Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss-Chapter 820 - 794: The Bird Tacitly Agreed
Chapter 820: Chapter 794: The Bird Tacitly Agreed
“That’s right, an unscrupulous woman is indeed the downfall of society.” The principal, after uttering those words, inadvertently thought back to her tragic past. The deeply entrenched values inside her were in direct collision with her experiences in reality. The pathological feeling of panic became even more apparent, but in order to deal with Chen Xiaoqian, who knew her secret, she was willing to play into the narrative of this woman.
The principal chimed in with a few barbs about Xiao Qian, finally steering the conversation in the right direction.
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“Is your son’s illness serious?” she asked.
“He tends to get pretty emotional. It’s actually nothing serious; we just need to pay more attention to him. But his father insisted on sending him to such a place. Isn’t this like hell on earth? My poor child!” The woman sobbed, covering her face.
To her, seeing her child in restraints seemed absolutely inhumane. Even the windows in the wards of the Mental Rehabilitation Center were barred. How was that different from being in prison, deprived of one’s personal freedom?
“Stop whining. At home, he kept yelling about tying people up and hitting them. His condition is unstable. What if he hurts someone when let out?” The father, thankfully, was sensible. He knew that the purpose of keeping patients confined in mental hospitals was also for the sake of the patients themselves.
During a mental breakdown, patients lost their self-control. They could not only hurt others, but sometimes themselves too. The rooms were installed with iron bars to restrict their freedom, precisely to prevent them from behaving rashly in the event of a breakdown.
“It would serve them right if they did get hurt. Who asked these vixens to go around bewitching people!”
The husband closed his eyes in resignation, deciding to ignore her words.
However, the principal was deeply moved by the words. If that patient was let out and caused harm to others… harm to others…
It seemed as though a tiny voice in her head was whispering to her: If something were to happen to the female doctor, she wouldn’t spread the news about the violation she endured. She didn’t want the doctor’s life. She just wanted the doctor to experience the same thing as her… just like her…
“Leave your contact information with me. I know the doctors here. I can help you find a better and cheaper hospital.” The seed of an idea had been planted in the principal’s mind and was reflected in her actions almost immediately.
“Really? Then let me give you my home phone number…”
The two women, each with their own agenda, and a budding plan began to take shape in the principal’s mind.
Meanwhile, in Fu Gui’s car, Liu Mei’s cheeks had ballooned from all the puffing.
“You shouldn’t have stopped me. I should have gone up there and given her a kick. People like her deserve a beating!”
Fu Gui only managed a hefty chuckle without saying a word.
“Are you sure you didn’t also go crazy? Arguing with a paranoid person,” Xiao Qian said, pointing to her own head.
“But what she said was just too much: saying that your appearance, resembling a nymph, severely stimulated her son?”
“Pffft!” Xiao Qian laughed, “She was complimenting me for looking good. Why are you getting so worked up?”
“Is that a compliment? I think she wanted to paint you as a femme fatale who brings disaster to the nation and its people!” Having someone insult the person at his side was the last straw for him!
“Let her say whatever she wants. We shouldn’t lose our temper over people like her. It’s bad for our health. Fu Gui, quickly bring out your chrysanthemum tea to soothe Mei’s temper.”
“Here, take a sip. No need to get worked up over this,” Fu Gui said, offering Liu Mei a cup of water with one hand.
“I can’t control myself!”
“Sister-in-law has some wisdom to share with you: Whenever you encounter someone with paranoid tendencies, either give them a kick so they’d avoid you in the future, or avoid them altogether and never argue with them. They are the type to cause death from anger. Seriously.”
“See! My sister-in-law suggested that I should’ve kicked her. It’s all your fault for stopping me!”
“They just had a patient discharged from their family – it’s understandable that they’re not in a good mood. It wouldn’t have been appropriate for you to kick them,” Fu Gui replied, still in good spirits.
“Sister-in-law! Look, he’s acting all saintly,” complained Liu Mei.
“That’s your brother Fu Gui’s life philosophy. What he means to say subliminally is that they might have a family history of mental illness. If you provoke the person into a breakdown, you’d be in trouble. If they hurt you during an episode, they aren’t in violation of law, but if you hurt them, you’d end up in jail. Which do you think sounds better?”
Liu Mei widened her eyes in surprise, while Fu Gui shook his head. That was not what he meant at all…
“Only an intellectual could think so comprehensively and professionally.” Liu Mei began to admire Fu Gui once more.
Alright, maybe that could be part of his thinking as well. With a touch of embarrassment, Fu Gui tacitly agreed.
“By the way, what about your classmate? Did you see her? How is she?” Xiao Qian was reminded of the reason why Fu Gui and Liu Mei came here and casually asked.
By now, Liu Mei had already gotten onboard the car. She was sitting in Fu Gui’s co-pilot’s seat, hammering the seat with all her might due to frustration. The good-natured Fu Gui immediately handed her a refreshing drink.
“Don’t get upset. It’s not worth it over such a thing,” he said.
“Oh? Did things turn out differently from what we predicted?” Xiao Qian and Fu Gui had both suspected that the classmate might have developed delusions of persecution. But based on Liu Mei’s reaction, it seemed that wasn’t entirely the case.
“Fu Gui and I were prepared mentally. If she was indeed being persecuted by her husband, what should we do? Or if she turned out to be suffering from delusions of persecution as you and Fu Gui had predicted, what should we do?”
But what Liu Mei didn’t expect was when she and Fu Gui arrived at the classmate’s house and knocked for quite a while, no one opened the door. The house was a bungalow and the door had been bolted from the inside.
Fearing something might have happened, Liu Mei decided to climb over the wall to get in.
But what she saw inside made her furious.
The woman, who had portrayed herself online as the world’s most abused and pitiful person, was now sitting there in a large vest and underpants, picking at her toes and eating watermelon. The reason she didn’t hear the knocking at the door was that she was wearing headphones, watching a Japanese movie on a DVD, and even mimicking the moans of the woman on the screen.
Liu Mei was dumbfounded.
Upon hearing this description, Xiao Qian couldn’t help laughing.
Liu Mei’s description was too vivid, that Xiao Qian seemed to see a slovenly woman gorging on watermelon, watching movies, and looking sleazy.
“She was even surprised to see me. She asked me why I didn’t knock, but she wouldn’t have heard me even if I did!”
“And then?”
“I told her why I came. I said her classmates were all very worried after seeing her situation online, so I came to check on her and find out what was going on. But guess what, she actually said…”
Just thinking about the attitude of her eccentric classmate made Liu Mei’s blood boil.
“She said I was being nosy! She said she was just writing for fun to see how many people would pay attention, and didn’t expect that we, a bunch of fools studying all the time, would believe such nonsense… As she was saying this, I wanted to kick her.”
The unexpected outcome surprised Xiao Qian as well. She looked at Fu Gui, and he just shrugged helplessly.
“I went in later and, unfortunately, it turns out she’s a normal person. She doesn’t have a mental illness.”
She wasn’t as Xiao Qian and Fu Gui had thought – suffering from delusions of persecution, but she was rather a woman with a terribly distorted mindset.
The even more infuriating part was that the classmate who had jested about Liu Mei being naive and gullible a moment ago turned into a fangirl at the sight of Fu Gui, clearly attempting to seduce him and persistently offering him some watermelon. Hell would have to freeze over before Fu Gui would eat the fruit she touched with her dirty hands. The awkwardness was unbearable, so Liu Mei and Fu Gui made their escape as soon as they could.
