Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 288 Post-traumatic stress disorder

"Huh!" Everyone took a big step back when they saw his appearance, looking disgusted.

Fortunately, this person only experienced physiological nausea this month and did not actually vomit anything.

Yan Huanwei gagged a few times, seemingly feeling a little better. With red eyes, he looked up at everyone and frowned, saying, "Where is this? How did I get here? And Mom and Dad, what are you... what are you doing standing so far away?"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze at his words. After a long while, someone asked curiously, "What's going on? Is he... suffering from amnesia?"

"...It's also possible that the body instinctively feels that too many jokes have been made during this period, so it selectively ignores this part of the memory and buries it in some corner of the heart." As for whether it will be dug up again later, it depends on how much the person resists this memory.

Upon hearing Du Anrao's words, everyone unconsciously recalled Yan Huanwei's crazed, love-crazed, love-obsessed appearance, banging his head against the wall, and they couldn't help but shudder.

Putting ourselves in their shoes, if it were them, they would probably instinctively choose to discard this memory and pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, carrying such a dark history, they would probably want to pack their things and flee the earth at any moment.

Mr. and Mrs. Yan seemed to realize that their well-behaved and sensible son might really be back. They excitedly approached Yan Huanwei and asked with concern, "Awei, are you... all better? Is anything bothering you? Do you have a headache? Are you dizzy? Do you still feel nauseous?"

"It's okay, but I feel a tightness in my chest and my head is a bit heavy, like I'm carsick. Strange, I remember I went to see a movie with my friends right after summer vacation started, and then... um... why do I feel like I've forgotten something?"

Yan Huanwei clutched his head, his face contorted in pain. Seeing that he seemed to have truly forgotten what had happened recently, his parents quickly stopped him, saying, "If you can't remember, then don't think about it. It's not important anyway. By the way, do you remember this person?"

It must be said that Madam Yan is quite a clever woman. When she sent people to investigate Liu Yuli's information before, she saw the little girl's photo and saved it. Now, in order to test whether her son has completely eradicated the poison, she directly shoved the photo right in front of her son's eyes.

Yan Huanwei was stunned for a moment when he saw Liu Yuli's photo, then his expression changed slightly, and he glared at his elderly mother again, saying, "Ugh!"

Madam Yan: "!!!"

Everyone: Pfft...

"Master Du... Master Du, what's going on?" Madam Yan panicked when she saw her son like this. "Could it be that the worm has been in his body for too long and caused him all sorts of problems?"

Du Anrao watched for a while, then said awkwardly, "This should be considered... well, post-traumatic stress disorder?"

Post-traumatic stress disorder?

"I've never been in a relationship, but it's said that people fall in love because of a hormone called dopamine in their bodies. The more of this hormone is secreted, the greater the pleasure it brings, and the stronger the attraction to the person who causes this effect."

"The principle of the Lover Gu is to use the Gu worm to promote the secretion of dopamine in the human body, so that when he sees Liu Yuli who carries the mother Gu, he will be particularly infatuated, fall in love at first sight, become deeply in love at second sight, and may become deeply in love at third sight, unable to extricate himself."

Everyone: "..." We talked to you about metaphysics, and you immediately threw science in our faces. Isn't it said that the end of science is metaphysics, so the end of metaphysics becomes science?

"...Do people who study metaphysics still need to know so much these days?" "Learning is endless. No matter what profession you're in, you have to keep up with the times, right?"

Everyone: "..." What you said makes a lot of sense, we are speechless!

Du Anrao glanced at the still somewhat bewildered Yan couple, pondered for a moment, and tried to explain the current situation in a more straightforward manner.

"Simply put, after being infected by the Gu, everyone else looks pretty much the same to him, with one nose and two eyes, no more and no less, just background figures. Only the person who carries the mother Gu, namely Liu Yuli, can stand in front of him and become a shining star without having to do anything."

"Even if her looks and personality aren't your son's type, with hundreds or thousands of layers of filters, he'll be amazed by her beauty and become completely devoted to her, as if he's been bewitched. But strictly speaking, he really has been bewitched."

“…I understand.” Even though Madam Yan was worried about the child, she was momentarily speechless. “So what is he doing now…”

"Being forced to like someone you didn't like before, and doing a lot of things you would never have done when you were sober, to please her. When you come to realize it, you'll feel a bit physically uncomfortable. He's probably experiencing some stress right now."

"Stress?" Madam Yan and her husband glanced subconsciously at their son, who was still retching, and the photo of the girl on their phone. They were momentarily at a loss for whether to feel relieved or helpless.

To be fair, Liu Yuli wasn't actually ugly. At fifteen or sixteen, she was in the prime of her youth, and apart from a few pimples on her face, she had plenty of collagen that she hadn't lost yet. She wasn't ugly at all.

Although Yan Huanwei didn't like her before, he didn't have any particular aversion to her.

At most, I just feel that she's not my type. We can be friends, but if we were to be lovers, I feel like something's missing. To put it bluntly, there's no chemistry between us.

People are sometimes like this; they don't take things that don't matter to heart, adopting a "doing it is okay, not doing it is also okay" mentality, just going through the motions.

But if someone suddenly appears at this moment and forces you to do this, and to make sure you get it done, then your rebellious mentality will definitely kick in immediately.

Yan Huanwei's current situation is similar. Before, when he was under the control of the Gu worm, his first impression of Liu Yuli was one of amazement and infatuation. Now, his first impression of her has changed from indifference to rejection and wariness.

Before his mind could process what was happening, his body had already warned him to stay away from the person, which led to this excessively strong reaction.

"What should we do now? We can't just let him keep vomiting like this, can we? His body can't take it."

“That’s easy.” Du Anrao reached out and turned off Madam Yan’s phone, and Liu Yuli’s photo disappeared as well.

Yan Huanwei stopped vomiting instantly, barely managing to stand by holding onto the corner of the table, panting as he said, "Wh...what's going on? Who is this person? Why do I feel so nauseous just looking at her face?"

Yan Huanwei felt nauseous again as he spoke, covering his mouth and saying, "No, no, I can't think about it, I can't think about it! Just thinking about it makes me feel terrible. This person must have had a grudge against me in a past life, ugh... ugh..."

Yan's parents: "..." Although it's a bit tragic, upon closer inspection, it's not so bad. At least they don't have to worry about their son getting killed while being a simp for someone else.