The doctor asked again, "Do you still have anxiety and feel like you're going crazy?"
"No, much better. I feel very calm," Feng Rou said with a composed expression.
The doctor finally made a judgment and said to the nurse beside him, "Her condition has improved a lot. We can arrange for her to be moved to a regular ward."
Feng Rou felt a wave of relief. As long as she could get out of that terrifying intensive care ward, that was enough for now.
After being transferred to the regular ward, she had time to go to the yard in the morning for fresh air.
As she followed her ward mates to the hospital's large courtyard, she couldn't help but look up at the sky outside, not remembering how long it had been since she last saw the morning sky.
She noticed that when the patients here weren't having episodes, most of them were no different from normal people.
As she walked in circles, she suddenly discovered a wire fence dividing the middle of the courtyard.
On the other side of the wire fence, there were also people out for fresh air. Among them was a woman she seemed to recognize, someone she must have seen somewhere before.
She wanted to get closer to get a clear look, but was pulled back by her ward mate.
"Sister, why are you leaning forward like that?"
Feng Rou said, "I think I recognize someone on the other side of the wire fence."
"Ah," her ward mate reminded her, "Sister, the people over there have committed serious crimes. They are all very frightening."
As the ward mate spoke, she shrunk back, showing a look of terror.
Feng Rou asked, "What serious crimes?"
Her ward mate made a throat-slitting gesture, "Murder."
Feng Rou was also startled. The woman who looked familiar had a gentle face and a certain elegance about her, not like a madwoman who would kill.
During her free time, she suddenly remembered that the familiar woman was a designer.
Other wealthy ladies had introduced her, saying this woman was a designer at Qin Tianyi's wife's studio, and that her designed dresses were quite novel and special.
This woman seemed to be called Sophie. Could she have gone mad and killed someone? It was too unbelievable!
Feng Rou saw Sophie standing alone at the edge of the wire fence. She cautiously walked over and struck up a conversation with her, "You're in fashion design, right? Do you still recognize me? I hired you to design clothes for me."
Sophie smiled, looked at her, and shook her head, saying, "You're my client? How come I don't recognize you? I don't, I don't."
As she spoke, she began to pull at her own hair and smiled at Feng Rou again.
Feng Rou couldn't help but sigh, "It seems you are truly mad."
"I'm not mad, I'm not mad! Qin Tianyi and Gu Susu conspired to harm me!" She became agitated and grabbed the wire fence, "I want to escape, I want to leave here, I want to find them!"
Feng Rou was frightened by her demeanor and took a step back, looking at the high walls and wire fences all around. "Once you're in here, you can't escape, especially if you've committed a crime."
Sophie shook the wire fence, "I can escape. I know how to get out..."
Her actions were too large, attracting the attention of the guards. They immediately grabbed her and dragged her into another building on the other side of the hospital.
Feng Rou, looking through the wire fence at the heavily guarded other area, realized that this mental hospital also housed truly dangerous madmen.
Previously, because of Qi Ning, she had also deeply resented Qin Tianyi, Xiao Anjing, and that little slut Lan Yu.
She knew Xie Zhendong was trying to deal with them, but now she herself was in such a predicament. She couldn't even protect herself, let alone harbor hatred for them.
The person she hated the most now was Xie Zhendong. She just wanted to expose Xie Zhendong's true face after getting out. She absolutely would not let him and that woman named Zhan off the hook!
Get out, she had to get out of here!
After the fresh air break and free activity, she and the other patients returned to the ward. The nurses arranged time for them to read books and newspapers.
Someone would bring the latest newspapers and some magazines to the ward. As Feng Rou went to get a publication, a nurse who was organizing newspapers quietly asked her, "Are you Feng Rou?"
She inexplicably replied yes.
The young nurse quickly handed her a note and left her ward.
She clutched the note tightly. While looking at the publication, she sandwiched the note inside and opened it. She saw a line of text written on it: "Media will be coming to the hospital for interviews soon. Make a scene and seek their help."
Feng Rou saw that the handwriting was crooked and knew it was a note passed to her by Shasha.
Shasha grew up abroad and didn't write Chinese very well, so her Chinese handwriting was easily recognizable.
Feng Rou crumpled the note into a ball again, her eyes welling up with emotion.
How could she have forgotten? The only person who would help her now was Shasha. After all, they had someone they both wanted to protect.
If she could continue to be the mistress of the Xie family, she could protect Qi Ning and Jie Jie. Otherwise, if that woman entered the Xie family, Shasha would gain nothing.
She calmed herself down. She had to seize this opportunity to prove she wasn't mad.
...
Shasha received the news that the matter had been handled and made further arrangements with the reporters who were going to conduct the interviews.
She couldn't think of any other way. Only by stirring up media opinion could Xie Zhendong be forced to discharge Feng Rou.
As long as Feng Rou could return to this home, she would still have a pawn to manipulate.
She had planned everything. Now it depended on whether Feng Rou could cooperate with the interviewing reporters.
...
"Take me to Brother Xingxing!" Xiao Xiao snatched the diaper from Lan Yu's hand, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it with her foot. "I don't care, I want to go play at Brother Xingxing's house!"
The nanny beside Lan Yu couldn't stand it anymore and said, "You child, why are you throwing things around! Can't you see your sister is crying and needs her diaper changed? We can talk about this later..."
"Mind your own business. You're just a servant hired by our family." As she spoke, Xiao Xiao head-butted the nanny.
Lan Yu grabbed her and, unable to tolerate it any longer, said, "You can't be so rude. Apologize to Auntie."
The nanny stood awkwardly to the side, feeling a sense of humiliation from being looked down upon.
"I won't apologize. Why should I apologize? She spoke to me first!" Xiao Xiao glared at the nanny, looking ready to fight.
The nanny felt both annoyed and angry, but she restrained herself and said to Lan Yu, "It was my fault for speaking out of turn. I just wanted to help you manage this child."
Xiao Ning Yu was crying in the crib. Lan Yu felt overwhelmed and didn't blame the nanny. She said, "Thank you. Please help me pacify the child first. I'll discipline her."
The nanny shot Xiao Xiao a look. She had taken care of children in many families and had never seen such a fierce child. She went to pacify Ning Yu in the crib.
Xiao Xiao saw the hostility in the nanny's eyes and shouted, "When my dad gets back, I'll have him fire you..."
Lan Yu grabbed Xiao Xiao and hit her back a couple of times, saying angrily, "Why are you always so rude? Auntie comes to our house to help, and she earns her living through her own labor. She's not inferior to us. Hurry up and apologize to Auntie!"
"You're all bad people! You're bullying me together!" Xiao Xiao burst into tears and ran to the nanny, hitting the nanny with her small fists.