"Uh…"
The couple exchanged awkward glances at Zhang Xiuni.
"Sure, Yinan."
Zhang Xiuni smiled and said, "Just enjoy life for now. Come by to see me again when you have time."
"Okay, thanks."
Yinan smiled back and, before even reaching the door, picked up her phone again and eagerly dialed Shen Lang's number.
"Hello, Shen Lang, yeah, that was my parents. I'm at the mental health clinic right now. The doctor gave me a certificate. I'll bring it over for you to see when I can."
As Yinan's voice faded down the hallway, Zhong Meiru looked at the sand tray with the four little figures and asked hopefully, "Doctor Zhang, is Yinan's condition much better now?"
Zhong Meiru remembered that at the beginning, Yinan's sand tray had:
A small figure with a blank expression facing a plastic sea, with a lavish yet desolate plastic city in the background.
At that time, Zhang Xiuni analyzed that Yinan might have suicidal thoughts, which terrified the couple.
Now, the sand tray Yinan had set up wasn't so bleak.
There were trees, houses, and three figures holding hands, smiling, walking along the beach.
This showed that Yinan's inner world had become richer.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have set up a scene with a family enjoying the beach.
Zhong Meiru didn't fully understand the psychological sand tray, but she knew it reflected her daughter's inner state.
What she didn't know was that the three figures by the beach weren't actually them.
In fact, behind a plastic coconut tree by the plastic sea, there was also a plastic female figure secretly observing the three figures on the beach.
This was the true state of Yinan's mind, or perhaps the future she most hoped for.
"Hmm, much better."
Zhang Xiuni glanced at the figure behind the tree and nodded with a smile.
"But you mustn't give her any more psychological burdens. Don't be as strict with her as you were before."
"You need to understand, I'm not being alarmist. Yinan seems to be improving, but remember, things can take a turn for the worse. You both know how that works."
Zhang Xiuni's expression grew serious.
"Yinan's heart is starting to embrace a new life, but if this thread is broken without her knowing, her situation might become even more extreme and uncontrollable."
Listening carefully, Ye Hai suddenly spoke up, "This thread you're talking about, it's that Shen Lang guy, right?"
"Yes," Zhang Xiuni confirmed. "For now, let's not analyze Shen Lang's motives for being close to Yinan."
She explained, "We just need to know that Yinan feels happiness and hope when she's with him. That's the most important emotion she needs right now."
"But you're a professional psychologist, aren't you? Isn't talking to patients your specialty?" Zhong Meiru asked, surprised. "Can't you do it better than that novelist?"
"Ms. Zhong, you need to understand that as a psychologist, Yinan can't fully open up to me. She will be cautious due to my role."
Zhang Xiuni added half-jokingly, "Of course, it's also possible that Shen Lang is good at talking. You said he's a novelist, right? Maybe he has a natural talent for words."
"What if Yinan falls for this guy?" Ye Hai asked, his calm tone revealing an undeniable anger.
Ye Hai, coming from a business family and being extremely concerned with face, absolutely didn't want his daughter involved with a low-level online writer.
Moreover, Shen Lang had initially made a bad impression by asking Ye Hai for help in finding actors for his film.
Zhong Meiru wanted to argue, but considering how often Yinan mentioned Shen Lang lately, she too felt that Yinan's relationship with this guy was significant.
"If I'm not mistaken, she's already into him. You two should be able to see that from her behavior."
Zhang Xiuni said seriously.
"Unless you can find someone who can make Yinan open up completely, my advice is to wait until her psychological issues are fully resolved before deciding what to do about this guy."
"Well, when Yinan gets better, we can just give that guy some money and be done with it."
Ye Hai said casually.
For him, if money could solve the problem, it wasn't really a problem.
Zhong Meiru surprisingly agreed with Ye Hai's plan.
She, who had always considered herself above others, didn't want her daughter to be romantically involved with an online writer.
"Okay, you two make the final decision."
Zhang Xiuni reiterated, "But my advice remains: until Yinan's mental health is fully restored, this thread must not be allowed to break."
After a brief discussion, the couple left the clinic, looking troubled.
During their conversation, Zhang Xiuni had intentionally kept something to herself.
She didn't tell them that the guy Yinan liked was, in fact, a genuine jerk!
When Yinan set up the little figures, Zhang Xiuni had asked her about their relationships.
Yinan had instinctively said that two of the figures were his girlfriends.
Although Yinan later tried to deny it, Zhang Xiuni was convinced from her panicked reaction that Shen Lang was indeed a jerk.
Otherwise, Yinan wouldn't have set up a scene resembling a "cuckold" scenario.
"Ah, you little rascal. I see you're really bold, even daring to be a jerk to a tycoon's daughter."
Zhang Xiuni, sitting on the edge of the sand tray, playfully picked up the male figure from the beach scene and said with a hint of sympathy.
"Hope you don't end up sinking in cement, little jerk."
Zhang Xiuni had never met Shen Lang and had no personal interest in hiding anything for him.
She was helping Yinan, who now seemed to rely on this jerk's sweet talk.
It was quite special for the daughter of a tycoon to be attracted to a two-timing jerk, even with a hint of cuckoldry. Zhang Xiuni had never encountered such a case before.
In reality, things often turn out to be even more fantastical.
...
In the bedroom of the Jiujian Tang villa.
Yinan lay on her side, clasping her hands, with a dreamy expression and a pleading tone.
"Shen, Shen Lang, you haven't scolded me for a long time…"