Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 347 - 321: Love Is Priceless

Jingjing held Qian, speaking incoherent words, while Qian patted her and analyzed.

The giant venomous snake can be understood as the man who bought and assaulted her, while the small snakes represent the people who gossip about her with strange looks.

She wants to cross that blood-red river, but is being stopped, which suggests that the other shore of the river represents the peaceful life Jingjing desires.

And the blood-red river water should symbolize chastity, but the problem is...

"Was the river water not dyed red by your blood? Did the venomous snake bite you and make you bleed?"

"It didn’t bite me, just wrapped around me... I’m so scared."

It shouldn’t be like this...

Qian kept recalling, the girls she treated in her previous life who had been violently assaulted had dreamt of venomous snakes, but they all bled; why didn’t this one bleed?

Where is the breakthrough, Qian felt she was about to find it.

Suddenly, Qian had a flash of inspiration.

"Did that man who bought you not touch you?"

Jingjing was first stunned, then hugged Qian even tighter, to the point of pain, shaking her head continuously, tears flowing from her eyes.

"He hit me, he tore my clothes, he wanted to touch me, I kicked him there, but he touched me, the traffickers also touched me, it was so disgusting, then he kept hitting me—"

Her speech was somewhat incoherent, but Qian had a bold idea.

Could it be... Jingjing was not actually assaulted, just touched?

Qian analyzed, this girl was dragged into a car, the traffickers intended to assault her because they knew she had run away after an argument with her partner.

There is a price difference between virgin and non-virgin, the traffickers assumed the girl wouldn’t sell for much, so they tried to assault her, but stopped when they realized she was a virgin. Jingjing was beaten so badly because she kicked that man!

If that’s the case, it’s too ironic.

She fought so hard to keep her purity, probably because she knew her fiancé was a ’phoenix man’ obsessed with virginity. But when she returned, the phoenix man didn’t accept her, believing she was tainted, and his distrust turned Jingjing, already traumatized, into this state.

That’s why she had such dreams! The confusion of reality and shattered imagery, the spirit already collapsed!

If that’s the case, the venomous snake should not represent the man who bought her, but the phoenix man!

Qian seemed to find the breakthrough, she hugged Jingjing, assuredly saying.

"I believe you, I believe you are pure."

"You believe me?" Jingjing raised her tear-stained face, and Qian wiped away her tears.

"Yes, I believe you, I will help you cross the river!"

This girl, when the traffickers tried to harm Qian, had helped Qian with all her might, instead getting beaten herself.

Now Qian held her, using all her life knowledge to help her.

Only by applying strength in the right place can true impact be made. If Qian had acted like a saint and taken this girl with her in the village, the three of them couldn’t have escaped. Doing good must be within one’s means, otherwise it’s just destructive martyrdom.

"You’ll help me... cross the river? I can’t cross, the river is full of snakes, they’ll bite me, what should I do..." Jingjing cried endlessly.

Every time she closed her eyes, she was surrounded by those terrifying images, all snakes!

"What do you normally like?"

"I... I like Rogue Bunny."

"Hmm, since the river is full of snakes, we’ll put lots of Rogue Bunnies in the river, let them flatten the snakes, the Rogue Bunnies will make the red river water clear and clean, and then you can swim across, okay?" This sounds unreliable, but intentional therapy is done this way.

"...Bunnies can’t beat snakes."

"Small bunnies can’t beat them, but what about big bunnies? Once the river is full of our bunnies, the river cleansed, you can cross it, and the snakes won’t come back, okay?"

"But I’m so scared, when I close my eyes, all I see are snakes..."

"Don’t be afraid, come, I’ll take you into your subconscious, close your eyes, follow my instructions, we’ll count a few numbers, relax your breathing..."

Qian was using a so-called intentional therapy by psychologists to change Jingjing’s feelings and perceptions.

This was the first time she used this technique since her rebirth.

She used hypnosis to take Jingjing into her subconscious, recreating the terrifying images from Jingjing’s dream, still the red river, still the densely packed snakes, Jingjing was extremely distressed.

But Qian used a gentle yet firm voice to help her repair the shattered imagery world.

"Walk ten meters along the red river, one, two, three... then squat down, dig, see the little Rogue Bunnies in the soil?"

"Rogue Bunnies don’t grow in the soil."

Uh... Qian decided to catch up on various comics afterwards, in this aspect she needs to learn from Xiaoqiang.

"Look up, on the tree, a colorful tree, there are colorful gourds, see them?"

"I do see them..."

"Go, hold the gourd, open it, see the Rogue Bunny?"

Sorry, Gourd Babes, Qian’s knowledge in this area is too limited, had to mix domestic cartoons together.

Tried several times without success, but Qian wasn’t willing to give up, tried a few more times, finally found Jingjing’s favorite Rogue Bunny swinging on a swing far from the river, but it was only a small one, Jingjing said it was only as big as a nail.

This little bunny represents her self-consciousness, already so diminished, external attacks, her untrustworthy fiancé, she has lost confidence in herself, but what’s fortunate is that the little bunny can still be found, Qian encouraged her, let her use all the happy memories from childhood to present, emotions other than love, to nurture this little bunny.

Only by strengthening the self-consciousness to a certain extent can the bunny resist those blocking snakes in the river.

The first treatment took a full 2 hours. By the end, the bunny was only the length of a finger, not enough to crush snakes, but such treatment effects were already impressive.

What made Qian grateful was that although this girl was silly in love, she was very kind-hearted, her parents gave her good upbringing, so she didn’t resent Qian, and Qian could complete the subsequent treatment.

At this level of treatment, Dong Yi certainly couldn’t do it, at least not now, Qian had to do it herself.

When they emerged, it was already late at night, the girl’s parents were waiting outside, Yu Minglang stood upright.

"How’s it going?" The girl’s parents eagerly asked when they saw Qian come out.

"Her emotions have stabilized, and she’s asleep. I want to talk to you about the next steps in her treatment."

Upon hearing that their daughter’s emotions could be stabilized without injections, the girl’s parents were very excited, willing to do anything Qian suggested.

"My request might be a bit excessive, but... I want to know, what price are you willing to pay for this child?"