2052, Thirty Years Of Sleep

Yan Muyun took off his helmet and let out a sigh of relief.

The cool breeze from the window blew in, and he found that his forehead and back were soaked with sweat and felt chilly. The sense of immersion in the first-person virtual reality scene was so strong that in reality, he even broke into cold sweats due to nervousness.

One can imagine how unforgettable this fear would be for Ye Buyu, who was only 6 or 7 years old at the time and was a witness to the incident.

The phone rang, and the caller ID was Professor Chai Yi.

Yan Muyun first looked at the time. It was already 3 a.m. the next day, and then answered the phone: "Teacher, why don't you go to bed so late?"

"It's okay. I used to stay up late reading literature, and my body has long been used to it." The old woman's gentle and slow voice came from the other side: "I saw you clicked on the link, and I wanted to ask you what you think."

"Oh..." Yan Muyun's voice was very long, and he didn't know what to say for a long time.

"Pity? Sympathy?"

"um, yes."

"I am sending you this virtual scene experience with Xiaoye's consent. Do you think...she agreed to let you know about her previous experiences in order to gain your pity and sympathy?"

"Probably not."

"Of course not." Professor Chai smiled: "Don't worry, this matter will no longer scare her. Instead, it has become a source of strength for her in a sense."

"The source of power?"

Yan Muyun was a little confused: "I probably know that her ability to change into other people's appearance at will should be obtained from that pervert, but this also..."

“It’s not this superficial thing, it’s something deeper.”

Professor Chai interrupted him softly, and then said slowly: "After experiencing that incident, Xiaoye, who was only 6 years old at the time, did suffer a lot of psychological trauma. Her heart built a high wall against everyone around her. , including her own parents. Even on the third night after the incident, her father opened his eyes and saw her standing at the head of her mother's bed with a kitchen knife in her hand..."

"During that time, the only person Xiaoye showed trust and was willing to get close to was her brother, Ye Hai, who was studying at Chenjing College at the time. After hearing about Xiaoye's accident, Ye Hai immediately asked for leave and went home to stabilize his life. Her mental state at that time. But the problem is that the subsequent treatment of Xiaoye's mental state went very poorly. She was unable to open her heart to anyone and almost completely closed herself off. Whenever a stranger approached her, she would tremble all over, or He directly transformed into his brother Ye Hai and attacked others..."

At this point, Professor Chai sighed: "After trying several psychiatrists but to no avail, Ye Hai thought of me. He should have thought of me earlier. If he had come earlier, Xiao Ye wouldn't have to suffer for such a long time. torment."

"He may be afraid that you will be too busy," Yan Muyun said.

"Maybe. After all, Ye Hai was just a freshman at the time and had little contact with me." Chai Yi's wry smile came from the other end of the phone, and then continued:

"I'm different from other psychiatrists. I don't need Xiaoye to speak to know what she's thinking. And I don't try my best to help Xiaoye avoid or forget the incident like other doctors... Instead, I keep asking her She emphasized how powerful the bad guy who almost hurt her was, how troublesome he was, and how much of a headache he was for the police."

"Ah?" Yan Muyun was a little confused.

"I'm not lying. That criminal is indeed very difficult. For two years, he committed crimes across nearly ten provinces from west to east, from east to north, but no one was able to catch him. A conservative estimate is that two-thirds of them In this case, the police could not even determine that he did it based on the evidence at the scene... The arrest process was also extremely difficult. Often the police had already discovered his whereabouts, and then soon traced him without any suspense. Lost it. After all, the criminal can look like anyone at will, including fingerprints and pupil membranes, so he can assume anyone's identity and hide in anyone's home..."

Yan Muyun felt that he had gotten the other person's point, so he tried to add: "However, such a powerful guy, a wanted criminal who caused headaches for the police in several provinces, was single-handedly 'captured' by her."

"Yes." Professor Chai smiled: "I tried to tell her through various methods that she is a little hero. She should not be afraid because of this incident, but should be proud of it. I also contacted their local police , I recorded a thank-you video for Xiaoye, and she was very happy for a long time after watching it, and she was finally willing to talk to me."

"What happened next?" Yan Muyun always felt that things were not that simple.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time, and there was a faint sigh: "I don't have children, and Xiaoye is a very cute little girl. I have been with her for more than half a year, and I have treated her like a granddaughter without knowing it." . But she had nothing to do with me after all. After her mental state stabilized, she was taken back by her parents. However, less than a week later, she called me, crying and wanting to come back to me. Besides...it was also from then on that I discovered that her powers were not that simple."

"She had already obtained your superpower at that time?" Yan Muyun's eyes widened.

"Yes." Chai Yi's tone became a little lower: "I don't know when, Xiaoye suddenly could hear the voices of people around her. She was so young at the time and didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing. In addition, before Her special experience made it easy for her to conflict with other people. Over time, almost everyone became a little afraid of her."

"What chilled her the most was her parents. Because of the incident of standing beside her mother's bed with a knife, Xiaoye's parents knew that it was not their daughter's fault, but they were inevitably more wary. And this kind of incident Although he concealed his self-protection intentions very well, Xiaoye, who could hear the voices of others, still felt alienated... Their family can no longer return to the way it was before, and it will never be possible."

"When I saw her for the second time, her condition was even more serious than before. She didn't want to communicate with anyone at all, and she didn't even want anyone to appear in her sight, not even her brother. She I just want to be alone in a small room forever, because only in this way can I not hear voices outside that are completely contrary to what I say.”

"From that day on, Xiaoye basically lived in Chenjing Academy. He was raised by several professors, mainly me, and Dean Zhuge. We did this not only out of sympathy, but also to find out The secret of her powers..."

"This is Xiaoye's story. What do you think after listening to it?" Chai Yi said with a smile.

"I didn't expect her life to be so tortuous." Yan Muyun walked out of the activity room and looked up at the night sky: "But she is also very lucky to meet such good people as you and the dean."

"We're not really good people."

Unexpectedly, Chai Yi shook his head and denied this sentence: "We will help Xiaoye just because Xiaoye's brother is a student of the college and he brought her to us. We just took action out of normal people's sympathy. Helped her. What's more, there are selfish motives involved, such as wanting to find out Xiaoye's abilities... There are many children in the world who are in more difficult situations, and we can neither see nor help. "

Yan Muyun scratched his head: "You can't say that, after all, no one is omniscient and omnipotent..."

"I'm very happy that you chose to trust Xiaoye unconditionally."

Chai Yi's words interrupted him, with a hint of smile in his tone: "She told me that she feels at ease with you by her side. Just like this time, even if what she wants to do makes no sense, she can even do it slightly. There is no reason or excuse, but you will believe her and help her."

"Even if she can't hear what you're thinking, she knows you will believe her and help her."

"Ah...oh..." Yan Muyun said two syllables that he didn't know what they meant, and felt his cheeks getting a little hot.

"Haha, the last person Xiaoye trusted so much was her brother."

After leaving these words, Chai Yi hung up the phone.