"Do you like it?"

"like!"

"Huihui must have been so happy when she heard you say she liked her."

Gardenia often sees Yuanhui in videos. She even said hello to Huihui during the video chat with Yuanjia two days ago.

It's just that she is more timid than Huihui.

Gardenia gently rubbed the nautilus in her hand and smiled softly: "Yuanjia, Huihui likes your brother very much..."

"How to say?"

"Because she actually doesn't know me yet..."

Yuan Jia smiled and said, "You are not an outsider. She regards you as her sister. After the last video, she kept praising you for how beautiful you are."

"Really..."

Gardenia blinked, this was the best recognition she had ever received from someone other than Yuan Jia.

Yuanjia nodded.

Maybe there is a little difference... Huihui does not regard Gardenia as an older sister, but as a younger sister...

"I made sweet potato syrup."

Gardenia opened the thermos pot on the stone table and scooped out a bowl of sugar water.

Yuan Jia just looked at her, and time seemed to be very slow. She was filling the sugar water so seriously, and her pretty face was blushing. The rain outside the pavilion was still falling, and it was different from the sunshine. At this moment, Gardenia had

An indescribable tenderness.

"You have a taste..."

"Um."

Yuanjia picked up the bowl and started drinking sugar water. Gardenia sat next to him, looking at him nervously and expectantly.

Compared with the previous cooking and delivery to Yuanjia, Gardenia felt huge satisfaction eating the food she cooked in front of her.

Yuan Jia also picked up the bowl and filled some sugar water for Gardenia, and the two of them chatted while eating.

The rain hadn't stopped yet, so Gardenia's plan to walk hand in hand with Yuan Jia in the yard came to nothing.

…

I sat back on the wooden bench beside the pavilion. The rainwater flowed down the tiles and hit the ground behind me, making a sound like a lullaby.

The two of them sat very close to each other, Yuan Jia on the left and Gardenia on the right. The hands in the middle had nowhere to place their hands. If they accidentally touched each other, they quickly moved away as if they were electrocuted, but they couldn't bear to part with that moment of tenderness.

Then they sneaked back and touched each other again...

Until Yuanjia held Gardenia's little hand tightly, making her blush, her eyes watery, her head lowered and unable to say a word, but she felt huge warmth and peace of mind.

When the heart is clear, the rain is also clear.

The body moved closer to him unconsciously, and then came closer, like magnets attracting each other...

Until she snuggled up to his side and rested her head gently on his broad shoulders...

Gardenia didn't move, and Yuan Jia didn't move either.

The two of them quietly felt each other's heartbeats and the heat of their skin touching each other.

Gardenia's long hair slid down Yuan Jia's shoulders, with a faint and gentle fragrance that entered his nose along with the smell of rain.

The sound of his heartbeat was transmitted to Gardenia's ears through the resonance of the chest. She could hear it and feel the incomparable reality. She wanted to stay in this moment forever.

Yuan Jia could feel Gardenia's tense body gradually relaxing amidst the patter of rain. Her breathing was steady, like a baby surrounded by a sense of security.

…

"Can Gardenia imagine the life in her dreams?"

Yuan Jia looked at the rain curtain outside the pavilion and asked softly.

His voice was not loud, but Gardenia could clearly hear every word he said amidst the noisy rain.

"able."

Gardenia also answered Yuanjia softly. She could feel that she had entered a magical state, her thinking was clearer than ever before, her heartbeat and breathing were steady, but she was not completely awake, as if she was in a dream.

"What kind of place is that?"

"A no-man's land... There is a cabin that belongs to us here... The chirping birds have built their nests in the trees... The stars are shining in the summer night... Bathed in the sunset at dusk... You hold me... We sit in front of the porch and talk

...I am leaning in your arms...very warm...very warm..."

"You have all the good things in the world, right?"

"Um…"

"The morning after heavy rain is very clean. Can you smell the rain?"

"able…"

"What does it taste like?"

"Moist...has the fragrance of flowers...the taste of earth..."

"What noise did you hear?"

"The birds are chirping...the rain on the eaves has fallen into the puddles...and there is the sound of the wind..."

"Are you willing to go out and see a more beautiful world with your own eyes?"

"I'm in the cabin..."

Gardenia's expression seemed to be struggling, and her brows furrowed slightly.

Yuan Jia gently held her little hand, and her brows gradually relaxed.

"Are you willing to take me out with you and see a more beautiful world with your own eyes?"

"willing."

"I held your hand and we walked out of the cabin together."

Under Yuanjia's guidance, Gardenia left the cabin and walked into the outside world.

Under hypnosis, it is very effective in treating agoraphobia. You can expose yourself to the outside world through guided imagination and eliminate subconscious sensitivity.

Gardenia has her own 'safety island', and Yuanjia is her 'safety island', and it is the only one. Nothing can replace the feeling that Yuanjia brings to Gardenia. This safety island was not built by Yuanjia, but by Yuanjia.

Gardenia established it on its own. Since the first year of high school, Gardenia has been holding on to Yuan Jia's redemption and persisting until now.

Even in the hypnotic imagination, it is difficult for her to go outside alone, but only with Yuanjia, Gardenia seems to be surrounded by safety and can bravely try to go out to the outside world.

The core of systemic desensitization therapy is to gradually reduce sensitivity to stress factors.

First from imagination, then to reality, first with Yuan Jia accompanying, then without Yuan Jia...

This is a very long process. Yuanjia does not seek quick results, but only hopes that Gardenia can achieve progress and growth based on the essence of the soul through this little attempt.

Yuan Jia could feel that Gardenia, who was leaning on his shoulder, slowly began to tense up as his imagination slowly wandered to the outside world.

He squeezed her hand again and said softly: "It's okay, I'm by your side."

This comfort lasted for two minutes. Gardenia's body relaxed, and her breathing and heartbeat gradually calmed down.

"What did you see?"

"A lot of people... densely packed people..."

"what are they doing?"

"They are all looking at me..."

Gardenia's body tensed up again.

This is also the result of the interaction between her social phobia and agoraphobia. She always subconsciously believes that when she goes out into the outside world, she will meet many people, and these people will always stare at her, making her feel very uncomfortable.

, very scared.

"Why are they looking at you?"

"I speak... stutter... they... all laugh at me... I don't stutter... I don't stutter... but they don't believe it... they don't play with me... they are laughing at me..."

Gardenia's body twitched slightly, and she was choked with sobs when she spoke. Big tears fell from her eyes and fell on Yuan Jia's shoulders, like hot lava, which made Yuan Jia feel distressed.

Her personality followed that of her mother Bai Yan, who was originally depressed and not good at dealing with others. Her experiences when she was young have left her with huge scars. The more she escapes, the deeper the scars become.

"Can you hold my hand?" Yuan Jia said softly.

Then she felt Gardenia's hand squeeze his hand tightly, with such force that it was almost far beyond her usual strength, and even made Yuan Jia feel some pain on her skin.

He didn't move, just letting Gardenia hold it vigorously.

"I'm by your side, I care about you, I like you, I need you."

Gardenia was exposed to the crowd and was ridiculed and disgusted by everyone. When she heard Yuanjia's words next to her, her body was shaken and her tears became even fiercer. She even cried unconsciously and was hugged tightly by Yuanjia like a child.

With.
To be continued...