The Only Player in 'Child of Stardust'-Chapter 91 - 74 Clues
Chapter 91: Chapter 74: Clues
Chapter 91 -74: Clues
“… After my parents got addicted to gambling, they became increasingly irritable. If anything displeased them, they’d beat me to death. One time, they almost killed me …”
“… After entering junior high, I learned to resist. It infuriated my dad. He took a knife to me, cutting a five or six-centimeter gash on my arm. My mom took me to the hospital, but since stitching it up would cost a lot, she cursed me out in front of the doctor and patients …”
“… My classmates would show off their birthday gifts in class, but I never had a birthday celebration. When my birthday came around, I asked my mom if I could have a cake. She slapped me across the face and said I looked like a cake …”
“…”
Zhou Yuan’s tone was so calm it was almost indifferent, as if he were telling someone else’s story. As he talked, the atmosphere in the room gradually became oppressive and gloomy.
Lv Bo listened quietly, eyes full of sympathy and pity. With such a horrible upbringing, no wonder there was a split in his personality.
Chen Guangxi couldn’t help but lift her paw and gently ruffle Zhou Yuan’s hair.
This kid had it rough.
Although her own family relations were not great either, with a brother who killed their father and a sister who killed that brother, at least her childhood was relatively happy.
Zhou Yuan seemed to have opened a floodgate and couldn’t stop talking, speaking for over an hour.
He had been holding it in for so long, without anyone to confide in all these years. Now, influenced by Lv Bo’s special ability, his mental defenses had crumbled and everything pent up inside him spilled out.
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It worked quite well. After sharing everything, Zhou Yuan felt a strong sense of release and relief. His spirit felt lighter, no longer weighed down by something heavy deep within his heart.
After a brief silence, Lv Bo twisted the cap off his pen and started writing something on paper, analyzing as he wrote:
“It seems your dissociative identity disorder is closely linked to your family’s environment.
You lived in a high-pressure, insecure environment for a long time. To cope with this ongoing stress, your brain created a fictional persona. This persona provided you with a sense of safety, trust, and someone to confide in.
This fictional persona is essentially a symbol of your deep-seated desire for care and protection. You use this personality to escape the pain of reality and seek solace for your soul …”
Suddenly, Lv Bo stopped writing, as if something occurred to him. He looked up, a bit puzzled:
“Wait a minute … I remember the file saying your parents took meticulous care of you. They even resigned from their jobs to stay home and look after you, given your mental illness…
This doesn’t match the story you’re telling.”
Ah, this… Zhou Yuan said nonchalantly: “They were my adoptive parents.”
“Oh, I see.”
Lv Bo accepted this easily, then looked down at his notes. After a moment, he lifted his gaze, staring deeply at Zhou Yuan:
“Your biological parents are the root cause of your illness, so to cure you, we need to start with them.”
He asked seriously, “Have you ever thought about killing them?”
“…” Zhou Yuan squinted slightly, “Wouldn’t it be abnormal if I hadn’t?”
“That’s great.”
Lv Bo displayed a delighted smile, clapping his hands, “They are your biggest inner demons, the culprits of your miserable childhood, the source of violence. If you go kill them, there’s a high chance it will cure your dissociative identity disorder.
Trust me, quite a few patients have been cured this way, I have plenty of experience.”
Getting patients to kill? What kind of treatment is this!
Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes inwardly and shrugged: “They’re already dead.”
“Really? That’s too bad.”
Lv Bo thought for a few seconds and then asked: “Are you sure you weren’t the one who killed them?”
“Hmm?” Zhou Yuan was puzzled.
Lv Bo explained: “Sometimes, the alternate personality of someone with dissociative identity disorder might act without the primary personality’s knowledge. I’ve encountered similar cases where the secondary personality took extreme measures to protect the primary one…
For example: murder.
Since it’s all done by the secondary personality, the primary personality wakes up with no memory of that period, naturally unaware of what happened.”
Zhou Yuan shook his head resolutely, “It’s impossible I killed them. They died when I was in junior high. I didn’t have the knowledge base to commit the perfect crime. If I had killed them, I would be in prison now.”
“Not necessarily.”
Lv Bo said, “I once treated a patient with dissociative identity disorder who only had a middle school education and was an absolute dunce. But his alternate personalities were all highly knowledgeable, well-versed in both astronomy and geography, familiar with the classics, and could recite Tang and Song poems at will. In terms of knowledge, they even surpassed many high achievers in the institute.
It’s quite amazing, right? This is because he loved reading, having read hundreds if not thousands of books from various fields during his free time. Although his primary personality had poor memory and would forget after reading, his alternate personalities had excellent memories and retained all that knowledge.”
“Such things exist?” Zhou Yuan was deeply shocked.
“The world is vast and full of wonders, especially when it comes to mental illnesses which involve the most mysterious part of the human brain, offering limitless possibilities.
Maybe your situation is similar to this example I provided—your alternate personality might have learned various specialized knowledge without your awareness and committed a perfect crime.”
