Chapter 246: Awake
Xuan Wen could be considered the person who knew Gao Ming the best. She knew many of his secrets, and Gao Ming never hid anything from her. However, from Xuan Wen’s perspective, Gao Ming was still a mystery.
In her memory, which was tempered by the shadow world, she would fall in love with Gao Ming involuntarily because she was a main character in a game designed by Gao Ming. She shouldn’t exist in the world. She woke up from the shadows and headed to the tunnel to change her fate. However, when she first saw Gao Ming, the killing intent in her heart disappeared. She seemed to have met Gao Ming many times before. When she saw Gao Ming from a distance in the tunnel, she hid the blade behind her and subconsciously combed her hair. She was there to threaten him, but somehow, she ended up carrying him out of the tunnel. That was not her plan, but it seemed to have happened many times already.
“Who should I believe?”
The memory given to her by the shadow world and the memory Gao Ming told her conflicted. It was a strange feeling. It was like you had experienced certain things, and someone came to tell you that those experiences were all fake. You were not some killer. You were just you. Xuan Wen wanted to know the truth. It was related to a basic principle--Should she trust the world or herself?
Xuan Wen silenced the outer world and used her power to analyse everyone's emotional state in the video. In the video, Gao Ming paused for a while. He scanned the counselling room. As the youngest psychiatrist at Hen Shan Penitentiary, he was very sensitive to minute changes in his environment. This was the baseline he needed to achieve to protect himself.
“It looks like you have questions too.” The doctor returned to his seat. “My name is Lu Zang. I am Li San Hospital’s pyschiatrist. I’ve been in the business for more than two decades already. Shall we chat?” The gentle light shone into the room through the open window. Holding the resit, Gao Ming sat in the chair Chen Meng vacated. The two doctors sat across from each other. Neither spoke as they observed the other.
Lu Zang looked around 40. He was kind and approachable. His coat was clean, and there was always a pen pinned in his pocket. Lu Zang should have been very handsome when he was young. However, he seemed to have gone under the knife before because there were light scars on his face.
“Doctor Gao, I’ve checked the resit. The drugs will be here soon. Don’t worry.” Lu Zang gave off a harmless feeling. He could easily gain people’s trust. “Actually, I’m quite curious about your job. Isn’t it dangerous to be a psychiatrist for criminals?”
“There’s no need to be so cautious. I’m very familiar with a psychiatrist’s trick. You wanted to use that as a gateway to make me suspect that I’ve been corrupted by the criminals that I consult.” Gao Ming pointed it out.