Chapter 911: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 911: Bipolar Disorder

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After hanging up Zhao Xintong's call, Li Jianjia's gaze turned hollow and dull.

Her emotions, which Wang Xiaohua had originally adjusted very well, were now on the verge of collapse again.

Her mother's departure took away not only five million, but also her father's chance to fight for a reduced sentence, and all the family's love for her.

Her father imprisoned, her mother fled abroad to hide — this made her, in a sense, an "orphan" overnight.

"Jianjia, you must be strong, I will always stay by your side."

Seeing Li Jianjia's state seemed off, Wang Xiaohua hurriedly coaxed her patiently again.

Li Jianjia could hold back no longer, and directly let out a "wah," bursting into loud sobs.

Wang Xiaohua went to embrace her, comforting her.

Li Jianjia wept in Wang Xiaohua's arms, crying for a long time until her eyes were red and swollen, crying until exhausted, only then falling asleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Wang Xiaohua was still worried about Li Jianjia, but Li Jianjia rose early, facing the morning sunlight streaming through the window, a brilliant smile blooming on her face.

"From today on, everything is a brand new start, Xiaohua, you agree, right?"

Wang Xiaohua was somewhat stunned, not expecting Li Jianjia to walk out of the negative emotions so fast.

But no matter what, this is a good thing.

So he smiled and nodded in response:

"Right, everything is a new beginning, the past cannot be changed, so let's not dwell on it anymore."

Li Jianjia said with a smile:

"I'm going to take the postgraduate entrance exam, I'm going to test into Tsinghua University's graduate program, come on!"

Wang Xiaohua responded to her: "Come on, you can do it!"

In the following time, Li Jianjia truly buried her head and devoted all her energy to postgraduate exam studies.

She stayed cooped up in the rental house every day, writing furiously, studying at her desk.

An appearance of being in very high spirits.

Study efficiency was actually abnormally high.

Sometimes she could even study 16 hours a day without getting tired.

Seeing her like this, so abnormal, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but worry inwardly, but couldn't say anything either.

In a flash, a month's rental period arrived.

Wang Xiaohua said he wanted to renew the lease for a few days, just move out when school starts.

Li Jianjia, however, said she had to go back to school.

Her study materials were all at the school side, studying here in Beijing was somewhat inconvenient after all.

Wang Xiaohua worried about her, so said he would accompany her back to Guangzhou, return to Beijing when school starts.

Li Jianjia did not refuse, nodded in agreement.

Thus the two took a plane back to Guangzhou together.

Over at Guangzhou University Town, Li Jianjia had previously rented a house, the two lived together for about half a month, until the day before school started, only then did Wang Xiaohua leave.

During this period Li Jianjia had no issues at all.

She was very positive and upward, every day like she'd been injected with chicken blood, studying very hard.

And not the fake kind of effort, but genuine effort — Wang Xiaohua held review books and quizzed her on knowledge points, she could answer fluently.

In her own words, she now had no way out, her family could no longer provide a safety net for her future, so she must test into Tsinghua's graduate program.

Wang Xiaohua's keen intuition always felt Li Jianjia's change was somewhat abnormal.

But for a moment he couldn't put his finger on where the problem lay.

Until he returned to Tsinghua, went to the library to look up some psychology knowledge.

Only then did he suddenly realize: there exists in this world a disease called "Bipolar Disorder," also called "High-functioning Depression," the most obvious characteristic of this condition is that one who should be melancholy instead displays abnormal happiness and excitement, the brain's thinking is activated in a short time, becoming abnormally agile and sharp, thereby greatly boosting study efficiency.

This is no good thing, because once this "high-functioning depression" chicken-blood phase passes, one may fall into an even deeper depression.

Learning this situation, Wang Xiaohua was very worried about Li Jianjia's condition.

But he couldn't directly tell Li Jianjia she had depression.

This kind of situation, directly saying it might instead stimulate a worsening of her condition.

So he could only call Li Jianjia every day, patiently comfort her, cheer her on, let her know every day that no matter how the world changes, there is still him guarding her.

Hoping to heal Li Jianjia's spiritual trauma in this way.

Facing Wang Xiaohua's concern, Li Jianjia was very happy.

She would even act like a little girl, acting coquettish toward Wang Xiaohua, saying very cute things.

She would also be very insecure, asking Wang Xiaohua some very childish questions.

For example: if I become very ugly will you still love me, if I don't test into Tsinghua graduate school will you still love me, even asking if me and your mom fall in the river at the same time, who would you save first?

She had completely changed into a different personality, becoming prone to emotionality, no longer intellectual like before.

And this is another characteristic of Bipolar Disorder.

These past few days, Li Jianjia has become increasingly emotional.

Keeps asking Wang Xiaohua, will you not love me, will you find another girlfriend in Beijing.

Wang Xiaohua could only be patient, telling her again and again that he would love her for this whole life and would not find another girlfriend.

"Then what if I die? If I die, will you go find another girlfriend?"

Li Jianjia pressed.

"No."

Wang Xiaohua's answer carried not a trace of hesitation, and then he even comforted her:

"Don't have wild thoughts. How about this: from now on, every weekend I'll take a plane to Guangzhou to find you, until you get better."

But Li Jianjia said:

"But how much money would that cost? Beijing to Guangzhou, plane tickets are several hundred each, a round trip is over a thousand yuan."

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"It's fine. As long as you're well, no matter how much money it costs, it's worth it."

But Li Jianjia said:

"Better not. That's too much trouble for you. Video chat is fine. We'll meet again when there's a long holiday... Right, if I die, you really won't go find another girlfriend?"

Li Jianjia dragged the topic back to the original subject.

"Really won't."

Wang Xiaohua answered patiently, and to reassure Li Jianjia, he also said:

"Besides, with my ugly mug, no other girl could possibly fancy me."

Hearing this, Li Jianjia's mood immediately sank:

"Oh, meaning if another girl takes the initiative with you, you'll agree?"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to cry or laugh:

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?" Li Jianjia pressed.

"My meaning is, no matter what, in this life I'll only love you alone." Wang Xiaohua answered patiently.

"Then what about the next life?" Li Jianjia continued asking.

"Next life also only love you alone."

"You say in the next life we'll still meet?"

"Maybe..."

Wang Xiaohua hung up the phone, and couldn't help letting out a long breath of turbid air.

Li Jianjia's condition like this has been getting more and more frequent recently, and this makes him very uneasy inside, always feeling Li Jianjia will have trouble.

And the more a person worries about something, the more it often happens.

This evening, past two in the early morning.

Wang Xiaohua tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Just then his mobile phone suddenly rang, a WeChat message came in.

Picked up the phone, opened it to look.

It was shockingly from Li Jianjia:

"Xiao Hua, how about you go find another girlfriend instead."

Wang Xiaohua received this message, his inner heart immediately gave a thump.

"Bad!"