Chapter 2474: 2387 Escape

"Is it really a split personality?" Lin Yuan asked in surprise.

This strange condition is usually even rarer than almost all rare diseases, yet everyone is familiar with it.

Many film and TV works have depicted split personality; even if one spent a lifetime, they could never truly encounter a genuine split‑personality patient.

Zheng Ren is very cautious; he usually does not want to diagnose patients with mental illnesses.

Now facing Bu Ruotian's situation, even Zheng Ren is at a loss. Either it is the legendary split personality, or it is a strong histrionic personality; Bu Ruotian has an extremely strong desire to perform.

But even the strongest desire for performance must seek some kind of spiritual solace; in plain terms, what is it after?

What they seek is not necessarily money, identity, status, fame, or women. In life, the most basic thing is to live.

Zheng Ren handed the phone to Bu Li, feeling somewhat sighing; perhaps after Bu Ruotian fell ill and faced enormous pressure, he produced a hallucination.

He felt that a man living in the urban‑rural fringe, with a bad temper, doing nothing all day except scolding his wife, was also not a bad life. At the very least it would be better than his former life as a chairman controlling hundreds of millions, even billions of wealth, yet suffering from pancreatic cancer.

One does not know the value of health until falling ill; Bu Ruotian directly split off another self. Zheng Ren is not certain about this, and he does not want to say it outright.

"Bu Li, did your father used to have any oddities?" Su Yun asked.

"No." Bu Li shook her head, she said: "If one insists there is something, he is very suspicious, lacks a sense of security, and overthinks everything. But I think these shouldn't be considered a big deal."

Zheng Ren sighed, "Miss Bu, I am unable to help with this matter."

Bu Li felt a little disappointed, but she still bowed slightly, expressing her gratitude.

Regarding the matters on the South Side, Bu Li, who loitered around the mall, had heard some rumors. Zheng Lao Ban had already been made out to be almost divine, and several senior earth masters successively became his friends. Having lost her own opinions, she came to Zheng Ren with the idea of giving it a try.

Upon hearing Zheng Lao Ban's words, Bu Li felt that even the scorching heat of July was not so dry. The indoor air‑conditioning was set a bit high, and a chill seeped into her marrow.

"I saw in the last photo that your father orally took a medicine—Olanzapine." Zheng Ren suddenly said.

"Hmm." Bu Li obviously knew that was a medication for treating paranoid mental disorder, and it had nothing to do with split personality.

She gave a soft "hmm."

"Your father came to see me today for treatment, you know."

Bu Li hesitated a moment, then returned to her seat, sat quietly, and nodded.

"My eyelids won't open; I need to pry them open with my hands. I am now considering that this is a side effect of olanzapine, causing secondary Meige syndrome."

"Boss, you say this is meaningless. It's like telling a patient on the verge of death from hemorrhagic shock that his appendix is inflamed and must be operated on." Su Yun rebutted.

"I think it is still meaningful," Zheng Ren said. "Mr. Bu developed this condition only a few months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; tentatively, it stems from an extremely strong will to survive, yet he does not know what causes this avoidance psychology."

"Psychology is not my forte; I can only guess. Whether right or wrong, this is for Miss Bu's reference."

Zheng Ren pondered for a long time, finally decided to speak frankly, and voiced his judgment.

Su Yun curled his lip, feeling considerable disdain for Zheng Ren's tone when explaining the condition to the patient's family.

"Perhaps Mr. Bu had read a lot of material, plus Professor Senyu during the operation considered the condition severe and untreatable, and Mr. Bu's illness had already become hopeless. Although I finally completed the surgery, this remains a knot in Mr. Bu's heart." Zheng Ren said in a low voice.

"I think back then it wasn't just Mr. Bu; perhaps you had the same thought. Otherwise you wouldn't have come to me after the surgery to consult about surgical matters." Zheng Ren chuckled, recalling that time when Xiao Liu in his hand held a baseball bat, chasing after small loans.

"Even if postoperative reviews show the surgery went well, as the patient's family you have already been reassured, judging that Mr. Bu has a high chance of living past three years. But as a patient, Mr. Bu's thoughts are not like that."

"He suffers from extremely severe pancreatic head cancer; the postoperative condition and various past data suggest Mr. Bu already understands. In fact, in his heart, using reason to judge his own chance of survival is not great."

"To avoid death, it is possible he split into a second personality, or he might think that living under a different identity and forgetting the past would make things easier for him."

"Living each day in the struggle between life and death, the pressure is great; Mr. Bu may already be unable to bear it. He doubts the business empire he built single‑handedly, feeling it would be better to be an ordinary person living in the urban‑rural fringe. Even worse than an ordinary person, he is like a drunkard who beats his wife every day."

Having said that, Zheng Ren paused, then lightly tapped his fingers on the tabletop.

"Zheng... Boss, is there still hope for my father?" Bu Li asked, head lowered.

"Pancreatic head cancer appears fine for now; he follows a plan of four check‑ups a year, and the first three showed no metastatic lesions. For now we don't need to consider that."

Zheng Ren stared intently at his own fingers, seeming also perplexed about diagnosing split personality.

This kind of diagnosis, Big Pig Trotter does not recognize, and has not given an accurate diagnosis.

After thinking it over, Zheng Ren still believes that Bu Ruotian's avoidance psychology is closely related.

He pondered for nearly a minute, then said: "We should first see a psychologist for counseling; constantly avoiding is not a good solution. If possible, we should stop Mr. Bu's olanzapine and switch to benzhexol and clonazepam; then the symptom of being unable to open his eyes will disappear."

"After a period of psychological counseling, let's see how things go."

Zheng Ren finally made a brief summary.

Bu Li also did not want to linger; she stood up, lowered her head to express her thanks, then turned and left.

Finally, after Bu Li left, everyone turned their gaze toward Zheng Ren.

"Boss, do you really think it's split personality?" Su Yun asked.

"I don't think so; I believe it is an instinctive avoidance reaction guided by a strong will to live." Zheng Ren also recalled that Big Pig Trotter had not given a diagnosis, and given the rarity of split personality, he made another judgment.

"You say the surgery went well, yet he insisted on scaring himself to death." Su Yun sighed and said.

"Who says otherwise? How many people can see through life and death?"

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Note: A previous patient showed mild avoidance tendencies; I consulted some psychology books, but in the end I was still uncertain whether it was split personality. This is something I remember vividly, but after the patient showed symptoms they stopped coming to the hospital for follow‑up, changed their phone number, and I lost track.