Chapter 72 - Closed Memory
Nan Shu's expression was very serious. You rarely see such a sincere expression on an adult's face.
"Don't you believe what I say either? Like mom and dad?"
"How is that possible? Of course we believe it! Auntie knows you are a good boy, and good boys don't lie." Wen Na bent down and said to Nan Shu.
"My parents didn't believe me. They always said that I was sick. Everything I dreamed and heard was false."
"Then tell me what you dream about?"
"I dreamed that I had a brother who stayed with me all the time, cooking for me and sending me to school. In the dream, I also liked my brother very much, but in the end he disappeared, so I kept looking for him in the dream...
When I woke up, I found that there was no brother at all..."
"Then do you think the brother in the dream is real?" I asked Nan Shu.
"Of course it is! Why can't dreams be real?"
"Your parents gave birth to you a child, but you dreamed that you had a brother. Everything in the dream was all imagined by you. That's because you really want a brother to protect you~" Wen Na tried
I tried to enlighten Xiao Nanshu, but I didn’t expect Nanshu to be unhappy.
"I dreamed about those things, and those things really happened in my dream, and my brother really came to see me! You look exactly like the brother in my dream, but there is one thing that is different...
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"What's the difference?"
"My brother has a small birthmark on his arm. I want to see if you also have this birthmark."
As Nan Shu said this, he grabbed my hand and wanted to roll up my sleeves to take a look.
"Nan Shu! You can't be rude!" The woman outside the tent came in, and this time her father came in with her.
Over the years, my habits have caused me to have a headache when I see my father. When he is awake, he is either losing his temper or cursing, or looking for a drink. But now he is standing in front of me in the tent full of energy.
, I feel like he is also so burly...
"Dad...uh..."
I blurted it out and soon realized something was wrong...
"This is Nan Shu's father, right?" Wen Na asked the woman.
"Yes, yes, thank you for making a trip." He kept looking at me, "I think this young man looks familiar. Have we met before?"
"Ah? Probably...no..."
"Dad, this is the brother I dreamed of!"
I scratched my head in embarrassment...
Everyone had nothing to talk about, so they chatted for a while about the current situation and life. I have never seen my dad talk so much. When he talked, he was clear-cut and humorous. What happened in the space where I live?
What happened to make him like that? Love separation? Can't ask for it?
I have no feeling at all about Nan Shu's mother. She can't be my mother. I only have a vague memory of my mother since I was a child, so vague that I only remember a smell... that is the smell of hand cream.
, the most common kind, I often apply it to Nan Shu, but as soon as I smell that smell, I will think of my mother, and I know that it is her smell...
What’s even more strange is that there has never been a photo of our mother in our home. There are only some old objects, a mirror or a comb. My father accidentally mentioned it, and I realized that it was what my mother used.
It's like it was completely erased from my memory...I can remember things when I was in kindergarten, but I can't remember the death of my mother in the first grade...
We kept chatting until the bell rang outside. I knew it was the reminder bell when supplies were distributed. Dad led Nan Shu to apply for supplies. All they needed was some food and water. I was the only one left in the tent.
With Wen Na, and Nan Shu’s mother.
"We understand the child's situation," Wen Na said.
"Is it that something? The stress disorder that others mentioned?"
"Well, there may be a point. The changes around the child are too big, and the dream and reality are temporarily confused, and the things in the dream are brought into reality. This also happens to adults. You don't need to worry too much.
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"Hey...how can I not worry? Now we have nothing. Nanshu is our only child and our only hope for future life. I just want her to be well...not sick or in pain...
"The woman said and began to wipe away tears...
"I understand how you feel..."
"So doctor, I beg you, please find a way to cure Nan Shu. Don't let her say anything about my brother having dreams again... Once she says it, my heart feels like being cut by a knife..."
"Why?"
"I don't know... maybe I'm a little stressed too... I'm afraid I'll lose her..."
"Oh... Okay, then do you want to calm her down slowly, or do you want me to give her an in-depth treatment to completely make her forget those weird dreams?"
"In-depth treatment! In-depth treatment! Let her stop being obsessed with that dream... There is still a lot to do in the future, isn't there? The future will have to rely on little kids like them..."
"OK..."
"We are back~"
Nan Shu was holding a paper bag with a lot of dry food in it, and his father was holding two large buckets of water. When he came in, he said, "Oh, it's getting harder and harder to get water now. I'll just drink it for these three days."
I only got these two buckets of water... Be sure to save some..."
"Nan Shu, you learn how to draw first. Mom will talk to your uncle and aunt."
"He's not an uncle, he's my brother."
"Okay, okay, you go paint first."
After sending Nan Shu away, the woman told her father about the treatment. "How to treat it?" Dad asked.
"I can give her a hypnotic treatment. If she is not greatly stimulated in her dreams, such hypnotic treatment will be very effective."
"is it safe?"
"Don't worry, it's definitely safe. Just let her have another dream. In this dream, she will wake up, and then she will be able to distinguish what is a dream and what is reality."
"Oh~" Dad said thoughtfully.
"Then when should we start?" "Tonight, let's do some preparations now."
The woman started cleaning and decorating the tent according to Wen Na's request. We all retreated outside the tent to wait. Nan Shu kept pestering me to play with her. She even drew a picture for me. It was drawn with pencil and was not colored.
A big strawberry cake, and me and her.
When I saw this painting, my nose became sore and tears started to flow again. On the day when the alarm sounded, it was Nan Shu's eighth birthday. The strawberry cake in the painting was the one she had always seen outside the window.
Model...
"Are you okay?" Wen Na called to me.
"I'm fine...what are you going to do?"
"I will enter her consciousness in a while, and then block all memories about you. She will no longer remember you, and she will no longer have those dreams."
"Is this the only way...Can't we stay in this time and space? Continue what we have not finished before?"
"The consequences of this are unbearable for us and will cause a lot of chaos. Although people in the early Yuan Dynasty have superpowers, they cannot interfere with the cause and effect of the world at will. It is the same no matter which world they are in. This will also lead to retribution. If you force yourself to stay here
Here, if you want to integrate into Nanshu's life in this world, if you do this, you will disrupt the life she should have. It will not only affect her alone, but also the people in her life and the people she will meet in the future.
People who change too much lose control."
"I just want to be nice to her..."
"It's because you can't let go of your obsession. It's not that Nan Shu can't forget. It's that you don't want to forget. Now that she has a chance to start a new happy life, just let her live her life with peace of mind and just pray for her silently...
.If you want to do her best, just remember this relationship that belongs to you as brother and sister. When she encounters difficulties in the future, reach out and give her a hand. You are the brother, so naturally it doesn't matter if you have to bear more."
"Okay..." I folded the painting Nan Shu gave me and put it into my pocket, "Let's get started..."
"Don't go in again, stay at the door and don't let anything else come in and interrupt our treatment."
The process was very painful for me. Wen Na walked out of the tent again only after the moon and stars were dimming.
"How's it going?" I quickly stepped forward and asked.
"Shh...she's asleep..."
Through the gap in the curtain, I saw Nan Shu holding a small fur ball toy, sleeping soundly...
"Will she be back to normal when she wakes up?"
"Yes, now, let's go."
"Hey...stay here"
It was Nan Shu's mother who chased her out softly, "We don't have anything to give you now. You have helped us so much. I really don't know how to thank you..."
"Don't say that, this is what we should do."
Chapter completed!