Chapter 814: Chapter 788: No wonder, no wonder
“He’s a psychiatric patient who was transferred from the city; he has a strong aggressive streak.”
The Dean waved his hand, signaling for the patient to be taken to the isolation area. The outpatient clinic and the inpatient departnt were located upstairs and downstairs, with the stairs leading up being locked by an iron door, behind which was another world.
Xiao Qian listened quietly to the man’s screams and roars. Those brought in tied up were the aggressive patients she and Fu Gui referred to. He would probably be classified as high-risk and have his personal freedom restricted.
“The calligraphy on the wall is beautiful,” Xiao Qian shifted her gaze to the calligraphy hanging in the corridor, which showed strong and vigorous strokes, obviously of high quality.
“Haha, it was written by one of our patients. Hard to believe, right? I have a painting in my office done by another patient, both are excellent.”
“That’s why people say, ‘geniuses to the left, madn to the right.'”
Many psychiatric patients have more talent in certain areas than normal people, with only a thin wall separating geniuses and madn.
“Haha! That’s an interesting way to put it.” The Dean laughed.
“What are you laughing at?” Xiao Qian looked at him with puzzlent.
“I’m laughing at how your reaction is exactly the sa as soone else’s. When that person ca to , he also said the sa thing. It’s amazing that both of you could say the sa thing.”
“Really?”
If Xiao Qian rembered correctly, the phrase “geniuses to the left, madn to the right” appeared in a book published several years later. Which of her peers had such foresight to say it?
“What’s even more coincidental is that both of your reactions were identical. That person, too, was touring the hospital with . We reached the sa spot where you are now, he looked at the calligraphy on the wall, admired its beauty, and when I told him about the patient’s painting in my office, he ntioned ‘geniuses to the left, madn to the right.’ It’s incredible that you two could have the sa reaction.”
“… Who is that person?”
“He’s internationally renowned—” Before the Dean could finish, a voice interrupted:
“iwei! Are you iwei?”
The psychiatric patient who had just been brought in was already at the iron door. Overhearing Xiao Qian and the Dean’s conversation, he suddenly raised his voice to ask this question.
Xiao Qian was taken aback. How did she still have listeners even here?
Her usual speaking voice was different from the one she used on the radio. On the radio, her voice was soft and magnetic when transmitted through the microphone. To recognize it instantly, the patient must have listened to her show often.
But the patient’s next words made Xiao Qian both laugh and cry.
“Let go of ! I’m telling you, iwei is my wife! I want her to have my child! This unfaithful woman shouldn’t be working at the radio station. iwei, you are mine, only mine, you are my—umph!”
The patient had his mouth stuffed, followed by the sound of the iron door being pulled open. He was taken into the inpatient departnt, and Xiao Qian had no idea what would happen next.
“Don’t be afraid,” the Dean hadn’t expected a fan of Xiao Qian’s to appear here. He was rely helping a friend by having Xiao Qian work here for a day, which led to this unexpected incident.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of. He has delusional disorder, characterized by paranoid delusions. He may also have jealousy, infatuation, and hypochondriac delusions. It seems he has romantic delusions, coupled with aggression. Unfortunately… the object of his delusions is .”
Xiao Qian answered professionally.
In a strange coincidence, the classmate that Liu i and Fu Gui went to see, who portrayed himself as very miserable, might have been suffering from a delusional disorder. Likewise, the man who had just claid that iwei was his wife suffered from the sa disease.
However, there are many types of delusional disorders. So people feel like they are constantly being persecuted; that’s persecutory delusion. The one just taken in has erotomania. Both have exaggerated certain aspects of themselves and believe them to be true, such as thinking that they are particularly wealthy, the illegitimate child of a rich person, or that soone famous or normally unattainable is in love with them, like the man who just spoke up.
He firmly believed that iwei fell in love with him first. They had never actually t in person, and their only encounters were through the radio show. But he was convinced that iwei was madly in love with him. Whenever Xiao Qian said sothing comforting to patients during her shows, he thought it was directed at him. The reason his family brought him to the ntal hospital was that they found ropes and other tools he had prepared to go to the radio station and “take his woman back.”
This kind of romantic delusion is particularly frightening, especially among those who have a strong obsession with celebrities. They are convinced that a certain star is in love with them, making them prone to stalking, kidnapping, assault, and even murder. Xiao Qian just happened to beco the object of a patient’s delusions.
Still refusing to give up, the patient tried to peek through the gated window, the only opening on the iron door, trying his best to get a glimpse of Xiao Qian. iwei was so beautiful, she loved him!
“Stop looking! Co with us!” The dical staff forcibly dragged him away, leaving deep scratches on the rusty iron bars from the man’s desperate grip, symbolizing his deep obsession with iwei…
Xiao Qian shook her head. To be the object of a delusional patient’s obsession, her luck must have been through the roof. Maybe she should buy a lottery ticket when she got back. Who knows? She might win. Getting attention even without showing her face on a radio show was not an easy feat. The station had asked her just a few days ago if she wanted to participate in a television interview, offering a substantial fee; thankfully, Xiao Qian declined.
From now on, she would stick to spreading psychological knowledge through articles instead; her voice and images should appear less often. Being targeted by a ntally ill person was not a good thing.
“Dean, you never finished. Who else said the sa thing as ?” Xiao Qian asked.
“I said you’d definitely know this person. He’s none other than the world’s leading authority on psychology, Professor Qi. His reputation in the international psychiatric circles is top-tier.”
“Him?!”
Wasn’t that the doctoral supervisor her teacher had begged her to follow?
The very sa person she had used various thods to turn down. How did he end up in this small county town, and what were the chances that she would even hear about his story here?
“Yes, your reaction is exactly like Professor Qi’s.”
As if ti and space had overlapped, the Dean still rembered clearly the first ti he t Professor Qi. Such high-profile individuals rarely visited such small places.
“Why would he co here?” Xiao Qian suddenly had a bad feeling.
“Although Professor Qi is an overseas Chinese, his ancestral ho is a rural area right next to our county. He returns every year to pay his respects to his ancestors.”
“…So when does he usually co?” Xiao Qian’s bad feeling was growing stronger.
“Just about these couple of days. Your teacher told to make sure you perform well here, so that I can introduce you to Professor Qi. He’ll definitely like you once he sees you.”
Ah, no wonder! Xiao Qian felt like she had been struck by lightning.
She had been tricked by her teacher!
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