Without recalling the kiss as much as possible, Theolod addressed the basic needs of his body, took a quick shower, took half a pill of sleeping pills prescribed to him by Herman, and fell asleep until dawn.

It wasn't until Maggie's knock woke him up that he hurried

"Yes, I found out, and that's why you made my appointment, Mr. Lechte. ”

Listening to the familiar serious voice, Theolod instantly sobered up, and the next second he saw the other party's face, he remembered that he and he had a "routine date" at eight o'clock in the morning. Maggie stood beside him, looked at him helplessly, and shook her head: "It's not good to miss the appointment, Theo, Herman also mistakenly thought something had happened to you, so he came over to take a look." It is said that you left the car at the hotel last night, and you even bothered the kid to make a special trip. ”

"No, madam, you are too polite, there is no such thing as hemp and trouble. Herman said very politely.

"Theo, you owe someone an apology. So how did you get back in the wee hours of this morning? Why didn't you drive the car back? Did you secretly drink behind my back? Did Marshall send you back, or did that kid from Natle run to pick you up in the middle of the night?"

"Ahem...... Maggie's guess made Theolod cough twice with some weakness, "This ...... It doesn't matter, Grandma, don't I stand here now? And I don't smell of alcohol. ”

Maggie waved her hand noncommittally, leaving room for the two of them, and turned to walk down the stairs.

When Maggie's footsteps completely disappeared at the staircase, Theolod said to Herman, who ran over, with a slight apology: "I'm really sorry, I was a little tired last night, I forgot to set an alarm clock, I got up late this morning, thank you for your concern." What time is it? It shouldn't be early, I'll treat you to lunch as an apology, are you free in the afternoon? If you don't have time, let's make another appointment?"

Theolod scratched at his messy hair, not noticing that Herman's long-standing indifferent face was a little more inconspicuously odd, nor did he notice that the other's eyes were not on his face.

"Yes, well, I'm free. But, at the moment I have a Jianyì, Monsieur Lechte, and although you are indeed in good shape, you do not have to show me this all the time, and, perhaps, you should change into a pair of pajama pants other than the lacing, for no one can guarantee that the straps will not fall apart by a few rolls during a night's sleep. ”

"......" Following Herman's gaze, Theolod lowered his head, his face a little embarrassed for a moment - the loose strap made the pants that had been located at the waist collapse to the hip bone, and loosely rested on the narrow buttocks, revealing his extraordinarily obvious mermaid line, and the mermaid line was almost bottoming out.

If these pants slip a centimeter or two further, I'm afraid ......

"Sorry......" Theorod tried to make sure that the smile on his face did not look overly embarrassed, and he immediately grabbed his pants and turned around, hurried to the closet.

Herman could only see the small half of the gluteal cleft that was immediately hidden by his pants at a glance, and the sexy waist socket, which is rare in men. He raised an eyebrow and leaned against the door frame with his chest crossed.

Theolod took out a set of clothes from the closet, turned around and saw Herman standing at the door with a big grin like this, he didn't say anything, turned his head and walked directly into the bathroom: "I promise it will be fine soon, if you wait for boredom you can go down and sit down, I believe Maggie must have prepared a cup of coffee for you, the coffee she has made has been getting better and better lately." ”

He said this very tactfully, but Herman also understood what Theolod really meant. When Theolod took care of it and walked out of the bathroom, the person who had been at the door was gone, and his bed had been made in order at some point. Theolod had long known that Herman was a more homely and considerate guy than he seemed on the surface, but he didn't expect the other party to help him make his bed.

Theorod thought with some surprise as he found a sticky note on the bed.

"In the future, try to choose 1/4 instead of 1/2 of the dose. ”

Theorod looked at the bedside table, which didn't seem to have been opened.

So, this is a doctor's experience?

Theolod tore the note to shreds, threw it in the trash, then walked downstairs, kissed Maggie's forehead while watching TV, and walked out the door with Herman. The two settled for lunch at a restaurant near Herman's house, and then returned to Herman's apartment, which was as clean and tidy as it was to be the home of a single man.

Herman's treatment begins with the selection of cards, a very common set of psychological tests, in which the individual is selected/feared/disliked/preferred among two pictures, and the psychiatrist has a fixed explanation and answer to these different choices. At the same time, the Rorschach Inkblot Test was conducted – name the patterns you see from different abstract inkblot cards.

Theolod has done these tests I don't know how many times, whether it was in his previous life or in this life, sometimes he would come across cards that were exactly the same as the previous ones, and sometimes they were brand new.

It didn't take long for him to finish the test, and Herman sat across from him, holding a notebook, looking at his own notes, and turning the first few pages, his expression not changing much during the whole thought.

"Judging by the test results, you seem to be recovering well, Mr. Lecht, would you like to hear my comprehensive analysis of your last few days?" Herman said nonchalantly, flipping through his notebook.

"Of course, I'm listening. Theorod made a gesture of please.

But he didn't expect Herman to suddenly close the notebook with a "snap", throw it aside, and rest his hands on both sides of the handrail in the shape of a tower.

"From the moment you returned to Los Angeles, I started taking notes. At that time, your mental state was very bad, please forgive me for being blunt, the mental trough appeared before and after almost every new film you filmed, which almost became a pattern, resulting from your excessive involvement in the drama. Since you can't listen to my advice and stay away from the source of acting, and you still want me to help you make this airtight, I can only try to alleviate your condition, but this is another problem. ”

"Looking at your record during this period, although there have been occasional changes and intensifications, your overall mental state is improving, and these numbers try to make me believe that it will not be long before you can return to your previous state and start a new film. I was almost convinced by the records, really, Mr. Lechte, if I hadn't known how clever you really were, and how you would never have cooperated lightly. ”

"You see, I've met a lot of different patients in my career, and this is not the first time I've met a patient like you, who refuses to cooperate and has a strong sense of self. ”

Herman said no more, and he focused his keen eyes on Theorod.

He saw that the answers to these tests were the result of his deliberate guidance, because he was good at disguise and could analyze the answers behind these cards rationally.

After a moment of silence, Theolod gave an answer with a smile: "I just want to keep filming." ”

Herman frowned, he was about to say something, his cell phone interrupted his train of thought, and when he saw the caller, Theorod noticed that his brow was furrowed even tighter, he didn't seem to want to answer the call, but in the end he yawned to Theorod and picked up the phone.

Say. It was the first time that Theolod had seen such a cold and unceremonious Herman, and the person on the other end of the phone said something, making Herman raise his forehead, which of course represented not tiredness at this moment. After the opening word, he didn't say anything more, and he hung up shortly after.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid we'll have to pause for a while. He said to Theorod.

"Okay, if someone comes looking for you, I can come back next time......"

"No, no, he's not going to come in, I just need to go downstairs and I'll be back soon. You just stay here, don't think you can get away with it, we need to talk about it, Mr. Lechte. Herman said that the upsetting phone call had made his tone stiff.

He dropped the sentence and left the apartment, not yet carrying the keys. It seems that if Theolod had taken the opportunity to escape, he would not have been able to go home. I don't know if this is a tough or willful behavior, so Theolod sighs helplessly, and can only sit in the living room silently and wait.

It turned out that Herman's "soon" was actually just a casual remark, and more than half an hour later, he was still nowhere to be seen. Boredom, Theolod turned off the TV and went into the study, ready to kill time with some books—he had already swept away the few DVDs in Herman's house, and could only focus on books.

Despite his many visits to the apartment, Theolod rarely set foot in Herman's study, as he came mostly for routine check-ups, and the rest of his free time he devoted to the DVDs.

Rows of dark-toned books fill the entire bookcase, most of which are engraved with medical names and others are basic classics. Theolod picked up a copy of "Les Miserables" casually, and before he could open the title page, he was attracted by the empty bookcase behind the book.

He saw a picture frame, hidden behind numerous books. The exposed piece happened to be a man, not Herman, but his appearance was somewhat familiar, he turned his head sideways, closed his eyes, and maintained a kissing position.

The next second he accidentally caught a glimpse of this photo, Theolod realized that he had seen something that he shouldn't have seen, and he didn't even generate the most basic curiosity, because he knew what the picture represented, and the moment he caught a glimpse of the man, he knew who the person he was kissing was.

Theorod silently put Les Misérables back, returned to the couch, and picked up the stack of Rorschach inkblot cards again.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door, and Herman returned, with a gloomy expression of anger that had not yet disappeared. Without explanation, he walked straight to his place, picked up his notebook, and got straight to the point: "Okay, let's ......"

"Knock knock—"

A hurried knock on the door interrupted him, and for a split second, Theorrod, who had been silent, saw the flash of irritability on Herman's face.

Faintly, he heard someone shouting eagerly outside the door: "Manny, man, you can't just leave every time, you have to face ......"

"Ignore it, let's move on. Herman didn't reply.

But the people outside the door didn't want to let him go like this, and seeing that Herman had been knocking for a long time, he was silent for a moment, and soon, outside the door remembered again...... The sound of the key-in/access lock.

The sound almost made Herman jump uncontrollably, and he rushed forward, pulled the door open, grabbed the collar of the outsider, and pressed the other man against the wall very unceremoniously, as strong as he almost carried the other up.

"How do you have the key to my house?!" he yelled uncontrollably.

"He stayed, remember?" the man whose back was hurt by his fall twisted his face, and even the gold-rimmed glasses on his face were a little crooked. He squeezed out a smile, raised his hands in surrender, and gestured to him for the key in his hand, "I know you can't change the lock, you can never change the lock, because this is your home...... Hey, there's a guest here, can you ...... Control your own feelings?"

The man noticed Theorod, who had been sitting on the couch and quietly watching them. The moment he was dragged in by Herman, Theorod remembered who the other party was, Dr. Grant Miller of the Royal Brompton Hospital in England, who had been examined by Theorod when he finished filming "Two Smoking Guns", and he seemed to be an old acquaintance of Hermand.

“……”

Herman also realized his gaffe, he let go of the man's collar that had been pulled out of shape by himself, turned his back to Theorod and said, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Lechte, I don't want you to see this, I think that's the end of today." ”

Theorod knew that it was not appropriate to talk too much at this moment, so he said goodbye thoughtfully and left the apartment. When he first met Dr. Miller, Theolod knew that there must be a story between him and Herman, but he was not a gossip person, this story belonged to them, they may have been friends, maybe not just friends, as for why the two good people had evolved to this point, Theorod did not know, and did not want to ask.

Maybe it has something to do with the person in the picture.

Theorod thought of the man, and he seemed to remember that he had also seen a photograph of another person other than Miller on Dr. Miller's desk, perhaps similar to the man, and Theorod could not remember.

But it does shed a lot of light on why Herman volunteered to become Theolod's psychiatrist in the first place, and why he didn't choose to give up when he was so uncooperative.