Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Early the next morning.

When Su Ming woke up, the person who had nestled in his arms the night before was gone, leaving only a lingering fragrance.

What happened last night felt like a dream, leaving him somewhat dazed.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

The caregiver's voice came from outside the door: "Su Ming, it's time for your medicine."

The door was pushed open, and a tray held the pills Su Ming was to take that day.

Another type of medicine has been added today.

They are two red and white capsules.

Su Ming frowned, looked up at the on-duty doctor beside him, and asked in a puzzled tone, "Why did you add more medication again?"

He has been behaving himself and cooperating fully with all the examinations and basic treatments during this period, so he shouldn't have needed additional medication.

The on-duty doctor calmly explained, "The attending physician specifically adjusted your treatment plan last night."

"The new medication is designed to stabilize your central nervous system and prevent mood swings."

"Based on the assessment of the hospital's expert team, you can proceed to the second phase of treatment, which is a sign of improvement in your condition."

Su Ming stared at the tray in front of him.

Three white pills, one red pill, one blue pill, plus two brand new red and white capsules.

The quantity of medicine is increasing.

He had a bad feeling.

I always felt that adding medication myself wasn't as simple as the on-duty doctor had said.

When I previously determined that my condition had worsened, I increased my medication.

Even now, when people say his condition has improved, they are still adding more medication.

But no matter what, the dosage of the medicine was getting heavier and heavier.

This can't go on.

Su Ming immediately said in a firm tone.

"I need to see my family and readjust my treatment plan."

He absolutely will not take these medications.

I spoke with Wen Qi yesterday, and she made that clear.

The treatment plan at this mental hospital is not static. If a patient resists medication, they can apply for a change to a conservative treatment model without medication intervention.

The caregiver quickly handed him the phone.

The moment the call connected, Tang Tang's gentle voice came through first, carrying just the right amount of concern.

"Mingming, I spoke with the attending physician yesterday."

"She said your mental state has recovered very well during this period, and your paranoia has not worsened."

"So, we're officially starting the second phase of your treatment."

"You must take your medicine on time and cooperate with the treatment so that you can be discharged from the hospital sooner."

"My parents and I have been waiting for you to come home."

Su Ming's eyelids twitched violently, and he asked in a deep voice, "Did you ask the attending physician to add more medication to my prescription?"

Tang Tang's earnest voice came from the other end of the phone: "Yes, doesn't Mingming want to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible?"

"The doctor originally wanted to observe you for a few more days, but I begged her to speed up the treatment and do everything she could to cure you."

"Your parents also strongly agree, and we all hope you get better soon."

Su Ming took a deep breath, rubbed his forehead, and said helplessly, "Tang Tang, I don't want to take my medicine."

"I want to give up medication and opt for conservative treatment."

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Su Ming suddenly had a bad feeling, and he couldn't help but call out, "Tang Tang, did you hear me?"

"Tell Chen Zhiwei right now to stop my medication immediately."

There was still silence on the other end of the phone.

"Tangtang, are you listening to me?"

Su Ming called out several times before Tang Tang's choked voice came through the phone: "Mingming, please don't be angry, okay?"

"We must cooperate with the doctor's treatment."

"Only by following the doctor's instructions can you fully recover and be discharged from the hospital."

"I just want you to get better."

The sound of sobbing came through the electric current, as if the person had suffered a great injustice.

Immediately afterwards, a dignified and deep middle-aged male voice rang out.

It is Su Ming's father, Su Wangshan.

He said in a serious tone, "Su Ming, can't you be a little more sensible?"

"Tangtang couldn't sleep at night because of your illness, worrying about you day and night."

"Now that she sees you're doing better, she's happier than anyone else, and she's been hoping for your recovery more than anyone else."

"Can't you be a little more understanding of Tang Tang?"

"Would she possibly harm you?"

"It's settled then."

"Follow the hospital's instructions during this time and focus on your treatment. We will take you home once you are fully recovered."

After saying that, the phone went dead.

Su Ming stood frozen in place, clutching the phone, looking at the medicine in front of him, and then glancing at the caregiver approaching him.

The caregiver was very assertive today.

It was obvious that someone had specifically instructed them.

If Su Ming refuses to cooperate, they will force him to take the medicine.

Who gave you those instructions?

Su Ming's heart was pounding.

Could it be that Tang Tang instructed them to do this?

Why?

But the answer seems quite simple.

Of course, it's to cure his illness.

The on-duty doctor looked at Su Ming seriously and said, "The family has clearly instructed that you must take the medication on time. Now, please cooperate."

Su Ming quickly raised his hand: "Wait, let me call my parents again."

But when he dialed the number again, all he heard was a cold rejection message. He dialed repeatedly, but each time the call was ruthlessly hung up.

As the nurse drew closer, Su Ming knew he couldn't avoid taking the medicine.

So he had no choice but to grit his teeth and finish all the medicine in front of him.

After they finished eating, the on-duty doctor and caregiver did not immediately turn around and leave.

They stood by and observed for a while before turning and leaving.

After they left, Su Ming immediately reached down and vomited up the medicine in his stomach.

The medicine has already been largely digested.

Especially those two red and white capsules, which are digested extremely quickly.

The dulling of thinking is stronger than ever before.

It is so powerful that even the simplest thought is incredibly difficult to execute.

Countless new and unfamiliar fragments of memory surged and churned, constantly covering his original memories.

A dizzying sensation enveloped him, and Su Ming leaned against the wall, remaining motionless for a long time.

So long that, just as he came to his senses, the knocking on the door started again.

Looking up, I realized it was already noon.

He was actually distracted all morning.

It's time to take your medicine again.

Suppressing the dizziness, Su Ming gritted his teeth and called out, "Wait a minute."

He struggled to his feet and prepared to hide the tattered pills he had been clutching in his hand through a crack in the window.

But to his shock, he discovered that all the pills that had been hidden in the window crack were gone.

Who took it?

Besides the doctor and caregiver, only Tang Tang and Yu Mengnian entered their ward.

Yu Mengnian probably won't.

Therefore, there is only one answer left, and that is Tangtang.

When did Tangtang take it?

Su Ming blinked hard, trying to clear his mind, but the side effects of the medication were holding his brain captive.

Just examining this one clue gives me a severe headache.

It's like someone poured glue into their brain.

The knocking was still going on.

When Su Ming didn't reply for a long time.

A voice came from outside the door: "Su Ming, we're coming in."

It was Chen Zhiwei who pushed open the door and entered.

She only comes to check on patients at noon every day.

However, she was different today than usual.

Upon entering, she did not immediately check the patient's condition. Instead, she simply gestured to the caregivers behind her and said in a low voice, "You can go out and wait here."

"I'd like to have a private talk with Su Ming."

The caregiver responded and left, gently closing the door behind him.

At this moment, only Chen Zhiwei and Su Ming remained in the ward.

Su Ming remained leaning against the balcony, vigorously rubbing his throbbing temples.

Fragments of old and new memories intertwined and replaced wildly in his mind, making his thoughts chaotic and his consciousness as heavy as if it were filled with lead.

He didn't even notice when Chen Zhiwei walked over.

To be precise, Su Ming's reaction at this moment was much slower than that of an average person.

Chen Zhiwei looked at him quietly for a moment without making a sound to disturb him. She simply reached out and supported his arm, helping him up, who was feeling weak all over, and helped him sit up on the bed.

After doing all this, she finally spoke.

"The best way to treat paranoia is to reduce thinking and lower the abnormal level of neural excitation in the brain."

"These medications are all antipsychotic drugs. Although they have some side effects such as dulling thinking, they are all within a controllable range and will not cause you permanent damage."

She paused, then leaned slightly forward, looking at him calmly, her voice carrying a meaningful undertone.

"Su Ming, do you want to take your medicine?"

Do you want to forget those delusional stories you've created?

Su Ming shook his head subconsciously.

Then, Chen Zhiwei smiled and put the medicine bag aside, saying, "I can help you stop your medication and switch to a conservative treatment plan without telling your family."

"But you must promise me one thing."

Su Ming raised his eyes and looked at Chen Zhiwei, whose expression was somewhat strange.

He couldn't understand it, and he couldn't figure it out.

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic his thoughts became.

At that moment, he had no other choice.

"it is good."

He nodded in a hoarse voice.

The most important thing now is to stop taking medication.

If he eats it again, he will really be "cured".

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiwei's smile deepened.

She pulled up a chair and sat down steadily beside the hospital bed.

Then, she took out a pill from her backpack that Su Ming had never seen before.

Picking up the water beside him, Chen Zhiwei handed him the pill: "Take this, it will alleviate your current condition."

"The second phase of medication is designed to specifically cut off the circuits of obsession in your brain."

"It can help you gradually forget those imagined memories."

Su Ming looked at Chen Zhiwei, then at the unfamiliar pills in her palm.

He didn't know Chen Zhiwei's purpose, whether she was genuinely helping him or had ulterior motives.

But now it seems there are no other options.

Since Chen Zhiwei can stop taking her medication, the pill in her hand is most likely the kind she mentioned.

Otherwise, why would she have gone to all that trouble?

Seeing that Su Ming had taken the medicine she had given him, Chen Zhiwei nodded in satisfaction.

After taking the medication.

My previously sluggish brain and dulled thinking gradually began to clear.

Those surging, unfamiliar memories that tried to replace the original ones receded like the tide, lying dormant deep within consciousness, no longer causing trouble.

At this moment, Su Ming finally regained the ability to think.

Chen Zhiwei looked at his relaxed brows and eyes, and then spoke.

"Tangtang really hopes you can be healed."

"She called me last night, urging me to increase my medication and speed up the treatment."

"And she also told me that she secretly disposed of the medicine you had hidden."

"For the next treatment, she requires that it be supervised by a dedicated person throughout to prevent any form of resistance from you."

Su Ming remained silent.

In fact, even when his thinking was at its dullest and his consciousness at its most confused, he vaguely guessed the truth.

Now that his mind was freed, he thought more and more deeply.

Tangtang not only convinced the caregivers and doctors.

She even manipulated his parents, making everyone stand against him, and forcibly made him heal in the name of "doing what's best for him".

But does she really want to heal herself?

Su Ming didn't know.

He once revealed his true memories to Tangtang.

Tang Tang said she believed it at the time.

Whether it's genuine belief or false belief, it doesn't really matter.

The important thing is that in my true memory, she was never the only one I loved.

Here, she belongs entirely to her, and can only have her.

Therefore, Tangtang cannot accept the things from her own memories.

In addition, Tang Tang came to the mental hospital to see Wen Qi yesterday.

This made her feel a huge threat.

At this moment, she longed more than anyone else for Su Ming to be healed, forget everything, stay here, and spend the rest of his life alone.

Chen Zhiwei remarked at the opportune moment.

I don't know if she did it intentionally or unintentionally.

"Your girlfriend, in the eyes of outsiders, is gentle, devoted, considerate and loyal, waiting for you every day and never leaving you. She is an impeccable and perfect lover."

"The entire hospital staff, your family, everyone feels sorry for her sacrifices, and they all think that you are willful, stubborn, and don't know how to cherish her."

Chen Zhiwei did not say anything bad about Tangtang.

She was praising Tangtang.

But to Su Ming, those words of praise were like thorns, chilling him to the bone.

He even considered the morbid control and extreme obsession hidden beneath the gentle exterior.

His clear-headedness is the biggest threat to her.

As long as he remains sober, she will not be the only one in his world.

No wonder she convinced everyone to push for the second phase of treatment.

The goal was to prevent him from remaining conscious.

Seeing that Su Ming remained silent for a long time, Chen Zhiwei also said nothing more.

She stood up, picked up the medicine bag from the bedside table, and left a word of advice.

"From now on, I will secretly reduce your medication dosage and initiate a conservative observation plan, while continuing to report the normal treatment progress to the outside world."

"besides."

Chen Zhiwei leaned closer to Su Ming, her face almost touching his eyes: "Remember, I'm the one who saved your senses, so you owe me something."

"I'll tell you once I've thought about my requirements."

After saying those words, Chen Zhiwei left.

The ward returned to silence.

Su Ming, however, sat on the bed.

He couldn't understand Chen Zhiwei's actions.

As his attending physician, she should have stood on the side of the family and the hospital to advance the treatment, but instead she helped him conceal the truth, stopped his medication, and even went against the wishes of the family.

What does she really want? And what is that unknown thing?

But her last few words created a rift in the trust between him and Tang Tang.

This crack should not have appeared in the first place.

Because Su Ming is still bound by the forced favorability rating.

But it still happened eventually.

This means that the forced favorability rating has been shaken for the first time.

The new era has no eternity.

Therefore, the forced favorability system is destined to be shaken and dismantled.

Each wavering represents a step closer to the birth of a new life.

Thinking of this, Su Ming's breathing became rapid.

What would a complete future timeline look like?

Their previously lost forced favorability is gradually recovering as they interact with him.

However, the forced goodwill that originally bound him is gradually weakening as he interacts with them.

Ultimately, it was I who was breaking free from my destiny.

Or perhaps, they are all still bound by fate.

The word "fate" carries far too heavy a weight.

Su Ming looked out the window again and remained silent for a long time.