amount of information.Zhong Kui's thousand-year-old memories were not something to be taken lightly; Xiao Yu had only managed to integrate part of them and only those pertaining to his time in the cul...Chapter 76: Dissociative Disorder (Please Support with Collections and Recommendations)
The time passed bit by bit as they engaged in conversation over drinks. Soon, an hour had gone by, and everyone started to feel a little tipsy. Li Chuan and Luo Jingyang noticed that it was about the right time and got up to take their leave. They knew well enough not to stay too long and give Secretary Wan the impression of being tactless, especially since he probably needed to speak with Xiao Yu.
After Luo Jingyang left, Li Chuan went outside but found a place to rest instead of going home. As Secretary Wan's secretary, even though he had taken leave today, it wasn't possible for him to go now; he had to wait on standby until Secretary Wan returned home.
"Xiao younger brother, are you quite familiar with Luo Jingyang" Although Wan Hongguang had learned a little bit about how Xiao Yu knew Luo Jingyang during their drinking session earlier, the specifics were still unclear to him.
"Just so-so! I just met him today! We started off on a bad foot and he came over to apologize!" Xiao Yu didn't know why Wan Hongguang was asking this but guessed that it might be related. When Wan Hongguang heard earlier that Xiao Yu's girlfriend was classmates with Luo Jingyang's daughter, the change in his attitude wasn’t lost on him, so Xiao Yu decided to stick to the facts.
Xiao Yu didn't want his actions to influence Secretary Wan’s decisions. Besides, he knew little about Luo Jingyang; if Luo Jingyang turned out to be a corrupt official, wouldn't that mean he was harming the citizens Xiao Yu knew very well how detrimental corrupt officials could be, even more so than great evils.
"Oh…" Wan Hongguang nodded without saying anything. Having immersed himself in politics for decades, he naturally knew how to handle such matters.
"Xiao younger brother, Jiayi's condition..." Wan Hongguang no longer mentioned Luo Jingyang; to him, that was of little consequence compared to his daughter’s current situation.
"From what I see now, she's recovering well. But I can't be sure until she fully recovers and wakes up." Speaking about Jiayi’s condition made Xiao Yu a bit more serious as he thought for a moment before responding.
"That's good! That's very good!" Wan Hongguang repeated anxiously when he heard that her recovery was going well. At this moment, Wan Hongguang wasn't the lofty Secretary of the Municipal Committee but an anxious father concerned about his daughter’s wellbeing.
The next day, Xiao Yu continued to perform acupuncture on Wan Jiayi. At this point, the gold needles in her head were only slightly trembling. By the fifteenth day of Xiao Yu's acupuncture treatment, there was no longer any trembling of the gold needles on Wan Jiayi’s head.
After Xiao Yu removed the needles, he took a deep breath. Continuous fifteen days of acupuncture had been quite taxing for him as well. Xiao Yu then walked out of the room.
"How is it going, Brother Xiao" Upon seeing Xiao Yu come out, Wan Hongguang and Song Hushan rushed over to ask.
"It should be fine now. I’ll take her pulse later," said Xiao Yu slowly. Through these days of acupuncture treatment, the cerebral cortex in Wan Jiayi’s head and the blocked meridians had already been repaired, and all the blockages were completely cleared.
Shortly after, Zhou Ruoying and Song Haling also came out from inside the room. Upon seeing Xiao Yu, Zhou Ruoying asked anxiously, "Xu, when will Jiayi wake up"
"I'll go in to check," said Xiao Yu before flashing into the inner room. Wan Hongguang, Song Hushan, Zhou Ruoying, and Song Haling all followed him inside.
Xiao Yu went over to the bedside, extended his hand to take Wan Jiayi's pulse. After about a minute or so, Xiao Yu released Wan Jiayi’s wrist; according to her pulse pattern, her body had already recovered its health and only had a small amount of turbid qi blocking her heart region.
Xiao Yu took out the acupuncture kit and quickly withdrew two gold needles without any fancy movements. One needle was inserted into the philtrum acupoint (Renzhong), while another was placed at Baihui acupoint.
"It's moving... it’s moving... her fingers are moving..." Not long after Xiao Yu had put in the needles, Song Haling held one of Wan Jiayi's hands and rubbed it against her face. Suddenly, he felt Wan Jiayi's finger twitch slightly, causing him to cry out in tears.
Hearing Song Haling’s shout, Wan Hongguang and Song Hushan along with the others all turned their gaze towards Wan Jiayi’s fingers. Indeed, Wan Jiayi’s fingers moved involuntarily a few times.
When Xiao Yu saw that Wan Jiayi had reacted, he removed the gold needles from her Renzhong and Baihui acupoints. The moment Xiao Yu took out the needles, Wan Jiayi's eyelids began to flutter, and before long, she opened her eyes.
“Jiayi… Jiayi… My daughter, you've finally woken up!” Song Hualing couldn't hold back his sobs when he saw Wan Jiayi open her eyes. For the past few months, even in his dreams, Song Hualing would wake up smiling after imagining his daughter waking up. However, upon waking and seeing his daughter lying motionless on the bed, he would secretly hide and wipe away tears.
When his daughter truly woke up, Song Hualing couldn't contain himself any longer; he burst into tears. In these past few months, she had endured too much. Seeing her daughter suddenly wake up after so long, she needed to vent the pent-up resentment of those months.
“Good... Good…” Wan Hongguang was also extremely agitated, with tears streaming down his face. No matter how calm he tried to be, seeing his daughter, who had been given a death sentence by hospitals and experts everywhere, actually wake up, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.
Wang Shushan and Zhou Ruoying also had red eyes; Wan Jiayi was always lively and playful with them, so they were naturally very happy to see her awake.
“Jiayi… Jiayi…. I'm your mother! Look at me, dear! Jiayi…” When Song Hualing saw his daughter open her eyes, she hugged Wan Jiayi and called out to her.
"Jiayi... look at us!"
However, Wan Jiayi showed no reaction to her mother's and Wan Hongguang's calls; her eyes were blank and dull with no life in them. Her gaze was unfocused, merely looking straight ahead without blinking.
"Jiayi, don't scare your mom… Look at Mom!" Seeing Wan Jiayi's lack of awareness, Song Hualing didn’t know what to do and just kept calling out to her lying on the bed.
“Little Brother Xiao, what’s wrong with Jiayi” As a man, Wan Hongguang remained more composed. He turned around and anxiously asked Xiao Yu.
When Wan Hongguang asked his question, Song Hualing, Song Huishan, and Zhou Ruoying all turned their gaze towards Xiao Yu. In their eyes, Xiao Yu was the only hope of salvation; Wan Jiayi's severe illness had been declared incurable by national experts and major hospitals, with no possibility of recovery or awakening. However, in just half a month, Xiao Yu managed to cure her and bring her back to consciousness.
Seeing Wan Jiayi's condition, Xiao Yu frowned but did not answer Wan Hongguang’s question. Instead, he walked over and took her pulse again. Her pulse was normal, and the blocked meridians in her brain had also been unblocked. At this point, Wan Jiayi should be considered to be in good condition, so why was she like this
Xiao Yu was equally puzzled by Wan Jiayi's current state; it shouldn’t have happened according to reason. Xiao Yu calmly pondered the various possibilities for this situation.
Seeing Xiao Yu deep in thought, Wan Hongguang and Song Huishan did not dare to interrupt him, fearing they might disrupt his train of thought. They anxiously looked at Xiao Yu with worried expressions on their faces. Although Jiayi had regained consciousness and Xiao Yu said there could be some aftereffects, she was young—just twenty years old, in the prime of her life. They wouldn’t give up even if there was a sliver of hope, which they placed in Xiao Yu.
Since he could bring Jiayi back from a vegetative state, how much more so for this issue Wan Hongguang and Song Huishan could only console themselves with such thoughts while hoping that Xiao Yu would find a solution.
Among these people, only Zhou Ruoying was full of confidence in Xiao Yu. If he could cure Jiayi from her vegetative state, how much more so for other issues Moreover, Xiao Yu was very mysterious.
Suddenly, Xiao Yu, who had been deep in thought with his head bowed down, slowly raised it as his eyes gradually brightened. While searching through Zhong Kui's memories, he suddenly recalled a disease from ancient times. Back then, there were no concepts of dementia or loss of consciousness; this condition was uniformly referred to as "soul-loss syndrome."
In ancient times, there weren't many effective treatments for soul-loss syndrome. They believed it occurred when one angered the gods and spirits, leading them to take away a person's soul. Could Wan Jiayi have...
Although Xiao Yu still wasn’t sure if Wan Jiayi had soul-loss syndrome, he once didn’t even believe in the existence of ghosts and deities before inheriting Zhong Kui’s legacy. However, since gaining this inheritance, encountering a series of events made him doubt his previous beliefs; if gods and spirits truly existed, then discussing soul-loss syndrome wasn't baseless speculation—it might be real.
After making up his mind, Xiao Yu decided to try and see whether Jiayi’s soul was still present. From Zhong Kui's memories, he learned of a talisman called the Soul-Collecting Talisman that could gather souls. However, with only righteous energy in his body at this time, he couldn't activate the Spirit-Sealing Scroll yet; he would have to use the Soul-Collecting Talisman instead. Thankfully, there was no need for him to really gather Jiayi's soul—only check if her soul remained intact.eep thought for a while before lifting his head with a long sigh. This was the difference between them and Xiao Yu, wasn’t it They were restricted by many rules in hospitals, whereas Xiao Yu could dar...