Chapter 635: Chapter 634 - 608: Aloof and Depressed

Xiao Qian initially thought this was just an ordinary call from someone feeling down, but when she heard the little girl say that she hadn’t been able to sleep for three days, she immediately focused her attention.

“Little sister, have you encountered anything upsetting recently?”

“There hasn’t been anything special, but I’ve been feeling very heavy-hearted. I try to make myself fall asleep every day, but lying in bed, no matter how I close my eyes and count sheep, I just can’t fall asleep. Even taking medicine doesn’t work…”

This situation… Xiao Qian knew right away that this wasn’t like the emotional garbage she had encountered during her show.

“Apart from this, do you have any other abnormal conditions?”

“No, not really, maybe there are… but I don’t want to say.”

Insomnia + not wanting to talk about one’s sadness with others, or not knowing where to start talking about it, these two factors were already giving Xiao Qian a vague idea.

“Is there anything that makes you happy? How’s your appetite?” She continued to ask.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Things that used to make me happy seem to have disappeared in an instant. I no longer have a taste for the food I used to like. The doctor prescribed me medication, but I still can’t sleep.”

No favorite things, no appetite, insomnia, unwilling to confide in anyone, dark view of the future, low self-esteem…

Xiao Qian’s hunch became clearer.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Do you have any wishes to fulfill?”

“I don’t have any wishes…oh, no, I do! Actually, I just want to call and congratulate you. I’ve always felt out of place in this world, but your show was the only thing that made me feel anything. I wanted to personally tell you congratulations on getting married. After doing this, I have no regrets. Anyway, I have nothing else to do, so I won’t bother you on the hotline anymore.”

Even with no wishes…

“Sister, tell me your name.”

“I—” The little girl hesitated.

“Tell me, sister Meiwei wants to know.”

“My name is Weiwei.”

Xiao Qian was stunned.

Weiwei, it sounded like her daughter’s name.

When Xiao Qian closed her eyes, she seemed to hear her daughter asking her for help.

Mommy, please save her.

Xiao Qian opened her eyes, and there was something else in them. She couldn’t stand idly by.

“Don’t hang up, tell your contact information to the broadcasting team, and I’ll call you after the show. Remember, no matter how difficult life is for you right now, you still have sister Meiwei.”

“Thank you, sister Meiwei, but… it’s too late. Standing up is too tiring. I want to lie down and rest for a while.”

Wow! The host gives her phone number!

This heavy news made many listeners’ blood boil, although they didn’t know why this conversation prompted the usually aloof Meiwei to actively offer her phone number. Still, this was surprising enough.

Meiwei’s popularity has always been high, and she is low-key and mysterious, so many listeners wanted to know what she looked like and find ways to learn her contact information. Still, the radio station did an excellent job of keeping this secret.

In the past, listeners who wanted her contact information had been tactfully brushed off by Xiao Qian, but today she actively offered her contact details!

The next callers probably wanted Xiao Qian’s information too. The show would end in a few minutes, but Xiao Qian was now concerned about that little girl. She needed to get in touch with her as soon as possible.

She immediately cut off the show by playing music.

Real depression versus fake depression is apparent to psychologists, and it’s impossible to fake it.

Xiao Qian exited the show and impatiently asked the broadcasting team for the contact information.

“That little girl? She didn’t leave her info; she hung up right away.”

“Check her phone records for when she called.”

The broadcasting team immediately began checking, while curiously asking.

“This is the first time I’ve seen you like this. Why?” They flipped through the records.

“Because her situation is different from other consulters. She needs me.”

“I thought you were a very aloof person. Is it because you’re getting married and becoming a warm older sister?” The broadcasting team member found the record and started taking notes.

“My aloofness doesn’t conflict with my being a good doctor.”

When the child said that the only thing she felt connected to was Xiao Qian’s show and when she said she’d have no regrets after talking to Xiao Qian, the doctor’s sense of mission drove her to find the little girl as soon as possible.

“Here you go! This is the first time I’ve heard someone admit they’re aloof…” the broadcasting team member watched Xiao Qian hurriedly walk away with the number and wondered.

Xiao Qian didn’t have time to talk to her. She immediately dialed the number she had been given. The number was for a landline, and it rang for a long time before someone answered. Xiao Qian persisted in calling, and after calling three times, the phone finally connected.

“What do you want in the middle of the night? Let people sleep!”

The voice on the phone was an irritable-sounding man, as if he had just woken up.

“Is there a little girl named Weiwei in your house?”

“None of your business! You fucking calling in the middle of the night…” The man had poor quality and lost control of his emotions because his sleep had been interrupted. His speech wasn’t particularly clean.

“Go to her room right now and see what she’s doing. I’m Meiwei, the host of the Radio Night Talk Column. This child just called the hotline, and I feel her condition is not good. She’s likely suffering from depression, and it’s her acute phase. Quick, go see her!”

“Huh?” The man woke up and didn’t have time to talk to Xiao Qian more. He threw the phone aside without hanging up.

Xiao Qian could hear the slapping sound of slippers on the floor and the sound of knocking on the door accompanied by the man’s urgent cries.

“Weiwei! Open the door!”

The man called at the door but got no response, so Xiao Qian heard him shouting.

“Azi! Bring the key quickly!”

An impatient middle-aged woman’s voice came with a yawn, “What a nuisance. Just let her die if she wants to. It’s bothering everyone and we can’t sleep well.”

Xiao Qian’s liver was on fire as she listened. Was this her real mother?

How could someone be so impatient with a person suffering from depression?

The door finally opened, followed by the man’s exclamation.

“Weiwei! Hurry, call an ambulance!!!”

“Oh, the child really took the medication. It’s the middle of the night, how could she cause such trouble? Let’s drive her there instead…”

“Shut up! Call the ambulance!!!”

Then Xiao Qian heard footsteps and a woman’s voice getting closer and closer. She seemed to be muttering to herself. The man was preoccupied with saving the little girl and didn’t hear the woman’s voice, but Xiao Qian did.

“She’s been complaining about wanting to die all day. If she wants to die, let her die! It’s so annoying. Do ambulances come for free? Let her die early and join her short-lived mother. So annoying…”

Oh… a stepmother, or some other relative, but definitely not the biological mother.

Xiao Qian understood; she believed that a real mother wouldn’t be so ruthless.

“Why won’t this phone hang up? It’s so annoying!” The woman hung up the phone with a click, and Xiao Qian didn’t know what happened next.

The time was already midnight. The show ended a little after 12, and Xiao Qian looked at the clock, still worried.

She was about to call Professor Liu when his call came in.