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Chapter 272 - 270 Chen Jie’s Question Review: She is not "sensible," but "obedient

Chapter 272: Chapter 270 Chen Jie’s Question Review: She is not "sensible," but "obedient

"It’s decided then, these two projects will include you." Weng Pinting nodded, "Since that’s the case, I’ll have my junior brother bring along some of this year’s research group newbies’ study notes when he comes to Jiangdu."

"It should help with your studies somewhat."

"Recently, several organizations invited me to give talks and training sessions, I’ll ask if there are any reliable offline training camps, and then insert you into them."

"That’s about the learning side..."

Weng Pinting thought for a moment, then continued:

"As for life... there’s no need to worry. You’re signed under my studio, so in principle, you can enjoy the corresponding employee benefits provided. Just like Howard’s employee dormitory before, everything is ready."

Weng Pinting waved her hand: "We’re going to the place where you’ll be living from now on. Initially, it was just a temporary stopover for you, but now it seems you’ll be staying long-term~"

There’s no denying that Weng Pinting had everything carefully planned for Nan Zhubin.

If her previous care for Nan Zhubin had been from the perspective of a superior and a supervisor,

Now, this level of care is truly the love of a senior sister for her junior brother.

However, it can also be seen that the atmosphere in Professor Bai’s research group must be quite good — otherwise, the senior sister wouldn’t be so busy taking care of the junior brother who hasn’t even joined yet, arranging everything so clearly.

Of course, in their previous interactions, there must have been many areas where Nan Zhubin earned Weng Pinting’s admiration;

Now there’s just the right identity and reason to release those positive feelings?

Nan Zhubin pondered inwardly.

In any case, regarding Weng Pinting’s "arrangement" for Nan Zhubin, that’s basically it.

...

While Nan Zhubin and Weng Pinting were talking,

actually, their gaze would from time to time glance at Doctor Chen in the rearview mirror.

There was always a hesitation and self-motivation in Doctor Chen’s actions and expressions, they never stopped.

He clearly wasn’t listening to the conversation between Nan Zhubin and Weng Pinting; instead, he was lost in his own world.

Weng Pinting and Nan Zhubin didn’t disturb him.

After they finished discussing the main topic, they also began a naturally harmonious conversation, talking about the place to live, the daily life of the research group, and so on.

Until at a certain moment—

[Deep breath, gritting his teeth fiercely.]

[And then released—]

This was a complete gathering of strength, ready to "launch into action."

Facing this situation, Nan Zhubin was certainly going to catch the strength the other party had managed to muster up at the first opportunity.

After all, starting strong and then faltering, three times and it’s depleted.

If it takes too long, random thoughts might arise that make someone timid.

Weng Pinting very perceptively ended the topic, and Nan Zhubin turned his body slightly towards Doctor Chen.

"Doctor Chen?" Nan Zhubin greeted.

Doctor Chen obviously realized something too.

"Mr. Nan, you’re done talking?"

"Yes."

Doctor Chen smiled apologetically at Nan Zhubin and Weng Pinting, then began to speak:

"Mr. Nan, now Xiaojie’s problem is also... somewhat addressed. I know the way Xiaojie’s mom and I handled Xiaojie’s illness had many issues, and Lin Lulin’s drug abuse against Xiaojie was even more our fault..."

Doctor Chen took a deep breath: "But at least these problems have answers now, and I can slowly... digest them."

"There’s just one question, one question that I still don’t have an answer to, so I’d like to consult with Mr. Nan."

Doctor Chen’s tone was very sincere, very polite, even with a hint of humility.

"I don’t understand... how Xiaojie came to have this illness in the first place, this... [depression]!"

When he uttered the last three words, Doctor Chen seemed very hesitant, as if repeating these three words required a great deal of effort.

Yet he still bit out the words "depression" one by one.

"Xiaojie... has always been an understanding child."

"At home, we never spoke harshly to her, let alone hit her;"

"She never needed us to do these things, we couldn’t even love her enough..."

"We never had any disputes or arguments, she’s always been very understanding..."

"After something happened to her, we tried to learn about her from teachers, classmates, and roommates, but she wasn’t under academic pressure, bullied in school, or in a relationship."

"I really can’t figure out how she got this... [depression]."

As Doctor Chen said this, his eyes continuously met Nan Zhubin’s through the rearview mirror.

He was expressing his feelings sincerely, without a bit of concealment or leading.

Completely different from Wang Sui.

"Of course, I’m not complaining. I know that when Xiaojie had problems, it was definitely something we as parents overlooked, it was wrong on our part."

"It’s just, I can’t find that problem; I want to reflect, yet I don’t know where to start reflecting, I can’t find the problem..."

Doctor Chen’s voice became lower and lower, showing a kind of helplessness.

Nan Zhubin and Weng Pinting exchanged a glance and sighed.

He organized his thoughts.

"I completely understand your feelings, Doctor Chen."

Starting with a line of [support] for Doctor Chen.

This is outside the consultation room, not psychological consultation; more like Nan Zhubin using his psychology expertise to help a familiar friend solve life’s difficulties.

So what Nan Zhubin said was entirely sincere.

"We have all read Xiaojie’s ’Weibo Diary’ and understand her thoughts. What I want to say is — you’re definitely considered a good father."

"Xiaojie initially wanted to study medicine and become someone like you — being able to set such an example for a child, your educational approach is by no means ’wrong.’"

"It’s just... perhaps not ’thorough’ or ’meticulous’ enough." Nan Zhubin paused, "This actually isn’t a big problem at all, I can say you’ve surpassed ninety-nine percent of Chinese parents."

"Even though Xiaojie developed [depression], it is actually only at the level of [mild]; now I even suspect she only has a [depressive mood], theoretically speaking, this level can completely be gradually self-healed through future interventions or even life adjustments."

Nan Zhubin inserted a small humor: "After all, according to ’Abnormal Psychology,’ there’s not a single person who’s entirely ’normal.’ Even both I sitting here and Ms. Weng driving are not ’normal’ in the psychological sense."

This passage was meant as a preface to tell Doctor Chen that the emergence of Chen Jie’s [depression] was completely uncontrollable, yet also reasonable.

To alleviate a layer of self-blame from Doctor Chen.

"Ending up in such a tragedy, we can only say it was... a series of unfortunate events." Nan Zhubin sighed, "Lin Lulin’s misuse of medication ruined everything."

Both Nan Zhubin and Doctor Chen’s fists clenched involuntarily.

"Now, back to the topic." Nan Zhubin pursed his lips, "Why did Xiaojie have the initial problem with [depression]?"

"The problem lies in her ’understanding nature.’"

"...No." Nan Zhubin suddenly paused, correcting his wording.

"She wasn’t ’understanding,’ she was ’obedient.’"