[Zhongyingmei] If you don't dig a hole, you will die

When Mrs. Brown came to visit Hetty the next day, she found that her spirit was not very good, and she exuded a listless and decadent feeling.

In normal times, Mrs. Brown must have started to reprimand her by saying things like "Why are you so lethargic so early in the morning".But the two had just talked yesterday, and they definitely couldn't criticize her in the way they used to.

So Mrs. Brown tried her best to show an unprecedented kind attitude, and asked: "What's the matter, did you not rest?"

Not to mention that she wasn't used to it, even Hetty looked a little taken aback.

But regardless of whether they will be scared or not, at least this is proof that the stalemate between the two for many years is gradually improving.So Hetty told her mother what happened last night, edited and edited.

After listening to Hetty's report, Mrs. Brown thought for a while and suggested: "Since your relationship is so good, you can contact each other again in the future, Hetty. You are both adults, and the depth of friendship Will never lose half a point with time and distance--

And I remember that you are not a careless person, why, did you really make such a low-level mistake and didn't leave her contact information? "

Hetty shook her head, and smiled wryly in her heart:

This is the friendship of two people in different worlds, two people who have crossed life and death, and where can they find the way to connect the hell?

It's just that this kind of thing is not easy to say.She subconsciously kept a lot of details that she thought would scare Mrs. Brown, so she changed the way of expression, saying that all the contact methods the two had left before were invalid, and they could not find each other at all.

"It doesn't matter." Mrs. Brown touched Hetty's head and comforted her: "Do you believe in the saying that there is a destiny in the dark, child? Since God allowed you to form such a deep friendship, don't you?" It will be cut off inexplicably, and you will definitely meet each other again."

The two of them had already arrived at the door of the counseling room while they were talking.According to the order of appointment, Hetty should go in first, and Mrs. Brown is waiting outside.

So when Hetty went in to talk to the counselor, she sat quietly on the bench in the lounge outside and waited.

As a result, she sat there—it doesn’t matter, after all, everyone can sit on the bench in the lounge—but the problem is that the breath around her is too unfriendly:

The other girl who was on the same bench with her began to shake slightly when playing with her mobile phone, and she didn't dare to knock on the screen too loudly, for fear of disturbing this lady who was not easy to get along with at first sight;

The people on the other side also began to fidget, and the people who were called by their names all slipped away in the blink of an eye as if they were being pardoned;

The rest of the people whose names have not been called are also looking for various reasons to get out from here, and all of them left the room intermittently.

It's as if the lady sitting on the bench has the evil spirit of the plague wherever she goes.

She thought about it, and felt that it was not good for her to occupy a room by herself, so she got up and walked out;

As a result, as soon as she went out, those guys who had escaped before and stood waiting in the corridor went back to the lounge without her as if they were facing a big enemy.

The corridor where there were three, three, five or five people standing here and talking in low voices a second ago has become empty in a few minutes, not to mention how ironic it is in comparison.

But Mrs. Brown was used to it.Even her most proud disciple would start to tremble like a conditioned reflex after seeing her cold face, even the daughters who are connected with her blood can stand in a stalemate with her for so long, let alone those who don't know her at all. people.

As a result, at this moment, a young man who was not afraid of her at all came from the entrance.

He didn't seem to come to a counselor to deal with his psychological problems.So he didn't take the number and didn't enter the lounge. He just stood outside and looked at the closed doors, not knowing who he was waiting for.

But he was really handsome.Not your regular, blond, blue-eyed Prince Charming.

Instead, there was an inexplicably prickly and unruly aura all over his body.To young girls, people with this temperament are much more attractive than guys with a good-looking face.

Even if he looks a little scary, it can't stop many young girls from secretly casting their eyes on him.

Bronff

She didn't pay much attention to this person at first, she put all her body and mind on her daughter who was still in the consulting room.

However, out of a mother's vigilance against all age-appropriate pigs who might steal cabbage from their gardens soon, she subconsciously glanced at the people around her.

In the end, it didn't matter whether she looked at it or not, Mrs. Brown saw the screen saver of this guy's phone that suddenly dimmed, and it was a picture of her daughter.

At this moment, the green-eyed young man also felt her gaze - after all, very few people would remain unresponsive after being scratched all over by such icy eyes.Then he looked up, and asked her quite politely: "What's the matter, ma'am?"

Mrs. Brown raised her chin slightly, tapped his phone, and said in a tone of complete judgment, not a questioning tone: "You know my daughter."

"Yes, ma'am." The young man, or simply by his first name—Jason Todd—

Originally, he came here for Hetty, and at the same time he admitted this to Mrs. Brown generously: "I came to see her."

"That's really amazing." Mrs. Brown looked him up and down coldly, and the more she looked at him, the more she felt that he was not pleasing to the eye.

Not just because of a subconscious sense of repulsion against anyone who might take her daughter out of the "Brown" family and into another family, but there is some kind of deeper, intuitive objection:

Even if he wasn't in Gotham, he couldn't be regarded as an easy-going ordinary person.

But how did Heidi know this kind of person?Even if she tried to resist the living environment that had been restricting her before, she probably wouldn't be able to rebel to the point of knowing such a dangerous person.What went wrong?

"The consultant I just made an appointment with last night, you will get news this morning... It seems that you and Hetty have a good relationship?"

Mrs. Brown planned to inquire about this guy's background first, so she nodded slightly to him: "Then come and sit down, and I'll ask you something."

For most ordinary men, the three words "meet the parents" represent love.In addition to the gratifying thing of being recognized by the woman's family, what brings them more is the sense of helplessness and incompatibility of being asked about the family background.

But this is also easy to understand.Because he wants to take away the supreme treasure of other families, a little girl who is held in the heart by her parents, and leave under the protection of her parents, so that her parents may not be able to see her in far, far away places. A place to start a new family.

From then on, no one will shield her from the wind and rain, and her position in the new family will change from the "protected" of the old family to the brand new "protector" in an instant.

In the face of such drastic changes, which parent can rest assured?So if you want to ask about these things in advance and do what you can to protect your daughter who is going away, there is no problem.

But Jason wasn't worried about that at all.His fake identity can stand up to scrutiny, not to mention that when he was still the identity of the red hood, he had fought with most of Gotham's underground gangsters, and it was more than enough to deal with inquiries from a mother.

However, he ignores a more important point:

Judging from his apparent age, the more watertight he answers, the more parents who "just want to keep their daughters away from troubles and scheming people as much as possible, and live a safe and stable life" will be more satisfied. Worry.

And Mrs. Brown had promised yesterday that she would not interfere too much with Hetty's future life. She only wanted to hand Hetty into the hands of an ordinary person who would not restrict her too much.So the more flawless and invulnerable the person in front of her, the more worried she would be.

While they were talking, the door of the consultation room that Hetty had entered before opened.

Jason subconsciously turned his gaze away immediately, only to find that Hetty was standing at the door in a daze, with her head lowered, as if she didn't know what she was thinking.After a while, she raised her head and gave Jason a blank look.

And just this one glance, needless to say, his heart was about to break.

in fact

If you talk about it in detail, "heartbreak" is a very vulgar word.In the third-rate novels that can be seen everywhere on the roadside Internet.

If the creators don't know how to describe the concept of "excessive sadness", they will use this word regardless of time or occasion.

If you fail an exam, yes, break your heart; if you get rejected by your first love, yes, break your heart;

Fired from the company, with zero deposits and nowhere to go, ok, break my heart again;

If the person you love is not married to you, just break your heart again——

Going back and forth like this, finally turned a word that is so excessive that it can't be described endlessly into a vulgar description.

There are even people who can easily say this word when communicating with others in life, without realizing that there is something wrong with their expression:

A person, a living person, where can he find so many hearts to break?

True heartbreak doesn't come from little things like this.Similarly, it is not such a small scene where you cry today, feel uncomfortable and block your heart for a while, and then everything will pass and you can continue your normal life tomorrow.

If a heart is about to break, it must be because its owner has experienced too much shock and pain.

Maybe it was lost and gained again, maybe it was going around and finally failed, or it was more likely that it was witnessing death or stepping on the edge of death.But in any case, the final result cannot be escaped:

At this moment, he felt pain and pity intertwined in his heart.It was as if someone were hitting the heart hard at the same time with a thousand red-hot anvils and a thousand cold ones soaked in icy water.

And the pain left at this moment today will become a long-lasting wound.

As long as his heart is broken once today, then every day in the future, when he thinks about it again, he will have to experience today's pain again, and he will think of Hetty Brown again, the empty, helpless, desperate eyes.

For a moment, Jason forgot that Mrs. Brown was still by his side.He walked forward quickly, and hugged Heidi in his arms, trying to convey to her the toughness and unruliness that he was not afraid of in himself through this hug.

When Hetty was hugged suddenly by him, the whole body slowly came back to his senses.As soon as she regained her senses, the piece of paper that she had unconsciously held tightly in her hand before fell to the ground. Jason glanced at it inadvertently, and only had time to see a line of words. The piece of paper was picked up by the approaching Mrs. Brown , held in hand.

She read the paper carefully from beginning to end, and said to Jason, "Say your name again."

After Jason repeated his name for some reason, Mrs. Brown stuffed the medical certificate into her handbag, and said to him solemnly: "Mr. Todd, if I entrust her to you... Can you promise me that you will always take good care of her?"

Jason agreed: "I would have done that."

Mrs. Brown looked at him for a long time: "Did you already know that there might be such a problem in Hetty?"

Jason asked back: "What's the difference between knowing and not knowing? I won't change my mind just because of this little thing."

Mrs. Brown's expression moved, as if she wanted to show a look similar to "relieved" and "relieved".

But to make such a difficult expression change suddenly appear on her face that has not shown any obvious expression changes all year round, it is a bit too difficult, and it is not something that can be done easily.

So in the end she just sighed, patted Hetty's head lightly, and left with the medical certificate.

As soon as she left, many people around subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and began to whisper, discussing the identity of Mrs. Brown and why she looked so scary.

Only then did Jason have time to recall what he had just seen on the medical certificate:

[Avoidant attachment personality caused by family of origin factors. 】

“Patients are advised to receive five years of follow-up treatment away from their family of origin and with sufficient trustworthy people around them.”