There was silence in the corridor.
Gu Tinglan looked slightly surprised:
"Ari, you—"
She already knows!
But before that, she never asked!
Meeting those extremely calm peach blossom eyes, Gu Tinglan's heart gradually sank: She really knew it a long time ago.
As if seeing his thoughts, Shen Li paused, and said calmly:
"I saw his medical record in Grandpa Lu's study before. It was... in April this year. But I haven't opened that record, so—"
She looked at Gu Tinglan quietly.
"Now, can you tell me?"
Gu Tinglan was stunned for a long time, his throat tightened.
It turned out that she had long known that Lu Huaiyu had a problem, and knew that Lu Huaiyu had gone to see a doctor at his place, but for so long, she had...never asked.
No wonder she went to his place suddenly last time, and when she saw Lu Huaiyu was there, she didn't ask any questions.
She knows, but doesn't know.
Maybe she was waiting for Lu Huai to tell her, or maybe she knew that they didn't want her to know, so she obediently pretended not to know.
Gu Tinglan closed his eyes, and suddenly felt that all the things he tried to cover up before were so absurd and ridiculous.
- She likes Lu Huaiyu so much, how could she not notice it for so long
Until now, at this moment, everything cannot be concealed after all.
His lips moved slightly, but Fang Yunyi beside him spoke before him.
"Let me tell."
Gu Tinglan looked at her and frowned.
Bringing those things up again, isn't it torture for Fang Yunyi
But Fang Yunyi didn't seem to care.
She let out a soft breath.
"Ari, come."
…
In the capital city at the end of October, the weather was already very cold, and with such an autumn rain, it was even colder.
The room is very quiet, so quiet that every sentence, every word, can be heard so clearly.
"A Li, you have been with Huaiyu for so long, have you never seen him drive?"
Fang Yunyi asked softly.
Shen Li's heart tightened.
"Yes. Except... today."
For more than two years, she never saw Lu Huai and the Lord driving.
At first, she didn't think much about it.
Maybe he just doesn't like it, or doesn't want to drive. After all, his identity and family background are here, and it's normal to have a driver when he goes in and out.
Until the next time, when Lu Huaiyu went to LY with her, Lu Siyu was very excited when he saw Lu Huaiyu, saying that he had seen Lu Huaiyu play racing cars and admired him very much, but between words, It also seemed to be taboo about something, concealed it, and refused to say more.
In fact, he is not the first to mention this.
Earlier, when he was in Hong Kong City, Yu Cheng had said similar things, but at that time he was provocative.
He said that Lu Huaihe hadn't touched a car for a long time.
These things before and after made her vaguely aware that something was wrong.
She asked casually, and Lu Huaiyu just smiled and said that he didn't like it anymore.
After that, she didn't go any further.
She closed her eyes:
"Is it because of... the car accident three years ago?"
The air seemed to freeze.
A trace of astonishment appeared on Gu Tinglan's face.
According to the previous situation, she didn't seem to know that she and Lu Huaiyu were both in the car accident in Yanhui Peak.
Shen Li's fingers tightened slightly.
"When I was on the mountain, I remembered something. At that time, there was a series of car accidents on Yanhui Peak. I was there, and my second brother was also there, right?"
Those pictures that had been dusty for a long time finally gradually became clear.
"At that time, my car followed behind and avoided the car accident, but the cars in front hit the rock wall because the head car hit the rock wall, and the cars behind couldn't brake in time, causing a serious rear-end collision. I got out of the car to save the car. Man, that man... is him."
That afternoon, the weather was fine, but after going up the mountain, it suddenly rained.
The summer rain in Lincheng always comes suddenly, but it also goes away quickly.
When Shen Li got out of the car to save people, the rain had actually stopped.
But seven or eight cars rear-end, the scene is really chaotic, she never had time to take care of other things.
She didn't even take a closer look at who she was saving.
What's more, Lu Huai was wearing a helmet at that time, so he couldn't see his appearance at all.
She only remembers him holding her tightly, and she still remembers that strength deeply.
She was worried that his injury would worsen, so instead of breaking free, she held his hand.
— She still remembers the sticky, fishy and sweet blood on his hands.
At this moment, she obviously felt that his originally tense body relaxed a lot, but the strength remained undiminished.
Even when he got into the ambulance later, he refused to let go.
There was a stalemate between the two, and the emergency personnel forcibly broke his hand.
He refused and hugged tightly.
The bloody smell was mixed in the humid air after the rain, and the setting sun smudged a large area of orange red in the sky. When the half light came in, it was reflected on their clasped hands, making the blood color more intense.
By coincidence, she asked the emergency personnel to let him go, lowered her head slightly, and said in a low voice:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
His hand finally loosened.
Then-
Then, she turned and left.
She didn't know him before, since the ambulance had already arrived, there was no need for her to continue to accompany him.
After walking a few steps, for some reason, she stopped again.
It seemed that his strength still remained in her hand, and a faint smell of blood diffused.
She looks back—
However, just as he turned his head, before he had time to see the scene behind him clearly, someone in front of him was calling for help.
She paused there, and finally looked away, and walked forward.
At that time, how would she know that it was him.
Gu Tinglan let out a long sigh.
"It seems that you know all about the accident. Yes, Lu Er's inability to drive is indeed related to that accident."
Shen Li's eyes moved slightly and looked over.
Gu Tinglan spoke after deliberating:
"He... had traumatic stress disorder from the car accident."
Shen Li's breathing was much lighter.
"Usually, this is a stress-related disorder that develops after an individual is exposed to an exceptionally intense mental stressful situation. Common manifestations are trauma re-experiencing, symptoms of heightened alertness, and symptoms of avoidance or numbness."
Gu Tinglan pursed her lips slightly,
"Lu Huaiyu's symptoms are mainly reflected in the first two points. When he sees the scene related to the car accident, he will have a strong phantom pain, and because of this, he is extremely alert and reacts violently when facing danger. , very easy to lose control of emotions, extremely aggressive."
"He suffers from severe insomnia. For a long time, he had to be forced to sleep with medication in the afternoon. Because—"
"Because that's when the crash happened."
Shen Li said softly.
Gu Tinglan paused for a moment.
"yes."
She sat there in a daze.
"But... for the past two years, no, three years, he has basically slept in the afternoon..."
In other words, day after day, he repeatedly experienced those sufferings, pains and tortures.
But for so long, she never knew.
When he was in pain, she didn't know anything.
"Is it because of that car accident?" she murmured.
There was a moment of silence in the room.
Fang Yunyi closed her eyes:
"No."
(end of this chapter)