Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss-Chapter 814 - 788: No wonder, no wonder

Chapter 814 -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 department 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, madmen to the right.'”

Many psychiatric patients have more talent in certain areas than normal people, with only a thin wall separating geniuses and madmen.

“Haha! That’s an interesting way to put it.” The Dean laughed.

“What are you laughing at?” Xiao Qian looked at him with puzzlement.

“I’m laughing at how your reaction is exactly the same as someone else’s. When that person came to me, he also said the same thing. It’s amazing that both of you could say the same thing.”

“Really?”

If Xiao Qian remembered correctly, the phrase “geniuses to the left, madmen 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 me. We reached the same 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 mentioned ‘geniuses to the left, madmen to the right.’ It’s incredible that you two could have the same reaction.”

“… Who is that person?”

“He’s internationally renowned—” Before the Dean could finish, a voice interrupted:

“Meiwei! Are you Meiwei?”

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.

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“Let go of me! I’m telling you, Meiwei is my wife! I want her to have my child! This unfaithful woman shouldn’t be working at the radio station. Meiwei, 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 department, 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 merely 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 me.”

Xiao Qian answered professionally.

In a strange coincidence, the classmate that Liu Mei 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 claimed that Meiwei was his wife suffered from the same disease.

However, there are many types of delusional disorders. Some 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 someone famous or normally unattainable is in love with them, like the man who just spoke up.

He firmly believed that Meiwei fell in love with him first. They had never actually met in person, and their only encounters were through the radio show. But he was convinced that Meiwei was madly in love with him. Whenever Xiao Qian said something comforting to patients during her shows, he thought it was directed at him. The reason his family brought him to the mental 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 become 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. Meiwei was so beautiful, she loved him!

“Stop looking! Come with us!” The medical staff forcibly dragged him away, leaving deep scratches on the rusty iron bars from the man’s desperate grip, symbolizing his deep obsession with Meiwei…

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 mentally ill person was not a good thing.

“Dean, you never finished. Who else said the same thing as me?” 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 same person she had used various methods 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 time and space had overlapped, the Dean still remembered clearly the first time he met Professor Qi. Such high-profile individuals rarely visited such small places.

“Why would he come here?” Xiao Qian suddenly had a bad feeling.

“Although Professor Qi is an overseas Chinese, his ancestral home 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 come?” Xiao Qian’s bad feeling was growing stronger.

“Just about these couple of days. Your teacher told me 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!