In this day and age.

Not many people understand depression.

Chen Xiao wasn’t sure if his teacher also suffered from this mental illness.

But he could clearly feel Wang Dahe’s pessimism.

"Maybe I’ve been overthinking it."

Chen Xiao said silently to himself, then looked at the distant sunset and said:

"Teacher, are you afraid?"

He didn’t ask whether Wang Dahe had changed, but instead asked a question in return.

Wang Dahe obviously didn’t expect Chen Xiao to ask him that.

But feeling Chen Xiao’s hand fall on his shoulder, he lowered his head:

"Afraid."

When he clearly heard these two words, Chen Xiao inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

His biggest fear was that Wang Dahe wouldn’t dare to speak his heart.

"Then can you tell me what you’re afraid of? This is a conversation between us, don’t worry, I won’t share it with outsiders."

Wang Dahe raised his head, just as a smile was appearing on his face, Chen Xiao had already stepped in front of him and said:

"Teacher, do you want to swallow back what you were about to say?"

Wang Dahe froze, and Chen Xiao continued, "Teacher, among all the students you’ve taught, I’m not the most outstanding one. To be honest, I just got lucky, like unlocking the Ren and Du Meridians in a martial arts novel."

"I’m very lucky, so lucky that it feels like I’ve lived a whole new life. So after my rebirth, regardless of the troubles in my heart, I share them with others. With my parents, with my wife, and in the future, I’ll share them with my children."

"I think hiding thoughts and problems is not good, and you didn’t notice earlier that it was actually your wife who asked me to chat with you. I imagine that many times even if she asks, you don’t talk because you think she won’t understand, right?"

Wang Dahe remained silent.

Chen Xiao glanced at him and said with a smile, "Once you’re off the medication, you can call me anytime and I’ll accompany you for a drink, how about that? If you’re hesitating and feel like you don’t want to bother me, then go have a drink with your wife!"

"I remember your wife drinks too, and she’s pretty good at it, right?"

"Very good indeed, neither of us could probably drink her under the table."

"I can vouch for that too, I remember a few years ago when I came to visit you, I really didn’t know my limits and tried to compete with her. Unexpectedly, she took care of me in no time."

Wang Dahe smiled again and then said:

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly remember I once had the thought of drinking her under the table!"

"Then drink! Don’t hesitate, don’t overthink it, as long as your wife agrees, just drink openly!"

Nowadays, Chen Xiao doesn’t like drinking as much.

But alcohol is a strange thing.

For some special people, a good drunk is really necessary.

However, when drinking, it absolutely shouldn’t be to drink away worries!

Wang Dahe nodded heavily, "The question I asked you earlier, let me answer it from another angle now. You do give me a different feeling, just as you said, like unlocking the Ren and Du Meridians!"

"So, teacher, why don’t you ask me why I came back to Yangguan this time?"

Wang Dahe was a bit puzzled, then tentatively asked, "You didn’t come back to investigate a case, did you?"

"No, I came back to act..." Chen Xiao lowered his voice for the last few words.

Wang Dahe was stunned, and then laughed and cursed, "Just said you’re different now!"

"Haha, teacher, I’ve been traveling a lot recently. Maybe because I’ve been to many places, I increasingly feel that life will become faster in the future. The saying ’a gentleman’s revenge, ten years is not late’ will become less applicable."

"Indeed! Sometimes I’ve also reflected whether I’ve been too unassertive in this journey, would things be completely different if I fought for it?"

It seemed as if Wang Dahe was asking.

But in fact, such questions didn’t require answers from Chen Xiao.

Many topics are best left with just a hint! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Perhaps it’s because Wang Dahe shared some of his inner thoughts with Chen Xiao.

Or maybe Wang Dahe himself figured some things out.

When Chen Xiao pushed Wang Dahe back home, his mood was visibly uplifted.

Qin Qing quickly noticed the change in her husband and nodded gratefully at Chen Xiao.

After Wang Dahe lay down, Qin Qing finally said to Chen Xiao:

"Thank you, Chen Xiao, I’ve been so worried these days. I always felt he was giving himself too much pressure and now with this incident, he’s even more withdrawn."

"Don’t worry, teacher’s wife, I don’t think the teacher will have any issues, after all, he has such an amazing wife!"

Chen Xiao praised, and Qin Qing laughed and scolded, "Alright, you should say such things more to your wife. I’m speaking from experience, most women love sweet words."

Chen Xiao nodded.

As they were talking, a car arrived outside.

Seeing who got out, Qin Qing’s face showed even more joy.

Chen Xiao looked over and immediately recognized it was Wang Dahe’s son, Wang Jun.

He remembered that when he visited Wang Dahe previously, Wang Jun was often at home.

In terms of personality, Wang Jun resembled Qin Qing a lot.

Optimistic, generous, and he always had a decent relationship with Chen Xiao.

So as soon as he saw Chen Xiao, Wang Jun put down his luggage and walked over with a smile, "Chen Xiao, didn’t expect you’d be here too!"

Chen Xiao also smiled broadly, "Judging by your travel-worn look, did you just come back from work?"

"Yeah, after getting the call from my mom, I wanted to come home as soon as possible, but my boss wouldn’t let me, so it got delayed for a few days."

Speaking, Wang Jun put his arm around Chen Xiao’s shoulder and asked, "What about you? What are you working on lately?"

"Helping out my wife, how about you?"

"Oh, I’m working at a hotel in Xiangdu!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao laughed, "Wow, so you must have seen a lot!"

Wang Jun made a shushing gesture, "Not so loud! But from what you’re saying, it seems like you’re familiar with things over in Xiangdu!"

"I’ve been there before."

"Tsk... If only you had my contact, if you came to Xiangdu and contacted me, I would have surely shown you what’s what!"

Chen Xiao nodded with a smile, and Wang Jun patted his shoulder:

"Alright, let’s catch up later, my dad’s still resting, right? I’ll go check on him first, how about we get some late-night snacks together tonight?"

"Shouldn’t be a problem."

"Alright, then save my number and see you in town tonight!"

Chen Xiao didn’t decline Wang Jun’s invitation.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Xiao said goodbye to Qin Qing and rode his electric scooter back to the Lin Family.

However, just as he reached the house, Lin Xi called.

Chen Xiao immediately picked up, "Hey, honey, did you figure out the case?"

Lin Xi gave an affirmative, "The case is completely understood now, but guess who got stumped?"

Chen Xiao surely didn’t know, "Who?"

"Teacher Han Zai!"