Chapter 130: Hand in Hand (1) |
Shen Qing calmed her aunt down and brought the conversation back to the main topic. "Teacher Wei, you said my situation is rather special. In what way?"
Wei Hongsi said, "Based on the brainwave monitoring I just did on you, I've discovered that you have a very strong immunity to the Psychological Virus, and after a period of time, you can self-heal. Also, just call me by my name."
Using first names among young people was a form of equal and refreshing communication. Calling someone "teacher" created a sense of polite distance. Wei Hongsi remembered that Shen Qing also didn't like her fans calling her teacher.
Shen Qing smiled and asked, "So, is this ability of mine very impressive?"
"Of course." Wei Hongsi nodded. "For the vast majority of people, they don't have this kind of self-healing ability."
Tang Jinxia said, "So if the impact isn't significant, is there really no need for us to undergo treatment?"
Wei Hongsi nodded. "It's indeed not strictly necessary. However, in the next one to two months, she will still be affected to some extent.
"Also, I must explain to you that based on today's diagnosis results, although Shen Qing's self-healing ability allows her to avoid the effects of the Psychological Virus, it cannot completely eliminate it. Whether those remnants will cause hidden problems is still unknown; this can only be determined through follow-up observation."
"I see." Tang Jinxia lowered her head, deep in thought.
But hearing Wei Hongsi say there could be hidden dangers, she couldn't help but hesitate. She asked, "Teacher Wei, that virus that Zhou Huai put on our Qingqing... what exactly was it supposed to do?"
Wei Hongsi said, "The overall effect was primarily emotional dependency. If it fully took effect, it would have made Shen Qing actively establish a relatively intimate relationship with him."
"This man is a complete degenerate! Using such despicable means—he's absolutely worthless!" Tang Jinxia nearly exploded upon hearing this and couldn't help cursing.
Shen Qing pursed her lips, her face full of anger.
Originally, she hadn't had much feeling about Zhou Huai's plan to use her. Because from her perspective, Zhou Huai had indeed helped her a lot without ever asking for anything in return.
Who would have thought Zhou Huai harbored such intentions, trying to manipulate her emotions through her subconscious? This had severely crossed her bottom line.
Wei Hongsi understood their anger, but felt their understanding might be off, so he explained again, using the same example he had given Zhang Shengyong earlier.
But this only made Tang Jinxia even angrier, directly cursing Zhou Huai as a scumbag.
After fuming for a while, she asked again, "Teacher Wei, you can completely clear that virus, right?"
She now felt this thing was not only harmful but disgusting to even think about. So any possible hidden dangers had to be completely eliminated.
"I'm currently researching this and hope to be able to do it."
After answering her question, Wei Hongsi looked back at Shen Qing. "Last time, I asked you to record some emotional musical phrases for me. That was in preparation for this research."
"Huh?" Shen Qing was quite surprised. "Using music?"
"Yes!" Wei Hongsi nodded. "Music has a very significant effect on emotional intervention."
"Oh, that's true." Shen Qing nodded in strong agreement. "Sometimes when I'm in a bad mood or feeling a lot of pressure, I just play the piano or sing, and then I feel better."
Wei Hongsi's heart stirred. He said, "If you don't mind, I'd like to know some details about your past interactions with Zhou Huai."
Shen Qing said, "That's fine. Go ahead and ask."
"How many times would you usually watch the videos Zhou Huai sent you?"
"Normally, I'd watch them three or four times first, then after a day or two, I'd watch them a few more times."
"So there were special circumstances?"
"Yeah. If the lyrics were obscure or hazy, I'd watch them seven or eight times straight at first. Then later, whenever I had time or an idea, I'd open them up and watch again."
"Lyrics?"
"Yeah. He's been guiding me on writing lyrics. The videos he sent me were all suggestions for revising my lyrics."
Wei Hongsi suddenly understood. He had only done data analysis on those video files without actually understanding their content. Just like with his earliest analysis of Paradise's Plan B advertising, he had never watched the videos themselves, only focusing on the data analysis.
So that was it. Zhou Huai was truly cunning. He had only sent content that Shen Qing would definitely watch carefully.
This kind of Personalized Psychological Virus didn't require watching it twenty or thirty times to take effect, like Plan B did. It would basically work after just one or two viewings.
"Did he know that you watched every video many times?" Wei Hongsi asked again.
"He did." Shen Qing nodded. "We would talk about it."
"After watching the videos he sent, would you contact him quickly?"
"No. I always need to digest and absorb the content first, form my own thoughts, and then communicate with him. Otherwise, what would I say to him?"
"Did you ever have the urge to contact him immediately after watching a video?"
"I did, every time. But I knew that wasn't appropriate, so I would suppress that urge by playing and singing or listening to music to adjust myself."
Wei Hongsi took a deep breath and asked, "After watching his videos, did you ever feel a sense of closeness to Zhou Huai? And after you adjusted yourself, did that feeling fade significantly?"
Seeing Wei Hongsi's serious expression, Shen Qing asked, "Is this question very important?"
Wei Hongsi nodded. "Yes. It's very important for the research I'm doing."
Shen Qing closed her eyes and pondered for a long moment. When she opened them, she said, "You're right. I hadn't really paid attention to this before, or maybe I deliberately ignored it.
"The first time he sent me lyric revision suggestions via video, I thought it was quite novel. After watching it, I did develop a feeling of admiration, respect, and a desire to get closer to him.
"That feeling excited me a little, but it mostly scared and embarrassed me. So I found a way to regulate my emotions, and then those thoughts faded significantly.
"I thought I might just be a hopeless romantic, and if I wanted to become a singer, I had to suppress these foolish thoughts.
"So after that, whenever I encountered a similar situation, I would first self-regulate and kick those absurd, unrealistic thoughts out of my head."
Wei Hongsi could now confirm that Shen Qing not only had a strong cognitive restructuring ability but also that her method of regulating emotions through music was essentially the Emotional Reshaping Method. She had just used only the "music" dimension to complete her self-healing.
