Chapter 6: It’s Your Trea (2/2)

This was nonsense; if she were to base her judgment solely on how her body felt and the state of her bruises, she was hardly able to make such an analysis. However, she didn’t want to reveal that her judgment was solely based on her psychiatrist’s instinct.

Lu Chenzhou, however, didn’t seem to have thought of this, and was now glaring at her somewhat unrepentantly.

Cheng Xi was worried that he would rashly grab her and actually force her into bed with him, but luckily he made no further abnormal movements.

After leaving the room, Cheng Xi let out a deep breath that she had been holding onto for a while. She walked calmly out of the hotel, and after she exited, she found an isolated corner where she could bang her head against the wall in private.

Why on earth was her alcohol tolerance so poor?!

And what in the world was that fellow trying to do, pretending that they had had a one-night stand after she got drunk? She couldn’t accept such a clichd plotline that sounded like it came straight out of some vulgar novel!

After spending a significant amount of time shoring up her mental state, she finally calmed down enough to take her phone out of her handbag. She had a few missed calls, some from her parents, some from her elder brother, and some from her teacher, Cai Yi.

Cheng Xi called each of them in turn to assure her family members that she was alright before finally calling Cai Yi, who asked, “Didn’t you go home last night?”

“No, something came up, so I didn’t go back home. Were you looking for me for some reason last night, Professor?”

“It’s nothing. It’s just that your parents called me after they couldn’t reach you. Right, what did you think of Lu Chenzhou?”

Was she actually trying to play matchmaker? Cheng Xi couldn’t believe that Cai Yi would have time for such an inane thing. “Emotional detachment—that Mr. Lu has a physiological inability to feel emotions, right?”

“Yes, an accurate diagnosis.” Cai Yi smiled with praise.

Cheng Xi was momentarily stunned. “He’s really suffering from that?” She had made that diagnosis up. Recently, she had looked at some medical case studies of patients who had an inability to feel emotions; during her interactions with Lu Chenzhou, she had noticed that he seemed to exhibit some of those symptoms and had proposed it on a whim as an outlandish hypothesis.

“Yes, really. But his situation is a bit special. With regards to how, you’ll just have to find out after you interact more with him. I won’t tell you now so as not to impair your professional judgment.”

Cheng Xi remained silent, and her teacher continued, “His entire family didn’t realize that this was an illness until now, mainly because Lu Chenzhou still doesn’t have a partner even though he’s already thirty. His grandparents found me, and hoped that I could find a solution to their problems. Cheng Xi, Donglai is a major partner and sponsor of my laboratory, and Lu Chenzhou is like a dear child to me. Since we’re so familiar with each other, I’m unable to have a proper doctor-patient relationship with him. Thus, I’m hoping that you can help me in this regard.”

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