emotions. But because of this, I can't open my heart. The so-called doctor doesn't heal himself. I know the profession of a psychologist, and I also know about psychotherapy. Every step of the process. Treating yourself is like doing a puzzle in a pre-arranged order, and you can’t find the state at all.”
"Son, forget what you've learned for a while, and let me help you." Pu En stroked his forehead.
"Teacher, thank you."
After staying in Puen for two hours, Fang Ru returned home.
Grandpa asked with concern: "How is it?"
"It's okay, Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore." Fang Ru smiled reassuringly.
"That's good. I've warmed up porridge in the kitchen. Would you like some?"
"Okay." Fang Ru agreed with a smile.
After drinking porridge with grandpa, Fang Ru went back to the room to take a shower, and then fell on the bed a little tired.
"Sleep, just sleep." He got into the quilt, adjusted his breathing, and slowly fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Fang Ru held on to the quilt tightly, his face was pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, as if he was being entangled by something terrible.
Opening his eyes suddenly, the room was quiet, only the sound of his deep breathing could be heard.
He turned over and lay on his side, retracting his head into the quilt, his body trembling slightly.
It has been a long time since he had a nightmare, and the scene in the dream made him unable to sleep peacefully. It turned out that I was not as strong as I imagined, and I couldn't stand a little stimulation.
At this time, I really hope that he can be by my side, whether it is hugging or making love, it is better than suffering the nightmare alone.
"Yuan Che..." Don't make him wait too long.
In the next few days, Fang Ru received several similar packages, all of which were related to the year, and even a video of the simulated incident. Exactly the same, like a tragedy reappearing.
Later, Fang Ru didn't dare to open the package anymore, and handed everything over to his grandfather for disposal. Because of this move, Fang Ru also missed the gift Yuan Che sent him.
But the situation didn't improve. Fang Ru began to be plagued by nightmares every night, and his spirit deteriorated day by day. Although he behaved as usual during the day, the tiredness on his face could not be concealed at all. Fang Ru's grandfather was worried and angry at the same time, wishing to find out the sender and cut him into pieces, but Fang Ru was still unwilling to disclose the other party's information.
Half a month later, Fang Ru was finally admitted to the hospital due to excessive stress and prolonged insomnia.