Chapter 217: Are You Scared? (2/2)

They weren’t worried that he wouldn’t take care of her; they were worried that he’d go crazy again!

That’s right—when Cheng Xi had sunk to the ground and fainted, not only did Cheng Yang punch Lu Chenzhou in his rage, but he also revealed everything about Lu Chenzhou’s mental illness.

But Baldy and Lu Chenming had already experienced so many shocking revelations that day that this truth wasn’t too surprising. When they thought back to their prior experiences with him, they realized that many of his tendencies could be easily explained by a mental illness.

At this point, they were honestly very worried for Cheng Xi’s safety, because Lu Chenzhou was obviously still in an abnormal state.

He was extremely quiet, and an oppressive aura circled around him. His entire demeanor made one instinctively anxious that he’d suddenly explode and do something reckless.

But Lu Chenzhou didn’t seem to hear their words at all, and thus, Cheng Xi was ultimately unable to chase any of them away. She wasn’t even able to handle Cheng Yang by himself; as a responsible brother, it was already lenient enough that he didn’t forcefully drag Cheng Xi away, but to leave her alone with him?

Cheng Xi might be crazy, but he wasn’t.

So the three of them ended up staying in the living room while Cheng Xi brought Lu Chenzhou to the upstairs study that they were in before. Cheng Xi waved her hands in front of his face. “Come back to your senses.”

Lu Chenzhou turned to gaze at her.

Cheng Xi looked right back at him. As she spoke to him, her tone was relaxed, as if he were a regular person. “Were you scared? I’m sorry. It’s my body’s fault. I have a pretty low pain tolerance-”

Cheng Xi was cut off by a sudden hug from Lu Chenzhou.

“I almost…did something unforgivable to you.”

She patted his back and was about to reassure him that it wasn’t too serious, but then she heard him continue speaking. “I almost made you die, just like how I made my mom die.”

Cheng Xi fell silent.

Even though she had previously guessed that Lu Chenzhou’s psychological impediment stemmed from his mother’s death, she had never expected the truth to be this shocking.

The most fundamental requirement of any psychiatrist was to remain calm and unsurprised no matter what the patient said. Sometimes, in order to gain the patient’s trust and cooperation, it was necessary to discard one’s ethics and viewpoint to get closer to them.

And, without a doubt, Cheng Xi was excellent in this aspect.

Her calmness eventually spread to Lu Chenzhou and helped him calm down as well. He slowly released her. “You’re not scared?”

“No, I’m not.” Because she was still slightly weak, her voice was even gentler than usual. It was so soft that she was almost whispering.

Lu Chenzhou’s hand on her shoulder tightened. “The more I care about someone, the more afraid I become that they’ll leave me. At the time, I also thought that I should chain her up by my side, and if not, that I could also kill her. Because then, she’d never be able to leave… aren’t you scared of me?”

This was most likely the root cause of his emotional detachment—he was afraid of becoming too passionate, too close to someone.

Cheng Xi nodded with absolute certainty. “I’m not afraid. I know that you can control yourself. I know you, and while you’re cold, you’re not cold-blooded. I have nothing to fear from you.”

“But I almost killed you just now!”

“I didn’t die.” Cheng Xi looked at him, her eyes firm with immutable resolve. “Besides, that was just an accident. You weren’t deliberately trying to harm anyone, and you only wanted to push my brother away. It was my overreaction that caused your fist to land at an unfortunate timing. Really, I hurt myself. It doesn’t have anything to do with you.”

Lu Chenzhou’s voice sounded removed as he distantly asked, “Is that really the case?”

Cheng Xi once again reaffirmed it. “Yes, it is.” She then took control of the conversation and tried to lead him into talking more about his mother. “Lu Chenzhou, you said that you caused your mother to die. Can you tell me more about what really happened?”

“It’s only us two here, and I promise that I won’t tell anyone else. What’s more, you’ve been carrying this weight for far too long. It’s time to let it go. Do you want to?”

She had first told him that this was a safe place, and then that the secret he’d been keeping was weighing him down. Then, she offered him a way out by telling her about it and relieving himself of the burden.

And now, she could only look quietly at Lu Chenzhou and anxiously wait for his response.

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