The man pointed at the water glass on the table and said politely, “Have some water, Young Mistress.”
For some reason, Ling Tianya felt that the man was strange and a little odd. Although he chatted casually with Ruan Zeyan, there was no actual content in their conversation, and he kept reminding her to drink water. Ling Tianya looked at the glass of water and paused before smiling at him. “Thank you, but I’m not thirsty.”
“Oh really?” The man nodded his head and didn’t offer her water again.
Ling Tianya was focused on the glass of water now. She quietly stared at the glass on the table. She had a million questions for the man, for the water and even for Ruan Zeyan. Something was odd but she didn’t know what.
Ling Tianya glanced over at the two men and back at the water. She suddenly felt that the lights were dimming around her, and her eyelids were getting heavier.
Only when Ling Tianya had completely passed out did the psychiatrist sitting across from her move the glass. “Mr. Ruan,” he said, “your wife is very sharp and cautious, I think she already suspects my true identity.”
Ruan Zeyan nodded his head without saying anything. Ling Tianya was intelligent without any doubt. He had always known that. He wasn’t planning on hiding the truth from her anymore. After this hypnosis, he was going to tell her the truth no matter the results of the session.
Ling Tianya laid on the reclining chair, and the psychiatrist started to interfere with her brain in the hope of recalling that lost piece of memory.
After a series of questions and some probing and cognitive therapy, Ling Tianya refused to budge. She grew agitated and moaned in pain in the chair. Eventually, the session concluded in disappointment. It had failed again.
Ruan Zeyan frowned as he watched the entire session. When asked about the car accident that happened years ago, Ling Tianya was extremely resistant. She was obviously agitated and distressed. He could tell that her head hurt tremendously, and she was struggling in pain.
He couldn’t take any of the pain away from her, and he could only watch her from the sidelines.
The psychiatrist broke her out of the trance and when she opened her eyes, all the pain disappeared instantly.
Ling Tianya felt that her body was weak, and she felt a little dizzy as well. She looked over at the Ruan Zeyan and asked him, “What happened just now?”
She looked over at the other man. “Who on earth are you?” she asked him.
Ling Tianya was sharp, and she had finally picked up that something was amiss. The psychiatrist looked over at Ruan Zeyan, and Ruan Zeyan nodded his head. The man finally came clean about his identity to Ling Tianya. “I am a psychiatrist, and I’m specially trained in the practice of hypnosis. Mr. Ruan hired me to treat your migraine.”
“Migraine?” Ling Tianya looked at Ruan Zeyan. “So, you wanted to treat my migraine with hypnosis?”
“That’s right.” Ruan Zeyan didn’t deny anything. He reached out to wipe away the sweat from her forehead.
“I had two theories about your migraines, Mrs. Ruan. One was that you are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and hypnosis would help with that. It can even cure your pain. But judging from your resistance and your adverse reaction to treatment, the only other possibility is that someone had locked away your memories purposely using hypnosis. Whenever you are reminded of the incident or if you come across things related to the accident, you would suffer from intense migraines.”
“Someone locked my memories away?” Ling Tianya frowned. Her brain was confused.
“Do you have any other way to help my wife?” Ruan Zeyan asked seriously.
The psychiatrist shook his head, “I’ve already tried my best. The only one who can cure Mrs. Ruan’s migraine is the man who hypnotized her in the first place.”
Ruan Zeyan pursed his lips, Ling Tianya seemed calm now, but both of them were troubled.
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