After parting ways with Xia Lan, Gu Yueyue returned to the dormitory that the production team had rearranged for her.
The psychologist who was supposed to provide psychological stress relief to the trainees this afternoon has already arrived at the Star Idol Training Base.
He is a senior figure with a great reputation in the industry, surnamed Wei.
Gu Yueyue had just finished her congee and was about to take a nap when Dr. Wei came looking for her.
Gu Yueyue was quite surprised to meet Dr. Wei. Dr. Wei was her mother's attending physician, in her fifties, and usually took good care of her and her mother. She was a kind and approachable aunt.
"Dr. Wei, why did you come in person?" Gu Yueyue quickly invited her in.
Dr. Wei didn't answer; he just started to look her over.
Dr. Wei examined the patient carefully, and finally shook his head disapprovingly, saying, "Are you still having insomnia? Is your loss of appetite any better? Your physical and mental condition is not very good. You can't delay any longer. You need to rest and recuperate."
"Dr. Wei, I've been quite busy lately. I'll take a proper rest when I have some free time." Gu Yueyue smiled somewhat guiltily. Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, she heard Dr. Wei say angrily, "Heh, I heard you say that three years ago."
Gu Yueyue poured her a glass of water and then explained Xu Yi's situation to her in detail.
"Is she under too much pressure?" Gu Yueyue then recounted her observations of Xu Yi that morning in detail. "She sometimes acts strangely, but when she's working or interacting with people during the day, there's absolutely nothing unusual about her."
Dr. Wei frowned slightly. She had seen many strange and unpredictable cases in her career, and she had seen similar cases, both large and small, like Xu Yi's child. However, she still needed to conduct a detailed examination before she could make a conclusion.
"Based on your description, I cannot make an accurate judgment at the moment. Let's wait until I see her this afternoon before making a decision." Dr. Wei had a few thoughts in mind, but he couldn't say them directly, as that would be very irresponsible.
Gu Yueyue naturally understood this principle, so she stopped mentioning Xu Yi's mental state and began asking Dr. Wei how her mother was doing.
"The situation has improved significantly, but continued treatment is still needed. The patient can remember some things. The patient is also conscious for longer periods and has become much less aggressive. It's not bad."
When Dr. Wei talked about these things, he always had a slight smile on his face, proud of his treatment results and happy for Gu Yueyue.
Does she remember me?
She sent her mother to a sanatorium, the best sanatorium in China, where she had to pay expensive fees every month. Nearly ten years have passed, and she can no longer remember her mother's exact appearance. That woman with a gentle smile, soft voice, and elegant demeanor has long since become a blur in the depths of her mind.
The most vivid memory is of my mother standing on the balcony in the early morning of my sixteenth birthday. She was very clear-headed and desperate, and said to me, "Yue'er, I'm sorry. I've made you too tired. Leave me behind."
The mother jumped down, but instead of finding relief, she broke both her legs.
He took his mother to the hospital, sold the house and land, and tried his best to find odd jobs to earn money.
She had always excelled academically and was highly regarded by her teachers. However, due to exhaustion from work, she collapsed on her way to the exam venue on the day of the college entrance examination. She missed that year's exam and had no intention of continuing her studies. Without money, all her dreams were just a joke.
Later, when I was working, I saw a poster on the street that said you could make money as a celebrity, a lot of money.
She was the youngest at the time, yet she gave the best performance. She had to earn money, enough to take care of her mother for the rest of her life, enough so that her mother would no longer feel like a burden to her.
With the first money she earned, she only dared to spend 300 yuan on herself to buy a second-hand smartphone, and sent the rest to the nursing home where her mother was.
"Don't feel too guilty. Sigh!" Dr. Wei has known her for so many years and is good at reading other people's emotional changes, so how could he not know what Gu Yueyue was thinking?
Dr. Wei advised her, "How many people neglect their parents who are still in good mental condition? How many people abandon their sick parents in their hometowns for years without ever visiting them? You have done enough for your mother. She won't blame you."
"Dr. Wei, is there any chance my mother can recover?"
"It's hard to say." As before, Dr. Wei wanted to advise her to go to the hospital for a comprehensive check-up. "You need to pay attention to your condition. Your mental state is not good. You need to rest. You can't push yourself too hard. You can't earn all the money in the world, and you can't finish all the work. Take some time to come to our hospital for a check-up."
Unlike before, Gu Yueyue didn't politely refuse or continue to say that she was too busy. She remained silent for a while before finally letting out a breath that had been suppressed in her chest. She said, "I'm scared."
"Afraid?" Dr. Wei had seen patients who were afraid of examinations, and she had also seen people who were afraid to come to the hospital, but in her memory, Gu Yueyue had always been a strong, brave, confident and independent girl. She was never someone who would be easily afraid.
"Hmm. Dr. Wei, sometimes it's better to live a little more oblivious. If you know everything perfectly well, what hope is there for the future?" Gu Yueyue didn't dare to get tested. Her grandmother had this disease, her mother had this disease, what were her chances of escaping unscathed? She didn't know, and didn't want to know. Before she showed any symptoms, she just wanted to be an ordinary, normal person. Perhaps she could live a muddled life, and one day she'd find that her life was over.
Dr. Wei seemed to understand something, and he could understand it to some extent.
"Make sure you get plenty of rest and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Feel free to chat with me whenever you have time."
"good."
The two chatted for a while, and time passed by unnoticed. It wasn't until the production crew came to call them that Gu Yueyue and Dr. Wei began their afternoon work.
From Villa No. 1 to Villa No. 2, the trainees were in good spirits.
Upon arriving at Villa No. 3, where Xu Yi was, Gu Yueyue's heart tightened the moment she stepped inside.
"Why are you so nervous?" Dr. Wei teased her. Gu Yueyue's worries gradually eased after hearing this, and she said with a wry smile, "They are all young people, and I can't help but feel sorry for them. I hope everyone can be alright."
"You should look for roles like Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Salvation, when you're filming in the future. You'd be perfect for that role, it's like playing yourself."
Gu Yueyue blushed from her teasing. Avoiding Dr. Wei's gaze, she knocked on Captain Zhang Ya's door.
Zhang Ya opened the door, stepped aside to make room, and said with a smile, "Teacher Gu, Dr. Wei, you're here. Everyone's been chatting here. I'll go tell them to get ready."
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Chapter Thirty-Seven
As darkness fell, Dr. Wei had already given all the trainees some basic psychological counseling.
This includes Villa No. 2, where Xu Yi is receiving special attention.
The other trainees finished in a dozen minutes at most, but Xu Yi took an hour and a half.
Dr. Wei asked her to fill out a form. Xu Yi knew that this person was a psychologist, and she was afraid that she might make a mistake, so she asked Xiao Xiao to secretly find out about the other people's situations.
So when filling out the form, she cleverly combined other people's answers.
After receiving the form she had filled out, Dr. Wei had a slightly strange feeling, but there was nothing wrong with the answers on the form. So she tentatively asked Xu Yi a few more questions.
Xu Yi tried her best to recall the experiences of this body over the past eighteen years, and answered Dr. Wei's questions from her own perspective.
There was nothing unusual.
"Alright. If you feel too much psychological pressure, or have any extreme negative thoughts, you can let the production team know." Dr. Wei smiled at her, and Xu Yi nodded earnestly.
Dr. Wei and the trainees received individual psychological counseling. During this time, Gu Yueyue waited at Villa No. 2, with Zheng Wan and Zhang Ya talking to her the whole time.
Gu Yueyue said to them, "The training tasks for girl groups are heavy, and you, as public figures, also bear a lot of pressure. If you feel uncomfortable, you can talk to me or contact the program team."
Zhang Ya solemnly agreed, "Don't worry, as the team leader, I will definitely pay more attention to these issues among the trainees."
Okay. Thank you for your hard work.
Zhang Ya was moved to tears by her words "Thank you for your hard work," and she gazed at her idol with intense eyes.
Gu Yueyue felt uneasy under her gaze and forcibly changed the subject to divert her attention.
"How are your preparations for the first round of elimination matches going? Are you confident?"
"Yes! Not only have we trained well, but we've also prepared a little surprise. We're sure to advance!" Zhang Ya said confidently.
Zheng Wan also eagerly answered, "Teacher Gu, don't worry, I will definitely make my debut."
Their conversation ended when Xu Yi came out of the meeting room converted from the study on the second floor.
Zhang Ya looked at Xu Yi with some concern and went up to ask her, "How is it?" Xu Yi's conversation with the psychologist lasted too long. Could it be that she really has some psychological problems?
When Zhang Ya asked her, Gu Yueyue was also waiting for Xu Yi's answer; she cared about the result more than Xu Yi herself.
Xu Yi remained calm and said in a normal tone, "It's over, no problem."
"I knew you'd be fine. But why did we chat for so long?" Zhang Ya patted her arm and pulled her to sit on the sofa, right across from Gu Yueyue.
Gu Yueyue was also waiting for her answer.
Xu Yi: "I am an orphan. The doctor talked to me about my family, and I felt a little sad. She comforted me for a long time."
Zhang Ya and Gu Yueyue both knew about her family background, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they heard her say that.
It was getting late. After Dr. Wei finished providing psychological counseling to the last student, it was already past 5 p.m.
She declined the show's invitation to dinner, wanting only to go home immediately.
Gu Yueyue saw Dr. Wei off from the base. On the way out, Gu Yueyue asked her, "How is she?"
"You might not believe me, but she's fine." Dr. Wei said this while keeping his gaze fixed on Gu Yueyue.
While she didn't doubt what Gu Yueyue said, she trusted her own diagnosis even more.
Therefore, assuming there's no doubt about the truthfulness of what Gu Yueyue said, another possibility remains...
Gu Yueyue felt uncomfortable under her gaze and asked, "Dr. Wei, is there anything else you want to say?"
"Yueyue, you..." Dr. Wei hesitated before speaking, "would you like to come back to the hospital with me for another checkup?"
Gu Yueyue was startled, and her voice suddenly became sharp, "What are you trying to say? Does that mean she has no problem, and I'm the one with the problem? Was it my imagination when I saw her outside my house? Was it also my imagination when I saw her by the fountain? Her talking to herself, her strange behavior, are all just my imagination?"
"We can't rule out that possibility. Because she really is normal." Dr. Wei patted his briefcase, which contained Xu Yi's diagnosis results. Xu Yi was indeed very normal, with a good mental state, much better than some girls who developed negative emotions due to heavy training tasks.
"That's impossible. I saw all of that with my own eyes. Even if it was my imagination, the surveillance footage couldn't be wrong, right?" Gu Yueyue took out her phone to find a surveillance video. She moved quickly but was flustered, and even entered the wrong unlock password several times.
"Yueyue, calm down! Relax, calm down. This is just my guess."
"How can you conclude that I'm sick based on mere conjecture without any evidence?" Gu Yueyue was very sensitive to her condition. She didn't want to become like her mother. At least until she had everything arranged, she couldn't go crazy.
"I'm not saying you're sick, I'm just suggesting you get a checkup." Dr. Wei sighed repeatedly. She had practically watched this child grow up and couldn't bear to see her living in constant fear.
Dr. Wei let out a heavy sigh, took the phone from her hand, and held her shoulder, making sure Gu Yueyue looked into her eyes as much as possible.
"Take a deep breath. Follow my rhythm, inhale, exhale... relax, keep inhaling, calm down, things aren't as bad as you think, relax and breathe..."
Only after Gu Yueyue calmed down did Dr. Wei release her shoulder and return the phone to her.
"Don't be too nervous. Your work pressure is greater than anyone else's. It's normal for accidents to happen when you're exhausted. Don't be too sensitive."
"I'm sorry." Gu Yueyue had calmed down and felt apologetic for her outburst. "Dr. Wei, thank you for coming all this way today. I will listen to you and get some rest. After this program is finished filming, I will apply to the company to switch to some lighter work."
"What I mean by rest is temporarily putting aside any work pressure and relaxing completely." Dr. Wei was both amused and exasperated by her words. This girl was living too hard, and it broke his heart to see her like that.
Gu Yueyue felt somewhat helpless. She and Hongsheng had already broken off relations, and with only six months left, Hongsheng would not let her go no matter what, unless she was willing to sign a contract renewal.
"In another six months, I'll terminate my contract with the company. Then I'll be free and can rest for as long as I want." Gu Yueyue had been looking forward to this. Leaving Hongsheng and going it alone might be tough, but it would definitely be much freer than it is now.
"Well, never mind, I won't force you." Dr. Wei knew her situation; sometimes the person involved really had no choice but to help, and there was no point in saying anything more. It was better to think of another way to help solve the problem.
Dr. Wei suggested that she get a small pet, as having a cute pet to keep her company could relieve stress and improve her mood.