Spoiled Sparrow

The creaking sound of the loose wooden planks behind him made him stiffen, his shoulders instinctively shifting slightly to the side, and his heart suddenly racing.

He held a wooden stick in his hand, ready to strike at any moment.

He turned his head timidly, and after seeing who it was, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

At least it wasn't him who came.

"Who are you?"

The man shouted, his gaze falling on the wheelchair.

Fu Chen's gaze swept calmly over his entire body. Despite his tattered clothes, he still exuded an air of aloof confidence.

"Sir, come with me if you want to live."

Louis's body was tense, and the suspicion in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

He dragged his injured leg, leaning against the wall to his feet: "Why should I believe you? Who are you anyway?"

Fu Chen smiled faintly: "Because we have a common enemy, I know who wants to kill you."

Louis's expression suddenly changed; his suspicious gaze vanished, replaced by intense regret and resentment.

He lowered his head. "He is not my enemy."

He's just sick.

From the year he met He Xunnan, he knew that his life was destined to be different from that of ordinary people.

The damp sea breeze gently caressed his chapped face, but the physical pain paled in comparison to the emotional trauma.

Fu Chen watched him quietly, "appreciating" his self-pity.

Louis spoke calmly, yet he seemed on the verge of madness.

"What do you want to do to him? No one here can touch him. I advise you to give up now. His leg is already ruined. Don't risk your life here."

Hearing this, Chen Yan, who knew the inside story, tried his best to suppress his confusion and anger, and stood up for Fu Chen: "Louis, don't forget who drove you from a respectable psychologist to this lawless, powerless, and disgusting slum."

Chen Yan felt sorry for him: "He Xun Nan wanted to kill you to cover up his secret, and you're still defending him? Are you crazy?"

As he spoke, he became emotional and took two steps forward.

Fu Chen raised his hand to stop him, and he calmed down, looking at this genius who claimed to be a top psychologist, completely puzzled.

Louis scoffed, his eyes filled with disdain: "What do you know?"

"you--!"

Fu Chen stopped Chen Yan and said indifferently, "Han Feng, he's dead."

"What?!"

Louis stopped breathing, unable to believe what he had just heard.

His limbs suddenly went weak, and he staggered to Fu Chen before collapsing heavily to the ground.

The previous contempt and composure shattered instantly.

He tried to grab Fu Chen, but missed. Looking at his hand hovering in mid-air, his voice trembled, "What did you say?"

Fu Chen looked down at him, his eyes devoid of any pity: "He's dead. He was killed by He Xunnan, who threw him into the sea to feed the fish. He died without a complete corpse."

His tone was cruel and blunt, which Louis could not bear. His beliefs collapsed at that moment, and the fear and regret surging in his heart overwhelmed him. He fainted in the stinking water on the ground.

Chen Yan sighed deeply: "You two, carry him out."

......

When he woke up again, there was no stench in the air, and his tattered jersey had been replaced with his regular clothes.

The furnishings in the living room look familiar... Is this—his house?

He asked in confusion, "How do you know about this place? Wasn't it taken back by Xun Nan?"

Chen Yan stepped forward: "Sir, this place has been taken over and is under the control of President Fu, so you can rest assured."

Louis stood with his hands at his sides: "Tell me, what exactly is your purpose in seeking me out?"

"Han Feng...is he really dead?"

Chen Yan explained, "I know you are an upright doctor, but He Xunnan has now committed an irreversible crime and will harm new victims."

We hope you can cooperate with us by informing us of He Xunnan's situation and preventing him from harming others.

Louis looked up and sighed deeply, his face full of sorrow: "Many years ago, he wasn't like this. The first time I saw him was 15 years ago, when he was only 17..."

"He came to the psychotherapy center alone and told me that there was another person living inside his body who looked exactly like him and always controlled his body after he fell asleep."

"After completing the mental health test, he was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, which is commonly known as schizophrenia."

"After being diagnosed, the child did not panic. Instead, he calmly told me that he needed to undergo treatment."

For the next 15 years, he did not do anything extreme, which led me to misdiagnose that the two personalities had merged.

It wasn't until I visited your country last time and heard your name from "him" that I realized that person had always been hidden in his subconscious, never disappearing or being integrated.

Even… he was taking over that body.

Even now, Louis still felt sorry for He Xunnan and didn't want to blame him.

Fu Chen was not moved by his words; he only wanted to confirm Shen Zhaolan's words with his own.

"The root of all this is a woman?"

Louis nodded, knowing he couldn't hide it any longer: "That's right, his other personality was created for her."

Chen Yan whispered from the side, "Could it be my sister-in-law...?"

Louis paused for a moment, then said, "It's his adoptive mother, Pei Yu."

Fu Chen said calmly, "Continue."

"This story begins 22 years ago..."

*

In the six months following the abduction of her child, Pei Yu's postpartum depression worsened, progressing from daily crying to cognitive impairment and self-harm.

That night, she held He Li (He Xunnan) in her arms and mistook him for her daughter.

"Nannan, Mommy wants to go home. Shall we take you home?"

Since her daughter was taken away, Pei Yu has been sometimes lucid and sometimes erratic.

He Zhou and He Li took care of her every step of the way, while also searching for the stolen child.

Until that day, He Zhou was summoned to the police station, leaving He Li alone at home to take care of Pei Yu.

That night, she hugged He Li and said she wanted to take him home.

He agreed.

When he opened his eyes again, the person next to him was already cold.

"Mom? Mom!" He Li shook her arm, but no matter how he called, Pei Yu did not wake up.

When Hezhou returned home and learned of this, he was completely devastated.

He left the island village with his wife's ashes and He Li, and returned to Country Y.

Only then did He Li realize that the person who adopted him was actually the sole heir of the He Group.

In the years that followed, Hezhou kept Pei Yu's ashes by his bedside and stayed by her side for seven years.

During those seven years, he formally adopted He Li and took him under his wing to learn business.

When He Li was fifteen years old, the old lady of the He family passed away.

Three months later, He Zhou, like Pei Yu, overdosed on a whole bottle of sleeping pills and died at home.

In the same year, He Li changed his name to He Xunnan and was diagnosed with dissociative personality disorder.

……

After hearing Louis's story, Chen Yan actually felt a bit of sympathy for He Xunnan.

Since Pei Yu and He Zhou have been dead for so many years, then who are the two people in the He family now?