Chinese New Year's Eve (4)
Posttraumaticstressdisorder, or PTSD for short, translates to "posttraumatic stress disorder." Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur due to witnessing, personal experience, or being forced to face war, earthquake, car accident, plane crash, fire, abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, serious illness such as cancer, sudden death or separation of a loved one...... PTSD can occur when it is a life-threatening or bodily injury, whether it actually occurs or when it does not occur.
After Qiao Ran woke up, he had become the victim of a serial rape case on Chalang Island. Wei Chihong and Lu Bin walked into the ward and saw Qiao Ran lying on the hospital bed, infusion, with gauze on his face and neck. She lay abruptly, with a pair of distracted eyes wide open, and the black eyes were so big, so deep, so black, like two dark deep pools.
A strange and compassionate emotion swept through Lu Bin's heart. Qiao Ran lay there, so pale, so weak, so lonely and helpless. At the same time that he felt a strong sense of self-blame, he couldn't help but want to comfort her and protect her.
"Qiao Ran," Wei Chihong called softly.
Qiao Ran lowered her eyelashes weakly, her head tilted to the side, and the expression on her face did not look like sadness and pain, but a complete numbness.
Wei Chihong and Lu Bin comforted a few words, but Qiao Ran didn't react. After all, they are men, and they seem a little powerless in this kind of thing, so Yu Chihong had no choice but to say, let Qiao Ran have a good rest, and come back tomorrow to ask.
Qiao Yan woke up at 6 o'clock in the morning, she felt a splitting headache, pressed the corner of her forehead with her hand, and habitually grabbed the mobile phone on the bedside table. looked through it and found that there was a call from Lu Bin, but the status displayed was answered. She vaguely remembered what happened last night, she drank "Ice and Fire Nine Heavens" in the Black Cat Mansion, and she was so drunk that the sky was dark, and then Yu Chihong appeared, as if he was picked up by him.
After that, everything was like a phantom in the mist, chaotic. The only thought that can be grasped is that Lu Bin's call should have been answered by Wei Chihong. Wei Chihong left after answering the phone? Lu Bin is looking for her, is there something urgent? She had a vague ominous thought, and she didn't know what time it was, so she called Lu Bin.
Lu Bin and Wei Chihong both slept on chairs outside the ward. A nurse saw that Wei Chihong was thinly dressed, so she kindly found a military coat and asked him to cover it.
Lu Bin's mobile phone vibrated for a long time, but Wei Chihong woke up first and woke him up to answer the call. Lu Bin was sleepy-eyed, and he didn't see who it was, but he was taken aback when he heard that it was Qiao Yan, and he glanced at Wei Chi Hong.
"I'll tell her when I come." Wei Chihong whispered, his face full of exhaustion and helplessness, this is an inescapable reality.
Qiao Yan heard that Lu Bin was hesitant and asked her to come to the second hospital on the island, but without explaining the reason, she already had a premonition that something big was wrong. But she thought that something had happened to Yu Chihong, and she didn't expect it to be Qiao Ran, Qiao Ran said that she wanted to stay up with her friends all night for New Year's Eve, and it was normal for her not to go home.
As soon as the sky was bright, Qiao Yan washed up indiscriminately, and hurriedly ran to the hospital. She endured the headache and ran as hard as she could, letting the cold wind cut across her face.
The hospital is not far from Qiao's mansion, Qiao Yan arrived soon, she rushed into the hospital, and when she approached the ward, suddenly, a figure appeared around the corner, and a strong hand held her wrist tightly. She was startled, raised her head in panic, and immediately came into contact with Yu Chihong's eyes. Her mouth was open, she couldn't breathe, her heart pounding erratically against her chest. He stared at her, his face as white as wax under the incandescent light, and his lips were bloodless. She suddenly felt a kind of panicked fear, she had never seen him look like this.
"You...... What's wrong with you? She asked, trembling.
Suddenly, she felt that he had pulled her into his arms. "Qiao Yan," his voice was hoarse, "you have to be mentally prepared, Qiao Ran...... I was raped last night. ”
Qiao Yan suddenly felt that she couldn't breathe, the extreme shock, anger and pain made her almost lose her mind, her whole body was in pain, and every nerve was spasming. Her body slid down softly, and Yu Chihong hugged her tightly, he thought she was going to faint, so he leaned down nervously to look at her.
Tears rolled out of Qiao Yan's eyes, she really didn't want to shed tears at this juncture, she hoped that she could be brave and stronger. However, she couldn't control herself at all, gasping for air, cold sweat and tears communicated on her face. Yu Chihong held her head with his hands and wiped the sweat and tears from her face with the sleeve of his expensive shirt.
She could see in his frightened eyes that her face must have been bad. Fortunately, with his support, otherwise, she would have really fainted. Her legs were as heavy as lead, and he had to carry her into the room.
Qiao Ran was awake, still with a pair of blank eyes, and when her sister came, she also didn't react. No matter how Qiao Yan cried out with tears, how she endured the pain and comforted and enlightened, she just lay on the bed with her back face, silent and indifferent. Qiao Yan was helpless, she once thought she was strong enough to carry everything, but when the real big thing came, she realized that her personal strength was too small to play a role at all.
Wei Chihong and Lu Bin, as well as two female criminal policemen specially dispatched by the task force, took turns to enter the ward and asked Qiao Ran all kinds of questions about the case, but she didn't say a word, she couldn't spit out words. Not only to the criminal police, but also to the doctors, nurses, and even her closest sister, she couldn't say it.
She did not have the consciousness of a victim, nor did she think about cooperating with the police to catch the criminal. All she knew was that she was irretrievably defiled, that the despair of losing her future had taken over her, and that she felt like she was stuffed with dirt on the floor behind the public toilet.
Occasionally, she would delude herself into thinking that it was just a nightmare. However, the scars on her body, the snow-white walls of the ward, and the constantly visiting detectives always remind her that this is not a nightmare, but a real criminal case, and she can't pretend that nothing has happened. To make matters worse, this is also a fact that cannot be perfunctory with any excuses, she was raped, she was injured, and everyone knows that she is a victim. She even began to hate Lu Binlai who saved her, if he didn't come, she would have just been injured a little, and she could cover up the past, so that it would not be like now, making everyone know and becoming a joke.
Qiao Yan guarded her sister for a day and a night, and tried all means to persuade her to no avail. Qiao Ran just didn't say a word, didn't eat or drink, Aunt Ah Xiu stewed the tonic over, and she didn't move. No matter who spoke to her, she got no response. The next day, the situation still did not improve, in the evening, Qiao Yan went outside the ward to breathe, and when she came back, she saw a young girl sitting on the edge of the bed, looking sadly at Qiao Ran, who was still silent.
The girl introduced herself and said that she was Qiao Ran's good friend Ling Lingyao. "Let's go outside." She had something to say to Qiao Yan.
"I'm sorry, I just got the news now." Outside the ward, Ling Lingyao sighed, "The night before yesterday, Qiao Ran made an appointment with us for New Year's Eve. But I didn't wait for Qiao Ran, and then I heard that there was a ...... near the hotel" The latter words, she didn't speak, and paused for a moment before saying, "I hope it's not Qiao Ran, but my phone call to her has not been answered, I went to your house, and there is no one at home." Later, I heard from my relatives who worked at this hospital that a girl had been raped, so I thought I would come and see ......."
Qiao Yan took a deep breath, her expression was haggard and her face was pale.
"Does it have to be like this?" Ling Lingyao suddenly asked, "Why do you want those policemen to bother Qiao Ran, do you want to force your sister to a dead end?" ”
Qiao Yan looked at Ling Lingyao in amazement, her mind was in chaos now, and she didn't understand what she was talking about.
"Is it important to catch the prisoner, or is Qiao Ran's reputation important?" Ling Lingyao asked coldly, "The criminal is not in the hospital, the police want to arrest people, why don't they go to find clues themselves, and pester the victim all day long." Didn't you see how painful Qiao Ran was, she didn't want to see those policemen at all. If this continues, more people will know that she is a victim. I know you're from the Public Security Bureau, but you're also Qiao Ran's sister, as an older sister, shouldn't you protect your sister and keep her from harm? How can you watch those police officers come in and out, as if you are afraid that the world will not be chaotic?
I've always hated the police, they don't have the ability to protect the citizens. I heard Qiao Ran say that she was going to meet a criminal police officer first that night, and you introduced them to each other. When Qiao Ran came to us, why didn't the criminal policeman send her? Don't talk to me about any big truths, we ordinary people don't understand. All I know is that the police should protect the citizens, and if they can't even do that, don't show off their might there, it's disgusting! ”
This scolding of the head and face shocked Qiao Yan. How could she be willing to let Qiao Ran be disturbed, recalling the details of the victimization was tantamount to tearing open the wound and facing the bloody facts again. However, she also wants to catch the criminal, the heinous rapist, and can't let him go unpunished!
From the time she learned that Qiao Ran had an accident until now, Qiao Yan had been in a daze, unable to sort out her intricate and contradictory thoughts, and now Ling Lingyao's words seemed to pull the messy ramie in her head and make her brain boom.
After Ling Lingyao left, she sat down on the chair with no strength, covered her mouth with her hands, and let out a suppressed sob.
After a long time, she wiped the tears from her face and walked slowly into the ward.
"Xiao Ran, tell me, what can I do to cheer you up?" Qiao Yan sat on the edge of the hospital bed and muttered, "You tell me, no matter what it is, I am willing to do it for you." ”