Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss

Chapter 485: Chapter 459: Different Choices

Shi Touyu felt a chill down his spine under Xiao Qian’s penetrating gaze.

“Boss Qian, what’s wrong… Um, how about we have two more chicken wings!” Shi Touyu said, trembling.

Just because he took one of Boss Qian’s chicken wings, did that warrant her giving him a life-changing stare?

“It’s not about the chicken wing.” Xiao Qian looked at Shi Touyu, her eyes filled with clarity and enlightenment.

“Then… Boss, add a handful of meat skewers and three chicken wings!” Shi Touyu decisively ordered more food for Xiao Qian, hoping she would stop being so deep and mysterious all of a sudden!

Xiao Qian looked at Shi Touyu, finally understanding what was going on with Lone Wolf’s fiancee.

She didn’t have multiple personalities – that would require at least two or more distinct personalities. But Hu Meijing was now showing a very stable demeanor, with only one personality that was completely different from before!

Just now, Qiuqiu’s words had sparked Xiao Qian’s memory, and she almost forgot that the illness Shi Touyu had in his past life was also the reason why Professor Liu had slapped her.

Dissociative Fugue Disorder, also known as alternate personalities, is characterized by the person forgetting their previous personality after a stimulus and living with a new identity. That’s why Hu Meijing forgot everything about her past, even her original personality.

It was as if she had a second life, starting from a new life, calmly marrying, and living her own days.

All the puzzles were solved – Hu Meijing had a disease similar to Shi Touyu’s past life!

Professor Liu said that she almost had a good daughter-in-law once; Rong Yuan and Yu Minglang said that Hu Meijing was a heartless woman – these two completely different voices were both telling the truth, and the truth of the matter was such a contradictory yet unified integration.

Hu Meijing was indeed very good in the past; although she had some temper, she was deeply in love with Lone Wolf and had received Professor Liu’s – Lone Wolf’s mother – approval.

But after Lone Wolf’s death, Hu Meijing could not accept the cruel reality and developed a severe mental illness, resulting in alternate personalities. So she forgot about her past with Lone Wolf, yet her subconscious still remembered her liking for him.

Time and again, she made wolf dolls, while living an ordinary and peaceful life with another identity.

There was now a reasonable explanation for why Professor Liu always went to see Hu Meijing.

Previously, Xiao Qian was confused about why her proud and unapproachable teacher would, despite not particularly liking someone, frequently interact with them in a short period. Yet with Hu Meijing, there was an unusually attentive and regular exchange.

It turned out that the teacher often visited Hu Meijing not because she missed her, but to help stabilize this personality, which was an incredibly difficult task.

Xiao Qian knew this disease very well. The appearance of an alternate personality meant that the person would forget the previous events, but they wouldn’t know when they might remember their previous personality again, which could lead to a mental breakdown.

This time before remembering the past could be several months or even decades. Because those who develop this disease have definitely experienced tremendous stimuli, there has been controversy in the industry about whether or not to treat the patients.

Xiao Qian had cured Shi Touyu in her previous life. Shi Touyu recalled those traumatic years after he recovered, leading to a mental collapse and suicide. From then on, the teacher cut off their master-disciple relationship with Xiao Qian.

Xiao Qian, now reborn, felt a little resistant to the teacher. Because even if she didn’t cure Shi Touyu, people with this disease wouldn’t know when they would remember, just like a suspended boot that wouldn’t land and never feel steady.

This issue had always seemed to have no perfect answer to Xiao Qian.

But she never expected that the teacher would also encounter such a patient, and her own actions offered a nearly perfect solution.

If Hu Meijing didn’t have a relationship with Professor Liu because of Lone Wolf, her actions wouldn’t be anything special – after all, she was a professional psychological counselor.

Professor Liu’s son was Lone Wolf, whose departure was particularly tragic.

Every time Professor Liu saw Hu Meijing, it was like tearing open a newly-healed wound, time and time again.

To help her once-future daughter-in-law forget her own son, to erase the mark of her son from her body over and over again – how strong a psychological bearing must one have to do this?

Thinking of the teacher’s heartbroken expression while offering incense to Liu Shuang, and the fact that she had to visit Liu Shuang’s fiancee regularly for treatment, Xiao Qian was overwhelmed by a strong sense of heartache.

A pain only she could understand…

Shi Touyu looked at Xiao Qian, and, as she stared back with deeply penetrating eyes, she suddenly began to cry.

Startled, Shi Touyu quickly comforted Xiao Qian.

“Boss Qian, don’t cry! It’s just two skewers of grilled meat. I’ll get you more, just don’t cry! If you want, you can roast me as a chicken wing instead, as long as you stop crying…”

Xiao Qian realized she had lost her composure. She wiped away her tears and sniffed, “I was just thinking about some things, it’s okay now, let’s eat.”

“Recently, everything’s just been so annoying. My boss at work is so annoying, always causing trouble. I really want to find an opportunity to put him in a sack and beat him up.” Qiuqiu saw that Xiao Qian’s mood was a bit off, so he immediately changed the subject.

“Yeah, I haven’t been feeling great lately either. I don’t know how to tell my parents about what happened between me and my brother. I feel like I’m going to fail this semester.”

Shi Touyu chimed in with agreement.

Looking at Xiao Qian with her deep eyes, he cautiously said, “Boss Qian, you must stay positive and not be stressed.”

“I’m fine, let’s eat.”

Qiuqiu and Shi Touyu comforted Xiao Qian as someone called out to Qiuqiu from behind.

“Qiuqiu! Dr. Chen~”

Xiao Qian and Shi Touyu followed the sound and saw Jingjing and another girl carrying things behind the stall, waving at Qiuqiu happily.

Qiuqiu immediately stood up, his face showing a hint of barely noticeable joy.

“Jingjing, how did you get here?”

“I came to have fun! Why didn’t you call me when you were eating delicious food?” Jingjing looked much healthier than before, although she was a bit thinner, she looked like a normal girl.

“I thought you might be busy, haha, come on, let’s eat together…” Qiuqiu invited Jingjing and her friend over, and everyone shared a table, chatting and laughing.

When they were almost finished eating, Xiao Qian and Shi Touyu prepared to return to the hotel. Qiuqiu took advantage of Jingjing’s inattention to pull Xiao Qian to a secluded spot.

“Boss Qian, how is Jingjing’s treatment going?”

“The rabbit is getting bigger, and you should feel the improvement in her condition. At most three more times, and I’ll be able to change her intention world for the better. Then I can do the closed-memory hypnosis. But Qiuqiu, I have to tell you something. When this part is sealed, her feelings for you might change. I can seal half or all of it, how do you want to do it?”

To forget the painful memories is also to forget the happiness that was once had. Professor Liu’s problem was now laid before Qiuqiu as well, and Xiao Qian suddenly wanted to know what kind of choice different people would make when facing such a situation.