What’s wrong with the dream world!

The Silence of the Lambs: Chapter 115: Dream Educator

This may be a very rare and very boring story.

The father who abandoned his wife and daughter and suddenly disappeared;

A mother who is too busy with work to spend time at home;

A deaf, dumb, and weak-willed sister;

A younger sister who is too young and frail to take care of herself;

My grandparents, who I never heard from, my maternal grandparents who had severed ties with my mother who eloped, and the very tight financial situation after my father left.

This configuration may not be considered a hellish start where one is sentenced to death before birth, but it is undoubtedly a difficult mode. It is a very difficult period for both the older sister and the younger sister, and even for the only adult in the family.

"I know why they bully my sister, because they are jealous that my sister is prettier than them."

Zhu Yueyu frowned and said indignantly:

"Although my sister is deaf and mute, she can clearly hear vague sounds after wearing a hearing aid. Even though she can't speak, she knows how to write and carries a notepad and pen with her, which does not affect her communication at all."

"But they always snatch my sister's pen, tear up her paper, take her hearing aids off and laugh at her... They even stepped on her hearing aid and broke it just now!"

Zhu Yueyu complained while stuffing food into her mouth.

Yu Xiu De just crossed his arms, listened quietly, and watched quietly.

After Zhu Yueyu finished venting, he patiently reminded her:

"You're getting off topic."

"…Am I off topic?"

Zhu Yueyu's face showed confusion, but she still explained:

"This isn't off topic. I just want to explain that the reason I want to eat is because I want to help my sister..."

"I do not believe."

Yu Xiude interrupted.

This made Zhu Yueyu stunned for a moment, and she paused her movements, as if she had never thought that the person opposite her would refute her.

Even though her consciousness was in a half-asleep and half-awake state in a dream, she could vaguely distinguish that the man in front of her was someone she was familiar with and trusted, and someone who should stand on her side.

But such people do not trust themselves and deny the reasons why they become fat.

Moreover, there was no trace of compassion, pity, or sympathy on the man's face.

His expression is as calm as the sea, and his eyes are as deep as the sea.

Zhu Yueyu suddenly felt a little scared again.

This dream doesn't seem to be a beautiful one.

Yu Xiu De ignored the faint black air that began to emerge from the dream host, and carefully examined the young Zhu Yueyu in front of him.

Big, bright eyes, a small nose, rosy cheeks, and a delicate but thin figure... this was Zhu Yueyu of the past.

It is reasonable to guess that she will grow up to be a beautiful girl who is no less beautiful than Zhu Yajing.

But the reality is that it has grown into a disabled person.

No matter how perfect the embryo or foundation is, its original appearance will be blurred after expansion. Obesity will make the originally diverse beauty and handsomeness become the same old bloated.

Zhu Yajing's sister has a good foundation.

But the foundation is just a foundation. A foundation that is not fulfilled is equivalent to non-existence.

The reality is that even if you have a good foundation, except for a small number of people who consider fat to be beautiful, for most normal people, being fat is a shortcoming.

After all, in the eyes of many people, being fat is not only unaesthetic but also a sign of a lack of self-control. Even if there is pathological obesity, how many people in today's society are willing to get to know someone who has a bad first impression?

Not to mention that Zhu Yueyu is not pathologically obese at all. She just overeats and eats too much. She lacks self-control.

As a good neighbor with deep emotional intelligence and who knows how to maintain social distance, Yu Xiude originally had no intention of interfering in other people's lifestyles. After all, neighbors are just neighbors, not family members, and there is no need to meddle in other people's affairs with the mentality of "I'm doing this for your own good."

But this situation does not apply to the standard of "meddling in other people's affairs".

Because "losing weight" was Zhu Yueyu's own choice.

All Yu Xiu De had to do was to help her clarify her beliefs.

This is a small compensation.

[Nightmare] The first dream she entered was undoubtedly a beautiful dream. After an intense workout, Zhu Yueyu, after trying hard to finish the weight loss meal specially prepared for her by Zhu Yajing, naturally started to eat a big meal in her sleep.

This is the compensatory mechanism of dreams. Dreams can satisfy people's desires that are not satisfied in reality and relieve psychological pressure.

However, as [Nightmare] invaded and manipulated dreams to a limited extent to find the information he wanted, Zhu Yueyu's original beautiful dream turned into a nightmare, and the bad memories after many years became the material of the dream again.

Yu Xiu De admitted that he did it. Although he would still do it if he had the chance to do it again, and in fact this nightmare would not affect Zhu Yueyu's mental state, he still decided to make a small compensation.

He didn't consider himself an educator. Unless it affected his own interests, he didn't like to impose his ideas on others. And even if it did, as long as it didn't cross his bottom line, he wouldn't take extreme measures... Otherwise, he would have thrown Fang Xuemu, that evil creature, into a never-ending dream, wiping her consciousness clean.

But Yu Xiu De considered himself to be a relatively emotional person, and Zhu Yue Yu already had the idea of changing herself.

So as a friendly neighbor... lend a helping hand, stabilize her beliefs, and strengthen her will.

By making her recognize her own ways.

The dream educator with emotional intelligence as high as the sea is about to start making his move.

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"Zhu Yueyu, think about it again."

Yu Xiude, who was sitting opposite Zhu Yueyu, said in a gentle and persuasive manner with an expressionless face:

"You eat so much, is it really just to protect your sister?"

"No...isn't it?"

Hearing Yu Xiu De's calm voice and looking into his eyes that seemed to see through her, Zhu Yue Yu began to waver.

"is it?"

Yu Xiude asked back calmly.

"Doesn't eating these things make you happy?"

Yu Xiu De picked up an unopened hamburger wrapped in oil paper and shook it in front of Zhu Yue Yu.

"..."

Zhu Yueyu has nothing to say

But judging from the confused look on her young face, it was not because she was deceiving Yu Xiu De and was speechless after Yu Xiu De pointed out the key point, but because she herself was not clear about her own heart.

"Can you answer me, do these fast foods taste good to you?"

Yu Xiu De seized on this point and pressed the issue step by step.

"..."

Zhu Yueyu nodded stiffly.

Yu Xiu De, who had observed how Zhu Yueyu's mother vented stress in her dreams, slowly put down the hamburger wrapped in oil paper in his hand, took out a tissue, wiped his hands, and wiped off the oil stains that seeped from the oil paper.

"It's not something that's hard to talk about."

Yu Xiude looked at Zhu Yueyu, who still maintained her childhood form, and said softly:

"But your answer is undoubtedly very limited. Gaining weight to protect your sister is only one of the reasons, and it cannot explain why you are still so obese today."

"After your family moved away and your sister was transferred to a special school, you continued to eat more and more and became fatter and fatter... Do you think this is your love for your sister?"

"Or is it just an excuse?"

The little girl sitting on the stool trembled and the food in her hand fell to the ground.

Zhu Yueyu's body suddenly began to swell up like a balloon, fat filling her facial features, her bulk returning to her real size, sweating profusely, and her expression dazed.

Is...is it an excuse?

The fast food restaurant began to shake slightly, and the dream's self-protection mechanism began to work again.

Yu Xiu De's words were like a very sharp sword, piercing through Zhu Yueyu's thick pericardium, striking her heart directly, and stirring her emotions and spirit.

This is not the power of [Nightmare], [Nightmare] cannot directly control the mind.

This is the power of the words of dream educators and their control over people's hearts.

"I don't think your obesity is entirely due to your love for your sister and your childish rebellion against bullies as a child."

"Your overeating and obesity also come from your own lifestyle habits. You like to use food to relieve stress."

"When your family was struggling, your sister would always secretly give you the best food. That's why you always remembered the preciousness of food and the happiness of a full stomach... When your mother's efforts helped your family's financial situation improve, you still remembered the period of hunger, and your insecurity kept you from being able to control your craving for food."

Zhu Yueyu wanted to escape.

She felt that her thoughts were completely seen through. Her excuses, her escapes, her self-deception, her past... all were visible in those calm eyes.

Her urge to escape became stronger. The sky outside the fast food restaurant quickly darkened, and the lights inside the restaurant began to flicker.

The unstable light shone on Yu Xiude's body, making his face dark and unable to see his specific expression at times, and at other times making his indifferent expression too clear.

This horrifying scene, like something out of a horror movie, frightened Zhu Yueyu so much that she fell backwards and sat directly on the cracked floor, unable to help shaking.

Half asleep and half awake, she didn't understand why the neighbor who had made her feel so safe just now suddenly became like this.

"This is beyond reproach. I am not telling you all this to criticize you."

Yu Xiude stood up from his seat.

"Your own lifestyle is up to you to decide, and outsiders have no right to interfere, but I hope you can see yourself clearly now."

Yu Xiu De slowly walked towards Zhu Yue Yu who was sitting on the ground. The sound of his leather shoes trampling on the ground was very clear from far away to near.

He supported himself on his knees and slowly squatted down. His eyes were still calm, but with a different look in them.

They are respectively the experience of dream educators, the emotional intelligence honed in dreams, and the kindness that has not been erased by [nightmares].

There are many ways to help fix beliefs, through induction, brainwashing, and encouragement.

But Yu Xiu De felt that helping others to understand themselves was the best way to motivate them to strengthen their beliefs.

In the crumbling dream, the dreamer's ears rang with the whispers of nightmares:

"Perhaps your obesity did originate from your love for your sister."

"But in fact, it changed from a reason to an excuse a long time ago."

"Where else does today's obesity come from except your own complacency, your own unbridled greed for food, and your own unreasonable laziness?"

There was a hint of provocation in his voice, but still no emotion could be heard. The man chuckled dryly:

"This is your nth time to lose weight..."

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In the bedroom, Zhu Yueyu lying on the bed suddenly woke up, sat up, and gasped for breath.

It took her a while to regain her composure and break free from the remaining emotions of the nightmare.

At this moment, she could no longer remember what happened in her dream.

Not everyone has trouble remembering their dreams. Some people have excellent "dream recall," being able to clearly recall and describe every dream they experience, while others barely remember any dreams at all.

Zhu Yueyu does not belong to either of the two categories. She belongs to the many people in between. Sometimes she can remember what happened in her dreams, and sometimes she cannot. The nightmare just now was one of the types that she could not recall clearly.

But just as she vaguely remembered the indescribable fear mixed with shame in the dream, she also vaguely remembered the important parts.

"An excuse...huh..."

Zhu Yueyu murmured, and a sense of recognition arose in her heart.

She was stunned for a moment, then stuck her head out and looked at the floor next to the bed.

I didn't see my sister.

Although Zhu Yueyu and Zhu Yajing were squeezed into one bedroom and one bed, as they grew up... mainly Zhu Yueyu's body grew.