Chapter 340 Chapter 338: Good Acting, But Data Doesn'T Lie
Chapter 338: Good Acting, But Data Doesn'T Lie
After stepping out of the lounge, Si Chen had a touch of worry on his face, but Su Tao and Dongfang Yang remained as calm as usual.
The three were very familiar, almost a small clique. Noticing that only Si Chen's expression was off, Dongfang Yang and Su Tao both cast questioning glances his way.
Noticing their gazes, Si Chen forced himself to sigh and slowly said, "I actually think Professor Dongfang's words make a bit of sense. If you think about it, Chi Xiaocheng's previous... behavior, you could occasionally feel a slight sense of incongruity."
Su Tao's expression remained calm. "I think he's talking nonsense. And here I thought he was a true master, only for him to tell me this after chatting with Xiaocheng for two hours."
"Even if he truly hypnotizes Xiaocheng in three days, Xiaocheng will absolutely fall into a deep sleep, not stay awake and cause the hypnosis to fail."
"Actually," Dongfang Yang's voice interjected, "when Grandpa Qi was halfway through talking, I also felt his words made some sense, but then Su Tao spoke, and I truly felt it was a bit too much like jumping to conclusions."
"Grandpa Qi had been in control of the conversation the whole time; perhaps we had already fallen into his linguistic trap."
"Now that I think about it, hasn't Chi Xiaocheng always been the same as before? A bit slow, even foolish. How could such a fool possibly deceive us?"
Dongfang Yang increasingly felt that he had fallen into Dongfang Wen's trap. "I think Grandpa Qi might truly be getting a bit senile. As expected, it was too much to ask him to come."
Seeing this, Si Chen opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
In the end, after all that, he, the one most loyal to Chi Xiaocheng, was surprisingly less steadfast in his attitude than Dongfang Yang.
Well, there was no need to worry so much. Chi Xiaocheng probably already had a way to deal with it.
Thinking this, Si Chen's heart also settled.
At the same time, Su Tao turned around and looked very seriously at the cheerful, bright young man. "Dongfang Yang, does what you said last time still count?"
Dongfang Yang asked, "What?"
Su Tao said, "Last time, you said that you would never actively pursue Xiaocheng until her memories were recovered."
"Of course it counts," Dongfang Yang replied. "Putting everything else aside, I, Dongfang Yang, keep my word, alright? Chi Xiaocheng has amnesia now; I certainly won't take advantage of her vulnerability."
"You'd better not!" Su Tao snorted lightly. "Just now, Professor Dongfang even said you confessed your feelings to Xiaocheng. Whether you took advantage of her vulnerability, you know in your own heart!"
After speaking, Su Tao huffily turned and left.
Both Si Chen and Dongfang Yang, her two former friends, had feelings for her Xiaocheng.
Just three more days. Once the hypnosis recovers her memories, let's see how you'll try to snatch my Xiaocheng away!
Watching her leave, Dongfang Yang and Si Chen looked at each other.
Si Chen patted his good friend's shoulder. "That's typical of you. To dare confess to Chi Xiaocheng in her current state, next time we gather in the capital, I'll definitely call you 'big brother' in front of everyone."
Si Chen gave Dongfang Yang a thumbs-up, a look of reluctant admiration for his friend as if seeing him off.
This left the latter even more bewildered.
Confessing to Chi Xiaocheng, when did that happen?
Why did everyone know except me?
Dongfang Yang stood leaning against the wall for a long time, lost in thought, his mind racing many times. Finally, he began to doubt himself. "Could it be... I really did confess to Chi Xiaocheng?"
But he hadn't even been drunk lately.
How strange.
Dongfang Yang scratched his head, decided not to think about it, and pulled out his phone to make a call.
The call connected quickly, and a cheerful female voice came from the other end. "Hello, hello, this is Yangyang Cat Cafe. Boss, how can I help you?"
"Is Little Fang Ning at the shop? Can you ask her to pick up the phone?"
"Okay~"
Before long, Fang Ning's timid voice came through the phone. "Brother Dongfang, good afternoon."
"Good afternoon, Little Fang Ning," Dongfang Yang remembered Grandpa Qi's instructions and explained the purpose of his call. "It's like this: I have a psychology hypnosis master here who's preparing to help Chi Xiaocheng recover her memories, but the prerequisite is that he needs to understand Chi Xiaocheng further."
"Aren't you and Chi Xiaocheng on very good terms? So I wanted to know when you'd have time to come to the hospital. He wants to understand your thoughts on Chi Xiaocheng and what happened between you two."
After Dongfang Yang finished speaking, Fang Ning was silent on the other end of the phone for three seconds.
A touch of coldness entered her timid voice. "I'm sorry, Brother Dongfang, please allow me to refuse."
"Ref... refuse?"
Dongfang Yang's eyes widened. This was an answer he had never expected.
In his perception, Fang Ning was a very warm-hearted, well-behaved, and obedient child. Whatever she was told, she would listen carefully and act on it.
Thinking about all their interactions, this was the first time she had ever refused his request.
Fang Ning's explanatory voice came through. "That master wants to contact me to understand Sister Xiaocheng, and thereby better help Sister Xiaocheng recover her memories, right?"
"That's right."
"Please allow me to refuse," Fang Ning's voice became very firm. "I think the amnesiac Sister Xiaocheng is quite good. If she regains her memories, she will suffer because of past events."
"If Sister Su Tao can't protect her, then please don't force or torment her. I just want to see Sister Xiaocheng live happily, even if she has lost a part of her past memories."
"Excuse me, I have work to do, I'm hanging up now."
After a very polite final reply, Fang Ning hung up the phone.
This left Dongfang Yang feeling somewhat helpless.
He sought out Dongfang Wen and heard Dongfang Wen slowly say, "Did she actually refuse? When I met that little one in the elevator, I had a vague feeling; she doesn't like Miss Su Tao much. I also heard Miss Su Tao talk about her before."
"From that fleeting glance, that little one's hostility towards Miss Su Tao shouldn't be a competitive relationship."
"Now it seems my idea can be more certain."
It was no use forcing it. Dongfang Wen regretted not being able to work through Fang Ning.
***
Three days passed quickly. During this period, Dongfang Wen gradually transitioned from a kind old grandpa to a normal doctor when dealing with Chi Xiaocheng.
After guiding the conversation from a grandparent-grandchild perspective, he then resumed questioning as a doctor.
At the same time, he also hooked Chi Xiaocheng up to many monitoring devices, under the guise of monitoring changes in heart rate caused by stress, anxiety, and other emotions, to see if her physical condition met the criteria for hypnosis.
During this time, he discovered a pattern.
Whenever the "forgotten memories" that Su Tao had mentioned were brought up, Chi Xiaocheng would clutch her head, complaining of pain, finding it very difficult to recall anything.
On the surface, there were no flaws; any professional doctor would consider it a normal reaction to a headache.
However, the specialized monitoring equipment Dongfang Wen had specifically attached did not detect any headache symptoms in Chi Xiaocheng.
Her acting was very good.
But data doesn't lie.
He thought that this memory treatment might end in a ridiculous farce.
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