Chapter 220: Erectile Dysfunction? (1/2)

Hypnotherapy was a standard psychotherapy procedure, but the reason why Cheng Xi wanted Lu Chenzhou to undergo this procedure was to dig up the truth of that incident from long ago.

She was somewhat suspicious of the veracity of Lu Chenzhou’s memories as the events had taken place too long ago. Even adults subconsciously pruned and edited their old memories, to say nothing of what an eight-year-old child would do with a traumatic memory.

Lu Chenzhou hesitated for a moment before assenting.

As he had promised earlier, he would do anything if it meant that she would stay.

Cheng Xi was touched by his willingness, and she leaned into his embrace and kissed him. She didn’t say anything more, because she believed that he could understand her feelings.

Lu Chenzhou didn’t say anything either. His cheeks were still slightly swollen, and his eyes had the remnant markings of a bruise. Cheng Xi lightly kissed his wounds as she tried to rationalize Cheng Yang’s actions. “It’s just that my brother’s very protective of me—”

But before she could finish, he stopped her from speaking any further.

His tongue flirted with hers; a cold and soft object entered her mouth, bringing with it a lemony fragrance.

The sky outside was burning a dull red, and amidst the striking sunset backdrop, the two of them had a gentle and long-lasting kiss.

It abruptly ended when Cheng Xi’s feet went numb again, causing her to fall onto the floor with an “Ouch!”

Lu Chenzhou let go of her, letting her lay on the ground as he leaned back against the sofa and looked at her.

“My legs hurt! Will you massage them for me?” Cheng Xi moved in front of him. But when she saw the darkness swimming in his eyes, she scrambled backwards, climbing up and away from him, and pretended that she hadn’t said anything just now. “Are you going to sleep some more? If not, you should get up. Baldy and the others are still here.”

Lu Chenzhou looked at her lazily, but then his gaze suddenly sharpened. He got down from the sofa, crouched down in front of her, reached out, and grabbed her leg.

Cheng Xi wanted to pull her leg back. She glanced at the door, worried that he’d do something reckless and that he’d repeat the earlier incident with Cheng Yang.

But Lu Chenzhou firmly held onto her leg, not letting her move it at all. Then, he lifted the hem of her dress.

Right above her knee was a long laceration. Dried blood had already scabbed over the slightly swollen flesh, making for a frightening sight.

His fingers brushed lightly against the wound. “Your leg?”

Cheng Xi realized that his actions weren’t what she’d expected, and she blushed from the misunderstanding. When she heard his question, she glanced at it and then casually replied, “Hmm? Did I scratch myself? It’s just a superficial scratch. Don’t worry.” Then, she even joked, “I probably got this from when I scaled the wall to enter. It’s been a while since I did something like that, so I was out of practice.”

“You…… scaled the wall?”

“That’s right. I also broke the window in your living room. You might have to get that replaced.

Lu Chenzhou was struck speechless. He had never expected that Cheng Xi was this…… adventurous.

Cheng Xi looked at him, still somewhat worried, and then she heard him say, “Let me see you climb the wall again.”

This time, it was Cheng Xi’s turn to be struck speechless.

The two of them chatted aimlessly for the rest of the night, neither of them mentioning the hypnotherapy session again. But the next day, Cheng Xi found a hypnotherapist and told him about it. Lu Chenzhou calmly replied, “What time? And where?”

“At his office,” Cheng Xi answered before briefly describing the hypnotherapist’s background, “He was recommended to me by one of my seniors. Actually, he’s pretty well known within the country.”

Cheng Xi wasn’t very experienced with hypnotherapy, and the classes she had taken back in medical school hadn’t covered this. Furthermore, due to Lu Chenzhou’s particularly wary and controlling nature, Cheng Xi had expended considerable effort to find someone reliable.

Since she had to return to Gansu shortly, they scheduled Lu Chenzhou’s hypnotherapy session to take place in two days. Cheng Xi spent this period of time relaxing with Lu Chenzhou. Of course, they had moved back into Cheng Xi’s apartment.