They briefly agreed on the next plan. With Xue Yao around, Xia Yitong seemed to have found her backbone. They could discuss everything. Her original panic and tension were relieved a lot, and a smile appeared on her face.
The first question the two discussed was whether to tell Lu Yinbing's parents about this.
Xia Yitong said: "I think we should respect Lu Yinbing's opinion. After all, this is her own business, and none of us have the right to make decisions for her."
Xue Yao looked at her with an expression that said, "You are too naive, so naive that you are even a little stupid."
Xia Yitong was stunned by her gaze: "Am I wrong?"
"No," Xue Yao said, "and it's totally wrong."
Xia Yitong: “???”
Xue Yao: "First, you need to understand that she is a depressed patient. Does she have the right rational judgment? Should she tell her family? Out of self-protection, she will probably choose to conceal it. Otherwise, why do you think she has been unwilling to tell you about her own situation for so long?"
Xia Yitong once again showed that look of self-blame: "Because of my previous mental state."
"What happened after that? I remember your condition got better afterwards, why didn't she tell me?"
"this… "
"I'll tell you why." Xue Yao said.
Seven years ago, Xue Yao had already stopped working with Lu Yinbing. At that time, the only person around her was her assistant, who did not follow her around 24 hours a day. Lu Yinbing cried quietly in the hotel at night, and the assistant did not know. Later, after the filming of the movie was finished and she returned home, Lu Yinbing postponed the work for three months on the grounds that she needed to rest for a while after filming. She had always had this habit, but the rest time was not that long before. Xue Yao spent too much energy watching her movie, so she did not think much about asking for more time. During those three months, the two of them only communicated by phone. Lu Yinbing was not a clingy person, and it was common for her to call her once a month. If it were not for coincidence, she had an important matter at the last minute and happened to be near Lu Yinbing's house at the time. She thought of telling her in person, but when she opened the door (Xue Yao had the key to the villa), Lu Yinbing was sitting on the floor of the living room with a fruit knife in her hand, about to cut her wrist.
Xue Yao screamed, threw away her high heels, rushed over, and snatched the knife from Lu Yinbing's hand. Looking at Lu Yinbing again, she was so thin that she was almost out of shape. Xue Yao burst into tears at that moment, shaking her and asking: "Why? Why did you do this? Is it worth it for a man?"
She didn't think about depression, but instead thought that she was heartbroken, so she scolded her. Lu Yinbing sat on the ground listening to the lecture, and suddenly burst into tears.
Xue Yao panicked. Why did she cry after being told a few words? She had never seen Lu Yinbing cry except when she was acting. Later, she was taken to the hospital for examination. Lu Yinbing told her that she was suffering from depression. She had been diagnosed and had taken medicine, but the effect was too strong and she could not continue to take it. She also said that she would not commit suicide. She had done it before. Finally, she stabbed her thigh. She would wake up when the pain exceeded the hallucination.
Xue Yao was furious and distressed, and asked her if she wanted to tell her parents. Lu Yinbing said no, because she didn't want to worry them. But Xue Yao turned around and told her parents.
Xia Yitong was stunned after hearing what she said, and couldn't help asking, "What happened next?"
"Later, she didn't respond, so her parents consulted a doctor about how to treat patients with depression. Lu Yinbing was taken home, and recovered a year later."
"Is she going home now?"
"Not necessarily. We are both here, and it is enough to take care of her. But she can't stay away from home during the treatment. She is out of control now, and it is difficult to hide it from her parents. Didn't the parents ask her why she was so thin the last time she went home?"
Xia Yitong thought about it, asked the question, and nodded.
"They called me." Xue Yao shrugged, "to ask what happened."
Xia Yitong: “…”
Xue Yao: "Don't underestimate the sensitivity of the two elders. Instead of hiding it, it is better to be frank and make it clear. Lu Yinbing will be well taken care of during her stay at home. As for her personal wishes, just ignore them. Why are you still trying to be so stubborn at this time?"
Xia Yitong: "Okay, you go and I'll go."
Xue Yao glanced at her meaningfully.
Xia Yitong blushed: "I mean... I have spent two New Years at her house, and her family treats me as one of their own..." She spoke in a lower voice, "Let me tell you, is it..."
"What is it?" Xue Yao teased her deliberately.
Xia Yitong hesitated and said, "Isn't it... more appropriate in name..."
"No." Xue Yao said.
After being rejected one after another, Xia Yitong no longer had the thought of asking and waited patiently for her answer.
Xue Yao smiled and said, "I said it last time, and I'll say it this time too, so you two can get used to it."
Xia Yitong: “…”
She finally understood how Lu Yinbing got this personality. If it wasn't innate, it must have been due to the influence of Xue Yao.
Xue Yao immediately went to call the two elders. Xia Yitong was beside her, lost in thought. It was unknown what she was thinking. Xue Yao said a few words briefly and made an appointment with Lu's father and mother for a meeting. Seeing Xia Yitong in a trance, she asked, "What are you doing?"
Xia Yitong said: "According to your thoughts just now, do we need to tell Laiying? She will come over to visit when she is free."
Xue Yao paused and said, "Don't tell her yet. If she comes to visit, tell her about this before she comes in. She knows what happened before and knows what to do."
Xia Yitong: "Okay."
The two looked at the time and discussed some more important things in the room, such as how to explain Xia Yitong's notice, etc. After temporarily deciding on a plan, the two went downstairs together.
As soon as I opened the door, I heard the sound of the TV in the living room downstairs. Lu Yinbing was watching TV again. The TV had an on-demand function, and the TV he played was "The End of the World" - Lu Yinbing's first TV series when he was fifteen.
Xia Yitong smiled as he stepped forward and touched Lu Yinbing's head. Lu Yinbing dodged and his movements were very slight, so Xia Yitong touched him right there.
Xue Yao: “…”
Why does this picture look so much like a pet cat watching TV stupidly, and then being pulled on the head by its owner, with an unhappy look on its face? Why did I imagine this scene, which should have been tragic, to be so funny...
Xue Yao began to doubt her own eyes deeply.
Xia Yitong sat down next to her and watched TV with her big cat, making occasional comments.
"I first watched this on TV when I was in elementary school. I told you before, do you remember how old I was?"
“… I was ten years old, in the fourth grade of elementary school. The orphanage did not allow children to watch TV too late, and there was a set time limit. I would run back from school to the director for some private lessons. It took me a long time to finish watching the entire series, including the first broadcast and the reruns.”
"I have had a great dream since I was a child, which is to marry Qiao'er!"
"I used to dislike Xishun very much. I always felt that he stole my man. You don't know how hard I cried when you got married on TV. I cried every morning when I went to school, carrying my schoolbag and crying."
Lu Yinbing curled his eyes.
Xia Yitong added: "At that time, several boys in my class liked me. When I came back from lunch at noon, there was a row of handkerchiefs on the table. There were pink and blue ones. Now I don't know which boy the pink one belongs to."
Lu Yinbing pursed her lips. Her movement was so slight that if one was not an extremely observant person, one would not have noticed it.
That kind of person definitely includes Xia Yitong.
Xia Yitong saw her slight dissatisfaction and immediately saw a glimmer of hope, and continued: "But I don't want any. I have one myself, the same one that the dean's mother made for me, Qiao'er. I carry it with me every day."
"… "
Unfortunately, her words did not cause any new emotional fluctuations in Lu Yinbing. Xia Yitong persuaded herself in her heart: It was good that she reacted just now. Maybe she doesn't like to hear me talk too much. I will talk to her later and let her watch TV quietly first.
Lu Yinbing stared blankly at the figures walking around in the room. The sound that could allow her to catch the real sound suddenly disappeared. The figures stretched out their sinister claws one by one, as if they were going to pounce on her. She let out a silent scream and her shoulder crashed into Xia Yitong's arms.
Xia Yitong was knocked back by her and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
Lu Yinbing shrank into her arms, his eyes revealing boundless fear. He didn't dare to look around, and said in a trembling voice: "Stay with me... Talk to me."
"Okay, I'll tell you." Xia Yitong was also very panicked. She didn't know why the other party suddenly reacted so strongly. She was so nervous that she didn't know what to say. "Tell me, tell me. I'll read a poem for you." Xia Yitong had previously heard the old gentleman ask her to practice reciting to improve her lines, and a lot of reciting poems were in her mind.
After that, I checked the data and found that patients with depression may have hallucinations and always feel that there are people walking in front of them.
Lu Yinbing grabbed the clothes on her chest tightly and agreed.
"This heart-pounding day has finally arrived..."
Those strange figures retreated the moment Xia Yitong spoke. Xia Yitong's voice was clear and round, and she didn't deliberately use the tone of recitation. She asked a special teacher, and she knew that real recitation didn't need to be pretentious, and the key was the feeling. Her clear voice and gentle tone immediately pulled people back to the night of spring breeze.
"Your footsteps are approaching like the sighs of the night. I can clearly hear that they are not the whispers of the forest leaves and the night wind, but the sound of the hooves of elk running across the mossy path. Tell me, tell me with your silver bell singing, are you the young god in the prophecy?"
"You must be from the warm and mellow south. Tell me about the moonlight and the sunlight there, how the spring breeze blows the flowers into bloom, and how the swallows are infatuated with the green willows. I will close my eyes and fall asleep to your dreamlike singing. I seem to remember the warmth, but I also seem to have forgotten it."
Xue Yao closed her eyes, feeling the spring breeze on her face. The emotion in her eyes was shocking at the breath of life.
"Please stop, stop your long journey, come in, there is a tiger skin mattress here for you to sit on, let me burn the fallen leaves I picked up every autumn, and listen to me singing my own song softly."
"The song will be as deep and high as the flames, and the flames will tell the life story of the fallen leaves."
"Don't go forward. There is an endless forest ahead. The ancient trees are spotted with the patterns of wild beasts. The half-dead vines are entangled like pythons. Not a single star can escape through the dense leaves."
"You will be too timid to take the second step when you hear the empty echo of the first step."
"Must you go? Wait until I walk with you. My feet know every safe path. I can keep singing songs that make you forget your tiredness, and give you the warmth of my hands again and again."
Xue Yao quietly turned her back and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Xia Yitong gently stroked Lu Yinbing's hair, all the time staring down at her, and suddenly smiled quietly.
"When the darkness of the night separates us, you can turn your eyes and look into my eyes."