I have a friend XD

Knock, knock, knock!

"Come in."

Lin Qiye pushed open the door and entered the consultation room.

Sitting on the other side of the desk was a middle-aged male doctor, wearing a white coat and sporting a very sparse Mediterranean hairstyle, a symbol of wisdom.

Lin Qiye sat down on the chair, and the doctor leisurely spoke, "Tell me, what's the problem?"

"I don't have any problems."

"If you don't have any problems, why are you here?"

"I don't have any problems, but I have a friend who has a very serious mental illness."

Upon hearing this, the doctor looked at Lin Qiye strangely and smiled as he smoothed out a few strands of hair on his head, "The friend you're talking about, isn't it yourself?"

Lin Qiye answered seriously, "No, it really is a friend."

"Alright, then tell me about your... no, your friend's illness. What specific symptoms are there?"

Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "It may be a bit difficult to describe..."

The doctor smiled, "Then, you pretend that you are that friend and show me the actual symptoms."

Lin Qiye gave the doctor a strange look, hesitated for a moment, and nodded helplessly.

So, Lin Qiye slowly stood up from his seat,

Under the doctor's gaze, he walked straight to him.

He reached out his hand,

And buried the middle-aged doctor's head into his arms,

His other hand gently stroked the few remaining strands of hair on the doctor's head,

His eyes full of kindness,

Softly said:

"My dear eldest son, Dad finally found you!"

Doctor: "......"

In the next ten minutes, Lin Qiye used all his rhetorical skills he had learned in his life, explaining to the doctor with flying spittle that it really wasn't him who was sick, thus avoiding the fate of being forcibly hospitalized.

"So, your friend sees everything as if they were seeing their own child?"

"Yes!"

"And she cried for a long time?"

"She kept crying."

"She likes to sit in the yard and tell stories to the flower vase and the stool?"

"That's right."

"How is her sleep?"

"She doesn't sleep."

"..."

The doctor frowned, "Your friend's condition is quite serious! I strongly recommend that you bring her to our hospital for inpatient treatment."

"Her situation is quite special, and she doesn't have the conditions for inpatient treatment," Lin Qiye said helplessly.

He naturally couldn't tell the truth. If he really told the doctor that the Goddess of Night, Nyx, was the patient, and that she lived in his mind's psychiatric hospital, he would immediately receive a hospitalization notice as well.

The doctor pondered for a moment, looking troubled. His hands started typing on the keyboard, "If she can't be hospitalized, then we can only rely on medication for now. I'll prescribe you some medication, give it to her when you get back, and if her condition doesn't improve, make sure to bring her to the hospital."

Lin Qiye looked somewhat conflicted.

Can real-world medicine be brought into the mind?

Lin Qiye didn't know, but he felt that even if it could be brought in, mortal medicines might not necessarily be effective on deities.

"Doctor, besides taking medication, is there any other way to treat her?"

The doctor contemplated for a moment and slowly spoke, "Your friend's symptoms belong to severe delusional disorder. I've seen many patients with this condition before. There was a man who loved his wife very much, but after his wife died in a car accident, he would often talk to the air, imagining that his wife was still by his side."

"This kind of illness is mostly due to experiencing a huge psychological trauma, subconsciously rejecting reality, and creating a false consciousness of 'she is still by my side' for oneself."

"If we can start from the perspective of the cause of the illness, provide certain psychological treatment, there is a possibility of improvement. But without medication assistance, it's very difficult."

"Medication and psychological treatment, these two are complementary, do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully.

Starting from the perspective of the cause of the illness... but he knew nothing about Nyx's past, so he didn't know where to start!

It seems like he needs to do more preparation work.

Lin Qiye took the prescription written by the doctor, but he didn't choose to pay and get the medicine. Since real-world medication couldn't affect the deity in his mind, there was no need for him to spend the money.

And... those medicines were too expensive!

After coming out of the psychiatric hospital, Lin Qiye boarded the bus back.

This trip to the psychiatric hospital was still worth it, at least it gave Lin Qiye a breakthrough.

To guide Nyx from a psychological perspective, he needed to have a sufficient understanding of her.

So, Lin Qiye got off at a certain stop and walked into the Cangnan City Library.

...

At Erzhong School, at the school gate.

"Hey, who is that uncle over there?"

"Don't know, probably a parent."

"I saw him when I entered the school gate around seven in the morning."

"I saw him too. He was wearing sunglasses in the morning, a shirt, holding a cup of coffee leaning against the wall. I thought he was quite handsome at that time."

"Why does he look like a beggar now? His eyes are red."

"Do you think he has been here since morning till now?"

"It couldn't be, it's almost ten o'clock now."

"Who knows, oh by the way, did you hear that two students were found murdered on their way home from school last night!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, I heard..."

...

On the curb across from the school gate, a lonely man was sitting alone, surrounded by cigarette butts. His silhouette under the street lamp exuded indescribable sadness.

Zhao Kongcheng flicked the cigarette in his hand. He couldn't figure out what went wrong.

He had been squatting from six in the morning till ten at night, and the sun had almost driven him crazy, but he hadn't seen a glimpse of that kid.

He clearly saw the school uniform of Erzhong last night!

Did that kid guess that he was coming to confront him and decided not to show up?

Damn it... his butt was sore from sitting for so long.

Zhao Kongcheng propped himself up on the ground, casually dusted off his pants, and started moving his limbs.

Just then, the corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of a casually dressed young man on the other side of the street, carrying a few books and walking leisurely...

That guy, he seemed to resemble the kid's physique a bit...

A bit...

Huh?

Zhao Kongcheng was stunned, blinked hard.

Oh, crap!

Whoosh!

Without a word, Zhao Kongcheng dashed towards the young man like a gust of wind, his eyes bloodshot, looking fierce and ferocious!

However, when he was about twenty meters away from the young man, the young man seemed to sense something, shivered all over, and also started running!

The two of them ran madly on the street, one after the other!

At this moment, Lin Qiye really wanted to slap himself twice. With so many roads to choose from, why did he have to pick this one!?

Now, it was a mess. He had stood someone up yesterday, and now the guy was damn chasing after him!

Although Lin Qiye's speed was not slow, compared to Zhao Kongcheng, he was still far behind. In just a few seconds, Zhao Kongcheng caught up to him.

Zhao Kongcheng viciously grabbed Lin Qiye's shoulder and sneered twice.

"Kid, we meet again!"

Lin Qiye stiffly turned his head, tilting it slightly:

"Who are you?"