BXBX NOVEL Chapter 173 - 172: We Are All Friends
Just as Xiao Qian said, after waking up from sleepwalking, one doesn’t remember what happened.
Dong Yi didn’t believe she was sleepwalking at all. Even after Xiao Qian and Shi Yu told her the truth, it took her a long time to accept the fact.
After returning to the dormitory, Shi Yu was still frightened, while Dong Yi sat on the bed and looked at Xiao Qian.
Xiao Qian knew that Dong Yi was struggling with her thoughts.
Not forcing her, Xiao Qian waited for more than ten minutes. Shi Yu had already lay down exhausted, then Xiao Qian spoke.
“Da Yi, everyone’s sleepwalking is different, and yours is obviously a very dangerous type.”
“Based on the reactions of other students at school, I can deduce that this is not your first time sleepwalking. It would be alright if you just wandered around our dorm room, but the places you’ve been to are very dangerous. If you keep sleepwalking like this and accidentally step on thin air, the consequences will be severe.”
Xiao Qian now suspected that Dong Yi’s previous life’s suicide attempt by jumping off the building was due to sleepwalking.
Combining the legends from her past life saying that she always wandered around in a white skirt, it was very likely that someone had seen Dong Yi sleepwalking before. So after she jumped off the building, they combined these events together, and the logic made sense.
When Xiao Qian first met Dong Yi, she suspected that she had schizoid personality disorder. But after getting in touch with her for a while, she found that although Dong Yi was unwilling to interact with others, she wasn’t completely unresponsive and didn’t fit the diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder. Moreover, Dong Yi was a strong-minded person and shouldn’t have jumped off the building just because of a minor issue.
So, falling while sleepwalking could be a possible explanation too.
“Why would I sleepwalk to the rooftop?” Dong Yi asked Xiao Qian.
“Generally speaking, sleepwalking behavior is produced by changes in the subconscious and is pathological. The content of your sleepwalking may be the reemergence of your painful experiences. Is there anything that happened on the rooftop that you need to make up for?”
Xiao Qian’s question caused a change in Dong Yi’s facial expression. She clenched her hands and didn’t dare to answer directly, but asked softly instead. “How can I stop sleepwalking?”
“Sleepwalking occurs when your mental pressure is particularly high and cannot be controlled by self-awareness. There are three treatment methods. The first is the aversion therapy I used on you today. If it works, you won’t sleepwalk for a short time. But if it doesn’t…”
Dong Yi asked, “What then?”
“Second, you accept my treatment. I will help you with emotional venting, release your stress, and find the things that bother you. This is the best method. The third is medication treatment, which I don’t recommend.”
Xiao Qian had told Dong Yi before that she hoped Dong Yi would accept her professional treatment. Dong Yi hesitated and hadn’t sought Xiao Qian’s help yet. But now that her sleepwalking had resurfaced in such a terrifying way, both of them knew that they couldn’t delay it any longer.
“Let’s wait and see tomorrow…” Dong Yi was already wavering.
Shi Yu, who had been pretending to sleep and eavesdropping, couldn’t bear it any longer. She sat up, suddenly bursting into tears.
“Da Yi, what are you afraid of? Why won’t you accept Boss Qian’s treatment? What if you sleepwalk again tomorrow? What if you step on thin air tomorrow?!”
II II
“Do you not consider us your friends? Do you know how scared I was!” Shi Yu simply climbed to the upper bed, not caring if it would disturb other people in the dormitory, and hugged Dong Yi while crying.
“Frien…ds?” Dong Yi repeated these two words with some confusion.
She was close to Chen Xiaoqian simply because she was a benefactor’s friend. Dong Yi had never had friends since she was a child.
After a natural disaster hit the village, her family was the only one where the parents died. Others said she was a jinx and she became used to being alone.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t consider me a friend, but I really do consider you one. It’s not easy for us to gather from all over the world. Isn’t this fate? You are closer to Boss Qian than me, and you don’t like to interact with me, but that’s okay. I think you are a good person, and I like being friends with you. You really scared me today.”
Shi Yu was still a half-grown child with a child’s innocence, hugging Dong Yi and crying. It made Dong Yi feel as if something was starting to change within her.
Xiao Qian considered herself an experienced person, but she too was moved to tears by the genuine emotions of Shi Yu, this innocent child. Emotions can be contagious, especially when they’re sincere.
“She’s really worried about you, she just cried… I’m worried about you too.”
Many people don’t realize that most psychological issues actually stem from a lack of emotion. Just one heartfelt expression of true feelings might change a person’s life.
Seeing both of her roommates speak like this, Dong Yi’s calm heart began to ripple.
“Alright… I agree to accept Boss Qian’s treatment.”
“That’s great!” Shi Yu cheered.
Xiao Qian also smiled.
“What are you guys doing in there! Let us sleep!” The people in the neighboring dormitory, who were awakened again, knocked on the door angrily.
Shi Yu stuck her tongue out and yelled at them outside, “I’m sleepwalking!”
“Shi Touyu, if you cause trouble again, I’ll go to the Dormitory Manager to complain about you tomorrow!” The neighbor warned viciously.
Xiao Qian smiled slightly. This silly youth was really nice.
The next day, Xiao Qian and Dong Yi skipped the afternoon class with no roll call, locked the dormitory door from inside, not letting anyone in.
“Are you ready?” Xiao Qian asked Dong Yi.
Dong Yi nodded. Seeing her nervousness, Xiao Qian didn’t rush to start the treatment. Instead, she started chatting about daily life.
“Last night, Shi Tou and I went to eat skewers at the Night Market. They were so delicious! The Boss was interesting. They were a young couple and gave us a lot of skewers…”
Dong Yi listened to Xiao Qian’s vivid account of what happened last night, and gradually she relaxed.
A good psychologist, at crucial moments, can make people forget that they are a doctor.
Xiao Qian sat cross-legged on her bed, while Dong Yi sat on Shi Yu’s bed. Xiao Qian took out a cheap-looking doll from her suitcase and threw it to Dong Yi.
“Use this as a pillow, it might be more comfortable.”
“Did you buy it?”
“My playboy brother gave this as a gift while working part-time. He worked for a month, earned 600 yuan, and spent 400 on gifts for me and my mom. They were all low-quality stuff, but my mom was happy, thinking the brat had finally grown up.”
It was Playboy Chen Zilong who gave the poor-quality doll. At a glance, it was obvious it was made of black cotton. Xiao Qian looked down on it, but he still sneakily put it in her bag, feeling very accomplished.
Dong Yi was a bit envious, “You have a brother.”
“Yeah, a troublesome teenager going through puberty. So annoying.”
“You must not really find him annoying. If you’re annoyed with someone, you won’t bother talking to them.”
Xiao Qian laughed dryly, “Haha, you’re really sharp. No wonder I said you could be a good psychologist. You have a unique God’s eye view.”
“I envy people with siblings…”
Gradually, Xiao Qian led Dong Yi to the main topic.. Seeing that she had relaxed, Xiao Qian quickly seized the opportunity and asked, “Da Yi, don’t you have any siblings?”