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When the doctor came in, An Yang was still sitting on the rocking chair, and Xiao Ning took a cushion and sat at his feet, and bowed to the doctor as he signaled.

"Hello, I'm An Yang. I believe you have heard about our situation. This is Xiao Ning." An Yang sat up and shook hands with him. The doctor greeted him briefly and focused on Xiao Ning. body.

"Hello, Xiao Ning, my name is Zhao Mingze, I'm here to chat with you today, would you like to chat with me?"

Zhao Zeming was wearing light-colored casual clothes, and he didn't look like a doctor at all. He smiled very kindly, and instead of sitting on the sofa, he leaned over and sat opposite Xiao Ning.

Xiao Ning sized him up, then looked back at An Yang questioningly, seeing An Yang nodded, Xiao Ning also nodded cautiously.

"Do you want to? That's great." Doctor Zhao smiled happily. He stretched out his hand to Xiao Ning. Xiao Ning shrank back obviously, looked at his outstretched hand nervously, and grasped it tightly. An Yang's trouser legs.

"Shake hands with the doctor, Xiao Ning." An Yang said softly, Xiao Ning tried to reach out, but Doctor Zhao waved his hand with a smile, "It's okay, let him be afraid. It's okay Xiao Ning, we don't have to shake hands, you don't have to Be nervous, just relax."

The first half of the sentence was to An Yang, and the second half of the sentence he said to Xiao Ning with a smile. Seeing that they were not angry, Xiao Ning became a little less nervous.

"Mr. An, general psychological counseling is done alone, but Xiao Ning's situation is quite special. Do you want him to have the first communication with you?" Dr. Zhao asked politely.

"I think, in his current situation, it might be easier for me to communicate with you if I leave him. If I leave, he might find a place to hide." An Yang smiled, putting his hand on Xiao Ning's shoulder.

"Since this is the case, that's fine. I'm just worried that he might not be able to talk to me frankly for some reason when someone is around." Dr. Zhao explained very tactfully. He thought that if An Yang was by his side, Xiao Ning has good reasons to hide some facts.

"Are you lying because you are afraid of offending me?" An Yang laughed and said firmly, "He won't. If he doesn't want to answer that question, he may not say it, but he will never lie to me."

"Okay, since you are confident, let's start." Dr. Zhao pushed his glasses and smiled at Xiao Ning: "Today I just want to chat with you briefly, let's get to know each other, don't be nervous, Just say whatever comes to your mind, okay?"

Xiao Ning looked back at An Yang, then nodded to him.

This child is really unusually dependent on this person. Dr. Zhao sighed in his heart, not knowing whether it was a bad thing or a good thing, and then asked, "Can Xiaoning tell me about your childhood? What's your happiest thing, and what's your happiest thing?"

Xiao Ning obviously didn't expect him to ask such a question. He thought for a while, and wrote on the paper: "I have lived with my mother and brother since I was a child. My brother and I have never met him. My happiest moment is when my mother stopped drinking and took others home. When she was in a good mood, she would play the piano for us at home. My brother and I would sing together, and sometimes she would Let us also touch the piano, teach us to play the piano, I play better than my brother, my mother will praise me, I will be very happy."

He paused for a while, poked his face with a pen, and continued to write: "The most unhappy time is when she drinks too much, she will call us trash, call me and my brother useless, and say that she has nothing to do. We should not be born, and sometimes beat us, but my brother will protect me from being beaten. But every time she finishes beating us, she will be very sad, she will hold us and cry together, and after crying, she will go out to drink again, I don't like when she is confused, sometimes she smokes something and won't cook for many days, there is nothing to eat at home, we will starve, and then my brother will give me something to eat, but my mother will beat him , I was very afraid of her at that time."

According to Xiao Ning's description, An Yang could see that his mother must have been in a bad mood after being abandoned by his father. They were all sold to pay off their debts.

"Ah, in this case, Xiao Ning must have a good relationship with his brother, right? Tell me about your brother, okay?" Dr. Zhao asked calmly.

An Yang thought, as expected of a professional, he got to the point so quickly.

"My brother is very kind to me. He has protected me since I was a child, and he will not let my mother beat me. He will cook for me. When there is nothing to eat at home, he can always get something to eat, but he is very naughty. Always fighting, mom said he wouldn’t listen to him, but he never hit me, and he didn’t let others hit me.” Xiao Ning wrote, An Yang secretly guessed that Xiao Ning may have judged whether a person treats him well since childhood A good standard is whether this person will hit him casually, no wonder he is so obedient.

"How old is your brother older than you?" Dr. Zhao asked.

"They are twins." An Yang said something for him, and Xiao Ning nodded immediately.

"Ah, that's right. The relationship between twins is always unusual, and they are indeed closer than ordinary brothers and sisters, especially in this situation." Dr. Zhao nodded and looked at Xiao Ning with some sympathy, "You Were you and your brother sold together later?"

Xiao Ning nodded, and wrote on the paper: "They took us away together. My brother was always beaten by them to protect me. My brother told me not to give in to them. He always wanted to escape, but they controlled me very well. Yan, we can't run away."

"What happened later, what happened to brother?"

Xiaoning's eyes flickered for a moment, and she lowered her head and wrote: "They felt that my brother was too disobedient, and I was not obedient enough, so they asked me to look at him... At that time, they were not allowed to speak or resist. They have many People, I am very scared, I dare not speak out, I am afraid that my brother will die."

Dr. Zhao raised his head in surprise and met An Yang's gaze. An Yang put his arm around Xiao Ning's shoulder and shook his head gently.

Dr. Zhao sighed. He wanted to touch Xiao Ning's head, but he was afraid that this would disturb Xiao Ning who was already in pain, so he could only continue to ask: "Have you been unable to speak since then?"

Xiao Ning nodded with tears in her eyes.

"Can you recall how many of them there were?"

Xiao Ning moved back in horror, An Yang pressed his shoulder from behind, and he wrote tremblingly: "Ten."

"Then how many times have you started to stop yelling?" Dr. Zhao stared into his eyes and asked urgently.

Xiao Ning opened his mouth wide and his lips were trembling. He tried to continue answering, but his hands trembled and he couldn't hold the pen. He opened his mouth and let out a silent scream, then hugged his head tightly, turned and buried his head in An Yang's arms, Trembling all over, he refused to look up again.

"Okay, okay, it's okay." An Yang stroked his back, stared deeply at Dr. Zhao, and asked in a low voice, "Are you provoking him like this on purpose?"