. You've been looking sick since you arrived in Mexico," Mo Xiao patted Mo Xiaobai’s face and reloaded his gun with fresh clips before hiding two palm-sized pistols inside Mo Xiaobai's underwear. Thes...Chapter 671

Moyao was looking for Baiven when Su Man and Suman went out. According to Daina, they were really busy recently and had many houseguests, so they decided to spend a romantic night outside. The houseguests from the Su family waved off nonchalantly as if it didn't matter to them. Ye Wei hooked Mo Jue and asked him whether he wanted to go out, and of course, he did want to. Therefore, this couple also went out. So Mo Ye and Shiyi went out too. Anyway, there were many cars in the Su Man household, and one of Baiven's hobbies was collecting good cars.

Moyao had his questions for Baiven put on hold as Little Bai felt bored after having eaten enough and slept well. The house was quiet, so Mo Bai went to find Moyao. He saw that Moyao was busy handling something while sending and receiving emails. Little Bai jumped onto his bed, pulled back the blanket, and covered himself. Moyao turned around with a glance, asking, "What are you doing"

"I'm bored. Dad and Mom have all gone out. Big Brother, why don't we also go out" Mo Bai suggested enthusiastically.

Moyao said, "We already went out today."

"The night view in Riyadh is the most beautiful. It's cool at night too; I want to eat grilled meat and drink beer," Mo Bai reminisced about the days when he had barbecue on the beach with a cold beer. It was so refreshing! Recently, his meals were all light, and his taste buds became picky, craving spicy food.

Moyao said, "You can't drink right now. You're still detoxing from drugs; you should follow the diet plan to be good for your health." Moyao smiled as he enjoyed chatting with Little Bai like this.

Little Bai rolled around in bed and begged Moyao to go out together, saying that it wouldn't matter if they had just a bit of beer since nobody would know. Moyao looked at him with a smile, asking, "Do you want your pretty face ruined"

The comment hit the nail on the head; Mo Bai thought about his handsome and elegant face, as well as his current wrinkled skin. He immediately gave in because having an appetite was important, but maintaining his looks was even more crucial. Moyao continued to work at his computer while Little Bai came over, saying, "Big Brother, you are always so busy; when will we go out for a trip"

"No time."

"There is. There is. Anyway, I am almost done with detoxing; why don't we go on a trip together We can return to Rome and Ji Bing would also be in Rome. Big Brother hasn't met him yet." Mo Bai excitedly suggested.

Moyao paused for a moment while typing but continued without showing any emotion, saying, "Yes, I haven't."

"I'll introduce you when we get back."

Moyao suddenly felt irritated. His typing fingers lost control, and several lines of incorrect characters appeared. Moyao fell silent as he saw this. Moxiao stretched lazily with a yawn and felt at ease enough to fall asleep on Moyao’s lap. Moyao said, “Go back to your room.”

"No." Moxiao refused, "I don’t want to be alone in my room."

Moyao couldn’t help but feel heartbroken upon hearing this. Even though Moxiao had lost some of his memories, he still remembered the fear he felt consciously. This made him resist being alone in a room. He had gone back to sleep in his own room since two nights ago and might have endured it for those two nights. It was simply too unreasonable now.

The moment Moxiao returned, he relapsed into addiction but then fell asleep again. Now that he felt better mentally and wasn’t tired at all, he neither went online nor played games. From the book on Moyao’s desk which he didn't have time to take back before Moxiao saw it, it was a book about dissociative identity disorder and memory confusion. He had found this in Baiye's study. Both Baiye and Su Man had the world’s most professional books on their shelves, from medicine to mental health and psychology to computer science... They all owned top-notch books of these kinds, which were easy to find. He tried to figure out why Moxiao was acting so unusually today by finding a book about dissociative identity disorder and memory confusion, another one about schizophrenia, as well as a third on psychology. He originally planned to read them after handling the matter.

Moxiao flipped through the books but found the content dry and boring enough that he wanted to sleep. The types of books Moxiao liked were different from Moyao's preferences. Moyao enjoyed professional books which benefitted his work, whereas Moxiao preferred novels of all kinds; he especially loved suspense and mystery genres. Their choices for reading material differed greatly. This kind of dull content was abandoned after only two pages by Moxiao.

"Boss, why are you researching these types of books" Moxiao asked as he put the book back and picked up the other two. Moyao didn’t stop him and said calmly, "I saw them in the study this afternoon and thought they might interest me, so I took them to read if I felt like it. There’s no particular reason."

"Boss, don’t read too many of these books; people become weird after reading a lot," Moxiao tossed away the book before going back to sleep.

Moyao didn’t have any expertise in such cases either since there were various psychological and mental disorders globally. They wouldn't thoroughly study every single one of them. Since Moxiao wasn’t interested in books, he looked at case studies instead, analyzing his own thoughts compared to the experts'. As soon as he had different opinions, he asked Moyao for advice. Moyao was very patient and tried to follow Moxiao’s current train of thought, looking at issues from Moxiao's perspective.

Moyao finished handling matters while Moxiao was almost done with his case studies. His body was still quite weak; he felt exhausted after reading a bit more and fell asleep again. Moyao looked tenderly at him and took away the book before continuing to work.

Ye Wei came back to see Moxiao but didn’t find him in his room, so she went over here. Upon seeing Moxiao sleeping sweetly on Moyao’s lap, Ye Wei said nothing and simply asked, “Did everything go well today”

Moyao pondered for a moment, then shook his head. Ye Wei nodded and closed the door. Moyao glanced at Xiaobai once before returning his gaze to the computer. Everything was fine.

The next day, Moyao asked Baiye about Xiaobai’s condition, bringing up that strange episode on the beach when his memory had been in a state of confusion. But instead of being shocked by this information, as Moyao expected, Baiye seemed to already be prepared for it. “What exactly is going on” Moyao asked.

Baiye replied, "It’s quite normal actually. I was planning to tell you later, but since he had that episode, let me explain: Xiaobai occasionally experiences memory confusion due to the consequences of his forced suppression. Once a person's memories are stored in their consciousness, they are very hard to eliminate completely; there is no such thing as total amnesia, just like how Ye Wei’s memory could be restored after being erased by Mo Jue. Now, Xiaobai has made himself forget certain periods of time and replace them with other events because he suffered from psychological trauma and doesn’t want to remember it. He chooses parts of his memory that can serve as a substitute and weaves them into a coherent story in order to convince himself; this makes it easier for him to accept reality. However, once these memories are triggered by something, they will resurface, and when the trigger is gone, he hides those memories again."

Baiye rubbed his nose in frustration, expressing that there wasn’t much he could do about it. "This is one of the aftereffects caused by drug use. He might only fully recover once he’s completely off drugs. To be honest… I’ve never encountered such a case before and am taken aback."

Moyao narrowed his eyes and asked, “When will this abnormal reaction happen again”

Baiye shrugged helplessly and said, "It depends on Xiaobai’s mood. I can’t predict it."

"He had an episode in the detoxification room" Moyao pressed further.

A rare look of embarrassment appeared on Baiye's face. Moyao felt thunderbolts were rolling through his brain upon hearing this. Baiye explained, "The situation isn’t as you imagine it to be, Moyao. Xiaobai is like a child to me; I’ve always treated both of you as my children. So you should understand that I regard him the same way a father regards his child or how a doctor treats a patient. During that difficult period for him, we must find ways to help him through it."

"I understand," Moyao said.

Feeling that he hadn’t explained enough, Baiye continued, but Moyao seemed deep in thought and asked, "Does this mean Xiaobai is behaving abnormally"

"How could it be normal to act like this" Baiye countered.

Moyao felt utterly frustrated. What kind of situation did he consider abnormal

Baiye said, "Do you have any other questions I still need to work on the follow-up detoxification treatment for Little White."

Moyao asked, "Will his condition continue until he's completely detoxified"

"Probably."

“What do you mean by probably” Moyao was rather dejected at how doctors always gave vague answers like ‘probably’ and ‘maybe’. Baiye explained, “I can't give a specific answer. I can only say that if there's no unexpected development, it will be this way. We'll need to conduct another test once he is completely detoxified.”

"So you're saying that his reluctance to see me and spend time with me, the burden and pressure he feels, are causing him to act like this" Moyao asked in a bitter tone. Baiye shook his head, “You can look at it from another perspective; I assure you that Little White during this period is the most genuine version of himself you'll ever see. After this, there won't be any opportunity for you to meet him as he was before. This is the real him. Once he fully recovers and his mind becomes more complex, you won’t see such a sincere side of him anymore. Or when his memories come back, if the impact of these days causes him to become isolated or self-hating, his personality could change significantly. You'll need to spend much more time helping him overcome this psychological trauma. Even after he overcomes it, he won't be as straightforward and honest."

Moyao didn't quite understand Baiye's words. With a meaningful tone, Baiye said, “This kind of situation can only be understood intuitively; you'll need to experience it for yourself.”

Moyao was preoccupied with thoughts throughout the day. When Shiyi asked what he was worrying about, Moyao shook his head and didn't want to talk about it. He usually confided in Shiyi about many things, but this matter left him at a loss as to how to express his feelings.

Shiyi said, "What did Baiye say to you About Little White"

Moyao shook his head again. That night, Mo Xiaobai came over to sleep with Moyao again; since that night, he had been coming to Moyao for sleep. The first three nights after that were still normal.

Therefore, Moyao felt reassured and thought maybe he was worrying too much. However, on this particular night while Moyao was working at his desk, Mo Xiaobai, feeling bored, asked him to come into bed with him. Moyao put aside the computer and brought a book over. While chatting, Mo Xiaobai suddenly changed expression, clutching his head in pain; he often had headaches that would flare up unpredictably. Moyao threw down the book, grabbed his hand to prevent him from harming himself, but Mo Xiaobai waved him away as hallucinations set in and the terrifying scene of prison resurfaced, causing Little White to express this fear through body language.she casually mentioned that she didn't want Cai Xiaojing's money; transportation expenses were not a small amount for this day. Ye Feimo matter-of-factly said he would wait for her to go home together...