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Join the ServerShen Nian paused, looking at Su Yutao.
Su Yutao curled up, hugging the little penguin, not daring to move.
Shen Nian stood up, walked over to Lin Qingxue, and lowered her voice: “Have you done something to her recently?”
Lin Qingxue froze: “What have I done? I’ve been taking care of her these past few days. She hurt her hand, I changed her bandages.
“She fell, I gave her an ice pack.”
“I didn’t do anything.”
Shen Nian stared at her, her brow tightly furrowed: “Are you sure?”
Lin Qingxue’s expression was slightly bewildered: “Sure. I cook for her every day, change her bandages, watch her sleep. What could I possibly do to her?”
Shen Nian looked at her for a few seconds, then sighed: “Haven’t you been having headaches lately? And you can’t remember things clearly. In your state, you shouldn’t be taking care of her.”
Lin Qingxue fell silent.
Shen Nian glanced at her, then at Su Yutao, who was curled up on the sofa.
The little blind girl was huddled into a ball, hugging her penguin, her whole body still rigid.
Shen Nian thought for a moment, pulled a business card out of her pocket, and handed it to Lin Qingxue:
“This is a psychologist, a relative of mine. Nationally renowned. Can handle any psychological issue.
“Call and ask about your headaches and memory lapses.”
She paused, glanced at Su Yutao, and added: “And ask what to do about the little mute.”
Lin Qingxue took the card and looked at it: “A psychologist?”
Shen Nian said: “Yes, my relative specializes in difficult cases. Your headaches and memory issues don’t seem like ordinary fatigue, and the little mute’s behavior isn’t just ordinary shyness.”
“Ask her. It’s better than guessing on your own.”
Lin Qingxue pocketed the card and nodded: “Alright, I’ll call later.”
Shen Nian looked at Su Yutao, sighed: “Alright, I’m leaving now. Take care of her, but don’t touch her for now. She seems… not fond of being touched.”
Lin Qingxue was taken aback, then softly hummed in acknowledgment.
Shen Nian left.
The door closed.
The room fell silent.
Lin Qingxue stood there, watching Su Yutao.
Su Yutao remained curled on the sofa, motionless.
Lin Qingxue didn’t approach. She sat down at a distance, quietly.
Su Yutao could feel the gaze on her, but she didn’t dare move.
Qiansui whispered in her ear: “Shen Nian left… She gave Lin Qingxue a business card… A psychologist…”
Su Yutao hugged Qiansui even tighter.
A psychologist.
Could they cure the daytime her?
Could they make her remember those things?
Could they let her know what that nighttime person did?
She didn’t know.
All she knew was that she had to pretend.
Pretend nothing was wrong.
Pretend she wasn’t scared.
Pretend the daytime her was a good person.
She had to pretend until the day she could go back.
Lin Qingxue stood by the window for a while with the business card.
Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, warm on her skin.
She looked down at the name on the card—Shen Ruotang, Doctor of Psychology, Nationally Renowned.
Shen Nian’s relative, the one who specialized in difficult cases.
She recalled Shen Nian’s words: “Your headaches and memory issues don’t seem like ordinary fatigue.”
She rubbed her temples.
Indeed, it didn’t feel like ordinary fatigue.
Sometimes she felt she had forgotten something very important, but she couldn’t remember what.
She glanced back at Su Yutao on the sofa.
The little blind girl was curled in the corner, hugging her penguin, her body tense, her face as pale as paper.
She hadn’t done anything, so why was she so terrified?
Lin Qingxue turned back and dialed the number on the card.
After two rings, someone answered.
A woman’s voice, gentle and steady: “Hello, how can I help you?”
Lin Qingxue hesitated: “Hello, my name is Lin Qingxue. Shen Nian referred me.”
The other side chuckled: “Oh, Nian Nian. She told me about you. Said a friend of hers hasn’t been feeling well. How can I help?”
Lin Qingxue paused, then spoke: “Lately… I’ve been having headaches. Sometimes I can’t remember things that clearly happened. Others remember, but I don’t.”
“And sometimes I feel like I’ve forgotten something important, but I just can’t recall it.”
The other side hummed: “How long has this been going on?”
Lin Qingxue thought: “About… a week, maybe longer. I’m not sure.”
The other side asked again: “Have you been under a lot of stress lately? Has anything unusual happened?”
Lin Qingxue paused.
Unusual?
Picking up a person counted?
She thought for a moment and said: “A bit stressed.”
“Recently… I adopted a child.”
She didn’t say “picked up a little blind girl.”
Nor did she say “a little beggar from the streets.”
She just said “adopted a child.”
That sounded more normal.
A college student suddenly raising a child was strange, but still better than “picked up a little blind girl.”
At least it wouldn’t make people suspect human trafficking.
There was a second of silence on the other end, then the gentle voice sounded again: “Adopted a child?”
Lin Qingxue hummed: “Yes, very young, very thin, with white hair and purple eyes. Before, she was on the street…”
She paused.
“She didn’t have a good life before.”
The other side hummed again, their voice even gentler: “In such cases, children often have psychological issues. Those who’ve been abandoned or hurt develop distrust towards people.”
“They get scared, they hide, they tremble. Even if you haven’t done anything, they’re afraid because they’ve been hurt before.”
Lin Qingxue froze.
She looked back at Su Yutao on the sofa.
The little blind girl was curled up, hugging her penguin, her whole body trembling slightly.
She remembered when she touched Su Yutao’s head, Su Yutao flinched back, then leaned in again, as if afraid she’d be displeased.
She remembered Shen Nian saying, “She seems… not fond of being touched.”
So that was it.
She had been hurt.
That’s why she was scared.
That’s why she hid.
That’s why she trembled.
Not because Lin Qingxue had done something wrong, but because she had been hurt before.
Lin Qingxue’s voice grew a bit thick: “Then… what should I do?”
The other side continued: “Don’t force her. Don’t approach her suddenly. Don’t touch her against her will. Let her come to you. Give her a sense of security.”
“Fixed meal times, a fixed place to rest. Let her know you’re reliable. Over time, she’ll slowly trust you.”
“Also, don’t ignore her just because she’s scared. When she’s afraid, you can sit nearby. You don’t need to do anything. Let her get used to your presence.”
“What she needs is a stable environment, someone who won’t hurt her.”
Lin Qingxue listened, feeling something loosen inside her.
She thought of the past few days—how she had touched Su Yutao’s head, fed her, tucked her in.
She had thought those were good things.
But Su Yutao was afraid of her.
Not because she was a bad person, but because Su Yutao had been hurt.
What she needed was a stable environment, someone who wouldn’t hurt her.
Lin Qingxue said: “I understand. Thank you.”
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