Every quarter, Mr. Jane Arnaud mails a check for $100,000 to Dr. Kim Anqing's private practice, rain or shine.

In return.

Whether or not it actually works, Dr. Kim Anqing will conduct a psychological evaluation for Tony every Saturday.

"Does he look anxious? Will there be a noticeable resistance to changes in sound or light from the outside world? There's a phenomenon of hitting things......"

Because Tony has a speech and intellectual disability, he is unable to communicate properly.

That's why Dr. Kim often chooses to ask nurses, Filipino maids, or gardeners questions about Tony's life.

HE WOULD ALSO TAKE OUT SOME COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS EVERY TIME, USE HIS IPHONE TO CONNECT TO THE BLUETOOTH SPEAKER IN THE ROOM TO PLAY SOME MUSIC, AND STARE AT TONY'S STUPID BIG GRAY EYES FOR A LONG TIME TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY EYE DODGE. He even brought a small harmonica and let Tony play a few notes at will.

He will take all the patient's responses based on experience, and form a professional survey form and return visit report.

Although the effect of these data is limited, it is like looking into a small room through a thick layer of gauze.

But these analyses are still thousands of pages long.

Gu Weijing untied the tether on the cowhide bag, and the paper poured out.

He had all of Tony's assessment reports for the last few years in his hands, because there were so many data files.

Gu Weijing just went to the graphic printing shop outside, and spent 90,000 kyats to print all the data and reports at hand for easy reading.

"What do you need my acting artist to do now?"

Gu Weijing browsed through these materials here.

Mr. Sloth had already asked, "Dr. Kim, this is the first time for us to use illustration to treat autism. You are an expert in psychological issues, and it is up to you to arrange our work, and whatever you need Detective Cat Lady to draw, we will be happy to cooperate. ”

"This is a very wrong view. In order to improve our efficiency in the future, please note that there is one point that must be corrected in advance. ”

"If you were to describe what we're doing now as a precise surgical operation. Then the doctor in charge of the surgeon is the detective cat lady, and my role is at most just a male nurse who is responsible for carrying tools and wiping sweat. ”

Dr. Kim Anqing crossed his hands.

He rested his arm on the desk and leaned forward slightly, his gaze sweeping over the cartoon avatars of the two animals on the computer screen.

"So the correct way to say it should be - the design of this treatment is not what I need you to do, but the detective cat...... I'll just call you Ms. Cat, but what do you need me to do. ”

"I don't know, you're Tony's attending psychiatrist."

Gu Weijing stopped the movement in his hand when he heard this.

He looked at the camera in confusion: "I don't know anything about the field of psychotherapy. I don't have any academic background and don't even know how to get started. ”

Mr. Sloth suggested that he take on the task.

The friendship of the great artist Jane Arnaud was a precious opportunity in every sense of the word, and that's why he came.

But if there is no clear indication.

What should a layman draw as a man?

"Ms. Cat, many people have a misconception that psychological counseling and psychotherapy are regarded as an unfathomable blind box, like a wonderful witchcraft that can manipulate the spirit."

"A depressed patient full of pain came to my office, knocked on the door and sat down, and forty-five minutes later, after he left a check for $1,000 as gift money for the wizard's spell, a new happy soul walked out humming through the blind box."

"And I-"

Jin Anqing pointed at himself with his fingertips: "And I am the one who has the wisdom of profound insight into human nature, the one who makes all magic happen." In the eyes of outsiders, even if I casually say 'uh-huh' or yawn, it has a profound sense of zen. ”

"Isn't it?"

Gu Weijing was curious.

Psychiatrists are still a rare profession in Myanmar.

The country is dyingly poor, and health insurance coverage is inadequate.

The vast majority of people may not be willing to go to a big hospital to see a doctor even if they have a high fever.

In the social consensus around him, psychological problems are more like the kind of weakness and wealth that only young masters and young ladies in developed countries have time to pay attention to.

If you're in a bad mood, it's over.

Even after a major mental blow, the inhabitants of Myanmar often resort to religious consolation, according to national customs.

In a Buddhist country, it is much cheaper to go to a temple to burn a light incense of 100 kyats and kowtow on a futon than to see a psychiatrist.

The profession of psychiatrist, in Gu Weijing's inherent understanding, is still quite high-end and full of mystery. Dr. King's description summed it up very accurately.

"Of course not. On the contrary, it is a very classic stereotype. ”

"Every time I start a consultation with a new patient, I make it clear to the patient that I'm just a normal person."

"If you want to add a qualifier. I am more experienced, patient and a good listener than most people who are not trained. But I'm still an ordinary person, not the hypnotist who can control people like puppets in "Amazing Demon Thieves". ”

"Those who think of me as a magician should really look at my embarrassment in divorce court."

Jin Anqing said gently: "If I am really proficient in mind reading and my psychology is so strong that it is indestructible, then I will not be tortured by my ex-wife occasionally to find a cliff by the sea and jump off." Oh my God, what a gentle and lovely girl she was before she got married. ”

Gu Weijing looked at the helpless smiling face of the psychiatrist on the screen.

He didn't know why Dr. Kim was saying these words to himself, and he had a vague feeling as if he had grasped something that was hard to explain.

"You're trying to say...... It's you, not you, the doctor, who really make the difference for your patients. Mr. Sloth spoke softly for him.

“Perfect！”

Dr. Kim snapped his fingers in admiration and tapped the table twice with his palm.

"You are such a sharp and intelligent person. It's not flattery, but of the various visitors I've experienced, it's the minority that immediately realizes what I'm talking about. ”

"In the final analysis, psychotherapy is nothing more than letting the patient's inner emotions vent."

"Ultraviolet rays in moderation are good for health, and the same goes for psychological problems."

"If everyone can take their heart out and bask in the sun on a regular basis, then they will definitely be able to draw positive strength from it. What we psychologists do is this process of communication and facilitation. The doctor said.

"Although it took me seven years of medical school to get my PhD, even though it took me hundreds of hours of specialized training to get my career as a psychiatrist in New Zealand, even though I am an expert in the field that charges thousands of dollars an hour...... But none of this is necessary for a good psychological counseling. ”

"Sometimes the effect of a patient going to their parents, a couple, or even a church priest or a faithful is more effective than if I had written a thousand-page medical case. And they haven't even heard of the concept of psychology. ”

Dr. Kim held out two index fingers and slowly moved closer to each other until the skin on the fingertips pressed against each other.

"I have always believed that it is the communication between the patient and the outside world and the mutual connection between the soul that makes the magic of transformation happen, not the heavy knowledge of psychology textbooks."

"And in this chat room, the most promising person to establish this link is obviously not me. Autism is unique, and I've tried everything in the past decade, but none of them have been able to open Tony's heart. He said slowly.

"That's why I suggested that Jane Arnaud invite you. Cat lady, you are an amazing person. ”

"I learned about some cases and research progress through private channels. I have to say that works like "The Little Prince" that can infiltrate the closed hearts of patients with autism syndrome are the first time I have seen them after so many years in the industry, which is really amazing. If Tony is 5 years old this year, the golden age for autism treatment, maybe a copy of "The Little Prince" can unlock his heart. ”

The psychologist shook his head and said: "But he is 41 years old this year, and the mental state of autistic people has been completely fixed at this age." ”

"To give an inappropriate example, the keyhole inside this big kid has been rusted to death. What he needed was not a key, but a hammer to smash open the door. I need you to paint something that is more penetrating to Tony himself. ”

"It's like minimally invasive surgery for appendicitis where a small hole is drilled in the stomach first, so doctors like me have the space to put tools in."

Dr. Kim made a gesture of drilling a hole with his hand.

"You need me to figure out what to paint?" Gu Weijing said hesitantly.

"Yes, any work, any subject, any size, any quantity...... I can't tell you what you should draw because I don't know what to draw, and my demands are restrictive. ”

Dr. Kim shrugged, "The only thing I can advise you is to continue to use the knife painting method, because there are previous studies that show that this kind of painting effect is more popular with people with autism." ”

"The rest needs to be played by the cat lady, your own whimsy. Of the three of us, it's you, the artist, who have the power to make magic happen, not me, the doctor. Tony's past assessment cases in your hands are the 'spell casting materials' I have prepared for you. ”

Gu Weijing seemed to understand.

He flipped through the thick material in his hand.

"ADOS Diagnostic Instrument Form for Children with Autism", "SCQ Behavioral and Social Communication Problems Survey Questionnaire", "Merkel Child Development Scale", ......

On the white printing paper, the middle-aged man named Tony has a clear profile of his life in the past many years.

The contents of the psychological assessment form are not obscure.

Reading the document at hand, Gu Weijing could easily imagine in his mind what the other party was like in life.

Often staring at his arm in a daze, unwilling to speak, lack of language skills, withdrawn and without friends.

Think about it.

Gu Weijing is no stranger to such an emotional state, and there are similar familiar examples around him.

That's how the fat doll in the orphanage lived like this.

The son of the great artist Jane Arnaud is nothing more than an enlarged version of Budao, thirty years older.

Tony is both luckier and less fortunate than Bu Dao.

His material conditions were countless times better than Budao's, but his condition was much worse.

Budao's language disorder is not serious, and autism is a milder type.

Hold Bu Dao in his arms, and the other party will ask for chocolate with his teeth and claws.

Jane Arnold's son, on the other hand, most often does just sit alone on a sun lounger and hold a stuffed doll in a daze.

A day, a year, or a lifetime.

The difference doesn't seem to be much on Tony.

He even lived like a big puppet dressed up by a nurse.

In these treatment diaries, the maid's descriptive wording of Tony in the doctor's record makes it obvious that Tony lacks enough "human" emotion.

"That cat named Amy, it might be a good opportunity."

In the silence of the chat room, Mr. Sloth suddenly spoke.

Anna also had a copy of the information sent by Jane Arnold's assistant.

She said aloud, "Detective Cat lady, have you seen that picture of the pool before?" I think this photo looks different. ”

Gu Weijing knew which photo Mr. Sloth was referring to.

As the agent spoke, his gaze was also resting on a printout of a brown paper file.

It was an honest film photograph that had been scanned into an electronic version, with the texture of film exposure grains in the dim yellow.

Set in an indoor swimming pool.

Tony, who was a child in the real sense of his age, was surrounded by a pink inflatable swimming ring next to a gray-haired cat.

There is also a line on the photo: "Tony and Amy swimming, Grand Hotel Wisconti Palace, Milan, 1993." ”

"Amy?"

Gu Weijing's fingers paused quietly as he turned the page.

In general, pet cats are not very fond of water.

Except for the cat in this photo, it seems to swim quite cheerfully.

The boy was flapping wildly in the water, and the cat was also flapping wildly in the water.

The splash solidifies on the cat's wet hair, and the splash solidifies on Tony's wet hair in a swimsuit.

In the sparkling waves of the pool, the scene of a person and a cat is quietly frozen in the lens of the camera.

It was taken 30 years ago, and it is the oldest of all the photos of the brown paper bag.

There were other photos of Tony as an adult in the file bag, but Gu Weijing pulled out this photo alone, and fell into deep thought between staring.

It's different from all the other photos.

"Tony in the photo has the joy of a real child."

Gu Weijing understood what attracted him to this photo, and he said to Mr. Sloth.

The material contains a number of photos of Tony's life.

In most of those photos, Tony is also dressed decently, unlike many mentally ill people who are dressed in tattered clothes and sloppy style.

With Jane Arnold's wealth, it is not difficult to hire a full-time nurse to maintain her son's neat and capable appearance.

It would be weird if Tony looked bad on camera.

However.

The first moment Gu Weijing saw all those photos, he could see that Tony was not a normal person.

Maybe it's an unfocused, dodging look, maybe it's an empty and chaotic temperament, maybe it's something else.

For a sensitive painter, the mutilation of the soul of the subject is as striking as the mutilation of the soul of a missing arm or leg.

No matter how well-dressed he is, Tony's appearance in the photo as an adult is like electronic software that has been deleted from some important engineering file or program code.

He seems to be able to function normally as a human being, but exudes a different feeling from a healthy person all the time.

Only this photo is different.

Tony was laughing, laughing from the heart.

From his posture, movements, and eyes in the pool, there is no essential difference from other peers in the pool.

Even the red pimples that grow high on the face are so ordinary.

Ordinary so ordinary.

Ordinary so cute.

At this moment, Tony captured in the camera is an ordinary, ordinary young man who is about to enter middle school.

"Tony who was with the cat at this moment...... He is complete. ”

Gu Weijing said slowly. "Is Amy his pet?"

"Yes, I knew you would notice the cat. That's right, Amy is a Scottish Fold who grew up with Tony as a child. In a sense, he was also the most successful of the countless psychiatrists that Master Jane Arnaud hired for his own son. ”

It's no surprise that the illustrator was able to notice how different the cat was from Tony.

If the illustrator doesn't even have this insight, he will have to wonder if he made the right decision to invite him to therapy.

It's just that there wasn't much joy in his tone.

"It's just that I have to warn you that it's very difficult to use Amy as a starting point, and it may be much more difficult than you think."

"Why?"

Mr. Sloth picked up the complex meaning in Dr. King's tone.

"Because every psychiatrist involved in treating Tony. Me, my ex, my ex's predecessor...... As long as Danfan has studied this case, each of us knows that Amy is the key to getting into Tony's heart. ”

"There's a term in psychology called the conscious reflex, which is very similar to the physiological knee jerk reflex, or the conditioned reflex of Pavlov's biological experiments with dogs. It's just that it happens on the level of consciousness. It refers to the deep stress response that occurs in a person's mind when they hear a specific stimulus that is targeted. ”

"There is no way to avoid it, and it cannot be concealed."

Gu Weijing frowned slightly: "Can you say it more popularly?" ”

Dr. Kim An-kyung pondered for a moment: "When people are faced with a scene that is carved into the depths of their souls, they immediately become what they were when they were children. ”

For example, if a father always hits his son with a certain mantra insult, he will feel angry and inferior to that particular word. For example, if a young boy was raped by a priest as a child, even if he became an adult and weighed 200 pounds as an heavyweight boxer, the moment he heard a church bell ring, his first reaction was to run away. ”

Dr. Kim sat up straight.

"I've just given you a few examples. The conscious reflex is not necessarily the result of negative emotions. For example, in Tony's condition, we can take Amy's cat as a beautiful reflex of consciousness. ”

It was a busy period for Jane Arnold's career. I even judged based on so many years of treatment and return visits. The doctor slowly uttered the speculation he had been brewing for a long time, "Perhaps Amy left a deeper impression on young Tony than his father, Jane Arnold." ”

"What's so bad about that?" Gu Weijing asked.

"There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that, as the saying goes, the most obvious solution can often be the hardest."

Dr. Kim pursed the corners of his mouth: "The keyword Amy is so obvious, it means that before you, there have been countless people who want to use the image of 'Amy' to enter Tony's heart. Probably use Amy's appearance as a template to make a plush doll and find another Scottish Fold cat...... I can give you many, many similar examples. ”

"The more this kind of thing happens later, the more the doctor suffers, and you can roughly understand that resistance to drug addiction? DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, LADY CAT. Psychotherapy is also durable. Every failed attempt makes the next one more difficult. The more he tries to replace Amy, the more wary Tony becomes. ”

"The best way to do this is to find a replacement for Amy's image in Tony's mind when she just died. Or simply start with a few more cats. ”

Dr. Kim Anqing's voice was tinged with regret: "His first or second psychiatrist may have the opportunity to do this, but not thirty years later. The opportunity had actually slipped away when I took over the treatment. ”

"We wanted to enter Tony's heart by replacing Amy, and this pet cat lives in the deepest part of Tony's heart that cannot be touched...... And so it all becomes a kind of paradox of black humor. ”

Mr. Sloth proposed, "What if we didn't replace Amy, but used Amy's fairy tale image to enter the hearts of patients through artistic creation?" ”

"Of course, of course you would think of doing that. It's just that I'm not damaging your faith. Dr. Kim chuckled twice, "Have you ever seen Miracle of Oz?" ”

"You mean Alyssa?"

Jane Arnaud's most famous collection of fairy tale illustrations is the story of a group of wild animals adventuring in the forest.

It's not wrong to say it's a comic.

But each page is beautifully drawn and can be used as a work of art on its own. Among the protagonists is a gray cat with folded ears named "Alyssa".

"Is Alyssa's prototype Amy?" Mr. Sloth's tone was full of the abruptness of solving the case.

"That's right, Jane Arnold, as Tony's father, couldn't have thought of such an idea." Jin Anqing sighed: "This illustration collection has warmed the hearts of countless children around the world, but it has not warmed the child that Master Jane Arnaud hopes for the most. ”

(End of chapter)