Chapter 44: Stockholm Syndrome
A hint of panic flashed in the woman's eyes, and she bit her lip and bowed her head silently. www.biquge.info Han Yue didn't want to be too pressed, with this woman's personality pressing too hard, she would faint if she didn't do it, so she couldn't ask for any useful information.
"Slave... The slave must escape! The woman bit her lip and finally told the truth in her heart, but after saying it, she covered her mouth, as if she was terrified why she said it, maybe she didn't know that although she was a little afraid of the young man in front of her, she had gradually given birth to a sense of expectation and dependence in her heart.
Of course, it is impossible for Han Yue to perceive such a ridiculous thing, but the experts of psychology in later generations will give a scientific answer: Stockholm syndrome.
On August 23, 1973, two ex-convicts, Jan Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, held four bank employees hostage after an attempt to rob the largest bank in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and ended in a 130-hour standoff between the police and the gangsters. Yet months after the incident, the four abducted bank clerks still showed pity for their captors, refused to charge them in court, and even raised funds for their legal defense, all of them showed that they did not hate the gangsters, expressed their gratitude for their care instead of harming them, and were hostile to the police. What's more, one of the hostages, Christian, is a female employee who falls in love with the robber Olofsson and is engaged to him while serving his sentence. The two robbers took hostages for six days, during which time they threatened the lives of their captives, but at times showed mercy. In an unexpected psychological twist, the four hostages resist the government's eventual efforts to rescue them.
This has inspired social scientists to understand whether the emotional union between the abductor and the abductee is an exception to the Stockholm bank robbery, or whether the emotional union represents a general psychological response. Experts dig deeper: There is a fragile bottom line to the fear that human performance can bear. When a person encounters a ferocious killer, the killer is unreasonable and wants to take his life at any time, and the hostage will gradually entrust the right to life to the murderer. After a long time, the hostage ate a mouthful of food and drank a sip of water, and with every breath, he himself felt that it was the terrorists' forbearance and mercy towards him. For the thug who kidnapped him, his fear will first be transformed into gratitude to him, then into a kind of worship, and finally the hostage will subconsciously think that the safety of the murderer is his own safety.
This weakness to succumb to tyranny is called "Stockholm Psychotic Syndrome." ①
The fifth lady of Cui Mansion, who has always been submissive, is also Ji Manru, who is obviously this symptom in front of Han Yue. In Cuifu, she lived a frightened and frightened life every day, and she decided to run away with courage before she happened to meet Han Yue and became Han Yue's 'hostage captive'.
Seeing that Han Yue was a little stunned, Ji Manru, who was afraid that Han Yue would think she was lying, hurriedly began to explain: "The slave didn't lie to the son, the slave... Slave... Marrying Cui Zuyao was forced, there is a lantern festival in the city during the Lantern Festival this year, I went to the street with my family to play lively, but I met a guerrilla general on patrol, he somehow fell in love with a slave, and wanted to take a slave as a concubine, slave... The slave was reluctant at first, but... But my dad suddenly broke his leg by a gang of ruffians, and my brother was arrested and put in jail for committing a crime... There is no way for the slave ... I had to go from Cui Zuyao, and after being married into the door, I found that the general's mansion was more dangerous than the outside..."
Ji Manru was crying while observing Han Yue's face, for fear that Han Yue would show a look of disbelief, seeing the sympathy and encouragement in Han Yue's eyes, she wiped away her tears and continued: "Cui Zuyao is absurd and tyrannical... Slave... The slave simply can't stand it... Several times in front of his subordinates, he dragged the slaves... Make... Be ashamed... Shameful thing"
Ji Manru's voice became smaller and smaller, and the red glow of shame on her face made Han Yue's heartbeat speed up a little when she saw it, but thinking of the torture and humiliation suffered by this weak woman, Han Yue pinched his thigh fiercely when Ji Manru wiped her tears and didn't pay attention, reminding herself not to think nonsense.
"Originally, the slave was also dead, and he was probably trapped here in this life, if he was lucky, he would save a little silver in the past few years, and when Cui Zuyao got tired of the slave's body, the slave could barely survive... However, for some reason, the slave offended the other ladies in the house, and they bullied me a lot on weekdays, and they also tried every means to kill the slave. Speaking of this, Ji Manru trembled, and his fear was greater than his resentment.
"The day before yesterday, when the maids under the third lady were chatting with the slave's maids, they accidentally revealed a piece of information, they... They..."Ji Manru choked up, his voice was a little louder than just now, which shows that no matter how weak a person is, there are times when he is unwilling and resentful.
Ji Manru realized his gaffe, smiled apologetically at this Han Yue, then adjusted his mood, and continued to tell Han Yue: "They actually came up with a vicious method, they wanted to find an opportunity to pour acacia medicine on the slave, and then let the slave and the groom in the house... After I make a gaffe, they will bring Cui Zuyao to the slave in due course... At that time, the slave will be whipped and killed by Cui Zuyao in anger to feed the dog..."
After saying the reason for the incident in one breath, Ji Manru seemed to be evacuated, but his mood was obviously much more relaxed, and after telling Han Yue about his worries and fears for many days, he felt that the depression in his heart was also released.
"It's really an insidious plan, such a person should be broken into thousands of pieces." Han Yue comforted at the right time, on the one hand, to take care of Ji Manru's emotions, and on the other hand, he was indeed a little appalling to Ji Manru's experience.
It's really scary for a woman to tear up!
Hearing Han Yue cry out for himself, Ji Manru felt a touch of gratitude in his heart, and his inner dependence on Han Yue was even greater, and there was a trace of unknown emotion in his eyes when he looked at Han Yue.
"Since the fifth lady is going to escape from the mansion, why did she come here?"
"Slave... The slave didn't save any money, and his father's leg still needed to be treated by Lang Medicine, and his younger brother had to take medicine after suffering some hardships in prison. Thinking of the situation at home, Ji Manru's tone was full of powerlessness and sadness.
In fact, it is impossible to be favored by Ji Manru without a silver reward, but Cui Zuyao is different from the children of ordinary wealthy families or official eunuchs, he is cold by nature, and he loves Ji Manru just to vent ****, never considering whether her life is good or bad, and subconsciously thinks that having food, clothing and housing is already benevolent and righteous. Even the regular money in the house is deducted a lot by other ladies, she has a weak temperament, and she doesn't dare to fight, and she has to help the family on weekdays, so naturally she doesn't have much savings.
"So... You just want to get some silver here and sneak away? "Han Yue figured out what the whole thing had happened.
Thinking of admitting his 'stealing', Ji Manru lowered his head and wrung the corners of his clothes and nodded a little embarrassedly.